河北省邯郸市丛台区永安学校中考英语 备考阅读话题练习 语言与学习.doc

语言与学习 一、阅读理解（共20小题；共40分）a british people have always been good at saying im sorry. they used to be so good at it that they would apologize(道歉) for things that werent even their fault. however, the british seem to be losing touch with their art. according to a new book by british writer max davidson, instead of saying im sorry when they do something wrong, british people prefer to choose their words carefully. in this book, sorrythe hardest word and how to use it, davidson writes about a number of recent apologies. one example is of british television host jeremy clarkson. he described gordon brown, the uk prime minister (首相), as a one-eyed scottish idiot(笨蛋). (brown is blind in his left eye) clarkson was forced to apologize. he said, in the heat of the moment, i made a remark(评论) about the prime minister. now i apologize of reflection. davidson says the apology was just going through the motions(做表面文章). clarkson is not the only one. the best example may come from the uk mp(议员) tessa jowell. she said publicly, if you feel our government falls short of what you expect, then i say sorry for that. jowell said sorry. but she is actually saying its not the governments fault but the voters fault for expecting too much from the government. perhaps those people with influence feel they may lose too much by apologizing. but as a teenager, would you really want to lose a close friend, just because you couldnt say something as simple as, im sorry? that would be hard to forgive. 1. who was the improper description a one-eyed scottish idiot used to describe?a. max davidson.b. jeremy clarkson.c. gordon brown.d. tessa jowell. 2. what does the underlined sentence in the second paragraph mean?a. the british are still good at apologizing.b. the british like to say sorry for everything they have done.c. the british say im sorry in a different way now.d. the british lose too much by saying sorry. 3. who wrote the book called sorrythe hardest word and how to use it?a. max davidson.b. jeremy clarkson.c. gordon brown.d. tessa jowell. 4. how was clarksons apology according to the story?a. sincere.b. friendly.c. rude.d. untrue. 5. what does the story mainly tell us?a. british people used to be polite and kind.b. british people like to go through the motions.c. british people choose their words carefully to apologize now.d. british people are expecting too much from the government.bsix chinese characters dear students, our country has a long history. chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are particularly loved by chinese people. here are the top six lucky ones. please note we use pinyin here because pinyin is the chinese spelling system for the characters. for example, fu is the pinyin for good luck in chinese. pinyin fu is only the phonic(语音的) part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck fu, you must read the chinese character 福 because fu also represents(代表) other chinese characters that sound the same. 福 fu means blessing, good fortune, good luck. chinese character 福 fu is one of the most popular ones used during chinese new year. it is often displayed upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. the upside down福 fu means good luck comes since the character for upside down in chinese sounds the same as the character for come. 禄 iu means prosperity. it is used to mean officials salary(薪水) in feudal(封建的) china. 寿 shou means longevity. chinese character 寿 shou also means life, age or birthday. 喜 xi is happiness. the doubled character 喜 xi means double happiness. it is usually displayed everywhere at chinese weddings. 财 cai is wealth or money. chinese often say money can make a ghost turn a millstone. it is to say money really can do a lot of things. but, stillmoney cant buy everything. 和 he means harmomous. peoples harmony is an important part of chinese culture. when you have harmomous relations with others, things will be a lot easier for you. 6. what does the word character mean in this passage?a. 性格b. 汉字c. 角色d. 特征 7. we use to show how to read the chinese characters.a. pinyinb. spellingc. chinesed. letters 8. what does the upside down 福 fu mean?a. it means coming.b. it means that good luck comes.c. it means good fortune.d. it means that fu is upside down. 9. which sentence is right according to the passage?a. money is a ghost.b. money can buy everything.c. money is everything.d. money isnt everything.10. after reading the passage, can we say that sound he only means harmony?a. no, we cant.b. yes, we can.c. i know several words read as he.d. yes, you can.c shaolin temple is famous for kung fu. now, the worlds first kung fu soccer school is open at shaolin temple. the school is called shaolin youth (青少年) soccer school. about 2,000 children under ten years old are learning shaolin kung fu there, and about 40 of them start to learn playing soccer now. more children will start to play soccer here. we believe that some of them will become international stars some day, shi yanlu, a kung fu coach from shaolin said. the school invited a coach (教练) from cameroon. his name is tchami. he was one of the best members of the cameroon national team. now, the chinese soccer is not very good and needs to bring in something new. the hard-working spirit(精神) of shaolin kung fu is the same as that of soccer. i think it will help improve chinese soccer, said shi yanlu. the school will choose some children to learn soccer in foreign countries such as japan, south korea and european countries. some chinese coaches will help tchami to train these children.11. who is probably learning in shaolin youth soccer school from the passage now?a. 9-year-old li ping.b. 15-year-old lin tao.c. 18-year-old wu dong.d. 25-year-old zhao bo.12. the foreign coach comes from .a. the usab. south koreac. japand. cameroon13. what is in common between kung fu and soccer?a. rules.b. the number of players.c. spirit.d. players age.14. which of the following is true from the passage?a. all of the children in the school will become soccer stars in the future.b. now about 2,000 children are learning playing soccer in the school.c. the school will help make chinese soccer better.d. the children will only learn at shaolin temple.15. the passage mainly tells us .a. kung fu and soccer have something in commonb. a kung fu soccer school opens at shaolin templec. kung fu can go together with soccerd. kung fu can improve chinese soccerd the dream it is everyones dream to work at home or not work at all. you can plan your own hours and work when you want to. it is very convenient for everyone. the fact the fact is that this dream can be attained. you can stay at home, work when you want to and make money when you need to. there are plenty of opportunities for you to make money at home, just by using your computer and the internet. start today! educate yourself, look closely into all the opportunities and decide on what works best for you. it will not happen during one night, but you can make the decision today and start to make it happen today. how could you do it? do you have a blog or a personal website like millions of other people? are you using it to make money? most of these blog and website owners are not. but you can do that! when you have your computer and the internet working for you, your businesses will be working for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. you will make money while you sleep, travel or do whatever you want to do all day long. get going! there are many ways you can make money with your computer. and you can begin your stay-at-home businesses with just a little money. what are you waiting for?16. in which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?a. sports.b. news.c. culture.d. business.17. what does the underlined word attained in point mean?a. broken.b. realized.c. lost.d. got.18. whats the best title for point 5?a. sleep 24 hours a dayb. make money every momentc. play all day longd. travel around the world19. which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. people need a lot of money to start a stay-at-home business.b. people can even use their blogs to make money.c. people can plan their own time when they work at home.d. people can make the best decision and start to make it happen today.20. how is the passage organized?a. by using famous peoples words.b. by giving reasons only.c. by showing a topic and giving solutions(解答).d. by telling old stories.二、阅读与表达(混合式)（共10小题；共10分）a in the past, many people used horses for traveling, farming and other kinds of work. a lot of people still like to ride horses. and horse racing is also popular. so it is not surprising that americans use this animal when they talk. long ago, rich or important people rode horses which were very tall. today, if a girl acts like she is better than everyone else, you might say she should get off her high horse. yesterday my children wanted me to take them to the playground. but i had to finish my work, so i said. hold your horses. wait until i finish what i am doing. my two boys like to compete against each other and play in a noisy and not very careful way. i always tell them to stop horsing around or someone could get hurt. last night, i got a telephone call while i was watching my favorite tv show. i decided not to answer it because wild horses could not drag(拖,拽) me away from the television. there was nothing that could stop me from doing what i wanted to do. sometimes you get information straight from the horses mouth. let us say your teacher tells you there is going to be a test tomorrow. you could say you got the information straight from the horses mouth. you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. that means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.a. horse aroundb. straight from the horses mouthc. get off her high horsed. wild horses could not drag her awaye. you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink 根据材料内容，从上面方框中选出恰当的短语或句子完成下面五个小题，使句子通顺、意思完整。每个短语或句子限用一次。21. mike, dont with your brother. youll break my mirror!22. - i cant stand mary any more! she always says she has a better voice than me.- please take it easy. ill go and tell her to .23. he no longer tried to stop her watching that movie because from it. she loved it so much.24. - i hear from grandpa that uncle george is coming at the weekend. is it true?- youve got the news .25. jerry, your soil really hates going to the piano class. remember . let him do what he likes.b when you are reading something in english, you may often come across a new word. whats the best way to know it? you may look it up in the english-chinese dictionary. it will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the part of speech, the chinese meaning and also how to use this word. but how can you know where the word is in thousands of english words? how to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly? first, all the english words are arranged in the alphabetical order (按字母顺序). in the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter a, b, c, d, e that means, if there are two words desert and pull, desert will be certainly before pull. then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter, then the third, the fourth. for example, pardon is before plough, judge before just, etc. the dictionary will be your good friend. i hope youll use it as often as possible in your english study. 任务一：判断正误，正确的为t，错误的为f。26. the word judge is after the word desert in the dictionary. 任务二：完成句子。27. you may often come across when you are reading something in english. 任务三：简略回答问题。28. what can help you with the new word? 29. what can you know about a word from the dictionary? 任务四：阅读短文，将文中划线部分译为汉语。30. 三、补全短文（共15小题；共15分）a learning english is useful and important. there are many good w31. to learn english. competition is one of them. we often have competitions in our english class. in the competition, we always behave 32. (active). now i still remember last time we did it. we were 33. (分成) into four groups. any student who answered the questions first and right would get two points for his group. our teacher read the questions and four groups answered quickly. in the end my group 34. (赢). through competitions all of us 35. (make) progress in english these year