中考阅读理解之回答问题.docx

中考阅读理解之回答问题(1)AnswerJ.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world. Shewasborn in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two yearsyounger than her. Both girls lovedlisteningto their father read bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magical (魔幻的) world. Rowling wrote her first storyatthe age of six. On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who has magic but he himself doesnt know it. In 1992, Rowling beganto writethe first Harry Potter book for youngreaders. It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now Harry Potter series (系列) ispopularwith people of all ages and about sixtymillionbooks were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. ThatswhyHarry Potter series has been so popular. J.K. Rowling is veryhappywith the success. Now shes really enjoying life. She says she will go on writing childrens books.1. What did J. K. Rowling love listening to when she wa very young?_2. When did the first Harry Potter book come out?_3. Whom are the Harry Potter series written for?_4. Is she still writing stories for children after her success?_5. How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?_(2)AnswerIn 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world. In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was sent to Hammersmith Hospital in London. She was then only semi-conscious and on the Dangerously Ill list. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were confused by the very unusual symptoms (症状). While they were discussing the babys case, a nurse asked to speak to them.Excuse me, said Nurse Marsha Maitlan, but I think the baby is suffering from thallium (铊) poisoning. What makes you think that? Dr. Brown asked. Thallium poisoning is extremely rare. A few days ago, I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie, Nurse Maitlan explained. In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. Theyre exactly the same as the babys. Youre very thoughtful and you may be right, another doctor said. Well carry out some tests and find out whether its thallium or not. Tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making special glass. Once they knew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used in Qatar.1. Why was the baby sent to London?_2. What was her case considered to be when the baby was sent to the hospital in London?_3. Who was the one that first suggested the correct cause of the babys illness?_4. How did she know the possible cause of the babys illness?_5. What did the babys illness have something to do with?_(3)AnswerSumo wrestling is a national sport in Japan. Every year there are six tournaments，and millions of Japanese watch them on television. A tournament is a series of matches. Sumo is almost as the nation of Japan itself. Stories say that there was sumo wrestling over 2,000 years ago. There are written records of national sumo tournaments in the 8th century. In many sports，athletes are thin and can move very quickly. However，sumo wrestler weigh from 100 to160 kilos. One famous wrestler weighed 195 kilos. Sumo wrestlers do not move quickly，and sumo wrestling is a very slow sport.Sumo wrestlers start training when they are boys. They exercise to make their bodies strong. They also eat a lot. They wrestle in a round ring with a sand floor. A wrestler loses the match if he leaves the ring. He is also the loser if any part of his body except his feet touches the floor. Each wrestler tries to push the other down on the floor or out of the ring. Sometimes one wrestler just steps aside when the other wrestler rushes toward him. Then，the wrestler who is rushing falls down or moves out of the ring.1. Where is sumo wrestling popular?_2. How are sumo wrestlers different from other athletes?_3. How do sumo wrestlers train?_4. How does a sumo wrestler lose the match?_5. Is it good for a person to weigh 160 or 195 kilos?_(4)Answerl Two gas company servicemen, a senior training supervisor and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban neighborhood. They parked their truck the end of the alley and worked their way to the other end. At the last house a woman looking out her kitchen window watched the two men as they checked her gas meter.Finishing the meter check, the senior supervisor challenged his younger coworker to a foot race down the alley back to the truck to prove that an older guy could outrun a younger one. As they came running up to the truck, they realized the lady from that last house was huffing and puffing right behind them. They stopped and asked her what was wrong.Gasping for breath, she replied, When I see two gas men running as hard as you two were, I figured Id better run too!l A bus load of politicians were driving down a country road when all of a sudden the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old farmers field. The old farmer after seeing what happened went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a load of holes and buried allthe politicians. A few days later, the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and then asked the old farmer, Were they ALL dead? The old farmer replied, Well, some of them said they werent, but you know how them politicians lie.1. What did the two servicemen do in the neighborhood?_2. Why did they run?_3. Why did the lady run hard, too?_4. Did all the politicians die in the accident?_5. Why did the farmer bury them all?_(5)AnswerSolomon Shereshevski was a man with an amazing memory. He was one of the worlds most famous me-monists (记忆能手). Born in Russia in about 1900, he spent much of his life performing memory skills that people found difficult to believe.He could memorize long lists of numbers after reading them through once, and he could then recite(背诵) them forwards or back-wards.He could also remember the same numbers months later. He could easily remember lists of names, dozens of playing cards or hundreds of cities.Although he had a wonderful memory, he found some normal skills very difficult.For example,he found it difficult to learn to read. He also found it difficult to recognize patterns in words or numbers. When presented with a long list of numbers like this: 1234 4231 5678 8765 6789 9876 he could not see that there was a pattern. If he could see or hear a collection of numbers, he could remember it. However, this did not mean that he could understand what he was looking at. He could remember long complex mathematical formulas, but could not understand what the numbers meant.Solomon suffered from a condition known as Synaesthesia. This meant that all of his senses were connected in a special way. In other words, when he heard a particular word he also experienced a unique taste, or saw a unique color. Each word that he heard brought a particular description into his mind. Each word for him was unique, because he remembered it as a taste, a smell, a color or a sound, or all of them together.He was not a clever man except this ability and people found him rather stupid. He found it difficult to, become friends with other people because his mind was so different. In a way, his memory was a curse(祸根). He remembered everything, and that made it difficult for him to understand anything.1. Where was Solomon born?_2. What was unusual about him?_3. What normal skills did he find difficult?_4. He could remember any list of numbers, but what could he not do?_5. How was he able to remember so easily?_Answer Key Page(1)1. She loved listening to stories. 2. In June 1997.3. The series are written for young people. 4. Yes, she is.5. The stories happened in the modern world.(2)1. Because the doctors in Qatar were una