中考英语专项突破复习《基础阅读》专练.doc

2013届中考英语专项突破复习基础阅读专练alets get close to eric and have a look. it has a square body with two long legs. look! eric is riding a bicycle on the playground of our school. he can do a few tricks. dont fall off your bike, eric! this robot is named susan. it has a round face with two big eyes. listen! she is playing the piano at the concert! oh, she played very well. all the students are clapping their hands. congratulations, susan!the next one is called dick. it has a strong build. he is wearing a red suit. he is swimming like a frog in the pool. he often makes a funny sound to draw students attention. you are a perfect swimmer, dick!the last one in the robot family is anna. she has a tall and thin build with long hair to its shoulder. she is wearing a purple mini-skirt. she is skating on our school ice rink. look out, anna! dont have a fall!47. _is wearing a red suit. a. dickb. ericc. annad. susan48. eric is able to _. a. play the pianob. ride a bicycle c. swim like a frogd. skate on the ice 49. we can know that a _is going on at school now. a. music festivalb. physical exam c. chess competitiond. robot showbgordons hobby may seem strange to us. he likes building model ships inside old bottles.gordon has always loved ships, especially sailing ships from the old days. his interest was made many years ago when he visited a museum in ottawa, canada, where model ships in bottles were displayed(展示). gordon regarded it as a wonderful show. at the same time an idea came to his mind. how did the craftsman(手艺人) get the ship through the narrow neck of the bottle? gordon decided to make a research.he found an old craftsman who was glad to teach him the basic skills. first, gordon takes an old bottle. then he puts in a layer of paint, carefully shaped and painted to look like the sea. next, he builds the ship. to get the ship through the neck of the bottle, gordon folds(折叠) down the masts(桅杆). once the ship is inside the bottle, he takes a long, thin tool to raise the masts.gordon has completed more than one hundred models. his aim is to build up aircraft carriers(航空母舰), buses, cars, airplanes, houses, and many other kinds of models inside the bottles. this will be more challenging(挑战), as he will have to build actually inside the bottle. his hobby certainly needs time, patience and a steady (平稳的)hand. 50. gordon became interested in _. a. sailing a ship in the seab. putting a ship in a bottle c. collecting old sailing shipsd. going on a holiday by ship51. which of the following is the second step according to the third paragraph? 52. what can we learn from the passage? a. gordon got the idea from a show in canada. b. gordon learnt the basic skills from a seaman. c. gordon has made less than 100 models so far. d. gordon will use a smaller bottle in the future.七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）joanne rowling was born in england. she wrote her first story at the age of five or six. at school her favorite subject was english and she used to make up stories with her friends. when she left school, she studied in paris for a year to learn french. 60 however, most of all she wanted to write! in 1992, she left england to go to portugal(葡萄牙) to teach english. while she was there she got married to a journalist and had a daughter. a few years later, joanne returned to live in scotland. 61 while she was there, she finished her story about harry potter, a young boy who is a wizard(术士). then one day, in 1997, she found a publisher(出版商). she was very excited and happy! to her surprise, her book was sold in millions! it won many prizes! 62 everybody wanted to read about harry potter. her stories have been translated into many languages. 63 joanne rowling has written several more books about harry potter and all of them have sold millions of copies. some of these later books are also being made into films.a. so joanne became very rich and famous.b. it took her over one year to write her first book.c. after university, she experienced all sorts of different jobs.d. and they can now be read all over the world.e. she had very little money and lived in a very small flat. a like reading?want an interesting book to read?here are our books. just pick the one that you like best.*the best of the song books: by harlan cobenlist price: $28.00 price: $21.00 you save: $7.00(25%)customer(顾客) review: bookmarks by phillips: magazine by patricia cornwelllist price: $24.00 price: $18.00 you save: $6.00(25%)customer review: the mystery of breathing: a novel by peril klauslist price: $15.00 price: $12.00 you save: $3.00(20%)customer review: ten little fingers: books for babies by annie keblelist price: $25.00 price: $15.00 you save: $10.00(40%)customer review: *for further information, please click (点击) here.47. which book is the cheapest now?a. ten little fingers b. bookmarks by phillips c. the mystery of breathing d. the best of the song books 48. if you buy one book the little fingers, how much can you save?a. $3.00. b. $6.00. c. $7.00d. $10.00.49. you read this advertisement most probably .a. on the radio b. in a magazinec. on the internet d. in a newspaper bduring his life dr james naismith worked as a doctor, taught p.e and wrote several books. while he never thought it very important, dr naismith is today best known for one thing. he was the inventor of basketball. dr james naismith was born in canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the usa. one day the school leader told james he was having a problem with the students. because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. he told james that they needed a sport that the boys could play indoors. he gave the teacher two weeks to think of something. it was on the very last day that james came up with his idea. the “birth of basketball” is said to be on december 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. it was quite different from the basketball games of today. it had 9 players on each team and they used football instead of basketball. soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets. although dr naismith did not live to see basketball is so popular today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an olympic sport at the games in berlin. 50. dr james naismith didnt _ a. work as a doctor at a hospital. b. write some books in life. c.teach p.e in school in the usa d. take part in the olympic games. 51. in which season did dr naismith invent basketball? a. winter. b. autumn. c.summer. d. spring.52. how many players were in each team during the game at the beginning? a. 5 b. 9 c. 10 d. 12七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）years ago，if a teenager had some problems in his life，he might write them in his diary. now he might get on the internet and write them in his blog(博客). 60 . then，what makes a blog different from a diary?the biggest difference is that a blog is much more public than a diary. 61 . usually，a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as secret. if you are not satisfied with a friend and write something bad about him in your diary，he will never know it. however，if you do this on the internet，that friend may read your blog and get angry. 62 .a blog has good points，of course. people choose to write in blogs，they know that their friends will read what they write. if you feel sad one day and write in your diary，no one will know about it. 63 ，your friends may quickly write back to comfort you and offer their help. blogs help people know what their friends are doing.a. in many ways，a diary and a blog are almost the sameb. anyone can read what you write in your blogc. blogs are becoming more and more importantd. so we have to be careful of what we writee. if you write the same words in your blog 2012海淀47. we can enjoy mattaponi culture day at _. a. 9:00 a.m. b. 3:00 p.m. c. 6:00 p.m. d. 10:00 p.m. 48. if tom, 15 years old, wants to enjoy that day with his parents, they need to pay _. a. $6 b. $12 c. $18 d. $2449. what can we do on that day?a. make baskets. b. sing songs. c. tell stories. d. play games.ba native american and his friend were in downtown new york city, walking near times square in manhattan. it was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with the noise of people and cars. suddenly, the native american said, “i hear a cricket (蟋蟀).”his friend said, “what? you must be crazy. you couldnt possibly hear a cricket in all of this noise!” “no, im sure of it,” the native american said, “i heard a cricket.” “thats crazy,” said the friend.the native american listened carefully for a moment, and then walked across the street to a big wall. there they saw bushes (灌木). he looked into the bushes, and sure enough, he found a small cricket. his friend was quite amazed. “thats unbelievable,” said his friend. “you must have superhuman ears!”“no,” said the native american. “my ears are not different from yours. it all depends on what youre listening for.” “but that cant be!” said the friend. “i could never hear a cricket in this noise.”“yes, its true,” came the reply. “it depends on what is really important to you. here, let me show you.” he reached into his pocket, pulled out a few coins, and dropped them on the sidewalk. and then, with the noise of the crowded street still in their ears, they noticed every head within 20 feet turn and look to see if the money was theirs.“see what i mean?” asked the native american. “it all depends on whats important to you.”50the native american was _ with his friend when he heard a cricket. a. taking a walk b. watching people walkingc. looking for crickets d. looking for important things51. his friends felt _ after they found the cricket. a. unsure b. crazy c. relaxed d. amazed52. the writer wants to tell _. a. people pay more attention to what is important to themb. people wonder what is important to themc. people can hear different soundsd. people believe what they heard七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分） maria martinez is remembered today as the maker of beautiful pottery. her pottery is in museums all over the world. 60 she lived in new mexico in america. as a young woman, maria was known for the fine pots she made. maria and the other village women made pots for their families. they also sold pots to visitors. in 1908, some archaeologists (考古学家) found broken bits of pottery in marias village. they belonged to americans who lived there 700 years before. 61 they were thinner than marias pots. the finds influenced her art. maria decided to make such a pot. her husband helped her. they had to find a way to make the pot thinner. maria knew the clay she used would not work. a thin pot made out of that clay would crack (破裂) easily. maria mixed different amounts of clay, sand, and water. 62 maria produced many pots in her lifetime. 63 they are keeping the old ways alive just as maria had done before.a. her son and grandson also learned how to make beautiful pots.b. at last, she discovered a mix that would not crack.c. maria taught her husband how to make pots.d. then the archaeologists showed them to maria.e. maria was born around 1881.2012门头沟 amonday10:3011:00 amvisit uncle peter in general hospital tuesday2:004:00 pmswimming classwednesday12:006:00 pmpart-time job thursday10:3011:30 amappointment with mr. green friday11:00 amgo to the airport to meet samsaturday10:0012:00 ammeet dave to study for test sunday5:007:00 pmbirthday party for kate阅读john的日程表，选择正确答案。 ( ) 47. _ is ill in hospital. a. kateb. peterc. johnd. sam( ) 48. john has a swimming class on _.a. sunday b. tuesday c. wednesday d. thursday ( ) 49. john does his part-time job for _ hours on wednesday. a. five b. six c. ten d. eleven( ) 50. john meets sam _.a. at daves house b. in the hospitalc. at the airport d. in kates home bdou kou, a chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. he has written three books till now. dou kou was born in jiangsu in 1994. when he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as xian and shenzhen. this kind of life gave him things to think and write about. when he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. at three, he could look up words in the dictionary. at four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. his parents like reading very much. so does he. at the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. at the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. his fairy tales are all from his life. one day, he found many mice in the house. the mice ate their food and they also hurt his mothers hand. so he thought, “if we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” this was his first fairy tales change stomach for mice. now he studies well in a middle school. he has written his third book, the novel called eyes of children. he says, “i am not different from other children. i just wrote several books.”( ) 51. how many books has dou kou written?a. three.b. four. c. five. d. six.( ) 52. dou kou began to use a dictionary _.a.when he wrote fairy talesb.after he went to school c. before his father taught him how to learn somethingd. after his mother taught him how to learn something( ) 53. which is the best title? a. three books by a childb. how to write a fairy talesc. how clever the boy is d. dou kou, the youngest writer七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分） many people like to watch tv. watching tv is one of the most important activities of the day. tv brings the outside closer to peoples homes. some people say the world is smaller than before because of tv.whats going on in the other countries? 60 is there a good sports game somewhere? whats life in the deepest part of the sea?if you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on the tv. 61 you can see a lot and learn a lot. of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. but with tv they can learn better and more easily. why? 62 tv helps to open our eyes. 63 tv often gives us new ideas. we learn newer and better ways of doing something.a. its bad for your eyes to watch tv.b. turn it on and watch.c. tv also helps to open our minds.d. because they can hear and watch, too.e. how do people live in places far away?2012延庆 aalice was excited. a new copy of our pets, our pals had just come in the mail. she sat in a chair and began reading it. letters to the editordear pet pal,i love your magazine. ive been reading it since i was seven years old. i like to read about cats because i have two cats. - emily, age 10dear pet pal,after reading “goldfish make great pets”, iconvinced my mother that i should get my first pet.now i have two goldfish. thanks!- mario, age 11dear pet pal,i like to take my dog ralph to my grandmothers house, but he makes her sneeze. can you help me? - steve, age 13*dear steve,if your grandmother has a fenced yard, keep ralph outside. that should help!- editoralice decided to write a letter, too. she took out a pen and a piece of paper.dear pet pal,can you tell me if snakes make good pets? my brother and i say they do, but our parents are not so sure. perhaps you could help.alice, age 1149. is 10 years old and has two cats.a. aliceb. marioc. steved. emily50. steve likes to go to his grandmothers house with the .a. catsb. dogc. snakesd. goldfish51. alice would like to .a. keep a snake as a petb. give her brother a snakec. write a report on snakesd. read a book about snakes bone cold day, mariko and her dad were walking to the store. “im tired of winter,” said mariko.dad waved at their neighbor. “i bet mr. hill wishes spring would come too.” mariko looked up to see mr. hill in his window. he waved, and she waved back.“mr. hill loves his garden,” said mariko. mr. hill had the prettiest spring flower garden. it was full of tulips and daffodils(水仙花).dad nodded. “yes, he does. and since he is old, it is hard for him to go outside in winter. the streets are too icy.”at the store, mariko helped dad choose milk, bread, and carrots.“you may choose a treat for yourself, mariko,” said dad.mariko thought an apple would taste good. but suddenly something else caught her eye.she pulled on