（试题 试卷 真题）专题22 阅读理解（人物传记类）（原卷版）

专题22 阅读理解（人物传记类）（第01期）1.【2014年四川省重庆市中考】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared in a childrens magazine when she was ten years old. Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the best-seller list for more than a year. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.Rachel Carsons most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.来源:Zxxk.Com【小题1】Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of _.her father B. her mother C. her schoolteacher D. her brother【小题2】Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when _. A. she was very young B. she was in college C. she became a teacher D. she became famous【小题3】The Chinese meaning of the word ”decline” in this passage is probably “_”. A. 增加 B. 减少 C. 维持 D. 翻番【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?来源:Zxxk. Com A. Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer. B. The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award. C. In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment. D. The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out.2.【2014年福建省福州市中考】阅读下面四篇材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中、选出最佳选项。Gabriel Garcia Mrquez ,who was awared the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982，passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant .Garcia Mrquez was born in Colombia ,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City . As one of the most famous writers ,he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature ” . Garcia Mrquez wrote in a style called “magical realism ”In such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history . But meanwhile ,magical things happen to them .Garcia Mrquez is best known for his 1967 novel ,One Hundred Years of Solitude ,which has sold about 50 million copies . It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years . The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19century . As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said , Garcia Mrquez wrote about “the very essence of the Latin American beings ” .【小题1】Garcia Mrquez was born in the year _.A. 1914 B. 1928 C. 1967 D. 1982 【小题2】We can know from Paragragh 2 that Garcia Mrquez_.A. was born in Mexico City B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia C. had a writing style called “magical realism ” D. was famous but lived a simple daily life 【小题3】The underlined word “isolated”means _.A. 隔绝的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧嚣的 D. 繁华的【小题4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Mrquez?A. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 B. His novel One Hundrend Years of Solitude was a great success.C. He was widely known as “a girl of 20th-century literature ”.来源:Z_xx_k.Com来源:学。科。网D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.【小题5】The writer quotes from the President to _.来源:Z*xx*k.ComA. praise Garcia Mrquez for his achievement B. show the deep sadness of the President C. explain the writing style of Garcia Mrquez 来源:Zxxk.ComD. describe the character of Garcia Mrquez3.【2014年山东省济宁市中考】阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。【小题1】At what age did Louis begin to draw the animals on the farm?A. At 9. B. At 13. C. At 23. D. At 35.【小题2】The underlined part “passed on” is closest in meaning to “_”.A. sat B. rose C. died D. stood【小题3】Which is the right order of the following what happened?a. His books became popular. b. His family enjoyed his books. c. He passed on in a fire. d. He started to draw animals.e. He was born on a farm. A. a-b-c-d-e B. e-b-d-a-c C. e-d-b-c-a D. b-d-c-e-a【小题4】What is the purpose of the passage?A. To plan a trip to visit a farm. B. To tell people about an art show.C. To attract people to the farm. D. To share ideas of drawing comic books.4.【2014年山东省烟台市中考】阅读理解 Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age. When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity. Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.【小题1】How often did Edison make a new invention?A. About every fourteen days B. About every seven days C. About once a week D. About twice a week 【小题2】The underlined word “fi