人教版2020年备战中考初中英语专项训练--阅读理解（人物传记类）C卷

第 1 页 共 8 页 人教版人教版 20202020 年备战中考初中英语专项训练年备战中考初中英语专项训练 阅读理解 人物传记类 阅读理解 人物传记类 C C 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2121 分分 1 3 分 2019 南京 阅读理解 Scene 1 The setting is a room in the palace of the Queen of Sheba The Queen sits at one end of the room on a chair Zahrah stands on one side of the chair Amram is showing some silks to the Queen Amram Would your Majesty be good enough to feel this silk See how fine and soft it is Amarm comes a little closer to the Queen and holds out some purple silk She feels it Queen Yes it is And I like this bright purple color very much She turns to Zahrah Zahrah what do you think of it Zahrah I like it very much and it is a good color for a queen your Majesty She folds up the silk and puts it to one side Amram The king of my own country the wise King Solomon likes this bright purple better than any other color Queen I have heard many things about your king Amram He is a good king your Majesty and a kind man All his people love him Queen I have also heard that he is very wise Is it true Amram that King Solomon understands what animals say Amram It is true your Majesty Queen Smiles It s very hard to believe Amram If I told you what happened one time when I was with the king I think you would believe it 第 2 页 共 8 页 Queen I d like to hear your story Amram Well one day our king and some men of his palace were riding on horseback to a nearby city The king was riding ahead of the rest of us All at once he pulled his horse to stop He looked down at the sand in the road Queen Go on Amram Then the king turned his horse off the road and onto the grass He kept his horse on the grass a little way before turning back onto the road Queen Did he say why he stopped and then turned his horse off the road Amram King Solomon told us he had seen some ants hurrying along in the sand of the road He said he had heard them say they were afraid that the horses would walk on them Queen Surprised And that was why your mighty king turned off the road Amram Proud Yes your Majesty The mighty King Solomon stopped to hear what the little ants in the sand were saying He turned off the road to save them from being hurt Queen Then he must be as wise and as kind as people say he is Amram Now you can believe it can t you Queen I won t fully believe it until I see and hear him myself Amram Amram Then why don t you come to our country and pay him a visit your Majesty Queen Yes I think I shall do that Amram But first I must think of a way to test this wise king You may go now Amram Amram Good day your Majesty He backs away Curtain 1 Where does this scene take place A On the way to a city B In a room of a palace 第 3 页 共 8 页 C In the sand of a road D On the grass near a road 2 Amram told the story of his king to show A King Solomon is wise ancl kind B King Solomon is afraid of ants C King Solomon looks after his horse well D King Solomon can talk to animals 3 King Solomon turned his horse off the road because A there was sand in the way B the horse needed to have a rest C he wanted to enjoy the beauty there D he wanted to avoid hurting the ants 4 Which of the following words is used to help readers know the feeling of the Queen A Fine B Surprised C Proud D Afraid 5 What may happen next according to Scene I A Amram will refuse to leave the Qucen s palace B Zahrah will certainly keep the purple silk for herself C King Solomon will test whether Amram s story is true D The Queen will pay a visit to King Solomon s country 第 4 页 共 8 页 2 10 分 2019 荆门 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 Terry Fox was only seventeen when he got a cancer 癌症 He must have felt hopeless when the doctor said his right leg would have to be cut off 6 inches above the knee But to everyone s surprise Terry Fox made up his mind to become a long distance runner and do something about the cancer What a dream Although it seemed impossible Terry decided to run across the whole country He hoped to raise one million dollars for cancer research Few believed he would make it Anyway on April 12 1980 Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope For the first days of his marathon Terry Fox was alone He started running at 4 30 am Day by day people began to realize that something big was happening on the lonely road As people saw Terry they stopped and donated 捐赠 money for cancer research However his health took a rapid turn for the worse several months later He had to give up his marathon on September 1 1980 Terry died three months later at the age of 22 In his short life he raised 24 million for cancer research one dollar for each person in his motherland Since his death the yearly Terry Fox Run first held in 1981 has grown to be the world s largest one day fundraiser 筹资活动 for cancer research 1 What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean A The dream was very strange B It was such a silly dream C The dream was easy to achieve D It was almost an impossible dream 2 Terry gave up his marathon in 1980 because A he found it too tiring B nobody supported him C he was too sick to continue D he raised enough money 第 5 页 共 8 页 3 When did Terry Fox get a cancer A In 1975 B In 1980 C In 1981 D In 1958 4 What is the writer s purpose in writing the passage A To tell us when Terry Fox Run was first held B To tell us not to give up when facing difficulties C To advise us to donate money for cancer research D To call on us to take part in Marathon of Hope 3 8 分 2017 九上 射阳期中 根据短文理解 选择正确答案 The Man of Many Secrets Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entertainers 表演 者 in the theater He was a man famous for his escapes 逃走 逃生 from prison cells 囚室 from wooden boxes floating 漂浮 in rivers from locked tanks full of water He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his magic tricks Of course his secret was not magic or supernatural powers It was simply strength He had the ability to move his toes as well as his fingers He could move his body into almost any position he wanted Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17 in 1891 He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York They called themselves the Houdini Brothers When Harry married in 1894 he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant But for a long time they were not very successful Then Harry performed his first prison 监狱 escape in Chicago in 1898 Harry persuaded 说服 a detective 侦探 which to let him try to escape from the prison and he invited the local newspapermen to watch It was the publicity 宣传 that came from this that started Harry Houdini s success Harry had 第 6 页 共 8 页 fingers trained to escape from handcuffs 手铐 and toes trained to escape ankle chains But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors Every time he went into the prison cell Bess gave him a kiss for good luck and a small skeleton key which is a key that fits many locks pass quickly from her mouth to his Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited In the afternoon the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full What was the result Worldwide fame and a name remembered today 1 According to the passage Houdini s success in prison escapes depends on A his