2013-2014学年度中考英语二轮复习 阅读理解 说明文专项练习

1 2013 20142013 2014 学年度中考二轮复习说明文专项练习学年度中考二轮复习说明文专项练习 学校 姓名 班级 考号 题号一总分 得分 评卷人得分 一 阅读理解 Have you ever beard of Iceland Iceland is a country one tenth of which is covered with ice However it is said that Iceland is the land of heat Smoking volcanoes 火山 white steam 蒸汽 and hot springs are more amazing than the other sights including ice there It has taken millions of years for volcanoes and lava flows 熔岩流 to build Iceland When hiking through one of Iceland s many ancient lava fields you may notice something strange White steam is rising from each vent in front of you Iceland is covered with vents which steam can pass out of The steam comes from naturally heated rocks and hot water below the Earth s surface 表 面 Like steam vents hot springs can be seen here and there in the ancient lava fields Blue Lake is the most famous hot spring in Iceland It isn t far from the capital city of the country The water and white earth in it can make your skin as soft as a newborn baby s skin Enjoy that water because it has traveled a long way It starts nearly two kilometers under Blue Lake There water from the ocean continues moving up slowly into the spaces between hot rocks below the surface And then the water is heated by hot rocks Powerful machines and long pipes 水管 help bring the heated water to the surface People in Iceland use natural hot water for hot springs Besides they use it to create electricity that can be used to heat homes and even greenhouses Iceland is one of the few places on the Earth where active volcanoes lie below ice Heat from the volcanoes creates a strange and wild beauty Therefore some people believe that it s better to call the country Heatland instead of Iceland If you have a chance to travel there take it 根据短文内容选择最佳答案 1 From the passage are the most amazing sights in Iceland A smoking volcanoes and ice B smoking volcanoes white steam and hot springs C heated rocks hot springs and new lava fields 2 The underlined word vent in the passage means in Chinese A 进入口 B 回流口 C 排放口 3 Picture shows how Blue Lake is formed 2 4 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A Iceland was built millions of years ago B People in Iceland use natural hot water for hot springs and creating electricity C Iceland is the only country where active volcanoes lie below ice 5 The best title for this passage should be A THE HISTORY OF ICELAND B THE HOT SPRING OF BLUE LAKE C THE HEAT IN ICELAND Wildwood School Library Guide This will offer you some information about our school library You can use this guide to help your kids use our library Service hours 3 00 pm 5 30 pm on school days 8 30 am 11 00 am on weekends On school days your kids may borrow or return books during opening hours only when his classroom teacher allows him to At the weekend our library is open to both you and your kids Borrowing Each student can borrow one or two books at a time More books can be borrowed only for class reading activities and school research Returning Books borrowed from the library can be kept for 15 school days The books must be returned before the due 到期的 date or the kid can not borrow other books Damaged 受损的 or Lost Books When a book is returned in a damaged condition the kid will have to pay three dollars for the damage Full price must be paid if a book is lost We encourage students to carry their library books in plastic bags to protect them from rainy weather Please call us at 3362 1323 for more information 6 Students can borrow more than two books at a time A for sending exams B to do school research 3 C for after school activities D to read together with their parents 7 must be paid when a student loses the book he borrows A Three dollars B Half the price of the book C Full price of the book D Twice the price of the book 8 The students are advised to to prevent rain A carry their library books in plastic bags B cover their library books with raincoats C put their library books into their pockets D keep their library books in their classroom 9 This library guide is for A teachers from Wildwood B workers in Wildwood School Library C visitors to Wildwood School D parents of the Wildwood School students 10 Which of the following is NOT true A The library is open for two and a half hours every day B Students parents can go to the school library on weekends C Students can go to the library during opening hours as they like D Students can keep the books that they borrow for fifteen school days 阅读下面材料 从每题所给的三个选项 A B 和 C 中 选出最佳选项 Invention 1 These glasses are made from a special liquid 液体 They allow users to adjust the focus 调整焦距 of the glasses until everything is clear They are designed for children So they won t buy new glasses every time when their eyesight changes Invention 2 The Donkey Bike has a strong steel bar 钢条 running along it It can carry both a gas can and a pet at the same time when you ride this bike Invention 3 This machine looks friendly and is called Little Printer It can print news headlines riddles and other things on a roll 卷 of paper So you can make your own little newspaper with it 11 The special glasses are made from A steel B liquid C paper 12 Which of the following is True about the Donkey Bike A It can carry four persons B It is designed for children 4 C It includes a strong steel bar 13 The roll of paperin Little Printer is used for A cleaning the cover of the machine B printing your own newspaper C reading news headlines or riddles 14 A child who has poor eyesight may be interested in A Invention 1 B Invention 2 C Invention 3 15 The passage is mainly about A the change of eightsight B a gas can and a pet C some cool inventions Your home is a safe place right Think again Many serious accidents happen in people s homes Could you please prevent these accidents Yes Many accidents happen because people are careless So be careful Here are some tips about safety Don t stand on chairs Many people may fall off chairs and hurt themselves Keep the floor dry and you won t slip 滑 or fall Be away from matches Even a cigarette 香烟 can easily start a fire Don t use water to put out fires Use salt instead Be careful with knives Many people cut themselves in the kitchen Never touch the broken bottles doors or windows Glass can also cause the most serious cuts Don t keep poisons 毒药 in the kitchen Never use electrical appliances 电器设备 in the shower Dry the floor before you use them or electricity can hurt you Keep children away from hot water and hot drinks They can be dangerous But adults often forget it Look through the peephole 门镜 when you hear the knock on the door Don t let strangers in In a word we should learn to protect ourselves and stay away from danger 根据短文内容判断正 T 误 F 16 You must be careful when there is water on the floor 17 Salt can t be used for putting out fires 18 It s not safe for people to touch switches 电器 19 Water and drinks can be dangerous for both children and adults 20 Open the door at once when you hear someone knocking at the door My friend Victor is a zoo keeper in the National Zoo His work is very interesting but it is hard Sometimes it is dangerous too Every morning the zoo keepers have to get up at five to prepare the food for the animals Each kind of animal is given special food For example the lions must be given meat the deer must be given grass and leaves and the parrots must be given fruit and nuts Sometimes some animals won t let the others eat their food If this happens each of them must be fed separately 分离地 5 Every morning each cage must be washed by the zoo keepers This can be dangerous especially with lions and tigers To make the work easier the animals are locked in the sleeping compartments 隔间 while the cages are being washed When the animals are sick the zoo keepers must look after them Each sick animal is kept in a separate cage and given medicine Sometimes they must be given injections It is not easy to inject a sick lion All the keepers live near the zoo Each of them has a small house There he lives with his family They do not have holidays on Sundays and public holidays Instead each of them has a day off during the week Each keeper has a holiday on a different day from that of the other keepers The most important job of the keepers is to look after the safety of the visitors People must be prevented from doing dangerous things Many people have been injured because they did careless things like putting their hands into the lion s cage 根据以上短文内容 然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项 21 What kind of food must be given to the animals like tigers lions and bears A Nuts B Fruit C Meat D Grass and leaves 22 Some animals must be fed separately because A they eat special food B they often quarrel with each other while eating C they always cause the zoo keepers much trouble D they won t let the others eat their food 23 When an animal is sick it must be A taken out of the cageB put separately and taken good care of C given an injectionD locked in a sleeping compartment 24 All the zoo keepers must work A seven days a weekB on Saturdays C on special festivalsD on weekdays 25 The underlined word injured in the last paragraph 段落 means A hurtB beatenC killedD caught In America just as in Europe men usually open doors for women and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above On the street men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic But if a man walks with two ladies he should walk between them Then if the host or hostess or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there re no people sitting on it 26 In America men usually A walk ahead of women B eat in a restaurant C walk behind women D drive a car to work 27 In the street men 6 A cross the streetB walk on the right side of the ladies C walk near the ladiesD walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic 28 If a man walks with two ladies he should A walk between them B run before them C follow them D go away 29 If a man asks you to speak at a meeting first you should say A How are you B Is everyone here C Ladies and gentlemen D How do you do 30 If Mrs Green invites you to her house in a car you should A jump into the carB sit at the front seat C sit at the back seatD drive the car Traffic lights are very important for us I think you know this But do you know how they were born Garrett A Morgan was the father of traffic lights He was an American His family was very poor He left school at the age of 14 He was clever He always looked for better ways to do things And he liked to make new things At that time every American wanted to have a car The streets were full of cars The traffic was really bad Why not put three lights at each corner They should be red green and yellow Morgan said Let them tell cars to go or stop He made a timer 定时器 to change the lights So we have traffic lights today 31 Today can help buses or cars to go regularly in cities A Americans B Traffic lightsC ChineseD policemen 32 Garrett A Morgan was the father of traffic lights He came from A Canada B England C America D Japan 33 Why could Garrett A Morgan invent traffic lights Because A he always looked for better ways to do things B his family was very poor C he wanted to have a car D He was clever 34 What did Garrett A Morgan do when he was 14 years old A He studied at school B He put three lights in the street C He was away from school D The streets were full of cars 35 What color are the traffic lights They are A green and whiteB red and yellow C red green and yellow D red and green Travel information 7 Beihai Park Dongting Lake Mount Mang 36 You can visit a famous forest park in A Beihai District B Yue yang City C Yizhang County 37 If you do not know how to go to Beihai Park you can call to get information A 3886699 B 3329666 C 3726868 38 Dongting Lake is famous for A birds B fresh fish C flowers 39 If you and your parents visit Mount Mang you need to pay A 120 B 150 C 360 40 Which is true according to the travel information A You can go to Dongting Lake for free B Mount Mang is in Yue yang City C The price of the ticket for Beihai Park is the lowest LOST A white cat with two big blue eyes If you find it please call Sam at Titanic 3D Saturday and Sunday Showtime Cinema 20 half for children under 12 Place of interest Beihai Park Dongting Lake Mount Mang Location 位置 Beihai District Yue yang CityYizhang County 县 Phone Number 388669933296663726868 Price of Ticket 150Free 120 Descripti on An amusement park with a lake A lake with plenty of fresh fish A famous forest park 8 385 0926 Many thanks Call David at 332 5147 BOOK SALE A Christmas Carol by Charles Diukans A story of Christmas The true meaning of Christmas was 59 60 now 29 60 HOUSE FOR RENT 2 sunny bedrooms with a kitchen 500 a month Call Mary at 591 3127 for more information 41 Who lost a white cat with two big blue eyes A Sam B David C Mary D Charles 42 You need to pay if you buy the book A Christmas Carol now A 59 60B 49 60C 39 60D 29 60 43 On what day can we see Titanic 3D in the Showtime Cinema A Every day B Friday and Saturday C Saturday and Sunday D Thursday and Sunday 44 If you want to rent a house you can call A 385 0926 B 591 3127 C 332 5147 D 592 5147 45 Those ads above are most probably from a A mapB dictionaryC newspaperD guidebook 46 If you find Grace s dictionary you can call A 9873 8769 B 668 0796C 233 4105 D47 From the family tree we can see John is Jim and Helen s 9 A daughter B sonC brotherD cousin 48 Lily needsof Celion Dion A three pencils B a red jacketC new CDs D 2 sharpeners 49 Bill Smith is a in No 9 Middle School A studentB teacherC workerD singer 50 What s Tom Cooper s address A Tom C B Bill999 C 312 Lin He RoadD 321 Yongfu Road The Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people It usually comes in January or February It takes about 15 days to prepare for it On the eve of the festival people close the shops and stay at home They all get together for a big dinner They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck In the morning people dress in their best clothes and usually the old stay at home the young go out to pay a New Year Call 拜年 It is an important time for the young The young people bow 鞠躬 to the old people The Chinese call this Ke Tou This means touching the ground with the forehead 额头 Then the young people give their best wishes to the old people The old people give children gifts or lucky money They are very polite 礼貌 and do not use bad words on the Spring Festival Day It s the most important day of the year 51 The Chinese New Year in the passage means A Mid autumn FestivalB the Spring Festival C Christmas DayD the Dragon Boat Festival 52 It takes aboutto get ready for the Chinese New Year A a few days B twelve days C half a monthD three weeks 53 On the eve of lunar New Year Chinese people stay up late and eat dumplings because A they re hungryB they want to get good luck C they like Chinese food very much D they want to read books 54 From this passage we can know thatgive children gifts or lucky money A the teachers B their friends C the old people D their brothers 55 On the Spring Festival Day what do people usually say to each other when they meet A How are you B Merry Christmas C Good morning D Happy the Spring Festival Three boys Tom Sam and Jim bought seventeen apples Tom wanted the half 一 半 Sam wanted one third 三分之一 and Jim wanted one ninth 九分之一 But they didn t know how to do Just at that time a little boy came with an apple in his hand The boy said to them Don t worry Let me help you Then he put his apple into their apples and made the number of the apples eighteen Then he gave Tom nine apples he 10 gave Sam six apples and he gave Jim two apples He gave away seventeen apples and took his apple back The three boys were very happy And they said How clever the boy is 根据短文内容 选择正确的选项 56 There were apples when the three boys divided 分配 them A fifteenB sixteenC seventeenD eighteen 57 What was the three boys problem A They couldn t eat the apples B They couldn t go home C They couldn t divide the apples D They wanted to borrow some apples 58 What did the little boy do to help them A He put his apple into theirs when he divided the apples B He kept an apple to divide the apples C He got one apple from another man D He ate an apple before he divided them 59 Which one is right A The three boys asked the little boy to divide their apples B The little boy told them how to divide their apples C The little boy wanted to help them D The little boy wanted to take away their apples 60 The underlined sentence How clever the boy is meansin Chinese A 这个男孩是多么地感激啊 B 他怎么样才能聪明啊 C 这是一个什么样的男孩啊 D 多么聪明的男孩啊 In England some food companies across the whole country have been told to carry out urgent 紧急的 tests on all beef products Do you know why That s because some food companies used horsemeat to make beef products There are some examples about the horsemeat matter In January 2013 in a number of UK supermarkets frozen hamburgers were found to have traces of horsemeat in them Some frozen beef products made by food company FINDUS were found to contain horsemeat All of the beef products made by this company have been removed from sale The government said that there s nothing to suggest any health risk from the products Food minister David Heath said people should not throw away frozen meat products and carry on eating meat The government will tell people not to eat meat if the meat is not safe Food safety has been an important matter all over the world More and more countries plan to take some useful measures to ensure the safety of food 根据以上新闻内容 回答下列问题 61 In England some food companies have been told to urgently A stop making beef productsB test all their beef products C test all their productsD remove all their products from sale 62 What else did