天津市英语中考复习专项训练：阅读理解（二） 记叙类C卷

第 1 页 共 18 页 天津市英语中考复习专项训练 阅读理解 二 天津市英语中考复习专项训练 阅读理解 二 记叙类记叙类 C C 卷卷 一 一 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 1010 题 共题 共 8181 分分 1 10 分 阅读理解 We often face the following situations in our daily life The woman next door plays her piano after 12 o clock at night The family across the street never cleans up their yard The rubbish blows into your yard The man next door always parks his car in front of your drive Have things like this ever happened to you If so you may ask yourself Who are these people Why are they doing these things to me These days many people don t know their neighbors Sometimes we share a friendly smile or say hello but lots of people don t even know their neighbor s names When you don t know someone it s easy to be angry when something has happened that you think is unfair You think Maybe they like to make me angry or Maybe they do it on purpose Believe it or not your neighbors probably don t mean to irritate 激怒 you Often they don t even know that they re making you feel angry So before you take unusual steps to fix the problem you should discuss it with them first When you move towards your neighbors you should talk to them in a friendly manner Praise their children to make them feel good Then explain the situation And if you can think of a simple way to solve the problem suggest it If talking doesn t work ask another person to help This person can listen to both sides of the story and help you and your neighbor solve the situation Finally sometimes it s a good idea to avoid the problem Depending on the problem it might be best to just stay out of your neighbor s way 1 What s the writer s purpose of writing paragraphs 1 2 A To ask some questions B To lead in the subjects 第 2 页 共 18 页 C To list some situations D To tell some stories 2 You should talk about the problem with your neighbors first because A they often say hello or smile to you B you do not know what they are called C they probably don t plan to make you unhappy D they will take unusual steps to solve the problem 3 When talking with your neighbors you can make them have a good feeling by A praising their children B explaining the problem C shaking hands with them D making friends with them 4 What does the passage mainly talk about A Ways to deal with neighbors B Problems caused by neighbors C Situations we may face every day D Reasons why we become angry at neighbors 2 6 分 阅读下面短文 从下面每小题的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 In many English homes people eat four meals a day breakfast lunch tea and dinner People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning They eat porridge eggs or bread English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast Lunch comes at one o clock Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven First they have soups and then they have meat or fish with vegetables After that they eat some other things like 第 3 页 共 18 页 bananas apples or oranges But not all English people eat like that Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day Their meals are breakfast dinner tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary 1 Many English people have meals a day A two B three C four D three or four 2 People may have for their breakfast A tea and eggs B porridge eggs bread tea or coffee C tea and coffee D bread and eggs 3 People have lunch at A any time B nine C five D one 4 People don t have for their dinner A porridge B bananas or apples C any soup or meat D meat or fish 第 4 页 共 18 页 5 In many English homes dinner comes A at one o clock B in the middle of the day C at noon D at night 3 8 分 根据短文内容判断正误 Tom is a very old man After dinner he likes walking in the street And be goes to bed at seven o clock But this evening a car stops at his house A policeman helps him get out He tells Tom s wife 妻子 The old man can t find his way in the street He asks me to take him in the car After the policeman leaves his wife asks Tom you go to the street every night but today you can t find the way Why The old man smiles like a child and says I can t find my way I don t want to walk home because I m too tired 1 The old man likes walking in the street after breakfast 2 The old man can t find the way to his home 3 The policeman takes the old man home in his car 4 The old man is tired and he doesn t want to walk home 5 The policeman is always ready to help others 4 11 分 阅读理解 Mike lives in the country and he loves playing in the river near his house But his father gets a job in a hospital in a big city and he moves there with his family Their new house has a garden but the garden is very small Mike isn t very happy Is there a river near here he asks his mother on the first morning 第 5 页 共 18 页 No there isn t But there is a beautiful park near here Mike and there is a pool in it We are going there this afternoon Mike becomes happier now After lunch Mike and his mother go to the park Mike wants to walk near the pool but there is a sign in front of it His mother reads it to him Warning This pool is dangerous 46 people have fallen into it Mike looks into the pool carefully and says But I can t see them 1 There is near Mike s old house A a river B a park C a garden D a pool 2 Mike moves to a big city because A his mother gets a job there B their new house in the city has a nice garden C his father gets a job in the city D his father lives in the city 3 Mike becomes happier because he is going to A play in the river B the park and there is a pool in it C play in the garden D play with some new friends 4 The sign in front of the pool tells people A the water in the pool is dangerous 第 6 页 共 18 页 B not to look at the pool C not to look after the pool D not to walk near the pool 5 8 分 阅读短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 Many middle school students don t know how to spend their free time When they have holidays they always have nothing to do and feel bored Some may play computer games all day long and some may stay in bed and sleep all day Here are some suggestions 建议 If you don t like to stay at home you can go for a picnic 野餐 or play some sports In this way you can breathe some fresh air and keep healthy If you like to stay at home you may enjoy some light music or read a few novels You can play some indoor games such as chess cards and table tennis You can also plant some trees and flowers in your garden to make your home beautiful It is also a good idea to keep a pet and talk with it Just develop 发展 some hobbies and you will feel much happier after a long holiday 1 How many suggestions does the writer give if you want to stay at home A Six B Five C Eight D Nine 2 Why do we need to do sports in our free time A It can help us keep healthy B It can help us make more friends C It can make our studies better D It can help us know more about the world 3 Which is NOT a good way to spend our free time according to the writer 第 7 页 共 18 页 A Going for a picnic B Sleeping all day C Playing chess D Keeping a pet 4 What s the best title for the passage A What to do when you stay at home B How to develop your hobbies C How to spend your free time D How to keep healthy 6 8 分 阅读短文 回答问题 Yang Yu 14 of Jilin hasn t adapted 适应 himself to the changes in his classroom since the first day of this term teachers now hold classes with a computer and screen Instead of writing on the blackboard as before they click the mouse and show us the Power Point PPT slides 幻灯片 on the screen Sometimes there is not even one word on the blackboard after a whole class Yang said I m not quite used to the multimedia 多媒体 class More and more middle schools in China now use multimedia in class Teachers put their courses on a computer and show their lessons with a PPT To make the lessons more interesting they play animations 动画 and movies Hu Wei an English teacher in Sichuan thinks multimedia class seems to be more interesting than traditional classes His students practice their oral English by following music and animations on a computer It helps them speak English bravely and actively Hu says Besides it s also a helpful tool for teachers because showing PPTs saves us more time than writing notes on the blackboard However multimedia class makes things more difficult for students like Liu Yifang a 15 year old Beijinger She can t take all her notes as before There are no words on the blackboard but many on the screen Liu says Besides my teacher speaks so fast that I can t catch up 第 8 页 共 18 页 Liu thinks it is not the best way to learn For me I like the old way I agree that the multimedia is helpful but so is the blackboard Liu says If teachers can use both tools properly in class I think that will be really good for everyone 1 What equipment 设备 do Yang Yu s teachers use in multimedia class 2 According to Paragraph 2 what can teachers do to make their lessons more interesting 3 How do teachers save students more time in class according to Hu Wei 4 How many reasons does Liu Yifang mention why she can t take all her notes as before 5 What s Liu Yifang s advice on class teaching 7 6 分 The Vine That Ate the South Kudzu is a fast growing vine 蔓生植物 that covers a large area in the southern United States It is so common that one might think it is a native plant but it is not Kudzu was brought to the United States from Japan in 1876 Many Americans thought it was beautiful and they began to plant it They didn t know it could grow up to a foot a day during the summer months Nor did they know it would grow up and over anything in its path 路径 In Japan kudzu experienced cold winters and a short growing season But in the United States it has a very long growing season with warm and wet southern weather It is fine weather for the vine to grow fast In the 1920s people used the vine to feed farm animals Ten years later the government supported to plant kudzu because it kept soil 土壤 from washing away However by the 1950s the government no longer wanted people to plant the vine Twenty years after that the government said it was a harmful plant The vine grows up trees and buildings making some beautiful shapes However trees die after kudzu covers them because they can not get enough light Scientists are looking for ways to kill the vine They used poisons 毒药 to kill the vine However some of the poisons made it grow even better Scientists also find it difficult to dig up Kudzu The plant is really tough Because kudzu is so hard to kill some people are making the best of it So they try to find 第 9 页 共 18 页 different uses for the vine They find the vine can be used to make paper and baskets it can be used to feed the goats and it can even be eaten by people Scientists are studying it in the hope that the vine can be used as a medicine At the very least kudzu serves as an example of the unexpected results that can come from non native plants 1 We can learn from the passage that A kudzu mostly grows in the northern America B kudzu was brought to Japan from America C kudzu grows very fast in warm and wet weather D American government has never supported to plant kudzu 2 The underlined word tough in Paragraph 4 probably means A not easily broken B widely used C hard to grow D important to one s health 3 The last paragraph is mostly about A how quickly the vine grows B how people use the vine C why people want to kill the vine D why people eat the vine 4 We can learn from the passage that A kudzu mostly grows in the northern America B kudzu was brought to Japan from America C kudzu grows very fast in warm and wet weather 第 10 页 共 18 页 D American government has never supported to plant kudzu 5 The writer uses the title The Vine That Ate the South most probably to A let readers know kudzu is a vine B interest readers in a way C tell readers the vine is a kind of food D get readers to realize the passage is serious 6 The underlined word tough in Paragraph 4 probably means A not easily broken B widely used C hard to grow D important to one s health 7 The last paragraph is mostly about A how quickly the vine grows B how people use the vine C why people want to kill the vine D why people eat the vine 8 The writer uses the title The Vine That Ate the South most probably to A let readers know kudzu is a vine B interest readers in a way C tell readers the vine is a kind of food D get readers to realize the passage is serious 8 8 分 Years ago I lived in a building in a large city The building next door was only 第 11 页 共 18 页 a few feet away from mine There was a woman who lived there whom I had never met yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon sewing 缝纫 or reading After several months had gone by I began to notice that her window was dirty Everything was unclear through the dirty window I would say to myself I wonder why that woman doesn t wash her window It really looks terrible One bright morning I decided to clean my flat including washing the window inside Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest What a surprise Across the way the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible 可见的 Her window was clean Then it dawned on me I had been criticizing 批评 her dirty window but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window That was quite an important lesson for me How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart through my own shortcomings 缺点 Since then whenever I wanted to judge 评判 someone I asked myself first Am I looking at him through my own dirty window Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly 1 The writer was surprised that A the woman was sitting by her window B the woman s window was clean C the woman did cleaning in the afternoon D the woman s window was still terrible 2 It dawned on me probably means A I began to understand it B it cheered me up C I knew it grew light 第 12 页 共 18 页 D it began to get dark 3 It s clear that A the writer had never met the woman before B the writer often washed the window C they both worked as cleaners D they lived in a small town 4 From the passage we can learn that A one shouldn t criticize others very often B one should often make his windows clean C one must judge himself before he judges others D one must look at others through his dirty windows 9 8 分 Answer the questions 根据短文内容回答下列问题 1 Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school When she was a school teacher she also found time to volunteer One year she organized a Super Saturday Fun Day for kids in the community She also used to volunteer at the Mint Festival every year One summer she served food another year she organized an art programme 2 After she retired she started volunteering to help the old When her father was older he was not able to see as well as he used to which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community She also helped one woman write her stories Ann was almost 100 years old and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her She put the information in a book and got it published Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren 3 After a hurricane 飓风 destroyed some southern cities Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre She says I have 第 13 页 共 18 页 always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what 4 One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees 难民 who needed to learn English Now she meets once a week with Sahra a 38 year old woman from Somalia Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes walk from where Helen lives They work on reading and writing skills Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life She developed the pictures and then asked Sahra questions about them In the end they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life 5 Helen says The most rewarding 有益的 part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs 1 When was Helen s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross 2 What did Helen do after she retired 3 Why was Ann excited when her book got published 4 Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross 5 How far is Sahra living and working from Helen s home 6 Did Helen help Sahra to learn English 7 What can you learn from Helen 10 8 分 In the early 1990s the word Internet was strange to most people But today Internet has become a useful tool for people all over the world Maybe Internet has been th