2013中考英语 一轮阅读理解第2集

用心 爱心 专心1 20132013 中考英语一轮 阅读理解第中考英语一轮 阅读理解第 2 2 集 集 主要选自 2012 年的模拟题 中考真题 有些选自 2011 年的模拟题 中考真题 题材 广泛 题型多样 有阅读短文 做单项选择题 有任务型阅读理解题 01 A long time ago Roman soldiers came to make war to Scotland 苏格兰 The Scots loved their county very much They fought hard against their enemies but there were too many of the Romans It looked as if the Romans would win One night the leader of Scots took his soldiers to the top of a hill We will rest here tonight my men he said Tomorrow we will fight against the Romans again We must win or we will die They were all very tired so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep There were only four guards on duty but they too were very tired and one by one also fell asleep The Romans were not asleep Quickly they arrived at the foot of the hill Slowly they climbed up the hillside Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots They were almost at the top A few minutes later the war would be over Suddenly one of them put his foot on a thistle 蓟 一种 叶子带刺的野生植物 He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots In a minute the Scots were all ready to fight They fought very bravely and won in the end The thistle is not a beautiful plant It has sharp needles 针 all over it Few people like it But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower 1 It seemed that the Romans would win at first mainly because A there were more Roman soldiers B the Romans fought harder C the Roman soldiers were braver D The Romans were better at fighting 2 Where did the Scots rest one night A At the foot of the hill B In the middle of the hill C At the top of the hill D At the hillside 用心 爱心 专心2 3 fell asleep that night A Only the leader of the Scots B Only four Scottish guards on duty C Roman soldiers D The Scottish leader and all the Scottish soldiers 4 What happened to one of the Roman soldiers while climbing up the hillside A He was killed B He fell down C He put his foot on a thistle D He was caught 5 Why do the Scots make the thistle their national flower A Because it s beautiful B Because it helped the Scots to beat the Romans C Because it has sharp needles all over it D Because all the people like it very much 参考答案 1 5 ACDCB 结束 02 A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital in Edinburge An injured man was brought in and the doctor turned to one of his students and asked him What s wrong with this man I don t know sir the student answered Shall I examine him and find out There s no need to examine him said the doctor You should know without asking questions He has hurt his right knee Didn t you notice the way he walked He hurt it by burning it in the fire You see his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee This is Monday morning Yesterday was fine but on Saturday the roads were wet and muddy The man s trousers are muddy all over The man fell down on Saturday night The doctor then turned to the man and said You had your pay on Saturday and went to a public house and drank too much You got muddy and wet on the way home Because you had drunk too much you fell on the fire and burnt your knee Is that right Yes sir said the man 1 The medical students were having a lesson A at the library B in a classroom C at a well known hospital D in a medical school 用心 爱心 专心3 2 The man hurt his knee A on Monday B on Sunday night C on Saturday night D yesterday 3 How did the doctor know that the man burnt his knee A From the way he walked B By seeing his trousers leg is burnt away at the knee C By seeing the man s trousers are muddy all over D Both A and B 4 Which is the right order according to the passage He burnt his knee He got drunk He fell down and got muddy He had his pay A B C D 5 From the passage we know that is very important for medical students A watching and thinking B taking good care of others C learning from others D teaching 参考答案 1 5 C C D D A 结束 03 Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them In the early 1990s about 50 of the Americans owned their homes and the rest rented 租 their homes The rented homes were usually apartments 公寓 74 of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities 26 live in the country Dogs live in about 40 of all homes in the US About half that number have cats Families in the US are becoming smaller On the average 平均 2 64 people lived at home in early 1990s In 1960 the average was 3 5 Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms An American moves on the average twelve times in his or her life In Japan a person moves about five times and in England a person moves eight times 1 Most Americans live according to the passage A in or around the citiesB in cities C around citiesD in the country 2 Ho w many American families own a cat A About 40 B About 20 用心 爱心 专心4 C About 74 D About 26 3 On the average there were people in an American family in 1994 A more than 3B only 3 5 C less than 2D about 2 64 4 in the US have their own bedrooms A All of the peopleB Most of the children C Half of the teenagersD Only some of the teenagers 5 What can we learn from the passage A In the early 1990s most of the Americans owned their homes B Families in the US are becoming bigger and bigger C A Japanese moves more often than an American D An American moves more often than an Englishman 参考答案 1 5 ABDCD 结束 04 Here are some tips on listening We hope it can help you in one way or other Relax yourself Before you start to listen to something you need to relax Don t get nervous or excited This will help you with your listening Listen carefully to the first sentence The first sentence tells a lot about the whole passage For example if at the very beginning you hear Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves but some people say it s not a good idea Our reporter says you know you will hear a piece of news not a children s story or a science report Think when you re listening When you re listening try to do some thinking For example you can think of the following questions What happened When where and how What was the result and what does the speaker want to tell us This way you may understand the passage better Listen for important facts It s important for you to remember some important facts For example if the passage is a science report you should try to remember its findings and how the scientists got their results Don t think about one or two words for too long You may hear some words that you don t know but don t spend too much time on them Very often you 11 find out what they mean later when you go on with the 用心 爱心 专心5 listening But you can remember some words or sentences that you think are important and you can use them when you re answering the questions 1 It s better for you to keep when you begin to have a listening exam A excited B relaxed C nervous D worried 2 The sentence Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves seem to be A the first sentence of a piece of news B a tip on reading C the end of a piece of news D a tip on speaking 3 When you re listening it s important for you to remember A every word B every sentence C some important facts D the whole passage 参考答案 1 3 BAC 结束 05 We wanted to study how students at our school spend money In order to study this we made some questions to ask our classmates First we asked our classmates how much money they spent in one month Then we asked how much money they spent for things like drinks music books movies computer games and other things Our math teacher helped us make a graph of our classmates answers Then we thought it would be interesting to compare these answers with our classmates expenses 花销 from last year It was a little hard for them to remember how much they spent on some things We used their answers to make another graph for their expenses last year Looking at the two graphs it is easy to compare the expenses for the two years Some of their expenses increased but others decreased This was a very interesting project for us this year year last year 用心 爱心 专心6 1 What do students spend most of their money on A BooksB Computer gamesC MoviesD Drinks and snacks 2 Many of the students expenses changed Which expense stayed the same A CDsB PhoneC TransportationD Other 3 Which expense was lower this year A CDsB BooksC PhoneD Transportation 4 What does decrease mean A ChangeB Go down C Go upD Stay up 参考答案 1 4 DC AB 结束 06 Roger was a thief but he wasn t very clever When he was in school he stole apples or oranges from other children Sometimes he stole pencils or books from other children But he always got caught The teacher spoke to Roger s parents and they tried to stop him from stealing things but Roger wouldn t stop He kept stealing When he was older he began to steal from stores but he was still stupid Once he went into a store wearing the clothes he had stolen the day before The still had the price tags 标签 on them and the store manager called the police They warned him that he would go to jail if he didn t stop stealing Then Roger decided to rob a bank He planned everything He got some gloves so that he would not leave fingerprints and a mask so that no one would recognize him But what if they recognize my voice he thought He decided to write his message on a piece of paper so that he wouldn t need to speak He found an old envelope and wrote give me all the money on the back of it He got a toy gun and went to the bank He put on his mask and his gloves and showed the note to the bank clerk The clerk gave him all the money and Roger ran out of the bank and went home Ten minutes later he heard a knock on the door It was the police They had come to arrest him for robbing the bank How did you find me so quickly asked Roger It was easy said the police Your address was on the envelope 1 How old was Roger when he started stealing things 用心 爱心 专心7 A 10B 40C 70D 22 2 What is something Roger did not steal A moneyB food C a shirt D a bicycle 3 In this story the underline word recognize means A knowB makeC watchD understand 4 How did the police catch Roger A His friend worked in the bank B The clerk knew his voice C They found his picture D They knew his address 参考答案 1 4 ADA D 结束 07 We had known for along time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at special time The question is not as simple as we might think as recent experiments have shown In one experiment flowers were kept in constant 持续的 darkness We might expect that the flowers without any information about the time of the day did not open as they usually do In fact they continue to open at their usual time This shows that they have some special ways of knowing the time Their sense 感觉 time does not depend on information from the outside world It is inside them a kind of inner 内部的 clock This discovery may not seem to be very important However it is later found that not just plants but animals have this inner clock which control 控制 the working of their bodies and influences their activities Human beings then are also influenced by it Whether we wish or not it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep or need for food 1 Before the experiment arrived at a conclusion people had thought that the flowers would A never open in constant darknessB change their usual time to open C open ahead of the time as they usually didD continue to open at usual time 2The sense of time that flowers have is connected with A its age and size B light and temperature C a kind of strange power 力量 inside them D some unknown information from the outside world 3 What will happen if we make good use of the inner clock A We ll need less sleep or food B We ll be able to sleep as long as we wish to C We ll be able to change our work time when necessary 用心 爱心 专心8 D We ll have more energy to do our work better 4 What s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word affects A 产生B 影响C 给予D 依赖 参考答案 1 4 ACDB 08 A policeman was taking a thief to the city On the way they saw a shop The thief said Let me go into the shop to buy some bread We can eat it in the train The policeman agreed The thief went into the shop and ran out of the back door All the police of the town began to look for the thief They soon caught him They told the same policeman to take the thief to the city On the way the thief said he wanted to buy some bread again The policeman said You are going to run away again This time I ll go to buy the bread You must wait here for me 1 How were the policeman and the thief going to the city A By train B By bus C On foot 2 Who went to buy some bread the second time A The thief B The policeman C The policeman and the thief 3 What may be the end of the story A The thief waited there B The thief ran away again C The thief got some bread 参考答案 1 A 2 B 3 B 结束 09 We each have a memory That s why we can still remember things after a long 用心 爱心 专心9 time Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories A good memory is a great help in learning a language Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child He hears the sounds remembers them and then he learns to speak Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear remember and speak two languages every day In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it and they are busy with other subjects too But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises 1 Some people can easily learn many things by heart because A they always sleep very well B they often eat good food C they read a lot of books D they have very good memories 2 Everybody learns his mother language A at the age of six B when he is a small child C after he goes to school D when he can read and write In school the pupils can t learn a foreign language well because A they have no good memoriesB they have no recorders C they have too much time for itD they are busy with other subjects 4 Your memory will become better and better A if you have plenty of good food B if you do more and more exercises C if you do morning exercises every day D if you get up early 参考答案 1 4 D BDB 结束 用心 爱心 专心10 10 News 1 TWO conjoined twin sisters were separated at a hospital in Hebei Saturday The two 40 day old Chinese girls had been joined at the chest and abdomen Doctors still worry about the younger one who also has heart disease They say she will have another operation after she fully gets well News 2 FIRE broke out on the second floor of the busy four story Zhongbai Shopping Center in Jilin city Jilin Sunday As of Wednesday more than 50 people were killed and over 70 injured Officials said the fire started in one of the shopping centre s storehouses News 3 THE Chinese Embassy in Iraq s capital Baghdad reopened Monday The embassy had been closed since the US Iraq war began in March 2003 The last Chinese officer left Baghdad just three days before the war broke out News 4 HOW old can an insect be 400 million years Last Wednesday scientists found the world s oldest insect fossil in Britain The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a grain of rice and had wings In the past people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old 1 What does News3 talk about A China s back in Iraq B Shopping center fire C That s an old bug D It was a success 2 The operation done on the two Chinese girls was A unsuccessful B cruel C successful D strange 3 The fire in the shopping center started A on the fourth floor B on the second floor C on the third floor D outside the center 4 The new find of the insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was years older than believed A 10 million B 20 million C 400 million D 380 million 用心 爱心 专心11 参考答案 1 4 A C B B 结束 11 When Mr David retired he bought a small house in a village near the sea He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it But to his great surprise many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays for it was the most interesting building in the village From morning to night there were tourists outside the house They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr David s garden This was too much for Mr David He decided to drive the visitors away So he put a notice on the window The notice said If you want to satisfy your curiosity 好奇心 came in and look round Price twenty dollars Mr David was sure that the visitors would stop coming but he was wrong More and more visitors came and Mr David had to spend every day showing them around his house I came here to retire not to work as a guide he said angrily In the end he sold the house and moved away 1 Mr David s house was that many tourists came to see it A so smallB so quietC so interestingD such interesting 2 Mr David put a notice on the window in order A to drive the visitors awayB to satisfy the visitor s curiosity C to let visitors come in and look roundD to get some money out of the visitors 3 After Mr David put up the notice A the visitors didn t come any longer B fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house C more and more tourists came for a visit D no tourist would pay the money for a visit 4 At last he had to sell his house and move away because A he did not like it at allB he could not work as a guide C he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house 用心 爱心 专心12 D he could not live a quiet life in it 参考答案 1 4 C A C D 12 Fred liked playing tricks on others One afternoon he went to a shop and bought some bread On his way home he saw Johnson an old man about sixty riding a donkey 驴 The boy walked to the old man and decided to play a trick on him He thought for a moment a