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）D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 D D 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 淮安 阅读理解 There were many plants in a forest When spring came a pine tree saw a red rose nearby and said What a beautiful flower I wish I were that lovely The rose proudly said It seems that I am the most beautiful flower in this forest Then the rose looked at a cactus 仙人掌 and said Look at that ugly plant full of thorns 刺 What a proud flower thought the trees As the days passed the red rose often looked at the cactus and said bad words about it like This plant is useless How sorry I am to be his neighbor The cactus never got angry and even tried to advise the rose saying God did not create any form of life without a purpose Spring passed and the weather became very hot As there was no rain the red rose began to wilt 枯萎 One day the rose saw birds put their beaks 喙 into the cactus and then fly away The red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing The pine tree explained that the birds were getting water from the cactus The cactus has water asked the rose Yes you can also drink some from it The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help 第 2 页 共 8 页 The red rose felt too ashamed to ask for water from the cactus But finally it did ask for help The cactus kindly agreed The rose learned a lesson and never judged 评价 anyone by their appearance again 1 At first thought the cactus was ugly A the rose B the pine tree C the birds D the thorns 2 The red rose began to wilt because A the birds could fly B spring came C there was no rain D the cactus got angry 3 The birds put their beaks into the cactus to A get water B eat food C offer help D tell secrets 4 From the passage we know the cactus was A rude B kind C selfish 第 3 页 共 8 页 D careless 5 From the story we know A the pine tree didn t think the red rose was beautiful B the red rose never said bad words about others C the cactus refused to help the birds D the red rose realized she was wrong at last 2 10 分 2019 中山模拟 阅读理解 I ll never forget that day on which my brother took me to stay at the street Everytime I thought about his face my heart shook strongly Got it Just a couple of seconds later I will come back Saying this his figure went disappearing in the earth At the same time I saw people sleeping with fear suddenly realizing that persons didn t belong to anyone And as time went by I could never forecast 预想 what would be going on where I stayed I watched the way my brother went on thinking of something that happened when I was a kid You know I was not that outgoing for which I always refused to talk to anyone including my parents It is so weird that relations looked down on me and my parents ever sent me to the psychologist 心 理医生 They never understood what I was really sick for But something totally changed on a blue moon night It s him my brother He knew the softest in my deep heart being the first one to care for me He would stay with me when my sleep was spoiled by horrible dreams when I was down after something unpleasant occurred when huge happiness surrounded 环绕 me and was needed to be spoken out to a listener He gave me all these on which the others didn t focus I was moved He always stayed And kept staying I was mixed in it Which ever drove me crazy But now I have to accept the truth that he has already gone Like an opening petunias come with charming smells and then go with heart breaking I don t feel sad or any sense of bitterness It s just like a two people party now it s time to end 第 4 页 共 8 页 Had someone given me a chance could I let him stay I think it s fate unstoppable His eyes are too small not being able to fill me in He s right I shouldn t force him and myself Today I live well My life goes the right way I will still miss him imaging his life in heaven Then it reminds me of that day Eight years ago he felt dying then held me tightly passing the beats and temperature to me That street is in Wenchuan on May 12th in 2008 1 What is the writer s brother purpose to say just a couple of seconds later I will come back A To lead to the writer s fear B To ensure the writer wouldn t die C To let the writer wait for him D To try to comfort the writer 2 How is the writer used to be A Firm and persistent B Lonely and shy C Negative and annoyed D Positive and hopeful 3 Why does the writer suddenly changed A Because his brother always stayed with the writer B Because his relation stopped despising him C Because his brother set a good example for him D Because his feelings were expressed and listened to 4 What does the underlined sentence mean A The writer s brother could hardly stare at things clearly 第 5 页 共 8 页 B The writer s brother was extremely poor in sights C The writer s brother couldn t be by his side anytime D The writer s brother wasn t able to loof after him anymore 5 How would the writer feel when he wrote the article A Sorrowed but sensible B Confused but Uncaring C Upset and sad D Expectant and active 3 8 分 BALTIMORE MARYLAND An old postcard changed the lives of an eleven year old boy and a very sick woman The postcard had a picture of the steamship Titanic The Titanic was the largest ocean ship in the world It hit an iceberg 冰山 and sank on April 14 1912 More than 1 500 of the 2 200 people on the ship were killed The postcard was passed from one person to another for more than 80 years Then it appeared at a card show for people who liked to collect postcards An eleven year old boy Joey Russell came to the show with his grandfather His grandfather knew everything about the Titanic and its trip from England to New York Let s buy that postcard he told Joey It will be important someday Two years later Joey s grandfather took him on a special trip They went on a trip to the North Atlantic ocean to watch as workers pulled the Titanic up from the bottom of the ocean Joey put his special postcard in his bag for the trip On the ship Joey met Edith Haisman This woman was on the Titanic when it sank She was one of the people who were rescued Joey pulled the postcard out of his pocket Please sign this Mrs Haisman he said She was happy to write her name on the back of the postcard When Joey got home he put the postcard away and forgot about it Then Kate Shelley one of Joey s friends told him that her mother was very sick She needed an operation but there was a problem The operation was very expensive and the family needed 80 000 to pay for it Friends 第 6 页 共 8 页 and relatives tried to help But where could they get so much money Then when Joey went to see the new movie Titanic he had an idea Millions of people are seeing this movie and reading about the Titanic Joey thought He remembered the old postcard with Edith Haisman s signature on it Maybe I can sell it for some money Then I can help Kate s mom Joey told his mother and father about his idea to help Mrs Shelley His parents helped him try to sell the postcard to the person who would pay the most money for it Joey s story was on television and in newspapers Joey and Kate even went to New York to be on a national TV show After the show many people called in to offer money for the Titanic card Someone bought it for 60 000 Joey s kind heart and the old Titanic postcard worked together to save a woman s life 1 Which of the following is NOT true about the old postcard A The Titanic was the largest steamship in the world in 1912 B The steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank about a hundred years ago C Over two thousand passengers were killed in the ocean accident D More than eighty years had passed before the postcard belonged to Joey 2 Joey Russell A decided to buy the postcard at a shop B showed great interest in collecting postcards C took the postcard with him to see Mrs Shelley D asked