北京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 21 页 北京市英语中考复习专项训练 阅读理解 二 北京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 阅读短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 Hi I am Sandra I am thirteen years old I like singing so I have music classes every weekend I don t have to study at weekends because I do well in all my subjects On Sunday I often help my grandmother with housework My name s Henry I am twelve years old On Saturday my father teaches me to learn Maths at home for two hours in the morning On Sunday I always stay at home to do my homework I have much homework to do I hope not to be so busy but my mother always says I have to study well I am Betty I am thirteen years old On Saturday I usually do my homework I am free on Sunday so I can do everything I like I often meet my friend Sometimes we go to the movies Sometimes we go to the library for reading We have a good time But if it rains I have to stay at home and I fee bored 1 Why does NOT Sandra need to study at weekends A Because she is busy with her music classes B Because she is good at her subjects C Because she has to help her grandmother do housework D Because she doesn t like to study at weekends 2 From the passage we can know Henry s father is good at A History B English C Geography 第 2 页 共 21 页 D Maths 3 Which of the following about Betty is TRUE A She doesn t have to do her homework on Saturday B She can do everything she likes on Sunday C She always has a good time on Sunday D She likes rain on Sunday very much 4 Who do you think is the most hard working of the three students at weekends A Sandra B Betty C Henry D No one 5 The passage mainly tells us A the daily life of the three students at weekends B the study of the three students C what the three students like to do at weekends D what classes the three students have at weekends 2 6 分 阅读下列材料 从 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 We use emojis in our talks all the time Do you know about their meanings Let s have a look But some emojis may have different meanings in China Here are two examples 第 3 页 共 21 页 It looks friendly to us but it can be someone laughing at you People sometimes use this emoji to show that they don t want to talk to you anymore People all over the world can understand the emojis but in different countries they may have more meanings we should be careful about how we use them 1 If you want to go to bed you could use the emoji A B C D 2 In China the emoji may mean A Being friendly enough B Laughing at someone C Being angry D Don t want to talk to you anymore 3 You can find this article in the column 专栏 of A News Sky B Stories C Movie World D Culture 3 8 分 阅读理解 My dear son Your letter of last week reached us yesterday and I only have 13 left at present which I 第 4 页 共 21 页 will send to you with this letter I may sell the other pig next week and meet the need of what you wanted I will probably have to wear the old overcoat to meetings again this winter but that doesn t matter as long as you are getting education 教育 I want you to be well educated so that you can go anywhere and spell the hardest word I want you to be able to go among the Romans or the Medes and Persians and talk to any of them in their own language I never had any advantages when I was a boy but your mother and I decided that we would support 支持 your learning no matter how much it may take though it means cutting down our daily living costs I hope you will get your education as cheap as you can for it is a big job for your mother and me to pay the school fees I knew education comes high but I didn t know the clothes also cost so much Now look at that basketball suit and that bathing suit and that lawn tennis suit I don t care about the money because you say a young man can t really educate himself successfully and completely without them but I wish you d send home what you get through with this fall and I will wear them through the winter under my other clothes We have much colder winters here than we used to or else I am failing in bodily health Last winter I tried to go through without underclothes the way I did when I was a boy but a Manitoba wave came down our way and picked me out of a crowd I am not much of a mean man so you will have to excuse this letter We are all quite well except your old grandpa whose shoulders badly hurt and hope this will find you enjoying the same great blessing Your father 1 The son wrote to his parents in order to A ask his parents to wear more clothes in winter B show his great concern about his grandpa s health C ask his parents for money to buy some new clothes D tell his parents about his present performance at school 2 In Paragraph 2 the father is mainly expressing his 第 5 页 共 21 页 A pride B worries C amazement D expectations 3 What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 mean A The father suffered from a bad cold B The weather changed greatly those days C The villagers laughed at the father s clothes D The house was broken because of the cold weather 4 What do we know about the father from the letter A He is actually very mean with his money B He is quite worried about the high school fees C He likes to do whatever he can to support his son D He cares a lot about his son s grades at school 4 11 分 阅读理解 Lion was the King of the Jungle 灌木丛 One day Giraffe told Lion Rabbit says he is the new King of the Jungle What Lion was very angry He went to meet Rabbit The other animals followed him to see what he would do Rabbit said Lion Why do you say that you are the new King of the Jungle Oh but it s true said Rabbit I m faster and cleverer than you We can have a competition 竞赛 All right said Lion Rabbit took Lion to a deep ravine 深谷 He said If I fly down to the ravine faster than you I am faster and cleverer than you So I go or you will go first Of course I will go first said Lion I am the King of the Jungle He then threw himself into the deep ravine Rabbit smiled and said to the other animals I am your new king now I am faster and cleverer than Lion The 第 6 页 共 21 页 other animals didn t understand Lion was stupid Anyone will die after jumping into the ravine 1 told Loin that Rabbit was the new King of the Jungle A Elephant B Giraffe C Monkey D Turtle 2 Lion felt when he heard the news A interested B sad C angry D excited 3 Rabbit took Lion to to have the competition A a deep ravine B a long river C a high mountain D a big house 4 According to the passage what happened to Lion at last A He won the competition B He was still the King C He died D He ran away 第 7 页 共 21 页 5 What can t we know from the story A Lion was stupid B Rabbit was clever C Rabbit became the King D Lion was friendly to other animals 5 8 分 阅读理解 People play sports all over the world In the USA baseball and basketball are their favorite sports Baseball You play on a field with a small white ball called baseball You hit the ball with a long bat 球棒 There are two teams with nine players each One team throws and catches the ball The other team hits the ball There are four bases the first base the second base the third base and the fourth base When a player hits the ball they run around the bases When they arrive at the fourth base they get a run The winner is the team with more runs at the end of the game Basketball You play basketball with a big orange ball There are two teams with five players each Both teams try to get points by throwing the ball into a basket which is 3 05 meters above the floor You can throw run and bounce the ball but you cannot run and carry the ball at the same time The winner is the team with more points after 40 minutes 1 How many players are there in a baseball team A Eight B Nine C Eighteen 第 8 页 共 21 页 D Nineteen 2 Which team is the winner at the end of a baseball game A The team with more hits B The team with more runs C The team with more catches D The team with more players 3 The underlined word bounce in the last paragraph means in Chinese A 投篮 B 踢出 C 扔出 D 弹起 4 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A Each baseball team has five players B Basketball players can t throw the ball C Basketball players can t run and carry the ball at the same time D The passage mentions three kinds of sports 5 We can read the passage from a magazine called A Sports World B School Life C Famous People D Health Eating 6 8 分 阅读短文 从下面每小题的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 第 9 页 共 21 页 Some students can t sleep well the day before a math exam Others may feel very nervous during the exam itself But there might be a way to make the subject less stressful For people who are worried about math posture 姿势 makes a big difference Erik Peper from San Francisco State University told the Daily Mail That s right sitting up straight can help you do better on math exams Scientists tested 125 college students They asked them to do a simple math test while sitting in a slumped over 趴倒的 position or sitting up straight After the test 56 percent of students said the exam was easier to do if they were sitting up straight Slumping over is a defensive posture It can trigger 激发 negative 消极的 memories in the body and brain This can stop you from thinking clearly Peper said Students who were not nervous about taking the math exam did not necessarily benefit from better posture But they did find that doing math in a slumped over position was more difficult Science Daily reported Good posture isn t just helpful for taking math exams Athletes musicians and public speakers can all benefit from better postures When you feel stressed out you can also try to sit up straight or stand tall It can help you feel more positive and do better 1 What posture can make people feel less stressed during math exams A Lying on your back B Putting your head on your desk C Sitting up straight D Raising one hand 2 What did the 125 college students do while they were taking the exam 第 10 页 共 21 页 A Doing sit ups B Sitting in different postures C Thinking carefully D Counting numbers 3 The fourth paragraph is written to explain A why slumping over makes tests harder to do B why slumping over is bad for one s body and brain C why people want to slump over during exams D why people are nervous during math exams 4 What can we learn from the story A Sitting up straight can trigger negative memories B Slumping over can make people think clearly C Good posture is only helpful for taking all kinds of exams D Nervous students may benefit from better postures 7 6 分 请认真阅读下列短文 从短文后各题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 C Hundreds of years ago a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland The Scots a brave people loved their country very much They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland but there were too many Romans It looked as if the Romans would win One night the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill We will rest here tonight my men he said Tomorrow we will fight one more battle We must win or we will die They were all very tired so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep There were four guards on duty but they too were very tired and one by one also fell asleep 第 11 页 共 21 页 The Romans were not asleep Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill Slowly they climbed up the hillside taking care not to make a sound Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots They were almost at the top A few minutes more the war would be over Suddenly one of them put his foot on a thistle 蓟 He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots In a moment they were on their feet and ready for battle The fighting was hard but it did not last long The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved their country The thistle is not a beautiful plant It has sharp needles all over it Few people like it But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower 1 Hundreds of years ago there was a war between A Roman army and North England B Roman army and the Scots C England and Scots D a brave people and the Scots 2 At first it looked as if the Romans would win because A the Scots were not brave B the Roman army was so strong C the Scots did not have a good leader D the Romans had the support from the Scottish 3 We must win or we will die What the leader of the Scots said means A they were sure to win B they couldn t escape from death C they would win and then they would die D they must try hard to win otherwise they would be killed 4 The Romans climbed up the hill quietly because 第 12 页 共 21 页 A they didn t want to wake the Scots B they wanted to reach the top C they wanted to catch the four guards first D they were afraid of the sharp needles of the thistle 5 The people of Scotland made thistle their national flower because A it is a beautiful plant B it is fresh and lovely C it had so many sharp needles all over it D it was the thistle that helped the Scots to win the battle 8 8 分 阅读理解 I Don t Have to Be Like Them 保持真我 All students have to face their own problems when they are growing up You may not think that having a good family is a problem But for me it was I had to face the problem of being the youngest of the Smith girls We live in a small town in Pennsylvania US There are three girls in the Smith family Amanda Theresa and me People often say things to me like Oh the three of you you re such nice girls Your sisters are so pretty and so thin You re really nothing like them That made me sad At school all of my teachers had taught my sisters On the first day of school they said Oh the youngest of the three I hope you re just like your sisters They re such wonderful students People always compared 比较 me with my sisters So I couldn t help comparing myself with them too Theresa was smarter 更聪明的 Amanda was prettier I began to work hard to be more like them What my sisters did I did too At last I became drum major 主鼓手 of our school s marching band Both Amanda and Theresa had been drum majors I became editor of the school s newspaper Theresa had been the editor two years before 第 13 页 共 21 页 But last year Amanda went to college 大学 and Theresa went to high school Now I m by myself at junior high Everyone knows me because I m the drum major and the newspaper s editor Now I don t feel like a Smith girl any more I feel like myself I m proud of doing all of the same great things that my sisters did But the best thing I did was to learn to stop comparing myself with them 1 When people compare the author 作者 with her sisters she feels A happy B nervous C sad D comfortable 2 The author A had the same teachers with her sisters B had different teachers from her sisters C was taught by some of her sisters teachers D was taught by herself 3 Why did the author become drum major of her school s marching band A Because she liked that B Because her parents asked her to C Because her sisters did that before D Because her teacher asked her to 4 To the author now the best thing is that A she becomes much better than her sisters B she stops comparing herself with her sisters 第 14 页 共 21 页 C no one compares herself with her sisters D she has graduated from the junior school 5 From the passage what does the author probably tel l us A To be yourself B Stop working hard C Learn from the older D Do what others say 9 8 分 阅读理解 It was a very hot day A lion and a sheep were both thirsty 口渴的 The sheep found a small pool Just when the sheep started to drink water from the pool the lion came up to him and shouted I should drink first I m the king 大王 of all the animals Get out of my way No said the sheep I should drink first I found the water You will drink it all up said the lion There won t be any left and I m almost dead 死的 with thirst And I haven t drunk water all day said the sheep So they started to quarrel They shouted louder and louder and the lion even ran after the sheep to the top of a small hill Suddenly the lion stopped He looked up into the sky The sheep looked up too A vulture 秃鹫 was there All the animals knew and were afraid of him He is Bird of Death who likes to jump on the bodies of dead animals and eat them The lion and the sheep knew it If we go on quarreling said the lion we will both die of thirst and the vulture will eat us Go to the water and drink but don t drink it all The sheep did as the lion said and the two animals weren t thirsty anymore 1 The lion thought he should drink the water first because 第 15 页 共 21 页 A he was much older than the sheep B he was the king of all the animals C he was thirstier than the sheep D he found the water 2 What does the underlined word quarrel mean in Chinese A 交易 B 幻想 C 争吵 D 隐蔽 3 How might the lion and the sheep feel when they saw the vulture A Scared B Excited C Lucky D Funny 4 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A The vulture lived near a pool B The sheep drank the water first C The vulture followed the sheep to the top of a hill D The lion and the sheep found more water together 5 From this story we learn that it s important to A keep on doing things to the end B be happy with what we have 第 16 页 共 21 页 C be hard working D care for others 10 8 分 阅读理解 The history of the United States is a history of people on the move The Native Americans came to North America thousands of years ago Some of them built villages and stayed there but many moved from place to place The first travelers from Europe came to live in an unknown land At first they stayed near the coast but then a few brave men went west far into the country Two of them were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark In 1804 they stated on their long journey from St Lois Missouri to the Pacific Ocean They followed the Missouri River west went across the Rocky Mountains and followed the Columbia River to the Pacific Then they turned around and traveled back to St Louis During the next 150 years millions of poor people came from the old cities of Euro