2014中考英语阅读理解

精选文库三、阅读理解(一) 阅读短文，完成31 45小题。（共15小题，计15分）AWhat will the car be like in the future? Maybe we can sit in a car that can drive itself.About 40 years ago, scientists from the United States started to develop self-driving cars (无人驾驶汽车). The most famous recent one was made by Google in 2009. There are cameras and radars (雷达) on the top of the car. They allow the computer in the car to draw a 3D map of the environment. Chinese scientists have also successfully developed a self-driving car. The car made a trip from Changsha to Wuhan.Is a self-driving car safe? A recent study shows that robots make safer drivers than humans. If only 10% of cars on the street are self-driving, they will save 1,000 lives (生命) every year. If 90% of vehicles (交通工具) are self-driving, 21,700 lives will be saved a year. However, a self-driving car is expensive and each costs about $100,000. So it is impossible to be very popular in the near future.根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。31. American scientists started to develop self-driving cars in 2009.32. Cameras and computers are on the top of the self-driving car by Google.33. In China, scientists have successfully developed a self-driving car.34. The more self-driving cars there are on the street, the fewer traffic deaths there will be.35. The self-driving cars will be very popular in the near future.BIt is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you feel that your throat hurts. You begin to sneeze and later you may cough. You must have a cold! Wait a moment. Could it just be a common cold or the flu (流感) thats been going around?A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But its usually easy to deal with. Some take medicine while others drink herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel better after a week.On the other hand, the flu can be much more dangerous. It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can cause death. According to an American magazine, the worst flu killed about 50 million people from 1918 to 1919.Dont worry. If you get a flu vaccine (疫苗), it can stop you from getting the virus (病毒). Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. This causes your body to develop antibodies (抗体). So next time you get the flu, the antibodies should help you.The flu virus changes every few years. Therefore, there are so many types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu cant help us against all types of flu. Thats why we need to get the vaccine every year.However, good health habits may also help stop you developing a cold or flu. Washing your hands often helps stop you from getting viruses. It is also important to get regular exercise and eat healthy food. All these can help you strengthen your immune system (增强免疫系统).根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。36. If you have a common cold, usually youll feel better after _.A. a week B. two weeks C. ten days D. twenty days37. According to the passage, which is TRUE of the flu?A. It first happened in 1919 B. It usually doesnt give you fever.C. It is easy to deal withD. It can kill people sometimes. 38. If you get a flu vaccine, _.A. it cant stop you from getting the flu virusB. it wont cause your body to develop antibodiesC. your body will develop antibodies D. your body will get a large amount of flu viruses39. We need to get a flu vaccine every year because _.A. we probably have a cold in winterB. the flu virus changes every few yearsC. the flu is very dangerous D. you dont need to take any medicine after that40. The following ways can help stop the flu EXCEPT _.A. staying indoorsB. getting regular exerciseC. eating healthy food D. washing our hands oftenCHaving a cheetah as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a family in South Africa, one cheetah is treated as a VIP (Very Important Person) in the house.The big cheetah is named Jolie, after the film star Angelina Jolie. 41 She can often be found eating from the kitchen table, taking a short sleep on the sofa, or even sleeping on Lucy and Jeffs bed. The big cat also sleeps and plays with the Browns other pet, the more usual one a sheepdog (牧羊犬). 42 Having a cheetah as a pet is unusual. At first, Mrs Brown wasnt willing to keep a cheetah as a pet. She said, “ 43 But we are now happy that we did it she is part of the family.” Just like her name, four-year-old Jolie has achieved a celebrity status (名人地位) in the Browns hometown. Fans often come to their home to take pictures of her. 44 However, a cheetah is always a cheetah. 45 “She makes a lot of mess in the house, urinating (小便) everywhere and chewing everything. Its her wild instincts (本能),” said Mrs Brown.There might be some problems of having a cheetah as a pet in the house, but some unusual fun must also be waiting ahead.根据短文内容, 从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处, 使短文内容完整正确。A. Interestingly, Jolie enjoys all the special attention that is paid to her. B. I was really pleased to have a cheetah as a pet at the beginning.C. Though Jolie is now a pet in the house, she still has some wild habits.D. She is surely the VIP at Lucy and Jeff Browns home.E. I was really against the idea of getting a cheetah as a pet.F. An impossible friendship has happened between these two animals.(二) 阅读短文，完成第卷第四大题的5155小题。DDo you know something about the Akuapem people? They live in eastern Ghana (加纳), where the sunshine hugs all the time. They are very friendly. Now lets have a look at how the Akuapem people receive a visitor.A visitor is often welcomed warmly in a family of Akuapem. After the visitor is welcomed into the house, he is offered a seat and water at the very beginning, for the host (主人) thinks that the visitor must have come from a very long trip and is in need of water. Then the host family greet the visitor by saying “Akwaaba.” More interestingly, if there is a group of visitors, the host will greet the visitors from right to left. And the host shakes only with his right hand, because the left hand is regarded dirty according to the Akuapem people.Next, the visitor is asked how his trip was and why he has come. While the conversation is going on, the wife and children, especially girls, are cooking food for the visitor. The visitor can choose the food. After the visitor has finished eating, the host and the visitor continue their conversation. Usually this is a short one since the visitor is getting ready to say goodbye.When the visitor is leaving, he is often given some food to take along. He is also accompanied (陪伴) by one of the children to the nearest station. The child who accompanies the visitor will not come back home until the visitor leaves safely.No matter if he is a close friend or just a passer-by (过路人), this is always the way that the friendly Akuapem people receive a visitor.B）阅读表达。阅读第I卷第三大题D篇短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。（共5小题，计10分）51. What is the visitor offered at first by the family of Akuapem?_52. Why does the host shake only with his right hand?_53. Who are cooking food while the host is chatting with the visitor?_54. When will the child who accompanies the visitor to the station come back home?_55. What does the article mainly talk about？_六、动词应用（共7小题，计7分）根据短文内容，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist, has saved people without any magic. His success on hybrid rice (杂交水稻) fed millions of people in hunger.Yuan 64 (be) born on September 7, 1930. After graduating from the then Southwest Agriculture Institute (农业学院), he worked as a teacher at an agriculture school in Hunan.About 50 years ago, some natural disasters (灾难) hit China. Yuan saw many people lose their lives because of hunger every day. Since then, he 65 (do) research on how to grow good quality rice. In 1964, he found a natural hybrid rice plant by accident. It had great advantages over others. Yuan was excited about what he discovered. He then decided 66 (study) this particular plant.In 1973, he started to grow a type of hybrid rice. It 67 (produce) 20% more rice each unit than common ones. The next year he had a great success. This progress made China the worlds leader in rice production.In China, most rice fields (稻田) grow Yuans hybrid rice. He 68 (call) the “Father of Hybrid Rice”.Now he is 84 years old. He still 69 (have) a dream. He hopes hybrid rice 70 (grow) as tall as Chinese sorghum (高粱) one day!答案: 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 七、选词填空（共10小题，计10分）根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。每个选项只能用一次，有两项剩余。请将答案标号写在答题卡相应的横线上。A. helped B. looked up C. embarrassed D. couldnt E. until F. silence G. appears H. low I. the most beautiful J. looked at K. hardly L. cant Sometimes I really wonder whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy making money. They dont act in the romantic ways that I read about in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too much to say.One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I quietly sat down beside her and 71 her.“Mom, I have a question for you,” I said, breaking the 72 .“What?” she asked, still doing her work. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very 73 voice.She stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. But then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was very 74 then because I thought I had hurt