2021中考英语冲刺 23

1、XX中考英语冲刺 23 中考强化系列之综合阅读训练(二) A In the sea, bigger fishes often eat the s _ller ones. But sometimes a s _ll fish can be great too! There is a s _ll fish like this in the American cartoon film Shark Tale. In the film, Oscar is a s _ll fish and he talks a lot. He has very big dreams. He wants to be the

2、 No. 1 fish in the sea! But, in fact, he is only a cleaner. Angie is his friend. She often helps him. She thinks Oscar does a good job and she loves Oscar. One day, a shark named Frankie _s. An anchor(船锚) hits him. But Oscar says he killed Frankie! So, he quickly bees a hero. People call him “Shark

3、Killer”. But its not a fun game. Oscar gets into a lot of trouble! Frankies father, Don Lino, is the sharks head. He wants Oscar to _ for his son, and sends a group of fishes to catch him! Oscar also meets Lola. Lola is a pretty but bad fish. She tries to _ke Oscar like her! Can Oscar learn a lesson

4、 in life, and find Angies love for him? You have to watch the film to find out! Choose the best answer aording to the passage. ( )1. The story _inly _s us _. A. why people call Oscar “Shark Killer” B. about a cartoon movie Shark Tale C. how Oscar finds Angies love for him D. how to bee the No. 1 fis

5、h in the sea ( )2. The underlined phrase “learn a lesson” means “_” in Chinese. A. 学习一课 B. 上课 C. 接受教训 D. 学会一篇课文 ( )3. From the story we know that _. A. s _ller fishes never eat the bigger ones B. Oscar is a hero because he killed a shark C. all the fishes are good D. Oscar has to learn a lesson in l

6、ife ( )4. _ is Oscars real friend. A. Angie B. Lola C. Frankie D. Don Lino ( )5. Aording to the passage, Oscar has to run away because _. A. he wants to _ke his dreams e true B. he loves Don Lino C. Frankies father wants to kill him D. he is afraid of Lola B An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Wel

7、l, milk _y work in the same way! Milk is the natural food for _m _lian(哺乳动物的) babies. It helps them grow strong because it is rich in proteins(蛋白质), calcium(钙)and vitamins(维生素). “Mum asked me to drink milk when I was eight because she thought it would help me grow tall and strong,” said 15-year-old

8、Fu Xiao from Xian. “I didnt know how fast I was growing until I found I was the second tallest girl in my class.” Do you know how tall the Junior 3 student is? 169 cm! Milk can also help you sleep better because it calms you down. But remember to drink milk with care. Make sure its fresh and hasnt g

9、one bad. Dont drink milk when your sto _ch is empty. Eat some bread or corn at the same time. This will help you take in more proteins and vitamins. Doctors say teens need at least 500 ml milk a day. Thats two to three cups. Milk-drinking started long ago, as early as 6,000-8,000 BC. At that time pe

10、ople started to keep cows, sheep and goats to get their milk. Of course what you drink today isnt that fresh from cow. People cool the fresh milk down to four degrees Celsius(摄氏的) to stop the bacteria(细菌) growing. In factories, milk is pasteurized(灭菌) to stop it going bad. After disinfection(消毒) and

11、 packaging, it is sent to the super _rkets. Yogurt(酸奶) also es from milk. People _ke some special bacteria to change the taste of milk and _ke the nutrients(营养物) in it easier for people to take in. Maybe thats why its getting more popular with people! Choose the best answer aording to the passage. (

12、 )1. The saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” means “_”. A. The doctor doesnt like apples B. Apples dont get on with the doctor C. Apples are good for our health D. The doctor is far away from the apple ( )2. When you drink milk, you should _. A. find out if the milk is fresh B. _ke sure it

13、 hasnt gone bad C. avoid(避免) drinking milk when your sto _ch is empty D. do all of the above ( )3. Why is it better to eat some bread or corn while drinking milk? A. It tastes better. B. Everybody does it. C. It will _ke you grow taller. D. Our body can take in more proteins and vitamins in this way

14、. ( )4. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Every day, one cup of milk is good enough for teens. B. Thousands of years ago, men began drinking milk. C. To stop the bacteria growing, people cool the fresh milk to four degrees Celsius. D. Yogurt also es from milk. ( )5. Why is milk with special bac

15、teria getting more popular with people? A. It has a better taste. B. It _kes the nutrients easier for people to take in. C. It is cheaper. D. Both A and B. C There is a long history behind the first T-shirts and todays colorful outerwear(外套). Many stories talk about the first T-shirts and the reason

16、 why people wear them. One says the first T-shirts had something to do with war. In World War I Some American sol _rs found that European sol _rs undershirts(汗衫) were cooler and more fortable. They started to wear the same kind. Because the design of the undershirts was _ and looked like the letter

17、T, Americans called the clothes T-shirts. By World War Many sol _rs started to wear T-shirts as underwear. In the 1930s Many American students started wearing white T-shirts for playing sport. In 1951 Marlon Brando, a very famous American actor, wore a tight-fitting(紧身的) T-shirt in a film. After thi

18、s, _ny American men started to dress like him. In the 1970s T-shirts became the favorite kind of clothing for young people in _ny countries. At that time, they were a sign of being cool and different from others. In the 1980s T-shirts started to be hot in China. Now _ny young people show their own i

19、deas on their T-hirts: special pictures, funny words. T-shirts are more like artwork than just _ summer wear. Choose the best answer aording to the passage. ( )1. From the passage, who do we know wore T-shirts first? A. American students. B. American sol _rs. C. A famous American actor. D. European

20、sol _rs. ( )2. Why did the American sol _rs like the T-shirts? A. They felt safer. B. They looked cool. C. They were cooler and more fortable. D. They had to wear them. ( )3. At the beginning, what did the American students wear T-shirts for? A. For showing their love towards Marlon Broando. B. For

21、playing sport. C. For being cool. D. For showing their own ideas. ( )4. When did T-shirts bee a sign of being cool and different? A. By World War II. B. In the 1930s. C. In the 1970s. D. In the 1980s. ( )5. Why does the passage say T-shirts are more like artwork than just _ summer wear now? A. They

22、look beautiful. B. They are very expensive. C. Young people can put their ideas on their T-shirts. D. Everyone likes T-shirts and they are popular. D Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes(雪花) falling. Do you want to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands. Well,

23、this isnt just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a s _ll town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentleys mother was on _ a schoolteacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didnt go to

24、 school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mothers books. But it was his mothers microscope(显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying the things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowfl

25、akes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent _ny winter days in a cold room watching these i _ crystals(晶体) through the microscope. The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so _ny snowflakes that he couldnt draw them all. How could he keep

26、their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera. The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But his father didnt agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming. But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he

27、 tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an i _ crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later. For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of i _ crystals. Later h

28、e became known as “Snowflake” Bentley. Choose the best answer aording to the passage. ( )1. The best title for this passage is “_”. A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Bently C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer ( )2. We can know from the story that Bentleys father was _. A. a farmer B. a f

29、unny _n C. an athletic _n D. a schoolteacher ( )3. Which of the following about Bentley is TRUE? A. He didnt get any kind of education as a child. B. He was born in a rich family. C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes. D. He was fascinated(着迷的) by the beauty of snowflakes. ( )4. Wh

30、at kind of person do you think Wilson Bentley was? A. He was outgoing. B. He was too serious. C. He was interested in learning. D. He was very warm-hearted. ( )5. The “i _ crystals” in the fourth paragraph refers to “_”. A. water drops B. rain drops C. flowers D. snowflakes E Im very interested in m

31、ini racing cars and I can keep working on them. After each ra _ I find out why my car 1 , and then work to _ke it better. My friends and I often have ra _s. We see whose racing car travels the 2 . Today is the final ra _ between my 3 and I. A few days ago, our cars both went the same distan _(距离). Y

32、esterday, I carefully _de some changes in my car. I believe these changes will _ke it go faster. The ra _ began. My car was fast. It was far 4 . I wanted to 5 , but didnt. I know those who laugh last laugh loudest. Things changed very fast. My friends car started going faster. It 6 caught up with mine. To _ke things worse, my car started slowing down. My friends car went past