中考英语阅读理解练习题及答案

1、2011年中考英语阅读理解练习题2011年中考真题专项训练（2010.江苏省无锡市.三、阅读理解A,每小题2分In the early 1990s,the wordll Internet II was strange to most people. But today,In ternethas become a useful tool for people all over the world. Maybe Internet has bee n the greatest inven tio n in the field of com muni cati on in the history of

2、 man kin d人类. Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. We can email our friends and they can read the emails with in a minu te. Giving all kinds of in formatio n is probably the biggest advantage of the Interne

3、t. We can use search engines to find the information wen eed. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will give us a list of suitable websites to look at. We can enjoy a lot on the Internet by downloading games, visiting chat rooms or surfing （浏览 websites. There are some games for f

4、ree. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat now. We can also listen to music and see films.Now ,there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking ,job finding and ticket buying. We can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds of goods. Sometimes wecan find something that

5、 is quite good but very cheap.26. How many main adva ntages of the Internet are talked about in the passage?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. Six.27. What fact doesn t the passage provide?A. We can find almost any thi ng we want to know on the In ternet.B. Some games on the Internet are free.C. We can buy

6、 most thi ngs we n eed on the In ternet.D. Goods on the Internet are more expe nsive tha n those in real shops.28. Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?A. On li ne Shopp ingB. Excha nging In formatio n on the In ternetC. The Adva ntages of the InternetD. Surfing the Websites on the In

7、ternet（2010.四川省自贡市第三部分阅读理解B满分10分You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-ope ning experie nee study here.In Chin a, I had En glish classes five times a week since fifth grade. Ho wever, I didn t know how different textbook English could be

8、 from everyday English until I cameto Hotchkiss School, Conm ecticut. When I first studied En glish, I was told to say, I amfine. II when people say How are you ? II But in the US,I found that people say, I amgood. I or I am tired. IOne day ,some one greeted me with What s up ?| It ,made me con fuse

9、d. I thought for a mome nt and the n smiled because I did nt know what to say.Since the n, I have discovered more and more differe nces betwee n Chin ese and US cultures.To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan.However ,in China ,girls try every possible way to ge

10、t their skin paler, orwhiter. II also surprised by how hardwork ing .US stude nts aren Chi na, schoolwork is almost everything ,so we study hard and that it. But here,a good II student gets goodgrades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music. The kids here are so tale nted ,Iam start ing

11、 to be sorry that I gave up play ing the pia no at an early age and that I have n ever thought about sports.61. Accordi ng to the writer, textbook En glish iseveryday En glish.A. quite differe nt fromB. the same asC. more difficult tha n62. What does the word tan II in the sixth paragraph mean in Ch

12、inese?A晒黑B晒白C能量63. A good US stude nt spe nds his/her time.A. only in doing homeworkB. only on sports or musicC. on studies ,sports or music and public work64. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The writer is now in US.B. America n girls love to have white ski n.C. US stude nts are tale nted and

13、hardork ing.65. Which is the best title for the passage?A. My Own Travel in the USB. My Studying in the USC. My Opinion about the US(2010江苏省南京市三、阅读理解 D,10分People often say that the Englishmans home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain l

14、ive in houses rather tha nflats, and many people own their homes.This means that they can make them individua个体的;they can paint them, andchange them in any way they like. Most house have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the garde n is usually loved. The house and the garde n are the pri

15、va私人 的 space of the in dividual.People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train ?have you marked the space around yourself as your? If you are on the train you mayput your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat you may have onecorner or

16、chair which is your own.Once I was travelli ng on a train to London. I was in a sect ion for four people andthere was a table between us. The man on the space on my side of the table at all. I wasan gry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table.I had read a book about no-verbal com muni cati o

17、ns o I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! Whe n I did this he stiffe ned and his eyes n early popped(登出 out of his head. I had invaded侵犯 his space! A few minutes later I tookmy papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his sideof the ta

18、ble. Of course, it is possible that he just wan ted to be helpful to me!If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don t have any privatespace. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All daylong ,youshare public spaces with other people. You see the local people

19、 in their private spaces andyou feel lonely and outside II . Local people can create their private spaces bytalki ngabout things you don t know about .And you even feel that th ey like you to be outside them so that theywill enjoy being in side eve n more! This is one of the difficulties of being a

20、traveler!But if you understand it then it helps you .Haven t you enjoyed being part of a group and owning II a bit of space?41. The writer was angry as he was travelli ng on a train to London because.A. he had no place to sitB. some one had in vaded hisspacellC. too many people shared a secti on wit

21、h himD. some other people talked about thi ngs he did nt know about42. you feel l on ely and ?outside ll in paragraph 4 means thatA. you are alone outside the houseB. you feel l on ely because you travel on your ownC. you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some funD. you feel lonely and

22、you don t belong to that plac e or that group of people43.ln Paragraph 4 ,the pronoun them refers to(所指一II .A. public spacesB. private spacesC. local peopleD. other coun tries44. Which of the followi ng is TRUE accordi ng to the passage?A. British people dislike marking their space.B. You always fee

23、l at home in ano ther coun try.C. Most British people prefer liv ing in houses to flats.D. You can t mark your private space in a foreign country.45. Tha mai n purpose of the passage is to tell readers to.A. own private spaces by liv ing in housesB. have one corner of their own in public placesC. re

24、alize the importa nee of spacell in com muni cati onD. create their private spaces by talk ing with local people(2010山东省潍坊市四、阅读理解 D,满分8分When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to say in I love you II .

25、I wasshocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had theirmothers said it to them. Does your mom love you?I Of course, II they an swered.How do you know ? II was my logical question. They responded that their mons cooked and always told them what they were doing

26、wrong to show their caring. I was stunned .So mon s cooking and criticzing read out as I love you II . Then how do yousay ?I love you to her? II They agreed that getting good grades, followed by god jobswould be how they showed their love.I come from a culture where most people are expressive eno ug

27、h, so I repeated these queries in classes over time. Gradually, I bega n to get differe nt resp on se. Some of themhad excha nged those sen time nts with their moms.One of my favorite stories of cha nge came from a girl. When she came home from university, her mother met her at the door and hugge拥抱

28、her. This had never happened before, but her mom said,Now that you have gone I have more time to myself. I noticed that in some places mothers and children hug each other and I decided it was a good idea and that I would begi n huggi ng you.llIn my f amily we all say I love you II a lot .While it is

29、 true that we often say the words without having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a bless ingwe give each other. Those three little words carry a world of meaning ,even when said asa greeting, but most especially if they are the last words we say to or hear from those we lov

30、e.52. The foreig n teacher.A. comes from AmericaB. is a young woma nC. is expressive eno ughD. knows much about China53. Ch in ese people prefer to show love by.A. saying I love you IIB. cook ingC. gett ing good gradesD. doing someth ing helpful;54.ln paragraph 4,what s the real meaning of the mom s

31、 hugging?A. She is meeting her daughter at the door.B. She loves her daughter and misses her.C. She is glad that she has more time to herselfD. he finds it interesting to hug her daughter.55. What s the main idea of the passage?A. Say I love you II more to your family.B. Say I love you II a lot to C

32、hinese people .C. Say I love you II as a gree ting to othersD. Say I love you II without great depth of feelings.(2010湖南省娄底市阅读下面的短文，并做后面的题目,(10分Every year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes,everyon

33、e has to preparethi ngs.They buy pork,beef,chicke n,fruits and many other thi ngs. And they ofte n make a specialkind of fooddumplings II . It means come together” .On the day before the festival ,parents buy new clothes for their children. Children also buy presents for their parents. On the Spring

34、 Festival Ev除夕,all the family members come back to their hometow n. This is a happy mome nt. Some si ng and dan ce,some play cards and others get the dinner ready. Whe n they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time.26. Which is the most imp

35、ortant festival in China?A. The Mid-Autumn Festival.B. The Spring Festival.C. Children s Day.27. Whe n is the Chin ese Spring Festival usually celebrated?A. In March or April.B. In May or June.C. In January or February.28. is the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China.A. Chicke nB. Du

36、mpli ngC. Fish29. What s the meaning of the food dumplings II for Chinese people in the Spring Festival?A. Look up.B. Help yourself.C. Come together.30. The family when they are having dinner together on the Spring Festival Eve.A. give each other the best wishesB. buy each other prese ntsC. sin g,da

37、 nee and play cards(2010 .河北省卷,VD .阅读理解计10分More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 millio ncars on roadsworldwide today. Bikes can take you almost any where, and there is

38、no oil cost!Get on a bicycle and ride around your n eighbourhood. You may discover someth ing new all around you. Stopp ing and gett ing off a bike is easier tha n stopp ing and gett ing out of your car. You can bike to work and ben efit 受益 from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environme

39、nt. You don t even have to ride all the way. Folding （折叠 bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in asuitcase. You can also take a com mon bike with you whe n you fly. But be sure to look

40、 for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-frie ndly to travellers.Health Ben efits of Bicycli ng: It helps to preve nt heart diseases.Bicycling helps to control your weight. A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a

41、 year. Bicycling can improve your mood（心情.Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-c on fide nt.Bicycli ng is healthier tha n driv ing.56. From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very .A. surpris ingB. excit ingC. expe nsiveD. popular57. W

42、he n you are riding your bicycle around your n eighbourhood, you may .A. pollute the en vir onment aroundB. find something you didn t noticeC. go everywhere and use a little oilD. get off your bike and beg in to work58. If you travel with a folding bike, you can fold it and _ .A. get out of the carB

43、. take it on to a trainC. put it in your purseD. go on airli ne websites59. One of the ben efits from bicycli ng is that .A. you can fold the bicycleB. you will be frie ndly to othersC. you will be more relaxedD. you may get fatter and fatter60. Which is TRUE accord ing to the passage?A. Bicycli ng

44、is enjo yable exercise for people.B. Driving cars is healthier tha n riding bikes.C. Riding a bike pollutes your n eighbourhood.D. Com mon bikes are welcomed by all airli nes.(2010.四川省内江市第三部分阅读理解 A 10分Are you in terested in country music? I like it very much !lt will take me away for a while after I

45、 am tired.The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields. Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings. It s the spirit of America ,easy to un dersta nd,slow and simple.Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of American countryside. Many

46、 of songs tell about the lives of farmers .They talk about love, crops or death.The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular later.In the 1920s,people played country songs on

47、 the radio, and they made them into records.When people in the coun tryside moved to tow ns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to cha nge and became popular across America.Joh n Denver was one of America s most famous country sin gers in the 1970s.H

48、is song Take Me home, Country Roadsi is well-known and people still play it today.51. Co untry music is usually about.A. everyday life and feeli ngsB. farmer s feelingsC. the lives of workers52. Co untry music developed.A. in John Denver s cityB. in the Southern United StatesC. in the Northem United

49、 States53. People baga n to make country song records.A. in the 1920sB. in 1920C. in the 1970s54. Why did Country music become popular in America?A. Because city people liked the music.B. Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change.C. Because country music talked abou

50、t city peoples lives.55. Who is famous for the song Take Me Home, Country Roadsll ?A. A farmer in the countryside.B. A pers on who moved to tow nsC. Joh n Denver.(2010.四川省内江市第三部分阅读理解 C 10分My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first televisionwhen she was a teenager. Of cour

51、se it was black and white. She said she only watch it atni ght. She does n t remember over watch ing it in the morning or after noon. Whe n I wasyoung we had only about 3 or 4 differe nt cha nn els. My bothers ,my sisters and I wouldsometimes fight about which cha nnel to watch .But we usually enjoy

52、ed the same shows.Nowadays we can get hundreds of channels on TVcan t believe it! There are channels with old movies, cooking ,fishing and so on. It s amazing! There is a cha nnelfor everyth in g. I won der how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hun dreds of cha nn els whe n I w

53、as a child. Of course we had only one televisi on set. These days I notice families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from argu ing over which cha nnel to choose from .61.ln those days, what kind of televisi on sets did people only have?A. Black and white on

54、 es.B. Colors On es.C. All kinds of televisi on sets.62. My mother watched TVwhen she was young.A. i n the morni ngB. in the after noonC. at night63. Nowadays,how many cha nn els can we g et on TV?A. 3 or 4 differe nt cha nn els.B. Only once cha nnelC. Hun dreds of cha nn els.64. Whe n I was a tee n

55、ager ,my brothers ,my sisters and I usually enjoyed.A. four showsB. the same showsC. differe nt show65. Which of the following in NOT true ?A. My bother ,my sisters and I would sometimes fight about which channel to watch whe n I was a child.B. These days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing.C. People have many chann els to choose from now. (201 山东省潍坊市四、阅读理 解 B,满分 8 分 When we talk about stars especially women stars ,it seems that they are always young, pretty and own charm ing body shapes. But rece ntly a Britains Got Tale