《中考英语总复习》中考英语专项复习阅读理解 社会历史类

1、中考复习社会历史类专项练习一、阅读理解dubai is a city of big business, expensive hotels, skyscrapers (摩天楼), and shopping malls. in the early 20th century, dubai was a successful trading port. people from the world stopped in dubai to do business. but it was still a small city, and most people lived as fishermen and bu

2、sinessmen. then in 1966, oil was discovered. this brought a lot of money into the area, and soon dubai began to change. today dubai is one of the worlds most important business centers. in fact, each year the city gels its money mainly from business, not oil.recently dubai has attracted more and mor

3、e visitors from abroad. they come to relax on its beaches, and every year, millions visit just to go shopping! dubai is also one of the worlds fastest growing cities. many tall buildings are built in months. the city also has many man-made islands. one of these, the palm jumeirah, is like a palm tre

4、e (棕桐树) and is very beautiful. the city is still an amazing mix (混合体) of people from different countries. the people from 150 countries live and work in dubai, and foreigners now outnumber dubai natives ( 本地人) by eight to one! many people welcome the citys growth. but an increasing number of dubai n

5、atives worry about the speed of change. as a dubai native says, “we must always remember where we came from. our kids must know we worked very, very hard to get where we are now, and theres a lot more work to do.”1why did people stop in dubai in the early 20th century?a. to relax b. to buy oil.c. to

6、 go shopping. d. to do business.2which of the following is not true?a. dubai has created many man-made islands.b. there are many foreigners working in dubai.c many international visitors come to dubai every yeard. dubai now gets money mainly from selling oil.3what does the underlined word “outnumber

7、” mean?a. to be smaller in size than another group.b. to be more in number than another group.c. to be bigger in area than another group.d. to be smaller in area than another group.4in the last paragraph, what does the underlined part mean?a. we should always visit dubai,b. we should learn from fore

8、igners.c. we must always remember our past.d. we must only think about the future.5whats the main idea of the passage?a. dubai is growing very fast.b. dubai was a big city before 1966.c. many tall buildings are built in months.d. many tourists come to relax on dubais beaches.school education is very

9、 important and useful. the students both learn knowledge and get educated. yet, no one can learn everything from school. scientists, such as edison, newton, galileo and einstein, didn't learn everything from school. they learnt a lot of knowledge outside school or practiced a lot themselves. a t

10、eacher, though he knows a lot, can't teach his students everything.the teacher's job is to teach his students how to learn, how to read and how to think. a good teacher with rich experience in teaching can teach his students the methods (=ways) of study. through these methods students are ab

11、le to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.usually it's very easy for students to memorize some knowledge, but it is difficult to use it to solve problems. if a teacher really teaches students the ability(能力) of how to use knowledge, it means the teacher has learned lots of knowledge by h

12、imself(or herself). the success in learning shows he or she knows how how how to study.根据课文内容选择最佳答案（每题两分，共10分）6from the passage we know _.astudents are taught everything at schoolba teacher can't teach his students everythingcschool is really not important and usefuldedison learned lots of knowl

13、edge at school7a teacher's job is _.ato help his students with their lessonsbto teach his students everythingcto show his students how how to study by themselvesdto tell them how to study8choose the right order of this passage.ahow important are the study methods for students?bwhat does the teac

14、her's experience of success in study mean?cwhere should students study?dwhat is the job of a teacher?ac,a,b,dbb,c,a,dcc,b,d,adc,d,a,b9which of the following is right?aif we know how to learn, we can get a lot of knowledge.bwe can learn everything from our teachers.cthe writer tells us that pract

15、ice is more important for students than learning.dit is the only job for students to learn knowledge.10which of the following is the best title?aa real job for teachersbstudy in and outside schoolcpracticethe only way of learningdhow to learn languagebritish english and american englisha student is

16、studying british english. he wonders: can i have a talk with americans? can they catch me? learners of english often ask-what are the differences between british english and american english? how important are these differences?certainly, there are some differences between british english and americ

17、an english. there are a few differences in grammar（语法）. for example, speakers of british english say “in hospital” and “have you a pen?” americans “in the hospital” and “do you have a pen?” pronunciation (发音) is sometimes different. americans usually sound the “r” in words like “car”and “farm”. some

18、 speakers of british english do not sound the “r” in these words. there are differences between british english and american english in spelling and vocabulary. for example, “colour”and “honour” are british english spellings. “color” and “honor” are american english spellings.these differences are i

19、n grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary. however, they are not important. for the most part, british english and american english are the same language.11in american english, we can say, “ ? ”a. have you a new bookb. do you have a new bookc. are you have a new bookd. can you to have a new

20、book12between british english and american english, sometimes pronunciation is .a. poor b. different c. high d. short13in american english, the word “favourite” can be spelt .a. favoruite b. favurite c. favorite d. favrite14englishmen say “in hospital”, while americans say .a. at the hospital b. in

21、the hospitalc. by hospital d. to hospital15the main idea of the passage is that .a. there are no differences between british english and american englishb. british english and american english are two different languagesc. speakers of british english and american english speak the same languaged. we

22、 shouldn't speak englishbasketball is still a young game. it's over a hundred years old. in the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. the weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. as they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, an

23、d some even got into fights from time to time. some of the teachers, at the college asked dr. naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. it was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large. dr. naism

24、ith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. it was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. it was played between two teams. to make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . at each end of the court there

25、was such a basket. at first, dr. naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. as he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. that is how the game got its name. 16 how long is it since basketball was invented? a. 1000 years b. more than 100 years c. 1100 yearsd. l

26、ess than 100 years17the students felt unhappy because _. a. they had much homework to do b. they often got into fightsc. they couldn't play outdoorsd. they had little time to study18who asked dr. naismith to invent a game? a. some students b. some teachersc. some students' parents d. some of

27、 his friends19when a student _ , he makes a score. a. receives the ball. b. throws the ball to another studentc. runs quickly with the ball in his handd. throws the ball into the basket 20 which sentence is right?a. dr. naismith had to use fruit to throw the ball.b. it was easy to invent the game.c.

28、 the students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.d. the ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.different countries have different customs. when you travel to another countries，please follow their customs，just as the saying goes，“_ .”  very often people who

29、travel to the united states forget to tip（付小费）.it is usual to tip porters who help carry your bags，taxi drivers and waiters. waiters expect to get a 15% tip on the cost of your meal. taxi drivers expect about the same amount.  in england，make sure to stand in line even if there are only two of

30、you. its important to respect lines there. its a good idea to talk about the weather. its a favorite subject of conversation with the british.  in spain，its a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner. people have dinner very late，and restaurants do not g

31、enerally open until after 9 pm.   in arab countries，men kiss one another on the cheek（脸颊）. your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. it is polite for you to do the same.  in japan，people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time. wh

32、en a person gives you a card，dont put it into your pocket right away. the person expects you to read it.  dont forget to be careful of your body language to express something in conversation. a kind of body language that is acceptable in one culture may be impolite in another.21when you travel

33、to the usa，you dont need to tip  _.  a. porters        b. waiters        c. taxi drivers     d. conductor  22the missing sentence in the first paragraph should be“  _ .”a. lov

34、e me，love my dog . b. he who laughs last laughs bestc. when in rome，do as the romans do d. where there is a will，there is a way23the underline word “porters” in the passage means  _. a. 搬运工          b.清洁工      

35、       c.接线员               d. 售票员24which of the following is true according to the passage ?a. in spain，people usually have dinner very early.b. in england its a not polite to talk about the weather.c. in arab

36、countries，men kiss one another on the cheek .d. in japan you should not read the business card as soon as you get it.25whats the best title of the passage ？a. how to tip           b body languagec. when to have dinner   d. advice to interna

37、tional travelersbasketball is still a young game. its over a hundred years old. in the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. the weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. as they couldnt play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into f

38、ights from time to time. some of the teachers at the college asked dr. naismith to invent（发明）a game so that the students might have something to play with. it was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court（球场）was not very large. dr. naismith thought for a few

39、days and invented a kind of ball game. it was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. it was played between two teams. to make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet（英尺）above the floor on the wall. at each end of the court there was such a basket. at fi

40、rst, dr.naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. as he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. that is how the game got its name.26how long is it since basketball was invented? a. 100 years b. less than 100 yearsc. 110 years d. more than 100 years27the stude

41、nts felt unhappy because _.a. they had little time to study b. they often got into fightsc. they had much homework to do d. they couldnt play outdoors 28who asked dr. naismith to invent a game? a. some studentsb. some teachersc. some students parentsd. some of his friends29when a student _, he makes

42、 a score.a. receives the ball.b. throws the ball to another studentc. runs quickly with the ball in his handd. throws the ball into the basket 30which sentence is right?a. the students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.b. it was easy to invent the game.c. dr. naismith had to use fruit baske

43、ts to throw the ball.d. the ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.boomerangthe aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in australia for about 60,000 years. they painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about aboriginal life

44、. for example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. from this we know that the aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.the aborigines believed that spirit

45、s made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. for aborigines, no one can own the earththe earth belongs to the spirits.in 1700, there were many aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over australia, and there were probably more than 240 different abor

46、iginal languages. the groups did not have a leader. instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. people from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.aboriginal life changed when an english boat arrived in australia in 1770. many aborigines were killed in th

47、e wars that they had with the english. more europeans came, and they started taking land from the aborigines. the europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the aborigines. the result is that today there are only about 300,000 aborigines in australia.31the aborigines painted pictures .a. on an

48、imals fur b. on the landc. on the tree d. on the rock32what do you think the aborigines used boomerangs to do?a. to paint. b. to hunt.c. to fight. d. to play.33the aborigines thought were the most important on the earth.a. people b. animals c. spiritsd. plants34in an aboriginal group decided things.

49、a. the older menb. the leaderc. the englishd. the europeans35the number of the aborigines is small today .a. because their living condition was very badb. because the english killed a lot of them in the warsc. because of the new illnesses the europeans brought themd. because of the wars and the new

50、illnesses“how many common english words were invented by shakespeare?”how long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? and now! you can google it and find the answer immediately!google is the most popular internet search engine（搜索引擎）in the world. it was invented by two s

51、tudents, larry page and sergey brin. they met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at stanford university, usa. they dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds.internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that werent useful. in

52、 january 1996, page and brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. they thought the results should be based on the most popular websites.nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. they also borrowed money from family and friends. then, in 1998, they we

53、re given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company(公司). their first office was in a friends garage(车库).the company name is google, a word which comes from mathematics. a “google” is a very high number 1 followed by a hundred zeros.the google search engine was soon used by thousands o

54、f people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. by 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the internet. now, more questions have been answered by google than any other internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. google hopes that in the future all the worlds info

55、rmation will be put on the internet, so that everybody can find everything.36why did the writer begin this passage by asking you a question?a. because he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question.b. because he or she was afraid that the readers didnt know this question.c. becau

56、se he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage.d. because shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world.37the underlined word “cheque” in the fifth paragraph means _.a. 楼房b. 账单 c. 订单 d. 支票38from the passage we know that at the beginning of their project, _.a. there wa

57、s not any search engine on the internetb. nobody supported them except their family and friendsc. larry page and sergey brin dreamed to answer any questiond. one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,00039which statement is not true according to the passage?a. now the google searc

58、h engine is widely used in the world.b. the google search engine was not the biggest one before 2002.c. larry page and sergey brin named google after a hundred zeros.d. the service of the google search engine is very popular.40the passage mainly tells us _.a. the development of the google search engineb. about larry page and sergey brinc. how to find information on the internetd. how to use the google search enginelong, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. these people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.no one knows