2019届中考英语阅读理解专项训练2

1、Driijjn boatraceWearing swcc smllin bagGirls' DayEating ricedumplingsto herforB. have good luck中考英语阅读理解专项训练 2阅读下面5篇短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。The Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival which has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also named Chongwu Festival. There are

2、many activities o n the day.The dragon boat race is an important competition duringthe festival. People held dragon boat races in the riverto remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat raceis a traditional activity for Chinese people.During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet

3、-smelling bags to avoid（避免） bad things. In someareas of China, a sweet-smelling bag is also used as a symbol of love between lovers.A long time ago, a married daught er would return parents ' home during the Dragon Boat Festival. So the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Girls' Day.Eating r

4、ice dumplings is also a custom（习俗）Chinese people. The rice dumpling is a kind of food with different designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia.（）1. In order to , people hold

5、 dragon boat races.A. admire a famous scientistC. remember Qu Yuan D. celebrate the harvest()2. Why is the Dragon Boat.Festival also called Girls ' Day?A. A daughter can wear a sweet-smelling bag.B. A daughter who is married can return to her parents'. home.C. Girls have lots of housework to

6、 do during the Dragon Boat Festival.D. Girls can wear beautiful clothes during the Dragon Boat Festival.E. 3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. A sweet-smelling bag can be used as a symbol of love.B. The Chongwu Festival is another name for the Dragon Boat Festival.C. People have celebrated the

7、Dragon Boat Festival for more than two thousand years.D. People usually hold dragon boat races in the sea.()4. Rice dumplings . A. can express love between loversB. are eaten to avoid bad thingsC. have different designs and stylesD. are only eaten in ChinaBAs a middle school student, I want to buy a

8、n iPod that can help me improve my spoken English. I don ' t want my parents to buy it for me, so I have to look for a job. One day I stopped at the zoo. The zoo director said he had an interesting job. Their gorilla(大猩猩) was ill and sent to the animal hospital. But the visitorswould be sad be c

9、ause they couldn ' t see the gorilla. In fact, many visitors hoped to see it. So my job was wearing a gorilla suit sitting in the cage for 4 hours at a time. In this way the visitors would at least have something to look at. It sounded good to me, so I told him I would.The next day I went to the

10、 zoo, put on the gorilla suit and climbed into the cage. Soon some children walked to see me. I hel -d the rope and swang ( 摇摆)across the cage. The children seemed to be very happy to see it so I started swinging higher and higher.s sideIn the next cage there was a lion and he was becoming angry at

11、my actions and began to shake his cage. I kept swinging and started to swing to the lion of the cage. Suddenly I dropped right into the lion ' s cage! I was afraid and shouted, “Help me, help me! I ' m not who you think I am! ”Just as I shouted, the lion jumped on myback and knocked (撞)meto

12、the ground. Then he said in a low voice in my ear,“Shut up, or both of us will be fired(被解雇).”()5. The visito rs would be sad if they couldn ' t.A. see the lion B. talk with the lion C. see the gorilla D. talk with the gorilla()6. What is the writer ' s job in the zoo?A. Playing with childre

13、n. B. Making the director happy.C. Taking care of the gorilla. D. Dressing up as a gorilla and staying in the cage.()7. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The lion was angry because of the writer ' s actions.B. The lion said something in a low voice inthe writer '

14、 s ear.C. The lion knocked the writer to the ground and bit him.D. The writer dropped into the lion ' s cage.()8. Where can we read this passage?A. In a sports magazine. B. In a textbook.C. I n a science book. D. On a story website.COn nearly every week for the past five years, David Albright ha

15、s been making muffins ( 小松糕)for the poor. He gives them to the city' s homeless center.“He finds that everyone isn ' t living the life that he and his friends enjoy. To the people who are poor, it meansa lot to them" said Toni Dolan. Heis the manager(经理) of Beth El Center, which helps t

16、he homeless.David says that he has given away about 5,000 muffins in all."He' s not he kind of student who likes to draw attention to himself," saidFrank, a teacher at St. Mary ' s School. David has attended the school since the first grade. "For the last several years, he has

17、 been collecting Halloween clothesfor kids, along with his older brother,Frank said.He is quiet, so most peop ledon' t see the good things that he does. ”It all began when Albrig ht was eight.“It was the day after Christmas, " Albright remembered. "It was snowing really hard. We were d

18、riving past the homeless center. We saw a man sleeping in a truck, trying to keep the snow from coming in through a broken window.“Wefound out about Beth El and how they needed like that, “ he said. "I thought that would be a nice thing to do, so I started making muffins.”Since then he has been

19、 making muffins every week for the center, sometimes after school, sometimes on weekends.Albright was recently given the President ' s Volunteer Service Award. On May3 he ' ll receive a prize and 1,000 dollars.()9. What does Frank mean?A. David isn ' t a good student.B. David is a kind a

20、nd quiet boy.C. Dav id doesn ' t get on well with his brotherD. He doesn ' t know anything about the good things that David does.E. 10 . Which of the following isTRUE?A. Toni Dolan is David ' s teacher.B. David gives away about 1,000 muffins each year.C. It was a rainy day when David saw

21、 a man sleeping in a truck.D. David never makes muffins on weekdays.E. 11. From the passage, we know that.A. David would like to help the poor.B. David only makes muffins to help othersC. nobody helps David when he helps othersD. David will receive $ 1,000 on May 5E. 12. What would be the best title

22、 for the passage?A. A Homeless CenterB. How to Make a CakeC. How to Help OthersD. A Kind Boy DWeall want our vacations to be perfect. After all, with all the time and money we spend on them, an unpleasant day seems like a waste. But are you planning your vacation the right way? Find out about four w

23、ays you can easily destroy your vacation and how to avoid（避免） them.1. Travel with the Wrong Person“For me, the most impor tant thing is always finding the right person to travel with, “ says Lindsay Tessis, who has experienced both good and bad travelpartners.She says, a Traveling with the right per

24、son makes the vacation perfect. A wrong traveler makes it worse. ”Fix it: List en to your heart when it comes to whomyou' re going with, and don' t be afraid to say no or travel alone.2. Only Communicate with the People You ' re Traveling w . ithYou can just talk to the person you' r

25、e with. It is the easiest and sagest way, but it can ' t make the experience more interesting.Fix it: Try to talk to people along the way. You never know who might meet, or what you might learn.3. Only Do Things You ' ve Done - BeforeYour hotel room likely comes with a TV. But do you really

26、travel just to watchPretty WomanThe worst travel regret is always the things you haven' t done or tried.Fix it: Get out of your comfortable room and try something differentwhen you' reaway.4. Your Mood（情绪）Depends on the Weather“The weather is the thing that you can' t control, " say

27、s Tessis. "Don' t let it stop you from having a good time. ”Fix it : "Pick activitiesthat you can do in rain or shine, " says Tessis. Youcan make a list of bad-weather activities that you want to take part in.5. 13. Traveling with the right person.A. makes the travel worseB. isn &

28、#39; t important for Lindsay TessisC. asks you to refuse your good friendsD. would make you have an enjoyable vacationE. 14. Why is it necessary to talk to the people on your vacation?A. It is easy to make you brave.B. It makes the experience more interesting.C. It is easy to communicate with strang

29、ers.D. It makes you famous on your vacation.()15. If you just stay in your room on vacation, the writer will suggest you.A. have a good restB. watch Pretty WomanC. play some interesting computer gamesD. go out and try something different()16. What can ' t we learn from the passage?A. How to avoi

30、d the things that destroy your vacation.B. How to get along with your partners on vacation.C. You can' t control the weather but you can control your mood.D. You can pick some activities that you can do in rain or shine.EIt was a perfect Sunday morning. Myfriends and I were biking downHaunted St

31、reet. Along the way we passed a house. All the children said it was haunted.During the past few days I had wanted to explore (探索)this house. The ice-cream shop was nearby. So I said, “Do you want some ice -cream?'My friends said, "Yes!" So when they went to the ice -cream shop, I went

32、to the haunted house.I slowly opened the door. There was silence. Oneminute passed then two minutes passed. I took a few steps forward, and then suddenly, I stopped. I saw two ghosts lo oking at me.I wanted to run away. I ran toward the door and tried to open it, but it waslocked! So I found some st

33、airs. I ran down the stairs as fast as I could. Then Irealized that I was in the cellar(地下室) .I ran up again.When I got up the stairs, the ghosts were coming toward me. I fell down. Thelights were turned on and I saw them. There weren' t any ghosts; instead, there was a pair of old people. They said they didn ' t turn on the lights because they didn ' t have enough money to pay the electricity bill(电费)Then I told myfriends about my experience Oneof my friends told a news rep