泸州市中考英语英语阅读理解精选附答案

1、泸州市中考英语英语阅读理解精选附答案一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷1 .阅读理解Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50.In fact, they say by the age o

2、f 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.The findings came from a survey of more than 340, 000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone. At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85.The researchers ask

3、ed questions about emotions, like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental (气质) or emotional stress.Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adult

4、s between the ages of 24 and 25.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.Researchers

5、 say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about bad experiences.Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could

6、be connected with changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed (被解雇) or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect (影响)the levels of happiness

7、.(1) Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage?A. Those who are worried about getting old.B. Those who are single and unemployed.C. Those who feel unhappy all the time.D. Those who suffer from mental stress.(2) When may people have the highest level of stress?A. At the age of 20.

8、B. At the age of 25. C. At the age of 35. D. At the age of 40.(3) According to Arthur Stone's idea, old people may A. control their behaviors betterB. know how to spend money wiselyC. dream about good things every dayD. have a positive attitude towards their life(4) What would be the best title

9、for this passage?A. The Younger, the HappierB. The Young Are Happier than the OldC. Getting Older Means Getting HappierD. Women Are Easier to Be Happy in Life【答案】(1) AB(3) D(4) C【解析】【分析】文章大意：重点介绍的是老年人的幸福感问题，作者通过一个调查研究告诉我们随着年龄的增长，人们的幸福感会越来越强。(1)细节理解题。根据文中的语句But recent findings offer good news for old

10、er people andfor people worried about getting older.理解可知，对于老年人来说，或是担心年龄增长的人来说是个好消息，所以他们会感兴趣，故选 Ao(2)细节理解题。根据文中第三段His team found that levels of stress were highest amongadults between the ages of 24 and 25.描述可知，24与25的年轻人的压力最大，故选B。(3)细节理解题。根据文中语句 as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what

11、they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about bad experiences.可知，随着年龄的增长，人们的幸福感越来越强，对生活的态度越来越积极。故选D。(4)标题理解归纳题。通读全文可知，这篇短文的中心就是越老生活越满足，幸福指数 越高，变老意味着变彳#更幸福。故选Co【点评】本文浅显易懂，层次分明，很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读 短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据 短文中心总结出正确答案。2 .

12、阅读理解When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed h

13、im, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn't afford new shoes. We had to go back to

14、find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, "You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?" I did not know how to answer that question. He continued, "

15、;It's OK if you can't find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother." Then he sent us to mum's workplace by taxi.I have depended on (依靠) the kindness of many strangers in my whole life, I feel regretful that I can't find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what

16、 the man's face looked like, but he taught me a lesson people are more important than things.(1) Why did the younger brother cry for his mother?A. Because he was hungry.B. Because he missed his mother.C. Because he wanted to sleep.D. Because he wanted to play outside.(2) What does the underlined

17、 word "regretful" in the last paragraph mean?A. Sorry.B. Excited.C. Happy.D. Angry.(3) What did the man mean by saying "It's OK if you can't find the shoe, but it's not OK to lose your brother"?A. People are more important than things. B. Things are more important tha

18、n people.C. Both the shoe and your brother are important. D. The shoe is more important than your brother.【答案】(1) BA(3) A【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者的妈妈整天工作，所以作者照顾弟弟，一天弟弟哭着找妈妈，作者背着弟弟出去了，结果把鞋子掉了，作者想丢下弟弟找鞋子，一位好心人告诉作 者不要把弟弟独自丢下，并且带他们去找妈妈，这让作者明白了人比东西更重要。(1) 细节题。根据 he started crying for mum. He was so young and really

19、 needed mum. 可知弟弟哭的原因是他想找妈妈了，故选Bo(2)细节题。根据I can't find them and say thank you.可知作者没有找到帮助作者的那些好心人，并且也没有说谢谢，所以作者是内疚的，故选 Ao(3) 细节题。根据后文 he taught me a lesson people are more important than things. 可知作者明白了人比东西更重要的道理，故选Ao【点评】考查阅读理解，主要考查细节题，注意从文中仔细寻找答案。3 .阅读理解Now some women are spending a weekend at M

20、other's Camp(营地).There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family?Some women say they need time to be alone.At Mother's Camp a woman has room for herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will a

21、sk,“ Mom, what's for dinner? ” No husband will say,can't find any clean socks." In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside thehome. Many of them work full-time and then come home for a second job taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of

22、their biggest problems is housework.In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can't find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.S

23、ome women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don't cook, they don't clean and they don't look after their children and husbands. What do they do?They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs aro

24、und the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother's Camp.(1) From this passage we can see in the United States.A. women want to work outside the home B. working wives do most of the houseworkC. husbands do as much housework as their wives D. women do no

25、t like to stay at home with their families(2) At Mother's Camp, women cant.A. watch TVB. read newspapersC. swim in the lakeD. bring their husbands and children(3) Why would some mothers like to be alone?Because.A. they don't like their husbands and children B. they have to work full-timeC. t

26、hey are too busy to relax themselves D. they want a new life(4) is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.A. HouseworkB. Working outside the homeC. When to take a vacationD. Looking after their children(5) What's the best title of this passage?A. Busy Working MothersB

27、. How to Buy Gifts for MothersC. Mothers Relax Away From HomeD. Mothers in the US【答案】(1) BD(3) C(4) AC【解析】【分析】文章大意：本文介绍了美国一些工作的母亲参加妈妈营地”从家务中解脱出来，放松一下。(1)推理判断题。根据 In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. 可 知美国工作的妻子做大部分家务，故选 Bo(2)推理判断题。根据 Now some women are spending a weekend

28、 at Mother's Camp(营地).There, husbands and children are not allowed.可知在 妈妈营地“妇女不带他们的丈夫和孩 子，故选Do(3) 推理判断题。根据 Some women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework. 和They relax away from home.可知一些母亲喜欢单独待着是因为他们因为太忙了而没有时 间放松，故选Co(4) 细节理解题。根据 These working women say one of their bigges

29、t problems is housework.可知在美国对于工作的妻子来说，最大的麻烦是家务，故选Ao(5)标题归纳题。本文介绍了一些工作的母亲参加妈妈营地”从家务中解脱出来，放松一下，故选Co【点评】对阅读理解能力的测试是英语考试中必不可少的测试项目，主要考查学生对于不 同体裁或不同题材语言材料的理解能力，以及通过材料的阅读，对材料中信息的捕获能 力。首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意。因为阅读理解题一般没有标题，所 以，速读全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速读的过程中，应尽可能多地捕获信息材料。 其次，细读题材，各个击破。掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读每篇材料后的问题，弄清每 题要求

30、后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息。要善于抓住每段的主题句，阅读时，要有较强的针对性。对于捕获到的信息，要做认真分析，仔细推敲，理解透彻， 只有这样，针对题目要求，才能做到稳、准。4.阅读理解A wealthy man asked an old scholar to tell his son away from his bad habits. The scholar took the young man for a walk through a garden. Stopping suddenly, he told the boy to pull out a tiny plant g

31、rowing there.The young man made it easily. The old man then asked him to pull out a little bigger plant. The young man pulled hard and the plant came out with its roots." Now pull out that one, “ said theold man, pointing to a little tree. The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out.“Now

32、 take this one out, " said the old man, pointing at a big orange tree. The young man held the trunk (树干)and tried to pull it out. But it would not move."It's impossible ” , said thepanting (喘息)with the effort.“So it is with bad habits,“ said th e WWhemathey are young, it is easy to pul

33、l them out.But when they go deeply, they cannot be uprooted.”The conversation with the old man changed the boy's life.(1) The scholar asked the young man to take a walk with him in the.A. forestB. parkC. gardenD. school(2) The scholar asked the young man to pull out plants for times.A. fourB. tw

34、oC. threeD. five(3) According to the passage, the scholar must be.A. a stupid manB. a lazy manC. a wise manD. a funny man(4) This passage mainly talks about.A. we need exercise more to pull trees outB. how to get away from bad habitsC. talking with a scholar is very importantD. the earlier getting a

35、way from bad habits, the better【答案】(1) CA(3) C(4) D【解析】【分析】短文大意：一个富人请求一位智者去除儿子的坏习惯。智者把这个孩子 带到了公园，要求这个年轻人先后四次拔出植物，由易到难，去除坏习惯也是如此，当它 们还不明显的时候，去除它们很容易，但是当它们深深扎根的时候，就难以去除了。智者 的这堂特殊的课改掉了孩子的坏习惯，改变了男孩的一生。(1) C细节理解题。根据短文第一段中的句子 "Thescholar took the young man for a walk throug h a garden.可知，智者让青年人在花园里与他

36、一起散步，故答案为C。(2) A细节理解题。根据短文中出现的句子 to pull out a tiny plant , to pull out a little bigger plant. Now pull out that one, said the old man, pointing to a little tree ." Now take this oneout, “ said the old man, pointing aa big orange tree.可知，智者要求这个年轻人先后四次拔出植物。故答案为A。(3) C推理判断题。智者要求这个年轻人先后四次拔出植物，由易到难

37、，去除坏习惯也是 如此，当它们还不明显的时候，去除它们很容易，但是当它们深深扎根的时候，就难以去 除了。智者的这堂特殊的课改掉了孩子的坏习惯，改变了男孩的一生，足以说明智者的聪 明之处，故答案选 Co(4) D主旨大意题。根据短文倒数第二段智者的话："SOt is with bad habits, said the oldman. " When they are youngit is easy to pull them out. But when they go deeply, they cannot be uprooted.可知，坏习惯要及早的去除，越早远离坏习惯，越好。

38、故答案为D。【点评】主旨大意题(主题、标题)在阅读理解中经常会出现。第四小题适合用捕捉主旨 大意来解题。所谓主旨大意，也就是文章的中心思想，主题思想，中心观点，它常常针对 文章的主题，作者的写作意图，文章段落的中心思想进行提问，这类题也叫归纳概括题。 文中智者用拔植物的难易来类比坏习惯的去除也是如此。当它们还不明显的时候，去除它 们很容易，但是当它们深深扎根的时候，就难以去除了。也就是说越早远离坏习惯越好。 答案为Do(5) 读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。While watching the Olympics the other night, I came

39、across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, nor a world record broken, but a show of someone s strong determination to win.The event was a swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them made mistake when they started, so they were kicked out

40、. That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is what ' s important.I watch the man jump into the water and knew right away that something was wrong. Now I ' m not an expert swimmer but I do know a good jump from a poor one, and

41、 this was not exactly medal quality. When he was swimming, the crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man that was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. He tried his best, but clearly he wa

42、s exhausted.But when they saw the man keeping on trying , they stopped laughing and beginning to cheer. Some even to stand and say:" Come , you can do it! !" " and " Go for itA few minutes later ,this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have though

43、t that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced. His country had been asked to Sydney as manners.In a competition

44、where players remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch this game.A man that gave his all-knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of the spirit of the games.(1) When did th

45、e event happen?A. in the evening B. in the afternoon C. in the morning D. one night(2) The underlined word aexhausted " in paragraph 4 in closest in meaning to.A. confidentB. very tiredC. happyD. very angry(3) When did the man in the article learn to swim?A. When he was a child B. Three years a

46、go C. About one year ago D. Many years ago (4) Why did the crowd laugh at the man at first?A. Because they thought his swimming skill is bad. B. Because they didn ' t like him.C. Because the man was funny.D. Because the man was stupid. What can we learn from the passage?A. The writer is an exper

47、t in swimmingB. There are many swimmers in the competition.C. The man is hard-workingD. The man was well trained for swimming.【答案】(1) DB(3) C(4) AC【解析】【分析】细节理解。根据第一段第一句While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across anunbelievable sight可知是一天晚上在看奥运比赛的时候，故选 D。词义猜测。根据第四段句意：最后他转身往回游，他尽了最大努力，但

48、是明显精疲力尽了。confident自信的；very tired非常疲劳的；happy高兴的；very angry非常生气的。故选Bo细节理解。根据倒数第三段Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced. 可知一年前还不会游泳，更不用说比赛，故选Co推理判断。根据第三段Now I' m not an expert swimmer but I do know a good jump from apoor one, and this was not exactly medal quality可知我虽然不是专业的但是还能分

49、得出跳跃的好坏，他不具备奖牌的实力。故选 Ao细节理解。根据文章第四段He tried his best, but clearly he was exhausted.可知他尽最大的努力,倒数第三段的 Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced 可知他年前 还不会游泳，所以他是一个勤奋的人。故选C。【点评】考查对篇章的把握和对细节的识别能力，答题时注意紧扣问题中的关键词，在文 章中寻找答案。6.请阅读下面的海报，从每小题所给的 A, B, C三个选下中选出一个最佳选项。House fires often happened.

50、So it appears necessary to learn something useful to protect family from them. The following poster in the neighborhood will tell you how to do it.Fire SafetyPut a smoke alarm in your house and test it every month. Half of all house fire deaths happen between 11 pm and 7 am. The risk of dying in a h

51、ouse fire is cut in half with working smoke alarms.Make sure your hearing aid, wheelchair or eyeglasses are next to your bed. Fire can spread through a house soon. You may have as little as two minutes to escape ( 逃离)safely. Be ready to act at once.Create a fire escape plan. 77% of families don'

52、t have a house fire escape plan to follow. That's one of the reasons why at least one child dies and 293 children are injured in a house fire every day.Don't call 119 until you are safely outside. During a fire, the first thing to do is to get out of house as fast as you can.(1) makes the ri

53、sk of dying in a house fire smaller.A. A smoke alarmB. A pair of eyeglassesC. A wheelchair(2) We may have only to escape from a house firm safely.A. half an hourB. 2 minutesC. 293 seconds(3) According to the poster,can help save you from a house fire.A. stopping the fire from spreadingB. making and

54、following a plan to escapeC. keeping awake betwren11 pm. and 7 am.(4) Call 119 for help.A. after you reach safelyB. as soon as you are ready to escapeC. when you find out what causes the house fire The poster is put up in the neighborhood to help people learn to.A. plan their live as they wishB. sav

55、e time as much as possibleC. protect themselves in a right way 【答案】(1) AB(3) B(4) AC【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章讲述了当家庭火灾发生时，应该如何做才能够最安全，损失最小。(1)细节理解题。根据"Thedsk of dying in a house fire is cut in half with working smokealarms可知，烟雾报警器会降低火灾的死亡，故答案是A。(2)细节理解题。根据 "You may have as little as two minutes to es

56、cape 逃离)safely 可知， 故答案是Bo(3)细节理解题。根据 "Creates fire escape plan. 77% of families don't have a house fire escape plan to follow.可知，”77%的家庭没有可遵守的火灾逃离方案。制定并且遵守逃离方 案可以救助人们。故答案是B。(4)细节理解题。根据 "Don't call 119 until you are safely outside. 可知，直到你安全到达 户外后再打119,故答案是A。(5)细节理解题。根据 "Sot app

57、ears necessary to learn something useful to protect family from them.可知张贴海报的目的是以正确的方式保护人们，故答案是C。【点评】考查阅读理解，本文涉及到了细节理解题，细节理解题比较简单，一般可以直接 从文中找到答案。7 .阅读理解I am Turere. I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge(边缘)of Nairobi National Park of Kenya(肯尼亚).Since the age of nine. I have helped to

58、 look after my family's cows. As a child, in my free time. I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as electronic toys from car parts and other things. I also built other electronic devices( 仪器) for my neighbors.At the age of 13, I invented something that changed my lif

59、e. It also changed the lives of many people in my community. One night, a lion from the park came into my family's farm and killed one of our cows. I was angry. However, killing the lion, I thought, was not the best way to solve the problem. Instead, I decided to invent a solutionThe first idea I got was to use fire, because I thought lions were scared of f