2020年中考英语阅读训练（选词填空、阅读理解）

2020年中考英语阅读训练（选词填空、阅读理解）

一、选词填空

A

kindlookscientistwhichitdesignhundredworklargeby

Wecallthemaliensorextraterrestrials（夕卜星生物）.Wemakemoviesandwritebooks

aboutthem,thoughwedon'tknowiftheyreallyexist（存在）.Butwe'veneverstopped

1forthem.

OnApril28,China'sradiotelescope（射电望远镜）FAST,nicknamed（昵称）“Eyeof

Heaven（天眼）“，officiallybegan2searchforintelligentlife（智慧生命）in

outerspace.Radiotelescopes3tofindsignalsfromspace.Scientistsbelieve

thatifaliensdoexist,theywouldemit（发射）signalsasabyproduct（副产品）ofusing

communicationtechnology,justlikewedoonEarthwithtelevisionandradio.FASTis

theworld's4andmostsensitive（灵敏的）radiotelescope.Scientistshopeto

useittomakenewdiscoveries,asitcandetecteventheweakestsignalsfromspace.

Radiotelescopesarenottheonlytoolsthatscientistshaveusedtolookforintelligent

life.Theyhaveusedother5oftechnologyaswell.

Forexample,messageshavebeensentintospaceinthehopesofreachingother

civilizations（文明）.In1977,NASAsenttheVoyager1and2probes（探测器）into

space.EachcarriedacopyoftheGoldenRecord,6contains（包含）images

andsoundsfromEarth.Ifaliensonotherplanetsfindthem,theycanlearnabouthumans.

Vbyager1isnow22.2billionkmawayfromusandisstill7.Ithastraveled

fartherintospacethananyotherman-madeobject.

SpacetelescopesarealsobeingusedtosearchforlifeoutsideofEarth.TheKepler

SpaceTelescope,built8theUS,wasusedtolookforEarth-likeplanets.Kepler

waslaunched（发射）in2009andretired（退役）in2018.Itfoundmorethan1,200

exoplanets（系外行星）.Manyofthemarerocky（多岩石的）planetssimilartoEarth,

whichmeanstheymightbeabletosupportintelligentlife.

Shouldweevensearchforthem?

Althoughtheideaoffindingaliensmightbeexciting,9havedifferentopinions

aboutwhetherweshouldcontactthem.

StephenHawking:No

ThelateBritishscientistStephenHawkingbelievedtherearealiensonotherplanets.

Buthewarnedthataliensmightbedangerous.Peopleshouldnotlookforthem.Ifthey

findusoneday,theymighttakeourresources.Thatwouldbedisastrous（灾难性的）

forus.

DavidMorrison:Yes

USscientistDavidMorrisonbelievesweshouldwelcomealiens.Ifalienscansendus

messagesfrom10ofthousandsoflight-yearsaway,theymustbemuch

smarterthanus.Theymightbeabletohelpussolvesomeofourproblems.

B

includeaboutseeprovideyouwayimportantcontrolmakeplant

Seventypercentofourplanetiscoveredbyonehuge,continuous（连续的）bodyof

seawater-theocean.In2008,theUnitedNationsrecognized（确立）June8asWorld

OceansDay.It9sadaytothink1theimportantrolethattheoceansplayinour

lives,thedangersthatarefacingouroceansandtheactionwecantaketoprotectthem.

u

The2ofouroceans.

Theoceanishometothemajority（大多数）of3andanimalsonEarth.Marine

（海洋的）plants4uswith70percentoftheoxygen（氧气）webreathe.The

ocean5ourclimate（气候）,providingheatinwinterandcoolairinsummer.

Italsoprovidesuswithfoodandmedicine.Nomatterwhereyouliveontheplanet,no

matterhowfarfromthesea,6lifeisdependent（依赖的）ontheocean.

Theproblemsfacingouroceans

Themosturgent（紧急的）problemfacingtheoceanatthemomentisplasticpollution.

Reducingsingle-useplastic,7plasticbagsandplasticbottles,hasbeenan

importantthemeforWorldOceansDayfbranumberofyears.

Climatechangeandrisingseatemperaturesarealsoahugeproblem.Risingsea

temperatureshaveadirectinfluenceonweatherpatterns（模式）and8aspartly

responsibleforanincreaseinextremeweatherconditions.

Howisthedaycelebrated?

Thedayiscelebratedinavarietyof9,includingspecialeventsataquariums

（水族馆）andzoos,beachandriverclean-ups,schoolactivities,artcontestsandfilm

festivals.Youcanjoinintoremindpeopleabouttheimportanceofouroceansand

10adifference.

C

frommakebringbecomefriendshipitcelebrateflowerthey

“Thetendergreenbuds（嫩芽）sprout（发芽）.Thenthebudsgrowupandbeautiful

flowersbloom.”

ThisisapoeticdescriptionofavideoperformancebyZhuHuanduo,an11-year-old

girl1TianhangExperimentalSchool,Hangzhou,Zhejiangprovince.Thevideo,

titledGrowingFlowers,2partofZhu'sclass9ownversion（版本）ofKasou

Taishou（《超级变变变》）,aJapaneseTVshowthatispopularfor3shortskits

（滑稽短剧）.

4WorldDramaDay,whichfellonMarch27,Zhu'sheadteacherZheng

Yingheldaperformanceactivityforherclass.UAfamilyisateam,and5home

isthestage.Directors,screenwriters,actors-theshootingandediting（剪辑）areall

theirown,^^Zhengsaid."Sets,lights,makeupandcostumesarealsoputtogether

6dailylifefullofsurprises,Zhengadded.

Withspring7,Zhudecidedtofitthecurrentseason.Sheusedgreensocks,

greensheets,andvines（藤）andleavesfromabonsai（盆栽）treeinherhome.The

8weremadefromhergrandmother^silkscarf.

Anotherstudent,XiaXingyu,performedasXuXian,acharacterfromthe1992TV

seriesNewLegendofMadameWhiteSnake.Heusedagreytableclothandtophatto

createhiscostume.“It'senough9laughtertomyclassmatesduringtough

timesJXiasaid.

Duringthelongwinterholiday,manyteachersareusingnewmethodstokeeptheir

studentsentertained."Onlinelearningmultiplies（使...多样化）thestatus,role,and

meaningof'home'.Teacherscanhelpstudentsandtheirparentsbuildparent-child

10andinspiremorecreativity,“Zhengsaid.

D

deepmuchcookskillpersonclassreceivewhileputreal

Dividedintotwogroups,thestudentswerebusyinakitchenattheHighPoint

CommunityCenterinSeattle,US.Instructor（指导员）AsiaFairclothtaughtonegroup

how1vermicelli（意式2出面）bowlswithchicken.Theothergroupjoined

instructorJacobAlhadefftopracticenewchopping2withchefknives.

Thecenter'sfour-weekcookingcoursewascenteredoncookingandfoodjustice.To

teach3peopleabouttheimportanceofhavingnutritiousfood,thecityrecruited

（招募）studentsfromlow-incomefamiliesthroughsocialmedia.Eachstudent4

100dollars（700yuan）attheendofthecourse.

"Low-incomepeopleofcoloraremorelikelytofeeltheeffectsoffoodinjustice（不

公）JAlhadeffsaid."Soprovidingcookinginstructionand5moneybackin

thepocketsofourcommunitymembersseemedlikeano-brainer（容易做的决定）

AlhadeffandFairclothstartedthecoursenotonlytoteachkidshowtocook,butalso

toencouragethemtothinkmore6abouttheeconomicsbehindfood.They

wereshownhowtoconnectthedotsbetween7choicesandtheeconomiccost

ofobesity（月巴胖），climatechangeandglobalfoodsupplies.

TahirAdamsandNajahGoodrich,twojuniorsatSeattleLutheranHighSchool,joined

the8.Theytalkedabouthowfarmershaveahardtimeputtingfoodontheir

ownkitchentables9growingfreshproducefortherestofthecountry.They

wereproudofthenewskillsandrecipes（菜谱）theylearned.

“Westartedwithmorepersonalthings,thenlookedatthebigger,globalview...like,

howclimatechangeisrelatedtofbod,^^Adamssaid."Itcanbe10badwhen

droughts（干旱）turnplacesintoactualdesertsanddroughtscausecivilunrest79

二、阅读理解

A

Thereisastoryoftwofriendswhowerewalkingthroughthedesert（沙漠）.Atsome

pointintheirtrip,theygotintoanargument,andonefriendslapped（扇耳光）the

otheroneintheface.?

Theonewhogotslappedwashurt.Butwithoutsayinganything,hewroteinthesand

（沙子），“Todaymybestfriendslappedmeintheface/9

Theykeptonwalkinguntiltheyfoundalake,wheretheydecidedtotakeabath.The

onewhohadbeenslappedgotstuckinsomethicksandandstarteddrowning（溺水）,

buthisfriendsavedhim.?Afterthat,hewroteonastone,"Todaymybestfriendsaved

mylife.”

Thefriendwhohadslappedandsavedhisbestfriendaskedhim,“AfterIhurtyou,you

wroteinthesand,butnow,youwriteonastone.Why?”

Theotherfriendreplied,"Whensomeonehurtsus,weshouldwriteitdowninsand

wherewindsofforgiveness(原谅)cantakeitaway.But,whensomeonedoes

somethinggoodforus,wemustkeepitinstonewherenowindcaneverblowitaway.”

Itiseasytogetupsetatothers,evenourgoodfriends,whentheysayordothingsthat

hurtus.Butifweholdontotheseupsetfeelingsforever,theywilljusthurtus.Onthe

otherhand,whensomeonedoessomethingniceforus,holdingontothefeelingof

thankfulnesscangiveyoualifetimeofinnerpeace.?

()1.Howdidthepersonwhogotslappedreact?

A.Heslappedthefriendback.

B.Hehadanargumentwithhisfriend.

C.Hewroteabouthisupsetfeelingsinthesand.

D.Hepushedhisfriendintoalakenearby.

()2.Whydidthepersonwhowassavedwritehisfeelingsonastone?

A.Toforgivehisfriend.

B.Tohelphimselfforgethissadness.

C.Tomakehisfriendfeelupset.

D.Torememberhisfriend^help.

()3.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrasemeaninthelastparagraph?

A.takeaway

B.blowaway

C.stickto

D.catchupwith

()4.Whatcanwelearnfromthestory?

A.Thetwopeoplecouldnotbefriendsanymore.

B.Weshouldlearntoforgiveandthankothers.

C.Friendshiplastswheneverybodyisnicetoeachother.

D.Alifetimeofinnerpeaceishardtoget.

Manyyearsago,therewasagroupofbrilliant(卓越的)youngmenatauniversity.

Theyweretalentedatwriting.Theyoftenmettoreadandcriticizeeachother'sworks.

Thesemenweremerciless（冷酷无情的）whentheycriticizedoneanother.Theygave

toughcriticismofeachother'swork.Someofthemwerequitecrueltoeachother.The

membersoftheclubcalledthemselvesthe"Stranglers（扼杀者）

Toleveluptheirliterary（写作）skills,somewomenwhowereinterestedinwritingat

theuniversitystartedacluboftheirown.?Thememberscalledthemselvesthe

“Wranglers（看护者）”.

Themembersofthe"Wranglers“alsogavetheiropinionsabouteachothers9literary

works.Butthefeedback（反馈）fromthememberswasmuchsofter,morepositiveand

moreencouraging.?Everyeffort（努力）fromamemberwasencouragedbyall.

After20years,oneofthestudentswasdoingastudyofhisclassmateswhenhenoticed

ahugedifferenceinthewritingworldoftheStranglersandtheWranglers.

AmongallthebrilliantyoungmenintheStranglers,nonehadmadeanymajor

achievements.ButtheWranglershadseveralsuccessfulwriters.

Thegroupswereequally（相等地）talentedandeducated.Therewasnotmuch

differencebetweenthem.TheStranglersstrangledeachother,whiletheWranglersgave

eachotheralift（鼓舞）.TheStranglershadmoreself-doubt,whiletheWranglers

broughtoutthebestineachother.?

（）1.Inthe“Stranglers”,membersusedformsoffeedback.

A.cruellerB.softer

C.morepositiveD.moreencouraging

（）2.Whydidthewomenstarttheirownclub?

A.Tofightagainstthemen'sclub.

B.Toimprovetheirwritingskills.

C.Tolearnhowtocriticizesuccessfully.

D.Toshowofftheirskills.

（）3.Whatmadethetwogroupssodifferent20yearslater?

A.Theyhaddifferentworkexperience.

B.Theyhadgottendifferenttypesoffeedback.

C.Theyhaddifferentwritingskills.

D.Theydidnotgetthesameeducation.

（）4.Whatmighttheconclusion（结论）ofthestudybe?

A.Womencandowhatevermendo.

B.Criticismcangiveothersalift.

C.Self-doubtisevenworsethancriticism.

D.Weshouldencourageeachothermore.

C

Akindwomanbakedbreadforherfamilyandanextraloaf（一条面包）forhungry

passers-byeveryday.Sheputtheextrabreadbesideawindowandprayedfor（祈祷）

herson.Hehadlefttheirhomeforafarawaylandandshehadn'theardfromhimfbra

longtime.1

Atramp（流浪汉）wouldalwayscometotakethebreadaway.Asheleft,hewould

alwayssay,“Theevilyoudoremainswithyou.Thegoodyoudocomesbacktoyou.^^

Thewomanfeltirritated."Notevenawordofthanks/9shesaidangrily.

Thiswenton,dayafterday.

Finally,thewomanbecamesoangrythatshedecidedtoaddpoison（毒药）totheloaf!

2Asshewasdoingit,herhandsshook."LookatwhatI'vedone!^^shesaid.She

immediately（立亥U）threwthebreadawayandmadeanotherloaf.

Asusual,thetrampcameandpickedupthebread.

Thatevening,therewasaknockonthedoor.Amazingly（神奇的是），thewoman'sson

wasstandinginthedoorway.Hewastiredandweak."Mom,ifsamiracle（奇迹）that

Imadeitbackhome!AsIgotcloser,IstartedtofeelsohungrythatIalmostgaveup.

Butthen,anoldtrampcameuptomeandgavemealoafofbread.Hesaidhegotit

fromanicelady.”

Thewoman'sfaceturnedpaleatonce.3Thetramp'swordssuddenlycamebackto

her:"Theevilyoudoremainswithyou.Thegoodyoudocomesbacktoyou.”

Teenscouldn'tcontacttheauthorofthisstory.

TheauthorcancontactTeensifnecessary.

（）1.Whathappenedtothewoman'sson?

A.Hebecameatramp.

B.Hegotaseriousdisease.

C.Hetraveledaroundtheworld.

D.Helosttouchwithhismom.

（）2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“irritated"mean?

A.scaredB.stressed

C.angryD.thankful

（）3.Afterhearingwhathersonsaid,thewoman'sfaceturnedpalebecause.

A.hersonwasdyingofhunger

B.shegotangrierwiththetramp

C.shenearlypoisonedherownson

D.thetrampdidn'ttrulyhelpherson

（）4.Thestoryteachesusthat.

A.weshouldbegoodanddogoodthings

B.thereisnosuchthingasafreelunch

C.weshouldn'tjudgepeoplebytheirlooks

D.miraclesonlyhappentonicepeople

D

Therewasonceacarpenter（木匠）whowasgoodatbuildinghouses.Hehadnoother

skillsandhisboss（老板）wasverynice,soheworkedfbrhisbossoneyearafteranother.

After10yearsofworkingforthesamecompany,hefinallygotfedupwithitand

decidedtoquit（辞职）.Hewantedtotrysomethingnew.

However,afterhearingthis,hisbossaskedhimtohelpwithonefinaljobbeforeheleft

theteam.Heaskedhimtobuildonefinalhouse.Althoughthecarpenterdidn'twantto

dothiskindofworkanymore,hestillagreed.Hebuiltthehouse,buthisheartwasn't

init.Heusedcheapmaterials（材料）andrushedtofinishthejobquickly.Itturnedout

tobetheworsthousethathehadeverbuilt.?

Whenhefinished,hisbosscametoseehimonelasttime.Seeingthehouse,hesaid

nothing.Hepaidtheworkerfbrbuildingthehouse.Hethensaid,“Iwantedtodo

somethingspecialforyouto