初中英语中考专题冲刺阅读

A

It'sthelunchtimebreakatShanghaiXianxiaMiddleSchool.Nomobilephoneis

ringinganywhere.Thecommonsightofcrowdsofstudentschattingontheirphones

orsendingshortmessagesisdisappearing.

AGrade2studentsays,“Icouldn'tconcentrate（集中注意力）duringclassesif

thephonewaswithme.Icouldn'thelpcheckingifthereweremessagesormissed

phonecalls.Ievenplayedgamesonthephonesometimes.”

Theschoolauthoritiessaytheyfeeltheban（禁令）isnecessarytokeeporderin

class.Theyevengiveoutanopenlettertoremindparentsnottolettheirchildren

bringmobilephonestoschool.Morethan96percentofparentssaytheywelcomethe

school'sdecision.Theschoolisakoflexible（灵活的）inimplementingthehan.

Thosestudentswholivefarfromschoolcanbringmobilephonestocalltheirparents.

Buttheystillhavetoturnthemoffinclassrooms.

Medicalexpertsalsowelcometheschool'sdecision.Theysaytoomuch

dependenceonmobilephonescancausemanypsychological（心理的）problemsin

teenagestudents.

1.WhichofthefollowingwordscanbeputintotheblankinParagraph2?

A.difference

B.chance

C.problem

D.Mystery

2.WhatcanwcknowabouttheVerizonInnovativeAppChallenge?

A.ItwasheldbySTEMCenterMiddleSchool.

B.Itwasacompetitionformiddleschoolstudents.

C.Itwasdesignedtohelpsolveenvironmentalproblems.

D.ItencouragedstudentstodevelopaninterestinSTEM.

3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouttheRecyclingBin?

A.Itisuseful.

B.Itsellswell.

C.Theideaforitcamefromthree12-ycar-oldstudents.

D.Theideaforitresultedfromthebadrecyclingsituationinaschool.

4.Whileturningtheirideaintoanapp,thestudents.

A.dividedtheworkintoparts

B.learnedalotfromeachother

C.couldreachanagreementsoon

D.gotmuchhelpfromtheirschool.

5.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A.Acompetition.

B.Aninterview.

C.Agroup.

D.Anapp.

B

Nooneknowsexactlywhenjazzwasinvented,orbywhom.Butitissaidthatit

beganintheearly1900s.Jazzwasanewkindofmusic,forAmericaandtheworld,

andNewOrleanswasitsbirthplace.

Whowerethejazzpioneers?Mostwereblacks.Thismusicwasnotwritten

down,andatfirstonlyblacksplayedit.Itwashardforwhitemusicianstolearnthe

newstyle.Butsoonthey,too,wereplayingjazz.

Thepopularityofthiskindofmusicspread.FromNewOrleans,ittraveledup

theMississippitoChicago,thentoKansasCityandNewYork.Bythe1920s,there

weremanyjazzmusicians,bothblackandwhite.Manyofthemwerefamous.One

manwasbetterthantherest.HisnamewasLouisArmstrong.

LouisArmstrongwasabornmusician.Hewasnotonlytalentedbutalso

hard-working.Healsohadagoodsenseofhumorandworeabig,good-naturedsmile.

Thesepersonalqualitieswerevaluableinhisrisetofame.Afterhebecamefamous,

hetraveledaroundtheworld.ItseemedthateveryonewantedtohearLouisplay.But

lifewasnotalwayseasy,especiallyatthebeginning.

LouisArmstrongwasbornin1900inNewOrleans.Hisfatherneverwentto

schoolandhismothercouldhardlyread.WhenLouiswasstillakid,hisparents

separated,andI.ouislivedwithhismother.Howhardtheirlifewascanreadilyhe

imagined.AndyetLouissmiledthrougheverything.Helaterwrote,“Mywholelife

hasbeenfilledwithhappiness.LifewasthereformeandIacceptedit.Whatever

happenedhasbeenbeautifultome.Iloveeverybody.^^

1.Whatcanweknowexactlyfromthefirstparagraph?

A.Whoinventedjazz.

B.Whenjazzwasinvented.

C.Wherejazzwasinvented.

D.Whyjazzwasinvented.

2.Theunderlinedword“they"inParagraph2refersto"

A.newstyles

B.jazzpioneers

C.blackmusicians

D.whitemusicians

3.WhatmadeLouisArmstrongbecomethebestjazzmusician?

A.Hisfamilybackground.

B.Histalentandhardwork.

C.Hisgoodsenseofhumor.

D.Hisbigandgood-naturedsmiles.

4.WhichofthefollowingbestexpressesLouisArmstrong'sattitude（态度）to

life?

A.Helaughsbestwholaughslast.

B.Failureisthemotherofsuccess.

C.Whenyousmile,theworldsmilesback.

D.Withoutmusic,lifeisajourneythroughadesert.

5.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Thedevelopmentofjazz.

B.TheinfluenceofjazzonAmericans.

C.TheachievementsofLouisArmstrong.

D.Thedevelopmentofjazzandthebestjazzmusician.

C

Differentweathermakespeoplefeeldifferent.Ithasaneffecton

health,inlelligeiiue（智力）andfeelings.

InAugust,itisveryhotandwetinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStates.People

therehavehearttroubleandotherkindsofhealthproblemsduringthismonth.Inthe

NortheastandtheMiddleWest,itisveryhotsometimesandverycoldsometimes.

PeopleinthesestateshavemorehearttroubleaftertheweatherchangesinFebruary

orMarch.

Theweathercanalsoinfluenceintelligence.Forexample,ina1983reportby

scientists,IQ(智商)ofagroupofstudentswasveryhighwhenaverystrongwind

came,butafterthestrongwind,theirIQwas10%lower.Thewindcanhelppeople

havemoreintelligence.Veryhotweather,ontheotherhand,canmakeitlower.

StudentsinmanyschoolsoftheUnitedStatesoftengetworseinexamsinthehot

monthsoftheyear(JulyandAugust).

Weatheralsohasastronginfluenceonpeoplesfeelings.Wintermaybeabad

timeforthinpeople.Theyusuallyfeelcoldduringthesemonths.Theymightfeel

unhappyduringcoldweather.Butfatpeoplemayhaveahardtimeinhotsummer.At

about18℃,peoplefeelmorecomfortable.

Areyoufeelingsad,tired,orunhappytoday?Itmaybetheweather'sproblem.

1.Besidesfeelings,howmanysidesdoesthispassagementionaboutweather's

influenceonpeople?

A.Five.

B.Four.

C.Three.

D.Two.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword'Mf'refertoinParagraph3?

A.Health.

B.Wind.

C.IQ.

D.Weather.

3.What'sthemainideaofthispassage?

A.Differentchangesofweather.

B.Atabout18cpeoplefeelmorecomfortable.

C.Weatherinfluencesstudents'intelligence.

D.Weatherinfluencespeople'shealth,intelligenceandfeelings.

4.WhydostudentsinmanyschoolsintheUnitedStatesusuallygetworseinexams

inJulyandAugust?

A.Becauseaverystrongwindcamethen.

B.Becausetheweatherisveryhot.

C.Becausetheydon'tdowellintheirstudies.

D.BecausetheyhavelowIQ.

5.Inwhichpageofthenewspapercanyouprobablyreadthispassage?

A.Story.

B.News.

C.Discovery.

D.Advertisement.

D

Wcallknowthatrecyclingrubbishisveryimportant.Butsometimesitisnotso

convenientwhenwecan'tfindarecyclingbinanywhere.

AteamofmiddleschoolstudentsfromtheU.S.noticedthis,sothey

designedtheirRecyclingBinapp（应用程序）.Thisappencouragespeopletorecycle.

Itprovidesuserswithamapoflocalrecyclingcenters.Anditallowsthemtosave

placesasfavoritesonit.Thisappalsoremindsuserstorecycle.

TheIvam,ofninesludcnlsinGradeSix,isfiumSTEMCcnlciMiddleSchool.

TheycameupwiththeideaaspartofaschoolprojectfortheVerizonInnovativeApp

Challenge.ThecompetitionwasdesignedbytheVerizonFoundationto

increasestudents'interestinscience,technology,engineeringandmath,orSTEM.It

asksstudentstothinkofanappthatcouldsolveaproblemintheirschoolorcity.

TheninestudentscameupwiththeideaforRecyclingBinwhentheysawaneedfor

morerecycling.

“Wethoughtthatthiswouldreallyhelpalotofpeople,nsaidJadenHilkemann,12.

“Weworkedtogetheranditwasgreat,“JacobPfeifer,12,addedthatthey

learnedalotworkingtogether."Atfirst,wcalldidn'tagreeonwhatwcwantedit

exactlytodo,butinthesndweallcametoanagreement,hesaid.

Theykepttheirdesigneasysothatanyonecoulduseit.NowthefreeRecycling

BinapphasbeenputintouseintheGooglePlayappstoreforAndroidPhones.

“Iwassoexcitedwhenitwentupattheappstore,saidSeraiynBlake,12.“A

lotofmyfamilymembersdownloaded（卜载）theapp.Itwasprettycool.^^

I.Whichofthefol'owingwordscanbeputintotheblankinParagraph2?

A.difference

B.chance

C.problem

D.Mystery

2.WhatcanweknowabouttheVerizonInnovativeAppChallenge?

A.ItwasheldbySTEMCenterMiddleSchool.

B.Itwasacompetitionformiddleschoolstudents.

C.Itwasdesignedtohelpsolveenvironmentalproblems.

D.ItencouragedstudentstodevelopaninterestinSTEM.

3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouttheRecyclingBin?

A.Ilisuseful.

B.Ilsellswell.

C.Theideaforitcamefromthree12-ycar-oldstudents.

D.Theideaforitresultedfromthebadrecyclingsituationinaschool.

5.Whileturningtheirideaintoanapp,thestudents.

A.dividedtheworkintoparts

B.learnedalolfromeachother

C.couldreachanagreementsoon

D.gotmuchhelpfromtheirschool

5.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?

A.Acompetition.

B.Aninterview.

C.Agroup.

D.Anapp.

答案精析

ADBCAD

1.由第一段可知，现在午饭休息期间，学生们不再使用手机了。而以

前在午饭期间，许多学生忙于使用手机聊天和发短信息，故选D。

2.由第二段一个二年级学生所讲的内容可知，上课带着手机，他［她）

不能集中注意力，甚至会在手机上玩游戏。从而推断在学校使用手机不好，故

选B。

3.由下文几句话分析可知，该词意为“执行”，故选C。

4.根据第三段“Morethan96percentofparentssaytheywelcomethe

school'sdecision.”可知A表述错误不符。根据第三段“Thosestudentswholive

farfromschoolcanbringmobilephonestocalltheirparents.”可知B正确；根据

最后一段“Medicalexpertsalsowelcometheschool'sdecision.“可知C表述正

确；根据第三段“Buttheystillhavetoturnthemoffinclassrooms.”可知,D表述

正确，故选A。

5.通读全文可知本文主要讲的是某中学禁止学生上学带手机的规定，

故选D。

CDBCD

1.根据文章第一段Nooneknowsexactlywhenjazzwasinvented,orby

whom.But...andNewOrleanswasitsbirlhplace.可知第一段中准确地说出了爵

士乐的发源地。故选C。

2.根据文章第二段Itwashardforwhitemusicianstolearnthenewstyle.

But...wereplayingjazz.可知,they指代的是上一句的whitemusicianso故选Do

句意：对于白人音乐家来说，学会这种新的音乐风格很难，但是很快，他们

也开始演奏爵士乐。

3.根据文章第四段第二句Hewasnotonlytalentedbutalsohard-working.

可知他的天赋和努力使他成为了最好的爵士乐音乐家。故选Bo

4.根据文章最后一段中AndyetLouissmiledthrougheverything.并结合

前后文的描述。判断选项C是正确的。

5.这是一道主旨大意题.通读全文可知本文不仅介绍了爵十乐的发展

而且描述了最好的爵士音乐家LouisArmstrongo故选Do

CDCDBC

1.细节理解题。阅读短文第一段中“Ithasaneffectonhealth,intelligenceand

feelings.”可知除了feeling,还有health和intelligence两方面,故选Do

2.细节理解题。根据短文第三段中“butafterthestrongwind,theirIQwas10%

lower.Thewindcanhelppeoplehavemoreintelligence.”可知此处