上海2011年中考英语模拟之阅读理解

1、.上海2011年中考英语模拟之阅读理解一、A True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示，填入空格内）：When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word. Whats the best way to know it?You may look it up in the English-Chinese Dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word, the pronunciatio

2、n, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order. In the dictionary you can f

3、irst see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter, then the third, the fourth For example

4、, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope youll use it as often as possible in your English learning.( ) 1、We may often meet with a new word while reading something in English.( )

5、2、When you dont know a word, the best way is to ask your teacher.( ) 3、Its true that a dictionary will tell you how to use the word.( ) 4、We may look up the word according to its location in the alphabetical order.( ) 5、The word “design” will be certainly before the word “decorate” in the dictionary

6、.( ) 6、The dictionary is your friend because you use it in your English learning.( ) 7、If you dont know how to look up a word in a dictionary, the dictionary is useless.二、Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入括号内）：One Monday Jack went into a small restaurant and sat down at a table. He

7、 waited and when a young waitress came to him, he asked for some vegetable soup. The waitress wrote this down in a notebook and walked off.There were a lot of people in the restaurant and the girl was very busy. But at last she came to Jack with a plate of fish and potatoes. The girl was turning awa

8、y when Jack stopped her. “But I didnt order fish and potatoes. I ordered vegetable soup.”“Oh,” she said. “I thought you asked for fish and potatoes.”“No,” Jack said. “Look at your notebook and youll see that I ordered vegetable soup.”The waitress looked everywhere in her little notebook, and at last

9、 she found Jacks order. “Table No. 24.” She read out. “One vegetable soup.” “Yes, Im sorry. I got mixed up. Ill change it.”She put the notebook down on Jacks table, took out a pen, crossed the words “vegetable soup” and wrote in “fish and potatoes”. She shut the notebook and quickly walked away, whi

10、le Jack sat with his mouth wide open, too surprised to say another word.( ) 8、Jack ordered his vegetable soup_.A as soon as he sat down at a tableB after the waitress brought him some foodC after he had sat at a table for some timeD when he was walking into the restaurant( ) 9、The waitress brought t

11、o Jack _.A what he orderedB the food he didnt orderC some vegetable soupD the right food( ) 10、The waitress _ Jacks order in her notebook.A foundB didnt findC rememberedD forgot to write down( ) 11、 The waitress changed _.A Jacks foodB her mindC Jacks mindD Jacks order( ) 12、Jack was _ what the wait

12、ress did.A very happy withB angry withC interested inD very surprised at( ) 13、“I got mixed up” in the passage means “_”.A I put them togetherB I did wrongC I got so busyD I got the mixture( ) 14、Jack sat with his mouth wide open, because _.A there was something wrong with his mouthB he ate too much

13、 fishC he did not get the vegetable soupD the young waitress did something wrong三、Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或短语，完成短文）：A Sunday school teacher was 15 her pupils the importance of 16 others glad. “Now, children,” she said, “has anyone of you ever made someone 17 g

14、lad?”“Please, teacher,” said a small boy, “ I made someone glad yesterday.”“Well 18 . Who was 19 ?”“My granny.”“Good boy. Now tell us 20 you made your grandmother glad.”“Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and 21 with her for three hours. Then I said to her, Granny, Im going home. And she

15、said, Well, Im glad!”( ) 15、A tellingB sayingC talkingD speaking( ) 16、A havingB pleasingC makingD getting( ) 17、A elseB otherC othersD the others( ) 18、AdoB to doC doingD done( ) 19、A heB sheC thatD this( ) 20、A whatB howC whyD where( ) 21、A playedB talkedC livedD stayed四、Read the passage and fill

16、in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. He has different audience each week, so he allowed h 22 to perform the same act over and over again. There was only one p 23 : The captains parrot saw the shows each week and

17、 began to understand how the magician did every week.Once he understood, he s 24 shouting in the middle of every show, “Look, thats not the same hat! Now hes h 25 the flowers under the table! Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?”The magician was furious but couldnt do a 26 about it. After a

18、ll, it was the captains parrot.One day the unthinkable h 27 : The ship had an accident and sank! The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot. They glared at each other, but did not utter a single word for days.After a week the parrot finally broke the s 2

19、8 and said, “OK, I give up. Where have you hid the boat?”22_23 _24 _25 _26 _27 _28 _五、Answer the following question（阅读短文，然后回答问题）：Some farms are used to grow corn or wheat. On some farms, such animals as pigs or goats or turkeys are raised. But in China, a few years ago, scientists began a new kind o

20、f farm. It was a farm for raising shrimp.Shrimp belong to the some family as lobsters and crabs. These long thin sea animals have five pairs of legs. They swim backward!Fishermen use nets to catch this valuable seafood. Sometimes, the fishing grounds are empty. In bad weather, fishing boats can not

21、go to sea.The Chinese scientists raised shrimp in large heated tanks, from very small eggs to large shrimp. Most shrimp are about three inches long in the sea. Shrimp raised in the tanks were nine inches long. I took six months for shrimp to grow in the tanks. But the tanks were never empty. And the

22、 scientists did not have to wait for good weather.So far, there are only a few shrimp farms. But some day there may be many shrimp farms around the world.29、What kind of farm did the scientists begin a few years ago?_30、How may pairs of legs does a shrimp have?_31、Where did the scientists raise shri

23、mp?_32、How long are most shrimp in the sea?_33、How long are the shrimp raised in the tanks?_34、There arent many shrimp farms in the world, are there?_35、Do you like eating shrimp? Why or why not?_六、True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示，填入空格内）：When I was sixteen, I left school and went to

24、 work in a butchers shop. The manager was a young man, only two years older than I, but he was not honest. When people asked for good meat, he would sell them something bad. Sometimes, he did not give enough change, and people did not notice that.One day, just before Christmas, we decided to stop wo

25、rking earlier because we had sold out all our meat, except one small turkey. When I was going to close the door, a woman rushed in and said that she wanted a big turkey. The manager tried to sell her the small one. “Its too small,” she said. The manager said he would get another one and went to the

26、back of the shop with the turkey. I went after him to see what he was going to do. He pulled the small turkey to make it look bigger, and then came back and said, “Here is a bigger one.”“Yes,” the woman said, “but not much bigger. Ill take both of them.”( )36、The writer went to work in a shop when h

27、e no longer went to school.( )37、The manager was young and honest.( )38、One day, the manager decided to stop working earlier because there was nothing to sell in the shop.( )39、The manager tried to sell the small turkey to the woman.( )40、At last the woman bought two turkeys.( )41、The manager gave t

28、he woman a bigger turkey instead of the small one.( )42、The woman wanted to buy two turkeys because they were cheaper.七、Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入括号内）：When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the early eighteenth century, people had different ideas about their

29、 use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to people and they could cause people to die.In Sweden, King Gustaf decided to find out whether this was true or false. It happened that there were two brothers who were in prison at the time; they were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way

30、. They had both been sentenced to death. The king decided to let them live if one of them agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other, several cups of coffee each day. Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind. At last, the brother who had to drink tea every day died

31、 at the age of eighty-three; the other died a few years later.Because of the experiment, Sweden is today one of the countries of the world where much tea and coffee are drunk.( )43、Tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe about _ ago.A 300 yearsB 200 yearsC 100 yearsD 400 years( )44、Gustaf was

32、 a(n) _ king.A RussianB SwedishC DanishD English( )45、“They had both been sentenced to death”. Here “sentence” means “_”.A 句子B 判处C处理D关押( )46、King Gustaf decided to find out whether _.A tea was harmful to peopleB coffee was harmful to peopleC tea and coffee were harmful to peopleD tea and coffee were

33、 harmful to people and they could cause people to die.( )47、The brother who had to drink tea every day died _ than the other.A a few years earlierB many years earlierC a few years laterD many years later( )48、The best title of this passage is _.A Tea and CoffeeB The Twins and Gustaf C How Tea Came t

34、o Sweden D Coffee and Tea are Both Drinks( )49、Sweden is one of the countries of the world where much tea and coffee are drunk, because _.A the twins drank tea and coffeeB the king liked drinking themC tea and coffee do not do harm to healthD tea and coffee cost less money八、Choose the words or expre

35、ssions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或短语，完成短文）：A young polar bear came into his den and asked his mother, “Mommy, am I a real polar bear?”“ 50 you are/” his mother 51 .The young polar bear asked his father, “Dad, am I a real polar bear?”“Yes, you are a real polar bear.”A week 52 and the young pola

36、r bear asked his parents 53 , “Are grandma and grandpa real polar bears?”“Yes.” Said his parents._54 week passed and the young polar bear asked his parents,“Are all my 55 real polar bears?”“Yes, they are all polar bears.” Said his parents.“Why do you ask?” wondered his mother.“Because.” Said the you

37、ng polar bear. “because Im 56 .”( )50、A SureB Of courseC Im afraidD Perhaps( )51、A repeatedB satisfiedC hesitatedD replied( )52、A laterB passedC afterD left( )53、A repeatB againstC againD more( )54、A OtherB AgainC AnotherD One else( )55、A servantsB cheerleadersC blacksmithsD relatives( )56、A hesitat

38、edB happyC freezingD frozen九、Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：George and his wife Marge go to the State Fair every year. Every year George would say, “Marge, Id like to ride that airplane.”And every year Marge would say, “I know, George, b

39、ut that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars.”This year George and Marge to to the fair, and George says, “Marge, Im 71 years old. If I dont ride that airplane this year, I may never get a 57 chance.”Marge replies, “George, that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dol

40、lars is ten dollars.”The pilot, tired or h 58 the annual argument, says, “Folks, Ill make you a deal. Ill take you both up for a ride. If you s 59 quiet for the entire ride and not say one word, I wont charge you, but if you say one word, its ten dollars.”George and Marge a 60 and up they go. The pi

41、lot does all kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word is heard. He does all his tricks over again, but s 61 not a word. They land and the pilot t 62 to George, “By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to yell out, but you didnt.”George replies, “Well, I was gonna say

42、 something when Marge f 63 out of the plane, but ten dollars is ten dollars.”57_58 _59 _60 _61 _62 _63 _十、Answer the following question（阅读短文，然后回答问题）：Long, long ago, as the birds flew over the world, they saw that men had a beautiful thing. It was a bright, burning thing. Men cooked their food and ke

43、pt themselves warm with it. The birds thought life would be better if they could have this thing, too. So they decided to send a messenger to humans to ask for a little piece of it. They thought chicken was a good one to send because he was a good talker. So chicken went.He flew far over the forest

44、until he came to the towns of men. He went into a town and saw the burning thing. He learned that it was called “Fire”. He did not ask for a piece of it to take back to the birds because there was so much food lying around mens houses that he started eating and forgot what he had come for.Men liked

45、chicken because he crowed very early in the morning and woke them up They let him run in and out of their houses. They threw him food. So chicken stayed with humans. He never went back to the birds. He even forgot how to fly.64、What did the birds see when they flew over the world?_65、How did they th

46、ink their life would be if they could have this thing, too?_66、Who did they decide to send to ask humans for a little piece of it?_67、The birds messenger wasnt keen on living with humans, was he?_68、What did the writer say the messenger was good at?_69、Did the messenger go back to the birds in the e

47、nd?_70、Why did chicken like to stay with humans?_十一、 True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示，填入空格内）：An Apollo spaceship has three modules（船舱）. One is the service module with its engines, oxygen tanks, batteries and electric power system. The second is the command module with instruments an

48、d room for three astronauts. The third is the lunar module.A powerful rocket sends off the spaceship into space at a speed of at least 7 miles per second. It takes an Apollo spaceship about four days to get to the moon.In 1969 Armstrong and Aldrin, two astronauts of Apollo11, were the first men on t

49、he moon, 240,000 miles away from Earth. At about 15 miles from the moon, the lunar module with the two astronauts on board separated from the command module and landed on the moon. The command module with the third astronaut, Collins, on board flew round the moon 25 times until the lunar module brou

50、ght back the two other men from the moon.During all that time Houston Ground Control Center had watched the flight of the spaceship, had told the astronauts to fire the rockets and had followed every step anxiously. Eight days after Apollo 11 had taken off, the three astronauts returned to Earth. Th

51、e whole world watched the splashdown on television.( )71、The engines of a spaceship are in the command module.( )72、Only the third module can land on the moon.( )73、Collins fetched the other two astronauts from the moon with the lunar module.( )74、Eight days after they had taken off, the astronauts

52、landed on the moon.( )75、The whole world was interested in the journey of Apollo 11.( )76、An Apollo spaceship can reach the moon in 4 days.( )77、Because of the powerful rocket people can easily land on the moon.十二、Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入括号内）：Jack went to a barbers shop a

53、nd had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, What has happened to your hair, Jack? Jack said, I tried a new barbers shop today, because I wasnt quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse. Bob agreed(同意). Yes, I think youre right, Jack. Now Ill tell you what to do whe