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中考英语阅读训练（041）A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子) or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way.Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail ──that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning. (234)( ) 1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses ____.A. very wellB. in the way of western ruleC. in the way of his own ruleD. all of the above ( ) 2. The writer was surprised because ____.A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horseB. the artist made his own ruleC. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horseD. the artist did not follow other people's rule ( ) 3. You are not yet experienced because ____.A. you don't know where to beginB. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tailC. you always asked questionD. you do not trust to your own powers( ) 4. When you become more experienced you will ____.A. never ask questionB. often begin at the tailC. should write the end of the storyD. should think of the beginning( ) 5. The topic of the passage isA. How to draw a horseB. How to write a storyC. How to make your own rulesD. Trust to your own powersA.中考英语阅读训练（044）A Sentence with Five "And"Can you think of a sentence that the word "and" appears five times, without any words in between? There is one at the end of this story.There was once an inn which was called "The Horse and Cart". It had a sign outside it, and there was a picture of a horse and a cart on it. But the sign was getting old, so the owner of the inn decided to have a new one made. He went to a painter and asked him to paint one and to write "The Horse and Cart" on it in large letters.A few days later, he went to see how the painter was getting on. He liked the picture of the horse andcart very much, but he did not like the writing at all. He said to the painter, "No, no! There's too much room between HORSE and AND and AND and CART!" (153)( ) 1. An inn is a ____.A. a small houseB. a kind of colored liquid that can be used for writingC. a small hotel or place where one can stayD. a small horse( ) 2. There was a ____ outside the inn.A. blackboardB. cartC. painterD. sign( ) 3. The owner of the inn decided to ____.A. sell his innB. buy a new signC. to paint his innD. call a painter to paint a new sign ( ) 4. The owner of the inn thought ____.A. the letters on the sign were too largeB. the letters on the sign were poorly writtenC. there were less space between the letters on the signD. the letters on the sign were separated too widely( ) 5. The owner liked ____ but not ____.A. the painter... the lettersB. the horse... the lettersC. the picture... the writingD. the sign... the writing中考英语阅读训练（045）Seeing the Horse Eat FishOnce an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, "Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, "This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too," So the waiter brought the horse some fish.All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said. "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it." (195)Note: stove 火炉waiter 侍者( ) 1. The old man felt very cold because ____.A. it was a cloudy and windy dayB. it snowedC. he had travelled in the heavy rainD. he was hungry( ) 2. The people in the restaurant all ran out because ____.A. they wanted to see the old manB. they wanted to see the horse eating fishC. they had been told there came the horseD. there was no fire over the stove( ) 3. Indeed, the horse can neither ____ nor ____ nor ____.A. walk... speak... eat B. sing... dance... sleep C. sing... dance... eat fish D. speak... walk (i)( ) 4. All the people in the restaurant rushed out ____ but ____.A. to see the horse sing... the old manB. to watch the horse play games... the waiterC. to look for the horse... the old manD. to see the horse eat fish... the old man( ) 5. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ____.A. his horse liked eating fishB. he himself also liked to eat fishC. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at firstD. he was cold中考英语阅读训练（051）Two farmers were on their way home one evening after a hard day's work. Both were tired. They happened to look up at the sky and saw a black cloud overhead."Ah!" said one farmer, "tomorrow we shall have rain and the rice will grow well." The second answered, "Nonsense (胡说), the rain will only kill the crops (庄稼)."So they began to quarrel (争吵). Just then a third farmer came along and asked them why they were quarreling. Both farmers explained about the black cloud."What cloud?" asked the third farmer. They all looked at the sky. The cloud was no longer there. (113) ( ) 1. The two farmers were _____.A. going homeB. going to the fieldC. going to workD. going to see their friend( ) 2. The two farmers _____ on that day.A. had a holidayB. didn't workC. worked hardD. wanted to quarrel with each other ( ) 3. When there are black block clouds in the sky, _____.A. it will rain soonB. it will be fineC. it will get hotD. the sun is shining brightly ( ) 4. The two farmers fought in words because _____.A. they were hungryB. it rainedC. they both hoped for rainD. one said the rain would do good to the crops and the other didn't think so( ) 5. The third farmer came with and said to the other two. He _____.A. wanted to make friends with themB. joined them in the quarrelC. wanted to know why they were quarrelingD. had nothings to do( ) 6. How many farmers said that the rain would be helpful? _____.A. NoneB. OneC. TwoD. Three中考英语阅读训练（052）A Trip to the ForestOne day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometers in such cold weather!It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents! (186)( ) 1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ____.A. build their campB. find their way homeC. enjoy the mountains in the snowD. watch the trees in the forest( ) 2. They could not find their way back because ____.A. there was only one road to their campB. they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tentsC. there were no roads in the mountains at allD. everything was covered by the white snow ( ) 3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ____.A. John's houseB. the campC. the forestD. the mountains( ) 4. The horses stopped because____.A. it was getting lateB. they were tired after running for a long wayC. they knew that they had got to the campD. they had seen John's house( ) 5. The story happened ____.A. on a cold winter dayB. on a dark snowy eveningC. in a cold camp far from villagesD. at night when nothing could be seenBelize [简明英汉词典][be5li:z]n.中考英语阅读训练（053）Mexico's（墨西哥的）neighbors are the United States to the north and Guatemala（危地马拉）and Belize[伯利兹城(洪都拉斯首都)] to the south. Mexico is about one quarter （四分之一）of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish（西班牙语）. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.Mexico City is the capital （首都）and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 meters). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.Mexico also has its specialties（特别）. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize（玉米）, avocados（鳄梨）, tomatoes, peanuts（花生）, chili（红辣椒）, peppers（胡椒）, vanilla （香草）, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.(Words: 161 Minutes: 3 )( ) 1. Mexico is ____the USA.A. on the south ofB. on the north ofC. a part ofD. as large as( ) 2. Mexicans speak______.A. English C. FrenchB. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语)( ) 3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world.( ) 4. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in ______.A. AmericaB. SpainC. TokyoD. Mexico( ) 5. The best title (题目) of the passage is ___.A. Mexico CityB. Mexico's plantsC. MexicoD. Mexico's population中考英语阅读训练（057）“Who has more questions, a teacher or a student?” About this question a great learned man told his student that nobody does but a teacher.The student got puzzled. With a smile, the teacher drew two circles（圆）. Within（在……里面）the larger one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is still unknown to both of us. Since mine is larger, as you can see, the line that marks out the circle is longer. That makes it clear that who has more chances（机会）to face something still unknown. (111)( ) 1. The great learned man believed that ________.A. a teacher has more questionsB. a student has more questionsC. both a teacher and a student have questionsD. everyone, except a teacher, has more questions( ) 2. The student thought that ________.A. a student’s knowledge is less than his teacher’s because it comes from the teacherB. a teacher can not necessarily answer all the questions his students askC. those who have less knowledge have more questionsD. anyone who learns more has more questions( ) 3. At the end of the story, the great learned man concluded（推断）that ________.A. a student should learn from his teacherB. a student knows more than his teacherC. a teacher does not have so many questions as his studentD. a teacher ha s more chances to face what he doesn’t know( ) 4. Which of the following topics can NOT express the idea of the story?A. You Will Never Learn EnoughB. A Teacher and His StudentC. There Is No Limit to KnowledgeD. One Is Never Too Old to Learn( ) 5. We can often find such an article in ________.A. the Palace MuseumB. any bookC. a newspaper of magazineD. An encyclopedia（百科全书）中考英语阅读训练（058）In almost every big university（大学）in the United States, football is a favourite sport. American football is different. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances（机会）to move the ball ten yards（码）. They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points（点）.It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball. If hedoes not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball the other team.Each university wants its own team to win. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for their favorite team.Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more. They dance and jump while they shout.Each team plays ten or eleven games each season.The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV. (253)( ) 1. The passage talks about ___________.A. footballB. how to play footballC. American sportsD. American football ( ) 2. We can _______ the football in both American football and Chinese football.A. kickB. throwC. run withD. catch( ) 3. Why is it difficult to move the ball? Because ___________.A. ten yards is a long wayB. many men on the other team try not to let the ball come nearC. the playing field is very largeD. eleven men have to catch the ball one by one( ) 4. If they _________, the teams will play on January 1.A. receive six pointsB. play eleven games in the seasonC. are the best teamsD. move the ball to the end of the field( ) 5. Many people come to watch football and they want their team to win. Which of the following is not their act?A. JumpingB. DancingC. CryingD. Shouting中考英语阅读训练（059）Now satellites are helping to forecast（预报）the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms （形成）. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change. (212)Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare（比较）them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）. ( ) 1. Satellites travel _____________.A. in spaceB. in the atmosphereC. above the groundD. above space( ) 2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because __________.A. the weather satellites can do it easilyB. clouds form thereC. the weather forms thereD. the pictures can forecast the weather( )3. Meteorologists forecast the weather __________.A. when they have received satellite picturesB. after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier onesC. before they received satellite picturesD. during they study satellite pictures( ) 4. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.A. one dayB. two daysC. five daysD. seven days or even longer( ) 5. The main（主要的）idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _________.A. taking pictures of the atmosphereB. receiving pictures of the atmosphereC. doing other work in many waysD. weather forecasting中考英语阅读训练（061）On Christmas Eve─the night before Christmas Day─children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house, "Father Christmas" is really Mr Green. Mr Green doesn't climb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who "Father Christmas" really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds. (162)( ) 1. Christmas Eve is __________.A. the night of Christmas DayB. the evening of Christmas DayC. Christmas DayD. the night before Christmas Day( ) 2. Father Christmas often puts presents ________.A. into children's hatsB. into children's stockingsC. under children's bedsD. into children's shoes ( ) 3. When the children were very young, __________.A. they didn't know who Father Christmas wasB. they knew that Father Christmas wasn't realC. they thought their father was Father ChristmasD. they knew who put the presents into their stockings( ) 4. When the children are older, they __________.A. know that Father Christmas is realB. ask their mother to fill their stockings with presentsC. know that Father Christmas is really their fatherD. know that Father Christmas is really their friend( ) 5. Father Christmas comes into the house through the ________.A. chimneyB. back doorC. front doorD. window.中考英语阅读训练（062）Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry someapples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor(拖拉机). Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。