上海2011年中考英语模拟之阅读理解

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. What’s 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 pronunciation, 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 first 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”. T hen 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, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?Th e dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.( ) 1、We may often meet with a new word while reading something in English.( ) 2、When you don’t know a word, the best way is to ask your teacher.( ) 3、It’s 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、The dictionary is your friend because you use it in your English learning.( ) 7、If you don’t know how to look u p 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 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 away when Jack stopped her. “But I didn’t 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 you’ll see that I ordered vegetable soup.”The waitress looked everywhere in her little notebook, and at last she found Jack’s order. “Table No. 24.” She read out. “One vegetable soup.” “Yes, I’m sorry. I got mixed up. I’ll change it.”She put the notebook down on Jack’s table, took out a pen, crossed the words “vegetable soup” and wrote in “fish and potatoes”. She sh ut the notebook and quickly walked away, while 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 to Jack ______.A what he orderedB the food he didn’t orderC some vegetable soupD the right food( ) 10、The waitress ______ Jack’s order in her notebook.A foundB didn’t findC rememberedD forgot to write down( ) 11、The waitress changed ______.A Jack’s f oodB her mindC Jack’s mindD Jack’s order( ) 12、Jack was ______ what the waitress 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 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 glad?”“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, I’m going home.’ And she said, ‘Well, I’m glad!’”( ) 15、A telling B saying C talking D speaking( ) 16、A having B pleasing C making D getting( ) 17、A else B other C others D the others( ) 18、Ado B to do C doing D done( ) 19、A he B she C that D this( ) 20、A what B how C why D where( ) 21、A played B talked C lived D stayed四、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）：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 captain’s p arrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every week.Once he understood, he s 24 shouting in the middle of every show, “Look, that’s not the same hat! Now he’s h 25 the flowers under the table! Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?”The magician was furious but couldn’t do a 26 about it. After all, it was the captain’s 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 28 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 of 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 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 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 shrimp?______________________________________________________________________________ 32、How long are most shrimp in the sea?______________________________________________________________________________ 33、How long are the shrimp raised in the tanks?______________________________________________________________________________ 34、There aren’t 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 work in a butcher’s 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 working 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. “It’s too small,” she said. The manager said he would get another one and went to the 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. I’ll take both of them.”( )36、The writer went to work in a shop when he 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 the 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 use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to people and they could cause people to die.In Sweden, King Gustaf Ⅲ 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. 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 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 Ⅲ was 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 Ⅲ 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 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 ⅢC How Tea Came to SwedenD 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 expressions 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 polar 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 young polar bear. “because I’m 56 .”( )50、A Sure B Of course C I’m afraid D Perhaps( )51、A repeated B satisfied C hesitated D replied( )52、A later B passed C after D left( )53、A repeat B against C again D more( )54、A Other B Again C Another D One else( )55、A servants B cheerleaders C blacksmiths D relatives( )56、A hesitated B happy C freezing D 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, I’d like to ride that airplane.”And every year Marge would say, “I know,, George, but that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars.”This year George and M arge to to the fair, and George says, “Marge, I’m 71 years old. If I don’t ride that airplane this year, I may never get a 57 chance.”Marge replies, “George, that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars.”The pilot, tired or h 58 the annual argument, says, “Folks, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll take you both up for a ride. If you s 59 quiet for the entire ride and not say one word, I won’t charge you, but if you say one word, it’s ten dollars.”George and Marge a 60 and up they go. The pilot 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 yo u to yell out, but you didn’t.”George replies, “Well, I was gonna say 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 kept 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 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 men’s houses that he started eating and forgot what he had come for.Men liked 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 think 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 wasn’t 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 end?______________________________________________________________________________ 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 and 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 the 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 brought 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. The 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 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 barber's shop and 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 barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him.""Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!""Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."( )78、When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because ____.A. nobody had cut his hairB. the barber hadn't cut his hair wellC. the barber had cut his hair carefullyD. he was not satisfied with his old barber( )79、"I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.A. this barber's shop was a new oneB. this was the only barber's shop in this townC. Jack often went to this barber's shopD. Jack had not been to this barber's shop before( )80、After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.A. the new barber's shop was the best oneB. the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new oneC. the new barber's shop was worse than the old oneD. the old barber's shop was the worst one( )81、Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?A. Because he was certainly the best barber.B. Because he was free all the time.C. Because he was the worst barber.D. Because he wasn't the worst barber.( )82、From the story we know that ____.A. it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shopB. barbers cut each other's hairC. barbers never have their hair cutD. a barber always cuts his hair by himself( )83、The word “result” in the passage means “_____”.A what happenedB that shopC that barberD the barber’s act( )84、Which of the statement is TRUE?A There were only two barber’s shops.B Bob is much cleverer than Jack.C Bob’s hair always look nice.D The worst barber never cut hair.十三、Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或短语，完成短文）：Once in England, an old lady lived 85 with her dog named Lucky. One day, she called her grandson, Peter, and asked him whether he could paint the wall for her. Peter was glad to do so 86 he was only a boy of 12. The following weekend, his father drove him to his grandmother’s and left him there with a87 of yellow paint and a paint brush. Peter finished the work quite quickly. He was pleased with his work, and 88 back to look at the wall, but he kicked the can of paint all over the floor. The boy knew he would be in trouble. He didn’t know what to do. Just then he saw Lucky coming along and he had a good 89 at once. The boy dropped Lucky in the middle of the paint while shouting loudly, “Oh,no! You bad, bad dog!” The boy got 90 with the matter, but his grandmother was so angry with the dog that she didn’t give it anything to eat for three days.Now, every time Peter sees a dog, he still feels terribly sorry for what he did that day, though it is a thing of the91 .( )85、A along B alone C lonely D only( )86、A that B as C though D because( )87、A can B car C pair D piece( )88、A returned B stepped C took D started( )89、A time B look C rest D idea( )90、A up B angry C away D back( )91、A future B past C painting D grandmother十四、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）：President George W. Bush is visiting an elementary school today and he a 92 a discussion related to words and their meanings.The President asks the class for an e 93 of a “ tragedy（悲剧）”.One little boy stands up and offers, “If my best friend, who lives next door, is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him o 94 , th at would be a tragedy.”“No,” says Bush, “that would be an accident.”A little girl raises her hand, “If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved（有关的）, that would be a tragedy.”“I’m afraid not,” explains the President, “That’ what we would call a Great Loss.”The room goes s 95 . No other children are heard next. President Bush s 96 to room. “Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”Finally a boy n 97 Johnny raises his hand. I n a quiet voice he says, “If Air Force One, carrying you and Mrs Bush, was stuck by a missile（导弹）, that would be a tragedy.”“Correct,” e 98 Bush, “that’s right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”“Well,” little Johnny says, “because, as you just told us, it wouldn’t be an accident, and it wouldn’t be a great loss, either.”92______ 93 ______ 94 ______ 95 ______96 ______ 97 ______ 98 ______十五、Answer the following question（阅读短文，然后回答问题）：All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.In China, for example, people always drink when there are a lot of people gathering together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouse. They prefer their tea plain withnothing else in it.Tea i s very important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea call “Ochado”, which means a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.Another tea-drinking country is England, In England, “tea time” is usually in the late afternoon. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with cream and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink “ iced tea ”. Sometimes they drink “ iced tea ” from cans, like soda.99、Does drinking tea differ a lot in different countries?______________________________________________________________________________ 100、How do Chinese people drink their tea?______________________________________________________________________________ 101、In which county is there a special room for drinking tea?______________________________________________________________________________ 102、Most English people don’t prefer their tea pl ain, do they?______________________________________________________________________________ 103、How do Americans usually make their tea?______________________________________________________________________________ 104、What kind of tea do Americans prefer to drink in summer?______________________________________________________________________________ 105、How many countries are mentioned in this passage?______________________________________________________________________________十六、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）：This is an old story. People tell it to children all over the world. Cinderella’s father and mother were both dead. She lived with her aunt. Her aunt had two daughters. All of them hated Cinderella because she was beautiful. They made her do all the work in the house all day long.One day, the Prince was old enough to marry. The king asked all the ladies in the land to come to a great dance. On the night of the dance the Prince would choose his wife.When Cinderella heard about the dance, she wanted to go. Her aunt and the ugly (丑陋的) sisters laughed and said, ”You can’t go.” Then they went off to the dance. Poor Cinderella sat by the fire crying.Suddenly she heard a gentle voice saying, “Don’t cry, Cinderella, you shall go to the dance. I will help you.” Cinderella looked up and saw a little old lady. She waved her stick at Cinderella. Suddenly she was wearing a wonderful dress. “Now go to the dance,” said the little lady.Cinderella enjoyed the dance very much. The Prince danced with her all the time. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve. She hurried back home. She lost one of her glass shoes on the steps. The next day, the Prince sent men to all parts of the country with the glass shoe.“If anyone can wear this small shoe,” he said, “she must be the beautiful lady, a nd I will marry her.”When the men brought the shoe to the ugly sisters, they pretended(假装) to put on the shoe, but their feet were big and the shoe was small. The men laughed. “Let Cinderella try,” said one of the men. Cinderella put on the shoe easily. Then the Prince married her, and they lived happily ever after.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）: ( )106、The Prince was the king’s young uncle.( )107、There was much work for Cinderella to do every day.( )108、Cinderella was also eager to attend the dance party.( )109、Cinderella cried because the little old lady beat her with a stick.( )110、Finally Cinderella became the Prince’s wife.( )111、On the night of dance, the king would choose his wife.( )112、The lost glass shoe helped the Prince find his wife.十七、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）：Mr. Johnson was a rich old man. He lived in a beautiful house in the country with lots of servants, but his wife was dead and he did not have any children.Then he died suddenly (突然地), and people said, "His servants killed him because they wanted his money."But the servants said, "No, he killed himself."The police (警方) came and asked the servants a lot of questions, and after a few weeks, there was a big trial (审判). There were two famous lawyers (律师) and several important witnesses (证人)."Tell me," one of the lawyers said to a witness one day, "Did Mr. Johnson often talk to himself when he was alone (独自的)?""I don't know," the witness answered at once."You don't know?" the lawyer said angrily."You don't know? But you were his best friend, weren't you? Why don't you know?""Because I was never with him when he was alone." the witness answered.( )113、The police thought that _____.A Mr. Johnson was killed by his servants.B Mr. Johnson killed himselfC Mr Johnson had no children。