牛津英语中考阅读理解实战演练 综合篇

Section VIII 综合篇Passage 71Look at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine.Cough MedicineShake(摇动)it well before use.Take it three times each day before meals.Dose (药量):Age：over 14 2 teaspoonfuls(勺)8—13 1 teaspoonful4—7 1／2 teaspoonfulNot right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st 2002.1.John should take ____ a day.A. 2 teaspoonfulsB. 3 teaspoonfulsC. 4 teaspoonfulsD. 1 teaspoonful2.The medicine should be kept in _______.A. a fridgeB. hot waterC. any placeD. the sun3.John should ____ before he takes it.A. shake the medicine wellB. eat nothingC. do some exerciseD. drink a cup of tea4.When people are ____ years old, they cannot take this medicine.A. eightyB. thirtyC. twoD. twelve5.John will ____ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2002.A. throw awayB. stop to takeC. take onceD. take six times morePassage 72 （Be omitted）Passage 73Are you carrying too much on your back at school? You’re not alone. Back experts in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags).“It hurts my back when I run,” said Oberlin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to get up the stairs with my backpack, because it’s too heavy.”Oberlin is among students whose backpacks were weighed for a week in a recent study.They had regular backpacks with two straps (带子) to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling backpacks (which have wheels and can roll on the ground).Shirley Park, whose backpack weighed 10 kilograms, said she changed to a rolling backpack because she was starting to have back pain.How much is too much? Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight.A few students had one suggestion to lighten the load: less homework.P.S. (附) Doctor’s suggestion:①Lighten the load. Clean out binders (活页材料) and take home only the books you need that night.②Wide straps are better. They send out the weight over your shoulders more evenly (均匀). And be sure to wear both straps rather than hanging the pack over one shoulder.③Pack smart. The heavier things should be packed closed to the back.④Bend both knees when you pick up the pack, and don’t just bend over at the waist (腰).1.“_____” is the main idea of the text.A.The problem of backpacks is worth studyingB.The problem made by heavy backpacksC.What is the best backpack for a studentD.How to make student s’ backpacks light2.According to Enderlin Reyes and Shirley Park, we know ______.A.students have to do too much homeworkB.backpacks have to carry heavy backpacksC.backpacks without wheels are bad for studentsD.too much homework leaves students no free time3.The expression “switched to” in the text perhaps means ______.A. started to useB. turned toC. caught upD. used for4.According to the passage, it’s better for a student of 40 kilograms to carry a backpack of _____ at most by the words of experts.A. 10 kgB. 8 kgC. 6 kgD. 7 kg5.If students follow the doctor’s suggestions they ______.A.may lighten their backpacksB.can learn how to help themselvesC.may feel their backpacks are lighterD.will know how to wear backpacksPassage 74Some British and American people like to invite friends and colleagues for a meal at home. You should not be upset (心烦意乱) if your English friends don’t invite you home. It doesn’t mean they don’t like you.Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m., and end at about 11. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It’s polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a present.Do you want to be extra (特别地) polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember—not to ask how much things cost.You’ll probably start the meal with soup, or something small as a “starter” (酵母), then you’ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then a dessert (甜食), followed by coffee. It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Some people eat bread with their meal, but not everyone does.Before they take out their cigarettes after the meal, most people usually ask, “Do you mind if I smoke here?”Did you enjoy the evening? C all your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter. Perhaps it seems funny to you, but British and American people say, “thank you, thank you, and thank you.” all the time.1.If your English or American friends don’t invite you to dinn er at home, ______.A.it shows they don’t like youB.B. it shows they have no time to get togetherC.it shows they don’t want to make friends with youD. it doesn’t show they don’t like you2.When you are invited to go to your friend’s home, _____.A. you shouldn’t take anything with youB. you may go at any timeC. you may take an expensive present with youD. you may take a small present with you3.In England and America, it’s not polite to _______.A.ask the price of a thingB. eat all the food on your plateC. talk to your hostsD. eat too fast4.In the passage, the order of the serving of a meal is _____.A.Dessert—meat or fish with vegetables—coffee—soupB.Coffee—soup—dessert—meat or fish with vegetablesC.meat or fish with vegetables—dessert—soup—coffeeD.soup—meat or fish with vegetables—dessert—coffee5.Which is not right?A.In England or America, it usually takes more than three hours to have a dinner party at homeB.If you are invited to go to a dinner party, you ca n’t arrive early.C.You mustn’t smoke after a meal when you are with some American or English people.D.You’d better write a short “Thank you” letter to your hosts or give them a call if you want to be extra polite.Passage 75Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided (划分) intotwenty-four zones (时区), one hour apart (一个时区相差一个小时). You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-fours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋), your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five ortwenty-three hours.If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean (太平洋), you cross the International Date Line (国际日期变更线). By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday. Traveling west, it is tomorrow.1.Strange things happen to time when you travel because ______.A. no day really has twenty-four hoursB. no one knows where time zones beginC. the earth is divided into time zonesD. in some places one day always has twenty-five hours2.The difference in time between zones is ________.A. one hourB. more than seven daysC. seven daysD. twenty-four hours3.If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock _____.A.one hour ahead in each time zoneB. one hour ahead for the whole tripC. one full day back for each time zoneD. one hour back in each time zone4.From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic ______.A.is in one time zoneB. is divided into twenty-four zonesC. is divided into five time zoneD. is in four time zones5.The International Date Line is the name for ______.A.the beginning of any new time zoneB.any point where time changes by one hourC.the point where a new day beginsD.the end of any new time zonePassage 76I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza .I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza .It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought.Many years later I finally saw the Leaning Tower. I knew then that it was Pisa and no pizza. But there was still something special about it for me .The tower got its name because it really did lean to one side. Some people want to try to fix it. They are afraid it may fall over and they don’t like it leans over the city.I do not think it’s a good idea to try to fix it. The tower probably will not fall down. It is 600 years old. Why should anything happen to it now? And, if you ask me, I like what it looks like. To me it is a very human kind of leaning. Nothing is perfect. It seems to say.And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting. Let’s take the tower in Pisa. Why is it so famous? There are many other older, more beautiful towers in Italy. But Pisa tower is the most famous. People come from all over the world to see it.1.This passage is about_______.A. Ital ian pizzaB. Italy’s problemsC. How the Leaning Tower of Pisa got its nameD. Why the writer likes Pisa2.The writer used to think Pisa______.A.in SpainB. not very famousC. not the same as pizzaD. the same as pizza3.The Leaning Tower of Pisa is _______.A. modernB. falling downC. 600 years oldD. 60 years old-4.The writer________.A. doesn’t like what the tower looks likeB. likes what the tower looks likeC. thinks it’s the most beautiful tower in ItalyD. doesn’t like towers5. The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because________.A. it’s oldB. it’s perfectC. it sells pizzaD. it’s imperfectPassage 77A rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. On the ground lay a young tr ee, ready to be planted. The rich man called out to the old man, “What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?”“This is a fig(无花果)tree, sir.” He said.“A fig tree？” the rich man was very surprised. “Why, how old are you, may I ask?”“I am ninety years old.”“What！” cried the rich man. “You're ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit. You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree.” The old man looked arou nd the garden. Then he said with a smile, “Tell me, sir. Did you eat figs when you were a boy?” “Sure,” the man did not know why he asked this question. “Then tell me this,” he said. “Who planted the fig trees?” “Why-why？I don't know.” “You see, sir.” went on the old man. “Our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”The rich man was quiet and said, “You are right, my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much.” Th en he rode away.根据短文内容回答下列各问题。