山西省太原市中考英语二轮训练 阅读理解(二)

阅读理解训练
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Passage A
No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon(外科医生) and part of it is taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have an operation felt all its pain.
Long ago, operations had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched.
Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called "laughing gas". Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him.
Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Well's teeth. Wells felt no pain at all. As he didn't know enou gh about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out. Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event.
1. It is ____ since a man being operated felt all the pain.
A. a few more years
B. not very long
C. few years
D. two thousand years
2. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he ____.
A. could feel nothing
B. could not want anything
C. could feel all the pain
D. could do anything
3. Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to ____.
A. be afraid of anything
B. feel pain
C. want to go to the parties
D. be ill
4. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he ____.
A. felt nothing
B. felt very comfortable
C. still felt pain
D. would die
5. One who took too much of the laughing gas ____.
A. would laugh all the time
B. would die
C. would never feel again
D. would be very calm
阅读理解参考答案：1—5 BCBCB
Passage 24
When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother's Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, pretended not to Understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
My mother has realized the disadvantages of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had
to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人).I said in a voice that was not very convincing, "This is Mrs. Tan. "And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, "Why he doesn't send me the cheek. It's already two weeks late."
And then ,in perfect English I said : "I'm getting rather anxious .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn't arrived." Then she talked more loudly. "What does he want? I'll come to New York and say it in front of his boss ."And so I turned to the stockbroker again, "I can't accept any more excuses. If I don't receive the check immediately, I have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week." The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English. When I was a teenager, my mother's broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother's English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is clear and direct t. It was the language that helped me form the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
1.Why was the author's mother poorly served?
A .She was unable to speak good English B. She was often misunderstood.
C. She was not clearly heard.
D. She was not very polite.
2.From Paragorph 2, what can we know about the author?.
A. She was good at pretending.
B. She was rude to the stockbroker.
C. She was ready to help her mother.
D. She was unwilling to phone for her mother
3.What happened after the author made the phone call?
A. They forgave the stockbroker.
B. They failed to get the check.
C. They went to New York immediately.
D. The y spoke to their boss at once.
4.What does the author think of her mother's English now?
A. It confuses her.
B. It embarrasses her.
C .It helps her understand the world. D. It helps her forgive rude people.
5.Whar can we infer from the passage?
A. Chinese English is clear and natural to native speakers
B. Chinese English is impolite to native speakers
C. Chinese English has a very bad name in America
D. Chinese English may bring inconvenience in America
阅读理解参考答案：1--5 ADBCD
Passage B
阅读理解
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth . But when you use the phone , you don’t see the person you are talking with . That may change in the near future .
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone . With it , two people who are talking can see each other .
Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show the person you’re calling . They may have other uses in the future . One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to see a book.
Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone . Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone . If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy , you’ll go to your phone and call the shop . People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone . You’ll be able to shop all over town and never even leave your room !
1. Today people can use the phone to talk with others _______.
A. in all the towns
B. in some places in the world
C. only in big cities
D. almost anywhere on the earth
2. The word “it ”in the text means ________.
A. the picture phone
B. any phone
C. the use
D. the change
3. We can _________ through the picture phone according to （根据）the text .
A. write a book
B. do shopping
C. play games
D. have classes
参考答案 1、 D 2、 A 3、 B
Passage C
阅读理解。

“It’s over ! Thank goodness ! ”
School was over and I was tired . I sat at the front of the school bus . Janie , the driver , tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere （气氛）by striking the match of talks . I try to listen politely , but usually I am too busy thinking about my day . On this day , however , her talk was worth （值得）listening to .
“My father’s ill , ”she said to no one in particular （特别地）. I could see worry in her eyes . I had never seen her like this before . She always meets students with a smile .
With a sudden change of interest , I asked , “What’s wrong with him ? ”
With her eyes wet and her voice unusual , she answered , “Heart trouble . ”Her eyes lowered as she continued . “I’ve already lost my mum , so I don’t think I can stand losing him . ”I couldn’t answer . My heart ached for her .
I sat on the seat thinking of the great pain （痛苦）my own mother was thrown into when her father died . I saw how hard it was , and still is , for her . I wouldn’t want anyone to go through that .
Suddenly I realized （意识到）Janie wasn’t only a bus driver , that was just her job . She had a whole world of family and cares too.
I suddenly felt very selfish . I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver . I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant .
I shouldn’t have been so selfish and self-centered .
Understanding people is an art .
1、. When the students get on the school bus , Janie usually ________.
A. listens to music
B. talks about her own worry
C. sits on her seat without words
D. meets them with a smile
2、. After she learned Janie’s story , the writer thought of _________.
A. her father’s death
B. her mother’s pain
C. the ache of her own heart
D. the pain of Janie’s parents
3、. Why did the writer feel selfish ? Because ________.
A. she had never had Janie as anything except a driver
B. she had made only a few friends in the school
C. she had hardly thought of herself
D. she had never listened to others
4、. In this passage the writer tries to tell us that ______.
A. losing parents makes people sad and helpless
B. understanding the people around us takes time
C. we should try to look deeper into the people around us
D. it’s not right to judge the people around us by their clothes
参考答案 1、D 2、. B 3、. A 4、 C
Passage D
中考阅读理解
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

【2013北京市怀柔区模拟考试（二）】A
( ) 47. You can buy a pair of sports shoes for only_____.
A. 20 yuan
B. 80 yuan
C. 40yuan
D. 50yuan.
( ) 48. If you want to be in the school music festival, you should call Tom at________.
A. 86743169
B. 68251588
C. 29573456.
D. 29576543
( ) 49. The movie Red Cliff is very__________.
A. exciting
B. interesting
C. boring
D. funny
【参考答案】47. C 48. D 49.A
中考阅读理解（22）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

【2013北京市怀柔区模拟考试（二）】B
Yesterday I went for a bus ride to the countryside. The bus was not full and I had a good seat at the front.
For about an hour we were on the freeway( 高速公路). Then we turned off and drove along a narrow country road.
Soon the road began to climb. We left the fields and villages behind us and came to a forest. There was very little sunlight and it was quite dark.
When we reached the top of the hill, the driver parked the bus. We all got out.
I could see a long way. We were several thousands meters high. It was very cold.
I wanted to go for a walk, but the bus driver said there was going to be a storm.
He wanted to leave before the storm came.
When we were halfway down the hill, I remembered something. On the way up the hill there had been an old lady sitting behind me. She wasn’t sitting there now. I looked around the bus. There wasn’t any old lady on the bus anywhere.
I told the driver about her. He had to turn the bus around and go up the hill again. When we reached the top, the old lady was waiting in the rain for the bus. She scolded(责备) the driver for leaving without her. She thanked me for remembering her.
( ) 50. Where did the driver park the bus?
A. At a farm.
B. In a storm.
C. On top of a hill.
D. At an old lady’s house
( ) 51. Why did the bus go back to the top of the hill?
A. Because the road was full of cars.
B. Because an old lady forgot her hat.
C. Because one person was not on the bus.
D. Because the storm came. ( ) 52. What did the old lady think about the bus driver?
A. He was very kind.
B. He was careless.
C. He was lazy.
D. He was hard-working.
【参考答案】50. C 51.C 52.B。