2014中考英语二轮--阅读理解巩固训练(4)

2014中考英语二轮--阅读理解巩固训练（4）中考阅读理解An old lady in a plane had a blanket（毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before, and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again!”Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide.So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing, ”She continued kindly, “You an d your wife keep your plane very clean!”1. An old lady had _________.A. glassesB. a blanket over her headC. a coatD. a basket2. A. She didn’t want to ________ .A. take it offB. turn it offC. get onD. talk about it3. _________ spoke to her.A. The air hostessB. The man next to herC. her husbandD. one of her friends4. The old lady had never been _________ before.A. abroadB. homeC. in a planeD. in hospital5. The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going ________.A. to fly againB. to travelC. to go abroadD. to go home【参考答案】Key: 1－5 BAACA中考阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I worked in France two years ago. It was great to work in a foreign country. I also learned some Frenc h customs. I want to share some of them with you. Here are some Dos and Don’ts when you work there.Dos1. Start a conversation with a Frenchman in French. The French take pride in their language, French. The best way to show your respect for that is to do your best to speak French—even there are a few, badly pronounced words.2. Take your lunch and coffee breaks even if you’re busy working on something important. The lunch break can be a good chance to make friends, so you shouldn’t waste it.3. Start your day in a French office by shaking hands with your colleagues and saying “Bon jour(法语：你好)”.Don’ts1. Don’t shake hands when you should exchange la bise, the kiss on the cheek(脸颊). La bise starts by bringing one cheek close to the other’s cheek and having a touch on the cheek. You should exchange la bise with friends and family members.2. Lunch breaks are very important to Frenchmen. How important? Let me give you some examples. You have to stop shopping and leave the supermarket 10 or 15 minutes before the lunch break. You need to finish your talk on the phone before 11:55. You can’t ask your colleagues to work during the lunch break. Nothing can stop them to have their lunch breaks.1．Which is the best way to show your respect to the French?A．Speaking some French. B．Taking lunch breaks.C．Kissing on the cheek. D．Shaking hands.2．If you call someone at 11:20, you should finish your conversation before __________.A．12:05 B．11:55 C．11:15 D．12:303．__________ has the same meaning as “colleague(s)”.A．Friendship B．Pride C．Workmate(s) D．Language(s)4．The passage mainly tells us __________.A．some table manners in France B．some Dos and Don’ts in FranceC．different ways of having food D．to have good manners【参考答案】1---4 A B C B阅读理解Summer holiday began and Richard left California and went traveling in Africa[1]. He lost his wallet in a hotel and he had a little money left. He had to go to a city where one of his friends worked. There he was going to borrow some money so that he could fly back to his country. He got on a bus and the conductor held out to him a yellow ticket. “You had better buy a yellow ticket," said the conductor. “It’s ten dollars. I have two other kinds. The red one is f ive dollars and the green one is three dollars."It took them two days to get to the city. The passengers had to stay for a night when they were halfway[2]. Richard had to pay[3] five dollars for the hotel and food. He thought for a while and then said, “G reen, please."The bus started. Now it was getting dark[4] and the bus began to go up a hill. It was very steep[5] and soon the bus stopped as usual.“Yellow ticket passengers," the driver shouted, “Stay in the bus, please. Red ticket passengers, get out and walk. Green ticket passengers, get out, close the door and push the bus!"Notes:[1]Africa/`frIk/n. 非洲[2]halfway/`ha:f`weI/ adv. 半路[3]pay/peI/ v.付（款）[4]dark/da:k/ adj. 黑暗的[5]steep/sti:p/ adj.陡峭的1.Where did Richard come from?2.How much did Richard have after he lost his wallet?3.What did Richard go to the city for?4. How was Richard going back to his country?5.Why did Richard buy the green ticket?6.What did Richard have to do when the bus went up the hill?参考答案：1.He came from America / California.2.He had 8 dollars left.3.He went there to borrow some money from his friend.4.He was going back by plane.5.Because he wanted to save some money for the hotel and food.6.He had to get off the bus and push it when it went up the hill.阅读理解Many years ago, there was a family named Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706 another baby was born. The boy's mother and her husband gave the boy a name—Benjamin[1].Benjamin was the cleverest of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could write when he was seven. The next year his parents sent[2] him to school.In school Benjamin was good at reading and writing, but not good at maths. He read all of his father's books. And when he had money, he always went to buy books. He liked books. They told him how to do something. The boy liked to use his head and tried to find ways to help people enjoy life more. For example, he tried to know if there was some way to swim farther, maybe with something on his hands or feet. Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles[3], grew in his mind[4]. The paddles must be neither too big nor too small. And they must be neither too heavy nor light. At last he invented the paddle for swimming.Notes:[1]Benjamin/`bendmIn/n. 本杰明（男子名）Benjamin Franklin 本杰明•富兰克林(1706—1790)美国杰出的科学家和政治家[2]send/send/v.送[3]paddle/`pdl/n.浆形工具[4]mind/maInd/n. 头脑1.How many children did Mr. Franklin have?2.Why was it said Benjamin was clever?3.When did Benjamin begin to go to school?4.Why did Benjamin like books?5.What did Benjamin invent the paddles for?参考答案：1.He had twelve children.2.Because he could read and write when he was very young.3.He began to go to school when he was eight.4.Because he could learn a lot from the books.5.He invented them to help people swim farther.中考阅读理解Trees are useful to men in three important ways: They provide them with wood and other products (产品), they give them shade (树荫), and they help to prevent drought and floods.Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, men have not realized (功能) is the most important. In their eagerness (渴望) to make money form trees, some people have cut trees down in large numbers, only to find that without them they have lost the best friends they had. And besides (此外), they are usually too careless to plant and look after new trees, so the forests slowly disappear.This doesn’t only mean that men will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: where there are trees, their roots (根) break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in and also bind (固定) the soil, thus (因而) preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the rain falls and carrying away the rich top—soil. When all the top—soil is gone, nothing remains (剩下) but worthless desert.1. The most important service of trees to men is ____.A.they give people wood and other productsB.they give people shade and coolC.they help people prevent drought and floodsD.they help people make money2. What does “Unfortunately” mean in Chinese?A. 不可能的B. 不幸的C. 不经常的D. 不固定的3. Land becomes desert after all trees arte cut down, because ____.A.there is too much rainB.there are no more trees to keep the rich top—soil from being carried away by floodsC.there is a strong windD.roots of trees break up the soil4. People cut down many trees because ____.A.they wanted to get wood from themB.they wanted to get money from themC.they didn’t realize the importance of themD.all the above5. Which of the following is NOT true?A.Tree roots can make the top—soil rich and the ground hard.B.Trees can make the rain sink into the ground.C.Trees can prevent drought and floods.D.Tree roots can break up soil.【参考答案】(15) 1—5 CBBDA中考阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。