(通用)中考英语【专练阅读理解】11(人教新目标版)含解析33

2019年中考英语二轮专练：阅读理解（11）含答案

Passage 1

（2019中考日常生活类训练）

Though many countries have laws against the illegal ivory trade (反对非法象牙贸易), tens of thousands of African elephants are killed every year.

In January, 2014, hundreds of elephant tusks (象牙) as well as ivory sculptures were put into two large crushing machines (粉碎机) in Guangdong, China. In all, more than six tons of ivory were destroyed. People called the event an ivory crush. In November, 2013, the similar event happened in Colorado, America. There, wildlife officials also destroyed more than six tons of ivory.

Though it may sound strange, wildlife officials are crushing ivory to help save African elephants. Stephanie Wang, who works for the Wildlife Protection Society in

New York City, says, “We try to let the world know that we don’t think ivory is valuable when it’s not on an elephant.”Each year, poachers kill elephants, cut off their long tusks and take the tusks out of Africa secretly. Then they sell the tusks and get thousands of dollars. The buyers use the ivory to make sculptures, jewellery and traditional medicines.

The purpose of recent ivory crushes is to send a message to the poachers and those who buy illegal ivory. Stephanie Wang says, “China’s ivory crush is ‘an important step’. However, it is only a small amount (数量) of the illegal ivory. If we don’t stop the illegal ivory trade, African elephants could disappear from the wild within 10 years.”

1. The writer mentions ______ ivory crush(es) in the passage.

A. one

B. two

C. six

D. twelve

2. What can we infer from the passage?

A. There are too many elephants in China.

B. Chinese people can’t afford ivory sculptures.

C. American people never buy ivory sculptures.

D. Wildlife officials are against the ivory trade.

3. What does the underlined word “poachers”mean in Chinese?

A. 偷捕动物的人

B. 热爱动物的人

C. 虐待动物的人

D. 训练动物的人

4. According to Stephanie Wang, ______.

A. it’s not a good idea to crush ivory

B. all of the ivory trade is in China

C. we should do a lot to protect African

elephants

D. African elephants will disappear within 10 years

参考答案1B 2D 3A 4C

Passage 2

（2019中考教育类选练）

Escaping (逃) from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, for example, you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts. From the lower floors of buildings, to escape through windows is possible. The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. It is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning

building. Windows are also useful while you are waiting for