最新中职英语期中模拟考试试题：阅读理解(G3)英语

中职英语期中模拟考试试题：阅读理解
阅读理解（分为两节满分30分）
第一节共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A
Every nation has its special holidays. China observes New Year’s Day (January 1), May Day and National Day as legal (法定的)holidays , as it was on Oct.1,1949 that the People’s Republic of China was founded. The Chinese have long celebrated the Chinese lunar year. In the United States, congress has declared several days as legal holidays such as New Year’s Day (January 1), Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s birthday, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and so on. Some holidays celebrated special events in the development of a country, such as Greece’s Independence Day, Italy’s Liberation Day and India’s Independence Day.
In the United States, banks and schools usually close on a legal holiday. When such a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is usually observed. Schools and organizations often observe days known as traditional holidays, although schools and business do not close then. Those holidays include Valentine’s Day and Halloween.
56. From the passage we know that China’s National Day is _______
A. January1
B. May 1
C.
October1 D. December25
57. In the sentence “China observes New Year’s Day (January 1)’’, observe means ______
A. praises
B. spends
C. celebrates
D. cares
58．From the passage we can infer that _______
A. Chinese will no longer observe the Spring Festival
B. students don’t have to go to school on any holiday
C. Chinese and Americans share at least one holiday
D. Americans can easily draw money from banks on legal days.
59 Which of the following holidays has nothing to do with a country’s development?
A. China’s National Day
B. Valentine’s Day
C. Italy’s liberation Day
D. Independence Day
60. If a legal holiday falls on Sunday in the USA, people usually celebrate on ______.
A. Sunday
B. the following
C. the following Monday
D.the following Tuesday.
B
How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (尊贵的) guests about the fact.
61. After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.
B. American didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century.
C. Even now Americans don’t eat tom atoes
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
62. The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes.
A. while he was in Paris .
B. when he was a little boy.
C. the President ’s cook.
D. the President’s wife.
63. According to the text, ________cooked the beautiful pink soup at the President ’s party?
A. the President himself.
B. A French cook
C. the President ’s cook
D. the President’s wife
64. The underlined word “cook”in paragraph2 means_______
A.厨房
B.厨师
C. 厨具
D. 做饭
65. From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were______.
A. people from other countries
B. from France
C. People of his own country
D. men only
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项是多余的选项。

How to Be a Good Sport(开朗的人)
Learning to lose without losing your cool is a skill, like learning to ride a bike.___71___ and when you can handle losing; people will call you a good sport.
Why must we learn to lose gracefully(文雅地)?Here is the answer:
___72___But any time two teams or kids are facing each other in a game or contest, someone will lose (unless it’s a tie平局).Kids lose in small ways, like in a game of checkers(西洋跳棋),but they also might face losing in bigger ways, like when their team loses a championship(锦标赛) game.
__73____So it’s not surprising that kids don’t like it. Adults don’t like it either, but everyone can learn to control how they react to a loss. In other words, what should you do when you lose?
The most difficult thing is that sometimes you might react before you even realize it. For instance, your little league game comes to an end and, in a flash, the other team has won. __74____Oh dear, you probably don’t want to be crying right now, even though it’s ok that you feel sad.
Kids who are good sports don’t freak out (表现失常)when they lose. __75___Kids might not be as eager to play with someone who gets angry all the time and won’t ever give the other guy or girl a break.
A. Everyone wants to win.
B. Losing is really a disappointing matter.
C. They are usually unpopular among young people.
D. They will become known as kids who are fun to play with.
E. There they are celebrating on the field and yon burst into tears.
F. You might find it hard to do this at first, but over time it will get easier.
G.. Many people behave badly after losing a game, especially young people.。