人教新版2019年中考英语总复习【阅读理解题】精选精练题11及答案解析

2019年中考英语总复习

【阅读理解题】精选精练题11

【能力选练】 A

（2019中考保健与健康类选练）

How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average ( 平均 ) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a day.

Most people have a night when they cannot sleep. About one in three(1/3) Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia.

This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, a famous statesman ( 政治家 ) and inventor, had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, a famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!

( )1. People’s sleeping time at night is ____.

A. three hours

B. ten hours

C. not the same

D. not different ( )2. In America, when people are more than fifty, they often sleep _____ hours a night.

A. a lot more

B. seven to eight

C. only three

D. about six and a half ( )3. When Benjamin Franklin couldn’t fall asleep, he ____.

A. went to sleep in another bed

B. made another bed

C. moved the bed to another room

D. slept on the floor

( )4. When he had sleeping problems, _____ slept at the other end of the bed.

A. Benjamin Franklin

B. Louis XIV

C. Mark Twain

D. Thomas Edison

( )5. The word “ insomnia ” means ______ in Chinese.

A. 失明

B. 失眠

C. 失语

D. 失聪

参考答案1C 2D 3A 4C 5B

【能力选练】 B

2016中考英语阅读理解分类练习：记叙文

Five-year-old Susie loved to listen to her older sister, Emma, play the piano. Susie wanted to play it, too. But every time Susie asked to play, her mother would tell her how much work it needed to learn to play the piano well. Susie was sure she could learn to play it. She decided to make her mother believe that she was ready（准备好的）to learn to play the piano, so Susie helped her mom do the dishes and clean the house.

“Mom, can I start taking the piano lesson?” asked Susie.

“Susie, if you take the piano lesson, you must practice every day,” said her mom.

Susie was so excited. She could not wait to learn how to play her favorite songs!

Susie was excited for her first piano lesson. When she was finally in class, she was surprised: her teacher had flashcards（教学卡片）and a book for her. Susie didn’t know there were so many other things to know about the piano first. During that first lesson, the teacher didn’t let Susie play the piano.

The next day, after Susie got home from school, she ran outside.

“Where are you going?” asked her mom.

“Outside to play volleyball,” said Susie. “Bye, Mom!”

“You must study your piano flashcards,” said her mom. “Susie, this is what you wanted, now you have to do it.”

【小题1】 Mom didn’t let Susie learn to play the piano at first, because Mom thought playing the piano ____________.

A．cost a lot of money

B．needed a lot of practice

C．was difficult for a five-year-old girl

D．would make Susie have no time to study

【小题2】How did Susie show her mom that she was ready for the piano lesson?

A．She told her mom she was ready.

B．She asked Emma to tell her mom that she was ready.

C．She helped her mom with chores around the house.

D．She tried to learn to play the piano by watching her sister.

【小题3】What can we learn about Susie’s first piano lesson?

A．Her lesson was very easy.

B．She did not play the piano.

C．She had the same teacher as Emma.

D．Her piano flashcards were interesting.

【小题4】 How did Susie feel when she began her first piano lesson?

A．Tired. B．Bored.

C．Excited. D．Surprised.

【小题5】The next day after her first piano lesson, Susie wanted to ________ after school. A．read her book

B．play volleyball

C．study her piano flashcards

D．play the piano with Emma