2009年中考英语阅读理解试题汇编3含答案

2009年中考英语阅读理解试题汇编3含答案
2009年中考英语阅读理解试题汇编3含答案
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One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother T ommy fought with 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “ Way don’t you come out of there?”
Again, no answer.
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of (一摞)cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other K evin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “Y ou know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it.
I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing
sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a tor n paper cup, “ Thanks.”
I wrote back “ For what?” It returned to me with “Loving me” on it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “ Write it on a paper cup.”
56. Why did Kevin stay inside the bathroom alone crying?
A. The writer didn’t help him beat T ommy.
B. He felt no love from the family members.
C. He hurt himself when rushing up the stairs.
57. The underlined word “ yucky” most probably means_______.
A. terrible
B. exciting
C. amazing
58. What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?
A. Kevin is not as clever as his brother.
B. Kevin is not good at play basketball.
C. Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others.
59. What do we know about the writer?
A. She has two children in her family.
B. She used to show her love to Kevin.
C. She didn’t pay to enough attention to Kevin before.
60. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. I t’s importer to keep peace in the family.
B. It’s hard to get on well with family members.
C. Everyone should show how they love their family
members.
A
根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。

Pearl S. Buck(赛珍珠·巴克)was a very popular American writer Of her day. She was famous for her books about China. Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature(诺贝尔文学奖) in l938.
The writer was born in West V irginia，America. She spent almost half of her long life in China. Her youth was spent in Jiangsu Province，China. She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English.
Her mother had traveled widely in her youth and liked literature very much. After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher，Pearl S. Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen. She continued her education in the United States at a Woman’s College to study psychology(心理学). After graduating in 1914，she returned to China as a teacher. In the l920s her family moved to Nanjing. There she taught English and American literature at a university.
As a writer，Buck’s book，The Good Earth，appeared in l931 and sold quite well in its first Y ear. It has been translated into over thirty languages. In l938 she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. By the time of her death，Pearl had published(出版)more than seventy books. Pearl S. Buck died in March，1973，just two months before her 81st birthday.
41. Before she went to school in Shanghai，Pearl S. Buck studied all by herself.
42. Pearl S. Buck was known to many people for her books about China.
43. In l914，Pearl S. Buck worked as a literature teacher at a
university in Nanjing.
44. Pearl S. Buck went to study literature at a Woman’s College in America.
45. Pearl S. Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in l938 and published over seventy books in her life.
B
阅读下面两篇短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

Americans love cars. They go everywhere in them. 8 5％of people in the US go to and from work by car。

And most adults have driving licenses. Why does this car culture exist?
How it started
America’s love of ears started after the war(战争) when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives. They borrowed money from the government to buy houses and cars which became the symbols of status(地位). The more money they had，the bigger their ears were. Making of roads During the war，President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany had. He decided to build
new four-lane(四车道) roads in America. He said if something happened suddenly，the two-lane roads woul dn’t be able to carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities. Car and oil companies liked his idea and building started.
Car lovers
Not just teenagers are crazy about cars. Some Americans love their cars so much that they paint their cars beautifully. These are called Art Cars. Every April there is an activity in Houston, Texas, where they show their cars.
Pollution
Cars have polluted the environment. American President
Bush refused a worldwide law that is against pollution. Many countries were angry about it. Bush said he had to think of the American economy(经济)and all the American people that make money from cars. Factories say they want to make cars that pollute less. But others say making cars that pollute less will never be as good as having fewer cars.
46. When did Americans begin to love cars?
A. Before the new two-lane roads were built.
B. After World War II.
C. During World War II.
D. Before World War II.
47. New four-1ane roads were built _________.
A. in Germany
B. by car and oil companies
C. in America
D. when something suddenly happened
48. The underlined word “building” here means “the building of ”.
A. companies
B. soldiers’ lives
C. houses
D. roads
49. What were other countries’ feelings about Bush’s decision?
A. They agreed with him.
B. They showed anger to it.
C. They paid no attention to it.
D. The passage doesn’t tell US.
50. The meaning of the last sentence is：“_________”.
A. It’s better to have fewer cars.
B. It’s better to make cars that pollute less.
C. It’s easier to make cars that pollute less.
D. It’s easier to make people have fewer cars.
C
We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five. Before we moved，we took him to spend half a day at his new school. There he saw his new classmates and teachers. He enjoyed the visit. During the almost l50-kilometer drive home，he told US that he had told some of the students the date when we would move there. And he had also invited them to visit us.
The moving day，a Saturday，was a busy day. But we arrived at our new house at noon. About an hour later，kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon.
By the time he returned，he knew where most of the kids lived and all of their family histories.
On Monday mornin9，the door bell rang just before the time he would leave for schoo1. Then it rang again and again.
By the time he was ready，we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day. They all lived near US.
I asked them if their parents had sent them. The answers surprised and pleased me，“No，we just came so that he would have people to walk with. ’’ and “It is the right thing to do. ’’The starting of lasting(持续的) friendships were formed(形成) that day. We have lived here nearly six years and the same group of kids still plays together，goes to parties on weekends together，and surfs together.
I still get thinking how welcoming and kind those kids were. And how lucky my son is to have them as friends！
51. Before the family moved to the new area，the son was
taken to his new schoo1_________.
A. to invite the teachers to visit them
B. to play with his classmates
C. to see if the school was far
D. to get to know it
52. What did the son know about other kids after they played for the afternoon?
A. Their living places and family histories.
B. Their family stories and their life.
C. Their school life and family histories.
D. Their living places and family members.
53. In the story，the son went to school on his first day
A. in his fat her’s car
B. on a school bus
C. on foot with other kids
D. in another kid’s car
54. Which of the following is Right according to the story?
A. The family moved to the new house on Saturday afternoon.
B. The kids visited the house before the family arrived.
C. The son knew the kids well before he got there.
D. The son was invited to play in a kid’s house later that afternoon.
55. The passage shows US that_________.
A. it’s easy to move to a new place
B. it’s kind of people to help a new comer
C. it’s difficult to make new friends
D. it’s better to liv e in the same place
B
"Can I see my baby?" asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn't believe her eyes. The baby was
born without ears.
Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect though he had no ears. He got on well with his classmates. But one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, "A big boy called me a freak(畸形的)."
The boy's father asked the family doctor. "Could nothing be done?"
"I believe I could graft(植入) on a pair of outer ears if they could be gotten," the doctor said.
They tried to find a person who would be helpful for the young man.
One day, his father said to the son, "Y ou're going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate(捐献) the ears you need. But we must keep it a secret who the person is."
The operation was a great success, and a new person appeared. His cleverness and hard work made him a very successful person. He married and lived a happy life.
He would ask his father, "Who gave me the ears? I could do enough for him or her."
"I do not believe you could, "said the father." The agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."
The years kept it secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother's body. Slowly, the father raised the thick, brown hair. To his surprise, the son found his mother had no outer ears.
"Mother said she was glad she never had her hair cut," his father said in a low voice, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful. did they?"
81.The mother was surprised at the first sight of her baby
because the baby_____.
A. had no outer ears
B. was born without hair
C. was in her arms
D. could not hear her
82.The sentence"...a new person appeared." means"______."
A. a new baby was born in the hospital
B. a stranger came into the hospital
C. a new doctor took care of the boy
D. the boy came to live a new life
83.Why did the boy's mother never have her hair cut?
A. Because she liked her thick, brown hair.
B. Because her work didn't allow her to do that
C. Because the hair was good for her health
D. Because she wanted to keep the fact a secret
84.Which of the following is true according to(根据)the passage?
A. The boy couldn't hear without ears at first.
B. The boy didn't know the truth until his mother died.
C. His parents often encouraged him to work hard.
D. His classmates were always making fun of him.
85.Which is the best title(标题)for the passage?
A.A Clever Boy
B. Kind Parents
C. Great Love
D. An Ear Operation
D
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation.
When she came back, she couldn't remember where she'd put them.
Perhaps you've had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven't realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you'll just accept that, the following will show you how.
First, relax. if you are over worried about remembering something, you'll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won't remember things. When you forget something, don't follow up with saying like "Oh, my god! I always forget things!" Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn't enough. To improve your memory, you'll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you're learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.
If you don't take notice of things actively, you won't remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don't just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you're putting them.
91.The first two paragraphs(段落) just tell us_____.
A. Barbara was a very rich person
B. Mark often forgot his friend's names
C. examples of memory problems
D. language problem of two persons
92.When you forget things, you______.
A. must be too careless
B. shouldn't lose heart about your memory
C. must accept the fact
D. shouldn't take notice of the result
93.The word "opportunities" in the fifth paragraph means"_____".
A. places
B. activities
C. positions
D. chances
94.According to the passage, ______can make your memory better.
A. realizing your memory problems
B. talking to your friends
C. making mind pictures
D. doing sports every day
95.The purpose of the passage is to help you______.
A. to improve your memory
B. to introduce the guest
C. to remember new words
D. to forget un happy things
A
A professor from New Y ork University once went to a remote area to do some science research. One day, he ate something wrong and became sick, but it was too far to go back to the city. “I have to see a doctor,” 正确答案：16-25 BADABDCDBChe said to a local. “How can I be sure of getting a good one?”
“It’s easy,” was the reply. “Every time a doctor loses a patient, it’s our law that he must fly a balloon above his office.”
So he began his search. One doctor flew 20 balloons, another 30. Then the professor found an office that was flying only five,
and went in.
“Y ou have to wait. I’ve been very busy,” the young doctor told him. “I started my business only yesterday.”
26. The professor was from _______.
A. Australia B . Britain C. Japan D. America
27. The word “remote” in the first sentence means _________.
A. 遥远的
B. 繁华的
C. 附近的
D. 城市的
28. He wanted to find a doctor because _________.
A. he wanted to do science research
B. he wanted to fly a balloon
C. he wanted to speak to a local
D. he became sick
29. The young doctor was the ______ doctor the professor found.
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
30. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. The professor went to the remote area to see a doctor.
B. The doctor who had five balloons was the best one.
C. The doctor had five balloons because he had lost five patients.
D. The local told the professor to see the doctor with five balloons.
B
At the shopping mall, you probably think about spending, not saving. Think about all the lights that keep the mall bright. Think about all the water faucets(水龙头)in the toilet. Think about all the air conditioning in summer. Saving energy is a hot topic for such a big place!
Many things at the mall use energy. Electric lights, infrared(红外感应)faucets and air-conditioners need electricity to work. One way to save energy is by keeping lights clean. More and more dust and dirt make the lights less bright. When malls keep lights clean, they can use fewer lights and keep the area just as bright, Using fewer lights means using less energy.
Y ou step up to the water faucet. The water starts to flow. Y ou don't have to touch a thing. Why do malls have such fancy faucets? The answer is simple. They save water. Sometimes people forget to turn the water off after they wash. Infrared faucets turn themselves off.
The……
31. ________is a hot topic for a big mall.
A. To spend money
B. To save energy
C. To keep the mall bright
D. To buy things
32. Malls use infrared faucets mainly because________
A. they save water
B. they are fancy
C. they are simple
D. they turn themselves off
33. Which of the following cannot save energy?
A. Using fewer lights.
B. Using infrared faucets.
C. Using air-conditioners
D. Keeping lights clean.
34. What will the fourth paragraph probably talk about?
A. How to save water when using infrared faucets in the mall
B. How to save energy when using air-conditioners in the mall
C. How to save money when shopping in the mall.
D. How to spend money when shopping in the mall.
35. The best title for the passage is_________
A. Lights, faucets and air-conditioners
B. Spending less money
C. Energy saving at the mall
D. A hot topic
C
One of the most famous scientists to study adaptations(适应能力) was Charles Darwin(达尔文). He was born in England in 1809. He wasn’t the best student in his school, but when h e was 16, his father sent him to a medical school. Charles liked spending time outdoors observing(观察)nature more than attending medical classes. He dropped out without graduating.
Next, Charles’ father sent him to school to become a minister（牧师）.This time he made it to graduation, But he didn’t want to do the work of a minister. His friends encouraged him to follow his interest in science.
After graduation, Charles was invited to sail on the Beagle as an unpaid scientist. He wasn’t the first choice. but he was the lucky one to go. The Beagle was to travel to South America and then around the world. The crew’s task was to make maps of the places they visited.
On December 27th, 1831, Charles Darwin sailed from
England on the Beagle. The trip was planned to last two years. In fact, it lasted five. During this time, he saw many amazing things. He collected lots of plants and animals and took them back to England to study.
Twenty-three years later, Darwin published an scientific paper with another man named Wallace. Darwin described how some animals have adaptations that help them survive. They are passed on to offspring (后代). Darwin’s ideas about adaptations are still very important to the study of living things.
36. Darwin was very interested in____________.
A. attending medical classes
B. the work of a minister
C. sailing around the world
D. science
37. The Beagle was a(an)___________.
A. ship
B. plane
C. plant
D. animal
38. When Darwin published the scientific paper, he was_____ years old.
A. twenty-three
B. twenty-two
C. forty-five
D. fifty
39. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to(指的是)_________.
A. adaptations
B. Darwin and Wallace
C. animals
D. Darwin's ideas
40. Which of the following is true?
A. Darwin graduated from a medical school.
B. Some animals have adaptations so that they can survive.
C. Darwin published a scientific paper by himself.
D. Darwin was first chosen to sail on the Beagle.
B.
Six years ago. Ann graduated(毕业)from college with a degree in Art. Now she is
twenty-nine and works for a large computer company. She takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program Power Point. "I enjoy the college, but my job doesn't use the information I learned at college." Ann says "The course(课程)is helping me to do my job better."
In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In many countries, some people return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or even older to get a higher degree. More people are taking training through the Internet.
Ann's sixty-year-old mother and father are taking courses in Art and Music. "We love these two subjects. Learning is so much fun." They say happily. "It's never too old to learn."
81.Ann graduated from college when she was____.
A. twenty-nine
B. twenty-six
C. twenty-tree
D. twenty
82.The word "degree" in the passage means_____.
A.温度
B.程度
C.学位
D.位置
83.More people are taking training courses after work in order to_____.
A. improve their working skills
B. enjoy Art and Music
C. study computer programs
D. make more money
84.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.ANN doesn't want to use the in formation she learned at college
B. People in the past usually stopped studying after graduating from college
C. People can only get information from their teachers.
D. Ann's parents are too old to learn Art and Music.
85.The best title of the passage is_____.
A. Internet Studying
B. College Education
C. Art Learning
D. Lifelong Learning
C.
The first teacher-parent meeting would be held in the school. To the little boy's disappointment(失望), his mother said she would go. He felt sorry for her face. She was very beautiful, but there was a big scar (疤痕) on her right face. The boy never talked about it with his mother.
At the meeting, the people noticed the mother's kindness and beauty though she had the scar. But the little boy hid himself. After the meeting, the teacher asked his mother carefully. "How
did you get the scat on your face?" The mother answered. "When my son was a baby, he was once in a room that caught fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control. At that time, I rushed in As I was running towards his bed.
I saw a piece of wood coming towards his bed.
I threw myself over him to protect him. I was knocked down. Luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us. But I got the scar." She touched her face." This scar will be here for ever, but I have never felt sorry for what I did."
At that moment, the little boy came out with his eyes wet. He held his mother's hand for the rest of the day.
86.The boy_____ when his mother decided to go to his first teacher-parent meeting.
A. was happy
B. felt disappointed
C. was angry
D. cried loudly
87.The boy was sorry for his mother because______.
A. his mother was not beautiful
B. he didn't love his mother
C. there was a big scar on her face
D. the teacher didn't want to see her
88.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The boy knew why his mother got the scar before.
B. The boy told his classmates why his mother got the scar.
C. The mother told the boy about the scar many times.
D. The mother told the teacher about the scat after the meeting.
89.The mother got the scar when she_____.
A. slept in a room on fire
B. put out the fire
C. rushed out of the room
D. protected her son
90.The boy was____ when he knew the truth at last.
A. moved
B. sad
C. bored
D. afraid
D
Who can help you? Maybe you think parents, teachers or others can help you. But in fact, all these people only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. They had few people to help them. They could not get good education, either. But they tried their best to learn and never gave up. One famous teacher in England once told his students, "I cannot make you great men, but I can help you make men of yourselves."
However, some young people do nothing and they depend on others. If these young people can see their weak points and change their ways, they can be successful. They are nothing now, and will be nothing in the future, unless they take the advice of their parents and teachers, and most importantly, depend on themselves.
91.Many great men in history succeeded because______.
A. they got good education
B. their families could help them
C. they worked hard and never gave up
D. they wanted to be well-known
92.The famous teacher thought a teacher could______.
A. do everything
B. help his students make men of themselves
C. do nothing
D. make his students become great
93.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Y oung people should completely depend on others.
B. Y oung people should take the advice of their teachers and parents.
C. people in the past were cleverer than people today.
D. People today are cleverer than people in the past.
94.The writer of the passage_____.
A. praises those who are working hard to be successful
B. likes those who depend on their parents and teachers
C. hopes to be a famous person
D. waits for success
95.Which of the following is the best title?
A. Others’ Help Is Important
B. Teachers Are Important
C. How to Be Famous
D. Depending on Y ourself
B
About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier. Only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. So some people say it is safer to be driven by women.
There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades (色调) of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green--a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in humans is a strange thing to explain. In our eyes there are millions of very small things called "cones". These help us to see in a bright light and to tell differences between colors. There are also millions of "rods", but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but no color.
Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes (蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way humans also have favorite colors. Y et we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible (看不见得) colors around us.
29. With the help of the cones, we can_______.
A. see in a weak light
B. tell different shapes
C. kill mosquitoes
D. tell orange from yellow
30. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?
A. Women are more careful.
B. There are fewer color-blind women.
C .All of them see everything in shades of green. D. None of them has trouble in
recognizing colors.
31. This passage is mainly about__________
A. color and its surprising effects
B. danger caused by color blindness
C. color blindness
D. the invisible colors around us
C
Do you think there is too much noise in our city? If you live near an airport, you will be unhappy because a plane makes a loud noise. The sound of planes or heavy vehicles is likely to cause deafness if heard continuously(不断地).
However, most people in our city do not seem to mind noise. They like to enjoy music when they are doing uninteresting jobs. It is a new danger because pop music, when played through powerful amplifiers (放大器),can reach 120 decibels (分贝) at a distance of five feet. A continuous noise of over 85 decibels can cause deafness, It was discovered that many young people in America could hear no better than 65-year-old people.
In the past we used to think that only workers in very noisy places would become deaf. For example, when newspapers and books are being printed, the noise level is over 85 decibels, and some of the workers become deaf. Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise.
Sometimes noise of less than 85 decibels can make some people tires and stressed. We all know that too much noise makes life difficult and unpleasant. It can do great harm to people's health and prevent people from working well. Workers in noisy offices are not as efficient (效率高的) as those in quiet offices. Noise makes people less efficient. Can anything be done to reduce or control noise?
In Britain the government has made several laws to reduce noise. Though the government has spent a lot of money in making airports and main roads quieter, many people think that there are still not
enough laws. For example, there are no laws to control the。