中考英语完型阅读中考专项训练试题六

完型、阅读专项训练（六）

一、完型填空

Years ago, a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art. They traveled around the world, collecting 1 works of art by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.

When war broke out, the son left to 2 for his country. After a few weeks, the old man received a 3 saying his son had died. The man became very lonely and sad.

One day, a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting –it was 4 by his son. The painting was important to the man 5 the world would never think it a great work. He told his neighbors it was the 6 gift he had ever received.

The following spring, the old man died. All of the old man’s paintings would be 7 at an auction(拍卖). The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers’ 8 ... it was the painting of the old man’s son. “Who will open the price at $100?” the auctioneer asked. Moments passed and no one spoke or9 their hand. Someone said: “Who cares about that painting? Let’s get on to the good ones.” More voices followed in 10 . “No, we must sell this one first,” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the picture of the son?”

11 , a good friend of the old man spoke: “Will you take $10 for the painting? That’s all I have.” “Will 12 go higher?” called the auctioneer. After more 13 he said: “Going once ... going twice ... sold!” The auctioneer looked at the crowd and said that the whole auction was 14 . “According to the father’s will,15 ta kes the son’s picture gets the whole collection, ” the auctioneer said.

In the eyes of a father, nothing is more valuable than his son –not even paintings of the famous artists are as important as his son’s.

1．A. priceless B. useless C. helpless D. careless 2．A. train B. fight C. cheer D. practise 3．A. letter B. book C. diary D. bag 4．A. decorated B. drawn C. bought D. repaired 5．A. before B. when C. until D. though 6．A. cheapest B. oldest C. greatest D. biggest 7．A. donated B. counted C. sold D. named 8．A. lists B. desks C. pockets D. notebooks 9．A. shook B. showed C. raised D. touched 10．A. agreement B. public C. trouble D. need 11．A. Slowly B. Suddenly C. Finally D. Luckily 12．A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody 13．A. noise B. action C. choice D. silence 14．A. out B. off C. on D. over 15．A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Wherever D. Whoever 二、阅读理解

A

We can’t remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner

table. This happens a lot, especially when we gather together with family or friends to eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be “liked.” Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal.

Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. It turned out that the more photos they took, ▲ . So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food ahead of you?

Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will be unable to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does e veryone accept my photo? I hope a lot of people like it!” It seems like your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

16. From the passage, we know people like to ___________ first before meals recently.

A. talk with their friends

B. take photos of the dish

C. have a taste of the dish

D. check their mobile phones

17. What does the underlined "it" in Paragraph3 refer to?

A. food.

B. photo.

C. study.

D. mobile.

18. Which of the following can be put in the ▲ in Paragraph 3?

A. the less cheerful they became.

B. the more interested they were in the food.

C. the less delicious the food seemed to them.

D. the more “liked” they got on Weibo or Wechat.

19. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 4?

A.People often treat mobiles as real people.

B. People regard mobiles as their secret friends.

C. People often make phone calls when they get together.

D. People pay more attention to mobiles than to real people.

B

Although people everywhere se em to enjoy drinking coffee, they don’t all have the same coffee culture. In Europe, for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks (星巴克)coffee shops spread across the country.

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.