2014中考英语阅读理解及答案：大城市病

2014中考英语阅读理解及答案：大城市病

A

New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. there are many interesting things to see and to do, you can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also buy things all over the world.

But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It’s expensive to live there, and there are many people in some places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or good places to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

Some people enjoy living in big cities; others do not. Before they move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there.

( ) 1. In big cities people can ____.

A. go to different kinds of museums

B. see all kinds of plays and films

C. buy things all over the world

D. A, B and C

( ) 2. Which of the following is true?

A. Big cities are not clean and safe enough.

B. People can easily find good places to live in big cities.

C. People can always have many chances to find work to do.

D. All people like to live in big cities.

( ) 3. In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people ____.

A. to move to big cities.

B. not to move to big cities.

C. to move to big cities without thinking of any problems.

D. not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there.

( ) 4. This passage doesn’t tell us that ____.

A. Paris is an exciting place for people to live in.

B. big cities have a lot of serious problems.

C. big cities are all very dirty.

D. usually people can get very dirty.

( ) 5. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Big Cities

B. Interesting Things in Big Cities

C. Good School in Big Cities

D. New York, London and Paris

1. D 此题为细节题。住在大城市的人可以去不同的博物馆，看各种各样的戏剧和电影，买到来自全世界的东西。

2. C 此题为细节题。But sometimes these people cannot find work or good places to live in. 但是有时候这些人找不到工作或者好位置居住。

3. D 此题为细节题。Before they move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there. 在他们搬去一个大城市前，应该好好考虑在那里生活会碰到的问题。

4. D 此题为细节题。.文章中说的是因为人多了，很难保持安全和干净。但是没有说人会变得很脏。

5. A 此题为推断题。整篇文章讲了在大城市生活的好处以及会碰到的问题。

B

Newtown is a clean place today. Many years ago there were millions of rats in Newtown. They attacked cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them knocked down a man or a woman at night. The rats were very big and they harmed many people.

The city office ordered everyone to kill the rats. Most people were lazy, so they did not kill many. Then the city office promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made people very happy. They killed thousands of rats every day. A city official put all the dead rats together. Sometimes a man