精选中考英语阅读理解100篇一

中考英语阅读

(1) The Weather

In winter the weather in England is often very cold. In spring and autumn there are sometimes cold days, but there are also days when the weather is warm.

The weather is usually warm in summer. It is sometimes hot in summer, but

it is not often very hot. There are often cool days in summer.

When the temperature is over 27℃, English people say it is hot. When the temperature is about 21℃, they say it is warm.

In the north of Europe it is very cold in winter. In the south of Europe the summer is often very hot. In the south of Spain（1） and in North Africa

（2） the summer is always hot.

Water freezes（3） at 0℃. When water freezes, it changes from a liquid（4）into ice. Water boils（5） at 100℃. When water boils, it changes from a

liquid into steam（6）.

Notes: （1）Spain/speIn/n. 西班牙（2）Africa/`frIk/n.非洲（3）freeze/fri：z/v.

结冰（4）liquid/`lIkwId/n.液体（5）boil/bIl/v.沸腾；（水）开（6）steam/sti：

m/ n.蒸汽

1.What is the weather like in summer in England?

A.Very hot.

B.Warm.

C.Cool.

D.Both A and C.

2.What do you think “the north of Europe" means?

A.A part of a country.

B.The capital of Europe.

C.A country in the north of Europe.

D.A part of Europe.

3.When water freezes, it changes frominto .

A.water, ice

B.water, steam

C.steam, ice

D.ice, water

4.The writer wants to tell us something about.

A.the weather in Europe

B.the weather in England

C.some knowledge of the temperature

D. three states of water

(2) The Artist and the Beggar（1）

An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn’t much money but was very kind. He gave his last few coins（2） to a beggar, but he saw another one,

and forgot that he didn’t have any money in his pockets. He asked the man

if he liked to have lunch with him, and the beggar, of course, agreed. So

they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.

In the end, the artist could not pay the bill（3）, and the beggar had to do so. The artist felt very sorry for it, so he said to the beggar, “Come

home with me in a taxi, my friend. And I’ll give you the money for our

lunch."

“Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for your taxi home!"

Notes: （1）beggar/`beg/ n.乞丐（2）coin/kIn/n. 硬币（3）bill /bIl/n.帐单

1.What kind of man was the artist?

2.What did he do to the first beggar?

3.What did the artist forget when he invited another beggar to have lunch with

him?

4.Who paid for the meal?

5.What did the artist want to do at last?

6.Why didn’t the beggar go home with the artist?

(3) A Common Language

There is a common（1） language popular in every country in the world. All the people, old and young, men and women, must use it.

It’s everybody’s second language. It’s easy to learn, though（2） you don’t hear it. It’s sign language（3）.

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be friendly. When you put up your hand in class, you are saying,

“Please ask me. I know the correct answer." When you put your finger in

front of your mouth, you mean “Be quiet." The deaf use sign language to

talk to each other. There is even a university for the deaf in the United

States. There are also TV programmes for the deaf people. They use sign

language to tell everybody.

Notes: （1）common/`kmn/adj. 共同的（2）though/u/ conj. 尽管（3）sign language 手势语（4）wave/weIv/ v. 挥手

1.E uses sign language.

2.Sign language is not d , so we can learn it.

3.Most people who can s use sign language, too.

4.If someone smiles at you, it means he/she is friendly t you.

5.If you can a a question, you should put up your hand first.

6.You put your finger in front of your mouth if you want someone not to s

anything.

7.The deaf can talk to each other w sign language.

8.Some A deaf people can learn sign language in the university

(4) Tom Broke a Plate or a Gold Watch?

It was Sunday and Tom was staying at home. After breakfast he went out into the garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and

he was used to（1） playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog.

He climbed up and down the tree. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch

（2） on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun（3）

by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it, he did

like doing this kind of thing.

Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack（4） was heard and the little boy began crying.

“What’s the matter,Tom?"his mother looked through the kitchen（5） window. Tom ran into the kitchen.

“Mum," he sobbed（6）. "I broke Bobby’s plate. I didn’t know it was so fragile （7）."

His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don’t feel so sad, Tom. We have other plates for Bobby. But how did you break that one?"

“I threw it at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate."

In Tom’s hand was his father’s gold pocket watch（8）!