最新-中考英语阅读理解题材Topic15文学与艺术精品

Topic Fifteen Literature and the Arts 文学与艺术话说中考

本话题是文学与艺术，使学生了解我国及世界不同地区的文学与艺术领域的特色、发展及创新等情况，并能尊重和接受不同的文学与艺术。中考阅读理解对本话题考查是通过阅读

小短文理解大意，从短文中分析、整理出文学或艺术的历史、特色、新闻人物、发展创新及

走向。目的是陶冶学生情操，提升文化素养以及培养学生欣赏和发展文学与艺术的能力。这就要求学生在日常生活中多关注当代文学与艺术的发展动向，多涉足文学与艺术领域，亲身去感受文学与艺术的魅力。

走近中考(四川乐山·2018)

If you are a teenage boy，and you want to succeed in life，you'd better read

this great book．From Boys to Men by an American writer，

Michael Gurian，tells teenage boys that they are living

through the best years of their lives．There is no reason

for them not to love life．

You may think that only your body is growing at the

moment．But the book says your mind is growing，too．The book tells teenage boys

that they need to help their bodies and minds grow．To do this，they should stop spending their time playing computer games and should start playing sports．Sports，the book says，keep you healthy and teach you important life skills．They teach you how to be a leader and how to work as part of a team．

The book also tells boys how to love life if they're being bullied(被欺负)．It says boys have to stop being scared(害怕的) of such bullies．It is the only way they can become more successful people．

To become the man you want to be，you have to think for yourself and believe

in yourself．But，most importantly，the book says，you must always dream of success．Never be happy with what you've got，and always want more．根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

( ) 1．From Boys to Men is _______．

A．a Chinese magazine

B．a piece of music

C．an American book

( ) 2．Michael Gurian tells teenage boys to _______．

A．play games with other boys

B．learn to repair machines

C．love their life

( ) 3．The book tells us that _______．

A．our bodies and minds grow at the same time

B．our bodies are much stronger than our minds

C．our minds grow faster than our bodies

( ) 4．The book says that sports can _______．

A．teach you how to keep healthy

B．teach you important life skills

C．A and B

( ) 5．The writer of this passage wishes us to _______．

A．read From Boys to Men

B．help him sell the book soon

C．send the book to others

解析

本文主要介绍了 From Boys to Men 这本书的内容。书中告诫青少年要热爱生活，为他

们的成长提出了很好的建议。

1．C 由开头 you'd better read this great book．From Boys to Men by an American writer，可知。

2．C 语句理解题。根据 There is no reason for them not to love life．可知是告诫他们热爱生活。

3．A 根据第二段第二句 But the book says your mind is growing，too．可知。

4．C 由第二段倒数第二句 Sports，the book says，keep you healthy and teach you important life skills．可知 A 和 B 都对。

5．A 由短文第一段第一句可知作者的写作意图是“希望人们去读这本书”。

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