2013年中考英语精品复习资料 阅读理解记叙文篇(四)

2013年中考英语精品复习资料

阅读理解篇（四）

记叙文

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At the Beijing time 14:28 May 12.2008，a strong earthquake suddenly happened in Sichuan Province．

As they saw a young woman in broken 1louses，the rescue(营救) workers were sad to find that she had already been dead，yet surprised to notice her kneeling down with her hands touching the ground to support her weight—and right under her shelter of flesh and blood(血肉)，her several-month-old baby was sleeping，safe and sound．

The baby was put around carefully in a little quilt(被子)，with a mobile phone inside．An unsent text message was found that read：

“Dear Baby．If You Could Be Alive，Please Remember That Mum Always Love You!”

As it was too young to know what was really going on，the baby’s dream must have been free from nightmare(恶梦)．though a nightmare was taking place．However，it was the mother’s love that prevented the nightmare from falling upon the young dreamer．

Mother’s love at her last breath!!!

47．It was ________ when the baby was found．

A．crying B．dying C．sitting D．sleeping

48．The mother knelt down with her hands touching the ground in order to ________ A．have a rest B．save her baby C．protect herself D．prevent the nightmare 49．Which of the following is true about the text message?

A．It wa s a message to the baby’s father．

B．It had already been sent out when found．

C．The mother hoped that her baby could live．

D．The mother wouldn’t like the message to be found．

50．The passage is mainly about ________．

A．mother’s love B．Sichuan earthquake

C．a lucky baby D．the last breath

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People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age．There are only a few men in all of history，who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light．But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius．“There is no such thing as genius．”Edison said．He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work．

But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker．From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature．He tried to understand them，and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them．

Edison enjoyed thinking．He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking，especially if they do not think very often．But he knew，too，that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure．

Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life．As he loved to think。he also loved to work．On the day he became 75 years old．someone asked him what idea he had about life．“Work，”he answered，“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier．”He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work．54．According to Thomas Edison，what’s genius?

A．Hard thinking．B．Hard work．

C．Useful dreams．D．Useful inventions．

55．After exploring the secrets of nature，Edison always tried to ________．

A．write down what he had learnt B．carry out a new experiment

C．make them useful in lire D．share them with others

56．Edison could not understand ________．

A．how anybody enjoyed life

B．how anybody loved working

C．why anybody loved thinking

D．why anybody was tired of life

57．The last sentence in the passage means that ________．