中考英语完形填空和阅读理解专项训练.

完形填空、阅读理解专项训练

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

B. 补习已做

Concorde’sBirthday

CONCORDE, the world’sfastest traveler plane, will soon be over 33years old. It first on 2March, 1969in France. Concorde was developed both France and Britain. From 1956these two countries had a of a supersonic （超声速的）traveler plane. In 1962they started to together on the plan. The plane over 1.5billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It 5,000hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of This means that it only 3hours 25minutes to fly between London and New York,

compare with 7-8hours in other traveler planes. the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m.from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built a cost of 55million pounds. Twenty have been built Air France and British Airway the most. They each have seven planes.

1. A. invented B. produced C. flew D. took off

2. A. for B. by C. from D. with

3. A. talk B.fight C. meeting D. dream

4. A. work B. do C. carry D. finish

5. A. paid B. wanted C. needed D. cost

6. A. gave B. was giving C. was given D. had given

7. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. shout

8. A. spends B. takes C. costs D. travels

9. A. Because of

B. Thanks to

C. Give up

D. Think of 10. A. possible

B. impossible

C. real

D. unreal 11. A. plane

B. passenger

C. flight

D. airline 12. A. later

B. late

C. earlier

D. early 13. A. with

B. at

C. for

D. on 14. A. so well

B. so soon

C. so expensive

D. so far 15. A. build B.own C. sell D. make

C 已做

One afternoon just before Christmas, an old man was walking the city center. The shops were all full of good things and they with cheerful shoppers. Suddenly he saw a dirty boy sitting on the ground crying sadly. When the old man asked him why he the little boy told him that he had a ten penny piece that his uncle him. At once the old man pulled out a handful of coins. He out a shining new ten penny piece and handed it to the child. “Thankyou very much,”said the little boy, drying his He cheered up at once.

An hour or so later, the old man was making his way home by the same road. To his saw the dirty little boy in the same place, crying sadly as He went up to the boy and asked him he had lost the ten penny piece he had given him as well. The boy told him that he had not lost the second coin still couldn’tfind the first one. I could find my own piece,”he cried, “Iwould have twenty pence now.”

1. A. by B. between C. through D. over

2. A .were crowded B. were crowding C. crowded D. had crowded

3. A. angry B. sad C. happy D. kind

4. A. cried B. had cried C. was crying D. would cry

5. A. spent B. left C. paid D. lost

6. A. had taken B. had brought C. had given D. had borrowed

7. A. picked B. made C. gave D. left

8. A. mouth B. eyes C. feet D. ears

9. A. on B. back C. to D. for