最新中考英语阅读理解专题复习
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最新中考英语阅读理解专题复习
一、初三英语阅读理解(含答案详细解析)
1.根据短文内容选择正确答案。
B
Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten by snakes. “It was seeing people with snake bites that led me to this career,” he said.
In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.
“I was greatly upset when they told me the story of an old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped(缠绕)a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison(毒)getting to his heart. Running home he shouted, `Bring me the knife' Minutes later the man lost his arm forever.”
“The heartbroken story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by sna kes.” Shu added, “I worked very hard and tried my best to make a good snake doctor.” And at last he made it.
(1)The best headline(标题)for this newspaper article is .
A. Amazing Medicine
B. Farmer Loses Arm
C. Dangerous Bites
D. Snake Doctor (2)Shu decided to devote himself to snake medicine because .
A. he wanted to save people's arms and legs
B. he had studied it at a medical school
C. he had seen snakes biting people
D. his army service had finished
(3)Why did Shu go into the mountains?
A. He wanted to study snake bites.
B. He wanted to help the farmers.
C. He was being trained to be a doctor.
D. He was expected to serve in the army.
(4)Which of the following can explain the word upset in the third paragraph?
A. sad
B. surprised
C. interested
D. frightened
【答案】(1)D
(2)A
(3)C
(4)A
【解析】【分析】这篇文章主要介绍了著名蛇医苏普隆的故事,文中介绍了他从医的经历和原因,1963年他服完兵役以后,上医学院,稍后成为一名中医,无意中他听说当地很多农民被蛇袭击,为了保全性命,切断胳膊或大腿,因此他决定研究蛇药,取得了巨大成就。
(1)考查主旨大意题。短文主要介绍了著名蛇医苏普隆的故事。故选D。
(2)考查细节理解题。句意为什么决定从事研发蛇药的事业。根据文中There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.描述可知。故选A。
(3)考查细节理解题。句意他为什么进山?根据文中As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains.描述可知。作为学习的一项内容他不得不进山。故选C。
(4)词义猜测。句意:当他们跟我讲了老农的故事后我非常的不安。sad伤心的;surprised吃惊的;interested感兴趣的;frightened害怕的。故选A。
【点评】阅读理解考查对篇章的把握和对细节的识别能力,答题时注意紧扣问题中的关键词,在文章中寻找答案。
2.阅读理解
Grace Murray was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City. In 1928 she finished her education in Vassar College in Maths and Physics. Since 1931, she had been teaching at Vassar and continued her study at Yale University, where she achieved a lot in Maths in 1934.
In 1930, Grace Murray married Vincent Foster Hopper. They were happy together for 15 years. She taught at Vassar College until 1943, when she joined the United States Navy(海军)to help her country during World War Ⅱ.Then she was given a job at the Bureau of Ships Computation Project at Harvard University, where she worked on the Mark series of computers.
In 1945, she began to do research in Applied(应用)Physics at Harvard's Computation Laboratory. In 1949 she joined the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and worked with people working in it. Years later, she returned to the Navy. She retired in 1971 but continued teaching for the computer development. Brewster Academy, a school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, the United States, gave its computer lab to her for free in 1985, calling it the Grace Murray Hopper Centre for Computer Learning. She had spent her childhood summer at a local family in Wolfeboro. She passed away in her sleep in 1992. Since her death, her workmate Elenor Briggs has been going on with her work.
Grace Murray was a great woman and a leader in the computer development. Her work helped improve the use of computer languages. She practised her words" Dare and Do" in her lifetime.(1)How many years did Grace Murray teach at Vassar?
A. About 2 years.
B. About 6 years.
C. About 12 years.
D. About 18 years.(2)Before she joined the United States Navy, what did Grace Murray do at Yale University?
A. She studied Maths.
B. She researched Applied Physics.