历年河北中考英语完型与阅读真题

1These days, it is easier for us to travel to other countries than ever before. However, there is a big difficulty that most of us 41 when we meet people in other countries –we cannot communicate with them. There are 42 where English is still not spoken, though it is the most widely know language. So, wouldn’t it be 43 if there was one language that could be understood by anyone anywhere in the world?Esperanto that was created in 1887 may be the world’s 44 truly international language. In fact, although 45 artificial (人造的) languages have been already created, only Esperanto has had much success. Its learners say that it is about four times 46 to learn than other languages. Spelling and pronunciation are both easy, too. For example, it does not have silent 47 like the “h”in “honest”. If you 48 a word, you can spell it without any difficulty. The grammar is also as simple as possible: only sixteen basic 49 , no irregular verbs (不规则动词), only six verb endings.In short, Esperanto should be attractive (有吸引力的) as a language to learn, 50 there is a problem: how many people have met anyone who can really speak it? Anyway, we hope that some day one language can be mastered easily by anyone.C 41. A. need B. miss C. face D. touchD 42. A. offices B. schools C. cities D. placesB 43. A. safe B. nice C. funny D. difficultA 44. A. first B. another C. last D. otherD 45. A. little B. a little C. few D. a fewB 46. A. better B. easier C. slower D. shorterD 47. A. marks B. parts C. words D. lettersA 48. A. hear B. see C. watch D. noticeC 49. A. subjects B. sentences C. rules D. lessonsB 50. A. and B. but C. so D. because Ⅶ、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，计40分）阅读A、B、C三篇材料，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

AJane Goodall first made friends with a chimp (黑猩猩) when she was one year old. On her first birthday her mother carried her to the zoo near her home and bought her a toy chimp. She loved her furry（毛绒）friend very much. At age 7, Jane Goodall read Dr. Doolittle, a book about a doctor who could talk to animals. She wanted to be able to talk to her favorite animals, too. She expected to go to Africa some day so that she could learn more about chimps. When Jane grew up, she still dreamed of going to Africa. She got her wish when she was 26 years old. She went to Gombe National Park where many chimps lived in the forests.Jane watched the chimps closely day after day. She saw that they were a lot like people. They could think and make plans. They used tools. They showed their fear, pain, or pleasure. Sometimes, they fought. Often, they hugged（拥抱）and kissed.Scientists were surprised by what Jane saw. They knew that the relation between chimps and humans was the closest. However, they did not know they acted so much like us.Jane still has the toy chimp she was given as a child. She has studied her furry friends for over 30 years. Now, she speaks for them to groups around the world. She hopes that what she has to say will make others do something to protect chimps frombeing hurt.b 51. When Jane was 7, she wanted ______.A. to read Dr. Doolittle againB. to talk to animals, tooC. to buy another toy chimpD. to meet a doctor at onceC 52. Jane went to Gombe National Park to ______.A. have a trip thereB. train a baby chimpC. learn more about chimpsD. protect the chimps thereA 53. The scientists were surprised when they heard that ______.A. the chimps could act so much like humansB. Jane had been in Africa for such a long timeC. Jane watched the chimps closely day after dayD. Jane still had the toy chimp she was given as a childc 54. Jane speaks for chimps to groups around the world to ______.A. help the scientists learn more about chimpsB. study her furry friends in some other countriesC. make more people do something to protect chimpsD. let people know that chimps are lovely animalsa 55. From the passage, we can learn that ______.A. Jane found more about chimps than the scientists didB. Jane dreamed of going to Africa when she was 26C. Jane could talk to chimps with the help of the scientistsD. Jane knew nothing about chimps before going to AfricaA. often forget to buy what you needB. have to stand to pay for the thingsC. can buy everything you need easilyD. can’t go back to buy what you forget B 57. If you don’t like to eat something spicy or drink something fizzy, you may try _____ to see how different it is.A. PolyglotB. GasgoC. WebshopD. CompuWiz C 58. Try to ______ and you will learn any language in a very short time.A. click on the WebshopB. take the GasgoC. follow Polyglot’s systemD. call at 2819 0818D 59. You can save 50% of your money if you ______ before July 1st .A. do shopping with WebshopB. hold a chance to try GasgoC. start early with Polyglot’s systemD. learn surfing the Internet at CompuWiz B 60. According to the passage, one can ______.A. take a surfing course at Webshop in a classB. possibly learn to speak English in 24 hoursC. try taking Gasgo food or drinks when he is oldD. do shopping online without paying for his thingsCIf you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.Every year it’s the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life.Here’s a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it’s so hard for us to reach it,”said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change You Lif e. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it.”“Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes (态度). During World War Ⅱ, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding (重建) Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen”could possibly help people succeed in doing everything.61. At the end of December, people usually ______.A. fail to make big changesB. plan for the last yearC. think about the new yearD. try to lose their ideas62. Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us ______.A. we should do everything in big stepsB. how to change one’s life with one small stepC. we should try a lot of sudden changesD. how to find a small step without any excuse63. The underlined part “increase productivity” in the passage means “______”.A. 提高生产率B. 增加成本C. 增加出口量D. 提高待遇64. The writer of the passage suggests we should ______.A. make changes at the end of the yearB. do few experiments with “kaizen”C. do things with hard-to-achieve goalsD. take a tiny step to achieve big goals65. Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?A. You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.B. Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.C. You can’t find any excuse not to reach a big goal.D. “Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World War Ⅱ.2Stone is all around us. Stone is usually very hard, 46 it can also be soft. Stones have many uses.In some 47 , artists carve (雕刻) beautiful things out of soft stones, because they can be shaped easily. In ancient times, people carved 48 persons or animals out of soft stones, which could be carried along with. While in some European countries, statues (雕塑) are carved 49 hard stones and they do not change easily. In summer, the hot sun 50 on these statues and in winter the snow falls on them, but they 51 remain beautiful.Stone is strong and long-lasting. So, it is 52 enough for buildings. A house built of stone does not catch fire as easily as 53 made of wood. Some stones are coloured, so they make the 54 look wonderful. People can also get a fire with stones. Besides, some kinds of stones can be used to 55 jewellery (珠宝). We’ve found stones are really amazing.46. A. and B. but C. or D. so47. A. countries B. cities C. factories D. parks48. A. young B. old C. small D. big49. A. into B. of C. for D. from50. A. shines B. drops C. puts D. fits51. A. even B. still C. never D. often52. A. good B. big C. long D. old53. A. this B. none C. one D. it54. A. stones B. buildings C. fire D. wood55. A. find B. sell C. buy D. makeⅦ. 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）阅读A、B、C三篇材料，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。