人物传记类中考英语阅读理解

人物传记类中考英语阅读理解叶邑镇中学九年级英语组姚胜兰AYou may never heard of Ladislao Biro, but you have certainly heard of the pen he invented—the ballpoint pen（圆珠笔）, or biro. Before Biro invented his pen, people wrote with fountain pens. The ink sometimes went out. In the 1930s, Biro was a magazine editor in Budapest in Hungary. He noticed that the inks which the magaz ine’s printers used dried very quickly. Biro wondered if quick—drying inks could be used in pens. He came up with the idea of a tube（管子）of ink with a free—moving ball on the end. As a person wrote, the ball collected ink from the tube and rolled it on to the paper. The pen would be cheap and could be thrown away when the ink was used up.Biro began to work on his invention but he soon left Europe for Buenos Aires in Argentina, a country in South America, because of the Second World War. Biro and his brother George, who was a chemist, began to improve the pen. In the early 1940s, Biro began to produce his new pen, the biro. In 1944, he sold his invention to another company, which began to produce the pen for Britain and America.Biro was pleased that his pen was popular, but he did not get much from his invention. The biro was later sold to the French company, Bic, which now sells twelve million pens a day. Biro sank into obscurity in South America. His name, however, has become famous around the world.根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

( ) 46. Biro is the name of ____________.A. a chemistB. a fountain penC. a companyD. a ballpoint pen( ) 47. According to the passage, Biro’s new pen was first produced in _____________.A. HungaryB. FranceC. ArgentinaD. Britain and America( ) 48. Which of the following can be filled in the box to show how Biro invented his new pen?came up with an idea → worked on his invention → ? → produced his penA. improved his penB. sold his inventionC. worked as an editorD. left for South America( ) 49. The underlined part “sank into obscurity”is the closest in meaning to “__________”.A. was very popularB. lost a lot of moneyC. lost interest in businessD. was unknown to many people ( ) 50. What does the passage mainly tell us about Biro?A. He was a popular writer.B. He was an important inventor.C. He was a famous magazine editor.D. He was a successful businessman.参考答案46—50 DCADBBZheng He, the Columbus of the East, was a Ming dynasty explorer whom the Chinese people are proud of.He was born in 1371 and, 11 years later, was caught by the army of a rich young man called Zhu Di and made to work for him. Over time the rich man saw that Zheng He was very clever and strong and they became close friends. In 1403 Zhu Di was made the King of China and he asked Zheng He to join his new government.The King wanted to learn more about the world and show other countries his power. He ordered many new ships to be built and made Zheng He their leader. Between 1405 and 1433, Zheng He led seven sea trips to different parts of the world. He certainly traveled to India, Africa and the Middle East. A few people think his ships may have even reached South America and Australia.Each trip lasted between two and four years and it is believed he sailed more than50 000 km during the years of his travels. With 28 000 men and over 300 ships, such as boats for food, water and even soldiers' horses, Zheng He led a fleet (舰队) whose size would not be equaled by Europeans for over 500 years!On these trips he brought with him many Chinese goods like silk and medicine to give to foreign kings or to sell for local goods. He returned from each trip with boats filled with expensive things such as gold and jewellery, foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe.It is a pity that we may never learn everything about Zheng He's travels. After he died in 1433, the new king, who believed these trips were unlucky and tooexpensive, had them stopped and he burned almost all the books about Zheng He’s travels. It is only in the last 50 years that historians have begun to carefully study the adventures of the great Zheng He.根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

( ) 46. Why did the Chinese King want Zheng He to sail to many different countries?A. T o bring new countries under the control of China.B. To show the world how strong the King was.C. T o receive gifts from the kings of other countries.D. T o discover unusual animals.( ) 47. What do we know about Zheng He from the passage?A. He sailed to all seven continents.B. Each of his trips lasted one year.C. He died at the age of 62.D. He was a successful businessman.( ) 48. Which of the following did Zheng He NOT bring with him from China?A. Gold.B. Medicine.C. Animals.D. Silk. ( ) 49. What happened after Zheng He died?A. He was forgotten for ever.B. His ships were all burned.C. The new king wrote a book about him.D. Sea trips to other countries were stopped.( ) 50. In what order did the following happen?a. Zhu Di became the King.b. Zheng He was caught by soldiers.c. The books about Zheng He were all burned.d. Foreigners were brought to China.e. Zheng He visited India.f. New ships were built.A. e, b, a, f, d, cB. b, a, e, d, c, fC. f, a, b, d, c, eD. b, a, f, e, d, c参考答案46—50 BCADDCStephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8th, 1942. He went to school in a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, He went first to Oxford University to study physic, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits, he didn’t work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump(撞) into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. He had motor neuron disease, anincurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.At first, Hawking became very depressed. After a while, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile thing I could do.”Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, And had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair.”He once said, “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。