2019年中考英语阅读理解训练

中考英语阅读理解训练

Passage 1

The car stopped．

Minka's heart was beating fast，but her legs carried her forward．

Faces flashed through the car windows．She looked at the front passenger seat，but Betty Jane was not there．Through the back window，she saw white hair．Minka stepped forward，opened the door and was met with flowers．

From behind them，she saw her daughter's face，the one she'd seen only

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in photographs，and heard the voice she'd heard only over the phone Everything disappeared behind one longing（渴望）一to get her daughter into her arms．And then，she was．

Minka's sight can't see it clearly．Her voice stuck in her throat（喉咙）．Her arms wrapped tightly around her girl．She'd waited more than

（拥抱）．The joy 28，000days for this，her daughter safe in her embrace

of it was boundless．

Finally Minka let go a little，pulling back to see that dear face again一a face as lined as her own．But Minka believed she knew those pale blue eyes．She lookedinto them，and then her daughter kissed her cheek．Minka managed to speak，her words ‘I love you' that had never been spoken．

"You are as wonderful as I thought you would be．" Minka said．

They didn't look like strangers meeting for the first time．There was something weaving（编织）them together，right before their eyes．

？55．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2mean A．Minka was too weak to meet Betty Jane．

B．Minka was unwilling to meet Betty Jane．

C．Minka was not ready to meet Betty Jane．

D．Minka was nervous but looking forward to meeting Betty Jane．56．when they met for the first time．

①Minka and Betty Jane hugged each other

②Minka took a good look at Betty Jane．

③Betty Jane kissed Minka．

④Minka and Betty Jane talked a lot．

A．①②③

B．①②④

C．①③④

D．②③④

57．In the sentence "There was something weaving them together，right before their eyes．" in the last paragraph，what does "something" mean？A．The long wait for meeting each other．

B．The fact that they hadn't seen each other for a long time

C．The love between a mother and daughter．

D．None of the above．

Passage 2

The Aztecs were a native American people who lived in Central American between the 14th and 16th centuries．

The Aztecs were originally from North America，but they migrated south to the area that is now modern Mexico in search of a better place to live．When the Aztecs first arrived in Central America，they were subjects of the Toltec people who already ruled the area．But，when the Aztecs had been there for about 100years，they stared to set up their own empire，this empire grew to cover the area that is now Mexico and Guatemala．64．Where were the Aztecs originally from？

A．Latin America．

B．Central America．

C．South America．

D．North America．

65．What was the Aztecs empire set up？

A．In the 14th century．

B．In the 15th century．

C．In the 16th century．

D．In the 17th century．