中考英语完型阅读中考专项训练试题五

完型、阅读专项训练（五）

一、完型填空

On my first job, I worked as a sports editor for a small newspaper. I never got a letter from my readers, so I was___1__ that there was an envelope on me desk one morning. From the __2__, I could see it was from a most popular newspaper.

When I opened it, I found a note and it read,“You did a good job. Go on!”

The note was ___3___ by Mr John, a famous sports editor .As I was a green hand, his words made me __4__. After that, I kept the note in my desk drawer. When I wondered__5____ I had the ability to be a good editor, I would read John’s note and become ____6__again.

Later, when I made friends ____7___ Mr John, the note writer, I learnt that he often wrote notes to ___8___young people in many fields.“When I make __9__happy, I feel happy ,too”,he told me.

___10___, why are there few note writers like John in our life? In my opinion, many people are___11__ that they cannot be well understood. Also, writing__12___more time and it is harder to pick up the phone . The problem with phone calls is that they cannot last a long time ,but a note is a good way of record and our words can be read ___13___.

So, when you find some people around you need__14___, please write a note of encouragement to bring them more confidence. Maybe, you are not sure what will__15__, but remember Mr John’s words which making others feel happy makes you happy, too.

1．A. sad B. stressed C. surprised D. frightened 2．A. calendar B. envelope C. book D. photo 3．A. written B. picked C. received D. practiced 4．A. unhappy B. sleepy C. excited D. sad

5．A. why B. that C. what D. if

6．A. serious B. confident C. patient D. humorous 7．A. to B. from C. with D. without 8．A. forgive B. describe C. introduce D. encourage 9．A. other B. the other C. others D. the others 10．A. But B. However C. Therefore D. Actually 11．A. sure B. afraid C. sorry D. glad 12．A. spends B. costs C. pays D. takes 13．A. once B. only once C. more than once D. less than once 14．A. thanks B. truth C. trouble D. help 15．A. happen B. matter C. turn D. Hold

二、阅读理解

A

There are about 80,000,000 mines (煤矿) under the ground in more than 60 countries. It is difficult and dangerous to clear these mines. About 50 people including many children were killed or hurt each day. In 2003, APOPO, a Dutch research company that trains the animals, came up with the idea of using rats to search for the mines.

The animal trainers found that a kind of rats from Africa were clever and had a sharp sense of smell. The rats were about 75 cm long and weighed about 1.35 kg, light enough to run across a minefield without setting off the mines.

In January 2004, the APOPO started this project. First, the trainers let the 4-week-old baby rats get familiar with humans. A few weeks later, the rats were no longer afraid of people and the things around them. Then they were trained to connect a click sound with food. After the rats had learned that, the trainers then taught them to tell the difference between the smell of mines and other smells. When the rats could do it, the click was sounded and they were given a bit of banana. The method was called clicker training. “The training isn’t easy，” said trainer Abdullah Mchomvu. “You have to be patient. Sometimes I ge t angry, but then again, I tell myself these are animals.”

After nine months’ training, the rats were taken to a minefield. They ran across the minefield, stopped, sat and scratched the ground to tell the de-miners that they smelt out a mine. Then the mine was cleared. It had taken two de-miners a day to clear a 200㎡minefield, but with the help of two rats they could finish it in two hours.

The rats and the de-miners saved thousands of lives, “The rats did this job much better than we expected. So far they have helped to make almost 2,000,000㎡of land safe. They are heroes，” said Bart Weeqens, the head of the APOPO.

16. The APOPO trained the rats to find ________.

A. children

B. animals

C. mines

D. food

17. The correct way of clicker training is ________.

① Trainers get familiar with baby rats.

② Trainers give rats bananas.

③ Trainers train rats to tell the different smells.

④ Trainers train rats to connect a click sound with food.

A. ①②③④

B. ①④③②

C. ②①③④

D. ②①④③

18. After training, two rats can help two de-miners clear a 200 ㎡minefield in ________.

A. two hours

B. one day

C. four weeks

D. nine months

19. From the passage, we can know that _________.

A. each day 200 people were killed or hurt by mines

B. the APOPO started to train the rats in February 2004

C. the trainers gave the rats food after they smelt out a mine

D. only the rats saved thousands of lives

B

With more and more cars on the road, it’s impossible to avoid traffic jams altogether. Traffic jams can lead to increased accidents as there are more cars, with more people trying to get to their destination, all the while getting worse. Although traffic jams are inevitable, there are some tips you can follow to reduce the amount of time on the road.

Check for traffic jams before you leave. You can listen to the radio for traffic news,