(全国通用)中考英语第十九周阅读周周练(A、B卷)

阅读周周练

一、完形填空。

通读下面短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。

Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to 1 each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and 2 to swim deeper and further. One morning, the three fish were 3 to a shallow (浅的) water by a big wave (浪). A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was fight in front of them. The largest fish realized that they were 4 and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish 5 with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was much 6 for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around 7 . At last, the largest fish returned to the 8 by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in 9 his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.

Two hours later, when the 10 rose up, the water in the small shallow corner dried up. The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack (缺乏) of water.

( ) 1. A. listen to B. look after C. talk with

( ) 2. A. dared B. hated C. refused

( ) 3. A. allowed B. given C. taken

( ) 4. A. in safety B. in doubt C. in danger

( ) 5. A. agreed B. talked C. compared

( ) 6. A. time B. food C. water

( ) 7. A. slowly B. sadly C. happily

( ) 8. A. sea B. river C. lake

( ) 9. A. catching B. joining C. taking

( ) 10. A. storm B. stars C. sun

二、阅读理解。

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。

A

Do you have any foreign friends? Do you know their characteristics (特征)?

The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They don’t like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hard-working. They like tidiness, especially the women, who always keep their home clean.

In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as the Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are real ly polite, so we often hear they say “Thank you.” or “Sorry.” The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.

The French’s holidays are very long. They like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.

Compared to the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They don’t like to depend on others. So it is very common that the students do part-t ime jobs in their free time. And in Americans’ eyes, success is an important part in their life.

( ) 1. According to the passage, ______ are very quiet.

A. only the Germans

B. both the Germans and the Englishmen

C. only the Englishmen

( ) 2. What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?

A. 整洁.

B. 安静.

C. 时尚.

( ) 3. In the writer’s eyes, the gentlemen are ______.

A. the Germans

B. the Frenchmen

C. the Englishmen