2001-2010年中考英语之阅读.doc

2001-2010年中考英语之阅读

2001年

I. Read and choose(阅读理解)：(共18分)

Join Us in the Huangpu River

Tour

The Huangpu River is a

must-see for most tourists (旅游

者). You can enjoy the "museum of international architecture (建筑) on the Bund" and the skyline of Lujiazui in Pudong. You can have a close look at the famous Shanghai Radio and TV Tower and the magnificent Jinmao Building. You can also see videos, sing songs or watch wonderful performances on the boat. Tea and coffee are served during the trip. The tour guide will tell you something about Shanghai's today and yesterday both in Chinese and in English. You are sure to have a good time on the boat.

We offer three different boat tours along the river every day.

One is tile 1.5-hour trip to see Yangpu Bridge at the price of 25-35 yuan ($3-4.2).

The second is the 2-hour

trip to Gaoqiao at the price of

50-100 yuan ($6-12).

The third trip is the 3.5-hour trip to Wusongkou, the mouth of the Yangtze River where it runs into the East China Sea. This costs 50-100 yuan ($6-12),

visitors can get on the boat at the ferry pier (轮渡码头) on the Bund on East Jinling Road. The booking office is open from 7:30 a, m, to 5:30p.m.

(A) True or False (判断下列句子是否符合此旅游广告内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示，填人空格内)：

1. The Huangpu River is a very popular place for tourists. ( )

2. Different kinds of recreations are offered on the boat. ( )

3. It's not difficult for foreigners to learn something about Shanghai on the boat. ( )

4. It takes two hours to travel to Yangpu Bridge.

( )

5. The trip to Gaoqiao is the most expensive and it takes most time. ( )

6. The tourists can get on the boat either on East Jinling Road or at Lujiazui. ( )

(B)

In the 13thcentury(世纪),the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. During his stay is China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7thcentury.

A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day! If we keep on wasting so

much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons(吨)of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000, trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don' t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs. (手帕)and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later. Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.

Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A,B,C或D表示，填入空格内)：1. When he was in China, Marco Polo__________.

A) discovered Cai Lun invented paper

B) learned to make paper

C) saw many wonderful things

D) read a lot of books

2. People in western countries first used paper money in the ________ century.

A) 17th B) 15th

C) 13th D)7th

3. About __________tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

A)1,7OO

B)2,000

C)2,800 D)48,000

4. Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

A)To use both sides of every piece of paper.

B) To use the paper bags from shops more

than once.

C)To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

D) To grow more trees.

5. Which of the following is NOT TBUE?

A) If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.

B)The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries.

C) About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2,800 tons of paper.

D)h is never too late to plant trees for paper.

6. Which is the best title (题目) of the passage?

A)Saving Paper

B)The History of Paper

C) Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again

D) Cai Lun, the Great Inventor

(C) Emily Mason and George Peters have lived next door to each other as long as they can remember. When they were little children, they used to play together. They were good friends,

though they sometimes fought over toys or quarreled(吵架)about what game they would play. As they grew older, they played together less. Emily preferred to be with girls, and George preferred to play with boys, When they were about fifteen years old, they almost stopped speaking to each other, not because they had disagreed with each other about anything, but just because they belonged to different groups. For one things, Emily was developing into a very good student, while George was more interested in sports. Emily had begun to study French, and she liked French so much that she began to write short plays in French. She also liked television programmes, and for some reason, she enjoyed watching football games yep/much. Her mother used to say, " Emily, I've never heard of a gift who likes football as much as you do. "Mrs Mason simply did not approve of (赞同) her daughter' s interest. Football, she felt, was for men and boys.

While Emily was working on her French

lessons or watching football games on TV, George was working for his father in his store after school. He liked selling things to people. Mr Peters found George so helpful that he thought about offering him a higher pay. When George Wash' t working at the store, he would like to be with a group o~ his boy friends who were organizing a sports team.

In fact, it was football that brought Emily and George back together. When George was going home one afternoon, he looked in the window of Emily' s living - mom and he saw that she was watching a football game on TV. He walked up and knocked at the door. Emily was surprised to see him, but she asked him to come in and they watched the rest of the game together. At some time during the afternoon, George looked at Emily, and he noticed that she had become a very pretty young lady. Emily and George are good friends again. They still have different ideas about things sometimes, but they agree with each other that football is the world's best

game. Mrs Mason doesn't seem to disapprove of her daughter's interest in football as much as she used to.

Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A, B, C或D表示, 填入空格内): 1. When Emily and George were little children, they_____________.

A)lived close to each other

B)never fought over toys

C) usually quarreled

D)didn't speak to each other

2. Emily and George played together less as they grew older because_________.

A) they didn't like each other

B) they belonged to different groups

C) their parents didn't let them

D)they went to different schools

3. When they grew older, ________.

A) Emily worked as an assistant in a store

B) Emily became a good student

C) George began to learn French

D)George wrote short plays in French

4. While Emily was watching football games on TV, George was_________.

A)working on his French lessons

B)running a store

C)working part- time for his father

D)in charge of a sports team

5. Why didn't Mrs Mason approve of her daughter's interest in football? Because _______.

A)she thought football was for men and boys

B)she didn't want her daughter to quarrel with George

C)She wanted Emily to go on learning French

D)She wanted her daughter to get higher pay

6. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A)Football made Emily and George good friends again.

B)Emily and George have different

interest, but they both agree football

is the world's best game.

C)George was a good helper to his father.

D) Mrs Mason approves of her

daughter' s interest in football now.

2002年

(A)

These two letters appeared in a newspaper. Both writers have their own ideas on zoos.

Zoos Do a Good Job

It is good to keep animals in zoos. I know a lot of people think it is wrong to keep animals in zoos. However, I believe that zoos have many good points.

Firstly, zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world. Without zoos, most people would never see a real bear or tiger.

Secondly, zoos look after the animals very well The animals are always given food and cleaned regularly (定期). In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry/But animals kept in zoos never go hungry.

Thirdly, zoos protect the animals they look after. They offer them safe places to live in. In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct(灭绝). But zoos give these animals a chance(机会)to live, Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world

Maria Smith

Zoos Are Unnatural

In Maria's letter, she says that zoos are good for animals. I am afraid that zoos are not good for animals, they are only good for people.

It is unnatural(land unfair to keep wild animals in cages(笼子). Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. In the wild, these animals would travel freely. In zoos, they can't do this. This is why the bears and tigers always look so sad.

Most cages are not very clean either. It is true that zoos give the animals food regularly, but this is not natural Wild animals are used to looking for their own food. We should treat(对待)animals in the same way that we treat other people—with respect

Would anyone be happy if you don't let him go outside his home? Would Maria like to have lots of people standing outside her flat looking at her? No, she wouldn't And animals don't like it either.

Philip Black

True or False(判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示

1. Maria and Philip have quite different ideas on keeping animals in zoos.

2. In Maria's opinion(观点) , a real bear or tiger can only be seen in zoos.

3. Maria thinks that animals live better in zoos than in the wild.

4. According to Philip, if cages are big and clean enough, tigers and bears will look happy.

5. Maria and Philip both agree that zoos are good for people.

6. In the two letters, they are discussing how to make animals in zoos happy.

(B)

John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington, He inherited(继承)

$ 1,000, 000 when he was 23. He didn't feel happy at all His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn’t have to. John decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn’t tell any of his friends and gave $ 100, 000 of his money to a charity(慈善团体)that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36, the still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier.

Up to now John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $ 200 a month for each. The child does not receive the money in cash(现金). The money pays for the child's school expenses, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

When John first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. "It was not anything special, "he said. "Until I had the chance to go to these countries and meet the children I was helping, I did not know anything about the type of life they had"

Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. "When I met her, I felt very very happy, " he said, "I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child in a way that giving money alone cannot " "I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in need, " he added.

Questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题，不超过五个单词：

1. What land of life is John living?

He is living a ；.

2. Did John want to look for a job or stay at home after he got the money?

3. Does John only help the poor children in Africa?

4. The child receives the money in cash, doesn't he?

5. Why did John say that the meeting with the little girl was very exciting? Because he saw his money was well used and this made him .

6. . How do you like John Brown?

He is

(C)

More than 50, 000, 000 people live in the rainforests of the world and most of

them do not hurt the forest they live in They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down. They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them.

When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too. In 1900, there were 1, 000, 000 forest people in the Amazon forest In 1980, there were only 200, 000.

The Y anomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil(巴西). They have lived in the rainforest for about 10, 000 years and they use more than 2, 000 different plants for food and for medicine. But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and suddenly 45, 000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold They cut down the forest to make roads. They made more than a hundred airports. The Y anomami people lost land and food Many died because new diseases came to the forest with the strangers.

The Yanomami people tried to save their forest, because it was their home. But the people who wanted gold were stronger.

Many forest people try to save their forests. Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people. "I want the Amazon forest to help all of us—forest people, Brazil, and all the Earth, "he said A few months later, in December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes.

In Borneo, people were cutting down the forest of the Penan people to sell the wood The Penan people tried to save their rainforest They made blodtades(障碍) across the roads into the forest In 1987, they dosed fifteen roads for eight months. No one cut down any trees during that time.

In Panama, the Kuna people saved their forest They made a forest park which tourists pay to visit.

The Gavioes people of Brazil use the forest, but they protect it as well They find and sell the Btttfl nuts(坚果) which grow on the forest trees,

Choose the best answer根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示

1. The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was of that in 1900.

A. half

B. one-third C two-fifths D. one-fifth

2. The people who have destroyed the rainforest of the Y anomami.

A. pick fruits and kill animals to eat

B. use plants for food and medicine

C have lived there for about ten thousand years

D. made the roads and the airports

3. Those people built roads and airports in order to .

A. carry away the gold conveniently

B. make people there live a better life

C. stop spreading the new diseases

D. develop the tourism(旅游) there

4. Which of the following is wrong?

A. The Penan people closed 15 roads with blockades to save their forests.

B. The Penan people were cutting down the trees to sell the wood

C. The Penan people didn't want other people to destroy

their forest D. Those who wanted to cut down the trees were stopped at the road blockades.

5. In Panama, visitors have to before they enter the forest park of the Kuna people；

A. buy Brazil nuts

B. plants trees

C. pay for the tickets

D. pay for the gold

6. From the passage, we learn that .

A. we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees

B. the rainforest people have done something to protect

their home C to humans, gold is more important than trees

D. we mustn't cut down any trees or kill any animals

2003年

2004年

XI. Reading comprehension(阅读理解)(共1 8分)

A

Here are four messages on Al an Marshall ‘ s answerphone.

Monday 9 : 21

Alan? Alan, if you' re at home, please answer

the phone. Are you really not there? Well , I'd just like to say that I'm very angry with you—and your father is too. You know how much he loves our monthly family lunches. This is the fifth one you've missed. I hope you've got a really good reason this time. Oh, umm, this is your mother speaking.

Monday 10 : 02

Mr Marshall, this is Stefi Rosen, Mr Prince's assistant. I'm calling to confirm(确认) tomorrow' s lunch with Mr Yamada of Rising Sun Computer Games. Mr Prince wants you to know that this meeting is very important. Please remember to bring the interactivity lesigns(互动设计)with you. He says that Mr Yamada is ready to pay for the world rights( 版权} on your new game! The restaurant is The Four Stars in Gower Street and I've booked a table for a quarter past One. Be there on time—please! Monday 11 - 23

My name is Karen Miller. I'm a producer at Interactive Computer Games, Australia. I saw

your game "Kill the Enemy!" at the International Computer Game Fair. I think your work is great and I'd like to discuss buying the rights for my part of the world. Someone at the fair said that you're working on a new game which is even more interactive. How interactive can you get? Perhaps we can interact over lunch? I'm in London until Wednesday. My mobile number is 027747 6130800.

Monday 12: 31

Hello, Alan. It' s Daisy. Did you have a good weekend? How's the new game going? I miss you. Bye.

True or False(判断下列句子是否符合电话留言内容，符合的用“T"表示，不符合的用“F”表示)：

( )64. Alan's parents don't want him to miss their monthly family lunches.

( )65. Mr Prince invites Mr Yamada to lunch in order to buy the world rights on his new game.

( ) 66. Karen Miller, an organizer of the