備戰(zhàn)英語中考閱讀鞏固練習

1、.備戰(zhàn)英語中考閱讀穩(wěn)固練習一There are many different kinds of music in the world. Now let's study some of them.Classical music Classical music is a form of music which needs high musical skills. If you want to learn this kind of music，you have to go through proper training.Heavy metal music Heavy metal music

2、came out after World War .The melody 旋律 of the song is heavily influenced by the structure of it. It is also known as “information musicIn heavy metal music，songwriting is based on a form.Hiphop music This kind of music always includes the use of instruments such as the guitar，violin，piano，bass 低音電吉

3、他，drums and so on. In this kind of music，the bass is the main instrument. It was first played by a group of traveling singers and poets of West Africa.Opera music It first appeared in Italy in the 1600s.It has a great mixture of theatrical 戲劇的 art and musical invention and is used in theaters.Jazz m

4、usic This kind of music has strong and complex 復(fù)雜的 melodies. The main musical instruments are the cornet，trumpet and violin，which help carry the melody.Besides these，there are many other kinds of music such as the blues，new age music，Celtic music，religious music，and chamber music.   1. _ m

5、usic needs high musical skills.AClassical  BHeavy metal  CHiphop  DOpera   2.The main instrument in hiphop music is the _.Aguitar  Bviolin  Cpiano  Dbass    3.The _ is used in both hiphop music and jazz music.Apiano  Bviolin  Ctrumpet&

6、#160; Dcornet    4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AHeavy metal music appeared after World War.BOnly after proper training can you learn classical music.COpera music first appeared in Italy.DPeople call jazz music “information music    5.What

7、's the BEST title of the passage?ADifferent kinds of music.  BOur favorite musicians.CWe love music best.      DWelcome to the music club.二In learning English, one should first pay attention to注意listening and speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. Yo

8、ud better try your best to speak while you do much listening. Dont be afraid of making mistakes. Be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English. While you are doing this, a good way is to writekeep a diary, write notes or letters; then if you can, ask some people to go through what

9、you have written and tell you what youve done wrong. Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.If you are slow in speaking, dont worry. One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mus

10、tnt be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, dont stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings.     1. The underlined word “groundwork means “_ in Chinese.A. 地上工作               &

11、#160;     B. 低級工作              C. 根底                       D. 地平線    2. When you do much l

12、istening,_ .A. you shouldnt write anything          B. you should not make mistakesC. you can stop to look up new words     D. you should try your best to speak    3. Which of the following is wrong?A. We can read someth

13、ing interesting to improve our speaking skill.B. We can write notes or letters to improve our English.C. We neednt correct the mistakes while writing.D. While reading, we should not stop to look up new words if we can guess their meanings.    4. The main idea of the text is _ .A. how

14、to speak English                 B. how to improve your listening and speakingC. how to write notes or letters in English   D. how to avoid making mistakes in English三Early to bed and early to rise makes a man

15、healthy, wealthy and wise.     This is an old English saying. It means that we must go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever.      Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enoug

16、h sleep. Children of your age need ten hours' sleep every night. If you do not go to bed early, you can not have enough sleep. Then you can not think properly  and you can not do your work properly. You will not be wise and you may not become wealthy!      Some people go

17、 to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is not good for them. We should sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us to sleep well. When the daylight comes, we should get up.This is the time for exercise. If the body is not used, it will become weak. Exercise keeps it strong.

18、      Exercise helps the blood to move around inside the body. This is very important. Blood takes nutrition 營養(yǎng) to all parts of our bodies. The brains in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy, and take exercise, we can think better! &#

19、160;    Our bodies also need air to breathe. Without air we will die. Get up early in the morning and we can have plenty of clean, fresh air. That will keep us healthy and happy.     1. The old English saying "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy

20、, wealthy and wise." mainly shows _.A. what good habits are     B. how to become healthy, rich and clever C. what bad habits are      D. it's easy for people to get up and go to bed early     2. It's important for people t

21、o have enough sleep. If not, they _.A. may not be strong       B. can not think and do their work properly C. may not become wealthy  D. will not get up early     3. The word "properly" means "_".A. quickly   &

22、#160; B. carefully    C. correctly     D. easily     4. The last paragraph but one 倒數(shù)第2段 tells us that _ helps the blood to move around inside the body.A. fresh air    B. enough sleep    C. good habits   D

23、. exercise     5. This passage is probably written for _.A. old people  B. middle-aged people  C. weak people D. Children四We cant remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish co

24、mes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be “l(fā)iked. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “l(fā)iked or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.  Does

25、that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?  A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant令人愉快的. To test this, some researchers d

26、id an experiment 實驗. Some people were asked to take before they could enjoy food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took,          . So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?  Besides the scientific result

27、, there are also some other bad influences 影響 of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them! It seems that your mobile secretl

28、y calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.  So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.1.

29、From the passage, what happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays?  A. People talk about their Weibo or Wechat.  B. People learn from each other how to cook dishes.  C. People like taking photos with friends or families.  D. People take photos of food and post them before eating.

30、2. Which of the following can be put in the “         in Paragraph 3?  A. the less excited they became  B. the less delicious the food seemed to be  C. the more they interested were in the food  D. the more “l(fā)iked they got on Weibo or Wecha

31、t3. The fourth paragraph talks about          .  A. the reasons for checking your mobiles  B. the ways of posting photos onto the Internet  C. the suggestions of making others like your photos on the Weibo  D. some other bad influences

32、 of taking photos of food before meals4. Which of the following is the writers opinion?A. We take our mobiles and click when a dish comes.B. We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal.C. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. D. Some people were asked to t

33、ake photos before they enjoy food.五What is your most amazing skill? Being good at basketball? Doing well in your studies? Jeremy Rice, 14, probably beats us all. His skill is saving lives. He saved 17 people all by himself!Rice took the school bus as usual on Oct 11. On the way, he noticed that the

34、bus driver reached down to the bin next to his seat. When the driver tried to get back in his seat, he suddenly fell down and couldnt move any more. But the bus was still moving!Rice left his seat eight rows back, quickly ran past the other 16 students and held the wheel “I stood up and looked aroun

35、d and nobody else was moving, he said. “Then I saw a blue car coming right at us and I ran.“I really wasnt thinking at all, he said. “I just acted.The boy, standing over the wheel, turned left. The bus driver, who could still talk, gave instructions說明. He quickly told Rice how to drive and asked him

36、 to pull a small yellow knob 把手 to stop the bus. After the bus finally stopped, Rice felt so tired. His ear and shoulder started to ache.“This is kind of exciting, said Keith King, a school teacher. “We ended up with a real happy story today.“This school is about giving kids the chance to improve ab

37、ilities才能. And thats what Jeremy did today. Its excited to see kids in his school do great things, he said.1. What happened on the school bus?A. The driver suddenly forgot how to drive.B. The driver didnt pay attention to driving.C. There was something wrong with the bus.D. The driver fell down and

38、couldnt move.2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story? A. Rice learned how to drive before.  B. The driver told Rice how to drive. C. The driver couldnt move his hands or speak.    D. The driver refused to let Rice drive the bus.3. Who is “the boy underlined?A. Ri

39、ce       B. Keith King       C. the bus driver      D. Another student4. From Keith Kings words, we can learn_. A. he didnt think what Rice did was right B. he thought the story had a sad endingC. he thought it

40、 was dangerous for Rice to save lives D. he thought it was important to improve students abilities 六How hard we have all wished to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the happy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have!At last, you have grown up. At least y

41、ou are no longer a child. They call you “young lady. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you - this young lady - heartily. You are glad that your wish has been answered.But there is always something that troubles you a lot. Yo

42、u say, “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.“No, they say, “Your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it wont do you any good. Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.Another time you tell your g

43、randma, “Grandma, see, I am a grown-up now.“Good, now, you can sit here and knit 編織 this for me while I go and have a rest. To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give th

44、e knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes 批評 your work. You hear what she says, “Such a big girl cant do such easy work. You wish then you were a child again.But the fact is, you are growing up, and you cant help it. Thats the way it goes! 1. How does the girl know her wish has

45、 been answered?A. People think that she is a young lady.    B. She doesnt need to play with kids now. C. People begin to call her teenager.   D. She can join women in all kinds of activities.2. From what her parents say, we know _.A. the girl always has much money in her poc

46、ket B. its dangerous for a girl to spend moneyC. they love her more than before   D. they still regard her as a child    3. Why does she promise to help her grandma do some knitting?A. Because she likes doing knitting for her grandma.B. Because she wants to show that she has

47、 grown up.C. Because she has much more free time at that time.  D. Because her grandma is knitting long and tired.   七A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis蛹Feeling sorry for it，the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out

48、 easily. Surprisingly enough，the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn't struggle奮斗 to leave the chrysalis，it can't fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly，the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make them fly.&#

49、160; When people are young，meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people，we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman，who now owns many big supermarkets，used to carry clothes on

50、 his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father's death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and si

51、sters are leading successful lives.  Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges，like rock-climbi

52、ng，camping，volunteer work and so on. However，just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful，it is important that the young people learn to meet

53、challenges and overcome them.1.From the story we know that the butterfly can't fly because_ Ait gets out by itself Bthe man feels sorry for it Cit tries to challenge itself  Dthe man helps it come out2.Dennis's example shows that successful people should_  Aovercome the d

54、ifficulties  Btake up business early  Cbecome the leaders of tomorrow  Dsell clothes from door to door3.The meaning of the underlined word “mature in the passage is_Awake upBgive upCgrow upDbring up4.What is the writer trying to do in this passage?ADescribe where a butterfly comes fro

55、m.BEncourage young people to face challenges.CSuggest how to become a successful businessman.DExplain what will happen if a person fails the exam.5.What is the best title for this passage?ASuccessful People Have a Sense of AchievementBYoung People Must Develop Their Energy ActivelyCCountries Should

56、Continue to Become SuccessfulDChallenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People八 “Cool is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meaning.“Cool can be used to express fee

57、lings of interest in almost anything.When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “Its cool. You may think, “Hes so cool, when you see your favourite footballer.We all maximize擴大the meaning of “cool. You can use it instead of many words such as “new or “surprising. Heres an interesti

58、ng story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall瀑布they had visited. On one students paper was just the one sentence, “Its so cool. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity缺乏of

59、words. Without “cool, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility可信性. Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool? I can. And I think they are also very cool.     1.We know that the

60、 word “cool has had _. A. only one meaning        B. no meaningsC. many different meanings D. the same meaning     2.In the passage, the underlined word “express means“_. A. see            &

61、#160;   B. show             C. know               D. feel      3.If you are _ something, you may say, “Its cool. A. interested in  

62、;        B. angry about     C. afraid of               D. unhappy with      4.The writer takes an example to show he is _ the way the word is used.A. happy

63、 with            B. strange to      C. worried about         D. careful with      5.In the passage, the writer suggests暗示that the word “cool _. A. can be used instea

64、d of many words B. usually means something interesting C. can make your life colourful D. may not be as cool as it seems 九 “I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net“I often check my e-mail forty times a day“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net“I spend more time in chat rooms th