2021年全國中考英語真題閱讀匯編題

1、 2021年全國中考英語真題閱讀匯編（三）11.江西AART FESTIVAL14-24 August 2021VIDEOAn hourly show of videos presented by Pemberton Secondary School students. Video themes are about intellectually (智力) disabled youth and their parents. Venue: Capital HallDates: 14-22 AugustFree admissionPERFORMANCEAlpine Youth Theater pre

2、sents A Cats Mind with cheerful songs and dance, promising to give a wonderful performance by 20 young people between 18 and 25 years of age. Venue: National Arts TheaterDates: 15-23 AugustFree admissionCONCERTEric Fawkins, two-time Prima Music Prize winner, will perform an evening of classical and

3、jazz ballads. Eric Fawkins latest CD will also be on sale. Venue: Victory TheaterDates: 22-24 AugustTickets: available at 5 50 (child), S 80(adult)55. When will A Cats Mind be performed?A. 14-24 August B. 15-23 August. C. 22-24 August. D. 14-22 August. 56. What is the price of an adult ticket for th

4、e concert?A. $ 80. B. $ 50. C. $ 20. D. $ 18. 57. Which of the following is true according to the ads above?A. A group of children performed Cars Mind. B. Fawkins has won Prima Music Prize once. C. The video show is presented by the parents. D. You can buy Fawkins latest CD at the concert12.江西BBriti

5、sh adventurer(冒險(xiǎn)家）Alastair Humphreys had ridden his bike around the world, walked across India, and rowed (劃船)from Africa to South America. In 2011, however, Humphreys had some of the biggest adventures of his lifeand he never even left the United KingdomFor a year, Humphreys went on microadventures

6、 - small low-cost trips close to home. Why did he do this? “I started to think that it was possible to have an adventure anywhere,” he explains. For his first trip, he went hiking with a friend around the M25a 188-kilometer road that goes all the way around London. Other adventures included swimming

7、 in the River Thames, sleeping outside on a hill, and going on a mountain hiking trip. Humphreys learned something important from his microadventures. We find adventures when we try something new. Humphreys wanted other people to male this discovery, too, so he decided to share his idea. He challeng

8、ed people to go on mibroadventures and send him four-minute videos of their trips. He asked them to do things like climb a hill, go away for a weekend, or choose a random(任意的) place on a map and go there. People from all over the world accepted his challenge and posted their videos on Twitter.58. Wh

9、ich of the following belong to microadventures? Check and choose the right answer. walk across India sleep outside on a hillgo away for a weekend swim in the River Thamesrow from Africa to South America hike around the road around LondonA. B. C. D. 59. What can we know about Humphreys personality ac

10、cording to the passage?A. Brave, creative and active. B. Proud, humorous and kind. C. Careful, quiet and hard-working D. Confident, strict and warm-hearted. 60. What would be the best title for the passage?A. A Big Challenge B. An Amazing TravelC. Keep a Trip Record D. Go for a Microadventure13.江西CT

11、oday, by carefully choosing dog parents, humans have created many different kinds of dog. Each kind has its own look and talents, and its own role within human society. Here are three examples of a dogs life in the human world. Today, many hospitals let specially trained dogs in to bring love and ch

12、eer to patients. Shaynee is a therapy(治療) dog. She visits children who are in hospital. Dogs like Shaynee help patients feel calm and at peace, which can be hard in a busy hospital. They help both children and adults stay strong during long hospital stays, and, some suggest, even help them get bette

13、r. Today, some beagles(小獵犬）work in airports for the government. They are part of the program called the Beagle Brigade. A beagle is good for the work because of its powerful nose, and ability to follow smells. The Beagle Brigades job is to smell everything that comes into the country. They make offi

14、cers notice illegal(非法的）fruits, vegetables, and other foods in luggage or in mail. The beagles do the job far better than any human could. While some dogs are working hard, others are free to spend their days resting and playing. Across the world, many pet dogs are treated like children. Many have t

15、heir own rooms and all the things a dog could want. Some even have their own clothes. Many of these pets spend their days playing, learning to follow, or even going to classes. Their owners give them the best, and enjoy doing so. Whether as workers or objects of affection(鐘情），dogs have become helpfu

16、l to humans in many ways. There are plenty of advantages for the dog, too. Many kinds of wild dogs have nearly disappeared from the Earth. However, the domestic dogs special place as mans best friend has allowed it to survive(存活）in a human world. 61. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?A. Hospitals

17、 need many special dogs. B. Dogs can take care of patients. C. Patients need love in the hospital. D. Doctors are too busy to see patients. 62. What does the underlined word domestic in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Trained. B. Smart. C. Hungry. D. Valuable. 63. Whats the purpose of the passage?A. To ask peop

18、le to treat dogs as their own children. B. To explain why humans need beagles in their work. C. To tell people about the history of dogs development. D. To show a good relationship between dogs and humans. 64. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?A. B. C. D. 14.江西DEight hun

19、dred years ago, a man in southern Turkey invented an amazing clock. It was more than 7 meters high. At its base(基座）was a life-size model elephant. Every half hour, something amazing happened. The whole clock came alive: Model birds, dragons, and people started to move. The clocks inventor was an eng

20、ineer named al-Jazari. He lived in Turkey. Al-Jazari was probably one of the greatest engineers in history. Some historians call him the father of modern-day engineering”.We know about al-Jazari mostly from a book that he wrote. _ They include clocks and hand-washing machines. The book also has draw

21、ings that show how each machine works. Many everyday things today-from toys to car engines(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī))still use al-Jazaris ideas. Without his machines with moving parts, we might not have modern-day robotsToday, it is still possible to see what al-Jazaris elephant clock looked like. A full-size working mod

22、el is in Dubais Ibn Battuta Mall. There, every half hour, al-Jararis most amazing invention comes to life once again. How Does the Elephant Clock Work?A bowl with a small hole floats(?。﹊n a water tank(水箱）inside the elephants body. As the bowl slowly sinks(下沉），it pulls a rope that moves a human figur

23、e. His moving pen shows the number of minutes past the hour. Every half hour, the water bowl becomes full and sinks completely. This causes a ball to fall from the top of the clock. The movement of the ball causes a phoenix to move and make a sound. The ball then drops out of a falcons mouth into th

24、e mouth of a Chinese dragon. The weight of the ball causes the dragons head to move down, and the dragons tail pulls the water bowl back up. Finally, the ball drops out of the dragons mouth and into a vase. As the ball lands in the vase, the elephant driver moves and makes a sound. The cycle begins

25、again until there are no more balls in the top of the clock. 65. Why is al-Jazari called the father of modern-day engineering?A. His ideas are still widely used in machines. B. The elephant clock is an amazing invention. C. His inventions include some parts of modern robots. D. His book about machin

26、es is still popular with readers. 66. Choose the best sentence to fill in the blank “_” in Paragraph 3. A. He became famous when he was a young man. B. He invented a lot of everyday machines in history. C. It describes a number of machines of all shapes and sizes. D. People in Turkey enjoy reading h

27、is books in their free time. 67. What does the underlined word This in Paragraph 7 refer to?A. The pen moves. B. The ball drops. C. The bowl sinks completely D. The bowl pulls the rope68. How does the elephant clock work? Put the steps in the correct order.a. The ball drops into the vase. b. The bal

28、l drops into the dragons mouthc. The elephant driver moves and makes a soundd. After 30 minutes, a ball starts to fall from the top. e. The bowl moves down in the water and pulls on ropesA. b-d-a-c-e B. e-d-b-a-c C. a-e-b-d-c D. c-a-d-e-b15.江西EMany scientists once believed that physical similarities

29、 between identical twins are genetic(基因的), while their personalities, intelligence, and other differences between them are an effect of their environment. Now scientists are discovering that the boundaries(界限) between gene and environment are not so clear Twins Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopte

30、d (領(lǐng)養(yǎng)) as babies and raised by different couples. When the Jims finally met at age 39, they discovered they had plenty in common. Both were six feet tall, 180 pounds. They had the same smile and the same voice. When scientist Thomas Bouchard Jr. invited the Jim twins to his lab, people there found i

31、t very hard to tell them apart. But the similarities didnt stop at the physical. Theyd both had dogs named Toy, They had both married women named Linda, and then their marriage broke up. Theyd both been policemen, enjoyed music, and left love notes around the house for their wives. They had so much

32、in common, it seemed unlikely these were just coincidences(巧合）。The Jim twins were just one of 137 sets of separated twins Bouchard tested. When they compared the twins IQ scores, Bouchard and his team reached a surprising conclusion(結(jié)論). They concluded that intelligence was mostly connected to genes

33、 rather than to training or education. It seemed the differences in family and environment had little effect. However, genes cant control everything, argues geneticist Danielle Reed, who also studies twins, Reeds research shows that though nothing can truly change our DNA, environmental differences that a child experiences before birth and in their first year can sometimes affect the way the DNA behaves, making even identical twins into very different people. What I like to say is that Moth