英語閱讀理解（九）

英語閱讀理解（九）

三.閱讀理解（共10小題，每小題2分，計(jì)20分）

（A）

Areyoulookingforsomethingfunandwouldyouliketohelpothersinyoursparetime?Thenjoinusto

beavolunteer!We'reanon-profit（贏利的）organization.Wehavevolunteerjobsofallages.Anyone,

fromtwelve-year-oldchildrentopeopleintheirseventiescanbecomeavolunteer.

Youcanhelppeopleinmanyways.Schoolsneedhelpwithtakingcareofchildrenwhileparentsare

working.Hospitalsneedvolunteerstolookafterchildrenwhiletheirparentsareseeingadoctor.Animal

loverscanhelptakecareofthosedogsandcatswithouthomes.Thereissomethingforeveryone.

“Asavolunteer,Idon*twanttogetanything.Seeingthechildren'shappyfaces,I'mhappy,too."Said

CarlosDomingo,anoldwomanof62.“Ioftenplayedcomputergamesinmysparetimebefore.NowI

helpolderpeoplelearnhowtousecomputers.”saidanothervolunteerattheageof18.

Ifeveryonehelpsoutabit,wellhaveabetterworldtolivein.Interested?Callus1-800-555-5756orvisit

ourwebsite:.

26.Whendothevolunteershelpothers?

A.lntheirsparetime.B.AtweekendsC.Onweekdays.D.lntheevenings.

27.canbeavolunteer.

A.ChildrenB.OIdwomenC.Anyoneaged12-70D.Youngpeople

28.Volunteerswanttogetwhentheyhelpothers.

A.moneyB.computersC.everythingD.nothing

（B）

On26thJanuary,thebiggestearthquake（地震）inIndiatookthelivesof25,000people.Inthemorning,

wheneverybodywasenjoyingholiday,earthquakebegan.Itwasabout7.5ontheRitcherscale."There

isnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore.Everythinghasbeenpulleddown,"saidoneof

thevillagersalive."Thereisnowater,nofoodandnoonehascometohelp.*'

NobodydiedinPakistan,acountrynexttoIndia.TheCityofLahorewaslucky.InLahoreAmerican

School,whereIwasstudying,allofthestudentsweresafe.Theywereonthefield,somostchildren

didn'tfeelanything.Theearthquakewasfeltbytheteachersthatwereonthesecondfloor.However,

thoughMrsYoungwasalsoonthesecondfloor,shedidn'tfeelanything.Shedidn'tknowwhathappened

untilateachertoldheraboutit.Thoseteacherswhowereontheotherfloorshaddifferentfeelings.Mr

Emond,themathsteacherfromAustralia,saidthatwhentheearthquakestartedhethoughttherewas

somethingwrongwithhim,butthenanotherteachersaidthatitwasanearthquake.AfterthosewordsMr

Emondfeltbetter.MrsDavisandMrFrostdidn'tfeelanythingeither.

Mymotherdidn'tfeelanything.Shedidn'tevenknowthatitwasanearthquaketillshesawashaking

(movingfromsidetoside)light.Mydadsawthecomputershakingandthenhelookedoutofthewindow

andsawmanypeoplegoingout.

29.Peopleuse"Ritcherscale'*totell.

A.wheretheearthquaketakesplace

B.whentheearthquaketakesplace

C.howserioustheearthquakeis

D.howlongtheearthquakelasts

30.Welearnthatfromthesentence“Thereisnothingleftbetweentheskyandtheearthanymore."

A.Indiaisalargecountry

B.theIndianpeoplehadnothingaftertheearthquake

C.thereisnotallbuildinginIndia

D.theearthquakeinIndiawasserious

31.TheCityofLahoreis.

A.inIndiaB.inAmericaC.inPakistanD.inAustralia

(C)

Ajoblessmanwantedverymuchtohavethepositionof“officeboy"atMicrosoft.TheHRmanager

interviewedhimandthenwatchedhimcleaningthefloorasatest.uYouhavepassedthetest/'hesaid.

“Givemeyoure-mailaddressandI'llsendyoutheformtofillinandthedatewhenyoumaystart."The

manreplied,"ButIdon'thaveacomputer,neitherane-mail.nlTmsorry,“saidtheHRmanager.*1fyou

don'thaveane-mail,thatmeansyouarenotliving.Andanyonewhoisn'tlivingcannothavethejob.”

Themanleftwithnohopeatall.Hedidn*tknowwhattodowithonly$10inhispocket.Hethoughtand

thought.Thenhewenttothesupermarketandbought10kilosoftomatoes.Hesoldthetomatoesfrom

doortodoor.Inlessthantwohours,hehad20dollars.Herepeatedtheoperationthreetimes,and

startedtogoearlyeveryday,andreturnedhomelate.Shortly,heboughtacart,thenatruck,thenhe

hadhisownfleetofdeliveryvehicles(運(yùn)貨車隊(duì)).Fiveyearslater,themanwasoneofthebiggestfood

retailers(零售商)intheUS.

Oneday,oneofhisfriendsaskedhimforhise-mail.Hesaid,*'lhavenlgotone."Hisfriendcouldn't

believehisears.uCanyouimaginewhatyoucouldhavebeenifyouhadane-mail?”Themanthoughtfor

awhileandreplied,HYes,I'dbeanofficeboyatMicrosoft!,1

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

32.Whatdidthemandoforthetest?

A.Hesente-mails.B.Hedidthecleaning

C.Hesoldcomputers.D.Hefilledinforms.

33.Themandidn,tgetthejobbecausehe.

A.dislikedsuchajobB.didn'tpassthetest

C.didn*thaveane-mailD.knewnothingaboutcomputers

34.ThemanafterheleftMicrosoft.

A.wenttolookforanotherjobB.askedforfoodfromdoortodoor

C.thoughtofanideatomakemonkeyD.boughtacomputerandgotane-mail

35.WhycouldthemanbecomeoneofthebiggestfoodretailersintheUS?

A.Becausehehadmanyfriendstohelphim.

B.Becausehewassmartandworkedveryhard.

C.Becausehehadhisownfleetofdeliveryvehicles.

D.BecausehewantedtoshowMicrosofthewasliving.

答案：

26—28ACD29—31CBC32—35BCCB

六.任務(wù)型閱讀。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空，每空一詞。(共10小題，每小題1分，計(jì)10分)

(A)

Wealldreamaboutthingsthatwewouldliketodoandthingswehopetoachieveinthefuture.Butare

everybody'sdreamsthesame?Herearesomeofthefindingsofasurveyaboutdreams,inwhich

thousandsofstudentsacrossChinatookpart.

Teenagershaveallkindsofdreams.Somearemorerealisticthanothers.Forexample,manystudents

saidtheywouldliketobevolunteersfortheAsianGames,maybeworkingastranslatorsortourguides.

Andquiteafewsaidtheydreamofgoingtothemoononeday.

Accordingtothesurvey,lessrealisticdreamsarealsocommon,butmanystudentsreportedthatthey

werewillingtoworkhardtoachievetheirdreams.Quiteafewdreamofbecomingfamous,perhaps

famoussportspeopleorsingers.Somesaidthey'dlovetogoonexcitingtrips;onestudentsaidshe'd

lovetosailacrossthePacificOcean.Andthentherearedreamsthatareimpossible;threestudentssaid

they*dliketobeabletofly.

56.Thousandsofstudentspartinthesurvey"WhatareyourT

57.Thedreamtobetoflyonedayisnot.

58.ofthegiiTsdreamsistosailacrossthePacificOceaninthe.

59.arequiteafewstudentsdreamingtobepeople.

60.Itistoachievethedreamswithoutworking.

(B)

Inthepast,mandidnothavetothinkabouttheprotectionofhisenvironment.Therewerenotmany

peopleonearth,andnaturalresourcesseemedtobeunlimited.

Today,thingsaredifferent.Theworldhasbecometoocrowded.Weareusingupournaturalresources

tooquickly,andatthesametimewearepollutingourenvironmentwithdangerouschemicals.Ifwe

continuelikethis,humanlifeonearthwillnotsurvive.

Everyonerealizestodaythatiftoomanyfisharetakenfromthesea,therew川soonbenoneleft.Yet,

withmodernfishingmethods,moreandmorefisharecaught.Weknowthatiftoomanytreesarecut

down,forestswilldisappearandnothingwillgrowontheland.Yet,wecontinuetousebiggerandmore

powerfulmachinestocutdownmoreandmoretrees.

Werealizethatifriversarepollutedwithwasteproductsfromfactories,wewilldie.However,inmost

countrieswasteproductsarestillputintoriversorintothesea,andtherearefewlawstostopthis.

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Weknow,too,thatifthepopulationoftheworldcontinuestoriseatthepresentrate,inafewyears,there

willnotbeenoughfood.

Whatcanwedotosolvetheseproblems?

Ifweeatmorevegetablesandlessmeat,wewilleasilygetmorefood.Landthatisusedtogrowcrops

canfeedfivetimesmorepeoplethanlandwhereanimalsarekept.

Theworldpopulationwillnotrisesoquicklyifpeopleusemodernmethodsofbirthcontrol.

Finally,ifweeducatepeopletothinkabouttheproblems,weshallhaveabetterandcleanerlivingplace

inthefuture.

Theimportanceofprotectingtheenvironment

Problems?Morefishbeingcaught.

?More61beingcutdown.

?Morewasteproductsbeingputintorivers.

?More62beingborn.

Causes?Theworldisbecomingtoo63.

?Modernmethodsmakethesituationworse.

ResultWehumanbeingswillnotsurviveontheearth.

Solutions?Eatmorevegetablesandlessmeatsothatmorefoodwillbe

availableforeveryone.

?Usemodernmethodsof64controlsothatthepopulationwillnotgrowtoofast.

?Educatepeoplesothatthe65willbebetterandcleaner.

答案：

56.took;dreams57.able;realistic/possible58.One;future59.There;famous

60.impossible/difficult/hard;hard61-65.trees.babies.crowdedbirthearth

三.閱讀理解（共10小題，每小題2分，計(jì)?20分）

（A）

DearAmy,

Icouldn'treadyourtwoe-mailsuntiltodaybecausemycomputerwasbroken.Tmsorrytohearabout

yourproblem,butTmgladyou'refeelingbetterandarerecovering（康復(fù)）.I'msurprisedthatinChina

someone*sliver（肝臟）matchedyours!Thisisreallyamovingstory-astrangerdonatedpartofhisliverto

agirlhedoesn'tevenknow!

YouYeright.Weshouldn'tcaretoomuchaboutourweight.Tmhappyyoustoppedtakingthose

weight-losspills.FromyourphotoIcanseeyouarenowlookingverywellinthehospital.Tokeepslimis

important,especiallyforanactress,butnothingismoreimportantthanhealth.Yourdoctor'sadviceis

indeedverygood-exerciseforatleasthalfanhoureverydayandeatlotsoffruitandvegetables.

Ifsnotonlyinyourcountry.IfsthesameherewithusChinese-manypeoplearealwaysgoingondiets

ortakingweight-losspills,whichareoftendangerous.Butinfact,someofthemarenotoverweight（超重）

atall.Ihopethesepeoplecanlearnsomethingfromyourstory.Hopeyouwillleavehospitalassoonas

possible.

Love

XXX

26.Whodoes°agirl"intheletterreferto?

A.Thewriteroftheletter.B.Amy.

C.Astranger.D.Anunknownperson.

27.Whichcountryisthewriteroftheletterfrom?

A.America.B.China.

C.Germany.D.England.

28.WhichofthefollowingisNOTright?

A.Amyhasprobablyjustreceivedanoperationonliver.

B.Amyisnowprobablyinhospitalrecovering.

C.AChinesemandonatedpartofhislivertoAmy.

D.Amyisnowstillgoingondietsortakingweight-losspills.

（B）

Markwaswalkinghomefromschoolonedaywhenhenoticedaboyaheadofhim.Hehadtripped（￡同到）

anddroppedallofthebookshewascarrying,alongwithsomeclothes,abaseballbatandaglove.

Markknelt（跪）downandhelpedtheboypickupthethings.Sincetheyweregoingthesameway,he

offeredtocarrysomethingsfortheboy.

Astheywalked,Markdiscoveredtheboy'snamewasBill.Helovedvideogames,baseballandhistory,

buthewashavingtroublewithsomeofhissubjects.

TheyarrivedatBilfshomefirst.MarkwasinvitedinforaCokeandtowatchsometelevision.The

afternoonpassedpleasantlywithsomelaughsandtalk.ThenMarkwenthome.

Theycontinuedtoseeeachotheraroundschool,hadlunchtogetheronceortwice,thenbothgraduated

fromjuniorschool.

Threedaysbeforegraduation,BillaskedMarkiftheycouldtalk.

Billreminded（提醒）Markofthedayyearsagowhentheyhadfirstmet.,lDidyoueverwonderwhyIwas

carryingsomanythingshomethatday?naskedBill.

“Yousee,Itookawayallmythingsfromschool.Ihadstoredawaysomeofmymother'ssleepingpills（安

眠藥）.Iwasgoinghometokillmyself.Butafterwespentsometimetalkingandlaughing,Irealizedthatif

Ihaddied,Iwouldhavemissedsomanygoodtimes.Soyousee,Mark,whenyoupickedupthosebooks

thatday,youdidalotmore."

29.WhenBillfelldownonhiswayhome,Mark.

A.didn'tnoticethat

B.wentawayquickly

C.helpedhimpickupthethings

D.carriedallthethingsforhim

30.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Markwasawarm-heartedboy.

B.Billwasgoodatallofhissubjects.

C.BillandMarkwereinthesameschool.

D.Billlovedvideogames,baseballandhistory.

31.AtBill'shome,theydidn't.

A.drinksomeCokeB.watchTV

C.haveapleasanttalkD.playvideogames

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（C）

WhenIwasabout12,Ihadanenemy,agirlwholikedtobepointoutmyshortcomings（缺點(diǎn)）.

SometimesshesaidIwasthin.SometimesshesaidIwaslazy.SometimesshesaidIwasn*tagood

student.SometimesshesaidItalkedtoomuch,andsoon.Itriedtoputupwith（忍受）heraslongasI

could.Atlast,Ibecameveryangry.Irantomyfatherwithtearsinmyeyes.

Helistenedtomequietly,andthenheasked,"Arethethingsshesaidtrueornot?Mary,didn'tyouever

wonderwhatyou'rereallylike?Goandmakealistofeverythingshesaidandmarkthepointsthatare

true.Paynoattentiontotheotherthingsshesaid.”

Ididashetoldmeandtomysurprise,Idiscoveredthatabouthalfthethingsweretrue.

Ibroughtthelistbacktomydad.Herefusedtotakeit"That'sjustforyou,"hesaid.uYouknowbetter

thananyoneelsethetruthaboutyourself.Whensomethingsaidaboutyouistrue,youllfinditwillbe

helpfultoyou.Don'tshutyourears.Listentothemall,buthearthetruthanddowhatyouthinkisright.*'

Manyyearshavepassed.Thesituationoftenappearsinmymind.Inourlifeweoftenmeetwithsome

troubleandweoftengotosomeoneandaskforadvice.Forsomeadviceyouwilltreasure（珍惜）allyour

life!

32.Whatdidthewriter'sfatherdoafterheheardhercomplaints（抱怨）？

A.Heagreedwithher“enemy”.

B.helethercontinuetoputupwithher“enemy*'.

C.Hetoldhertowritedownallher“enemy“hadsaidabouther.

D.Hetoldhernottopayattentiontowhather“enemy”hadsaid.

33.Thewriterfeltwhenshedidthethingsasherfatherhadtoldher.

A.surprisedB.angryC.disappointedD.sad

34.Whichofthefollowingcanweknowfromthepassage?

A.The"enemy"thoughtthewriterwaspretty.

B.The,,enemy^^thoughtthewriterstudiedhard.

C.Thewriterandher“enemy”becamebestfriendsatlast.

D.Thewriterisgratefultoherfather.

35.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?

A.MyParents

B.ASeriousCriticism(批評)

C.WhatPeopleSayAboutYouIsAlwaysRight

D.TheBestAdviceIEverHad

答案：

26—28BBD29—31CBD32—35CADD

六.任務(wù)型閱讀。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空，每空?詞。(共10小題，每小題1分，計(jì)10分)

(A)

Isthereachocolate-poweredracingcarintheworld?HeylYouhavereadtoo(A)children's

books!ButwaitJNow,thereisreallysucharacingcarintheworld.AteamfromaBritishuniversitymade

it.

Thechocolate-poweredracingcar'sengine(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī))useswastefromchocolatefactoriesorvegetableoil

asfuel(燃料)』tsbody(B)用土豆制成，itssteeringwheelismadefromcarrots,itsseatismadeof

soybeans,(C)itsbrakepads(剎車片)aremadefromnuts!WelLcanthiscarrunveryfast?(D)

Certainlylltcangofromzeroto60milesperhourin2.5seconds,andgoasfastas135milesper

hour.Whentheracingcarisrunning,itcleansitselfandletsoutoxygen.

“Ittookusmorethanninemonthsto(E)completetheracingcar,“saidateammember/Thecarisreally

green.Youcanfindmanyofthecar'spartsatafarmer'smarketoreveninalitterbinbecausemostofthe

materials(材料)arewasteinmostpeople'seyes.It'sfun.”

However,(F)thiseco-friendly(環(huán)保的)carcannotbedrivenintheofficial(正式的)racebecauseofthe

engine'sunusualfue.

56.在文中(A)和(C)的空白處分別填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~

57.將文中劃線部分(B)譯成英語：

58.寫出文中劃線部分(D)和(E)的同義詞語或近義詞語：

59.將文中劃線部分(F)改寫為：theengine'sunusualfuelmakesittothiseco-friendly

carintheofficialrace

60.從文中找出能說明本文中心大意的短語：

(B)

AmandaisanAmericanfilmmakerandactress.ShecametoChinathreeyearsagotostudy

PerformanceatBeijingFilmAcademy.Lastmonth,shemovedtoJapantostudyEconomicsatthe

UniversityofTokyo.OnJune10th,ShereturnedtotheUSA.Shechattedwithherparentsaboutthe

culturaldifferencesbetweenthetwocountries.

“Thepeopleinbothcountriesareveryfriendlytoforeigner.Buttheyhavedifferentcultures.Forexample,

whenIspokeChineseinChina,thepeopletherealwaysshowedsurpriseontheirfaces.ButwhenI

cametoJapan,Ifounditwasopposite.MostlocalpeopletherehopedIcouldtalkwiththeminJapanese,

thoughIwasnotgoodatit,"shesaid.

AmandathoughtthismighthavesomethingtodowiththefactthatthewesterngroupinJapanisolder

thantheoneinChina.TheyhavestayedinJapanforalongtime.AndmostofthemspeakJapanesewell.

ButWesternersinChinaarestillquiteanewgroup.TheyYeusuallytreatedasguestsandtourists.

閱讀短文，完成下面表格，每空一詞。

InJapanInChina

TimeAmandaspentAboutonemonthAbout61years

SubjectsAmanda62EconomicsPerformance

Different63TheJapaneseexpectedtheWesternerstospeakJapanese.TheChinesefelt64whenthe

WesternersspokeChinese.

ThereasonoftheculturaldifferenceThewesterngroupinChinais65thantheoneinJapan.

答案：

56.many;and57.ismadeof/frompotatoes58.Ofcourse/Surely：finish

59.impossible：drive6O.achocolate-poweredracingcar

61three/362studied/learnt/learned63cultures64surprised/amazed65younger/newer

（2011年江蘇省中考沖刺英語模擬試卷7）

三.閱讀理解（共10小題，每小題2分，計(jì)20分）

（A）

MrBrown*shousewaslessthantwomilesfromhisoffice,sohecoulddrivehomeeverydayforlunch.

Everytimehedrovehomeatnoon,hefoundmanycarsoutsidehishouseandtherewasnoroomforhis

owncar.Hehadtodrivesomewhereelsetoparkhiscar.Thenhewalkedbackhome.Thismadehim

veryangry.

Heputupaboardinthegardenfacingtheroad.Theboardsaid,uNoParking”.Butnobodynoticedit.

Peopleseemedtoobeyonlyapolicenoticewithwhitelettersonablueboard:

POLICENOTICE

NOPARKING

MrsBrownaskedhishusbandtostealapolicenoticebuthewasafraidtodoso.Thensheaskedhimto

makeonejustlikeapolicenotice.MrBrownsaidhewasnotthepoliceandcouldn'tusetheword“police”.

Severaldayslater,MrBrownmadeablueboardwithwhiteletters.

POLICENOTICE

NOPARKING

"Oh!"MrsBrownsaid."Youtoldmeyouwerenlgoingtousetheword'police',butwhydoyouuseit

now?”“Really?”heasked.

“Lookagain,Mshestartedtolaugh.uYouarereallyclever”.

26.MrBrown'sofficewashishouse.

A.nexttoB.notfarfromC.2hours1drivefromD.5milesfrom

27.MrBrownwasangrybecause.

A.hefoundnoroomtoparkhiscaroutsidehishouse

B.hehadnothingtoeatforlunchathome

C.helostthewaywhenhedrovebackhomeoneday

D.hecouldnlmakeapolicenoticeoutsidehishouse

28.MrBrownmadenoticeboard（s）a代ogether（總共）。

A.oneB.twoC.threeD.no

（B）

Oneofthemostfamomscientiststostudyadaptations（適應(yīng)能力）wasCharlesDarwin（達(dá)爾文）.Hewas

borninEnglandin1809.Hewasn'tthebeststudentinhisschool,butwhenhewas16,hisfathersenthim

toamedicalschool.Charleslikedspendingtimeoutdoorsobserving（觀察）naturemorethanattending

medicalcalsses.Hedroppedoutwithoutgraduating.

Next,Charles7athersenthimtoschooltobecomeaminister（牧師）.Thistimehemadeittograduation,

Buthedidn'twanttodotheworkofaminister.Hisfriendsencouragedhimtofollowhisinterestin

science.

Aftergraduation,CharleswasinvitedtosailontheBeagleasanunpaidscientist.Hewasn'tthefirst

choice.buthewastheluckyonetogo.TheBeaglewastotraveltoSoulthAmericaandthenaroundthe

world.Thecrew'staskwastomakemapsoftheplacestheyvisited.

OnDecember27th,1831.CharlesDarwinsailedfromEnglandontheBeagle。Thetripwasplannedto

lasttwoyears.Infact,itlastedfive.Duringthistime,hesawmanyamazingthings.Hecollectedlotsof

plantsandanimalsandtookthembacktoEnglandtostudy.

Twenty-threeyearslater,DarwinpublishedanscientificpaperwithanothermannamedWallace.Darwin

describedhowsomeanimalshaveadaptationsthathelpthemsurvive.Theyarepassedonto,

offspring（后代）.Darwin'sideasaboutadaptationstothestudyoflivingthings.

29.Darwinwasveryinterestedin

A.attendingmedicalclassesB.theworkofaminister

C.sailingaroundtheworldD.science

3O.TheBeaglewasa（an）.

A.shipB.planeCplantD-animal

31.WhenDarwinpublishedthescientificpaper,hewasyearsold.

A.twenty-threeB.twenty-twoC.forty-fiveD.fifty

（C）

Iwasinlinewaitingtopay.Inlinethereweretwopeoplebeforeme.Alittleboywasbuyingsomerather

strangeclothes.Hechattedwithanyonewhowasinterestedintheclothesandsoonwelearntthathe

wasgoingtoakindergarten（幼兒園）party.Hehaddoneagreatjobofputtingtogetherinteresting

costumes.

Inoticedthatthelittleboywaspayingmostlywithchange（零錢）.Itseemedthathehadrobbedhispig

bank（豬形儲(chǔ)蓄罐）todothisshopping.However,thecashiertoldhimhewasshortaftercountingallthe

money.Theboythoughtforamomentandsaid,"PleasekeeptheshirtandIwillcomebackwithmore

money.K

Itwasclearthathehadalreadyusedallthemoneyhehadandhewas$8.00short.Theladyinfrontof

mesaid,“Well,Icouldpayhalfofthat.*1toldtheboythatIcouldpaytheotherhalf.Wedugintoour

handbags.However,bothofusonlyhadten-dollarbills（紙幣）andweneededthecashiertogetthe

changeforus.Othershoppersbegandiggingintotheirpocketstofindsomechange.Itwasamazingand

touchingasallthesestrangersseemedto「eact（反應(yīng)）withthesamemind.Allwantedtobeofhelp.

Withinminutesthecashiersaid,Mlhavetoomuchmoney."Thecashierdidn'tneedourten-dollarbills.

Thentheladyinfrontofme,whohadbeenthefirsttoofferhelp,said,**Wait!Ididn'tevengetachanceto

giveanything!”

Ismiledatherandsaid,"Youdidyourshare,becauseitwasyourideaandyoustartedallthis.**Thelittle

boysmiledandthankedus.Wewishedhimthebestandheleft.Iwasleftwithagoodfeeling.Ihadseen

theloveandgoodnessofothersallaroundme.Thewomaninfrontofmesmiledandsaid,Mltsurefeels

goodtogive,doesn'tit?"Ismiledbackandsaid,MYes!M

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32.Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A.Loveandgoodness.B.Cultureandtradition.

C.Friendshipandhonesty.D.Communicationandunderstanding.

33.Whydidthewriterandthewomanbothfeelglad?

A.Becausetheboyhadsavedsomemoney.

B.Becausetheybothdidn'tneedtogiveanything.

C.Becausethecashierdidn'tlookdownontheboy.

D.Becausealltheshoppersaroundwerewillingtohelptheboy.

34.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“touching”mostprobablymean?

A.令人感動(dòng)的B.令人難過的C.令人失望的D.令人害怕的

35.What'sthecorrectorderofthefollowingevents?

a.Thecashiergotenoughmoneyfortheboy'sshirt.

b.Thecashiercountedtheboy*smoney.

c.Theshopperslookedforsomechangeintheirpockets.

d.Theboywenttothelinetopay.

A.b,a,c,dB.b,c,a,dC.d,b,c,aD.c,d,b,a

答案：

26—28BAB29—31DAC32—35ADAC

六.任務(wù)型閱讀。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空，每空一詞。(共10小題，每小題1分，計(jì)10分)

(A)

BoththeBritishandAmericansspeakEnglish.However,thereareseveraldifferencesbetween

AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.Forexample,thewordstheyuseindailylifearenotthesame.The

Britishcallthefirstfloorofabuildingthegroundfloor.Thefloorabovethegroundflooristhefirstfloor.,

whichAmericanscallthesecondfloor.OnceyougotoBritainandAmerica,youmaynoticeother

differences.TheBritishusuallyhidetheirfeelings.Theydon'toftenstartatalkwithstrangers.Onthe

traintheBritishoftenspendtheirtimereadingnewspapersorbooks.ButAmericansaremoreactiveand

easiertotalkwith.

任務(wù)2:根據(jù)英文釋義及首字母提示，拼寫單詞。

56.aatortoahigherpoint

57.htostopsomebodyorsomethingfrombeingseen.

任務(wù)3：同義句轉(zhuǎn)換，每空一詞。

However,thereareseveraldifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.

However,AmericanEnglishis58.__59.____BritishEnglishinseveralways.

任務(wù)4：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡答問題。

WhatdotheBritishoftenspendtheirtimereadingonthetrain?

60..

(B)

61.(A)用一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)挠⒄Z單詞替代文中②處劃線部分Nomatterwhat：.

(B)猜猜文中④處劃線部分distance的漢語意思：.

62.將文中⑤處的劃線部分翻譯成漢語：.

63.根據(jù)文中⑥處的漢語提示，用英語將句子補(bǔ)充完整：.

64.將文中①處劃線部分合并成一句：

Pleasetellme.

65.寫出文中③處劃線部分的同義句：.

答案：

56.above57.hide58.different59.from60.Newspaperorbooks

61.（A）Whateverwhatever;（B）疏遠(yuǎn)/（與.）保持距離

62.人們對你的行為更感興趣，而不是你的體重?；颍喝藗兏诤跄愕膬?nèi)在而不是外表。

63.makeyoufeel（alittle/abit）better64.whatIshoulddo/whattodo

65.Ifyouletthemupsetyou,youwillhaveabadtimeallday.

或：Ifyoudon'tletthemupsetyou,youwillhaveagoodtimeallday.

或：Unlessyouletthemupsetyou,youwillhaveagoodtimeallday.

（2011年江蘇省中考沖刺英語模擬試卷8）

三.閱讀理解（共10小題，每小題2分，計(jì)20分）

（A）

ArecentreportfromDazhouDailysaysabout18%ofDazhouteenagerscanhaveproblemswiththeir

minds（內(nèi)心，精神）.Somestudentsbecomeworriedbecausetheyhavetostudyveryhard.Othershave

troublegettingonwellwithpeopleliketheirparentsandclassmates.

ZhangQiang,aJunior2studentfromDazhou,couldnotunderstandhisteachersinclassandwasdoing

badlyinhislessons.Hewasafraidofexams.Whenhelookedattheexampaper,hecouldn'tthinkof

anythingtowrite.

Anotherstudent,a15-year-oldgirlcalledWuYanfromGuang'anoftenarguedwithherclassmateseven

herparentsbecauseofsomedifferentideas.Shebecamesoannoyedaboutthemthatshestartedtocut

herfingerwithaknife.

However,manystudentswhohaveproblemswon*tgoforadviceorhelp.Somethinktheywilllook

stupid（愚蠢的）iftheygotoseeadoctor.Othersdon'twanttotalkabouttheirsecrets.Inordertosolve

theteenagers*problems,hereissomeadvice:

?Talktoyourparentsorteachersoften.

?Takepartingroupactivitiesandplaysports.

?Gotoseeadoctorifyoufeelunhappyorunwell.

26.ItisreportedthatstudentsinDazhoucanhaveproblemswiththeirminds.

A.mostB.manyC.someD.allthe

27.Fromthepassageweknowteenagershaveproblemswiththeirminds

becauseof.

A.theirstudyB.gett