2016中考英语阅读系列之二

中考英语阅读系列
之二
(1)
We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and puter networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system (系统) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.
At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made "surfing" the Internet more convenient.
Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.
1. The Internet has a history of more than ____ years.
A. sixty B. ten C. thirty D. twenty
2. A new network system was set up to ____.
A. make computers cheaper B. make itself keep on working all the time
C. break down the whole network D. make computers large and expensive
3. At first the Internet was only used by ____.
A. the government B. universities C. hospitals and banks D. schools
4. ____ made "surfing" the Internet more convenient.
A. Computers B. Scientists C. Software D. Information
5. Which of the following is true
A. In the 1960s, computer networks worked well.
B. In the early 1970s, the Internet was easy to use.
C. Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before.
D. Today it's still not easy to get on-line.
答案：CBACC
(2)
Pollution
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.
Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.
1. Our world is becoming much smaller ____.
A. because the earth is being polluted day and night.
B. thanks to science development
C. because of the rise in population
D. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year
2. Thousands of years ago, life was ____ it is today.
A. much easier than B. as easy as C. as hard as D. much harder than
3. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here "it" means ____.
A. water pollution B. air pollution C. noise pollution D. rubbish
4. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ____.
A. it's bad for all living things in the world B. it makes much noise
C. it makes our rivers and lakes dirty D. it makes us angry more easily
5. Which of the following is NOT true
A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.
B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.
C. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.
D. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.
答案：BDCAD
(3)
Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared(出现), life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.
Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why
1. The best title of the text should be ____.
A. Cities or Villages B. Back to Towns C. How Cities Grew D. People and Animals
2. The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to ____.
A. villages B. animals C. cities D. people
3. When factories were built, ____.
A. more people live near the factories B. people began to live in the factories
C. many people began to work in villages D. many machines appeared in big factories
4. We can learn from the text that ____.
A. people like to work only in big cities B. some people don't like to live in big cities
C. there will be no small towns in the future D. it is better to live in cities than in villages
5. In what order did people do the following things
a. Worked in villages b. Lived near the factories.
c. Learned to grow food. d. Built factories.
e. Began to live near each other.
A. d, b, a, e, c B. e, a, c, d, b C. c, e, a, d, b D. a. c. d. e. b
答案：CDABC
(4)
A young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again. Einstein was very annoyed. He did not say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean ” asked the young man .
“A means success”, explained the old scientist, “X stands for hard work, Y for good method and Z means stop talking and get down to work.”
1. The young man ____.
A. wanted to meet Einstein
B. wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein
C. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of success
D. wanted to be a student of Einstein
2. In Einstein’s opinion the secret of success was ____.
A. to work with great energy
B. to study hard day and night
C. to learn from great scientists
D. to raise questions as many as you could
3. “Y” stands for ____.
A. hard work B. great energy C. great success D. good manner(方法)
4. The word “annoyed” means ____.
A. angry B. sad C. lovely D. glad
5. Einstein was a man who ____.
A. liked to talk with young people
B. liked to help others
C. liked to make friends with young people
D. liked to work , but didn’t like to talk
答案：CBDAD
(5)
British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry, so newspapermen write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened where, when and how it happened and what was the result: how many people were killed, what change was done and so on. Readers want the fact set out as fully and accurately as possible. Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information from someone who was there, which can be given in the person’s own words. Because he can use only a few words, the newspaperman must choose those words carefully, every one must be effective. Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes “he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write “they thundered down the mountainside”. Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.
1. From the text we learn that newspapermen write as few words as possible because readers ____.
A. want to know more about the news
B. take no interest in what has happened
C. have no time to read the news carefully
D. pay much attention to the result
2. The underlined word “one” in the text refers to ____.
A. word B. newspaperman C. reader D. person
3. Which of the following would best complete the text
A. he will keep his writing short
B. he won’t care about his writing
C. he will give nothing but information
D. he won’t make his writing good enough.
4. In what way do you think British newspapers have become smaller
A. In a page size. B. In number of readers.
C. In number of pages. D. In number of copies
5. Which of the following is true
A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.
B. Not many people have time to read the long articles in newspapers.
C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.
D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.
答案：CABAB
(6)
The story happened during the Second World War. An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun, his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights. The old man was very sad. he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living.
It was a very cold winter night. The old man couldn’t go to sleep. He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen. He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.
Once he came to a village, but the villages were all poor and couldn’t give him anything. He was too hungry to go to another village. He thought hard and found a way. He came to a police station and called out, “Hitler is a foolish pig!＂
Out came an old policeman at once. He took the old man into a room, gave him some bread and a cup of tea. Then he said, “Don’t say in our village, sir!”
“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the old man, “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown.”
“No, no, sir.” The policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hometown!”
1. The old man was ____.
A. a German B. a French
C. an Australian D. an Englishman
2. The old man was sad because ____.
A. his three sons all died during the war
B. His three sons had to join the army
C. He had no food or clothes
D. He lived in the small town alone
3. The old man got up and ran in his room to ____.
A. keep healthy
B. Forget he was sad and hungry
C. Make him warm
D. Find a way to forget he was hungry
4. The old man shouted outside the police station because ____.
A. he hated Hitler very much
B. he hoped the policeman could help him
C. he wanted to make the policemen angry
D. he thought the he would be given some food in prison (监狱)
5. Which statement is true
A. The old policeman hated Hitler, too
B. The old policeman found that the old man his best friend
C. The old policeman would send the old man in prison
D. The old policeman liked Hitler better than pigs
答案：AACDA
(7)
Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason ”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes, Kate ”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”
1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class ____.
A. how to telephone B. about electricity
C. about time zone（时区） D. about sound
2. Miss Gorgers asked this question because she wanted to know whether ____.
A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. her students had grasped（理解）her lesson
D. sound waves were slower than electricity
3. Tom thought that electricity was ____.
A. slower than sound waves B. faster than sound waves
C. not so fast as sound waves D. as fast as sound waves
4. Kate thought Tom was wrong because ____.
A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
B. electricity was slower than sound waves
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
5. Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics
A. Tom’s B. Kate’s C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B
答案：DCBAA
(8)
It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher (屠夫), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today ”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
1. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite ____.
A. cruelly B. fairly C. kindly D. unfriendly
2. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it ____.
A. might do it much harm. B. could do it much good
C. would help the butcher D. was worth many pounds
3. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog ____.
A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith
B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith
4. From its experience, the dog found that ____.
A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith’s words on it could bring it meat
B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C. Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
5. At the end of the story, you’ll find that ____.
A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B. the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more
C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D. the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal
答案：CBADD
(9)
Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P. E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard（胡子）and takes good care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on. There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）the back of a chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, “Let go of（松开）my beard, boy!”
“Are you going to get off, sir ” asked to boy.
1. Mr. King is a ____.
A. player B. runner C. teacher D. driver
2. Mr. King was going to watch the match because ____.
A. he teaches P. E. in a middle school B. he likes football very much
C. he had already got a ticket D. he didn’t go to work yesterday
3. It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because ____.
A. he had drunk too much B. the bus was too small
C. he got on the bus too late D. it was very crowded in the bus
4. The boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because ____.
A. he was afraid to fall again B. he wanted to make the man angry
C. he hoped the man to find a seat for him D. he hoped the man to get off soon
5. Mr. King was afraid ____, so he shouted at him.
A. the boy would pull him down B. the boy would hurt his beard
C. the boy could be hurt again D. the boy would borrow his ticket
答案：CBDDB
(10)
My friend is a taxi driver. He has been a taxi driver for ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is too much traffic during the day. He usually goes home between two o’clock in the morning. There are some very strange things, which often happen at night. One day my friend was taking a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning. She had her little dog with her. When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of honking he decided to find out what was going on. He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window.
At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a thief. Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about my friend and the dog.
1. The driver always works at night because it is easier to _____.
A. drive B. climb in through window
C. make money D. meet a lot of people
2. The woman climbed in through the window because _____.
A. she wanted to have a sleep B. her husband didn’t open the door for her
C. she didn’t want to pay the money D. she couldn’t find her key
3. The story happened _____.
A. early in the morning B. late at night
C. outside the city D. near the bus station
4. Which of the following is not true
A. The driver worked until 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning.
B. The policemen made a mistake.
C. The woman had no money to pay.
D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.
5. The driver climbed in through the window to _____.
A. get money from the woman B. phone the police
C. return the dog to the woman D. see what happened in the house
答案：ADACD
(11)
On Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!
1. Three men flew in balloon _____.
A. for nearly 1,800 kilometers B. to another city
C. to visit Poland D. more than a century ago
2. The metal box was used for _____.
A. carrying the bags of sand B. keeping drinking-water
C. carrying ropes of the basket D. changing weight
3. When the balloon went up higher, _____.
A. the temperature of the balloon began to fall
B. They saw the sun go down
C. They made a hole in the basket with their knives
D. They could see a black hole on the ground
4. The balloon landed _____.
A. in London B. on the sea C. on a lake D. in a foreign country
5. Which of the following is NOT true
A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.
B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.
C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.
D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.
答案：BDADC
(12)
One day an old man went on a long way alone. Before he left home，his wife said, “Now you have all these things. You need them on your way. Take care of your things on the way.” He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.
About an hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said，Will you please show me your ticket The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he could not find it. He was very worried. I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train, said the old man.
I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy another ticket, said the conductor kindly. But the old man still looked worried and said sadly. You don’t know why I’m worried. If I don’t find my ticket, I cant remember my station. Where am I going
1. The old man bought a ticket ____.
A. after he got on the train
B. before he got on the train
C. when the conductor told him to buy one
D. when he found he had no ticket with him
2. About an hour later，the conductor began ____.
A. to buy the tickets
B. to look for the tickets
C. to check the tickets
D. to show the tickets
3. The conductor told the old man that he didn’t need to buy another ticket because ____.
A. the man was very old
B. he thought the old man had no money with him
C. the old man showed him the ticket
D. he believed the old man
4. The old man still looked worried because ____.
A. he couldn’t get on the train.
B. he lost his ticket and a lot of money
C. he thought his wife would get angry with him
D. he forgot where he was going
5. Which of the following is right
A. The old man went on the trip with his wife
B. The old man didn’t find his ticket
C. The conductor was also an old man
D. The old man had to buy another ticket
答案：BCDDB
(13)
Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said: Were you ever in a hospital when you were small How did you feel The doctors in Children’s Hospital are asking for money for children’s toys. Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep these sick children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital.
After Mrs. Weeks read the story, she said, This story gave me an idea.
You want us to bring some money for the toys. We could bring some of our own toys for the children in the hospital. said the boys and girls one after another.
Well, your ideas would be nice, Mrs. Weeks said, but mine is different.
We could make some toys, shouted one of them.
Mrs. Weeks smiled. Do you think you could make toys she asked.
Yes, yes. The whole class answered.
Great! Let’s begin to make toys tomorrow, said Mrs. Weeks.
On Saturday afternoon，Mrs. Weeks took children to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the class felt happy, too.
A few days later, Mrs. Weeks read another newspaper story to the class.
Some school pupils brought toys to Children’s Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. The doctor said，We have never had so many wonderful toys. Our children are very happy with them. They say, ‘THANK YOU，GRADE THREE.’
1. What was the first newspaper story mainly about
A. Sick children in Children’s Hospital
B. Doctors in Children’s Hospital.
C. Mrs. Weeks and her students.
D. Toys made by the boys and girls.
2. What idea did Mrs. Weeks have in mind
A. Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital.
B. Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the children in the hospital.
C. Let the class make some toys themselves and give them to the children in the hospital.
D. Tell the class to go to see the children in the hospital.
3. Doctors in Children’s Hospital didn’t have ____ to keep the children happy and quiet.
A. enough time B. enough boys and girls
C. get money to buy toys for D. enough doctors
4. At first, the doctors in Children’s Hospital wanted to ____ the sick children.
A. give some money to B. make some toys for
C. get money to buy toys for D. borrow some toys for
5. What Mrs. Weeks really wanted to do is to ____.
A. let everyone know her class
B. save some money for toys
C. make herself famous
D. teach the pupils to do things themselves and be helpful to others
答案：ACCCD
(14)
The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is night on the other side. At night, you can see the stars. The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When night comes, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see. The stars look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger.
1. When it is night, the sun _____ .
A. doesn’t shine B. shines for a short time
C. disappears D. shines on the other side of the earth
2. We can’t see the stars in the sky at daytime(白天)because _____ .
A. there are no stars there
B. the stars are much smaller than the sun
C. the bright light from the sun makes them not seen
D. the stars come out only at night
3. The stars look small because _____ .
A. they are far away B. they are small C. they have no light D. they are in the sky
4. Small things may look _____ when they are close.
A. bigger B. small C. near D. far away
5. The sun looks bigger than other stars because _____.
A. it’s bigger B. it’s far away in the sky
C. it gives much bright light D. it’s closer to the earth than other stars
答案：CDACB
(15)
The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up and people won’t understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldn’t understand them. But if you sense of humor, you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”
1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____.
A. writing it B. using it C. listening D. learning grammar
2. What should you do in learning English
A. Be careful not to make any mistakes
B. Write as quickly as you can
C. Speak English as much as you can
D. Laugh more often
3. When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _____.
A. not care B. be happy C. feel worried D. be unhappy
4. When you make s mistake, you should _____.
A. keep quiet B. get angry C. be kind D. keep your sense of humor
5. The story tells us :“_____”.
A. Only foolish people make mistakes
B. Few people make mistakes
C. People never make mistakes
D. There is no one who doesn’t make mistakes
答案：BCADD