安徽无为县2016中考英语阅读理解选练含参考答案
【中考先睹为快】
Passage A
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
HIGH (Human Growth Ho ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rmone) could be the favorite drug at the next athletic world championships, and we might never know it. It is a natural substance(物质) produced by the human body, and it helps children’s bones and muscles(肌肉) to grow. Scientists are allowed to make the drug and it is also legal to take HGH in most countries. HGH is considered a wonder drug for children. It helps many children with growth problems every year.
However, some athle ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tes are now taking the drug. HGH helps add muscle in adults and recent research by the World Anti-Doping Agency shows that HGH may improve the sportsman’s time by 5% when he takes part in short, fast races. Some athletes say that HGH surely makes them stronger. It also helps them to recover(恢复) more quickly from injuries.
Although it is ba ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nned by most professional sports, HGH is almost impossible to test for. The drug is completely natural and it will only show in tests for around 24 hours after taking it. Testing is usually done only during competitions, but athletes use HGH during training, so it is very difficult to know who has used the drug. This makes it very attractive for some athletes. Scientists are developing a new test which will find the drug in the body for up to two weeks. But it isn’t going to be easy. Everybody has different levels of natural HGH in their body.
For this reason, sc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ientists are warning athletes of the possible problems with the drug. Research shows that HGH increase the risk of cancer. But is this enough to stop athletes from taking it Scientists don’t think so. Some athletes will do all they can to win, and worry about their health later.
1. Which of these statements is WRONG
A. HGH is a natural substance.
B. HGH is needed to help bones and muscles grow.
C. HGH is used as medicine for children.
D. HGH is not allowed to be produced in many countries.
【答案】D
【考点】细节理解题
【解析】 从第一段当中"S ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cientists are allowed to make the drug and it is also legal to take HGH in most countries.",可以推断出选D是不符合文意的。
2. The second paragraph tells you that ____.
A. some athletes believe HGH can help them do better.
B. HGH is mainly taken by some scientists.
C. research shows that HGH is effective in 5% of athletes.
D. HGH doesn’t have any effect on performance.
【答案】A
【考点】细节理解题
【解析】 从第二段中的 "So ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )me athletes say that HGH surely makes them stronger. It also helps them to recover(恢复) more quickly from injuries."得知运动员认为HGH是可以让他们变得更强壮，并且让他们更快的恢复伤口，可以得出答案是A。
3. Besides m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aking them stronger, why is taking HGH attractive for some athletes
A. Because it can be taken during a competition.
B. Because it is very difficult to test.
C. Because it is allowed to take it.
D. Because it works for 24 hours.
【答案】B
【考点】细节理解题
【解析】从第三段的 "Testing is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )usually done only during competitions, but athletes use HGH during training, so it is very difficult to know who has used the drug. This makes it very attractive for some athletes."可以直接推断出答案为B。
4. The underlined word “banned” in the third paragraph means ____.
A. 支持 B. 赞成 C. 禁止 D. 忽视
【答案】C
【考点】词意判断题
【解析】‘banned’本身意思 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )就是“禁止”的意思，而从第四段的 "For this reason, scientists are warning athletes of the possible problems with the drug."，可以推断出HGH应该是被禁止的，所以选C。
5. Scientists are afraid that ____.
A. some athletes will pay no attention to the dangers of using HGH.
B. there isn’t any ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )risk of developing cancer as a result of taking HGH.
C. health problems caused by HGH will stop athletes from taking it.
D. athletes’ res ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ults are almost the same, so they want HGH to help them be the best.
【答案】A
【考点】推断题
【解析】第一，文章没有讲到athl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )etes’ results are almost the same, so they want HGH to help them be the best.这一点；第二，最后一段集中在讲HGH有致癌风险，科学家担心运动员们为了赢得比赛会选择先赢比赛在考虑这个问题。
【参考答案】DABCA
Passage B
2016中考英语阅读理解分类练习：教育类
It is a very usual ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )thing for a person to have a good friend. My good friend is Diana. She is a rich and proud (骄傲) girl. She often thinks that she is too good for anyone.
One day after school, I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me. She gave me a cake, I got it. We talked and joked. From then on, I began to spend more time with Vivien than Diana. However, I also began to feel a little uneasy.
After a few days, I went to see Diana with some snacks and at that time Vivien came and sat with me. She gave me a sandwich. She also gave one to Diana, but Diana didn’t get it. She walked away. I was angry with Diana for being so rude.
"Never mind," Vivien said , " I’m used to (习惯) it."
After school, I tried to catch up with Diana. When we walked home, I tried to correct her attitude (态度), but she would not listen to me. She said, “Go and join your ‘dear’ Vivien. I know you make new friends and forget the old ones.”
For the next few weeks, we did not talk to each other. Then, one day, Diana came to Vivien and me, saying, “I’m really sorry about what I did. I’m a spoiled (宠坏) girl, but I also need good friends just like you. Would you please forgive (原谅) me Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled. From then on, Diana, Vivien and I are best friends.
【小题1】The writer was angry with Diana .
A．because she was too good for anyone
B．when Diana didn’t get Vivien’s sandwich
C．though (虽然) she asked the writer to forgive
D．so Diana walked away
【小题2】The underlined word “uneasy” means _______.
A．不容易 B．忐忑不安 C．不简单 D．想不开的
【小题3】From the passage, we can know that .
A．Diana and the writer were good friends
B．Diana didn’t like sandwiches
C．Vivien didn’t want to make new friends at all
D．the writer forgot her old friends after she had new ones
【小题4】Vivien’s saying "I’m used to it." shows that .
A．someone didn’t want to give her their things
B．she liked to be polite
C．Diana was often rude to others
D．some people were rude to her before
【小题5】Diana asked V ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ivien and the writer to forgive her because .
A．they didn’t spend much time with her
B．she knew she was wrong
C．Vivien and the writer didn’t talk to her
D．she was a rich and proud girl
Passage C
阅读理解。
A Leg Walking Right
Here are some s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )igns + - x…, the signs are very different. They mean very different things. When you see them, you know what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This sign—means that you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract（减去）. What will you do when you see x and…
Our signs are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) easy to read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these two signs… .The ancient Egyptians used these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract.
In the 1500s people u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sed this printed（印刷的） sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to look like this… .Later, the sign became +.
How much is 2…2
1. What do you do when you see this sign +
A. Walk away B. Write a numeral C. Read a sign D. Add
2. The word in the st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ory that means to take one numeral away from another is _____.
3. The story says, “ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember”. The word they means ______.
4. Which of the following does this story lead to believe
A. Egyptians could not add numerals together
B. All Egyptians had two left legs.
C. Our signs are not hard to understand
5. What did th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e sign to add numerals begin to look like(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book)
A. After a while, the sign began to look like this… .
B. After a while, the sign began to look like this +.
C. After a while, the sign began to look like this &.
6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______.
A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed.
B. People could not write in the 1500s
C. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for us
参考答案Key: 1.D 2.substract 3.signs 4.C 5.A 6.A
Passage D
中考阅读理解
Dick lived i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there " his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he di ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租车 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go " But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e my things in " he said, "And what am I going to do tonight " But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
Choose the right answer
1. Dick flew to New York because ___.
A. he went there for a holiday
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)
D. his home was there
2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him
A. Because she didn't know his address yet
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
3. Where did Dick stay in New York
A. In the center of the city.
B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant.
D. At his friend's house.
4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel
A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.
B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver.
D. His wife.
5. Which of the following is not true
A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.
【参考答案】Key: 1-5 B A B D C
中考阅读理解
When you want to call ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a store or an office that you don’t call often, you may look the number up in a telephone book. You dial (拨) the number, and then you forget it! Your short-term (短期) memory last about 30 seconds. However, you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.
Why do you forget th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ings sometimes There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting something is that you didn’t learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and soon you forget their names. You hear the names but you don’t learn them, so you forget them.
You can help yourse ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lf remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practise the new information for more times.
1. Why do you forget the telephone number that you don’t call often
A. Because the telephone number is too long.
B. Because the telephone number is very strange.
C. Because you look it up in the telephone book.
D. Because you use your short-term memory to remember it.
2. Which is easier to forget
A. Your best friend’s name.
B. Something that you understand.
C. The new information that you have practised a lot.
D. Something that you didn’t learn well in the beginning.
3. How long does a person’s short-term memory last
A. About half a second. B. About half a minute.
C. About half an hour. D. About half a day.
4. What’s helpful for you to remember better
A. Learn something well in the end.
B. Look something up often.
C. Use your short-term memory to learn things.
D. Move information f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rom your short-term memory to your long-term memory.
5. The writer mainly wants to tell us some ideas on how to _______.
A. keep somethi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng in mind long B. learn a foreign language well
C. make a telephone call D. remember a person’s name
【参考答案】(3) 1—5 DDBDA安徽无为县2016中考英语阅读理解选练含答案
【中考先睹为快】
Passage A
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
David’s grandma a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd grandpa live in Ocean City. They would like to buy him a new bicycle for his birthday. They got some information from Ocean City Cycles. And they want to choose the bicycle David would like best. Here are some of them.
Giant Bicycles
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Giant 400 24 speedLarge size onlyColors: orange, black, whitePrice:$450
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Giant 300 24speedMedium and small sizeColors: red, blackprice：$330
Merida Bicycles
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Challenger 350 24 speedLarge and medium sizeColor: blueprice：$325
( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Challenger 300 24 speed Medium and small sizeColor: blackPrice：$315
26. If David wants t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o by an orange bicycle, he will have to choose_____
A. Giant 400 B. Giant 300
C. Challenger 350 D. Challenger 300
27. ____ are nearly the same.
A. Giant 400 and Giant 300 B. Challenger 300 and Giant 400
C. Giant 300 and Challenger 300 D. Challenger 350 and Challenger 300
28. Giant bicycles are ____ than Merida bicycles.
A. larger B. faster C. less expensive D. more colorful
参考答案26—28、ACD
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
Many animals h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ave special skills that make them perfect for certain jobs - even better than humans!
Take a train ri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )de in Japan and you may meet Tama, a cute, friendly stationmaster, who just happens to be a cat! This 11-year-old cat works in exchange for cat food at Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi station. She has her own office, and there's even a Tama train! When Tama was "hired*" in 2007, the station was losing money, but today, thanks to Tama, it's a popular place for tourists to visit.
In the 1950s, U ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )S Navy* officials got a great idea. Why not train dolphins to do some special work humans can't do Today, dolphins are trained to find underwater mines* so that the Navy officials can make the mines disabled before they explode*. Dolphins are well suitable for the job for many reasons, but the best of all, they're too small to set off the mines so they're never in danger.
Most squirrels ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) are happy to collect nuts, and run after each other up and down trees. Not Twiggy! She prefers water skiing. Twiggy comes from a team of water-skiing squirrels, whose owner trained them to ski behind a toy boat. Today, Twiggy travels around the United States putting on shows and even appearing on TV. It's all in a day's work for this squirrel!
29. How long has Tama been the stationmaster
A. For 5 years. B. For 9 years. C. For 10 years. D. For 11 years.
30. Why are dolphins trained to find underwater mines
A. They are quite good at swimming in the sea.
B. They are so smart that they're never in danger.
C. They are small enough not to set off the mines.
D. They can understand the officials' orders easily.
31. What is Twiggy's job
A. Collecting nuts. B. Running after others.
C. Performing water skiing. D. Traveling around the world
32. What do these animals have in common
A. They all can make money. B. They are all from America.
C. They are all popular around the world. D. They all can do special work.
参考答案29—32、BCCD
Passage B
2016中考英语阅读理解分类练习：健康保健类
If you are lucky enou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )gh, you may find the hummingbird (蜂鸟), the smallest bird of the animal world, in a south American forest.
Though the hummingbird is no bigger than a bee and weighs only 2 to 3 grams, it can fly as fast as 50 meters in a second. It can fly forwards (向前) as most birds do, and it can fly backwards as well. The strangest thing about it, however, is that it can stay still in the air, just like a helicopter.
Whenever a hummingbird needs food, it will fly slowly towards a flower. It won’t stand on the flower, as bees do, but just hangs to the flower and then begins to sunk (吸吮) the honey from inside the flower with its needle-like beak.
The hummingbird is very particular in building its nest (巢). It takes great trouble to choose materials. It likes soft ones better than hard ones. Its eggs are so small that a common match box can hold as many as one hundred of them.
【小题1】Most of the hummingbirds live in a(n) __________ forest.
A．north American B．south Asian
C．north Asian D．south American
【小题2】A hummingbird can fly as fast as _______ meters in a second.
A．fifty B．five hundred
C．fifteen D．one hundred and fifty
【小题3】The underlined word “helicopter” most probably means _______.
A．轮船 B．公共汽车 C．火车 D．直升飞机
【小题4】When a hummingbird builds a nest, it likes better.
A．soft materials B．hard materials
C．an material D．both
【小题5】Which of the sentences is NOT true
A．A hummingbird can even fly backwards.
B．You cannot see the wings of a hummingbird move.
C．A hummingbird will fly quickly towards a flower when it’s hungry.
D．A common match box ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )can hold as many as one hundred hummingbird eggs.
Passage C
February 14th, Vale ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ntine’s Day, is a complicated but interesting occasion. First of all, Valentine’s Day is not a holiday from work. No one gets a day off. In many countries it is observed by sending cards to your friends and candy or flowers to your husband or wife if you’re married, or to your boy friend or girl friend if you’re not married. In Japan, some girls even give their fathers chocolates.
Why is this holiday for people in love called Valentine’s Day
One explanatio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n comes from a Christian man whose name was something like“Valentine”. He lived at a time when the Roman Emperor refused to allow any Roman soldiers to get married for any reason. Many couples came to Valentine to be married. So he would secretly marry them in a Christian ceremony. He was discovered and put in prison by the Emperor. One tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out of the window of his prison. The leaves were shaped like a heart. Valentine was killed on February 14th and Valentine’s Day recalls his tragic death.
On Valentine’s D ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ay, American elementary school children make or buy Valentine cards, write the name of a classmate on them, and take them to school and put them in a special Valentine’s Day box. And then on that day the box is opened, the cards are taken out and given out.
1. Which of the following is true about Valentine’s Day
A. It is observed by sending flowers to one’s husband or wife.
B. Children in Japan give their fathers chocolates.
C. It is a legal holiday in many countries.
D. People send candy to each other.
2. The man called Valentine was put in prison because ________.
A. He secretly got married in a Christian ceremony
B. He helped people get married when love was not allowed
C. He helped Roman soldiers get married
D. He wanted to kill the Roman Emperor
3. So he would secr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )etly marry them in a Christian ceremony. “marry” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. Which priest is going to marry them
B. She has married off all her daughters.
C. I’m glad Hubert married a girl of spirit.
D. At present she doesn’t intend to marry at all.
4. People celebrate Valentine’s Day _________.
A. to take a day off B ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). in memory of Valentine C. C. to show their love D. both B and C
5. American school children don’t _______ on Valentine’s Day.
A. buy Valentine cards
B. make cards for their teachers
C. give each other Valentine cards
D. put their cards in a Valentine’s Day box
参考答案1－5 ACADB
Passage D
中考阅读理解
Cough MedicineShake well before use.Take three times a day after meals.Dose (用量): adults(成年人)—2teaspoonfulschildren(8-14)—1teaspoonfulchildren(4-7)—1/2teaspoonfulNot suitable(适宜的)for children below the age of 4.Store in a cold place.Use before Oct.2008.
1.Can a three-year-old girl take the medicine
2.How many teaspo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )onfuls of the medicine should a 10-year-old boy take in a day
3.Where do you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )think the best place for a family to keep this medicine in summer is
4.What will Mr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s. Smith most probably do with the medicine left after 10,2008
5.What should Mr. White do before he takes some of the medicine
参考答案（十）
1.No, she can’t.
2.Three.
3.In a fridge.
4.She will throw it away.
5.He should shake the medicine well.
中考阅读理解（36）
I will always remember my mother‘s last few days in this world.
On February 14th，2 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )000，my class went on a field trip to the beach. I had so much fun. When we returned to school，my teacher told me to go to the headmaster‘s office. When I got into the office，I saw a police officer. Suddenly I realized something was wrong. The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up. After that，we went to the hospital and waited. Time went slowly. Finally，we got to see our mother. It was terrible.
On the next day，t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened. I was taking a rest that day. I knew it had something to do with my mother. I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better. How I wished that she had gotten better. When my teacher took me outside，my sister ran up to me. She started crying，“She‘s gone. Teresa，mommy’s gone. She‘s dead.” I couldn’t believe it. We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my family were there. The silence was terrible. I knew I had to say goodbye.
Today when ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )I look back，I still miss my mother very much，but I know that I will live. My mother was a strong mother，who had the biggest heart. My mother was an angel walking on the earth. I will always remember her as living. When someone is asked who their hero （英雄） is，they usually say someone famous，like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is，I tell them，my mother. My mother lives every day. That is what makes her a true hero.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill？
A. On the beach. B. At the hospital.
C. At school. D. At home.
2. Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill？
A. Her sister. B. The headmaster.
C. Her teacher. D. The police officer.
3. What did the headmaster tell the two teachers on the next day？
A. Her mother had been very ill.
B. Her mother had been dead.
C. Her mother had gotten better.
D. Her sister came to see her.
4. From the last paragraph of the passage we know that _______.
A. the writer is afraid of her mother
B. the writer is proud of her mother
C. the writer feels sad about her mother
D. the writer feels sorry for her mother
5. The writer must think her mother is a _______ woman.
A. famous B. free C. rich D. great
「答案与解析」
1. 选C.根据短文的第2段句子Wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )en we returned to school，my teacher told me to…可知，当我回到学校以后，才得知母亲生病的消息，即当作者得知母亲病重时，当时她is at school（在学校）。
2. 选D.根据第 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )2段的句子The police officer told me what had happened and…可知，老师叫我去校长办公室，但真正告诉我发生了什么事的是the police officer.故答案选D.
3. 选B.在短文的第3段开头讲到了 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )第二天发生的事。校长告诉我的两个老师发生了什么事，然后紧接着借妹妹之口：She‘s gone. Teresa，mommy’s gone. She‘s dead.使读者知道，校长告诉老师的事是My mother had been dead（我的母亲死了）。
4. 选B.在短文的最后一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )段，作者反复提到这样的字眼：a strong mother，had the biggest heart，an angel，字里行间都充满着自豪之情。故答案选B.
5. 选D.最后一段说母亲有世 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )界上最宽容的心，她是一位 strong母亲，她是一位真正的英雄，这些都说明了在作者心中母亲很great（伟大）。 安徽无为县2016中考英语二轮阅读理解选练（一）含答案
【基础能力测试】
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
Kite surfing as a w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ater sport began in the 1980s, but didn’t get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kite boarding, and in some European countries as fly surfing. Kite surfing works through wind power by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kite surf ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer
because of the s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )afer kite design. For an able and strong person, kite surfing can be very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) other water sports, kite surfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5---10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It’s not expensive to get the equipment for kite surfing, which costs $2,500. The price of the training lessons is from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kite surfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.
With the rising p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )opularity of kite surfing, most major seaside cities have kite surfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kite surfing club.
( )51. Kite surfing has a history of about _______ years.
A. 30 B. 50 C. 100 D. 130
( )52. _______ is mentioned in the passage as the power（力）of kite surfing.
A. water B. wind C. The kite D. The sun
( )53. Which of the following is TRUE
A. The safer kite design makes kite surfing safer.
B. Most seaside cities in China have kite surfing clubs.
C. Kite surfing was still not popular at the end of last century.
D. It takes $2,5 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )00 to take kite surfing courses for two or three hours.
( )54. The most impo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rtant reason for the popularity of kite surfing is that _________.
A . its’ price is getting lower and lower.
B. all people can learn and take part in it.
C. its equipment progress makes it easier and safer.
D. more and more people are enjoying its excitement.
( )55. The main idea of this passage is about _________.
A. the de ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )velopment of kite surfing B. the way of operating kite surfing
C. the history of k ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ite surfing in China D. the progress of kite surfing equipment
参考答案51-55 ABADA
【实战训练】 A
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
Old George boug ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ht the black gloves for just $35 ten years ago. They were made of lamb skin, soft and warm and very strong. Until then, he had worn cheaper man made material. Those gloves never lasted longer than three years. He first decided to buy the expensive gloves, because they would make him feel nice in front of others.
George never let a d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked new. Losing this favorite thing was almost like losing a child to him.
Bad luck! George lost his expensive gloves on New Year’s Day.
Back home, Georg ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e was at a loss. In deep winter, he could not do without a pair of gloves. If he bought cheap ones again, he would have to replace (更换) them very soon. If he bought a new leather pair, it would cost $50 now. He was upset that people no longer returned things they found on the road.
After the hol ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )iday, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. Before boarding the subway, he went into Value Mart again to see if his gloves had been returned to the Lost and Found Office .
“What color are they？” the woman in the office asked again.
“Black,” he gave t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men’s leather gloves. “Are they？”
“Yes! Those are mine！” George explained, with great joy in his eyes.
( )46.When did George buy the leather gloves
A. Ten years ago. B. Before the holiday.
C. On New Year’s Day. D. In the winter.
( )47.Why did George decide to buy the expensive gloves
A. Because the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y were black. B. Because they made him feel good before others.
C. Because they had a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) long history. D. Because they were much cheaper.
( )48.The leather gloves looked new after years because ________.
A. George took very good care of them B. they were soft and warm
C. they were e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )xpensive D. George washed them with water
( )49.How did George feel when he got home on New Year’s Day
A. He was happy. B. He felt nice.
C. He was thankful. D. He felt upset.
( )50.About old George, which of the following is true
A. He was a very rich man.
B. He never bought cheap gloves.
C. He believed somebody would return the gloves to him.
D. He hadn’t expected to get his gloves back.
参考答案46-50 ABADD
【实战训练】 B
2016中考英语阅读理解分类练习：教育类
It is true that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the whole world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
【小题1】People with little education usually ____.
A．spend a long time in school
B．have a good chance to get a job
C．spend the best years to choose jobs
D．have fewer chances to get a good job
【小题2】The earliest education was probably to ______.
A．make a man lead a better life
B．teach a man to write and think
C．make people get a way of living
D．teach people to read good books
【小题3】The underline ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
A．圆满的 B．崭新的 C．公平的 D．全面的
【小题4】 It is expected that educated people will be able to _____.
A．accept education as a way of living
B．take an interest in the whole world
C．develop their abilities to make plays
D．learn subjects like language and math
【小题5】The passage mainly tells us that _______.
A．education should make a man improve
B．people can get education in a short time
C．people should be able to get better paying jobs
D．all subjects are so important for a way of living
【实战训练】 C
阅读理解。
When might you n ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eed to give blood(血) for a personality test The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job.
Some people believe ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )that your blood group hides(隐藏) no secrets. It shows the “real you”. And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at certain tasks(任务). This is the very reasons of why you could be asked to offer your blood group before being given a job.
The new idea was ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) carried out first in Japan and now it has been brought over to other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about this need:“For our office members, we must have 30 percent of group A and 15 percent of AB, 25 percent of O and 30 percent of B”.
Do you happen to k ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )now your own blood group It seems that if you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers, while blood group B are highly creative. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.
1. According to the passage, __________.
A. four types of the blood were discovered by Japan
B. people of good blood might do their work very well
C. know your own blood group and you could get a good job
D. more and more ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) countries have accepted the new idea about blood groups
2. Creative person ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s, good salesmen, thinkers and problem solvers are the four kinds of persons needed by the Japanese company. The proportion mentioned in the passage is __________ respectively.
A. 30%, 15%, 25% and 30% B. 30%, 30%, 25% and 15%
C. 30%, 25%, 30% and 15% D. 25%, 15%, 30% and 30%
3. People belonging to blood group B might be good at __________.
A. sports and games B. smoothing away difficulties
C. doing office work D. painting and writing
4. This passage seems to lead you to believe ____________.
A. your blood group could affect your work
B. blood types can never change your life
C. the idea about blood groups has little scientific basis
D. personality tests are exactly correct
5. This passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the origin of blood group
B. the effect of the blood group on personality
C. the secrets of blood groups
D. the new skill of hiring people
参考答案1－5 DCDAB
【实战训练】 D
中考阅读理解
A Leg Walking Right
Here are some ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) signs + - x…, the signs are very different. They mean very different things. When you see them, you know what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This sign—means that you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract（减去）. What will you do when you see x and…
Our signs are easy to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these two signs… .The ancient Egyptians used these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract.
In the 1500s people ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) used this printed（印刷的） sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to look like this… .Later, the sign became +.
How much is 2…2
1. What do you do when you see this sign +
A. Walk away B. Write a numeral C. Read a sign D. Add
2. The word in the st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ory that means to take one numeral away from another is _____.
3. The story says, “Ou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember”. The word they means ______.
4. Which of the following does this story lead to believe
A. Egyptians could not add numerals together
B. All Egyptians had two left legs.
C. Our signs are not hard to understand
5. What did the sig ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n to add numerals begin to look like(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book)
A. After a while, the sign began to look like this… .
B. After a while, the sign began to look like this +.
C. After a while, the sign began to look like this &.
6. The main idea of the whole story is that ______.
A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed.
B. People could not write in the 1500s
C. the old signs were good for Egyptians but not for us
【参考答案】Key: 1.D 2.substract 3.signs 4.C 5.A 6.A
中考阅读理解
Mexico's nei ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ghbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.
Mexico City is the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.
Mexico also h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.
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1. Mexico is ____the USA.
A. on the south of B. on the north of
C. a part of D. as large as
2. Mexicans speak______.
A. English C. French
B. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语)
3. Which of the following is NOT true
A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico.
B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000.
C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population.
D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world.
4. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in ______.
A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico
5. The best title (题目) of the passage is ___.
A. Mexico City B. Mexico's plants
C. Mexico D. Mexico's population
【参考答案】[Key] 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C安徽无为县2016中考英语二轮阅读理解选练含答案
【基础能力测试】
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
One day, a poor boy wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s trying to sell things from door to door to pay for school. He was hungry. Then he decided to ask for a meal at the next house. However, when a nice young woman opened the door, he changed to ask for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry and brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly and then asked, "How much do I pay " "You needn't do that," she said. "Mother has taught me to be kind."
Years later, the y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oung woman became seriously ill. She was sent to a big city. When Dr.Howard Kelly, a very famous doctor now, heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. At once, he got up and went down through the hospital hall into her room. He recognized her at once and decided to do his best to save her life. He did it and they won at last!
Before she l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eft, the bill (账单) was sent to her. She was quite afraid to open it. Finally, she looked, and to her surprise, she found these words on the bill: "Paid with a glass of milk.Dr. Howard Kelly.”
Tears of joy ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) came down from her eyes as she said silently, "Thank you, God. Your love has passed through hearts and hands."
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
61. Why did the boy want to sell things
A. He wanted to pay for school. B. He was hungry.
C. He wanted to make money. D. His mother made him do it..
62. What can we say about the woman
A. She was kind. B. She was very rich.
C. She knew the boy's mother. D. She loved the boy very much.
63. Why was the woman afraid to open the bill
A. She was afraid ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of the doctor. B. She didn't want to pay anything.
C. She was worried ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )about her illness. D. She thought it would cost her a lot.
64.Why did the doctor go into the woman's room
A. To give her some money. B. To make sure who she was.
C. To send some medi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cine to her. D. To ask somebody else for help.
65. What can we say about the doctor
A. Thankful. B. Rich. C. Strange. D. Surprising.
参考答案61—65 AADBA
【实战训练】 A
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
As teenagers, you have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Once you find a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) dream, what do you do with it Do you ever try to make your dream real Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.
You may think you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says.
In fact, every ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )one can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don’t let it leave you ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
56. Follow Your Heart is .
A. the first thing you must do to make your dream real
B. the most important dream to have for teenagers
C. the name of a famous Australian writer
D. the name of a book by Andrew Matthews
57. If you want to make your dream real, you should .
A. remember what your dream is
B. keep telling yourself what you want
C. never be afraid of difficulties
D. try to start with all the things above
58. From the text, we know the word“challenge”means“ ”.
A. 变化 B. 挑战 C. 决定 D. 态度
59. What shouldn’t be done to make your dream come true
A. Always remember what your dream is.
B. Watch TV instead of studying.
C. Do what you should do step by step.
D. Save money to buy new books.
60. What is the best title for the text
A. Make a Big Dream B. How to Find Your Real Dream
C. Never Stop Dreaming of Success D. Teenagers Have Many Dreams
参考答案56—60 DDBBC
【实战训练】 B
2016中考英语阅读理解分类练习：教育类
The aim of students wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o come to school is to study．But to study needs a right way，or you waste either the time or the money．The following are the ways of studying．
The best time for reading is morning，because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear．For that reason，we can get good result．
In studying we must have patience．If we have not known a text well，we must read it again．We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one．
When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading．
We must always ask “whys”．If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teachers or our parents，or friends．In any possible way，we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better．
Though there are many ways for studying，yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so．
【小题1】Why is the morning the best time for reading
A. It’s easy to remember what we have learned.
B. The air is fresh and the mind is clear.
C. It’s difficult to get good results.
D. A and B.
【小题2】Why we must always ask “whys” in studying
A．To understand the book well.
B．To write down the questions.
C．To do with the new words.
D．To get some questions to ask our teachers.
【小题3】How many ways for studying has the passage taught us
A．three B．four C．five D．many
【小题4】 What does the passage mainly tells us
A．The importance of reading.
B．To read in the morning.
C．To pay attention to the ways of studying.
D．To have patience in studying.
【实战训练】 C
阅读理解。
For many years ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new－hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has rooftop temperatures of up to 50 degrees while it is 27 degrees in the streets! At night, the outsides of the building stay so hot that the heat of the city causes storm over the city.
China also has the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )same kind of problems. Every year more farming land is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. Now roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes the city hotter.
It is not ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperatures lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. Also we should paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners in the building.
People con ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tinue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, 80％ of the world’s population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world.
1. The best title for the passage is _______.
A. The earth is getting warmer B. More land is needed
C. Cities are w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )armer in winter D. Scientists are worried about storms
2. What have scientists found
A. Atlanta is the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) hottest town in the USA. B. Buildings become very hot in the sun.
C. It is not as h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ot on the roof as in the street. D. There are not as many storms as before.
3. What can we do to make the cities cooler
A. Make more Parks. B. Use air conditioners more.
C. Paint the roofs of all the white buildings. D. Plant more trees.
4. What may happen in future
A. Most people wi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll move to the villages. B. People will plant more trees outside the cities.
C. We will not ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) have enough food. D. The problem will get better, not worse
参考答案1—4 ABDC
【实战训练】 D
中考阅读理解
Trees are useful ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to men in three important ways: They provide them with wood and other products (产品), they give them shade (树荫), and they help to prevent drought and floods.
Unfortunately, in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) many parts of the world, men have not realized (功能) is the most important. In their eagerness (渴望) to make money form trees, some people have cut trees down in large numbers, only to find that without them they have lost the best friends they had. And besides (此外), they are usually too careless to plant and look after new trees, so the forests slowly disappear.
This doesn’t only ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mean that men will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: where there are trees, their roots (根) break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in and also bind (固定) the soil, thus (因而) preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the rain falls and carrying away the rich top—soil. When all the top—soil is gone, nothing remains (剩下) but worthless desert.
1. The most important service of trees to men is ____.
they give people wood and other products
they give people shade and cool
they help people prevent drought and floods
they help people make money
2. What does “Unfortunately” mean in Chinese
A. 不可能的 B. 不幸的 C. 不经常的 D. 不固定的
3. Land becomes desert after all trees arte cut down, because ____.
there is too much rain
there are no more ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) trees to keep the rich top—soil from being carried away by floods
there is a strong wind
roots of trees break up the soil
4. People cut down many trees because ____.
they wanted to get wood from them
they wanted to get money from them
they didn’t realize the importance of them
all the above
5. Which of the following is NOT true
Tree roots can make the top—soil rich and the ground hard.
Trees can make the rain sink into the ground.
Trees can prevent drought and floods.
Tree roots can break up soil.
【参考答案】(15) 1—5 CBBDA
中考阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Britain provides f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ree transportation from home to school for many children. All the schools must provide free transportation from home to school for:
Children who are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )under eight years old and live more than two kilometers away from their nearest school.
Children age ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d between eight and sixteen who live more than three kilometers away from their nearest school.
In all of Bri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tain, there are 8,000,000 school age children. About 22% of them get free transportation from home to school. The schools now spend $900 each year on home-to-school transportation. They spend 2% of all their children expenditure(费用) sending children to and from school by bus.
The school trans ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )portation in Britain is safe. However, it’s dangerous for children to walk on the way to school between cars and buses. So the British government is trying to ask parents not to drive their children to school. They hope this can help make the cars on the way to school fewer.
1．The underlined ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )word “free” here means __________ in Chinese.
A．免费的 B．自由的 C．开放的 D．付费的
2．A(n) __________ child who lives over three kilometers away from school can get free transportation.
A．nineteen-year-old B．eighteen-year-old
C．nine-year-old D．seventeen-year-old
3．The British gov ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ernment thinks it is __________ if children walk to school between cars and buses.
A．safe B．difficult C．dangerous D．relaxing
4．Which of the foll ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )owing is RIGHT
A．Britain provides free transportation for all children.
B．Education expenditures for a school each year are $900.
C．The British government hopes there are more cars to school.
D．If a child is seventeen years old, he can’t get free transportation.
【参考答案】1—4 ACCD安徽无为县2016中考英语二轮阅读理解选练含参考答案
【基础能力测试】
【实战训练】 A
【2016中考模拟】阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳的答案。
How long are you wil ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ling to wait for a webpage to open before you start to lose your patience Half a minute A few seconds Google engineers have discovered that even 400 milliseconds―as short as the blink of an eye―is too long for most Internet users.
A millisecond is one ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )thousandth of a second. People hardly notice such a small time difference, but it does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times. “Without question, nobody likes to wait,” said Arvind Jain, a Google engineer. “Every millisecond matters.”
Nowadays, millions of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) smart-phones and computers are continually gathering and sending out information. With so many people downloading maps, sports videos, news and restaurant recommendations, you can get digital “traffic jams”. Meanwhile, users are expecting faster and faster service.
Google fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )und that if one website is 250 milliseconds slower than another website, then people will visit it less often. This is why technology companies are now competing to be the fastest. Google said people do expect different things from different websites because they realize not all loading times are the same. For example, a person will be more patient waiting for a video to load than for a search result.
Even so, four ou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t of five online users will click away if a video takes too long to load. This makes it difficult for video websites to choose between the quality of pictures and fast loading times.
Trying to get ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a higher speed has always been part of the history of the Internet. In the 1990s, when the World Wide Web first started to become popular, it was very crowded and slow; people called it the “World Wide Wait”. But engineers managed to fight the problem with new inventions. They laid a lot of fiber optic cables (光缆)for sending in high speed; they improved software so it would work more smoothly; they placed computer servers all around the world to be nearer to users; all this increased speed.
Nowadays we can e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )njoy much faster Internet. Famous search engines such as Google and Microsoft’s Bing usually find search results in less than a second. However, in order to meet the requirement of Internet users, these tycoons should never stop their steps.
1. The report from The New York Times suggests that
A. A millisecond is one thousandth of a second.
B. 400 milliseconds is not so long for most Internet users.
C. A millisecond has nothing to do with the Internet speed.
D. A millisecond really makes a difference to the Internet users.
【答案】D
【解析】根据题干中的“The New Yor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k Times”定位到第二段“People hardly notice such a small time difference, but it does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times.”即可得出答案
2. The engineers did something to improve the speed, including _____.
a. making software work more smoothly
b. laying a number of fiber optic cables inside
c. placing computer servers throughout the world
d. developing the quality of pictures on the Internet
A. a b c B. b c d C. a c d D. a b d
【答案】A
【解析】根据题干中的“en ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )gineers”定位到第六段“But engineers managed to fight the problem with new inventions. They laid a lot of fiber optic cables (光缆)for sending in high speed; they improved software so it would work more smoothly; they placed computer servers all around the world to be nearer to users; all this increased speed.”即可得出答案
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. The quality of pictures comes first for video websites.
B. Google is 250 milliseconds slower than other websites
C. Microsoft’s Bing is the fastest engine the world now
D. People are more likely to wait for loading films than maps
【答案】D
【解析】A选项根据“pi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )cture和video websites”定位到第五段“This makes it difficult for video websites to choose between the quality of pictures and fast loading times.”可得知video websites 很难做出选择 从而得出错误。
B选项根据“250 milliseco ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nds”定位到第四段“Google found that if one website is 250 milliseconds slower than another website, then people will visit it less often”可得知是Google进行假设从而得出错误。
C选项根据 第四段“This is w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hy technology companies are now competing to be the fastest.”和最后一段“Famous search engines such as Google and Microsoft’s Bing usually find search results in less than a second.”得知文章没有给出哪个网站是网速最快的，从而得出错误。
D选项根据第四段“For exam ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ple, a person will be more patient waiting for a video to load than for a search result”同时根据选项“be likely to do”表示“有可能做某事”。 其中 “film”代指“video”；“maps”代指“search result”可得出正确。
4. What does the underlined sentence mean
A. Internet users are willing to see more search engines set up
B. Google and Micros ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )oft’s Bing should help find the searching results
C. These companies ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) should mind their steps, or they will break down soon.
D. These companies ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )need to catch up with the developing needs of Internet users
【答案】D
【解析】划线句子中 “meet ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the requirement” 表示满足需求；tycoons “巨头”代指Famous search engines such as Google and Microsoft’s Bing
5. What can be the best title of this passage
A. Don’t make me “www.wait”.
B. Search engines work faster.
C. Traffic jams keep us waiting.
D. The WWW becomes popular.
【答案】A
【考点】最佳标题
【解析】此题为最佳标题类似于主旨大意题，从第一段获取信息可以得知主要强调“wait for a webpage”
【实战训练】 B
2016中考英语阅读理解分类练习：教育类
Going to a friend’s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.
When to arrive
The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you , you need to get on time. If your friend tells you to come around 3.00 p.m., that means you can get there a little later after 3.00 p.m. But usually it is a good thing to arrive at the right time.
Often it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share, or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.
How to greet
When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr or Mrs Smith. This will show them more respect (尊重) and then they may tell you to call them by their first names. Another way to show respect is to call them Madam or Sir.
It is a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Be polite to your friend and your friend’s parents, and they will invite you again.
【小题1】If your friend asks you to get to his house around 4.30 p.m., it is polite to arrive at ___.
A．4.00 p.m. B．4.35 p.m. C．5.30 p.m. D．6.00 p.m.
【小题2】Which of the fol ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lowing can we choose for the blank (空白) in the passage
A．What to watch B．What to eat
C．What to bring D．What to wear
【小题3】The passage mainly tells us ___________.
A．when to arrive at your friend’s house
B．how to greet your friend’s parents
C．what to bring to your friend
D．how to be a good visitor
【小题4】 Which one is not true according to the article
A．Bring something is nice if you want to go to your friend’s house.
B．It’s polite to call your friend’s parents madam or sir.
C．You don’t have to tell your friend’s parents who you are.
D．Be polite to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) your friend and your friend’s parents, and they will invite you again.
【小题5】The passage may be from __________.
A．an article in a magazine
B．a letter from a child to parents
C．a TV advertisement
D．a TV news report
【实战训练】 C
阅读理解。
When Charles Strat ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.
He gave the two-fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ot tall Charles a new name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
During the show, To ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )m fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.
Tom’s act was very po ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.
Fortunately for T ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )om, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.
The ceremony and r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their honeymoon, just before the couple would be going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.
Their wedding, whic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )h took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.
1. “talk of the town” means ________.
A. it was in the newspaper
B. people spread rumors about it
C. it was the most popular thing happening
D. it was discussed in a city meeting
2. What does the author think about Tom Thumb’s wedding
A. People gave it too much of their attention.
B. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.
C. It was funny and ridiculous
D. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.
3. Which of the f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ollowing is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart
A. He became a billionaire at twenty-five.
B. He learned how to sing, dance, and act at a very young age.
C. He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon.
D. He married a school teacher.
4. Tome would danc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ______.
A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancing
B. it made Tome feel taller
C. the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted
D. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller
5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.
B. People are always disappointed during war time.
C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.
D. People should be married when they are small children.
参考答案1－5 CBBDC
【实战训练】 D
中考阅读理解
The customs in diff ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )erent countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plates as soon as I have emptied them. It often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I don’t want to, because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one’s food on the plate. I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in china, but it is not in the West at all. In the US it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on him accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say “No, thanks”. When an American is fed with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks, I’ll take some Diet. Pepsy–cola if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the US, you had better remember the famous saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.
1. From the pa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ssage, we know that the Chinese are usually _______ to the guests.
A. eager to give all they have B. polite
C. impolite D. cold
2. When a for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eigner has dinner with a Chinese host, he often feels _________.
A. pleasant B. uncomfortable C. satisfied D. happy
3. Why does a Chinese ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) often refuse the offer of food or drink at a dinner party Because _______.
A. he has had enough B. he is shy
C. he is afraid that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) others will laugh at him D. he thinks it’s polite to do that
4. When an American wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts something to eat or drink at dinner, he will _________.
A. go and take it himself B. refuse the hosts offer
C. ask for it directly D. ask another to fetch it for him
5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Means ________.
A. when you get to Rome, you should act as the Romans do
B. when you stay in Rome, you should do as the Romans do
C. when you are in a new country, you should do as the natives do
D. Romans can be example for you
【参考答案】(9)1－5 BBDCC
中考阅读理解
To find out wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ether bees（蜜蜂）can see colours, the following experiment is made. A round table is put in a garden, and on the table is a piece of blue cardboard（硬纸版）with a drop of syrup（糖浆）on it. After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive（蜂房）and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place which they have found. After a while, the blue cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. Instead of this card, a blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to its right. These new cards have no syrup on them. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None go to the red card.
Picture 1
1. How many cards do you need to prepare for the experiment
A. Two: one blue and one red
B. Three: two blue and one red
C. Three: one blue and two red
D. Four: two blue and two red
2. If Picture 1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )below shows the table top during Step 1 of the experiment, which of A, B, C, D in Picture 2 shows the table top during Step 2
Picture 2
3. During Step 2 of the experiment, the bees go to ________.
A. the blue card with syrup on it
B. the new blue card with no syrup on it
C. the empty space where the original（原先的）blue card was
D. the new blue card with syrup on it on the left of the red card
4. The experiment has proved（证明）that bees ________.
A. cannot see colors B. can see colors
C. can not see blue D. cannot see red
5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage
A. Bees Love Blue B. Bees Love Syrup
C. Bees, Color and Syrup D. Can Bees See Color
【参考答案】Keys: 1－5 BCBBD
