山东省枣庄市2019年中考英语二轮专题突破集训—阅读理解（笔记类）2（含答案）

中考英语专题突破集训
阅读 做笔记（二）
读下面的文章，做简短的笔记。
(A)
Dear Laura,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I'm having??a great time on my exchange program in France. It's even??better than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I?arrived??here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice. They go out of their way to?make?me feel at home. And you?wouldn't?believe how quickly my French has improved! I'm very comfortable?speaking?French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn't bother me like it used to.
My?biggest?challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really different from the way they are at home.?For example, you're not supposed to?put?your bread on your plate. You're supposed to put it on the table! I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I'm used to it. You're not supposed to eat?anything?with your hands except bread, not even fruit! (You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork). Another thing is that it is very rude to?say?you're full. If you don't want any?more?food, you should just say, "It was delicious." Also, it's rude to put your hands?in?your lap. You should always keep your hands, but not your elbows, on the table. I have to say, I find it difficult to?remember?everything, but I'm gradually?getting?used to things and don't find them so strange any more.
I'll write soon and?tell you more about life in France. Hope you're having a good school year.
Yours,
Lin Yue
1. The country Lin Yue is studying in now: _______________________________________________
2. The reason why Lin Yue improves her French quickly in the host family:
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3. The biggest challenge for LinYue: __________________________________________________
4. Examples of the table manners: __________________________________________________
4. Lin Yue's feeling as an exchange student: ______________________________________________
(B)
A long time ago, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king. He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating. His face was always pale（苍白的）as chalk (粉笔). He often cried for no reason. This made the queen and his people very worried.
One day a doctor was called in to the palace to examine the king. But he found nothing wrong with his body. It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is a shirt of a happy person to wear. That will make him happy. The prime minister was called to the palace, but when they explained the king’s situation (情况) to him, he said: "Although I have great power, but it does not make me happy I always worry about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position. Then, the king's banker came to the palace and he said, "I'm afraid I'm not happy either. I have a lot of wealth, but I always worry about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day. Next, the palace singer came to the king’s room, but this was what he said: "It’s true that I am famous and everyone likes my song, but I am not happy, because I’m always worried about being followed by others, I can not be free. Finally, the king's top general was told to go out and find a happy man in three days’ time.
1. The reason why the queen and the king's people worried about the king:
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2. The reason why power can't make the prime minister happy:
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3. The reason why money can't make the banker happy:
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4. The reason why fame can't make the singer happy:
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5. The main idea about the passage:
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(C)
Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore? Have you ever thought about how these can actually be put to good use? Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.
You have probably never heard of Amy Hayes, but she is a most unusual woman. She lievs in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish. The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles. Amy recently won a prize from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president said, "Amy is an inspiration to us all."
Amy isn't the only one who is good at recycling. Jessica Wong from Hong Kong uses old clothes that people don't wear anymore to make bags. She has been doing this for a few years now. She opened a small shop where she sells her bags, and she has also set up a website to sell them online. She especially likes to use old jeans to make handbags. Her bags are cute and useful. "I plan to write a book about new ways to use old clothes," she said. "I hope people can read my book and enjoy it! "
Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He is known for using iron and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces. Some are large pieces that look like animals or humans, and some are smaller pieces you can put at home. The more popular works can even been seen in art shops around the city. Wang Tao hopes to set up a "metal art" theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection. Not only can the art bring happiness to others, but it also shows that even cold, hard iron can be brought back to life with a little creativity.
1. The material of the house Amy Hayes lives in: _______________________________________
2. Names of people who are good at recycling: _______________________________________
3. The things Jessica's shop sells: ____________________________________________________
4. The materials of Wang Tao's art pieces: ________________________________________________
5. Wang Tao's dream in the future: ____________________________________________________
(D)
April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. One April Fool's Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. Another famous trick in England was when a TV show reported the discovery of special water. They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool's Day. He asked her to marry him. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said "yes", he replied, "April Fool!" That little joke didn't have a very happy ending. The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.
One of the world's most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes.
1. April Fool's Day is a day …. _______________________________________________________
2. The reason why the supermarket ran out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day:
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. Something that the TV show said the special water could do:
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. The year that Orson Welles told people about the aliens from Mars landing on the earth:
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5. The reason why so many people believed Orson Welles:
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(E)
Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. The piece which was played on the erhu especially moved me. The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain. The piece had a simple name, "Moon Reflected on Second Spring", but was one of the most moving pieces of music that I've ever heard. The erhu sounded like it was crying, and I almost cried along with it as I listened. Later, I looked up the history of "Moon on Second Spring", and I began to understand the sadness in the music.
The music was written by Abing, a folk musician who was born in the city of Wuxi in 1893. Just one year later, his mother died. Abing’s father taught him to play many musical instruments, such as the drums, dizi and erhu, and by the age 17, Abing was known for his musical ability. However, after his father died, Abing’s life grew worse. He was very poor, caught a serious illness and became blind. For several years, he had no home. He lived on the streets and played music to make money. Even after Abing got married and had a home again, he continued to sing and play in the city streets. He performed in this way for many years.
Abing’s amazing musical skills made him very popular during his lifetime. By the end of his life, he could play over 600 pieces of music, many of which he wrote himself. It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear, but his popularity continues to this day. Today, Abing’s “Moon Reflected on Second Spring” is a piece which all the great erhu masters play and praise. It has become one of China’s national treasures. Its sad beauty not only paints a picture of Abing's own life but also makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences.
1. The author of the music Erquan Yingyue:________________________________________________
2. The man who taught Abing to play the music instruments ___________________________________
3. The reason Abing's life grew worse: ____________________________________________
4. The number of Abing's music works: ____________________________________________
5. The title（题目）of the passage: _______________________________________
【参考答案】
(A)
1. France
2. Because the granddaughter always talks to her in French to help her practice.
3. Learning how to behave at the dinner table.
4. (l)You are not supposed to put your bread on your plate but on the table.
(2)You are not supposed to eat anything with your hands except bread, even fruit.
(3)It's impolite to say you are full, you should say “That was delicious.”
(4)You are not supposed to put your elbows on the table.
5. She is having a great time.
(B)
1. Because the king slept badly and didn't feel like eating. He often cried for no reason.
2. Because he is always worried about losing his power.
3. Because he is always worried about losing his money.
4. Because he is always worried about being followed by others.
5. Different people have different worries.
(C)
1. She lives in a house that she built herself out of rubbish.
2. Amy Hayes, Jessica Wong, Wang Tao
3. Bags she made by herself.
4. Iron and other materials from old cars.
5. He hopes to set up a "metal art" theme park to show people the importance of environment protection.
(D)
1. when many people play all kind of tricks and jokes on each other on April 1st.
2. Because a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti.
3. This water would help people lose weight.
4. In 1938
5. Because what he said sounded so real.
(E)
1. Abing.
2. His father.
3. His father died and he had a serious illness.
4. Over 600 pieces.
5. Abing and his music