英语中考说明阅读理解A

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2010-05-25 12:11
Americans love cars.They go everywhere in them.8 5%of people in the US go to and from work by car。And most adults have driving licenses.Why does this car culture exist?
How it started
America’s love of ears started after the war(战争)when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives.They borrowed money from the government to buy houses and cars which became the symbols of status(地位).The more money they had,the bigger their ears were.
Making of roads
During the war,President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany had.He decided to build new four-lane(四车道)roads in America.He said if something happened suddenly,the two-lane roads wouldn’t be able to carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities.Car and oil companies liked his idea and building started.
Car lovers
Not just teenagers are crazy about cars.Some Americans love their cars so much that they paint their cars beautifully I These are called Art Cars.Every April there is an activity in Houston,Texas,where they show their cars.
Pollution
Cars have polluted the environment.American President Bush refused a worldwide law that is against pollution.Many countries were angry about it.Bush said he had to think of the American economy(经济)and all the American people that make money from cars.Factories say they want to make cars that pollute less.But others say making cars that pollute less will never be as good as having fewer cars.
46.When did Americans begin to love cars?    【B】
A.Before the new two-lane roads were built.
B.After World War II.
C.During World War II.
D.Before World War II.
47.New four-1ane roads were built    .    【C】
A.in Germany    B.by car and oil companies
C.in America     D.when something suddenly happened
48.The underlined word “building” here means “the building of         ”.    【D】
A.companies    B.soldiers’ lives    C.houses    D.roads
49.What were other countries’ feelings about Bush’s decision?    【B】
A.They agreed with him.    B.They showed anger to it.
C.They paid no attention to it. D.The passage doesn’t tell US.
50.The meaning of the last sentence is:“              ”    【A】
A.It’s better to have fewer cars.
B.It’s better to make cars that pollute less.
C.It’s easier to make cars that pollute less.
D.It’s easier to make people have fewer cars.
英语模拟四的完形填空答案
2010-05-21 19:15
09浙江绍兴市
“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance(表演) tonight. I hope you’ll come. Here is the ticket. Don’t forget!” Then she 31 in a hurry.
“What? Dance? Is that 32 ? ” I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was quite 33 one. I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes. In fact, she really did not know    34 to dress up. What a terrible thing!
“I should go to, I must go to.” I thought.
I arrived at the hall with the ticket, fond my 35 and sat down. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would have a 36 time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, 37   her performance was worth watching, no matter how ling I would wait.
Time went 38 , I tried my best not to fall asleep.
Just then, came the 39 , “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”
Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible, 40 to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared. She 41 with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying…I could 42 believe my eyes.
After all the performance ended, I 43 her at the gate.
“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶) shoes. “How do you feel?”
“Fantastic!” I answered.
“Ha, ha. I knew 44 would be.” She could not hide her excitement, laughing 45 a child.
At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.
31. A. came          B. jumped            C. left            D. moved
32. A. possible        B. lucky             C. funny          D. careful
33. A. modern        B. common           C. perfect          D. careful
34. A. why           B. where              C. when           D. how
35. A. seat           B. room              C. gate            D. way
36. A. great          B. short              C. hard            D. relaxing
37. A. or             B. so                C. but             D. and
38. A. quickly        B. slowly             C. safely           D. easily
39. A. words          B. sentences          C. sounds          D. cries
40. A. hoping        B. fearing            C. planning        D. hating
41. A. walked         B. skated             C. danced         D. stood
42. A. seriously       B. hardly              C. nearly         D. certainly
43. A. waited for      B. looked for          C. paid for         D. cared for
44. A. I              B. you                C. she            D. it
45. A. as             B. like                C. for             D. at
答案:
31-35 CABDA        36-40 CCBAB      41-45 CBADB
(2)
Mr Evans lived in a city. He was a math (1)____ three years ago. He taught well and his students (2)____him. So he decided to work in the middle school all his life. But a terrible accident (3)____ his life.
One spring he took his class to (4)____ a place of interest. The children saw a lot of (5)____ things and had a good time there. But on their way to school., their (6)____ was hit by a track because the young river was drunk. Five students (7)____ and more than half the children were (8)____ in the accident. He didn't know how it had happened and was very (9)____ it and after he came out of hospital, he left the school and became a (10)____. He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic regulations. He worked hard and was strict with the drivers. So they were afraid of him.
One afternoon it was very hot. Mr Evans was (11)____ . He was standing at the crossing and watching the traffic. Suddenly he saw a (12)____ rushing the crossing. It ran so fast that it almost hit a man (13)____ a bike. He stopped it at once and saw a girl in it.
"(14)____ your license to me, madam," dais Mr Evans.
The girl handed her bag to him and said, "Please look for it in the bag (15)____. I can't see anything without glasses."
( )1. A. worker B. teacher C. doctor D. farmer
( )2. A. liked B. wished C. helped D. answered
( )3. A. beat B. won C. lost D. changed
( )4. A. build B. break C. visit D. find
( )5. A. terrible B. dangerous C. safe D. interesting
( )6. A. bus B. train C. car D. ship
( )7. A. left B. lived C. died D. fell
( )8. A. beat B. injured C. touch D. stopped
( )9. A. sad about B. afraid of C. interested in D. worried about
( )10.A. soldier B. policeman C. bookseller D. cleaner
( )11.A. in the corner B. at home C. on duty D. in the office
( )12.A. runner B. policeman C. player D. cleaner
( )13.A. riding B. selling C. buying D. making
( )14.A. Throw B. Show C. Lend D. Copy
( )15.A. you B. I C. yourself D. myself
(3)
Mr Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees to be (1)____ to the buyers and he gets a lot of (2)____.
One day an old woman went to the shop to (3)____ a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she (4)____ her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and (5)____ there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and (6)____ saw it. She put it into her (7)____ quickly. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she (8)____. That evening Mr Young was told about it. He was very (9)____ and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her (10)____. Several young men came, but (11)____ of them could satisfyhim. This morning a young man came to his (12)____. HE asked, "Do you smoke, sir?"
"No, sir," answered the young man.
"Do you (13)____?"
"No, sir."
My Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's (14)____ satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him the last question, "You have (15)____ shortcoming, do you?"
"No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies."
( )1. A. strict B. friendly C. strange D. terrible
( )2. A. business B. surprise C. money D. hope
( )3. A. buy B. borrow C. look for D. lend
( )4. A. threw B. put C. placed D. left
( )5. A. found B. knew C. understood D. wanted
( )6. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
( )7. A. hand B. pocket C. bottle D. glass
( )8. A. won B. lost C. forgot D. failed
( )9. A. sad B. angry C. happy D. worried
( )10.A. place B. seat C. table D. chair
( )11.A. both B. all C. neither D. none
( )12.A. house B. car C. office D. pigsty
( )13.A. dress B. drink C. eat D. sleep
( )14.A. answers B. clothes C. knowledge D. face
( )15.A. much B. some C. any D. no
(4)
The world of the out-of-doors is full of secrets. And they are (1)____ interesting that quite a lot of people are busy (2)____ them.
All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they (3)____ and grow are as interesting as anything could be.
Do you know that one of the great presidents of the USA (4)____ hours and hours (5)_____ birds? A businessman who lives near New York became so (6)____ in insects that he began to get (7)____ together. He now has more than one thousand different kinds of insects carefully (8)____ in glass boxes.
Come then with me, and I will help you find some nature's secrets. Let us go (9)____ through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other there is danger. We shall (10)____ a mother bear and her young ones as they look for (11)____ and get ready for winter sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let other bees know (12)____ they can find food. I will (13)____ you many other interesting things, but the best thing that I can (14)____ you is to keep eyes and ears (15)____ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.
( )1. A. so B. such C. very D. too
( )2. A. study B. to study C. studying D. studied
( )3. A. fly B. live C. speak D. come
( )4. A. took B. spent C. used D. cost
( )5. A. eating B. finding C. catching D. studying
( )6. A. busy B. careful C. friendly D. interested
( )7. A. it B. whom C. them D. those
( )8. A. locked B. put C. kept D. filled
( )9. A. quickly B. quietly C. hurriedly D. happily
( )10.A. hear B. follow C. help D. catch
( )11.A. fruit B. vegetables C. water D. food
( )12.A. how B. why C. where D. when
( )13.A. show B. see C. give D. learn
( )14.A. make B. pass C. play D. teach
( )15.A. closed B. open C. safe D. clean
(5)
While Tom and Mary were on holiday at the seaside, they enjoyed (1)____ the seagulls . They (2)____ a lot about these lovely birds.
They will often come close to you when you are eating anything. If you (3)____ pieces of bread to them they at once snatched (抓住)it up.
Seagulls swim well, but they do not often dive for fish. They are also good at (4)____ with their wings. When a seagull is in the sky he puts his legs (5)____ his body. Tom often watched them (6)____ to the ground because he liked the way they (7)____ the air with their wings and brought down their feet before they (8)____ the ground. Mary liked to see them gliding (滑翔) over the (9)____ as they often do, without moving their (10)____. But she said she didn't like the noise they make.
( )1. A. catching B. shooting C. watching D. playing
( )2. A. understood B. learned C. studied D. brought
( )3. A. threw B. took C. sent D. thought
( )4. A. swimming B. flying C. running D. rising
( )5. A. under B. about C. on D. in
( )6. A. come B. to come C. go D. to go
( )7. A. held B. beat C. put D. kept
( )8. A. hit B. arrived C. got D. touched
( )9. A. water B. beach C. sky D. ground
( )10.A. eyes B. feet C. legs D. wings(6)
Many years ago, only boys could go to school in my hometown. Then schools decided to let girls (1)____. But Mr Brown, one of the teachers, was not (2)____all pleased. He didn't want to have (3)____ girls in his class. When he began his class, Mr Brown always said; "Good morning, boys" at first. Now when girl students were in his class, he (4)____ said, "Good morning, boys."
One day (5)____ only one boy in his class, others were girls. Mr Brown didn't know (6)_____. He just said, "Good morning, boy." (7)_____ day he came into his classroom and looked at all the students. There were no (8)____ in his class. He was very (9)____ and said, "Oh, nobody (10)____today!" Then he went out of the classroom.
( )1. A. in B. out C. to come D. coming
( )2. A. of B. at C. for D. with
( )3. A. some B. a lot C. any D. a few of
( )4. A. yet B. already C. still D. not
( )5. A. have B. has C. there were D. there was
( )6. A. to do what B. what to do C. how to do D. to do how
( )7. A. Next B. Next to C. The next D. The last
( )8. A. boys B. girls C. students D. teachers
( )9. A. happy B. pleased C. angry D. sad
( )10.A. here B. is here C. are here D. were here
(7)
Many of you are studying English and you may be (1)____ why it is so difficult to learn. It's actually not too difficult to learn (2)____ you know some (3)____ about the language and culture that it reflects(反映). Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages (4)____ French, German, Latin, Greek and Anglo-Saxon. In addition, there are words (5)____ Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese (6)_____ can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words (7)_____other languages is (8)____ of the key reasons (9)_____ there are some difficulties that people meet with (10)____ they are learning English.
( )1. A. knowing B. wondering C. learning D. hearing
( )2. A. but B. and C. if D. unless
( )3. A. news B. facts C. truth D. information
( )4. A. such as B. the same as C. so as D. for example
( )5. A. in B. off C. of D. from
( )6. A. words B. culture C. language D. letters
( )7. A. for B. to C. from D. out
( )8. A. that B. something C. one D. this
( )9. A. why B. of C. what D. for
( )10.A. when B. before C. after D. while
(8)
Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She (1)____ chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the (2)____. Sometimes the new classes (3)____ rapidly, but sometimes they were very (4)____, and then Miss Richards had to (5)____ things many times.
One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several (6)____ when Miss Richards suddenly asked, "What is water? Who knows? (7)_____ up?"
There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt saddened, but then one boy (8)____ his hand.
"Yes, Dick?" said Miss Richards encouragingly. He was not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was (9)____ that he could answer.
"Water is a liquid which has no (10)____ until you wash your hands in it, Miss. Then it turns black, " the boy replied with great confidence.
( )1. A. teaches B. teaching C. taught D. teach
( )2. A. shop B. school C. home D. library
( )3. A. learned B. learning C. learns D. learn
( )4. A. slow B. slowly C. slowest D. slowlier
( )5. A. repeated B. repeating C. to repeat D. repeat
( )6. A. years B. minutes C. weeks D. seconds
( )7. A. Put B. Hands C. Get D. Look
( )8. A. cleaned B. washed C. raised D. put
( )9. A. sad B. glad C. angry D. hungry
( )10.A. colour B. colourful C. colourless D. colours
(9)
Jack lost(丢失)his Job last week. It was difficult for him to find another (1)____. (2)____ told him that it was possible to get a new one in a town two hundred kilometers (3)____ .He decided to get there (4)____ .So he went to the railway station and got (5)____ a train. He was the only one in the car(车厢). The train started. Suddenly a man came in (6)____ a gun and said to him,“Your money (7)____ your life!”Jack sat there without (8)____ up.
“I (9)____ any money,”Jack answered. “Then why are you so afraid of me?”the man asked angrily.
“Because I (10)____ you were the conductor, and I didn’t buy a ticket,”answered Jack.
( )1.A. work B. jobs C. ones D. one
( )2.A. Nobody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. No one
( )3.A. from B. farther C. away D. off
( )4.A. by bike B. on foot C. by train D. by bus
( )5.A. off B. on C. up D. to
( )6.A.with B. has C. have D. there was
( )7.A.but B. and C. so D. or
( )8.A.stands B. standing C. stood D. stand
( )9.A.don’t have B. have no C. didn’t have D. had
( )10.A.know B. didn’t know C. think D. thought
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(2)1—5BADCD 6—10ACBAB 11—15CDABC
(3)1—5BCADA 6—10CBDBA 11—15DCBAD
(4)1—5ACBBD 6—10DCCBB 11—15 DCADB
(5)1—5CBABA 6—10ABDAD
(6)1—5ABCCD 6—10BCACB
(7)1—5BCDAD 6—10ACCAD
(8)1—5CBAAD 6—10CBCBA
(9)1—5 DBCCB 6—10ADBAA
(10)1—5ACABA 6—10DACDB