广州市中考英语英语阅读理解复习题(及答案)

广州市中考英语英语阅读理解复习题(及答案)

一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷

1．阅读理解

Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50.In fact, they say by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.

The findings came from a survey of more than 340, 000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone. At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85.The researchers asked questions about emotions, like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental（气质） or emotional stress.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be connected with changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed（被解雇） or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect （影响） the levels of happiness.

（1）Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage?

A. Those who are worried about getting old.

B. Those who are single and unemployed.

C. Those who feel unhappy all the time.

D. Those who suffer from mental stress.

（2）When may people have the highest level of stress?

A. At the age of 20.

B. At the age of 25.

C. At the age of 35.

D. At the age of 40.（3）According to Arthur Stone's idea, old people may .

A. control their behaviors better

B. know how to spend money wisely

C. dream about good things every day

D. have a positive attitude towards their life

（4）What would be the best title for this passage?

A. The Younger, the Happier

B. The Young Are Happier than the Old

C. Getting Older Means Getting Happier

D. Women Are Easier to Be Happy in Life

【答案】（1）A

（2）B

（3）D

（4）C

【解析】【分析】文章大意：重点介绍的是老年人的幸福感问题，作者通过一个调查研究告诉我们随着年龄的增长，人们的幸福感会越来越强。

（1）细节理解题。根据文中的语句 But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. 理解可知，对于老年人来说，或是担心年龄增长的人来说是个好消息，所以他们会感兴趣，故选A。

（2）细节理解题。根据文中第三段His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25.描述可知，24与25的年轻人的压力最大，故选B。（3）细节理解题。根据文中语句as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about bad experiences.可知，随着年龄的增长，人们的幸福感越来越强，对生活的态度越来越积极。故选D。

（4）标题理解归纳题。通读全文可知，这篇短文的中心就是越老生活越满足，幸福指数越高，变老意味着变得更幸福。故选C。

【点评】本文浅显易懂，层次分明，很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。

2．阅读下列短文，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中选出最佳选项。

When a man was walking by some elephants, he suddenly stopped He wondered why these huge animals were being held only by a small rope tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages. It was clear that the elephants could break the rope at any time, but for sonic reason, they did not. He saw a trainer nearby and asked why the animals just stood there and didn't try to get away. "Well," the trainer said, "when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same rope to keep them from running away. At that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break tile rope. They believe it can still hold them, so they never try to break free."

The man was surprised. These animals could break flee whenever they wanted, but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.

How many of us go through life like the elephants-holding onto the belief that we cannot do something simply because we failed at it once before?

Failure is a part of learning. If we failed once, it doesn't mean we can never succeed. If we try again and again, maybe we will succeed one day. So don't be afraid of failure and keep on trying. （1）Why did the elephants never try to break the rope after they grew up?

A. Because they liked being tied.

B. Because they were too weak to break it.

C. Because they didn't want to break it.

D. Because they thought they couldn't break it.（2）The underlined word "stuck" in Paragraph 3 means" ".

A. left

B. caught

C. killed

D. found

（3）What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Elephants should be set flee.

B. Failure can help us succeed.

C. Never let failure stop you from trying again.

D. People should look after the elephants well.

【答案】（1）D

（2）B

（3）C

【解析】【分析】本文主要介绍了一个男人看到大象被绳子绑住了一只脚而不逃走，由此引发对人生的思考。

（1）细节题。根据原文提到了 As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break tile rope. They believe it can still hold them, so they never try to break free. 可知大象小时候被绑住，长大了以后依然认为绳子可以拴住他们，故选D。

（2）推断题。根据原文提到了 because they believed they couldn't, 可知他们认为自己已经被这根绳子困住了，故选B。

（3）主旨大意题。根据原文提到了 If we failed once, it doesn't mean we can never succeed. If we try again and again, maybe we will succeed one day. 可知作者想告诉我们永远不要被困难打倒，坚强起来，故选C。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题三种常考题型，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息；主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。

3．阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

I've been smoking ever since I was very young. To be honest, I never considered what could happen to my body if I kept smoking. I just knew that I couldn't help smoking, especially when I felt very anxious. One day, I started to notice that it was getting harder and harder for me to do simple things like walking. Several months later, I couldn't get through a conversation without coughing.

Finally, I went to see a doctor. He told me I had COPD(慢肺阻). He said I had to stop smoking. I wasn't sure I could make it. To be honest, I wasn't sure I wanted to. He said that it would get harder to breathe if I didn't stop smoking, and that one day I might have to be seriously ill in bed. That made me so scared enough that I decided to give a try. However, after a few days, I failed. I knew it would be harder when I spent a lot of time with my best friend who was a smoker.

Then I tried again. That time, I tried the patch(戒烟贴), which made a big difference. It took almost 5 months, but I was finally able to stop smoking. I could feel comfortable and hopeful. My son has also been a huge help. He has been a non- smoker for almost ten years now. Whenever I wanted a cigarette, I would give him a call. He helped me remember why I had to stop smoking.

（1）Why did the writer go to see a doctor?

A. Because he was suffering from a terrible cough.

B. Because he was worried about his health.

C. Because he wanted to know more about COPD

D. Because he needed help to stop smoking.

（2）How did the writer feel when the doctor told him about his condition?

A. Annoyed

B. Hopeful

C. Anxious

D. Frightened

（3）What did the writer decide to do after seeing the doctor?

A. To stop smoking.

B. To smoke less every day.

C. To ask his best friend for help.

D. To keep away from smokers.

（4）What's the writer's purpose in calling his son?

A. To ask for some advice.

B. To ask why he had to stop smoking.

C. To suggest he could stop smoking as well.

D. To get encouragement when he wanted to give up.

【答案】（1）B

（2）D

（3）A

（4）D

【解析】【分析】本文讲述了作者吸烟很久，本来不以为然后来越来越严重引起了肺阻塞。这时才去看了医生，医生勒令他戒烟，经过很多方法，作者终于戒了烟。

（1）细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“One day, I started to notice that it was getting harder and harder for me to do simple things like walking. Several months later, I couldn't get through a conversation without coughing.”可知，作者是因为吸烟过多出现了身体问题，所以去看了医生。故选B。

（2）细节推理。根据第二段倒数第三句“ That made me so scared enough that I decided to give a try. ”可知作者听见医生说的诊断，他很害怕。故选D。

（3）细节理解题。根据第二段中“, and that one day I might have to be seriously ill in bed. That made me so scared enough that I decided to give a try. ”可知作者得知如果不介意，有一天他可能病倒在床，故作者很害怕决定尝试戒烟。故选A。

（4）细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“Whenever I wanted a cigarette, I would give him a call. He helped me remember why I had to stop smoking.”可知作者打电话给他儿子是因为当他有再抽烟的想法时，他儿子可以提醒他为什么不得不戒烟。故选D。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案。注意上下文理解。

4．阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

D

Friendship can help you stick to your aims and make you more successful, according to an article in Times.

Carlin Flora, the writer, who has studied friendship for years, finds that if you really want to change something in your life, you can develop friendship with people who have the same aims as you do.

Friends can help make your own will stronger. Following good examples can help you get rid of bad behaviors and form new, healthier ones. For example, after a busy and tiring day, you probably want to go home and watch TV. However, your friend knocks on your door and asks you to go jogging with him. After jogging, you talk over coffee together. This is much better than just sitting in the room watching TV.

Flora also points out that it's best to stop bad habits by turning attention to different, good ones. Instead of staying at home alone and spending hours in front of your computer, building up friendship with those who have the values and habits you admire will lift you up more easily.

We all wish to be with, and be liked by our friends. When you have friendship with people with strong wills and good behaviors, you will not only succeed more easily, but also find joy on your journey.

（1）The underlined word "ones" in the third paragraph means .

A. examples

B. behaviors

C. friends

D. aims

（2）In the writer's opinion, is better for you after a busy and tiring day.

A. sitting in the room watching TV

B. staying at home alone

C. spending hours in front of your computer

D. jogging with a friend

（3）According to the writer, we should make friends with those who .

A. have the values and habits we admire

B. often go jogging with us

C. have the same jobs as we do

D. talk over coffee with us

（4）The main idea of this passage is .

A. friends can help make your own will stronger

B. we all wish to be with, and be liked by our friends

C. it's best to stop had habits by turning attention to different, good ones

D. friendship can help you stick to your aims and make you more successful

【答案】（1）B

（2）D

（3）A

（4）D

【解析】【分析】短文大意：朋友可以帮助你坚持目标并变得更加成功，研究表明，和那些拥有你所羡慕的价值观或习惯的人交朋友，你会更快乐，更容易成功。

（1）词义推测题。结合句意可知是消除不好的行为，形成好的，健康的行为，故ones指的是行为，选B。

（2）细节理解题。从After jogging, you talk over coffee together. This is much better than just sitting in the room watching TV.可知作者认为和朋友慢跑后，一边喝咖啡一边聊天更好，故选D。

（3）细节理解题。从building up friendship with those who have the values and habits you admire will lift you up more easily.可知选A。

（4）主旨概括题。文章第一段就提到了短文的中心，故选D。

【点评】考查对篇章的把握和对细节的识别能力，答题时注意紧扣问题中的关键词，在文章中寻找答案。

5．阅读短文，判断正误。

My interest in cooking started when I was 11, partly thanks to my mother. She didn't really like cooking and when she did cook. I didn't like her food. Once I was watching something about cooking on TV and I thought I could do this, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find.

During a year, I had made most of its recipes (食谱) and was ready for a bigger challenger (挑战). I wanted to create my own dishes and I started cooking for more people than just my family. To my happiness, my parents allowed me to build a test kitchen. I did much cooking test my dishes in it and my skill became better and better. Now as a teen chef (主厨). I have cooked in top-class restaurants around the country. I am not doing it for money, but because I love cooking. Now I know that when you stop caring whether you will be famous or do well, your happiness will come to you.

（1）The writer liked his mother's food when he was a child

（2）The writer's parents allowed him to build a test Kitchen

（3）The writer's mother taught him how to cook.

（4）Now the writer is a famous chef around the word.

（5）The writer is not cooking for money

【答案】（1）0

（2）1

（3）0

（4）0

（5）1

【解析】【分析】大意：作者由于不喜欢他妈妈做的菜，于是自学厨艺，最后成为全国知名主厨的故事。

（1）细节题。句意：作者孩子时喜欢他妈妈做的食物。根据 I didn't like her food.可知，他不喜欢她做的食物，故答案为错误。

（2）细节题。句意：作者的父母允许他建一个测试厨房。根据my parents allowed me to build a test kitchen.可知作者的父母同意他建一个测试厨房，故答案为正确。

（3）细节题。句意：作者的妈妈教她烹饪。根据 I did much cooking test my dishes in it and my skill became better and better. 可知，他自己买书来自学烹饪，故答案为错误。

（4）细节题。句意：作者是一个世界有名的主厨。根据Now as a teen chef (主厨). I have

cooked in top-class restaurants around the country.可知他在全国各地顶级餐馆当主厨，故答案为错误。

（5）细节题。句意：作者当厨师不是为挣钱。根据 I am not doing it for money, 可知描述跟原文相符，故答案为正确。

【点评】考查阅读理解。浏览文章大意，根据问题在文章中找到原句判断对错。

6．阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

Cinyee Chiu, an artist from Taiwan, is always happy to try something new. Her amazing works won lots of prizes. Among them, "24 Solar Terms(节气)" is the most popular.

Ancient Chinese divided a year into 24 parts according to the changes of the weather. It's the 24 solar terms. But not everyone knows them well. Cinyee Chiu put the 24 solar terns in pictures to help people understand them better.

Cinyee turned each solar term into an animal. But these animals are not just animals. You can also find seasonal fruits, vegetables or beautiful flowers on them.

When spring comes, water gets warm and fish start to swim around. So Cinyee chose fish as a symbol of Start of Spring. Also, she drew spring vegetables, Chinese chives on the back of the fish. White Dew falls on about Sept. 8. It shows the beginning of the cool autumn. There are colorful leaves and cooler nights at this time of year. As the temperature falls, white dew(露珠) is often seen on the grass and trees at night. For White Dew, Cinyee chose a raccoon—a small animal with thick hair. She drew white spots(小圆点) on the raccoon to show dew. And she used the dragon fruit to show the rich colors in autumn.

The young artist really gave the ancient Chinese culture a new look.

（1）The writer gave ____ examples to show Cinyee's "24 Solar Terms".

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five

（2）From Paragraph 5, we know that ____.

A. a raccoon likes fish

B. Start of Spring falls on about Dec. 8

C. White Dew shows the end of the autumn

D. Cinyee used white spots to show dew

（3）According to the passage, Picture ____ can't be from Cinyee's "24 Solar Terms".

A.

B.

C.

D.

（4）The writer mainly wants to talk about ____.

A. why Cinyee made herself known

B. who divided a year into 24 parts

C. how Cinyee showed the 24 solar terms

D. what Start of Spring and White Dew mean

【答案】（1）A

（2）D

（3）D

（4）C

【解析】【分析】文章大意：艺术家辛业秋以图片的形式将中国的二十四节气变成24种动物及相应的季节性的水果、蔬菜或美丽的花朵，帮助人们更好地理解它们。

（1）理解归纳题。通读文中的第四、五段可知，本文列举了两个实例来说明了辛业秋二十四节气的表现方式及内容，故选A。

（2）细节理解题。根据文中的语句She drew white spots(小圆点) on the raccoon to show dew.理解可知，Cinyee 用白点来显示白露，故选D。

（3）细节理解题。根据文中的语句Cinyee turned each solar term into an animal. But these animals are not just animals. You can also find seasonal fruits, vegetables or beautiful flowers on them.理解可知，在每个节气上有动物，水果，蔬菜以及鲜花。分析四副图片可知第四幅不是来自Cinyee的二十四节气，故选D。

（4）理解归纳题。通读全文可知，此文主要介绍了Cinyee是怎样展示中国二十四节气

的，故选C。

【点评】考阅读理解。本题主要涉及细节理解题和主旨大意题。细节理解题可以直接从文中找到答案，而主旨大意题需要认真阅读仔细理解，归纳出中心思想。

7．阅读下面短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One afternoon, on my way home, I saw a car accident (事故)!

I asked people for help, but no one stopped. When the car driver and his wife saw this, they quickly closed the window of the car and drove away. "What shall I do? The old man needs help,"

I thought.

At that time, a truck stopped and the driver came out. "What's wrong with the old man? What can I do?" the driver asked me. "Sir, please help the old man. A car hit him and he is badly hurt!" I said. "well, don't worry. Let me take him to the hospital first," the driver said.

A few minutes later, the driver took the old man to the hospital and I called the police. I told the whole story to the police and I also told them the number of the car. The police said to me, "Well done, boy! Leave it to us, We will punish (惩罚) them!"

When I got home, it was 7: 30. I thought I was great.

（1）One afternoon, a car hit ________.

A. a young man

B. a boy

C. a truck

D. an old man

（2）What did the truck driver do?

A. He drove away quickly.

B. He stopped for a while and then drove away.

C. He took the old man to the hospital.

D. He called the police.

（3）What did the writer think of himself?

A. Very good.

B. Very terrible.

C. Very nervous.

D. Very surprised.（4）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. When the car driver saw the accident, he quickly drove away

B. After a long time, the car driver took the old man to the hospital

C. The writer told the whole story to the police.

D. The writer got home at 7: 30

（5）What do you think of the writer?

A. He is a bad person.

B. He is a nice person.

C. He is a strange person.

D. He is a handsome person.

【答案】（1）D

（2）C

（3）A

（4）B

（5）B

【英语】中考英语阅读理解经典题型带答案

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