(2011年山东省中考英语模拟试题(7))

四、阅读理解(共20小题，计20分)

阅读下列短文并做每篇后面的题目。从各题A、B、C、D中选出能正确回答所提问题或完成

所给句子的最佳答案。

A

A lady wrote a long novel. She sent it to famous editor. After a few weeks the novel was returned to her. The lady was angry. She wrote back to the editor.

“Dear sir, yesterday you sent back a novel of mine. How do you know that the novel is not good? You didn’t read it. Before I sent you the novel, I posted(粘) together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a test to see whether you would read the novel. When the novel came back yesterday, the pages were still posted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?”

The editor wrote back: “Dear madam, at breakfast when I have an egg, I don’t have to eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad.”

51.The title that can explain the story best is ______.

A.A Letter Returned B.A Novel Given Back

C.Testing Whether Reading or Not D.Reading While Eating

52.The novel was sent back to its writer because ______.

A.some pages of it were posted together B.the editor checked the novel in a hurry

C.the novel wasn’t written by the writer herself D.the editor thought it was not good

53.Which of the following sentences is true?

A.The editor read the whole novel carefully. B.There are twenty pages in the novel.

C.Both the editor and the lady were clever. D.The editor was satisfied with her novel.

54.The lady posted three pages together so as to find ______.

A.whether the novel was opened B.whether the novel was read through

C.whether the novel was stolen D.whether the novel was broken

55.From the story we know that ______.

A.the editor likes the novel very much B.the editor has a good way to read novels

C.the editor has a good way to eat an egg D.the editor doesn’t like the novel at all

B

Snake dishes have become popular in recent years. Snake meat is often seen in restaurants. It seems that eating snake is now in fashion, and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you’re considered “out of date”.

But I wonder whether all of the trends(趋势)are worth following.

Some people may defend(辩解)themselves by saying that eating snake is good for their health. But these people don’t find out that mice and worms are often in snakes’ bodies, therefore, there are many parasites(寄生虫)found inside snakes. They may be bad for our health.

Apart from this, we’re sorry to see that more snakes are being killed by a butcher’s knife.

According to the English newspaper, “Shanghai Star, about 1000 tons of snake are eaten every year in China. In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province, sometimes as many as 10 tons of snake are served on dinner tables in a single day.

If we still turn a blind eye to this, a vicious circle(恶性循环)will be created:if more snakes are eaten by people, the number of snakes will drop, but the number of mice will increase, which will result in a decrease of crop output.

This will make more people hungry. Who wants to see such a tragedy happen?

Therefore, let's not to eat snake any more. To protect the snake is to protect ourselves.

56.The writer thinks 　 　.

A.eating snake meat is good for our health B.eating snake meat isn't bad for our health

C.eating snake meat is expensive D.eating snake meat may do harm to our health

57.“Out of date”means

A.流行 B.赶时髦 C.迟到 D.不合时宜

58.In Shenzhen ,as many as 10 tons of snake______.

A.are often eaten in a day B.are eaten in a day sometimes

C.are usually eaten in a single day D.are never eaten in a single day

59.Nearly______tons of snake are served on dinner tables in a year in China.

A.10　 B.3650　 C.1000　 D.100

60.Why does the writer say that to protect snakes is to protect ourselves?

Because______.

A.snake meat is good for our health

B.snake skin can be used to make many beautiful shoes,bags and clothes

C.eating snake is now in fashion

D.a drop in the number of snakes will result in a decrease of crop output

C

Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones(时区), one hour apart(一个时区相差一小时). You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.

If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clock back, travelling east you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you travel by ship across the Pacific(太平洋), you cross the international date line(国际日期变更线). By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday, travelling west, it is tomorrow.

61.Strange things happen to time when you travel because ______.

A.no day really has twenty-four hours B.no one knows where time zones begin

C.the earth is divided into time zones D.how time flies

62.The difference in time between zones is ______.

A.one hour B.more than seven days C.seven days D.one day

63.If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock ______.

A.one hour ahead in each time zone B.one hour ahead for the whole trip

C.one full day back for each time zone D.neither back nor ahead

64.From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic ______.

A.is in one time zone B.is divided into twenty-four zones

C.is divided into five time zones D.is devided into seven time zones

65.The international date line is the name for ______.

A.the beginning of any new time zone B.any point where time changes by one hour

C.the point where a new day begins D.the point between two different zones

D

An Unexpected Answer

My friend, a doctor at a hospital, had finished a physical exam on a eight-year-old boy when the mother told the doctor that his son was always having junk food. The doctor thought how he might get the child to see the light of his poor eating habit. “So,” he asked. “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“I want to be a doctor,” said the boy.

“I’ve got him now.” thought the doctor. “And what would you say to a boy when his mother complained that he was having too much junk food?”

At once, the boy replied, “I also ate junk food when I was a child, and look at me now?!”

66.What was the boy’s problem?

A.He was often ill. B.He liked junk food very much.

C.He didn’t want to have a physical exam. D.He didn’t want to eat anything.

67.The doctor tried ______.

A.to let the boy understand it was bad to have too much junk food B.to give the boy more junk food

C.to test if the boy was clever D.to make the boy eat no junk food

68.What answer did the doctor expect to hear about his second question?

A.“It’s not good for you to have too much junk food.”

B.“You will be stronger if you eat more junk food.”

C.“It doesn’t matter to have too much junk food.”

D.“Listen to your mother, and will have more junk food.”

69.How old is the boy?

A.He is eight years old. B.He is eighteen years old.

C.She is eight years old. D.He is eighty years old.

70.This story mainly tells us that ______.

A.boys are cleverer than men B.junk food is bad to health

C.children have their own ways of thinking D.boys shouldn’t eat too much junk food

答案：

51.B 52.D 53.C 54.B 55.D 56.D 57.D 58.B 59.C 60.D

61.C 62.A 63.A 64.C 65.C 66.B 67.A 68.D 69.B 70.C

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(2011年山东省中考英语模拟试题(8))

四、阅读理解(共20小题，计20分)

阅读下列短文并做每篇后面的题目。从各题A、B、C、D中选出能正确回答所提问题或完成

所给句子的最佳答案。

A

Mr Green lived in a big city in the north of England. He taught in a school. He usually went to France or Germany for a few weeks during his summer holidays, and he spoke French and German quite well.

But one year Mr Green said to one of his friends. “I’m going to have a holiday in Japan. But I can’t speak Japanese, so I’ll go to evening classes and have Japanese lessons for a month before I go.”

He studied very hard for a month, and then his holiday began and he went to Japan.

When he came back a few weeks later, his friend asked him. “Did you have any trouble with your Japanese when you were in Japan?”

“No, I didn’t have any trouble with it,” answered Mr Green. “But the Japanese did!”

51.Mr Green was a ______.

A.farmer B.doctor C.teacher D.student

52.Mr Green had Japanese lessons because ______.

A.he wanted to teach Japanese B.he didn’t like French or German

C.he liked evening classes D.he wanted to visit Japan

53.Mr Green stayed in Japan for ______.

A.a month B.a few weeks C.a year D.a few days

54.The Japanese had trouble with ______.

A.Mr Green’s holiday B.Mr Green’s friend

C.Mr Green’s French D.Mr Green’s Japanese

55.In fact Mr Green knew ______.

A.one language B.two languages C.four languages D.three languages

B

Mr Turner once lived in a small town, but he worked in a big city. So he moved there with his wife and two children last Tuesday.

On the next day, Mr Turner was washing his new car out of the house when a man came. Mr Turner turned and saw him.

The man said, “What a beautiful car! Is it yours?”

“Sometimes.” Mr Turner answered.

The man was surprised, “Sometimes?” he said, “What do you mean?”

“Well,” answered Mr Turner slowly, “When there is a party in town, my daughter, Mary uses it. When there is a football game, my son, John drives it to watch the game. When I have washed it and it looks really new and clean, my wife, Linda drives it. And when it needs oil, it’s mine.”

56.The Turners moved to ______.

A.a small town B.a big city C.a village D.a farm

57.______ Mr Turner washed the new car.

A.On Monday B.On Tuesday C.On Wednesday D.On Sunday

58.______ often went to watch football games.

A.Mr Turner B.Mrs Turner C.Mary D.John

59.Mr Turner always needed to ______.

A.buy a car B.drive the car C.buy oil D.clean the house

60.Which one is true?

A.Everyone except Mrs Turner could drive the car.

B.Mr Turner used the car after he washed it.

C.The car was not Mr Turner’s.

D.Each of the Turners had got a license.

C

A farmer was selling a large elephant. A man came up to the elephant and began to look at it very carefully. He was afraid that the man would find out the elephant was not worth much, the farmer went up to him and said in a low voice, “Don’t say anything about that elephant till I have sold it, and I’ll give you a present.” “All right,” said the man.

After the elephant was sold, the farmer gave him fifty yuan and asked “Now, will you tell me how you found out the elephant had a defect(缺陷) in its left leg?”

“I’ve never found any defect.” said the man.

“Then why did you look so carefully at every part of it?”

“Because I had never seen an elephant before, and I wanted to know what it was like.”

61.The farmer came up to the man ______.

A.to ask him to buy the elephant B.to tell him not to say a word about the elephant

C.to ask him if he found any defect D.to tell him to look carefully

62.The man looked at the elephant very carefully because ______.

A.he wanted to buy it B.he tried to find something wrong

C.he had never seen an elephant before D.he decided to find out where the defect was

63.From the story we know the man ______.

A.should tell the buyer the truth

B.might feel lucky when the farmer gave him a lot of money for nothing

C.really found something wrong with the elephant

D.wasn’t given any money by the farmer

64.The farmer might ______.

A.feel angry when he heard the man’s words

B.feel pleased that the man didn’t find anything wrong with the elephant

C.feel surprised that the man looked at the elephant so carefully

D.feel sorry for having given the man the money

65.We know the elephant ______.

A.was not worth the price it was sold at B.was worth more than the price

C.was worth a lot of money D.was worth nothing

D

Eating in space is different from eating on the earth. The food that astronauts (宇航员) carry with them does not look like the food we eat.

Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronaut gets it. All the water is removed from the food. In the spaceship, the astronaut"shoots" hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats foods that come in bite size. The astronaut puts the whole piece in his mouth at one time so that there can be no crumbs (碎屑) that would float around the spaceship and get in the way. Meat and cakes often come in bite-sized pieces too.

Astronauts cannot drink water from open cups, or the water would become drops in the air. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth with the special gun.

66. Some space food is carried in_________.

A.water guns B. lunch boxes C.closed bags D. crumbs

67.Water in spaceships is put into_________.

A.special guns B.bottles C.cups D.plastic bags

68.The passage doesn't say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that ________.

A.astronauts get hungrier in space than they do on the earth

B.astronauts cannot drink water in the usual way in spaceships

C.astronauts must learn many new and different things

D.astronauts cannot eat anything in a spaceship

69.The reason why astronauts cannot drink water from cups is that_________.

A.the water would come from the cups B.the water would spill all over their food

C.crumbs would float in the cups D.the water would float in drops in the air

70.The main idea of the passage is that________.

A.There is less food and water in space than on the earth

B.eating and drinking in space is a special problem

C.astronauts can never eat or drink in spaceships

D.there is no food or water in spaceships

答案：

51.C 52.D 53.B 54.D 55.D 56.B 57.C 58.D 59.C 60.D

61.B 62.C 63.B 64.D 65.A 66.C 67.A 68.C 69.D 70.B