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Do you think telling lies, whether a little or a lot, isn't that big of a deal? Well, that depends on the situation. If someone asks, "Does this dress make me look fat?" We might all lie. We might say, "Of course not. You look great." Lying to spare someone's feelings is one thing. Lying to destroy(毁坏)someone's character is another.
"What's really terrible is that you can't cancel a big lie," says a man we'll call Morgan. "I promise if you go house to house to say, 'I feel terrible I wrongly charged my neighbor with stealing,' the lie will spread like a fire. You can't call back a lie very easily."
Morgan goes on to say that lies have hurt people more than guns.
"We have a grandfather in our church whose son-in-law told people the man treated his own children badly," Morgan says. "To this day, we don't know whether it is true or not. I would doubt it, but I can't take a chance, especially if he is working with young people in our church."
"I worked with a man who was stealing money from our boss," says a man we'll call Fred. "He was good at lying and doctoring the books(做假账).I worried, 'If I turned him in, and he got out of the trouble, my career at our company would come to an end.'"
Fred says he came up with a plan to drop hints(暗示)to the company owner. "I found printed materials on the dishonest worker. I started mailing them to the company owner without leaving my name. Then one day, over lunch, I told my boss he should have the books checked carefully. He got the hint."
Fred told us that when the books were checked, the dishonest worker tried to blame(责怪) him for the mistakes. However, Fred told the company owner he had been dropping hints for some time. The boss got the picture. Fred kept his job. The dishonest guy was sent away.
How to make a liar(说谎者)public takes work. It can be done, but you might have to give others time to accept the truth. The slower you move, the more control you will have.
1. The underlined phrase "spare someone's feelings" in Paragraph 1 means "_____ ".
A. destroy someone's feelings
B.avoid hurting someone
C. put someone in a bad mood
D. express someone's ideas
2. Which of the following can be used to conclude Paragraph 2?
A. It's no use crying over spilt(洒出的)milk.
B. Every man has his misses.
C. There is no smoke without fire.
D. Pride goes before a fall.
3. How does the writer develop this passage?
A. By listing numbers.
B. By comparing.
C. By giving examples.
D. By following order of time.
4. What can we know from the passage?
A. It was true that the grandfather treated his own children badly.
B. It is not difficult to let a dishonest man tell the truth.
C. Fred's boss believed the dishonest worker's words and sent Fred away.
D. To make a liar public, we should find out useful ways first.
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Last summer, after 16 years in America, I travelled to Moscow where I grew up. I was the first in my family to return. Mum gave me a hand-drawn map showing the location of my grandfather's grave（坟墓）. She asked me to visit it. I promised her it would be the first thing I'd do.
But it wasn't until a day before I was leaving that I found time to visit.
By the entrance to the cemetery（公墓）, a lady was selling flowers. She had only seven left.
I bought them all, but it was then that I realized the map was lost and never found.
I could call my mum. It was already morning in New York.
But the problem was that I had already told her I'd gone to the cemetery. What was I going to say? That I decided to go again but lost the map?
Then I found the office. An old woman searched the records and found two Abraham Pikarskis with no further details.
I set off to look for them, hoping that at least one would have a picture on the stone.
I found the two graves. Both said Abraham Pikarski, no pictures, nothing else.
Which grave was mine?
I put three flowers on the grave in front of me and went back to the first one. I also put three flowers there.
I stood there with the last flower. Which Abraham Pikarski should it go to? Should I just discard it so that each Abraham Pikarski got an equal number? Finally, I put the flower on the grave. If this is really my grandfather's, he got the most. If not, let this be a respect to the stranger.
I flew home to New York the next day. When Mum saw me, she started crying.
"Mum, it's only been a week..."
She said, "Son, thank you for visiting Grandfather's grave. It really means so much to me. When you called and told me you went there, I thought you were just comforting me. But this morning, my cousin called from Moscow, saying she saw your flowers on your grandpa's grave."
Should I ask her how many flowers her cousin saw? Three or four?
1. Why didn't the writer call Mum for the location of his grandfather's grave?
A. Because it was midnight in New York.
B. Because he found the hand-drawn map.
C. Because his mum didn't know where Grandfather's grave was.
D. Because he didn't want Mum to know he broke his promise.
2. The writer's mother cried because _________________________.
A. she missed her father so much
B. she hadn't seen her son for a week
C. the writer visited his grandfather's grave for her
D. the writer put four flowers on his grandfather's grave
3. In which situation does the writer have no difficulty making a decision?
A. How to deal with the last flower.
B. Whether to visit his grandfather's grave.
C. Whether to phone Mum for the grave's location.
D. Whether to ask Mum how many flowers her cousin saw.
4. This passage shows the writer's character mostly through the use of __________.
A. description of his thoughts and actions
B. his long dialogues with other people
C. description of his looks and personality
D. other people' thoughts about him
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Many people complain about their bad memory, especially when they are older. How can we improve our memory?
Many people think that repeating things is the best way to remember them. While this undoubtedly helps short-term memory（remembering a telephone number for a few seconds, for example), psychologists（心理学家）doubt whether it can help you remember things for very long.
The British psychologist E. C. Stanford seemed to prove this point when he tested himself on five prayers（祈祷文）that he had read aloud every morning for over 25 years. He found that he could remember no more than three words of some of them! More helpful, especially for remembering numbers, is grouping the information. The following numbers would be impossible for most of us to remember: 1492178919931848. But look at them in chunks, and it becomes much easier: 1492 1789 1993 1848.
According to experts, there are many ways of training your memory. Many of them involve forming a mental picture of the things to be memorized. One method, which may be useful in learning foreign languages, is to create a picture in your mind connected to a word you want to remember.
Another method is to invent a story that includes all the things you want to remember. In experiments, people were asked to remember up to 120 words using this skill; when tested afterwards, on average, they were able to recall 90% of them!
However, not all of us are interested in learning long lists of names and numbers just for fun. For those studying a large amount of information, psychologists suggest that the best way to form meaningful connections is to ask yourself lots of questions as you go along. So, for example, if you were reading about a particular disease, you would ask yourself questions like: "Do people get it from water?", "What parts of the body does it influence?" and so on. This is said to be far more effective than time spent "passively" reading and re-reading notes.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about repeating things according to the passage?
A. It helps short-term memory for sure.
B. It makes remembering things interesting.
C. It helps to remember things for long.
D. It makes remembering prayers effortless.
2. The underlined word "chunks" in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____________”.
A. details
B. turns
C. groups
D. lines
3. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Creating a picture is useful in learning Maths.
B. Inventing a prayer trains our memory quickly.
C. Remembering long numbers is easy for people.
D. Asking yourself questions activates the memory.
4. What's the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?
A. To complain that his memory is bad.
B. To recognize some memory problems.
C. To explain some memory experiments.
D. To share some ways of improving memory.
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“How did you know I had a visitor with me?” asked Watson in amazement. “I sometimes believe you have eyes in the back of your head!”
“I don’t, but I do have a very well polished silver coffeepot in front of me!” Holmes laughed. “And whom do I have the pleasure of greeting?” he asked.
“I am Dr. James Mortimer, Mr. Holmes. It concerns the death of my good friend and patient, Sir Charles Baskerville. Sir Charles Baskerville had no children, so his entire estate(财产) now pass to his nephew, Sir Henry Baskerville, who has been living in America for many years.” Dr. Mortimer took a letter out of his pocket which was given to him by Sir Charles just before his death 3 months ago. “ If I may, I should like to read the letter to you.” He adjusted his glasses.
“Baskerville Hall, 1742. To my sons, Rodger and John. The legend（传说，传奇）has been told by my father who was told by his father before him. It began 100 years ago in 1642 when this
great Baskerville Hall was occupied（占有）by Hugo Baskerville ---a wild, ugly, cruel man. Hugo wanted to marry the daughter of a neighbouring farmer. One day, with his five evil friends, he rode to the farm and kidnapped the girl. He brought her to Baskerville Hall and locked her in an upstairs room while he and his friends having a drinking party below. The poor girl was very frightened, but she managed to climb out of the window. Hugo, however, soon noticed that she had gone. He chased the girl on his black horse with his hunting dog showing the way. His friends joined the chase until a strange sight stopped them. There lay two bodies--Hugo’s and the girl’s. Standing over Hugo’s body was a huge black beast（野兽）tearing out his throat（喉咙）.
“I really don’t like fairy tales ”said Holmes. “What exactly is it you want me to do?”
“I need you to advise me what to do with Sir Henry Baskerville who’s arriving here today”.
1. How does Mr. Holmes know there’s a visitor?
A. Dr. Watson phoned an hour ago
B. He has eyes in the back of his head.
C. He saw it from the mirror.
D. A well polished silver coffeepot which serves as a mirror.
2. What was the letter about that Dr. Mortimer read to Watson and Holmes?
A. A story describing the terrible things running in the Baskerville family
B. A research that Dr. Mortimer had done on the Baskerville family
C. A newspaper article reporting Sir Charles Baskerville’s death
D. A letter that Charles Baskerville had written to Dr. Mortimer
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Hugo Baskerville kidnapped a poor girl and killed her.
B. Dr. Mortimer was a member of the Baskerville family.
C. Sir Henry Baskerville is nephew of Sir Charles Baskerville.
D. Henry Baskerville was the owner of Baskerville Hall in 1642.
4. Why did Dr. Mortimer visit Holmes?
A. Because he wanted Holmes to investigate(调查) Sir Charles’death.
B. Because he wanted advice about the arrival of Sir Henry.
C. Because he wanted Holmes to stop Sir Henry going to Baskerville Hall.
D. Because he wanted to make sure that Charles’ brother was dead.
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Here is a real-life story of The Tortoise and the Hare《龟兔赛跑》.
Every year in Australia, the strongest long-distance runners race more than 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne. The race takes more than five days to complete. It attracts world-class athletes-the kind who become spokespeople for sneakers and sports drinks.
In 1983, however, as the competitors lined up to race, they were joined by a 61-year-old farmer wearing overalls and work boots. His name was Cliff Young. The other runners mistook him for a spectator（观众）. He explained that on his family's sheep farm, he often had to round up 2,000 or so animals by himself. "Sometimes I had to run after those sheep for two or three days. I believe I can run this race." he said.
When the race began, the younger runners flew past Cliff. Instead of running after them, Cliff shuffled (拖着脚走）along in an unusual way. The other runners and the spectators thought he would never finish the race. But something happened. When all the other runners took a break to
sleep, Cliff kept running. The other runners caught up to him each morning, but finally Cliff was too far ahead to be passed. On the fifth day, he left all of the young, world-class athletes behind. He was the first competitor to cross the finish line and he set a new course record.
Cliff received＄10, 000 for winning the race. He said he did not realize there would be prize money, and he gave the funds to his fellow runners. Doing this made him a hero in Australia. Since then, many runners have used his shuffling stride. No one sleeps during the race anymore, either. The farmer changed long-distance racing and proved that age and style aren't everything.
1. What helped Cliff Young win the race?
A. Staying awake for five days.
B. Running faster than the others.
C. Studying new ways of running.
D. Wearing unusual running clothes.
2. Why did the other runners think that Young was a spectator?
A. They saw him on the sidelines.
B. He was not a spokesperson for sneakers.
C. They knew he was a farmer.
D. He was not dressed like a runner.
3. According to the passage, what made Young a hero in Australia?
A. He managed to set a world record.
B. He proved that dressing doesn't matter.
C. He gave his prize money to other runners.
D. He received an award of＄10,000.
4. How did Young change long-distance running?
A. He raised the age limit for runners.
B. He introduced a new way of running.
C. He raise the award for the race.
D. He encouraged other farmers to enter.
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Where can you learn about the cultural relies(文物)of our country? You may visit museums or read books, but now a CCTV show may give you a more fun way to learn about them.
The show is called National Treasure, it has 10 episodes (集) it shows 27 treasures from 9 museums across China. In order to make ancient culture relics come alive, the show uses different ways to explain the story history and culture behind them.
Although it's a show about old relics, it looks modern and technical(技术的),An IMAX-sized LED sired screen on the stage shows the treasures in detail.
The treasures are presented(呈现) by National treasure keepers(守护者), both famous people and common people. Instead of just telling the stories and history behind the treasures, the show invites famous actors to be national treasures keepers, And they act out, this stories on the stage. The actors even use the funny words to make their performances interesting and alive. For example, on the show, actor Wang Kai played Emperor Qianlong TV viewers loved his performances.
While telling the stories behind the treasures, National treasure keepers also tell their own stories. For example, an old man named Qiu Qingnian is good at making natural paints for repairing ancient paintings. For many years he has been looking for mines(矿) deep inside mountains. On the TV program, he shows TV viewers how to make natural paints.
The show has become widely popular with its interesting plots(情节), good performances and funny words. It has promoted (推广)ancient cultural relics and has encouraged more people to visit museums.
1.The show National Treasure was produced to___________.
A look for national treasure keepers B. make ancient cultural relics come alive
C .show the modern technology D. invite some famous actors to act out
2. From the passage, we can learn something about the show National Treasure Except ________.
A actors good performances B. the stories with interesting plots
C. Qiu Qingnian's memes
D. the history and culture behind
3. What column(专栏)in a magazine might the passage come from?
A Health B. History and culture C. Sports D. Science and technology
4. The writer's main purpose of writing the passage is__________.
A. to tell us what national treasure keepers do
B. to explain why National Treasure is popular
C. to teach us the ways of making natural paints
D. to introduce the TV show National Treasure
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Painting and writing on walls is nothing new. In prehistoric (史前的) times, people in Africa and Europe painted pictures of animals and people in caves. Graffiti has been found at ancient sites in Greece, Italy, Syria and Iraq. In the Roman town of Pompeii in Italy, archaeologists found a lot of graffiti written in Latin, including political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells! In the 1970s, young people in New York used pens to write their names, or “tags”, on walls around the city. One of the first “taggers” was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family. He wrote his tag on walls in his neighbourhood and in subway stations on the way to school. Other teenagers saw Demetrius’s tag and started writing their own tags on walls, buses and subway trains all over New York. Then, some teenagers stopped using pens and started using paints. Their tags were bigger and more colourful and appeared on trains, buses and walls around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started to make pictures too.
In many countries, it is a crime to paint on walls and street artists can have problems with the police. In other countries, street art is permitted in certain places. Nowadays, street art is more popular with the public. In some cities, there are street art festivals. In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year. Artists paint all the buildings in a street. Lots of people come to watch the artists and take photos. Street art can be seen in galleries (美术馆) too. There have been exhibitions of stre et art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles.
Most street artists are young people who paint in their neighborhood or home city. Many of them use the Internet to communicate and share photos of their pictures with other street artists around the world. Although we don’t know what will happen to street art in the future, we can be sure that it is here to stay!
1. Graffiti in ancient times includes different kinds of themes EXCEPT .
A. names and tags
B. magic spells
C. animals and people
D. romantic messages
2. Which is the correct order according to the passage?
①Demetrius wrote his tags on walls.
②Many graffiti artists made pictures too.
③Other teenagers wrote their own tags on walls.
④There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries.
⑤More colourful tags appeared on trains, buses and walls.
A. ①③⑤②④
B. ①③⑤④②
C. ④③①②⑤
D. ④①③②⑤
3. What does “permitted” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. protected
B. allowed
C. punished
D. warned
4. The main purpose of the article is .
A. to tell why graffiti and street art will disappear
B. to tell the development of graffiti and street art
C. to tell what will happen to street art in the future
D. to tell the relationship between graffiti and street art
参考答案：
1 BACD
2 DCBA
3 ACDD
4 DACB
5 ADCB
6 BCBD
7 AABB
中考英语阅读训练（001） This is a talk by a London taxi(出租车)driver. "I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis." "It's a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles(英里)outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon." "I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning." "Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows." "I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief(小偷). Luckily the woman came downstairs(下楼).She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!" 1.The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____. A. drive B. make money ? C. climb in through the window D. meet a lot of people 2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____. A. she wanted to have a sleep B. her husband didn't open the door for her C. she didn't want to pay the driver D. she couldn't find her key 3.The story happened _____. A. early in the morning B. late at night C.20 miles outside London D. near the police station 4.Which of the following is wrong? A. The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning. B. The police made a mistake. C. The woman had no money to pay the driver. D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.
阅读理解整体分析 选材 ①阅读材料通常在150~250词之间 ②选材广泛,具有浓厚的时代气息 ③阅读语段生动活泼,语句富子变化 命题原则 ①要求考生既能理解具体的事实,也能理解抽象的概念; ②要求考生既能理解文章的表层意思,也能理解文章的深层含义; ③要求考生既能理解某句、某段的意思,也能理解全篇的逻辑关系; 中考阅读理解的应试策略 在解答阅读理解题时,要根据如下步骤进行解题。 1.浏览问题明确要求 先了解文章后面所要解决的问题再去看文章,能使思路更加清晰,做到心中有数。 2.略读全文,了解梗概 略读就是在尽可能短的时间内把握文章或段落的内容,略读时要特别注意主题。 3.通读寻读猎取信息 寻读时可把与答题无关的内容一扫而过,而与答题有关的重要信息要认真读。 4逐条分析,对号入座 即把寻读时所获得的信息与答题要求结合起来,逐条进行分析,对号人座。 5.复读全文,验证答案 再次仔细阅读全文,进一步加深对文章的理解,核实所选内容是否正确。 阅读理解不同题型解题技巧 基于不同的考查目的,阅读理解题通常可分类为“细节理解题”“主且大意题”“词义猜测题”与“推理判断题”,不同的考查目的,会有不同的设题特点可使用不同的解题技巧。 一、细节理解题解题技巧 细节理解题主要是考查who, what, which, when, where等文章细节些细节理解题比较简单,只需浏览文中所叙述的事实或细节,就可以作答。 但一些细节理解题则需要通过语句的同义或反义转换来考查学生对英语的理解能力,对文中个别难词、关键词、词组或句子作出解释或需要对有关的上下文提供的语境和信息、甚至对整篇文章的内容建立准确、立体的理解和判断。这些题的难度较大解答细节理解题时,要先看题于,然后带着问题读文章。同学们做这类题时可以边读边做记号,加强阅读的针对性提高做题的准确率, 1.语义转换题一跳读查找法。语义转换题通常考查对某句话或某几包话的理解，可根据题干内容从原文中找到相关句子,然后进行比较和分析,并确定最佳答案运用跳读查找法时,要特别注意试题及其选项与原文之间的语义变换,如同义变换、概念解析、归纳事实等 2.生活应用题一常识理解法。生活应用题要求学生在读懂文章的基础上结合定的生活常识进行判断。但有些时候,一些常识性判断题,甚至只看题干,就可选出最佳答案。 3.细节排序题一首尾定位法。这种试题要求学生根据动作发生的先后顺序和句子之间的逻辑关系,找出事件发生的正确顺序,做此类题时可采用“首尾定位第一个动作和最后一个动作,迅速缩小选择范围,从而快速选出正确答案 4.寻找值息题一干定位法。快速寻找信息题一般为功能阅读题,主要形式有广告、公告、演出信息、航班时间表、购物就餐等,做这类题时没有必要阅读全文,直采用“题干定位法,根据题干要求,直接从表格中查找相关信息
最新中考英语阅读理解练习题 一、初三英语阅读理解（含答案详细解析） 1．阅读理解 Radio and television are very popular in the world today. Millions of people watch TV. Perhaps more people listen to the radio. The TV, of course, is more useful than the radio. On TV you can see and hear what is happening in the world. Now the radio is not disappearing. It's still with us. And the number of listeners is becoming larger. One reason for this is the invention of the transistor（晶体管）radio. The transistor radio is sometimes very small. It is very easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus when you go to work. It is better for blind people. Many old people don't have good sight （视力）to watch TV. When people are working，they can't watch TV but they can listen to music or news over the radio. What's more，the radio is much cheaper than the TV. （1）After the television was invented，people ____. A. think it is unnecessary to use the radio B. don't want to use the radio any more C. are still using the radio D. find the radio is disappearing （2）One of the reasons for the larger number of listeners of the radio is that ____. A. the TV was invented B. the transistor radio was invented C. people don't like watching TV D. millions of people watch TV （3）____ listen to the radio more because their sight isn't good enough. A. Children B. Young people C. Old people D. Adults （4）Usually ____ can be used easily while people are moving or working. A. the radio B. the TV C. both the TV and the radio D. neither the radio nor the TV 【答案】（1）C （2）B （3）C （4）A 【解析】【分析】大意：本文讲述收音机和电视机在世界上的很受欢迎，电视与收音机比，电视更有用，然而收音机由于体积小便宜，便于携带，听众也越来越多，深受老年人喜爱。 （1）细节题。根据Perhaps more people listen to the radio.可知，电视发明后，人们依然使用收音机，故选C。 （2）细节题。根据One reason for this is the invention of the transistor（晶体管）radio. 可知，收音机听众的数量更多其中一个原因是晶体管收音机被发明，故选B。 （3）推断题。根据 Many old people don't have good sight（视力）to watch TV.可知，老年人由于视力不好听广播的人更多，故选C。 （4）细节题。根据When people are working，they can't watch TV but they can listen to music or news over the radio.可知，通常人们移动或者工作时可以听收音机，故选A。 【点评】考查阅读理解。细节题和推断题是阅读理解题中常考题型。细节题需要从文中寻
中考英语阅读理解专项训练 【知识点睛】 一、中考阅读理解命题特点 题型上来看：着重考察学生对整篇文章的把握，侧重考查学生根据语境进行语篇分析和综合利用有效信息解决实际问题的能力 体裁上来看：涉及记叙文、夹叙夹议文、议论文、说明文和应用文；题材内容涉及英语国家文化的多个领域，并逐步增加广告、海报、图画、表格等实用文体 阅读量上看：逐年增加 难度上来看：增加了难度，超过了大纲规定的3%的生词率 二、中考阅读课标要求 义务教育英语课程标准指出：阅读是搜集处理信息、认识世界、发展思维、获得审美体验的重要途径。因此，阅读理解在中考中所占的比例、分值越来越大，主要考查考生通过文字获取信息的能力，阅读速度要求达到每分钟60—80词。选材范围越来越广，除故事、人物轶事外，科普性文章和社会热点话题也多了起来；体裁也趋于多样化，有记叙文、说明文、应用文、议论文等，有时还考查考生理解及解释图表所提供的简单信息的能力；阅读材料丰富多彩，融知识性、趣味性、科学性于一体，既对学生阅读理解能力起着评价作用，又能增长知识、开阔视野。 国家英语课程要求从3年级起开设英语课程，课程标准中的第五级为9年级，也就是初中毕业参加中考时应达到的基本要求。其中对学生“读”的能力做了如下要求： 1. 能根据上下文和构词法推断、理解生词的含义。 2. 能理解段落中各句子之间的逻辑关系。 3. 能找出文章中的主题，理解故事的情节，预测故事情节的发展和可能的结局。 4. 能读懂相应水平的常见体裁的读物。 5. 能根据不同的阅读目的运用简单的阅读策略获取信息。 6. 能利用词典等工具书进行阅读。 7. 课外阅读量应累计达到15万词以上。 三、解题步骤 第一步：读题，把握出题动向 第二步：带着问题速读文章，简单标记题目______________ 第三步：________文中信息，对相关信息进行划线标注 第四步：检查核对 四、阅读题型和做题方法 1、细节理解题 做题方法：利用题目的______________，寻找文中______________，在对应词周围找答案或直接在文中搜索答案，对号入座。它一般是由特殊疑问词what, when, where, how, why, who, which等提问出现，可以直接找到答案。（答案往往不是文中原句） 2、猜测词义题
中考英语阅读理解专项练习综合（word） 一、初三英语阅读理解（含答案详细解析） 1．阅读理解 Scrapbooking is a hobby. It was popular for more than 500 years. People called it a friendship book. They kept pictures, letters, poems and other things they wanted to remember. Today people collect many things in scrapbooks. Some people have funny collections, like the world's most awkward ideas or pictures of the world's most ugly dogs. Other people may collect stories about the bad weather. It is easy to get started. First, you should decide what you want to collect. Start with just one idea. Next, you will need a book with background paper, scissors and glue. You need the scissors to cut out the pictures or stories. You need the glue to stick them to the background paper. You can be busy and collect many things or lazy and collect few things. It'll be lots of fun to make your scrapbook and you can share it with your friends. （1）How long was scrapbooking popular? A. less than 500 years B. 500 years C. over 500 years D. more than 550 years （2）What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word "awkward"? A. 聪明的 B. 愚蠢的 C. 美妙的 D. 残疾的（3）How many items （物品） are mentioned to make a scrapbook? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. （4）To make a scrapbook, what do you need first? A. Glue. B. Scissors. C. A book. D. An idea. （5）What's the best title of the passage? A. Scrapbooking B. The History of Scrapbooking C. What Is a Scrapbook? D. How to make a Scrapbook 【答案】（1）C （2）B （3）C （4）D （5）A 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了剪粘书的通途，可以保存照片、信件、诗歌和其他他们想记住的东西。 （1）细节题。根 It was popular for more than 500 years可知它流行了500多年，故选C。（2）词义猜测题。根据pictures of the world's most ugly dogs. Other people may collect stories about the bad weather 世界上最丑陋的狗的照片。其他人可能会收集坏天气的故事可知awkward指愚蠢的，故选B。 （3）细节题。根据you will need a book with background paper, scissors and glue 你需要一本背景纸、剪刀和胶水的书可知3种物品被提到制作剪贴簿，故选C。 （4）细节题。根据 First, you should decide what you want to collect. 可知要制作剪贴簿，你首先需要，故选D。
最新中考英语阅读理解专项练习经典 一、初三英语阅读理解（含答案详细解析） 1．根据短文内容选择正确答案。 C Grace, usually known as the Home of Microsoft, is inside an office building in Redmond, Washington. Once you come into the building, you will feel that you're in a modern and future home. When you enter the building, Grace's voice, coming from a hidden speaker, tells you your messages. In the kitchen, you set a bag of flour（面粉） on a flat stone table. Grace sees what you're doing and makes a menu of flour-based foods on the table. Once you choose one, Grace gives you ingredients（配料）. There's also a notice board in the kitchen made of “intelligent（智能的）cloth” that works like a touch screen computer. You can deal with postcards and invitations and surf the net with the touch of a finger. The invitations could be encoded（编码）. You can deal with them on the computer. It's part of Microsoft's Smart Personal Objects Technology, whose aim is to make every object more efficient（有效率的）. “The day when your house becomes a member of your family is not far,” says Pam Heath, a manager of Microsoft. At the Andersen Windows Company, Jay Libby imagines that windows made of intelligent glass can be changed into TVs. “Nobody wants a television set,” says Libby. “What you want is the service it provides.” If the TV isn't improved, it will disappear in the future. Home entertainment is one consideration for the future. At the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, scientists are designing systems that will allow old people to live better on their own. So Grandma's home can be cleverly designed to recognize（识别）her ways of waking, sleeping and movement. Family members will be told any change by their computers.（1）We can know from the passage that Grace _________. A. is an idea known as the Microsoft Home B. is a machine that works like a TV C. can understand what its master does D. can cook meals for its master （2）According to the passage, all the following are true EXCEPT________. A. Grace can help you in the kitchen B. you can use the computer with a touch screen C. windows will take the place of TV sets in the near future D. TV technology needs improving （3）It can be inferred（推断） from the passage that ________. A. the building in the future will be intelligent B. your windows will be changed into TVs
中考英语阅读理解专项复习经典 一、初三英语阅读理解（含答案详细解析） 1．阅读理解 Science fiction is a popular kind of writing, and many people think of Jules Verne（凡尔纳） as the father of science fiction. He was born in France in 1828. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but from his early 20s Verne decided to become a writer. At first he wrote plays for the theater. Then, in 1863, he wrote a story called Five Weeks in a Balloon. The success of this book encouraged him to write more stories such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth（1864） and From the Earth to the Moon（1865）. In the 19th century, many people were interested in science and inventions. Jules Verne wrote about scientific subjects in his stories and, as a result, they were very popular. Verne's writing included many predictions（预言）for the 20th century and many of them came true. He described space flight, movies, and air conditioning, a long time before they appeared. These books were very successful and they made Verne rich. Jules Verne's books have been the subjects for many movies. 20, 000 Leagues under the Sea was a successful movie for Walt Disney. It was the first time that Disney movie had used real actors instead of cartoon drawings. Around the World in Eighty Days is another famous movie based on one of Verne's books. The main character is an Englishman called Phileas Fogg. For him, the most important thing is to be always on time! （1）What does the phrase "the father of science fiction" mean? A. The father who has several children. B. The man who loves science and inventions. C. The writer whose father wrote science fiction. D. The man who first started writing science fiction successfully. （2）What encouraged Jules Verne to write more stories? A. The plays he wrote for the theater. B. The encouragement from his father. C. The success of Five Weeks in a Balloon. D. The scientific subjects in his stories. （3）Why were Jules Verne's books very popular in the 19th century? A. Because his books made him rich and famous. B. Because he wrote many plays for the theater at that time. C. Because his books were the subjects for many movies. D. Because many people were interested in science and inventions. （4）Which of the following has the main character called Phileas Fogg? A. Five Weeks in a Balloon. B. Around the World in Eighty Days. C. A Journey to the Center of the Earth. D. From the Earth to the Moon. （5）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. The space flight Verne described was different from others. B. The main characters in Verne's books are always on time. C. Jules Verne only wrote in the 19th century. D. Many of the predictions in Verne's stories came true.
（英语）中考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案 一、英语阅读（日常生活类） 1．阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 If you look at the top of your phone, you'll usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The "G" stands for the "generation" （代）of your mobile network. But the symbols will become things of the past after 5G networks fully arrive. On March 30, Shanghai vice-mayor Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X Smartphone. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks. About 100 times faster than 4G networks, 5G will let people download and upload data（数据） faster than ever before. But 5G won't just bring faster mobile internet. People can use it for many other things as well. For example, 5G will help to make self-driving cars safer. Today's self-driving test cars have one problem-lag（延迟）. When the car "sees" an obstacle（障碍物）, it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions, However, it will be some time before it sends and receives this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash because they don't receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer. 5G could also be used to power the internet of things （IoT）, that is, a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology. The IoT could be used in a lot of ways. For example, with IoT, your refrigerator could automatically （自动地） place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside. （1）Which city was 5G tested for the first time? A. Beijing. B. Shanghai. C. Shenzhen. （2）What can we infer（推测） according to the passage?. A. 5G is widely used in China now. B. 5G networks will make our lives more convenient. C. There are no symbols at the top of our phones. （3）The writer uses self-driving cars as an example to . A. explain how 5G's fast speed can be helpful B. warn about the possible dangers of self-driving cars C. explain how self-driving cars work （4）What is IoT according to the passage? A. A robot that can do housework. B. An online store where you can buy anything. C. A large online network that connects things and people. （5）Which sentence is right according to the passage? A. 5G will help us buy eggs quickly. B. Robots can help us buy eggs online. C. Our refrigerator can order eggs online for us. 【答案】（1）B
中考英语阅读理解练习题及答案 （A） In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years. To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called “Dream(梦幻) World Cups ”in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will have games there. Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makeds more and more people interested in football Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the
一、中考英语阅读理解汇编 1．阅读下面的材料，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。 More and more people are using mobile phones now. Smart phones are used as televisions, cameras, and music players. They are also used for sending e-mails or surfing the Internet. If someone talks about mobile phones, many Chinese will think of Huawei. In China, even in the world, Huawei is a wonder （奇迹）. Ren Zhengfei built up （创建）Huawei company in 1987. The company sold 58.4 million smart phones in the first season of 2019. Huawei has got the second place at the mobile market. Now, Huawei has been the leader in 5G field. It has more than 75, 000 top engineers and scientists on research. They try their best to bring digital （数码） and high technology to every person and place. It's more convenient for modern people to live in a rapid way. What a useful technology 5G is! We are looking forward to seeing a stronger Huawei. It provides a faster and better communication way for us. It also brings "Created in China" to the world. （1）You can use Huawei mobile phones to take photos. （2）Ren Zhengfei set up Huawei company in 1987. （3）Huawei has got the first place at the mobile market. （4）Few top engineers and scientists work on research in Huawei company. （5）Huawei gives us a slower communication way. 【答案】（1）1 （2）1 （3）0 （4）0 （5）0 【解析】【分析】短文大意：这篇短文讲的是华为手机和5G技术的发展情况。 （1）细节理解题。根据Smart phones are used as televisions, cameras, and music players. 智能手机被用作电视、相机和音乐播放器。可知可以照相。故答案为：正确。 （2）细节理解题。根据Ren Zhengfei built up （创建） Huawei company in 1987。任正非于1987年创建华为公司。故答案为：正确。 （3）细节理解题。根据Huawei has got the second place at the mobile market. 华为在移动市场排名第二。故华为在移动市场上占据第一。故答案为：错误。 （4）细节理解题。根据It has more than 75, 000 top engineers and scientists on research. 它
2019中考英语阅读理解专项练习：The report The report came to the British on May 21,1949. The German battleship Bismarck, the most powerful warship(战舰) in the world, was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean. Her task： to destroy the ships supplies from the United Statesto war-tornEngland. The British had feared such a task. No warship they had could match theBismarckin speed or in firepower. TheBismarckhad eight 15-inch guns and 81 small guns. She could move at 30 nautical(海上的) miles an hour. She was believed to be unsinkable. However, the British had to sink her. They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down theBismarck. On May 24, the Hood found theBismarck. It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see. His orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies, but to stay away from a fight with British warships. The battle didn’t last long. The Bismarck’s first torpedo(鱼雷) hit the Hood, which went down taking all but three of her 4,419 men with her. But in the fight, theBismarckwas slightly damaged. Her commander decided to run for repairs toFrance, which had at that time been taken by the speed and the heavy fog, they lost sight of her.