中考英语阅读练习题（一）
I. Reading comprehension （阅读理解）：
(A)
Believe it or not, a rain check is not a weather report. A ra in check is a small piece of paper. When can you get a rain c heck? Well, if you are going to a ball game or some other ope n-air activity and it is called off because of rain or some other reason, you may receive a rain check. With it you may go the re again without paying.
You may also receive a rain check at a shop. As you know, sometimes when you go to a shop to buy something which is on sale, it is sold out. You may ask the assistant to give you a rain check and with it you can go again next time to buy wh at you need at the sale price.
Here’s another way to use this word. If someone invites you to go somewhere, you would like to go very much but cannot, you may say “May I have a rain check?” This means, “I will come next time.” But you can never say “May I take a rain c heck?” when your teacher gives you some homework.
True or False （判断下列句子是否符合短文，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）：
( ) 1. A rain check is a piece of paper with whether report o n it.
( ) 2. When a ball game is called off because of rain, we can get a rain check.
( ) 3. We can also get a rain check at a shop.
( ) 4. We can buy something we need without paying with a r ain check.
( ) 5. Someti mes a rain check means “I will come next time.”( ) 6. Teachers will be glad to give their students a rain check when they ask them to do some homework
(B)
The United States is one of the greatest fruit-growing countries in the world. Fine red apples come from Washington and New York. Golden oranges come from Southern California and Flori da. Fruit grows in all parts of America. The kind of fruit that is grown depends on the weather in each place.
Orange trees cannot be grown where temperatures drop belo w freezing. Southern California and Florida are far away from each other, but their weather is much the same. They do not o ften have freezing temperatures.
In Washington, apple trees are planted near the Atlantic Oc ean. In New York, they grow near the Great Lakes. Apple tree s are often planted near water. Water temperature changes mor e slowly than land temperature. Near water the temperature do es not drop so fast. There is less change of frost（霜冻）in late r spring or early autumn. Frost can kill apples.
America has many kinds of weather. It has many kinds of s oil. Because of this, we grow and eat more fruit than any other country in the world.
Choose the best answer （根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）：( ) 1. Near water, the temperature changes _______.
A. faster
B. slower
C. not at all
D. the same as els ewhere
( ) 2. The story does not say this, but from what we have rea d, we can tell that_______.
A. most fruits grow anywhere in the United States
B. freezing temperatures are good for fruit
C. the same fruit can be grown in different places
D. fruits can only be grown near water
( ) 3. How fast does water temperature change?
A. Water temperature does not change so fast as land tempe rature does.
B. Water and land temperatures change almost at the same speed.
C. Water temperature changes faster than land temperature.
D. Water temperature seldom changes.
( ) 4. Which of the following is not true?
A. There is less change of frost in later spring or early autu
mn in Washington.
B. Orange trees must be grown where temperatures are abo
ve freezing.
C. In winter California and Florida have few freezing tempe
ratures.
D. Americans eat more fruit because of the weather.
( ) 5. The main idea of the whole story is that _______.
A. orange trees usually grow where it is cold
B. different fruits grow in different weather
C. the cold cannot kill oranges and apples
D. apple trees cannot live through cold winter
( ) 6. Which of the following does this story lead you to belie ve?
A. The fruit we buy comes from many places in the countr y.
B. Orange trees are often planted near water.
C. The soil is about the same in all the states of the countr y.
D. Frost is good for growing apple trees.
(C)
Today more than 20% of land is desert, but this is growing.
There is a picture, for example, from a cave in Algeria. It sho ws cows and people. The area was very green, and plants and grass grew there. Many types of animals lived there. The pictur
e is more than three thousand years old. Today, the cave is in
a desert. Why are the deserts growing? There are three main r
easons.
One reason is climate(气候) change. The climate changed an
d rain did not com
e every year. The sun was very hot and all
the water in the land disappeared(消失).
Another reason is animals. For hundreds of years, people w ho lived near deserts kept goats. Goats like eating plants. If the y eat the plants, there aren’t any plants to stop the wind. Whe n the wind blows, it blows all the good soil away. Soon, there i sn’t any good soil and it is very difficult for plants to grow.
A third reason is people. People cut down trees, and trees st
op the wind. Also, in some countries, people wanted to make el ectricity. They changed the direction of the rivers and they buil t dams(堤坝). This changed the direction of the water undergro und in other countries.
In places this is a very big problem. In the Shale in Africa, thousands of people died between 1968 and 1974 because there was no water. We have to be very careful about what we do t o nature.
Answer the questions （根据短文内容回答下列问题，每题所填内容不超过五个单词）：
1. How much of land today is not desert?
_________________________________________________________ _________.
2. When was the picture drawn?
It was drawn_______________________________________________ ____ ago.
3. Why did the water in land disappear?
Because the climate changed, the sun______ and the rain _____ __every year.
4. What can stop the wind and keep the good soi l not to be blown away?
_________________________________________________________ _________.
5. What do we have to be careful about?
_________________________________________________________ _________.
6. What are the three main reasons for the growth (增长) of d eserts?
_________________________________________________________ _________.
II. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage （选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文）：
The word “Hello” is perhaps used more often than any othe r one in the English language. Everybody in the U.S. uses this word every day and everywhere. The first word you hear when you (1) up the telephone is “Hello”. The first word when yo u meet a friend in the street is “Hello”, too.
Where did the word come from? People think the American (2) , Thomas Edison, is the first person to use the word “H ello” in the late 18th century, soon (3) the invention of the tel ephone.
At first, people had greeted(问候) each other on the telephon e with “Are you there?”. They were not (4) the new thing co uld carry (5) but Thomas Edison never wasted(浪费) time. T he first time he picked up the phone, he didn’t ask if anyone was there. He was sure (6) was, and just s aid “Hello!”
From then on, the word “Hello” became (7) used in Amer ica.
( ) 1. A. put B. look C. lift D. pick ( ) 2. A. teacher B. doctor C. inventor D. worker
( ) 3. A. after B. before C. with D. behind
( ) 4. A. afraid B. worried C. sure D. glad
( ) 5. A. people B. noise C. lines D. vo ice
( ) 6. A. none B. someone C. everyone D. anyone
( ) 7. A. slowly B. easily C. luckily D. widel y
III. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：
We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a n________ for each Chinese year. We may call it the year o f the sheep, the year of the monkey or the year of the tiger.
Before New Year’s Day, people are busy s_________ and cle aning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family d inner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to w________ th e New Year. On the f________ day of the New Year, people pu t on their new c_________ and go to visit their relatives and fr iends. They say “Happy New Year” and some other greetings t o each other. People u________ have a very good time d______ __ the festival.
IV. Complete the following dialogues with proper sentences in t he box （选出适当的句子，完成下列对话）：
(A)
A: Can I have a single room for a night, please?
B: (1) All our rooms are full.
A: (2)
B: Yes, just a few blocks away.
A: (3)
B: Yes, I’ll call them. … Well, you are lucky.
A: (4)
B: Turn left and walk four b locks down the street. It’s on your right.
(5)
A: Thank you for your help.
B: (6)
(B)
A: Good morning. This is Dr Green’s office.
B: Good morning. I’d like to make an appointment with Dr Gr een to have my teeth cleaned. (7)
A: I’ll see whether the doctor has time to see you this week. (8)
B: No, I’ve just moved to town and a friend of mine told me t o see him. (9)
A: (10) If you are having trouble with your teeth, I’ll work y ou in, or I can give you an appointment on Friday, the 22 nd. Will that be all right?
B: (11) I’m not having any trouble with my teeth, but I’ve ho ped to have the appointment this week because I won’t start my new job until next Monday.
A: (12)
B: That’ll be fine, thank you.
A: We’ll s ee you on the 23rd, Mr Smith. Goodbye.
B: Goodbye.
参考答案：
I. (A) FTTFTF (B) BCADBA
(C) 1.Less than 80% of land 2.more than three thousand y
ears 3.was hot…did not come 4.Plants 5.What we d
o to nature 6.Climate, animals and people
II. DCACD BD
III. name, shopping, welcome, first, clothes, usually, during
IV. 1--6 BCG DFA 7—12 DFA CEB