2019年中考英语阅读理解及答案
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As the CEO and founder of Apple, Jobs hardly talked about his personal life
in public. Here are some specific things.
1. Early life and childhood Jobs was born in San Francisco on February
24, 1955. He was adopted(收养) shortly after his birth by a couple(夫妇) named
Clara and Paul Jobs. He grew up in California. Later in life, Jobs discovered who
were his birth parents. However, Jobs only had some communication with his
birth mother.
2. College dropout After leaving high school, Jobs entered Reed College in 1972. Jobs stayed
there for only one semester, because his parents couldn’t afford his education.
3. An important date Jobs actually missed a meeting because of his first date(约会)with his wife,
Lauren Powell. He said, “I was in the parking lot (
停车场)with the key in the car, and I thought to
myself, ‘If this is my last night on Earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this
woman? ’ I ran across the parking lot, and asked her if she’d have dinner with me. She said yes, w walked into town and we’ve been together ever since. ”
4. His sister is a famous author Later in his life, Jobs met up with his biological sister Mona
Simpson, the famous author of Anywhere But Here.
5. His first daughter When he was 23, Jobs and his high school girlfriend Brennan had a
daughter, Lisa Brennan Jobs. He and Brennan never married. Jobs paid for his first daughter
education at Harvard. She graduated in 2000 and now works as a magazine writer.
6. His fortune As the CEO of Apple, Jobs only took $1 a year, but Jobs leaves behind a vast
fortune. In 2011, with $8. 3 billion, he was the 110th richest person in the world, according to
Forbes.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)
( )1. Jobs often told his personal life before others.
( )2. Jobs didn’t grow up with his birth parents.
( )3. When Jobs was a student, his family wasn’t rich.
( )4. Jobs fell in love with Lauren Powell after he met up with her.
( )5. Lisa Brennan Jobs is a famous author.
1.【解析】F。由第一段“. . . Jobs hardly talked about his personal life in public. ”
可知，乔布斯很
少在公共场合谈论他的私生活。
2.【解析】T。由第二段中的“He was adopted shortly after his birth by a couple named Clara and Paul
Jobs. He grew up in California. ”
可知，乔布斯是跟着他养父母长大的。
3.【解析】T。由第三段最后一句“Jobs stayed there for only one semester, because his parents
可知，乔布斯的养父母并不富有。
couldn’t afford his education. ”
4.【解析】T。由第四段最后一句乔布斯的叙述可知。
5.【解析】F。由第六段可知Lisa Brennan Jobs是乔布斯的第一个女儿，她现在是一家杂志的
撰稿人，并非著名的作家。
B
Tea has a long history with more than two thousand years. Its hometown is
certainly China.
At first, tea was considered as a kind of good thing that could make people awake so that they could study comfortably. Many knowledgeable people thought it was
helpful for their study, because their minds could keep awake after drinking too much
tea. During the Tang Dynasty, tea was sent to European countries first through the Silk
Road.It was tea that made Chinese culture spread over in Western countries. The first
book about tea was The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty. In the book, he
described all the tea cultures.
However, the tea culture changed into a kind of new form. Many people could find something bad in it in the Song Dynasty. Many people spent much time on it instead of
thinking about the safety of their country. Between the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the
beginning of the Qing Dynasty, plenty of people paid more attention to tea. People
thought of it as the symbol of spirit.
Nowadays, tea has become the most gentle and comfortable drink in France. It also becomes a helpful drink that is good for people's skin and health in England. Lots of
Chinese look on tea as one of the most popular presents that they give others on
important festivals.
1.What did many knowledgeable people think of tea when it was invented at first?
https://www.doczj.com/doc/eb18967037.html,eless.
B.Difficult.
C.Meaningless.
D.Helpful.
2.When was tea spread to European countries for the first time?
A.In the Tang Dynasty.
B.In the Yuan Dynasty.
C.In the Song Dynasty.
D.In the Qing Dynasty.
3.Between the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, tea was
regarded as .
A.a kind of drink
B.the symbol of the spirit
C.a kind of culture
D.a kind of gift
4.Which of the following about tea is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Lu Yu was born in the Song Dynasty.
B.Tea was invented in England.
C.Englishmen think tea is a kind of healthy drink.
D.Frenchmen like to give tea to others as presents.
参考答案：1—4、D A B .C
C
An east China highway pile-up on April 2nd has killed three
people and injured 31 others. That day was the first day of a
three-day national holiday marking the Tomb-Sweeping Day.
Two people died in a local hospital where nine others are
being treated. Another person died after treatment failed in a
larger hospital in Wuxi where 22 remain hospitalized, Changzhou traffic police updated on its
official microblog account at https://www.doczj.com/doc/eb18967037.html,.
The accident happened at the Changzhou section of the highway linking Shanghai and Nanjing. It drew public attention as people began posting photos and videos on Chinese social media WeChat and Weibo. Images showed dozens of trucks, buses and cars crashed into each other. People were standing on top of the vehicles.
Local police told Xinhua Press that at least two trucks, three buses and 20 cars were involved. Rainy and foggy weather caused poor visibility and slippery roads.
What’s more, it was difficult for ambulances (救护车)to get to the scene of the accident because the life emergency lane was filled with vehicles, which delayed the rescue of the injured.
The Ministry (部长) of Public Security told traffic departments nationwide to keep a look out for vehicles using the emergency lane occupancy.
All highways in China leave the right lane as the emergency lane. Some drivers, however, pay no attention to this rule. Therefore, the police call on drivers to follow the rule strictly and offer the injured more hope of being saved.
The ministry also asked the police to watch the traffic more carefully so as to quickly discover
the potential (潜在的) danger. The police have decided to add electronic monitoring instruments to catch the violations (违规者) and heavily fine drivers for it.
1．Which of the following might be the cause of the traffic accident?
A．It was rainy and foggy that day.
B．people passing by took photos there.
C．Many drivers stood on top of the vehicles.
D．Drivers don’t know about the life emergency lane.
2．About the accident, which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．There was no life emergency lane at the scene of the accident.
B．In China, the left side of the highway is used as life emergency lane.
C．The life emergency lane at the scene of the accident was full of vehicles.
D．The police have decided to reduce electronic monitoring instruments after the accident. 3．According to the passage, why do the police ask drivers to be off the emergency lane?
A．They want to get a chance to fine drivers heavily.
B．They want to catch as many violations as possible.
C．They want to leave the injured more hope of being saved.
D．They have received orders from Chinese social media WeChat and Weibo.
参考答案1—3、ACC
D
Hannay was nervous. His enemies were searching for him. All around him were grassy hills without trees. He had nowhere to hide. How could he escape?
Hannay walked along the country road for a long time. Then he saw a road worker, who was working alone, fixing the road. Hannay could see the road worker was not
feeling well. Hannay came up to him and said “How are you?”
“My head hurts,”the road worker said, “I can't do it. I want to go home to bed.
My daughter got married yesterday, and I drank a lot of wine with my friends. That's the problem!”
Hannay agreed that he should be home in bed.
“Yes, and I would be,”he replied, “but yesterday I received a message saying that the new surveyor was coming to look at my work. If he comes and finds me away, I'll be in trouble.”
Suddenly Hannay had a bright idea—he could act as the road worker and get away from his enemies.
“You go off to bed,”Hannay said. “I'll do your job until the new surveyor comes.”
The road worker was pleased with his idea. He gave Hannay his hat and his old coat. Then he went home to sleep and perhaps to drink a bit more. Hannay put on the
road worker's hat and coat and began to fix the road. About an hour later he heard a
voice.
“Are you the road worker?”it asked.
It was the new surveyor. He was a young man with a clean face. He sat in a small
car.
Hannay said “yes”. The surveyor told him about some work he wanted him to do before he came by again and drove off. Hannay continued with his work.
Then a village boy came by. “What has happened to the road worker?”he asked.
“He stayed at home today,”Hannay replied. “He's sick.”
At about midday, a large car came down the hill and stopped near Hannay. Three men got out of the car. Hannay's hearts beat fast. He knew his enemies were coming…
1、What is this passage probably taken from?
A.A history book.
B.A travel book.
C.A novel.
D.A science book.
2、Who did NOT come by while Hannay was working on the road?
A.The surveyor.
B.The road worker's daughter.
C.Hannay's enemies.
D.A village boy.
3、What can we infer from the story?
A.Hannay helped the road worker because he was warm-hearted.
B.The grassy hills were perfect hiding places for Hannay.
C.The surveyor had a lot of working experience.
D.The village boy knew the road worker.
4、What is the correct order of the story?
①Hannay met a road worker who was not feeling well and offered to take over for him.
②Hannay was worried because his enemies were following him.
③A car stopped near Hannay and three men got out.
④Hannay acted as the road worker when the surveyor came by.
⑤The village boy wondered what had happened to the road worker.
A.②→①→④→⑤→③
B.②→①→④→③→⑤
C.①→④→②→⑤→③
D.①→④→②→③→⑤
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2017年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（全国卷Ⅲ） 英语答案解析 第一部分:阅读理解 第一节 1.【答案】A 【解析】题干问的是三月份可参加的旅行，而第一个项目San Francisco Winery Tour的时间是从2月1日到4月30日。故选A。 【考点】冠词，细节理解。 2.【答案】C 【解析】第二个项目Back to the Fifties Tour中提到在San Francisco你能免费品尝冰淇淋。而其他选项在这个旅行中没有被提到。故选C。 【考点】介词辨析，细节理解。 3.【答案】D 【解析】第四个项目Holiday Lights Tour的最后一句话提到”Advance reservations required”，由此可知，该旅行需要提前预定。故选D。 【考点】代词，细节理解。 4.【答案】B 【解析】根据第一段的最后一句”As one group of workers carried out the rubbish，another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the buildings end”可推断出工人们清理垃圾和清除座位及其他剧院设备是在为剧院的关闭做准备。故选B。 【考点】副词辨析，推理判断。 5.【答案】D 【解析】根据第二段中的”Theater owner Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate”可知，剧院的老板亲自选定了The Last picture Show这部电影，因为他认为这部电影很合适。原文中的“appropriate”和D选项的“suitable都表示“合适的”。故选D。 【考点】细节理解。 6.【答案】C 【解析】第四段最后一句说剧院被卖给了当地的开发公司，该公司计划在剧院所在地建综合购物大楼，因此可推断出剧院将被推倒拆除。故选C。 【考点】动词的时态，推理判断。
2017年中考英语阅读理解和完形填空 最新热点预测12篇 阅读理解 Passage 1 Since last year, city streets around China have seen colorful shared bikes, which people can rent with a smart phone app and then park wherever they choose. To reduce traffic jams and air pollution, many cities have offered bike-sharing. But sometimes, dreams can turn sour. As shared bikes become more popular, problems keep showing up. According to news reports, shared bikes are badly treated by users. When people are using the bike, some of them just throw it onto streets and even into ditches(水沟). Some bikes are stolen. Recently, a man in Shanghai was fined (罚款)1,000 yuan for stealing a shared bike. Besides, the damage to the QR codes on the bikes has brought huge losses to bike-sharing companies, like Mobike. If the QR code is damaged, the bike cannot be used any more. It can take several hundred yuan for the company workers to find a lost bike and get it repaired. Mobike has 100 credit (信用) scores for each user. Penalty (惩罚)points will be taken in case of users? bad behaviors. Once the score drops to below 80, bike rental will go up to five yuan per 30 minutes. However, punishment may not be the best way to stop shared bikes from being stolen or damaged. Bike-sharing services will work well only if people follow the rules and show respect for the bikes and other users. 1. Why do many cities have offered bike-sharing? A.To provide convenience to travelers. B. To reduce traffic jams and air pollution. C. To make money for the company by renting. D. To encourage more people to excise by riding. 2. If Mr. Li credit scores is 80, he should pay for _____ his one hour?s riding shared Mobike. A. five Yuan B. eighty Yuan C. ten Yuan D. fifteen Yuan
2019年中考英语阅读理解精选练习 (名师精选真题实战训练+答案，值得下载练习) Passage A （2019中考选练） Good morning, class! We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet is popular and it makes our lives colorful. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and get more information from the Internet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in 聊 playing computer games. We can send E-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat( 天) freely online with our friends. It can help us get in touch with people from all over the world. But some students spend too much time in playing computer game and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Teenagers even get to have boyfriends or girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them to much time to chat online so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don’t study we any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. We should get online with adults(成人)--our teacher or parents. At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. We have different kinds of activities. If you are interested in sports, you can play basketball or football. We can go to the English Corner. We can practice talking in English there. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet. Thank you for listening to me.That’s all. ( ) 1.The short passage is about __________.
2017年考研英语（二）真题与解析 作者：凯程陆老师，有问题找我 SectionI Use of English Directions: Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10points) People have speculated for centuries about a future without work.Today is no different,with academics,writers,and activists once again1that technology be replacing human workers.Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by2.A few wealthy people will own all the capital,and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland. A different and not mutually exclusive3holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort, one4by purposelessness:Without jobs to give their lives5,people will simply become lazy and depressed.6,today’s unemployed don’t seem to be havinga great time.One Gallup poll found that20percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression,double the rate for7Americans.Also,some research suggests that the8for rising rates of mortality,mental-health problems,and addicting9poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs.Perhaps this is why many10the agonizing dullness of a jobless future. But it doesn’t11follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease.Such visions are based on the12of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment.In the13of work,a society designed with other ends in mind could14strikingly different circumstanced for the future of labor and leisure.Today,the15of work may be a bit overblown.“Many jobs are boring,degrading,unhealthy,and a waste of human potential,”says John Danaher,a lecturer at the National University of Ireland in Galway. These days,because leisure time is relatively16for most workers,people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional17of their jobs.“When I come home from a hard day’s work,I often feel18,”Danaher says,adding,“In a world in which I don’t have to work, I might feel rather different”—perhaps different enough to throw himself19a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usually reserved for20matters. 1．[A]boasting[B]denying[C]warning[D]ensuring 【答案】[C]warning 2．[A]inequality[B]instability[C]unreliability[D]uncertainty
2017年江苏省英语高考阅读C A new commodity brings about a highly profitable,fast-growing industry,urging antitrust（反垄断）regulators to step in to check those who control its flow. A century ago,the resource in question was oil. Now similar concerns are being raised by the giants（巨头）that deal in data, the oil of the digital age. The most valuable firms are Google,Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft. All look unstoppable. Such situations have led to calls for the tech giants to be broken up. But size alone is not a crime. The giants' success has benefited consumers. Few want to live without search engines or a quick delivery. Far from charging consumers high prices, many of these services are free (users pay, in effect, by handing over yet more data). And the appearance of new-born giants suggests that newcomers can make waves, too. But there is cause for concern. The internet has made data abundant, all-present and far more valuable, changing the nature of data and competition. Google initially used the data collected from users to target advertising better. But recently it has discovered that data can be turned into new services: translation and visual recognition, to be sold to other companies. Internet companies’ control of data gives them enormous power. So they have a “God’s eye view” of activities in their own markets and beyond. This nature of data makes the antitrust measures of the past less useful. Breaking up firms like Google into five small ones would not stop remaking
2019-2020年中考英语阅读理解训练：12 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 Hello, everyone. A problem with teenagers’ safety becomes serious because the school violence (暴力) happens more often in some areas. We are planning to build an organization named School Watch to make sure that students have a safe environment. Please be part of our plan! What is School Watch? School Watch is a volunteer project in our school. It helps us stop violence and improve the quality of school life. It will keep yourself and your schoolmates safe. The other members of School Watch care for you and your classroom and you do the same for them. Is it for everyone? Anybody can become a member of School Watch because everyone has something to offer. What else can it do? School Watch makes it possible for us not only to help each other but also to make friends with each other. Some members may offer to help schoolmates who have problems with their homework. Who is the Best School Watcher? Our school will look for the Best School Watcher and give him or her lots of prizes. You could be the one! How do you start? To be part of this plan, the only thing you need to do is to talk to the director of the plan in your grade. You can check the official website at www. schoolwatch. com if you want to get more information. 31. School Watch can help its members _________. A. save the environment B. organize sports activities C. improve the quality of school life D. go on school trips 32. Anyone can become a member of School Watch because _________.
2017年考研英语二真题 Section I Use of English Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) People have speculated for centuries about a future without work.Today is no different，with academics，writers，and activists once again 1 that technology is replacing human workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by 2 . A few wealthy people will own all the capital，and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.. A different and not mutually exclusive 3 holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort，one 4 by purposelessness：Without jobs to give their lives 5 ，people will simply become lazy and depressed. 6 today’s unemployed don’t seem to be having a great time. One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression，double the rate for 7 Americans. Also，some research suggests that the 8 for rising rates of mortality，mental-health problems，and addicting9 poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future. But it doesn’t 11 follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. Such visions are based on the 12 of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. In the 13 of work，a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly different circumstances for the future of labor and leisure. Today，the 15 of work may be a bit overblown. “Many jobs are boring，degrading，unhealthy，and a waste of human potential，” says John Danaher，a lecturer at the National University of Ireland in Galway. These days，because leisure time is relatively 16 for most workers，people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional 17 of their jobs. “When I come home from a hard day’s w ork，I often feel 18 ，” Danaher says，adding，“In a world in which I don’t have to work，I might feel rather different”—perhaps different enough to throw himself 19 a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usually reserved for 20 matters. 1. [A] boasting [B] denying [C] warning [D] ensuring 2. [A] inequality [B] instability [C] unreliability [D] uncertainty 3. [A] policy [B]guideline [C] resolution [D] prediction 4. [A] characterized [B]divided [C] balanced [D]measured 5. [A] wisdom [B] meaning [C] glory [D] freedom 6. [A] Instead [B] Indeed [C] Thus [D] Nevertheless 7. [A] rich [B] urban [C]working [D] educated 8. [A] explanation [B] requirement [C] compensation [D] substitute 9. [A] under [B] beyond [C] alongside [D] among 10. [A] leave behind [B] make up [C] worry about [D] set aside 11. [A] statistically [B] occasionally [C] necessarily [D] economically 12. [A] chances [B] downsides [C] benefits [D] principles 13. [A] absence [B] height [C] face [D] course
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A To American visitors, Iceland is a very interesting country, partly because it is different in so many ways from what he or she is used to seeing at home. There are quite a few things that are not done, or that do not exist on the island —quite a few "No's". There is no pollution, for instance. No dogs are permitted in Reykjavik, the capital. There is no television on Thursdays or during the entire month of July, and only three hours of black-and-white TV the rest of the time. There is no hard liquor on Wednesdays and no beer at any time. There are no handguns; only one jail of thirty-five cells in the entire land —an admirable figure, even for a small country of 313,376 people. There is no army, air force or navy. There is no tipping for anything. There are no large stores open on Saturdays or Sundays. Since Iceland is situated just under the Arctic Circle, there is no darkness in summer and no daylight in winter. But thanks to Gulf Stream, the climate is rather mild, with temperatures ranging from 34 degrees Fahrenheit to 52 degrees in July. The rules on television, liquor, and guns are the result of governmental decision. But the absence of pollution is due in great part to the fact that Iceland gets its power from the enormous geyser(间歇泉and the thousands of hot springs that come out of the ground. They provide all the energy needed by the country. In fact, Iceland uses only 3 percent of all its available power. Iceland has been described as a democratic independent country where more fish are caught and more books published per person than anywhere else in the world. The Icelanders have always felt a particular love for literature. They composed their first works in the ninth and tenth centuries AD. These works were poems and tales about the kings, heroes, and heroines of Iceland and Norway. At first the stories were memorized