题型3 阅读理解备考训练一、选择型阅读话题一哲理故事类Passage 1(2017信阳模拟)There was a man who couldn't achieve his dream. So he went to a sage(圣人)for help. The sage scooped up the water and asked, “What is the shape of the water？” the sage poured the water into the glass before he could answer. The man answered, “I know, water is like a glass shape.” The sage said nothing and poured the water into the vase nearby. The man realized it, “I know, water is like a vase.” The sage shook his head and poured the water into the pot filled with sand. The clear water disappeared into the sand. The sage said, “Look, the water died away like this, this is a lifetime！”The man said happily, “I know, you tell me the society is like different containers everywhere, so man should be like water. When you are in a certain container, you will become its shape and easily die in a regular container, just like the water, disappearing quickly, and nothing can change！”“Yes，” then the sage added, “No！” the sage went out of the house while the man followed. Under the eaves(屋檐), the sage touched the flagstone steps and stopped. The man saw a concave(凹处), but he didn't know why.The sage said, “In rainy days, the rain water would fall from the eaves, so the concave is the result of the water falls.”“I under stand people may be put into the regular containers, but they should be like the little drop of water, holing the hard flagstones until changing the containers.” The man said.The sage said, “Right, this concave will turn into a hole！”Life is like water, so we must get used to the environments. Besides, we should try to change the environments to realize our own value. Only those who keep trying can overcome more difficulties and achieve their dreams.( ) 1. How many things did the sage put water into?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.( ) 2. What does the underlined word “containers” mean in Chinese?A. 柜子B. 集装箱C. 容器D. 面罩( ) 3. The sage touched the concave on the flagstone steps in order to show the man ________.A. water could change everythingB. how valuable water wasC. it was important to keep tryingD. the flagstone steps weren't hard enough( ) 4. What happened to the man at last?A. He still didn't know how to solve his problem.B. He was confused with the sage's suggestion.C. The sage's advice wasn't useful to him.D. He realized how to achieve his dream.( ) 5. What's the best title for the passage?A. Life is like waterB. Try to be yourself like waterC. Life is full of challengesD. Life depends on your environmentPassage 2(2017周口模拟)One day a man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬)around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.The man was in his kindness, but he did not understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(流体) from its body must be forced intoits wings, and then it would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle (挣扎) to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been. We could never fly.( )1.What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story?A. It was trying to make a cocoon for itself.B. It was struggling to get out of its cocoon.C. It was flying among the trees in the forest.D. It was crawling around quietly on the ground.( )2. The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon________.A. to take the butterfly homeB. to help the butterfly come out easilyC. to kill the butterflyD. to stop the butterfly growing bigger( )3. What do you think of the man?A．Patient but cruel.B. Careful and wise.C. Kind but unwise.D. Brave and funny.( ) 4. What does the last paragraph(段落)tell us?A. Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life.B. Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it.C. Every good deed will come back with good result.D. The greatest happiness in the world is to help others.( ) 5.What is the best title for the story?A. The Love for the CocoonB. The Joy of Helping Each OtherC. The Lesson of the CocoonD. The Expectation for the Butterfly话题二情感故事类Passage 3(2017西宁)When I was small, my mom used to give the family a funny special treat from time to time—she would make breakfast food for dinner.I remember she did so one night. She had been at work all day but wanted to do something special for us all. On that evening, my mom put a plate of eggs and very burnt toast(面包)in front of my dad. I waited to see if anyone noticed. But my dad just took his toast, smiled at my mom and asked me how my day at school had been.I don't remember what I told him that night. But I remember watching him put butter on that toast. He ate it up as usual.After dinner, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the toast. I'll never forget what he said: “Honey, I love burnt toast.” Later that night, I went to kiss daddy good night. I asked him if he really liked his burnt toast. He wrapped(紧抱)me in his arms and said，“Your mommy worked very hard today. She's really tired. And a bit of burnt toast never hurt anyone！”Life is full of imperfect things. Nobody is perfect, either. I'm not the best at anything. I forget birthdays and other important events just like everyone else does. But I've learned something important from my father. Understanding is the basis of everything, whether between a husband and wife, a parent and child or just between two friends. Remember, burnt toast never hurt anyone. It's the people with the kind thoughts who make life worth living.( )1. The writer's father ________ during the dinner.A. didn't take the burnt toastB. ate up all the burnt toastC. threw away the burnt toastD. didn't notice the burnt toast( )2. What doe s the underlined word “apologize” mean?A. 辩白B. 谢罪C. 道歉D. 辩护( )3. From what the father said to his son, we know the father ________.A. could understand his wifeB. always argued with his wifeC. was a good cookD. worked hard every day( )4. What has the writer learned from his father?A. The father liked to eat burnt toast.B. The mother was not a good mother and was a little funny.C. Understanding is the basic point of everything.D. Life is not perfect, but the father is perfect.( )5. What is the best title of the passage?A. Life is imperfectB. The father and the sonC. A big dinnerD. Burnt toast never hurt anyonePassage 4(2017聊城)Every year on my birthday since I was 11, a white gardenia(栀子花)was sent to my house. No card ever came with it. Calls to the flower shop were not helpful at all. After some time I stopped trying to find out the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful flower, in soft pink paper.I couldn't stop imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming(幻想)about the sender. My mother encouraged these daydreams. She'd ask me if I had been especially kind to someone. Perhaps it was one of my classmates. Perhaps it was the old man who I once helped. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met.A month before my high school graduation(毕业), my father died. I was so sad that I became completely uninterested in my coming graduation dance, and I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not. My mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss(错过)any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved. In fact, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia: lovely, strong and perfect.My mother died ten years after I was married. That was the year when the gardenia stopped coming.( ) 1. The writer received ________ on her birthday since she was 11.A. a white gardeniaB. a cardC. a card and soft pink paperD. a gardenia and a card( ) 2. The writer was very ________ when she was imagining who sent the flower.A. happyB. sadC. worriedD. nervous( ) 3. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The writer didn't get a new dress for the dance.B. The writer probably joined in the graduation dance.C. The writer's father died ten years earlier than her mother.D. The writer's father received a gardenia on each of his birthdays.( ) 4. Who gave the writer the gardenias on her birthdays?A. Her classmate.B. The old man.C. The boy.D. Her mother.( ) 5. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. What a gardenia meant.B. What a girl dreamed about.C. How a mother loved her children.D. How a daughter missed her father.话题三事物介绍类Passage 5(2017福建)No one knows when the first kite was made. The first record of a kite was more than 2,000 years ago in China. Han Xin, the leader of an army, wanted to bring down a king. He decided to dig a tunnel(隊道)into the king's palace. He flew a kite over the wall of the palace to make sure the length(长度)of its string (线). In this way, he could determine how long the tunnel should be. His men in the tunnel took the kite string with them. When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.Kites have been flown in Japan for hundreds of years. In the 1700s, kites were flown in autumn to give thanks for a good harvest. They were also flown to send good wishes to couples who had their first son. Today in Japan, kites are often flown as part of a celebration, such as the beginning of a new year. And kite festivals are held each year in many parts of the country.Kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightening was a form of electricity. In the 1890s, Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite to test ideas about flight. From 1898 until 1933, the United States Weather Bureau(气象局)used box kites to collect weather data. The Wright brothers also experimented(试验)with kites. What they learnt helped them make the first airplane flight in 1903.( ) 1. Why did Han Xin want to dig a tunnel?A. To pull down the palace.B. To fight against the king.C. To search for the king's treasure.D. To find out the length of the kite string.( ) 2. What does the underlined word “determine” in Paragr aph 1 probably mean in Chinese?A. 测定B. 选择C. 了解D. 考察( ) 3. One of the purposes of flying kites in Japan is ________.A. to give thanks for a good harvest in summerB. to express good wishes to the firstborn daughterC. to celebrate the beginning of a new yearD. to hold kite festivals all over the country( ) 4. When did the United States Weather Bureau begin to use box kites?A. In 1752.B. In 1898.C. In 1903.D. In 1933.( ) 5. What would be the best title for the text?A. The History of KitesB. The Experiments of KitesC. The Invention of a KiteD. The First Record of a KitePassage 6 (2017南阳模拟 )People are hurt by acid rain. A young boy named Marco lived in New Jersey. He liked to open his mouth to catch the freshtasting water in the p ast. This time it was acid rain. It came from pollution created by the factories close to Marco's home. Marco didn't know that this kind of rain would make him sick.Marco, who has asthma(气喘), had a serious attack. He had to go to hospital. He felt terrible. He couldn't breathe. People with breathing problems suffer when they are exposed(裸露)to acid rain. People who eat plants or animals that have been exposed to acid rain can also have serious problems. Some other healthy problems have something to do with people eating animals and plants affected by acid rain.Acid rain burns the leaves on plants and trees. They should be green and healthy, but acid rain destroys them. The rain usually does not kill the trees, but theirleaves are destroyed. Then, the plants get weaker because they can't make the food that they need. Forests in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States have been especially harmed by acid rain. Besides, Acid rain also hurts the soil in the forests, nonliving things, such as arts and buildings.We should work together to make this bad rain go away. Acid rain will go away if the pollutants in the air go away. Every family can reduce pollution by using clean energy and electricity. They can also drive less. If everyone helps, acid rain will go away sooner.( ) 1. Where did Marco live in the article?A. In New Mexico.B. In New Jersey.C. In New York.D. In New Orleans.( ) 2. Why did Marco feel sick?A. He was exposed to acid rain.B. He ate plants exposed to acid rain.C. He ate animals exposed to acid rain.D. He drank the acid rain.( ) 3. What does acid rain do to plants?A. Make their leaves weaker.B. Make them grow faster.C. Make them stronger.D. Make their leaves greener.( ) 4. Which one is NOT true according to the passage?A. Acid rain may cause healthy problems.B. Acid rain usually doesn't kill a tree.C. Acid rain doesn't do harm to nonliving things.D. The less pollution, the less acid rain.( ) 5. What's the last paragraph mainly about?A. How to protect our environment.B. Call on people to work together to prevent acid rain.C. Call on people to use clean energy and electricity.D. Call on more people to drive less.Passage 7(2017黄石)Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us make regular contact(联系)with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letter alive(《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it's just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter.The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(集), they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.“Every letter opens another world for us，” according to Guan Zhangwen, the director of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.” Since i ts first episode on Dec 29, Letter Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences(观众) said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows.Besides Letter Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. They include Chinese Poetry Conference, a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.( ) 1. Letters Alive, a TV show, invites famous people to ________.A. tell audiences jokesB. read and share lettersC. walk up to a microphone to singD. enter different competitions( ) 2. According to the passage, which sentence isRIGHT?A. We can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers by reading letters.B. Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hope for his future.C. Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences.D. Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles.( ) 3. How many cultural TV shows are mentioned in the passage?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.( ) 4. Chinese audiences ________ these cultural TV shows.A. likeB. dislikeC. show no interest inD. doubt about( ) 5. What is the best title for the passage?A. Phones have taken the place of lettersB. Welcome to cultural TV showsC. Letters encourage us to communicateD. Letters become popular again话题四生活百科类Passage 8(2017信阳模拟)In many British schools, the pupils usually wear their school uniforms to school on weekdays. However, recently the students at LVS Ascot Junior School in England wore something quite different. What they wore was what people wear when they go to bed—pajamas(睡衣). They did this not only for fun, but for a local charity called Christopher's Smile.Christopher's Smile was set up in 2008 by Karen & Kevin Capel whose only son Christopher died of cancer at a young age. They hope their charity will help pay for more research into children's cancers. Since then, the charity has raised a lot of money and got more and more volunteers. Every year, thousands of people take part in different activities such as charity walk or run to show their support for Christopher's Smile.The students of Grade 6 at LVS Ascot Junior School also wanted to do something for the sick children. They organized the event“Pajamas Day”to support Christopher's Smile. “We wanted to raise money for our charity in a way that the whole school could join in it, so each pupil paid ￡1 to wear his or her pajamas to school on Pajamas Day，” said the young organizers. Both the students and their teachers took part in the event with great interest. Together they not only raised some money, but also had a good time.( ) 1. Who set up Christopher's Smile?A. LVS Ascot Junior School's teachers.B. The local government.C. LVS Ascot Junior School's students.D. Christopher's parents.( ) 2. Christopher's Smile was set up to ________.A. tell people some knowledge aboutchildren's cancersB. have fun for the students in LVS Ascot Junior SchoolC. help the local government do more things for studentsD. raise money for more research into children's cancers( ) 3. What is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Charity walk.B. Charity run.C. Charity concert.D. Pajamas Day.( ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE?A. It has been nearly nine years since Christopher's Smile was set up.B. Few pupils wear school uniforms to school on weekdays in Britain.C. In LVS Ascot Junior School, only students join in the event “Pajamas Day”．D. All students in England need to wear pajamas to school on Pajamas Day.( ) 5. The best title for the passage may be “________”．A. The Christopher's SmileB. Fun and CharityC. The Pajamas DayD. Children's Cancers话题五教育学习类Passage 9(2017宜昌)A class teacher, in my opinion, plays an important role in a child's development. Every year when my daughter moves to a new class, I have a usual big worry—her new class teacher. This year, she is moving to Class Three and I can't wait to see how things are going on.Last year, my daughter did not like her teacher at all. It was so bad that she did not look forward to school. It was a year full of trouble and worries.This year, Miss Purity is gentle and humorous. It's hard not to like her. Here are the changes in my daughter.She becomes an early bird. Last year, mornings were like a fight because I hadto force Tasha to hurry up when she was preparing for school. I had to pull her out of bed, tell her to take breakfast and then drove her to school. But now, our mornings are like a party. She wakes up early, prepares everything at a high speed and then rushes to school to be with Miss Purity.She's happy. She enjoys school and schoolwork and keeps talking about what they did at school when she comes home.She's responsible. She used to be careless and forgetful. But now she never forgets even her water bottle at school. She makes her bed and helps in the kitchen.Her diary is full of praises. The diary is the tool of communication between the teacher and the parents. Last year, her diary was always full of negative reports. One time, she poured water in a child's lunchbox; another time she threw another kid's textbook in the toilet. Now she began to share her snacks with those who did not have anything. She's always volunteering to clean the blackboard, the teacher's chair and desk.She does well in school. Finishing her classwork was such a big problem. She had to do it at home. But now, she finished both the classwork and homework at school.( ) 1. What is the big worry of Tasha's father every year?A. Who will be Tasha's class teacher.B. Which class Tasha will be in.C. How Tasha goes to school in the morning.D. What Miss Purity looks like.( ) 2. What did Tasha do when she didn't like her class teacher?A. She had a fight with her mother in the morning.B. She didn't want to go to school.C. She missed a lot of classes.D. She refused to do classwork and homework.( ) 3. What do the underlined words “early bird” mean in the passage?A. It is a lovely little child.B. It is the most beautiful bird.C. It is someone who lives alone.D. It is someone who gets up early.( ) 4. Which of the following is not true about Tasha's past?A. She couldn't finish her classwork at school.B. She often forgot things at school.C. She didn't get on well with her classmates.D. She was careless and silent.( ) 5. What is not mentioned about the changes in Tasha?A. The progress with Miss Purity.B. Her hobbies.C. Her habit of living.D. Her behaviors at school.Passage 10(2017周口模拟)Maybe you are an average student(中等生). You probably think you will never be a top student. However, anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here's how.1. Plan your time carefully. When you plan your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making the list, you should make a schedule(日程表)of your time. First，your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular(规律的)time for studying. Don't forget to relax sometimes. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will make you realize what is happening to your time.2. Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study things. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.3. Make good use of your time in class. Listen to everything the teacher says carefully. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.4. Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher talked in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material(材料). This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.5. Develop a good attitude to tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won't end if you don't pass a test, so don't be overly worried.There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.( ) 1. A schedule will help you ________.A. finish your work quicklyB. solve all your problemsC. find more time for your habitsD. know what is happening to your time( ) 2. If you listen carefully in class, you ________.A. can do less work after classB. don't have to take any notesC. don't have to do any work after classD. can remember everything the teacher says( ) 3. What does the underlined word “attitude” mean in Chinese?A. 计划B. 态度C. 方法D. 思考( ) 4. Which of the following is true?A. Tests are the most important parts in your study.B. You should review everything your teacher mentioned in class.C. If you have a good place to study, you'll become a top student.D. Planning work will make you clear about what to do and when to do it.( ) 5. The best title for this passage is “________”．A. How to Make a PlanB. How to Improve Your StudyC. How to Pass a TestD. How to Review Your Lessons话题六人物传记类Passage 11(2017青岛)Ray Charles, a black singer and pianist of the USA. He had won 12 Grammy Awards (格莱美奖) and performed at 10,000 concerts around the world. Many musicians called him simply “the Genius”(天才)．Ray Charles was born into a poor family, without a father. When he was 5 years old, his younger brother died, and around the same time, Charles started to lose his sight. By the age of 7 he was completely blind. He had already been learning the piano for a year, and when he went blind, his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future. All his life, Charles remembered her saying: “Do it right, or don't do it at all.”Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children. There the teachers also encouraged him to study music. Sadly, while he was still at school, his mother died. He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players. He sang, played the piano and wrote music.He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles.In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made. The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx. The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles. After they had been playing together for two hours, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said, “He's the one ... he can do it.” A year later Charles di ed aged 74. The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles' music will live on.( ) 1. What can we learn from Ray's childhood story?A. His father died when he was 5 years old.B. He started to go blind at the age of 7.C. He was born in a rich musician family.D. He started to learn the piano at the age of 6.( ) 2. Ray Charles' mother encouraged him to play music because ________.A. his father was a musician as wellB. because it would help him get used to being blindC. it was a good way for a blind person to get moneyD. his teacher thought he was a genius( ) 3. Ray Charles went to a school for ________.A. normal childrenB. deaf and blind childrenC. talented children onlyD. children without parents( ) 4. Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx ________.A. was the right person to play him in the filmB. was a good film makerC. was the wrong person to play him in the filmD. was a good director( ) 5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Becoming a musician.B. Childhood story.C. The film of Ray's life.D. Master of many styles.话题七广告图表类Passage 12(2017郑州二测)A. Watch long funny videos.。
