新人教版2020年备战中考初中英语专项训练--阅读理解(人物传记类)B卷

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一、 阅读理解 (共3题；共21分)

1. （3分） (2019·东营) 阅读理解

One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, went shopping with her parents. She asked her parents

to buy a toy she wanted. Instead of giving her money to buy the toy, Taylor's father encouraged her to

make money by herself. "How can I make money?" Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, "Why not make

cakes and sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?"

The next day, Taylor started her plan. She first needed some money for tools and materials. So she

borrowed $40 from her parents and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To

her parents' surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.

Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it,

but she didn't. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father's phone number on

them.

Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large

companies

began to try buying her delicious cakes.

Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part

in other activities. So Taylor must carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV

after

school, Taylor might have to bake(烘焙) a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on

some

days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn't late for class.

Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. "I think making cakes

is mostly my hobby." she says. She also decorates(装饰) the boxes that are used to pack the cakes.

Taylor

uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the

extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.

Taylor's cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.

（1） Taylor started selling cakes 第 2 页 共 7 页 because .

A . she loved baking cakes very much

B . she wanted to make a lot of money

C . her parents encouraged her to sell cakes

D . she needed money to buy the toy she wanted

（2） Which is NOT true about Taylor?

A . She made $175 at first.

B . She bought a toy for herself.

C . She borrowed $40 from her parents.

D . She continued her business after she made $175.

（3） Taylor told people about her cake business

mainly

by .

A . handing out business cards

B . selling her cakes at church

C . advertising at her dance class

D . inviting large companies to buy her cakes

（4） After Taylor has made a lot of money, .

A . she doesn't work hard at school

B . she can't manage her time well

C . she sees the fun in her cake business

D . she is too busy to take part in other activities

（5） The author wrote the article mainly to . 第 3 页 共 7 页 A . explain how to buy a toy

B . teach us how to make good cakes

C . show us that it is fun to sell cakes

D . introduce a girl who is talented in business

2. （10分） (2019·金华模拟) 阅读理解

When I was a university teacher in Ningbo, I told my students that it would be wise to keep their

smartphones in their backpacks. They were young adults. I didn't want to take their phones， nor could

I shout at them. You can guess what happened.

Some students were polite, using their phones between activities. Others would rudely text their

friends during lessons, sometimes even while I talked to them. One young woman, K, openly played a game

at her desk with earphones!

Why did such a situation appear? I began to think my class was boring (probably true!) and that my

students hated me (I could understand). But what could I do? I couldn't fail every student. Maybe I was

just a boring teacher.

With all the recent talk about banning(禁止) smartphones at schools, you might think I'm in favor.

I'm actually not so sure. This technology isn't going away. Teachers probably need to change as much

as students.

I designed activities to let them use pens and paper, and moving around the room to talk to classmates.

It kind of worked! I also found ways to use their phones. Things like research, translation and creative

projects. I found that my students worked hardest on these activities.

Phones might not be the biggest problem. Once, walking at school, I saw K standing alone in the dark.

I could see her face, lit up by her mobile game. Maybe smart phone addiction (上瘾) at school is a sign