最新英语中考英语阅读理解100及答案经典1

最新英语中考英语阅读理解100及答案经典1

最新英语中考英语阅读理解100及答案经典1

一、初三英语阅读理解（含答案详细解析）

1．阅读理解

"Without music, life would be a mistake, "famous German

philosopher（哲学家）Friedrich Nietzsche said over a century

ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some

American schools have cut music classes to control budgets（预算）.

For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education

when it fired over 1, 000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of

the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington

Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other

countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not

thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history.

That's partly because music is not seen as a very important life

skill, and it isn't tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork,

so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are

tested more often. However, learning music is beneficial（有益的）in many ways.

When playing music, you need different abilities to work

together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth K.

Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music

development program. For example, when playing the piano,

people see music notes and decode（解码）them in their brains.

They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with

all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can

see that many scientists are good at playing music：Einstein played the violin and German physicist Max Planck was talented

in playing the piano.

（1）Some schools in the US cut music classes, because ____.

A. they were too difficult to learn

B. students in the US weren't interested in music

C. the schools wanted to control budgets

D. there weren't enough music teachers in the US （2）In

Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word "them" refer to（指代）?

A. Students in Chicago.

B. Public schools.

C. Parents in Chicago.

D. Fired teachers.（3）How many scientists who are good at

playing music are mentioned in this passage? A. One. B. Two. C.

Three. D. Four.

（4）What's the writer's opinion according to this passage?

A. Music is as simple as it looks.

B. Music classes should be cut in some schools.

C. Music is a big part of our lives.

D. Music isn't a very important life skill for us.

【答案】（1）C

（2）D

（3）B

（4）C

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了很多地区削减了音乐课以控制预算，这是不合适的，因为音乐在许多方面都是有益的。

（1）细节题。根据some American schools have cut music

classes to control budgets可知美国的一些学校停课，因为学校想控制预算，故选C。

（2）词义猜测题。根据Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired over 1, 000

teachers...10 percent of the teachers taught art or music 芝加哥公立学校解雇了1000多名教师……10%的教师教授艺术或音乐，可知them指代被解雇的教师，故选D。

（3）细节题。根据 Einstein played the violin and German

physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano 爱因斯坦拉小提琴，德国物理学家马克斯·普朗克擅长弹钢琴可知文章提到了2名擅长演奏音乐的科学家，故选B。

（4）推理题。根据 Music has a special connection with

science as well 音乐也与科学有着特殊的联系可知作者的观点是音乐是我们生活的一大部分，故选C。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题，词义猜测题，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息，词义猜测题需要根据上下文提炼相关信息锁定词意。

2．阅读理解

As far back as he could remember, Larry had wanted to go to

Hollywood and become a film star. The young man's hopes for

success were broken again and again. However, Hollywood was

just everything to him. When he first came to California? Larry

had decided never to give up and return home without success.

Therefore, he kept on trying. "Some day," he told himself, "my big

chance would come."

Larry found a job—parking cars at one of Hollywood's big

restaurants. His pay was low, but since the guests were kind

enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living.

One day he recognized an important film director driving into

the parking lot and getting out of his car. Larry had recently heard

that the man was ready to make a new picture.

Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot

and park it. Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director. "Excuse me, sir, but I think it's only fair to tell you that

it's now or never if you want me in your next picture. A lot of big

companies are after me." Instead of pushing away the boy, the

director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it

to the young man. "Come and see me tomorrow."

Larry got a small part in the director's next film. He was on

his way!

（1）It's clear that Larry's job—parking cars ________.

A. helped him make a lot of money

B. brought him the hope to be a film star

C. made him fail again and again in getting into Hollywood

D. gave him few chances to meet stars

（2）The film director asked Larry to meet him the next day

because _______.

A. he needed a driver very much

B. Larry would become a star