中考英语英语阅读理解专题练习(及答案)
一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷
1．阅读理解
Chinese Farmers' Harvest (收获，收割) Festival is the first festival in China for farmers. The festival starting from 2018, falls on the Autumnal Equinox (秋分) each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September 22nd and 24th, during the country's harvest season.
As we all know, China has the largest population all over the world. It was difficult to feed the largest population in the past. After reform and opening (改革开放), with the development of modern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and their living conditions have improved a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival shows that our government is paying more attention to agriculture and farmers' life. It will greatly encourage farmers to farm and develop further modem agriculture. China has a long history of agriculture. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol, helps to show China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modem civilization (文明) and improves the cultural self-confidence and national pride.
Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they are encouraged to think of their own ways to celebrate harvest. Some activities are held across the country, but most of the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from local customs. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities for the festival, such as folk culture performances, food tasting and so on.
Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, even better than the Spring Festival, because food gives people a sense of safety and hope. For other people, the harvest festival is a time to look back at the past and look forward to the future.
（1）We probably celebrate the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival on ______________. A. September 20th B. September 23rd C. September 25th D. October 1st （2）The main purposes that Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival was created don't include _______.
A. showing the long history of farming culture of China
B. improving Chinese cultural self-confidence and national pride
C. encouraging Chinese farmers to give up local customs
D. connecting the traditional Chinese culture to modem civilization
（3）We can learn from the third paragraph that ______________________.
A. the celebrations will be differently based on local customs
B. western countries also celebrate the Fanners' Harvest Festival
C. the Farmers' Harvest Festival is one of the Chinese traditional festivals
D. The Farmers' Harvest Festival is created for both farmers and workers
（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Farmers' Harvest Festival falls on different days in different areas in China.
B. The Farmers' Harvest Festival is the best time to harvest crops(庄稼)in the world.
C. The Farmers' Harvest Festival has been celebrated twice in our country so far.
D. China's modem agriculture has greatly developed because of reform and opening.
【答案】（1）B
（2）C
（3）A
（4）D
【解析】【分析】文章大意：短文介绍了中国的首届中国农民丰收节。节日定语中国的二十四解气的秋分，这个节日是为农民创建的，鼓励他们用自己的方式庆祝收获。有农民认为这个节日是他们一年中最快乐的时候。
（1）细节理解题，根据he Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September 22nd and 24th,可知，秋分在月22日-24日的某一天，所以庆祝丰收节应该在这个事件范围内。故答案是B。
（2）细节理解题，根据Some activities are held across the country, but most of the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from local customs. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities for the festival, such as folk culture performances, food tasting and so on.可知C的陈述绝对错误，故答案是C。
（3）细节理解题，根据but most of the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from local customs.可知，庆祝活动应基于当地的风土人情，故答案是A。
（4）正误判断题，根据After reform and opening (改革开放), with the development of modern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and their living conditions have improved a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival shows that our可知，因为改革开放，中国的现代农业取得了很大的成就，故答案是D。
【点评】考查阅读理解，本文涉及到了细节理解题和正误判断题，细节理解题一般可知直接在文中找到答案，正误判断题也是细节理解题的一种，也是基于短文内容进行判断的。
2．阅读理解
Dear August,
Welcome to the world! Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.
When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in a world with better education, ____________, stronger communities, and greater equality（平等）. We wrote that with all the progress in science and technology, your generation（一代人）should live much better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility（责任）to do our part to make that happen.
But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a
