精选中考英语阅读理解100篇三
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精选中考英语阅读理解
100
篇三
36-52
阅读理解
（
36
）
阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成句子。
Our eating
habits
（习惯）
are very important
for good health and a strong
body
．
There are
times when most of us like eating
sweets and ice-cream
，
they
are not bad for us if we eat
them at
the end of a meal
．
If we eat
them before a meal
，
they may
take away our appetite
（食
欲）
．
It's important for us to eat
our meal at regular
（规律）
time
each day
．
When we feel
worried or
excited
，
we may not want to
eat
．
A long time
ago
，
in
England
，
some
judges
（法
官）
often
decided whether a man was telling the truth by
giving him some dry bread
．
If
the
man could not
swallow
（吞）
the
bread
，
it meant that he
wasn't telling the
truth
．
Though this
seems strange and
foolish
，
they thought it was
a good way of finding out
truth
．
A man who is
worried
about
something
has
difficulty
in
swallowing
anything
dry
because
he
loses
his
appetite
．
1
．
Good eating
habits are very important for our
_________
．
2
．
The sweets and
ice-cream may _________ our
appetite
，
if we eat them
before a meal
．
3
．
A person may
not want to eat when he feels _________ or
_________
．
4
．
The judges in
old England thought if a man didn't tell the
truth
，
he could
_________
．
参考答案：
1
．
heal
th 2
．
take away 3
．
worried
，
excited
4
．
not swallow the dry bread
easily
．
阅读理解（
37
）
1
．根据短文内容判断下列句子的正（
T
）误（
F
）
。
Mr Howe worked in an
office
．
He
studied
（研究）
the old things
and sometimes bought some
for
himself
．
So he got a lot of
money
．
Eight years
ago
，
when he was sixty-
five
，
he
retired
（退休）
．
He
needn't
worry
about
food
or
clothes
．
He
was
busy
before
，
but
now
he
has
enough time to
rest
．
He loves playing ping-
pong and spends most of his time on the
game
．
He
had
never
been
ill
until
he
had
got
a
headache
one
day
．
He
was
taken
to
a
hospital
at
once
．
The doctors
looked him over carefully and did their best to
save
（救）
him but he felt
worse and
worse
．
He made his son send
for a
witch
（请巫婆来）
．
“Do the people in
heaven
（天堂）
play
ping-pong
，
madam
？<
/p>
”asked Mr Howe
．
“I'm sorry I don't know
，
sir
．
”answ
ered the witch
．
“Let me go
and ask about it for you
．
”
That evening the witch came
and said
，
“I've just been to
heaven
，
Mr
Howe
．
I've brought two
pieces of news to
you
．
One is good and the
other is bad
．
”
“Tell me the good news first
，
please
．
”
“Most of the people in
heaven play
ping
-pong
，
”said
the witch
．
“But you'll have a
game there
the day after
tomorrow
！
”
1
）
Mr Howe is
seventy-three
now
．
（
）
2
）
Mr
Howe has little money
，
so he
is poor
．
（
）
3
）
As he rested
very well all the time
，
Mr
Howe has never been
ill
．
（
）
4
）
The doctors
didn't do their best to save Mr
Howe
，
so he felt worse and
worse
．
（
）
5
）
The
bad news meant
（意味着）
Mr Howe
would die
（死）
in two
days
．
（
）
参考答案：
1
）
—
5
）
T
F F F T
阅读理解（
38
）<
/p>
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
Greenland
is
the
largest
island
in
the
world
．
It
is
in
the
north
of
Europe
（欧洲）
．
Near
Greenland is another
island
．
It is named Iceland
（
冰岛）
．
Do
you think that Greenland is green
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and warm
？
Do you
think that Iceland is white with
ice
？
If you
do
，
you are
wrong
．
Not
more
people live on the big island of
Greenland
．
There are more
people in your hom etown
than
those
in
all
of
Greenland
．
That
is
because
Greenland
is
not
green
．
Greenland
is
white
．
Most
of
the
island
is
covered
（被
……
覆盖）
with
lots
of
ice
．
The
ice
covering
Greenland
is
higher than the
world's
tall
buildings
．
What
about
Iceland
？
Is
it
colder
than
Greenland
？
No
，
it
isn't
．
Iceland has
ice
，
but not so
much as Greenland
．
Iceland
has a lot
of
springs
（泉）
，
and
they give out hot water and
steam
（蒸汽）
．
The
climate
（气候）
is not
as cold as
Greenland
．
And there are a
lot of people who live on
Iceland
．
1
）
Where is the
largest island in the world
？
_________________________________
．
2
）
Which is the
larger island
，
Iceland or
Greenland
？
_________________________________
．
3
）
There are fewer
people in Greenland than those in your hom
etown
，
aren't
there
？
_________________________________
．
4
）
What is most of
Greenland covered with
？
________________________________
．
5
）
Why isn't the
climate in Iceland so cold as that in Greenland
？
_________________________________
．
参考答
案：
1
）
It is in the
north of Europe 2
）
Greenland
3
）
Yes
，
there are
4
）
Lots of ice
5
）
Because Iceland
has alot of springs
（
and they
give out hot water and
steam
）
．
阅读理解（
39
）
阅读下面的短文，根据其内容，回答所提的问题。
Charles Dickens was born in
1812 in one of the small towns of
England
．
When Dickens was nine years
old
，
his father
found a job in London and the family moved
there
．
Later on
his father was put in to
prison
（监狱）
for
owing
（负债）
．
His
mother could
not
supply
（供应）
enough
food to him and his younger brothers and
sisters
．
He had to do
something
for
his
family
．
He
did
some
housework
and
looked
after
his
brothers
and
sisters
．
Their
life
was
hard
，
so he could not go to
school
．
Only until his father was out of prison
，
could Charles go to
school
．
At that time he was
already
twelve
．
But he did not finish
school
．
Two years later he
began to work in a factory
．
And he was a
journalist
（
记者）
and
wrote for newspapers
．
The
future writer often went to the
library
to read books
．
He read a lot<
/p>
．
Then
，
a
t the age of twenty-
two
，
Dickens began to write
and he wrote a lot of
novels and stories all his
life
．
Dicken s died over a
hundred years
ago
，
but people
are still reading his books with great
interest
．
Questions
：
1
．
What was
Charles Dickens
？
_________________________
2
．
How long did
Dickens live in his
hometown
？
_________________________
3
．
Why couldn't
Dickens go to school
？
_________________________
4
．
When did
Dickens begin to work
？
_________________________
5
．
Where did
Dickens read a lot
？
_________________________
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参考答案：
1
．
从短文内容可以看出，
他是一个伟大的英国作家。
应回答：
He was one of the greatest
English writers
．
2
．
“When Dickens
was nine years old
，
his
father found a job in London and the family moved
there
．
”
已经告诉我们，
他在故乡生活了九年。
该题的答案是：
He lived there for nine
years
．
3
．
Dickens
的父亲因负债
累累，
被关进了监狱，
他当然得干一些家务事，
照看弟弟妹妹。
其答案是：
He had to do
some housework and look after his brothers and
sisters at home
．
4
．
Dickens
< br>在十二岁时才上学，
两年后不得不辍学去工作，
他自然是
十四岁。
故应回答：
When he was
fourteen
，
he began to
work
．
5
．从文章内容来看，他是在图书馆里看了很多书的。该题应当这样回答：
He read a lot
in the
library
．
阅读理解（
40
）
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
Of all the students of
Grade Four
，
Bill
is the tallest
．
He's
thirteen
，
and of
course
，
he's the
o
ldest
，
too
．
But he's the worst and the most
foolish
（愚蠢的）
．
He
can't answer the easiest
questions in
class
．
And he
never passes the exams
．
But
the
boy
is
the
strongest
in
his
school
．
Even
the
boys
in
higher
grades
are
afraid
of
him
．
So he leaves
home with an
empty
bag
．
When he gets to
school
，
his bag is full of
fruit
and
cakes
．
Sometimes he brings
some home
．
His
mother
，
Mrs
King
，
is always happy when
she sees them
．
She
praises
（赞扬）
her son
，
for she can save some
money
．
This morning
，
Mrs<
/p>
．
King went shopping in the
market
．
She saw an old man
selling eggs
there
．
She chose
twenty-four but paid only for
twenty
．
The old man was too
busy to count
（数）
them
< br>．
She hurried off and
told her husband as soon as he came back for
lunch
．
“How clever you are
！
< br>
Mr
．
King said
happily
．
And Bill was busy
eating the eggs
，
so he
didn't say a
word
．
“What's your favourite food
，
dear
？
asked Mr
．
King
．
“Eggs
，
of
course
．
“Well
，
then
，
said the
man
，
“Can you tell us what
can lay eggs
？
The boy thought for a while
and said
，
“Hens
，
ducks
，
geese
< br>（鹅）
．
．
．
< br>and
．
．
．
< br>
and mum
！
“Oh
？
But
why
？
“I often hear they call
me„BAD EGG‟
．
1
．
Bill never
passes the exams because _____
．
A
．
he's the
tallest of the children
B
．
he's thirteen
C
．
he doesn 't
work hard at his lessons
D
．
he
is not the worst in the school
2
．
Why is Bill's
bag full of fruit and cakes when he gets to
school
？
A
．
He buys them on
his way to school
．
B
．
He makes the
children give them to him
．
C
．
He finds them
in the shops
．
D
．
His parents buy
them for him
．
3
．
____
，
so
Mrs
．
King is
happy
．
A
．
Bill often
saves money for his family
B
．
The
children are afraid of Bill
C
．
Bill is
stronger and older than any other child
D
．
Bill gets no
food without paying any money
4
．
Bill didn't say
a word at table because _____
．
A
．
he was thinking
of a problem
B
．
he had to go to
school on time
C
．
he
was afraid of his father
D
．
he
wanted to eat more eggs
5
．
Which of the
following is true
？
A
．
Mrs
．
King can lay eggs
．
B
．
People think
Bill is very bad
．
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C
．
Bill wished his
mother could lay eggs
．
D
．
Bill likes his
nickname
（绰号）
very
much
．
参考答案：
1
．
C
。在所给的四个选项中，只有
B
ill
不用功，才是考试不及格的根本原因。
2
．
B
。连高年级的学生都怕
Bill
，他当然是
强迫同学们给他吃的东西。
3
．
A
。从文章内容可以看出，
Mrs
．
King
好占便宜
，儿子能不掏钱拿回吃的东西，她
自然很高兴。
4
．
D
。鸡蛋是
Bill
最喜爱的食品，他在父母
亲谈论的时候一言不发，当然是想多吃一
些。
5
．
B
。由
“I often hear they call me„B
ADEGG'
．
”
能够得知，大家都认
为
Bill
很坏。
阅读理解（
41
）
Dreams may be more
important than sleep
．
Some
people don't need much
sleep
．
But we all
need to
dream
，
scientists
say
．
Dreams take
up
（占据）
about one quarter of
our sleeping time
．
People
have several dreams
every
night
．
Dreams are like short
films
．
They are usually in
colour
．
Some dreams are like
old
films
．
They
come
to
us
over
and
over
again
．
That
may
be
because
the
dreamer
is
worrying about
something
．
Dreaming may be a
way of trying to find an
answer
．
Some people get new ideas about their
work from dreams
．
They could
have been thinking
about their work all
day
．
These thoughts can carry
over into dreams
．
Sometimes we wake up with a
good feeling from a
dream
．
But often we can't
remember the
dream
．
Dreams can
disappear
（消失）
quickly from
memory
．
Too much dreaming can be harmful
（
有害的）
．
The
more we sleep
，
the longer we
dream
．
The
mind is
hard at work when we
dream
．
That is why we may
have a long sleep and still wake
up
tired
．
根据短文完成句子。
1
．
The
title
（标题）
for the story could
be“____________”
．
2
．
The
main idea of the story is that people need to
__________________
．
3
．
It
may be less important to __________________ than
to dream
．
4
．
Dreams and
films are usually
__________________
．
5
．
Why
do people often dream about their
work
？
Because they may be thinking about
__________________
．
参考答案：
1
．
Dreams 2
．
dream
3
．
sleep
4
．
in colour
5
．
their work all day
阅读理解（
42
）
The world is not
hungry
，
but it is
thirsty
．
It seems strange
that nearly 3
／
4 of the earth
is
covered with water while we say we
are short of
（短缺）
water
．
Why
？
Because
about 97
％
of
water on the earth is sea water which we can't
drink or use for watering plants directly
（直
接地）
．
Man
can
only
drink
and
use
the
3
％
of
the
water
that
comes
from
rivers
and
lakes
．
And we
can't even use all of
that
，
because some of it has
been
polluted
（污染）
．
Now more water is
needed
．
The problem
is
：
Can we
avoid
（避免）
a serious water
shortage
later on
？
Firstly
，
we should all learn
how to save water
．
Secondly
，
we should find out the
ways to reuse
it
．
Scientists have always
been making study in this field
．
Today
，
in most large
cities
，
water
is
used
only
once
and
then
runs
to
the
sea
or
rivers
．
But
it
can
be
used
again
．
Even
if
（
即使）
every large
city reused its water
，
still
there would not be
enough
．
What
could
people turn to next
？
The sea seems to have the
best answer
．
There is a lot
of water in the sea
．
All that
needs to be
done is to get the
salt
（盐）
out of the sea
water
．
This is
expensive
，
but it's already
in use in
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many parts of the
world
．
Scientists are trying
to find a cheaper way to do
it
．
So you
see
，
if we
can
find a way out
，
we'll be in
no danger of drying up
．
根据短文内容判断正（
T
）误（
F
）
。
1
．
The world is
thirsty because about 97
％
of water on the earth can't be drunk or
used for
watering plants
directly
．
2
．
97
％
of the earth is covered with
water
．
3
．
Man can only
drink and use about 25
％
of water on the
earth
．
4
．
To avoid the
serious water shortage
，
it's
the most important to try to find a cheaper way to
get the salt out of the sea
water
．
5
．
The name of the
passage should be“How to Save
Water”
．
< br>参考答案：
1
—
5 TFFTF
阅读理解
(43)
Bill was
fourteen years old
．
He
thought he was a young man but his parents thought
he was
still a
boy
．
They
said
，
“When you begin to
think about helping
others
，
you will be a young
man
．
”
One morning
，
his
parents gave Bill some money to buy milk at the
store
（商店）
．
He saw
an
old man
there
．
The man looked very
sick
．
Bill went to him and
asked
，
“Are you all
right
？
The old man answered
，
“Yes
，
but I
need something to eat
．
”
“Then let's go to the
restaurant
，
”said
Bill
．
When the waiter asked what they
wanted
，
the old man
said
，
“Just a glass of
water
．
”
“Do you want anything to
eat
？
”
asked the
waiter
．
The old man didn't
answer
，
and Bill asked
him
，
“Have you had your
breakfast
？
”
“No
，
I haven't had
any food and I haven't any money because I lost
it
，
”answered the old
man
．
The boy said to the
waiter
，
“My friend wants to
have bread and
coffe
e
．
”
“I'm giving you too much
trouble
，
”said the old
man
．
The old man ate quickly what the waiter
had brought him
．
“I'm fine
now
，
”he
said
．
“I'll never
forget your
kindness
！
You are a very good
young man
．
”
Bill was pleased because the old man
thought he was a young man
．
The waiter
came
，
and to their
surprise
，
he said that the
food was a present and it was cheap
because it was the birthday of his
boss
，
and they were the first
customers
（顾客）
of the
day
．
根据短文内容完成句子。
1
．
Bill was
fourteen years old
，
but he
thought that he
．
2
．
If a boy
，
he
will be a young man
．
3
．
The
old man did not look well because he
．
4
．
Bill asked the
old man to come to the restaurant in order to show
that
．
5
．
Bill
paid
a
little
for
their
meal
because
it
was
and
they
were
．
参考答案
:1
．
w
as a young man 2
．
begins to
know how to help others
3
．
was hungry and
wanted something to eat
4
．
he was already a young man
5
．
the birthday of the
boss
，
the first
customers of the day
阅读理解（
44
）
Beethoven was never afraid to show his
feelings
（感情）
．
Once
when he was playing at a rich
man's
house
，
one of his
listeners
，
a man of rich
family
，
was talking to a
girl
．
He liked girls
more than
music
，
and he didn't stop
talking when Beethoven started to
play
．
The noise was
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