中考英语阅读理解幽默故事
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中考英语阅读理解·幽默故事
Little
Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents
had tried everything
—
tutors
(
家庭教师
), cards,
special learning
centers
—
in short, everything
they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a
catholic (
天主教
的
)
school.
After the first
day, li
ttle Tommy came home with a very
serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his
mother
hello. Instead, he went straight
to his room and started studying. Books and papers
were spread (
铺开
) out all
over
the room and little Tommy was hard
at work. His mother was surprised. She called him
down to dinner and as
soon as he
finished eating, he went back to his room, without
a word. In no time he was back hitting the books
as
hard as before. This went on for
some time, day after day while the mother tried to
understand what was
happening.
Finally, little Tommy
brought home his report card. He quietly put it on
the table and went up to his room
and
hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her
surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could
no longer
hold her curiosity
(
好奇心
). She went to his room
and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns
(
修女
)?”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook
his head, “No. ”
“Well
then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”
Little Tommy looked at her and said,
“Well, on the first day of school
, when
I saw that man nailed (
钉
) to
the
plus sign
(
加号
), I knew they weren’t
joking. ”
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四
个选项中选择最佳选项。
1.
Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a
catholic school?
A.
Because he could eat well there.
B.
Because he could earn more about nuns.
C.
Because his
parents wanted him to do better in his math.
D.
Because his parents didn’t want him to
learn math any more.
2.
Tommy’s mother
felt surprised that his son _______.
A.
was still the same as
usual
B.
ate so much at dinner
C.
kissed her hello after school
D.
worked hard but said little
3.
“Hitting the
books” means “_______” in Chinese.
A.
用功
B.
捶书
C.
发泄
D.
振作
4.
The last
sentence in the passage shows that _______.
A.
Tommy felt
sorry for the mail
B.
Tommy was afraid of being nailed
C.
Tommy didn’t like the
plus sign
D.
Tommy liked playing jokes on others
5.
From the
passage, we can infer (
推断
)
that _______.
A.
teachers should be strict with their
students
B.
mistaking (
误解
)
might do good sometimes
C.
a
catholic school is much better than other ones
D.
nuns are good at helping
children with their math
【答案与解析】
1.
选
C<
/p>
。文章第
1
段说
Tommy
数学学不好，其父母想尽了一切办法都不奏效，最后将他送进了一所
天主教的教会学校。
2.
选
D<
/p>
。认真阅读第
2
段前面几句话，并注意以
下信息：
After the first day, little Tommy
came
home…didn’t kiss his mother
hello…was hard at work…without a word.
可知答案应选
D
。
3.
选
A<
/p>
。根据文章大意和
Finally, little Tommy
brought home his report card. He quietly put it on
the table
and went up to his room and
hit the books
这个句子的语境，可知
hit
the books
的意思是
“
用功<
/p>
”
。
4.
选
B<
/p>
。
Tommy
学习一直不用功，但自从进
了这所
catholic school
之后，情况就不一样了
——整天都
发狠读书，
结果数学考试也得了
A
。
这是为什么呢？文章在最后道出了其原因：
Well, on the first day of school,
when I saw that man nailed
(
钉
) to the plus sign
(
加号
), I knew they weren’t
joking.
由此可知，
Tommy
是担心
学习不用功会被钉在十字架上。
5.
选
B<
/p>
。
Tommy
把
the man nailed to the plus sign
误解为
“
学习不用功的结果
”
，
从而一改自己原来不好
学的不良习惯，很快就把数学成绩赶了上
去。可见，误解有时也可以起到好的效果。
Jean is a bright young woman who comes
from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good
university and has
everything that
money can buy. Well, almost everything. The
problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so
busy that they can hardly find time to
be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of
time on her QQ. She likes being
anonymous(
匿名
), talking to
people who do not know
about her famous
family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda
on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she
keeps in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very
special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived
in San Francisco. David was full
of
stories and jokes. He and Jean had a
common(
共同的
) interest in rock
music and modern dance. So it always
took them hours to talk happily on QQ
and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of
course, they wanted to know
more about
each other. David sent a picture of himself: He
was a tall, good-looking young man with a big,
happy
smile. As time went by, they
became good friends and often sent cards and small
things to each other.
When
Jean’s father told her that he was
going on a business trip to San
Francisco, she asked him to let her go with
him so that she could give David a
surprise for his birthday. She would take him the
latest DVD of their favorite
rock
singer.
But
when
she knocked
on David’s
door
in
San
Francisco
,
she
found
that
her
special
friend
was
a
twelve-
year-old boy named Jim!
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所
给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1.
Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ
because she is _______.
A.
rich
B.
famous
C.
young
D.
lonely
2.
Jean thought “David” was special
because he _______.
A.
made her quite happy on QQ
B.
was from San
Francisco
C.
sent her a
picture of himself
D.
was tall and good-looking
3.
When Jean and “David” met
and introduced themselves to each other, who felt
surpris
ed?
A.
“David”.
B.
Both “David” and Jean.
C.
Jean.
D.
Neither “David” nor Jean.
4.
What’s the
main idea of the passage?
A.
Don’t believe those you get to know on
QQ so easily.
B.
People don’t use their real names on QQ
so often.
C.
Don’
t go to meet those you
get to know on QQ.
D.
People should tell their real names to
others on QQ.
【答案与解析】
1.
选
D
。由第
1
段的句子
…In fact, Jean is quite
lonely.
可知答案选
D
。
2.
选
A
。
Jean
认为
D
avid
幽默风趣，在摇滚乐和现代舞上和她有共同的兴趣，他们可以在网上快乐地聊上
几个小时。很显然
David
使得
Jean
很开心。答案选
A
。
3.
选
C
。文章的最后一句
…
she
found that her special friend was a twelve-year-
old boy named Jim!
告诉我们，
当
Jean
发现她那特殊的朋友是一个
12
岁的小孩时，用了一个感叹号结尾，虽然作者没有直接说
Jean
感到
惊讶，但是我们可以从这个标点符号推断出她的感觉应该是十分
surprised(
惊讶的
)
。
4.
选
A
。本文讲述
Jean
交了个十分投缘的网友，后来却发现对方原来只是一个
12
岁
的小男孩。通过这个
故事，短文意在告戒人们不要轻易相信
Q<
/p>
友，答案选
A
。
A friend of mine named Paul
received an expensive car from his brother as a
Christmas present. On Christmas
Eve
when Paul came out of his office, a street
urchin(
顽童
) was walking
around the shining car. “Is this your car,
sir?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it
to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You
mean your brother
gave it to you and it
did cost you nothing? Sir, I wish…” He
hesitated(
犹豫
). Paul thought
of course he knew what
the boy wanted,
but what the boy said surprised him greatly. “I
wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother
like that.” Paul looked at the boy in
surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like
to take a ride in my car?”
“Oh yes, I’d
love to,” the boy answered.
After a short ride, the boy turned and
with his e
yes shining, said, “Sir,
would you mind driving in front of my
house?”
Paul
smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy
wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he
could ride
home in a big car. But Paul
was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two
steps are?” the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short
while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not
coming fast. He was
carrying his little
crippled(
残疾的
) brother. He
sat down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There he is, Buddy, just
like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to
him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a
cent. And some day I’m going to give
you one just like it…then you can see for yourself
all the nice things in the
Christmas
windows that I’ve been trying to tell you
about.”
Paul got out and
lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The
shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him
and the three began an unforgettable
holiday ride.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每
题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1.
The street urchin was
very surprised when _______.
A. he met Paul
B. Paul told him about the
car
C. Paul
received an expensive car
D. he was walking around
the car
2.
From the story we
can see the urchin _______.
A. wished to give his brother a car
B. wanted
Paul’s brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like
Paul’s
D. wished Paul could
be a brother like that
3.
The urchin asked Paul to stop his car
in front of his house ______.
A. to show he had a rich friend
B.
to show his neighbors the big car
C. to
let his brother ride in the car
D. to tell his
brother about his wish
4.
We
can find from the story that _______.
A. the urchin wished Paul to give his
car to Buddy
B. the urchin wished to
have a rich brother
C. the
urchin had a deep love for his brother
D. the urchin’s wish came
true in the end
5.
The best name of the story is _______.
A. A Christmas Present
B. Paul, a Kind-hearted Person
C. A Brother Like That
D.
An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
【答案与解析】
1.
选
B<
/p>
。
根据第
2
段中
的
Paul answered, “Yes, my
brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was
surprised.
可知答案为
B
。
2.
选
A
。
The
urchin
指着
Paul
的车对他的弟弟说：
“And someday I’m
going to give you one just like
it…”
所以
the urchin
希望也能给他弟弟一辆车。
3.
选
D
。
The
urchin
要
Paul
把车停在他家门前后，立即扶着他残疾的弟弟出来，让他看看
Paul
的车，然
后告诉弟弟他想为他做的事，所以他只是想告诉他弟弟
他的愿望。
4.
选
C
。
The
urchin
在坐过
Paul <
/p>
的车后没有忘记弟弟，并且承诺也要给弟弟买一辆车，可见他对弟弟有
着一份深深的爱。答案选
C
，而
A
、
B
、
D
三项与文章不符。
5.
选
C<
/p>
。通读全文，我们不得不为
The
urchin
的行为所感动，他是一个好哥哥。文章就是讲述
了他这样
的一位好哥哥，
C
选项最合适
。
Last Friday a
storm swept through two villages in the New
Territories, destroying (
摧毁
)
fourteen homes. Seven
others were so
badly damaged (
破坏
) that
their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others
had broken windows
or
broken
roofs.
One
person
was
killed,
several
were
badly
hurt
and
taken
to
hospital,
and
a
number
of
other
people received smaller hurt.
Altogether over two hundred people were homeless
after the storm.
A farmer,
Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the
morning and lasted for over an hour.
“
I was eating with my wife
and children,
”
he
said,
“
When we heard a loud
noise. A few minutes later our house
fell down on top of us. We tried our
best to climb out but then I saw that one of my
children was missing. I went
back
inside and found him, safe but very
frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei
Fong said that her husband had just left for work
when she felt that her house was moving. She ran
outside at once with her children.
“
There was no
time to take anything,
”
she said,
“
A few
minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of
the flooded (
水淹的
) area and
the welfare department
(
福利机构
) brought
them food, clothes and shelter.
1.
How many
homes altogether (
总共
) were
damaged in the storm?
A.
Fourteen
B.
Twenty-one
C.
Twenty-
nine
D.
Thirty-six
2.
Where was Mr. Tan when
the storm first began?
A.
He was in bed
.
B.
He was inside the house.
C.
He was
outside the house
.
D.
He was on the roof.
3.
Mrs. Woo and
her family didn’t get hurt because _________.
A.
her husband
knew there would be a storm
B.
they
were
all
outside
the
house
when
the
storm
became worse
C.
she felt the house was moving
D.
the welfare department
helped her
4.
The
underlined word
“
shelter
”
in this passage
means ______.
A.
something to eat
B.
something to wear
C.
somewhere to
study
D.
somewhere to
stay
5.
Which of
he following may be the best title for this
passage?
A.
A
Terrible Storm
B.
A Lucky Woman
C.
Good
Soldiers
D.
Clever People
【
答案与解析
】一场暴风雨席卷了两个
村庄——不仅摧毁了房屋，也是造成了人员伤亡，还有二百多人无
家可归。
1.
D
。根据第一段出
现的三个数字
14
，
7
，
15
即可知
D
为正确答案。
2.
B
。根据“
I was eating with my
wife and children.
”可排除
A
和
D
，由下文可知
C
也不合题意。
3.
C
。答案即在即在
…she felt that her
house was moving
中。
4.
D
。考
虑全文意思及最末一段，可知暴风雨过后，房屋倒塌，人员伤亡。人们不仅需要食品、衣物，还
< br>需要住的地方。
5.
A
。这篇阅读材料主要描述了暴风雨袭击的过程。显然选项
A
是本文的主旨。
Bill Clinton took office
(
就职
)on January 20,1993 and
became the 42nd U. S. President
(
总统
). He is the first U.
S. president who was born after World
War II. He is also one of the youngest of all U.
S. presidents.
Clinton was
born in a poor family. Three months before he was
born, his father, William Blats, died. When he was
small, his mother remarried
(
再婚
) Norger Clinton, so the
boy’s family name was changed.
In
the
summer
of
1963,
Clinton
was
asked
to
visit
the
city
of
Washington.
During
his
visit,
he
met
President
Kennedy in the White House. At that
time, he wanted to become a president, and now he
is!
1.
Clinton
became the 42nd U. S. president when he was______.
A.
thirty
B.
about
forty
C.
forty-
seven
D.
37years old
2.
Clinton’s
father died______.
A.
after 1946
B.
before Clinton was born
C.
before World War
II
D.
when Clinton was young
3.
Why was the
boy’s name changed?
A.
Because he became a
president
B.
Because his
family was very poor
C.
Because his father was
dead
D.
Because his mother remarried Norger Clinton
4.
In 1963
Clinton came to the city of Washington___.
A.
to take part
in an exam
B.
for
his holidays
C.
for a visit
D.
to have a meeting with
Kennedy
5.
Which
one of the following is Not right?
A.
Everybody can visit the
president in the White House
B.
All the U. S. presidents
work in the White Horse