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2006-2012中考英语真题-阅读

2012福州

阅读理解(共35分)

I．根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”。(每小题1分，共5分)

A farmer's dog, Dolly, had puppies (小狗), and the farmer n eeded to sell them. He painted a sign and put it in his yard. As he was putting up the sign, a little boy walked up to him.

"Sir," he said, "I want to buy one of your dogs. "

"Well, " said the farmer, "these dogs are very expensive. "

"Can I just look.'?" asked the boy.

"Sure," said the farmer and whistled (吹口哨). "Here, Dolly !" he called.

Dolly ran out from the doghouse and four little dogs followed her. The boy became excited. Then, the little boy noticed another dog. This one was smaller. It moved slowly and tried to catch up with the others.

"I want that one," the boy said, pointing to the little dog.

The farmer said, "Son, you don't want that dog. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs. "

The little boy reached down and rolled up (卷起) one leg of his trousers. He showed a cast (石膏) on his leg and a specially made shoe. He said, "You see, sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands. "

The world is full of people who need someone who understands.

56. Dolly was a mother dog which bad four baby dogs.

57. One of the dogs moved slowly probably because its legs were weak.

58. The farmer advised the boy not to choose the smaller dog.

59. Nothing was wrong with the boy's leg.

60. We learn from the story that one should show love and understanding for the weak.

Ⅱ．根据阅读材料或短文内容。选择最佳答案。(每小题2分，共20分)

(A)

Side B No. 293083

Thank you for travelling with

If the card is fo~lnd, please return,

to any Stagecoach driver.

A. taking a taxi

B. travelling by train

C. taking a bus

D. entering the college

62. Lilian is________________.

A. a bus driver

B. a university student

C. a teacher in a college

D. a middle school student

63. The card can be used in any of the four_____________.

A. cities

B. colleges

C. universities

D. companies

64. According to the reading material, if you find a lost card, you can ___________.

A. sell it

B. phone Lilian

C. use it for travelling

D. give it back to any Stagecoach driver

65. You can not find _________in the card.

A. Lilian's age

B. the price

C. the card number

D. the time limit

(B)

The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the

world. It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and

international symbol. The Opera House with a " sailing roof" was

The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the

designs were finished. Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized (定稿) and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to

build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.

The Sydney Opera House cost around $100 million and was paid for by the public. 6,225 square meters of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms. It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.

The Opera House reaches out into the harbour (港湾). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.

66. The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from _______.

A. America

B. Australia

C. England

D. Denmark

67. Building the Sydney Opera House lasted__________.

A. from 1959 to 1973

B. from 1962 to 1973

C. from 1959 to 1967

D. from 1962 to 1967

68. The underlined word "construction" means ________ in Chinese.

A.创立

B.设计

C. 施工

D. 竣工

69. _______ paid for the cost o f the building of the Sydney Opera House.

A. Utzon

B. The public

C. Queen Elizabeth II

D. The government

70. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Sailing Roof

B. Travelling in Sydney

C. The Sydney Opera House

D. The Opening of the Opera House

III.阅读下面短文，把方框中的句子还原到文中，然后完成第75小题。(每小题2分，共l0分)

Do you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo? If you don't,

you are "out"! Weibo means mieroblog. People may spend much

time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a mieroblog.

Why? 71

Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and

it has developed very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese

micro-bloggers grew to 300 million. 72 For

many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest

news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, daily life, pictures, music and so on. Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans.

It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. 73 For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami (海啸) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like " Salt can protect people from radiation" were hot on microblogs. 74 Later people realized it was just a rumor (谣言).

75. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Writing a microblog needs much time.

B. Microblog appeared in China only one year ago but it has developed rapidly.

C. As a popular thing, microblog has its advantages and disadvantages.

D. More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA.

阅读理解(共10分)

I．根据短文内容，完成下列句子，每空一词。(每小题2分，共10分)

Halloween is a strange holiday. It started several centuries ago

in Europe. It began as "Hallow Evening" which means "holy night".

At that time November 1st was called "All Saints' Day" ( 万生日)

and people honored all the saints who did not have their own special

day. People believed that all the spirits of dead people were active on

the night of October 31st. So people would play all sorts of tricks on

each other.

Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably

because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night.

Pumpkins are a symbol of Halloween, so orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Making lanterns out of pumpkins is a Halloween custom.

Halloween is great fun for children. They dress up as ghosts (鬼) or witches (女巫). Small children go "Trick - or- Treating". They wear costumes, knock on doors, and shout, " Trick or Treat!" People almost always choose to give them candy as a treat, instead of choosing to receive a trick from the children. Adults sometimes "trick or treat" their friends, too. Usually the "treat" is a glass of" wine or some small gifts.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

106. Halloween is a holiday which started ________ of years ago in _________.

107. It was believed that the spirits of _________ people were active on the night "All Saints' Day".

108. ________ and _________ are both traditional Halloween colors.

109. People, especially __________ , have great fun playing "Trick or Treat" to________ Halloween.

110. According to the custom, people always treat file children with _______ instead of______. a trick from them.

【英语】中考英语阅读理解测试题及答案经典

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（一） Dragons are not real animals, but look like a combination (结合体) of many animals such as snakes, fish and have two horns (角) and a long moustache (胡子).With fantastic power, they fly in the sky or swim in the can make rain, Chinese dragon is a symbol of strength and good emperors of ancient China loved clothes were covered with pictures of dragons. We are proud to call ourselves the “descendants (传人) of the dragon”.In Chinese, “excellent” people are often called “dragons”.A number of Chinese sayi ngs and idioms talk about dragons, for example, “Hoping_one's_child_will_become_a_dragon.” which means hoping he or she will be successful. It is said that people born in the Year of the Dragon have certain are creative, confident, brave and quick? are s ome famous “dra?gons” who have done excellent things, for example, the great man Deng Xiaoping, the famous businessman Li Jiacheng and the movie star Zhao are all very successful. There are also some traditional festivals about dra?gons in China, such as Dragon Head?Raising Day and Dragon Boat have different kinds of activities to celebrate two festivals come every year, but the Year of the Dragon comes every twelve years.

【英语】中考英语阅读理解真题经典1

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