1、中考英语阅读理解专项训练2阅读下面5篇短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。AThe Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival which has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also named Chongwu Festival. There are many activities on the day.The dragon boat race is an important competition during the festival. Pe
2、ople held dragon boat races in the river to remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat race is a traditional activity for Chinese people.During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet-smelling bags to avoid （避免）bad things. In some areas of China, a sweet-smelling bag is also used
3、 as a symbol of love between lovers.A long time ago, a married daughter would return to her parents home during the Dragon Boat Festival. So the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Girls Day.Eating rice dumplings is also a custom（习俗） for Chinese people. The rice dumpling is a kind of food with diffe
4、rent designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia.( )1. In order to , people hold dragon boat races.A. admire a famous scientist B. have good luckC. remember Qu Yuan D. celebra
5、te the harvest( )2. Why is the Dragon Boat Festival also called Girls Day?A. A daughter can wear a sweet-smelling bag.B. A daughter who is married can return to her parents home.C. Girls have lots of housework to do during the Dragon Boat Festival.D. Girls can wear beautiful clothes during the Drago
6、n Boat Festival.( )3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. A sweet-smelling bag can be used as a symbol of love.B. The Chongwu Festival is another name for the Dragon Boat Festival.C. People have celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival for more than two thousand years.D. People usually hold dragon boat
7、 races in the sea.( )4. Rice dumplings .A. can express love between lovers B. are eaten to avoid bad thingsC. have different designs and styles D. are only eaten in ChinaBAs a middle school student, I want to buy an iPod that can help me improve my spoken English. I dont want my parents to buy it fo
8、r me, so I have to look for a job. One day I stopped at the zoo. The zoo director said he had an interesting job. Their gorilla（大猩猩） was ill and sent to the animal hospital. But the visitors would be sad because they couldnt see the gorilla. In fact, many visitors hoped to see it. So my job was wear
9、ing a gorilla suit sitting in the cage for 4 hours at a time. In this way the visitors would at least have something to look at. It sounded good to me, so I told him I would.The next day I went to the zoo, put on the gorilla suit and climbed into the cage. Soon some children walked to see me. I held
10、 the rope and swang (摇摆) across the cage. The children seemed to be very happy to see it so I started swinging higher and higher.In the next cage there was a lion and he was becoming angry at my actions and began to shake his cage. I kept swinging and started to swing to the lions side of the cage.
11、Suddenly I dropped right into the lions cage! I was afraid and shouted, “Help me, help me! Im not who you think I am!”Just as I shouted, the lion jumped on my back and knocked（撞）me to the ground. Then he said in a low voice in my ear, “Shut up, or both of us will be fired（被解雇）.”( )5. The visitors wo
12、uld be sad if they couldnt _.A. see the lion B. talk with the lion C. see the gorilla D. talk with the gorilla( )6. What is the writers job in the zoo?A. Playing with children. B. Making the director happy.C. Taking care of the gorilla. D. Dressing up as a gorilla and staying in the cage.( )7. Which
13、 of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The lion was angry because of the writers actions.B. The lion said something in a low voice in the writers ear.C. The lion knocked the writer to the ground and bit him.D. The writer dropped into the lions cage.( )8. Where can we read this pas
14、sage?A. In a sports magazine. B. In a textbook.C. I n a science book. D. On a story website.COn nearly every week for the past five years, David Albright has been making muffins (小松糕) for the poor. He gives them to the citys homeless center.“He finds that everyone isnt living the life that he and hi
15、s friends enjoy. To the people who are poor, it means a lot to them” said Toni Dolan. He is the manager（经理）of Beth El Center, which helps the homeless.David says that he has given away about 5,000 muffins in all.“Hes not he kind of student who likes to draw attention to himself,” said Frank, a teach
16、er at St. Marys School. David has attended the school since the first grade. “For the last several years, he has been collecting Halloween clothes for kids, along with his older brother,” Frank said. “He is quiet, so most people dont see the good things that he does.”It all began when Albright was e
17、ight.“It was the day after Christmas,” Albright remembered. “It was snowing really hard. We were driving past the homeless center. We saw a man sleeping in a truck, trying to keep the snow from coming in through a broken window.“We found out about Beth El and how they needed like that,” he said. “I
18、thought that would be a nice thing to do, so I started making muffins.”Since then he has been making muffins every week for the center, sometimes after school, sometimes on weekends.Albright was recently given the Presidents Volunteer Service Award. On May 3 hell receive a prize and 1,000 dollars.(
19、)9. What does Frank mean?A. David isnt a good student.B. David is a kind and quiet boy.C. David doesnt get on well with his brotherD. He doesnt know anything about the good things that David does.( )10 . Which of the following is TRUE?A. Toni Dolan is Davids teacher.B. David gives away about 1,000 m
20、uffins each year.C. It was a rainy day when David saw a man sleeping in a truck.D. David never makes muffins on weekdays.( )11. From the passage, we know that _.A. David would like to help the poor.B. David only makes muffins to help othersC. nobody helps David when he helps othersD. David will rece
21、ive $ 1,000 on May 5( )12. What would be the best title for the passage?A. A Homeless CenterB. How to Make a CakeC. How to Help OthersD. A Kind BoyDWe all want our vacations to be perfect. After all, with all the time and money we spend on them, an unpleasant day seems like a waste. But are you plan
22、ning your vacation the right way? Find out about four ways you can easily destroy your vacation and how to avoid（避免） them.1. Travel with the Wrong Person“For me, the most important thing is always finding the right person to travel with,” says Lindsay Tessis, who has experienced both good and bad tr
23、avel partners. She says, “Traveling with the right person makes the vacation perfect. A wrong traveler makes it worse.”Fix it: Listen to your heart when it comes to whom youre going with, and dont be afraid to say no or travel alone.2. Only Communicate with the People Youre Traveling withYou can jus
24、t talk to the person youre with. It is the easiest and sagest way, but it cant make the experience more interesting.Fix it: Try to talk to people along the way. You never know who might meet, or what you might learn.3. Only Do Things Youve Done BeforeYour hotel room likely comes with a TV. But do yo
25、u really travel just to watch Pretty Woman? The worst travel regret is always the things you havent done or tried.Fix it: Get out of your comfortable room and try something different when youre away.4. Your Mood（情绪）Depends on the Weather“The weather is the thing that you cant control,” says Tessis.
26、“Dont let it stop you from having a good time.”Fix it : “Pick activities that you can do in rain or shine,” says Tessis. You can make a list of bad-weather activities that you want to take part in.( )13. Traveling with the right person_.A. makes the travel worseB. isnt important for Lindsay TessisC.
27、 asks you to refuse your good friendsD. would make you have an enjoyable vacation( )14. Why is it necessary to talk to the people on your vacation?A. It is easy to make you brave.B. It makes the experience more interesting.C. It is easy to communicate with strangers.D. It makes you famous on your va
28、cation.( )15. If you just stay in your room on vacation, the writer will suggest you _.A. have a good restB. watch Pretty WomanC. play some interesting computer gamesD. go out and try something different( )16. What cant we learn from the passage?A. How to avoid the things that destroy your vacation.
29、B. How to get along with your partners on vacation.C. You cant control the weather but you can control your mood.D. You can pick some activities that you can do in rain or shine.EIt was a perfect Sunday morning. My friends and I were biking down Haunted Street. Along the way we passed a house. All t
30、he children said it was haunted.During the past few days I had wanted to explore（探索）this house. The ice-cream shop was nearby. So I said, “Do you want some ice-cream?”My friends said, “Yes!” So when they went to the ice-cream shop, I went to the haunted house.I slowly opened the door. There was sile
31、nce. One minute passed then two minutes passed. I took a few steps forward, and then suddenly, I stopped. I saw two ghosts looking at me.I wanted to run away. I ran toward the door and tried to open it, but it was locked! So I found some stairs. I ran down the stairs as fast as I could. Then I reali
32、zed that I was in the cellar（地下室）. I ran up again.When I got up the stairs, the ghosts were coming toward me. I fell down. The lights were turned on and I saw them. There werent any ghosts; instead, there was a pair of old people. They said they didnt turn on the lights because they didnt have enoug
33、h money to pay the electricity bill（电费）.Then I told my friends about my experience One of my friends told a news reporter about it. The news spread throughout town. People helped the old couple in many different ways, like paying their bills and giving them food. It was no longer a haunted house. Th
34、e old people had good friends and neighbors and lived comfortably forever.( )17. Why did the writer enter the house?A. He wanted to know if the house had ghosts.B. He went there to buy some ice-cream.C. He wanted to play with the children who lived in the house.D. His friends told him to enter the h
35、ouse.( )18. What is the right order for what happened in the story? The writer ran down the stairs. The write opened the house door. The writer fell down on the floor. The write found the door was locked.A. B. C. D. ( )19. Which sentence below is TRUE?A. The writer went to the house on foot.B. The h
36、ouse was near an ice-cream shopC. The write went to buy some ice-cream with his friends.D. The writers mother told his experience to a news reporter.( )20. What are the old couple like?A. They are poor. B. They are rich.C. They dont like children. D. They dont like to be with others.参考答案1-4 CBDC 5-8 CDCD 9-12 BBAD 13-16 DBDB17-20 ADBA
