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中考英语阅读训练(009)
In English (英格兰人) nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧).
Mr Thompson often went to a bar near his house.But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young.Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time.They drank for an hour.Tom drank a bit.Then Mr Thompson said to his son,"Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson.How do you know when you've had enough? Well, I'll tell you.De you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to become four, you've had enough and should go home."
"But, Dad,"said Tom,"I can only see one light at the end of the bar."
1.Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen.
A.is not B.are not C.many D.must
2.When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar______ taking him.
A.by B.for C.with D.without
3.On Tom's eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar for ______.
A.the first time B.once
C.many times D.eighteen times
4.Father wanted to tell his son ______.
A.the time to drink B.something about the light
C.when to stop drinking D.something about the bar
5.In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar.
A.was one light B.were two lights
C.were three lights D.were four lights
KEY: 1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.A
中考英语阅读训练(010)
Many people sleep late on Sunday morning, but others don't.However (然而), almost everyone reads the Sunday paper.
The Sunday paper is usually very thick.It has many advertisements (广告) and many different parts.The parents in the family like the front page, and the world news page.Many men also read the sports page.
Most men don't read the women's pages, but the mother of the family usually does.The women's pages have the news about parties, food, health and clothes.Most Sunday papers have interesting stories.Children enjoy them.Old people read the death notices(讣告).They tell about people who have died during the week.
根据下面短文内容判断正误,在正确句子前面的括号内打"√",在错误句子前面的括号内打"×"。
1.The parents in the family like sports page.
2.The father of the facely usually read the women's pages.
3.Only old women read the death notices.
4.Almost everyone likes reading the Sunday paper.
5.This passage is about the Sunday paper.
KEY: 1.× 2.× 3.× 4.√ 5.√
中考英语阅读训练(011)
Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very good at it. He painted(绘画) many beautiful and interesting pictures, and a lot of people bought his pictures.They said, "This boy is going to be famous when he's a little older, and then we're going to sell these pictures for a lot of money."
Jimmy's pictures were different from other people's because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.
"That's very clever, " everybody said. "No other painters have ever done that! "
One day somebody asked him, "Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom(底) half of your pictures, but not on the top half? "
"Because I'm small, " Jimmy said, "and my brushes can't reach very high."
根据短文内容回答问题。每空限填一词。(5分)
1.Which country did the boy live in?
He ______ in ______.
2.Was Jimmy good at painting when he was five?
Yes. He ______ well ______ painting then.
3.What did Jimmy do with his pictures?
He ______ his pictures to ______ people.
4.What did somebody ask Jimmy one day?
He asked him ______ he ______ painted on half of his pictures.
5.Why did Jimmy never paint on all of the paper?
______ he wasn't tall ______.
KEY: 1.Lived, Canada 2.did ,in 3.sold, many 4.why, only(always) 5.Because ,enough
中考英语阅读训练(012)
Once Einstein gave a lecture in many places in America. His driver always listened to him and knew the lecture so well that he was sure be could give it himself. So Einstein agreed that the driver gave the lecture him.
As nobody knew Einstein there, the driver gave the lecture for Einstein that evening. At first he was a bit afraid, but Einstein's smile made him feel better. He gave a good lecture and the people were quite pleased.
Then the driver started to leave and Einstein followed him without a word. When they got to the door, a man asked the driver a difficult question.
The driver said that the question was very easy, and told the man to ask his driver behind to answer it.
根据短文内容填空,每空限填一词。(10分)
Einstein gave the (1) ______ lecture again and again. His driver (2) ______ to his lecture so many times (3) ______ he wanted to give it (4) ______. When Einstein knew it, he let the driver (5) ______ the lecture for him that night. The driver gave a (6) ______ lecture and the great scientist was quite pleased.
When they were (7) ______ the lecture room, a man asked the driver a question. To show (8) ______ easy the question was, the driver asked Einstein who followed him (9) ______ to answer it (10) ______ of him.
KEY: 1.same 2.listened 3.that 4.himself 5.give 6.good 7.leaving 8.how 9.quietly 10.instead
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