1、学优中考网 2012 中考英语冲刺版：阅读理解精选共 36 集【第 3 集】 该资源选择的题型有：阅读回答问题、阅读单项选择、阅读改写填空、阅读判断正误。都有答案，至少一半的有具体解析。04Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life
2、. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.”“This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “Ill spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. Theyll make a change from sitting by the seaside and
3、 swimming.”He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home. “What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didnt you enjoy country life?”“
4、Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”“Oh. What?”“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”“Whats wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast be
5、ef for dinner.”“Lucky you!”“You dont understand,” Henry said. “on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “and you are complaining!”“Let me finish,” Henry said. “on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didnt dare (敢)stay for dinner!”1
6、. How did Henry find out about the farm?A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement. B. His best friend told him. C. He wrote to the farmer. D. Maybe he learned it from the radio. 2. Henry came back home several days later because _. A. he didnt like the country life at allB. the farmer wasnt friendly
7、 to himC. his holiday was overD. he thought he might have to eat the farmer3. “and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means _. A. 夸奖 B. 说三道四 C. 抱怨 D. 故弄玄虚4. Which of the following sentences is true?A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day. B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change.
8、C. Henry couldnt think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm. D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate. 5. Which is the best title for the passage?A. What a beautiful farm! B. Have a good time. C. A short holiday D. Henry and the farmer. 学优中考网 参考答案(A) 假日里，亨利喜欢到海边去旅游。有一次，他想去西山农场享受一下
9、田园风光，并计划在那儿度过一个月的时间。可是令人惊奇的是，才去四天之后他就回来了。当朋友问起其中的缘由时，亨利说道：第一天，农场里死了一只羊，晚餐时美美地吃了一顿烤羊肉；第二天农场死了一头牛，又吃了一顿烧牛肉；第三天农场死了一头猪，结果又吃了一顿烤猪肉。可是，到了第四天，农场主死了，我不敢再留下来吃饭了。1. A。第二段的首句“.but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper.”即是答案的出处。2. D。本题考查根据语境进行分析判断的能力。由上下文，显然可知这是报纸上的一则广告信息。3. C。本题考查通过上下文对词汇的推测能力。根据亨利的
10、叙述可得出此答案。4. B。这由 “A different meat every day, and you are complaining!”一句可知。5. C。本来打算要在乡村农场过一个暑假，结果四天之后就回来了。这能不是个短暂的假期吗？用此作标题既切合题意，又具有幽默的味道。*05Paragraph 1Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day, they
11、 are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; 94) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like b
12、utter. Paragraph 2People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countr
13、ies people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesnt matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned (罐装的) or frozen (冷冻的). It doesnt matter if a person eats dinner at 4 oclock in the afternoon or at eleven oclock at night. The imp
14、ortant thing is what you eat every day. Paragraph 3There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth. The first is to find some way to feed the worlds population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to
15、 make them grow to be strong and healthy. 1. According to(依据)the scientists，which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch？A. Chicken, apples, cereal and cabbages. B. Potatoes, carrots, rice and bread. C. Oranges, bananas, fish and tomatoes. D. Beef, pork, fish and milk,2. It
16、 is important for people to eat _. A. three times a day B. dinner at twelve oclock C. cooked food all the time D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day 3. People in different countries and different places of the world _. A. have the right kinds of food to eatB. cook their food in
17、 the same way C. have their meals at the same time学优中考网 D. eat food in different ways 4. Which of the following is not true？A. People in some places dont have enough to eat. B. There are too many people in the world. C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry. D. The scientists are trying to ma
18、ke people grow to be strong and healthy. 5. If there is Paragraph (段落) 4, what do you think is going to be talked about？A. When people eat their lunch. B. What to do with the two problems. C. How to cook food in different ways. D. Why people eat different kinds of food. 参考答案(B) 这篇短文分为三个落：第一段列举了科学家研究
19、了人们每天要吃的食物；第二段讲述了不同国家的人们饮食习惯和饮食结构等各方面有很大差异。但这些对人来说都没不是很重要的，重要的是每天吃什么。第三段阐述了两个问题：如何解决世界人口的吃饭问题，既要吃饱，又要吃得健康。1. A。本题属表层理解题。由第一段科学家建议七大类食品可知答案非 A 莫属。2. D。由“The important thing is what you eat every day.”及第一段的内容可知 D 是正确答案。而根据第二段可知 A、B、C 皆为错误的。3. D。第二段开头的“People in different countries and different places
20、 of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways.”这两句是解答本题的关键。4. C。根据第三段所讲的内容，C 项显然是错误的。5. B。A、C 和 D 都是在上文刚刚谈论过的，又根据第三段“There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth.”所提的两个问题，可以推知下文可能要谈论如何解决这两个问题。故答案为 B。*06Peop
21、le often say, “Children cant do math problem, its because parents cant do their childrens homework.” Heres an example to show what I mean. The other day my daughter brought home her math homework. “I have to subtract (减) 179 from 202,” she said. “Its quite easy,” I said. “You put the 202 over the 17
22、9.”“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”“I dont know where the 10 is. Lets just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”“We cant do it that way. We have to use the 10.”“Well, Im going to call your teacher to see
23、how she subtracts 179 from 202.”Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, “In the right-hand column (栏) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens.
24、 The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didnt think I was clear. I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and then I took another
25、I know one and one was two, but dont ask me what it is now.”学优中考网 1. The daughter wanted _ the other day. A. to give her father a lessonB. to show how difficult math was C. her father to phone her teacherD. her father to help her with her homework 2. Which of the following sentences is not true?A. T
26、he father had a different way to do the math problem. B. The father couldnt do his daughters homework. C. The daughter couldnt understand her fathers way. D. The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem. 3. From what the teacher said, we know that the word “units” means _ here. A. whole numb
27、ers less than 10 B. whole things C. groups of lessons D. the smallest numbers4. What the teacher said made the father _. A. angry B. worried C. sad D. tired5. Can you guess what would happen next in the story?A. The father would go to school and begin to learn math. B. The father would become very i
28、ll and have to take more medicine. C. The father would never do his daughters math problems again. D. The father would go to the school and fight with the teacher. 参考答案(C) 作者向我们讲述了很多人都可能遇到的一个问题：父母往往回答不上来小孩子问的一些非常简单的数学问题。文中作者的女儿向他询问怎样计算 202 减去 179 这道题。结果，他的女儿不但弄不懂他的解释，而且他还无法解释清楚女儿提出的问题。他只好向女儿的老师求助，而自
29、己被老师的解释搞得天昏脑胀1. D。细读第二段，再联系父女俩的谈话即可得出答案。2. B。根据 “but I didnt think I was clear.”以及“I took one and then I took anotherI know one and one was two, but dont ask me what it is now.”可知 B 项是错误的。3. A。根据短文内容，那位老师所说的“”她的意思是说 “个位上的数字是几就表示几个一”，当然应是小于 1 的数。4. D。由“My head was now hurting.”这句话，可知“父亲”听了老师的解释后没有生气、焦虑或悲伤，而是头昏脑胀，疲惫之至。5. C。选项 A 是不现实的，而选项 C、D 更是荒诞离奇。体会一下文末一段“父亲”的举动，就可以想起他是一种什么样的心情。*
