1、学优中考网 2012 中考英语冲刺版：阅读理解精选共 36 集【第 26 集】“先题后文”阅读方法 In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold.
2、In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes. When you go
3、to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.If you dont take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?A. B
4、ecause they may have four seasons in one dayB. Because they often have very good weatherC. Because the weather is warm just like in springD. Because the sky is sunny all day2. From the story we know that when _come, there is a heavy rain.A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds C. summer and winter D. s
5、pring and autumn3. “People can also have summer in winter.“ Means “it is sometimes too _in winter.“A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rainy学优中考网 4. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because _.A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in Engl
6、andC. they are going to sell them D. they are their favourite things5. The best title (标题)for this passage is _.A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or Winter C. The Weather in England D. Strange English People 参考答案 KEY: ABABC*A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by h
7、olding up a 100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this 100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.Then he said, “I am going to give this 100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?
8、” The hands went back into the air.“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无
9、论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth l00!”Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter wha
10、t has happened to you, you will never lose your value: 学优中考网 you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesnt come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.You are special and valuable. Dont ever forget it!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. Even though it was dirty, the
11、 money _.A. still went up in value B. was worth nothingC. didnt go down in value D. was still ours2. We are always valuable to the people _.A. who pay us B. who call usC. who hate us D. who love us3. Your value doesnt come from what you do but _.A. who you know B. who made youC. who you remember D.
12、who you are4. The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_”.A. the students put up their hands againB. the students put down their handsC. the students put their hands behind their backs againD. the students put their hands in front of them5. Why did the famous teacher use a 100 bill at his
13、lesson?A. Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.B. Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.C. Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students.D. Because he wanted to make the students know what value was.【答案及解析】1. 选 C。根据第 4 段中的 No matter what I did to the
14、money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value 可知答案。学优中考网 2. 选 D。根据第 5 段中的 you are always valuable to those people who love you可知答案。3. 选 D。根据第 5 段中的 Your value doesnt come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE 可知答案。4. 选 A。老师第一次问 Who would like this 100 bill? 时，同学们的反应是：Th
15、e students began to put up their hands at once. 老师第二次问 Who wants it now? 时， 同学们的反应是：The hands went back into the air. 老师第三次问：Who still wants it? 时，同学们的反应是：Hands went back into the air. 很显然，Hands went back into the air 中的 back 有类似 again 的含义，故选 A。5. 选 D。通读全文可以看出，老师利用这张百元大钞作“教具”，其目的是想告诉同学们，无论你怎样折腾这张百元大
16、钞，它的价值都不会因此而减少。所以答案选D 最佳。*“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my real-1ife friends.”Do you know any people
17、like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制) of the time they spend on the Internet学优中考网 For example, one coll
18、ege student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight. Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens bec
19、ause the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family. Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状):You do not go to important family activities
20、or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.You cant wait for your next online time. You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. You go out with your friends less and less.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. What does the beginning of the pas
21、sage tell us?A. How to become an Internet addict. B. What an Internet addict usually does.C. Where to find an Internet addict. D. Why to write this passage. 2 How does the writer describe the addicts use of Internet?A. It is something like keeping drugs. B. It is a way of producing drugs. C. It is l
22、ike taking drugs. D. It is terrible to imagine. 3. Why do people worry about the teens?学优中考网 A. The teens are wasting too much money. B. They used to work on the Internet. C. The playing field of the teens will disappear. D. More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.4. The exam
23、ple in the passage shows that _.A. Internet problems are more serious among college studentsB. Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleepC. Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addictedD. The police often help to find those Internet addicts.5. What is the write
24、r trying to tell us at the end of the passage?A. Dont be addicted to the Internet.B. Go to family activities more often.C. Do things as you have plannedD. Stay with your parents as often as possible. 【答案及解析】1. 选 B。在短 文的开头就述说了这些上网成瘾的人早上 3、4 点钟起床去上网；每天四次看 E-mail；每次上网时间不少于 3 小时；甚至在网上聊天的时间比跟自己朋友在一起的时间还多
25、。这些都是他们经常做的事情。故选 B。2. 选 C。由句子 The use of the Internet can be an addiction like during use.可知，人们上网成瘾就跟 take drug(吸毒)成瘾一样。3. 选 D。由第 3 段中的句子people worry about the teens.及 They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.可知，这是成瘾的症状。故选 D。4. 选 C。短文中讲述了一个大学生失踪了好几天，他的朋友非常担心，而且
26、还动用了警察去找他，结果却发现他一直在上网。这说明一些上网的人已经有很大的网瘾了。故选 C。学优中考网 5. 选 A。文章例举了上网成瘾的坏处，并在结尾处例举了上网成瘾的症状，这就是要提醒我们不要变成“网络瘾君子”。答案选 A。*For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something newhot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in sum
27、mer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has rooftop temperatures of up to 50 degrees while it is 27 degrees in the streets! At night, the outsides of the building stay so hot that the heat of the city causes storm over the city.China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farmi
28、ng land is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. Now roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes the city hotter.It is not easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more
29、 trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperatures lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. Also we should paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country
30、should have solar roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners in the building.People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, 80 of the worlds population will be living in
31、 cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world.1. The best title for the passage is _.A. The earth is getting warmer B. More land is needed 学优中考网 C. Cities are warmer in winter D. Scientists are worried about storms2. What have scientists found?A. Atl
32、anta is the hottest town in the USA. B. Buildings become very hot in the sun.C. It is not as hot on the roof as in the street. D. There are not as many storms as before.3. What can we do to make the cities cooler?A. Make more Parks. B. Use air conditioners more.C. Paint the roofs of all the white bu
33、ildings. D. Plant more trees.4. What may happen in future?A. Most people will move to the villages. B. People will plant more trees outside the cities.C. We will not have enough food. D. The problem will get better, not worse参考答案(1) 14 ABDC*When might you need to give blood(血) for a personality test
34、? The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job.Some people believe that your blood group hides(隐藏) no secrets. It shows the “real you”. And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at certain tasks(任务). This is the very reasons of why you could be asked to
35、offer your blood group before being given a job.The new idea was carried out first in Japan and now it has been brought over to 学优中考网 other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about this need:“For our office members, we must have 30 percent of group A and 15
36、percent of AB, 25 percent of O and 30 percent of B”.Do you happen to know your own blood group? It seems that if you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers, while blood group B are highly creative. And if you have problems, ask the AB
37、s to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.1. According to the passage, _.A. four types of the blood were discovered by JapanB. people of good blood might do their work very wellC. know your own blood
38、group and you could get a good jobD. more and more countries have accepted the new idea about blood groups2. Creative persons, good salesmen, thinkers and problem solvers are the four kinds of persons needed by the Japanese company. The proportion mentioned in the passage is _ respectively.A. 30%, 1
39、5%, 25% and 30% B. 30%, 30%, 25% and 15% C. 30%, 25%, 30% and 15% D. 25%, 15%, 30% and 30%3. People belonging to blood group B might be good at _.A. sports and games B. smoothing away difficultiesC. doing office work D. painting and writing4. This passage seems to lead you to believe _.A. your blood
40、 group could affect your workB. blood types can never change your lifeC. the idea about blood groups has little scientific basisD. personality tests are exactly correct学优中考网 5. This passage is mainly about _.A. the origin of blood groupB. the effect of the blood group on personalityC. the secrets of blood groupsD. the new skill of hiring people参考答案(2) 15 DCDAB*
