1、中考英語閱讀理解編習題附答案Passage A（中考日常生活類訓練）Dear Sunday Globe,I am writing to tell you about your article Smartphones Make Life Easier in last Sundays newspaper. You did an excellent job explaining the good points of smartphones, but you didnt talk about their bad points at all. So, I hope youll let me give y

2、our readers some advice on smartphone etiquette (禮儀). The first point Id like to address is loudness. When you talk on your smartphone in public, please dont shout. In fact, the microphones in smartphones are very sensitive (靈敏的). So, you can be heard even if you speak quietly.Another point is about

3、 personal space. I dont think it is polite to make calls in small spaces full of people. This makes others uncomfortable and forces them to listen to your personal business. Whats worse, it stops many face-to-face conversations from ever beginning.Lastly, doing two things at the same time is dangero

4、us. For example, making calls while driving is a bad habit. Pay attention to the road! Similarly, when staying with your friends, turn off your smartphone and enjoy their company.Yours truly,Amber Jala1. Amber Jala wrote the letter to _ .A. find a good job B. provide adviceC. make her life easier D.

5、 buy a smartphone2. What does the underlined word “address” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. 致函 B. 稱呼 C. 陳述 D. 選址3. According to Paragraph 3, what makes people around you uncomfortable?A. Discussing face-to-face. B. Speaking quietly on your phone.C. Minding your own business. D. Calling in small spac

6、es full of people.4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. It is dangerous to drive on the road.B. It is easy to start a company with others.C. It is bad to turn off our phones while driving.D. It is important to use our smartphones properly.參考答案1B 2C 3D 4DPassage B【*昆明市模擬】C(309words)Children

7、 are natural scientists, very interested in the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; theres no need for a lot of scientific terms（科學術語）or modern labs. You only have to share your childrens interests. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-o

8、ld children to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, the money I got and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing each other silently. Finally I said, “Now that weve finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own

9、 about science?”After a long wait, a boy put up his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?” This began a lot of questions that lasted nearly two hours.Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown

10、that, after asking a question, many teachers usually wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When teachers increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give better answers.Thirdly, watch your language. When the child is having a science discussion,

11、dont jump in with “Thats right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging a child to help others. But in talking about science, these words make a child think that the discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “Thats interesting” or “Ive never thought of it t

12、hat way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.Lastly, show; dont tell. Let children look at their hands through a microscope（顯微鏡）, and theyll understand why you want them to wash before dinner.81. To help children enjoy science, the most important thing for teachers to do is _.A. let th

13、em see the world around B. let them study in modern labsC. tell them the difficult terms on scienceD. share the childrens interests82. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the words “your lists” mean _.A. your answers to the questionsB. your own questions about scienceC. your questions from

14、 textbooksD. all the questions of your own83. According to the passage, children can give better answers to the questions if teachers _.A. ask them to answer quickly B. wait for one or two seconds after a questionC. tell them to watch their languageD. wait at least three seconds after a question84.

15、The writer talks about all of the following ways except that teachers should _.A. tell their children stories instead of telling them to remember factsB. offer their children chances to see things for themselvesC. allow enough time for their children to find answers to the questionsD. encourage thei

16、r children to ask questions of their own85. The writer of the passage is probably _.A a teacher B a scientist C a seven-year-old boys father D a reporter參考答案 81-85 DCDABPassage C【*四川省】Workshop for New Concept English Teachers Date: 5th November, 2011 (Thursday) Time: 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Alexander, th

17、e author of New Concept English Place: Beijing Foreign Studies University (This workshop is open to New Concept English teachers of middle schools and sparetime vocational training schools only. Seating offered for 21st Century readers is 20, but a further 30 sittings are allowed. )Lecture for Engli

18、sh Language Teaching (ELT) Teachers Topic: Learning a Language Through Texts of New Concept English（新概念英語） Co-organizer: the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (出版), Longman and 21st Century. Date: 4th November, 2011 (Wednesday) Time: 3:00 p.m. Speaker: Alexander, the author of New Concept

19、 English (This lecture is open to all ELT teachers, especially New Concept English teachers of middle school and part-time vocational (職業) training school. 21st century has offered 300 seats for English teachers among its readers.) 31. According to the text we can infer that 21st Century is _. A. a

20、kind of newspaper in ChineseB. a kind of newspaper in English C. a name of a middle schoolD. a name of a press32. From the text we know _ in China use New Concept English as their English textbooks. A. some middle schoolB. all the middle schools C. none of the middle school but sparetime vocational

21、schools D. some middle schools and sparetime vocational schools33. The persons who are allowed to attend the workshop are _. A. New Concept English teachers of middle schools and part-time vocational training schools only B. all English Language Teaching teachersC. only 21st Century readers D. the s

22、tudents who are learning New Concept English參考答案 31-33 BDA Passage DFly to SingaporeBeijing travel companyBest four days in SingaporeBook online：www. BCall: 01062617788Beijing SingaporeMiramer Hotelrestaurant; swimming pool; movie theater and KTV; clothes store; pingpong room; reading room.Day 1: Mo

23、rning: take a bus tour of the islandEvening: see a show at the Neptune Theatre Day 2: Morning: visit the Handicraft (手工藝品) Center and the National Museum.Afternoon: take the cable car (纜車) to Sentosa Island. Day 3: Free for shopping Day 4: Morning: take a walking tour of old Singapore Afternoon: a b

24、oat trip around the islandLeaving Date & Price：July 1 $ 3,220 July 12 $3,100July 23 $ 2,950 Note：Adult: fullprice; Children from 5 to 12 years old: halfprice；Children less than 5 years old: free Please choose and book early.Business Hours：Weekdays: 24 hoursWeekends: 8：00 am6: 00 pm()1. What cant you

25、 do in the Miramer Hotel?A. Play pingpong. B. See a movie. C. Read books. D. Play chess.()2. If you are interested in visiting a museum, you will have a good time on _.A. Day 1 B. Day 2 C. Day 3 D. Day 4()3. Mr. Grace, together with his wife and his son who is only five years old wants to travel on

26、July 12. How much will they cost?A. $8,050. B. $6,200. C. $7,750. D. $7,375. ()4. When can you book the trip on weekends?A. At 7：30 am. B. At 10: 20 am. C. At 8: 00 pm. D. At 9：00 pm. ()5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. This is a fourday trip for you to have fun in Singapore.B. You can see a

27、show at the theatre on the first day there.C. The third day is available for you to go shopping D. Its cheaper to book tickets on July 12 than on July 23.參考答案15 D B C B DPassage ENo one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon(外科醫生) and part of it is taken out. Today, however, w

28、e neednt worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have an operation felt all its pain.Long ago, operations had usual

29、ly to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched. Soon after

30、 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called laughing gas. Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didnt seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him.Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Wells teeth.