1、12019 中考英语阅读理解编习题（1）及答案Passage A（2019 中考科普环保类选练）PollutionHundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didnt have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either. Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution （污染）. Water pollution has made our rive
2、rs and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and polluted our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. Its bad to all living things in the world. Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometime
3、s the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog（烟雾）. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustnt blow dirty smoke into the air. We need to do many other things. We
4、 can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution. Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution. 1. Hundreds of years ago, life was much
5、 harder than it is today because _. A. there were not any modern machines B. there was no modern medicine C. both A and BD. there were not many people 2. What is the biggest problem in todays life? A. Water pollution B. Air pollution 2C. Noise D. Pollution3. The most serious kind of pollution is _.
6、A. noise pollution B. air pollutionC. water pollution D. A, B and C4. Factories must clean their water _. A. before they are thrown away B. when they are thrown away C. after it is thrown away D. before it is thrown away 5. From the passage we know that _. A. a few years ago, there was no smog at al
7、l B. today people dont have to talk to each other in a loud voice C. we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes D. people are making rules in order to fight pollution参考答案 CDBDDPassage B-“老”字趣谈每个国家都有各自的文化习惯，而这种文化上的差异往往会引起一定的误会，不过只要熟悉对方的风俗习惯做到入乡随俗，一切就 OK 啦！When my family moved to America in
8、 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, 3China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States. I had a part-time j
9、ob as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed grea
10、t displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that t
11、he problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older
12、people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing e
13、xercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didnt want to hear. After that, I changed the way I h
14、ad been with older people. It is not that I dont respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I dont show my feelings through words. By Jack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. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _. A. the manager asked him to do so4B. he respected the elderlyC.
15、the couple wanted him to do soD. he wanted more pay2. When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _. A. nervous B. satisfiedC. unhappyD. excited3. In Jacks hometown, _. A. people dislike being called “old”B. people are proud of being oldC. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D. the
16、 elderly are the first to get food in restaurants4. After this experience, Jack _. A. lost his job in the restaurantB. made friends with the coupleC. no longer respected the elderly D. changed his way with older people5. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the coup
17、le got. B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience. C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple. D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture. 【答案及解析】1. 选 B。根据第 2 段中的 I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly b
18、ecause I always respect the elderly 可知答案。2. 选 C。根据第 2 段中的 As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure 可知他们听到 Jack 称他们为老者时，一点也不高兴。3. 选 B。根据第 3 段中的 In my village in China, people are proud of being old可知答案。54. 选 D。根据最后一段中的 After that, I changed the way I had with older people 可知答案。5. 选 D
19、。根据第 2 段最后一句 After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry 可知 A 选项不对；根据文章最后一句 but now I dont show my feelings through words 可知 B 选项不对；根据第 2 段中的 I then waked back to the table and apologized to the wife
20、可知 C 选项也不对，故正确答案为 D。Passage C（2019 中考科普环保类选练）Think of all the things you throw away：juice bottles，soda cans，candy coversIt adds upHow much rubbish do you produce? Americans throw away about 1 ton of rubbish per person every yearThats 2000 pounds of rubbish! Most of the rubbish gets covered in big ho
21、les in the round called landfills(垃圾掩埋法)A lot of this rubbish can be recycled，or turned back to something usefulThe main things we recycle today are made of metal and paperPeople recycle for many reasonsOne of the main reasons is to protect resources(资源)Making new cans out of old ones means less alu
22、minum(铝) is needed for new cansThis leads to a second reason people recycle：it saves energyRecycling old aluminum cans take much less energy than making new aluminumTo make new aluminum，you need to mine metal ore(矿石) from the ground，remove it，and refine it，into a finished metalRecycling also protect
23、s valuable landBy recycling，we produce less rubbishThat means fewer landfills are needed for dropping our rubbishBecause metals are some what costly to make，they are the worlds most recycled materialsAbout two-thirds of all steel(钢) is recycledAlmost all drink cans are made of aluminumAmericans recy
24、cle about one-third of their used aluminum cansEmpty cans are sent to special factoriesThere，they are cleaned，melted，and made into new pieces of 6aluminumAmericans use lots of paper mostly in the form of newspapers，magazines，and cardboard boxesIn fact，paper takes up more space in landfills than any
25、other materialOld paper can be cut and made are into new paperAmericans recycle a little more than one-third of their paper rubbishNew papers are made from trees，each ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees!1. You can most probably read the passage in _Aa science book Ba Chinese book Ca history b
26、ook Da geography book2. Which material isnt mentioned in the passage?A. Paper B. Metal C. Wood D. Water3. Why do people recycle rubbish?ATo protect resources because its hard to make new resourcesBIt can save energy，because the resources are limited(有限)CTo protect valuable land，because there is no p
27、lace to bury rubbishDTo protect resources，save energy and protect valuable land4. Which of the following is RIGHT?APeople recycle paper from the trees BPapers take up less space in the landfillsCAmericans recycle a little more than 1/3 of their paper rubbishDTo recycle paper cant protect the environ
28、ment5. The main idea of the passage is _ATo let us know it is a big job to deal with rubbish B.To explain the reasons for rubbish recycleCTo describe how to recycle metal and paper D. To explain how to recycle rubbish and why to do so参考答案 ADDCB Passage D（2019 中考选练）7What a father had done now has bee
29、n redone by his son. US video game magnate(大亨) Richard Garriott headed into space aboard a Russian rocket watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.The Russian Soyuz TMA13 spacecraft lifted off in clear weather from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Kazak
30、h steppe(大草原) just after 1 pm local time.A video game developer from Texas, Garriott paid $ 30 million to fly into space alongside US astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov.Garriotts father, Owen, watched the launch through telescopes on an observation platform and Garriotts g
31、irlfriend, Kelly Miller, burst into tears. “I am very happy for him. It is one of the things he really wanted to do， ” Miller said as others opened champagne to celebrate the successful launch.“I can see he is really enjoying it like a little kid in the candy shop , ” Miller said.Space officials sai
32、d the Soyuz rocket had reached orbisafely and would dock with the International Space Station (ISS) in about two days.“He made it; he made it into orbit. It is marvelous， ” said Owen Garriott, a physicist who was selected as an astronaut by NASA for his scientific background. He spent 60 days in spa
33、ce in 1973 and another 10 days in 1983.After 12 days in space Garriott will return to earth with the ISSs former crew on Soyuz , a three person reentry capsule(返回舱) which has broken down on its last two flights back to earth.1. Who are the passengers except Richard Garriott in the spacecraft?Owen Ga
34、rriott Michael Fincke Yury Lonchakov Kelly Miller A B C D2. What was the reason for Richard Garriotts space travel?A. His father used to be an excellent astronaut.B. He planned to explore a game about the space.C. He wanted to make his dream come true.D. He got too much expectation from his father.3
35、. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “dock” ?8A. join together B. fly togetherC. explore together D. run together4. Which of the following about the Soyuz spacecraft is TRUE?A. It has been launched into space with Richard Garriott successfully.B. Owen Garriott once w
36、as brought into the space by this spacecraft.C. The Soyuz reentry capsule has not made a mistake until this flight.D. Garriott made a second attempt to fly back to earth on Soyuz.5. In which part of the newspaper will you probably find this passage?A. Travel. B. Education. C. Science. D. Business.参考答案 BCAAA
