1、12019中考英语阅读练习（四）及答案第一部分：首字母填空To me, music is food and water. W_1_ _ music, I cant live happily, or I will feel sad in life. I know this is not true for everybody. Many of you dont go to concerts (音乐会) or listen to music records, and you get quite along well. But music is everywhere in our life. 2 ex
2、ample, when you watch films or TV plays, do you find them in 3 if there is no music? You would find them boring. And when you are w_4 _ for the train or the plane, you would like a piece of music b_5_ _it makes the time seem shorter.It is true that music is everywhere in our life. Some people like t
3、o sit by the sea and listen to the sound of the sea. Some enjoy l_6_ _ to the singing of the birds. Those sounds are some k_7 _ of music. So music has meaning for everyone in some way or other. Of course, it has special meaning for people l_8_ _ me. We spend our lives playing or writing music.Someon
4、e said, “T_9_ music a child goes into a world of beauty, learns to take c_10_ of others and makes his mind and body strong.“ Music is an important part of our lives.参考答案1. Without 2. For 3. interesting 4. waiting 5. because 6. listening 7. kinds 8. like 9. Through 10. care第二部分AThe earth is our home；
5、we must take Care of itThis means keeping the land，air and water clean Pollution is a dirty wordTo pollute means to make things unfit(不合适的)or unclean to usePollution comes in many waysWe see it，smell it ,taste it and drink itPollution is beginning to threaten(威胁)our health ,or happiness and our life
6、 2Manhas been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire，washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the groundWhen land was used up or water became dirtyMen moved to another placeAt first the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air，land and waterThere w
7、erent so many people then and their wants(需求)were fewerAll the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收)by nature and sooncovered over(恢复)But this is no longer trueThe increase of population(人口增长)and the development of industry have changed thatMan is slowly pollutinghis environmentThrough the use of poiso
8、n(农药)，mall has polluted land !killing the animalBy putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water ,killing the fishOur increasing population is part of theproblemMore people more wasteWhere is this all to end ?Are we turning the world into a big rubbish d
9、ump，or is there anyhope that we can get rid of(摆脱)the pollution ?Luckily，millions of people have been warned ofthe danger of pollutionLarge numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under( )1Which sentence is WRONG?AWe live on the earth，so we should look after itBTo pollute means to
10、make air ,water and land unfit for useCAll the waste produced by modem industry can be absorbedDMan is now fighting against different kinds of pollution( )2In this passage the word“chemicals”means A化学 B化学物质 C化学的 D医学的 ( )3Through the uncontrolled use of poison mall has Amade the drinking water dirty
11、Bpolluted the landCkilled the animals and fish Dall of the above( )4From the sentences“More people more waste” ，we know that Abecause of the increase of population and the development of 3industry，more and more waste is producedBwe need more people，not more wasteCthere isnt any hope that we can get
12、rid of the pollutionDmore people have been warned of the danger of more waste( )5From the passage we can know that now man Adoesnt know how to control pollutionBstill doesnt realize how serious pollution isCis doing something to control pollutionDbegins to understand the pollution 参考答案 1C 2B 3D 4A 5
13、CBThe world is not only hungry but also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70%of the earths surface is covered with water. But about 97%of that is sea water or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3%of fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground and so on. And
14、we can not even use all of that because some of it has been made dirty.Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember how important water is. The water that we use is the most important natural resource on the earth. Today we face serious water problems. One of them is water pol
15、lution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too.How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First they pollute the air. Then when it rains, the rain wat
16、er makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain（酸雨）, is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world wont have enough dean water. We have to learn how to stop wasting water. One of the first steps is to develop
17、 ways of reusing it. Today in most large cities, water i used only once and then sere out into a sewer system（下水道）. From there it 4returns to the sea or goes underground.But even though every large city reused its water, we would still not have enough. So we should make use of sea water by removing
18、the salt in it. If we can take these steps, fresh water wont be used up.1. The world is thirsty for water because_.Awe dont have enough fresh waterBa lot of water goes into sewer systemsConly 70% of the earths surface is waterDsea water is widely used rather than fresh water2. The underlined word “f
19、ace“ means“_“.Aturn the face down Bturn the face upCturn the face to Dturn the face back3. From this passage, we know acid rain_.Ais only bad for living thingsBis not bad for buildings and factoriesCcan be produced in factoriesDis bad for people, animals, plants and buildings4. One difficult way we
20、can solve the problem is to _.Ause the water with salt in it Bremove the salt from sea waterCget water from underground Dreuse the water in cities5. What is the best title for this passage?AFresh water and sea water BA thirsty countryCThe importance of water DThe worlds water problem参考答案 ACDBDCLet u
21、s begin by saying what causes our dreams. Our dreams do not come from 5another world. They are not messages from some outside source .They are not a look into the future, either.All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry,
22、 or tired, or cold , his dreams may include a feeling of this kind. If the covers on your body, such as a quilt or a blanket, have slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping on ice or in snow. The material for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experience you h
23、ave today.So the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has influence on you while you are sleeping（feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.）and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now. This is why children are likely to dream of fairi
24、es, older children of school examinations, hungry people of food, home-sick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.To show you how this is happening while you are asleep and how your needs and wishes can all be joined together in a dream, here is the story of the experiment. A man was a
25、sleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of absorbed cotton. He would dream he was in hospital and his charming girlfriend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling gently his hands!There are some scientists who have made a special study of why we dream, what we dream and what t
26、hose dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone but it offers an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true. In other words dreaming is a way of having your wishes carried o
27、ut.1. From the passage we know that our dreams .A. are imagination of our daily life B. are mans curious look into the futureC. have nothing to do with our feelings D. are to some degree connected with our feelings2. In your dream when you feel like eating something it indicates（暗示）that 6.A. you are
28、 in a state of being cold B. you are in a state of being tiredC. you are in a state of hunger D. you should have had your dinner that day3. Some scientists explanation of dreams .A. is not widely accepted though a bit reasonable B. gives an exact description of our lifeC. provides us with information of dreams D. is of no use for us参考答案 DCA
