1、12019 中考英语阅读理解（编三）含参考答案【实战训练】 A（2019 中考教育类选练）Do you consider failure as an ending? Do you often feel after a failure that you are good for nothing? Then be careful, you are one of them who have bad relationship with failure. And this is the only reason why people often keep themselves away from thei
2、r success. The power of failure is that it helps us to learn fro our mistakes and missteps and we must consider a failure as an opportunity to grow rather than giving up.Lets discover the reasons why successful people believe that opportunity lies in every failure.Disappointment or failure shows tha
3、t you are tryingThe best way to gauge（衡量）your progress at something is to see how many times you failed. In case you havent failed yet, chances are that you havent tried hard yet.Look at all successful men and women throughout our history, they all had one thing in common. Thats to say they failed n
4、ot once but several times before they achieved success. Lets take an example of Thomas Edison: he failed a lot of times to find right filament（灯丝）for his light bulb. Henry Ford had a stronger relationship with failure, which inspired him to quote this unforgettable saying “failure is the opportunity
5、 to begin again, more intelligently.”Achievement lies in looking at failure as an opportunityJust like every successful person had one thing in common, similarly all unsuccessful persons throughout our history had one thing in common - their inability to use failure as an opportunity and a tool. If
6、you feel your one failure is your ultimate （终极的）failure, and that feeling of sinking down is known as an ultimate failure, you are pushing yourself away from your expected success. Achievement is all about finding out what mistakes you made, what is the main cause of that failure, and how you are go
7、ing to make up for it.2Success requires willpower, passion, hard work, intelligence, determination, but all of the above, success requires failure. Use your failure as an opportunity to learn, to become wiser and to reconsider your relationship with failure, the true key to success.1. According to t
8、he writer, why do people keep themselves away from their success?A. Because they dont set long-term goals.B. Because they havent got enough time.C. Because they cant deal with failure properly.D. Because they are disappointed in themselves.2. Why does the writer take the example of Thomas Edison?A.
9、To explain the reasons for failure.B. To prove the importance of failure.C. To take pride in Thomas Edison.D. To introduce the process of making a light bulb.3. What can you learn from the passage?A. Failure can build up your confidence.B. Successful people seldom failed.C. Failure is more important
10、 than success.D. Successful people use failure as a tool.参考答案 1. C 2. B 3. D【实战训练】 B2016 中考英语阅读理解分类练习：记叙文Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said “no.” or “we dont know.” But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). They b
11、elieve intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact (联系)these beings(人；生物).Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? 3The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. “This is lon
12、g enough for other planets to have intelligent life,” Shostak and Barnett said. The second reason is sizethe universe is huge. “Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies,” says Shostak. “And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion star
13、s. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth.”In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes(高倍望远镜) allow scientists to discover smaller planetsthe size of Mars or Earthin other solar systems. These planets might hav
14、e intelligent life.Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not,” says Shostak. “Its a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other ways, such as radio signals(信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we dont have the right tools to receiv
15、e their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we can communicate with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.”【小题 1】Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _. Aastronomers BfarmersCsingers Ddrivers【小题 2】What is the best title for Paragraph (段落)2? AThe Age and Size of Ea
16、rthBOur Galaxy: The Milky WayCWhy Intelligent Life Might ExistDEarth: The Only Planet with Intelligent Life【小题 3】Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past? AThere were not any smaller planets.BThere were not any powerful telescopes.CThe astronomers were not in
17、terested in them.4DThe Milky Way didnt exist at that time.【小题 4】Why havent beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak? ATheyre afraid of us.BIts a long way away.CThey dont want to see us.DThey dont know how to use radio signals.【小题 5】What does the underlined phrase “life forms” in the las
18、t paragraph mean? AMessages BToolsCIntelligent beings DRadio signals【实战训练】 CBirthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here
19、are a few: 5( )1. When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see _ outside the window. Aflowers Bpresents Ca flag Da chair( )2. In _ flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child. AJapan BDenmark CIndia DHolland( )3. In _, only birthday children wear colored clothes to school. AIndia
20、 BHolland CDenmark DJapan( )4. In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are _. A15 B7 C5 D3( )5. The passage is mainly about _. Asimilar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countriesBdifferent ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries Cchildrens birthdays in western countr
21、iesDthe importance of childrens birthdays阅读理解 15 CDACB 6【实战训练】 DPeople often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his ageThere are only a few men in all of history，who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric lightBut Edison could never be ple
22、ased only because someone said he was a genius“There is no such a thing as genius，“ Edison saidHe thought what people called genius was mostly hard workBut Edison was a thinker as well as a workerFrom his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of natureHe tried to understand them，and
23、 then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with themEdison enjoyed thinkingHe knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking，especially if they do not think very oftenBut he knew，too，that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasureEdison could not
24、understand why anyone could not be interested in lifeAs he loved to think，he also loved to workOn the day he became 75 years old，someone asked him what idea he had about life“Work，“ he answered，“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier“ He said he had enough inventions in
25、 his mind to give him another 100 years of work1What is genius according to Thomas Edison?A. Hard thinking B. Hard work C. Useful ideas D. Useful inventions2How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?ATo write down what he had learned BTo carry out a new experimentCTo
26、 make them useful in life DTo share them with others3What could not Edison understand?AHe couldnt understand how anybody enjoyed lifeBHe couldnt understand if anybody loved workingCHe couldnt understand why anybody loved thinkingDHe couldnt understand why anybody was tired of life74 Was Edison a goo
27、d thinker or a good worker?AHe was a good thinkerBHe was either a good worker or a good thinkerCHe was a good thinker and he was a good worker，tooDHe was neither a good thinker nor a good worker 5What does the last sentence in the passage mean? AEdison was born to be a great inventorBEdison was able
28、 to live another 100 yearsCEdison was ready to make his 100th inventionDLife was too short for Edison to work for human beings参考答案 15、BCDCA【实战训练】 E美丽的标记My sixyearold granddaughter, Mary, found a small freckle(斑点) on her left arm. She didnt like it and tried to pick it off. I told her, “Oh dear, that
29、s a beauty mark. Dont pick it off.” She took another look at it. “Its not beautiful. I want to pick it off， ” she cried. “Each of us is born with special marks. Some of them can be seen, but some of them are invisible(看不见的) ”“What kind of mark is invisible？” she asked. “Well.a mark of kindness, even
30、 the mark of a loving heart. We cant see them, but they are very special marks.”“Why cant mine all be invisible？” she asked. “I can see many of your special marks, such as the color of your eyes, the shape of your nose and the smile on your face. Nobody else in the whole world has the same things as
31、 you. Special marks, inside and outside, are the things that make each of us different and special.”She didnt understand all of my words, but she stopped crying. The next morning, Mary ran into the kitchen. She said to my husband, “I have a beauty mark. Do you want to see it？”8“I sure do， ” my husba
32、nd laughed. “I didnt like it yesterday, but now I do.” she said.根据上述内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的为“T” ，错误的为“F” 。1. Mary has a small freckle on her right arm and she likes it a lot. 2. Marys family want to help her pick the freckle off. 3. We can see all marks besides special marks inside and outside. 4. It is tru
33、e that each of us is born with special marks. 5. The writer is Marys grandmother. 【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者六岁的孙女的左胳膊上长着一块斑点，她感觉不好看，想把它去掉。作者告诉她每个人一出生就带着标记，只不过有的能看见，有的看不见，那些特殊标记便是我们与众不同的地方。她似懂非懂，改变了想法，认为这个斑点很漂亮。1. F 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：玛丽的右臂上有一块小斑点，她非常喜欢它。根据短文第一段前两句“My sixyearold granddaughter, Mary, found a
34、small freckle(斑点) on her left arm. She didnt like it and tried to pick it off.我六岁的孙女，玛丽，发现她的左胳膊上有一块小斑点。她不喜欢它而且想把它去掉。 ”可知本题表述错误。2. F 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：玛丽的家人想帮她去掉这个斑点。根据短文第二段第二句“Dont pick it off.不要去掉它。 ”可知是家人不想让她去掉斑点，故本题表述错误。3. F 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：我们可以看到所有的标记，包括里里外外的特殊标记。根据短文第三段第二句“Some of them can be seen,
35、 but some of them are invisible(看不见的)一些能看到，但是有一些是看不到的。 ”可知本题表述错误。4. T 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：我们每个人生来都是带着特殊标记的，这是真的。根据短文第三段第一句“Each of us is born with special marks.我们每个人都是带着特殊标记出生的。 ”可知本题表述正确。5. T 【解析】推理判断题。题干意为：作者是玛丽的奶奶。根据短文第一段第一句“My sixyearold granddaughter, Mary, found a small freckle(斑点) on her left arm.我六岁的孙女，玛丽，发现她的左胳膊上有一块小斑点。 ”及倒数第三段中“She said to my husband.”可知本题表述正确。9
