1、12019中考英语首字母、短文语法选择、阅读新精选（10）一、阅读理解。A（2019 中考选练）Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they re in the MP3 format (格式).What is it?MP3 compressed(压缩) music into small computer files. You may download MP3 music several ways: M
2、usic can be downloaded from websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PCs hard drive, you can play it through your computers speakers, “burn“ it onto blank CDs or swap(交换) MP3 files with friends using e -mail.How much?Software needed to play and convert MP3 m
3、usic is often free. Compact portable MP3 players start at around $ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar.Advantages MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox(自动唱机) . Small MP3 players are the size of a deck of cards(一副牌), making it easy to take
4、hundreds of songs with you. DisadvantagesYou may find that some websites only allow you to listen but you cant download music. Others let you download music but cant be copied to MP3 players. And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer.1. How can you get MP3 music?
5、A. By turning your home PC into a jukebox. B. By taking your own music or songs with you. C. By copying songs to a PC through the speakers.2D. By downloading from websites, which have turned music libraries into MP3.2. What is the closest meaning of the underlined word “burn“?A. Copy. B. Play. C. St
6、ore. D. Change.3. Which is NOT true according to the passage?A. MP3 music is often free.B. MP3 music can be “burned“ onto blank CDs or be swapped with friends by e -mail.C. MP3 music can be taken along while traveling.D. A growing number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer.4. How
7、 much will you pay for a compact portable MP3 player?A. Free. B. At least 10 dollars. C. About forty dollars. D. About a dollar.5. How many disadvantages of MP3 can we see from the passage?A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 参考答案 CACAD B歌剧版红楼梦You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and L
8、in Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions(红楼梦), written by Cao Xueqin(17151763). Now the book has been made into an English language opera. The opera was firs
9、t performed last September in San Francisco, US. This month it came to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.Many of the operas creators have backgrounds(背景)in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights. Their understanding of both cultures helped them to change a Chinese class
10、ic into a foreignlanguage opera.The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Hwang, a ChineseAmerican, focused on the love story 3between Jia and Lin and tr
11、ied to write a heartbroken tragedy(悲剧) that everyone would understand.The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes(服装) and stage settings(布景). He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin shows up on stage,
12、 there is usually water around her on the stage.The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Western audiences. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to “have made a contribution to the land where my parents were born”1. Who wrote the opera for the Chinese classic
13、novel A Dream of Red Mansions?A. Lin Daiyu. B. Cao Xueqin. C. Jia Baoyu. D. David Henry Hwang.2. The opera was _A. sung in poetic Chinese B. first performed in BeijingC. performed in China after one year D. performed in many languages3. Which of the following is NOT a difference between the book and
14、 the opera?A. The language used. B. The sad love story.C. The number of characters. D. The whole familys story.4. Why did the creators make the book into an Englishlanguage opera?A. Because they had backgrounds in Western culture.B. Because they thought the book was not good enough.C. Because they h
15、oped to help others learn English.D. Because they wanted Westerners to know about the Chinese novel.5. The best title of the passage is probably _. A. A Dream of Red Mansions Is Popular B. Introduce the Chinese Classic to WesternersC. Turn the Chinese Classic into An OperaD. The Chinese Culture Is C
16、olorful【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一个外国人把中国的经典名著红楼梦改编成歌剧。创作者这样做的原因在于他们想让更多的人了解中国的经典文化，想把中国的文化传播出去。41. D 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：谁为中国经典小说红楼梦写了这部歌剧？A 项：林黛玉；B 项：曹雪芹；C 项：贾宝玉；D 项：戴维亨利黄。根据文章第四段第二句“But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven.”可知该歌剧的作者是戴维亨利黄。故选 D。2. C 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：这个
17、歌剧是_。A 项：以诗歌形式用汉语唱出来；B 项：首场表演在北京；C 项：一年后在中国表演；D 项：用许多种语言表演。根据文章第二段第三、四句“The opera was first performed last September.This month it came to Beijing.”，可知一年后在中国演出。故选 C。3. B 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：下列哪项不是这本书和这部歌剧的差异？A 项：语言的使用；B 项：悲伤的爱情故事；C 项：人物的数量；D 项：整个家庭的故事。根据第四段最后一句“.tried to write a heartbroken tragedy(悲剧) t
18、hat everyone would understand.”可知红楼梦这本书被改成歌剧后依然是个悲剧。故选 B。4. D 【解析】推理判断题。题干意为：为什么创作者们把这本书变成英语歌剧？A 项：因为他们有西方文化的背景；B 项：因为他们认为这本书不够好；C 项：因为他们希望帮助其他人学习英语；D 项：因为他们想让西方人了解中国的小说。根据文章第六段第一句“The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Western audiences.”可知作者们认为把中国经典介绍给西方人
19、是一件有意义的事情，从而推测出作者想让西方人了解这部中国经典小说。故选 D。5. C 【解析】标题归纳题。题干意为：这篇文章的最佳标题可能是_。A 项：红楼梦是受欢迎的；B 项：把中国的经典介绍给西方人；C 项：把中国的经典变成歌剧；D 项：中国的文化是丰富多彩的。根据文章的整体内容可知这篇文章主要提到把红楼梦改编成歌剧。故选 C。C（2019 中考日常生活类训练）Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students fro
20、m carrying mobile phones during school hours.Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the schools this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas presents, and more students want them.5Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction (分心) to students d
21、uring school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy, because they couldnt get in touch with
22、their children.Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school; they were easy to lose and were a distr
23、action from studies.Many people say that they understand why parents would like their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.1. We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from_.A. the makers and sellers B.
24、 the passers-by and strangersC. their parents and friends D. some mobile phone users2. What does the word “cheat” mean in the passage in Chinese?A. 聊天 B. 核对 C. 查询 D. 作弊3. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldnt_during school hours.A. use their mobile phones B. leave their mobile phones at sch
25、ool officeC. help the teachers with their workD. get in touch with their children4. The passage tells us that_. A. students shouldnt have mobile phones at school except for some special reasonsB. it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phone at school6C. some parents felt unhappy because
26、they couldnt use their phones at schoolD. parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours参考答案 1C 2D 3D 4D二、语法选择。阅读下面短文，从 115各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Ma Yun became one of _1_ men in China when his company Alibaba went on the stock (股票) market last
27、year with a value of around 140 billionthe largest public offering in history. Here are some stories about him on_2_ way to success.Ma made his_3_ trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After _4_ “beer”, he saw that no results came up about China. Then he searched for “Chin
28、a” and still saw no results. He decided _5_ a Chinese website-the seed for Alibaba was sown. (播种)Ma said he _6_ many times in his life. He failed the College Entrance Examination in China three times and _7_ companies offered him jobs, including one at KFC. And he was refused by the famous Harvard U
29、niversity 10 times._8_ was difficult to learn English when Ma was a teenager _9_ limited resources. _10_, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides around his hometown Hangzhou. And he_11_it for nine years. Ma said _12_tourists opened up a new world for him because eve
30、rything they said and did was so different from what he had been taught at school and by his parents.Mas hero is Forest Gump _13_ never gives up. When he made a speech about his _14_ at Davos (达沃斯论坛) in 2015, Ma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you _15_.”1. A. rich
31、 B. richer C. richest D. the richest72. A. a B. an C. the D. /3. A. one B. first C. the first D. once4. A. search for B. searching for C. searched for D. searching5. A. to set out B. to set up C. to set off D. to set down6. A. refuses B. refused C. is refused D. was refused7. A. few B. a few C. litt
32、le D. a little8. A. This B. It C. That D. Those9. A. as B. since C. because of D. because10. A. But B. So C. However D. And11. A. keep B. kept C. keeps D. is keeping12. A. that B. how C. what D. which13. A. who B. whom C. which D. what14. A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully15. A. get
33、 B. have got C. are going to get D. are getting参考答案 1-5 DCBBB 6-10 DABCC 11-15 BAABC三、短文首字母填空。John Allen, an American _1_(science) once said, “the Internet is the worlds _2_(large) library, but all the books in it are on the floor!” What he meant is that the Internet is full of information. But it c
34、an be difficult to find what you really need. The Internet has another _3_ (advantage) that anyone can _4_ （creation）a website, so you can find websites about what ever you can imagine. Unfortunately, a lot of what is written on them is not always _5_(truth).At the same time, the Internet _6_ (provi
35、de) many other things .On some websites, you can download music and films. They are _7_(usual) very cheap and some are even free. On some other websites, you can connect with people _8_ all over the world . And there are some great online shops, too. For example，one Bay people sell used clothes, CDs
36、, and even cars at very low prices . 8It is true that the Internet has changed the way we work and communicate. But we should not depend on it too much. Some people are also afraid that _9_(surf) the Internet has taken the place of other healthier activities, especially for young people. Whether you love it or hate it, though, youd better get _10_ (use) to it because it is right here to stay.Keys: 1._ 2. _3. _4. _5. _6. _ 7. _8. _ 9. _ 10. _参考答案：1.scientist 2.largest 3.disadvantage 4. create 5. true 6. provides 7.usually 8. from 9.surfing 10.used
