1、12019中考英语阅读理解选习题（10）Passage A（2019 中考保健与健康类选练）Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce the chance of becoming short-sighted, a research shows. It challenges the belief(信念) that short-sightedness is caused by computer use, watching TV or reading in weak light.The Australian go
2、vernment researchers believe that the sunlight is good for peoples eyes. They compared the vision(视力) and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in Singapore and Australia. In all, 30% of the Singaporean children were short-sightedthis rate(比率) was ten times higher than Australian children.Both group
3、s spend a similar amount(数量) of time reading, watching television and playing computer games. However the Singaporean children spent an average (平均) of only half an hour a day outdoors90 minutes less than the Australian children.Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Councils vision Cent
4、re, said, “Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted people gets larger. Were also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world and the main reason may be that city children
5、 spend less time outdoors.Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light. But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical(化学物质) which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from b
6、ecoming short-sighted.So be outdoors. It doesnt matter if that time is spent having a picnic or having sports.1. How much time did the Australian children spend outdoors on average 2according to the research?A. 30 minutes. B. 60 minutes. C. 90 minutes. D. 120 minutes. 2. Which of the following is TR
7、UE according to the passage?A. If people spend less time outdoors they will certainly become short-sighted.B. There are fewer short-sighted Singaporean Children than Australian children because they have more knowledge of protecting their eyesight.C. There will be fewer risks of getting short-sighte
8、d if people spend two or three hours a day playing outside. D. When people begin to go to school they will become long-sighted.3. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?A. Why natural daylight has a special chemical.B. Why daylight prevents people from becoming short-sighted.C. Why daylight is muc
9、h brighter than indoor light.D. What the special chemical which can stop eyeballs from growing out of shape is.参考答案 1. D 2. C 3. BPassage B中考英语阅读理解分类练习：教育类 It is a very usual thing for a person to have a good friend. My good friend is Diana. She is a rich and proud (骄傲) girl. She often thinks that s
10、he is too good for anyone.One day after school, I was waiting for Diana when Vivien came up to me. She gave me a cake, I got it. We talked and joked. From then on, I began to spend more time with Vivien than Diana. However, I also began to feel a little uneasy.After a few days, I went to see Diana w
11、ith some snacks and at that time Vivien came and sat with me. She gave me a sandwich. She also gave one to Diana, but Diana didnt get it. She walked away. I was angry with Diana for being so 3rude.“Never mind,“ Vivien said , “ Im used to (习惯) it.“After school, I tried to catch up with Diana. When we
12、 walked home, I tried to correct her attitude (态度), but she would not listen to me. She said, “Go and join your dear Vivien. I know you make new friends and forget the old ones.”For the next few weeks, we did not talk to each other. Then, one day, Diana came to Vivien and me, saying, “Im really sorr
13、y about what I did. Im a spoiled (宠坏) girl, but I also need good friends just like you. Would you please forgive (原谅) me? Vivien and I looked at each other and smiled. From then on, Diana, Vivien and I are best friends.【小题 1】The writer was angry with Diana . Abecause she was too good for anyone Bwhe
14、n Diana didnt get Viviens sandwichCthough (虽然) she asked the writer to forgiveDso Diana walked away【小题 2】The underlined word “uneasy” means _. A不容易 B忐忑不安 C不简单 D想不开的【小题 3】From the passage, we can know that . ADiana and the writer were good friends BDiana didnt like sandwichesCVivien didnt want to mak
15、e new friends at allDthe writer forgot her old friends after she had new ones【小题 4】Viviens saying “Im used to it.“ shows that . Asomeone didnt want to give her their thingsBshe liked to be politeCDiana was often rude to othersDsome people were rude to her before【小题 5】Diana asked Vivien and the write
16、r to forgive her because . Athey didnt spend much time with herBshe knew she was wrong4CVivien and the writer didnt talk to herDshe was a rich and proud girlPassage CA Leg Walking RightHere are some signs + - x, the signs are very different. They mean very different things. When you see them, you kn
17、ow what to do. This sign + means that you will add some numerals. This signmeans that you will take one numeral away from another. You will subtract（减去）. What will you do when you see x and ?Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember. Look at these two signs .The ancient Egyptians u
18、sed these signs. A picture of a leg walking to the left told them to add some numerals. A picture of a leg walking to the right told them to subtract. In the 1500s people used this printed（印刷的） sign & to add numerals. After a while the sign began to look like this .Later, the sign became +.How much
19、is 22?1. What do you do when you see this sign +?A. Walk away B. Write a numeral C. Read a sign D. Add2. The word in the story that means to take one numeral away from another is _.3. The story says, “Our signs are easy to read. They are easy signs to remember”. The word they means _.4. Which of the
20、 following does this story lead to believe?A. Egyptians could not add numerals togetherB. All Egyptians had two left legs. C. Our signs are not hard to understand55. What did the sign to add numerals begin to look like(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book)?A. After a while, the sign b
21、egan to look like this .B. After a while, the sign began to look like this +.C. After a while, the sign began to look like this &.6. The main idea of the whole story is that _.A. the signs for adding and subtracting have changed.B. People could not write in the 1500s C. the old signs were good for E
22、gyptians but not for us参考答案 Key: 1.D 2.substract 3.signs 4.C 5.A 6.APassage D（2019 中考保健与健康类选练）How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average ( 平均 ) of seven to eight hours a
23、night. After the age of fifty, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a day.Most people have a night when they cannot sleep. About one in three(1/3) Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia.This is not a new problem. Ma
24、ny famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, a famous statesman ( 政治家 ) and inventor, had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Louis XIV of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them.
25、Mark Twain, a famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!( )1. Peoples sleeping time at night is _.A. three hours B. ten hours C. not the same D. not different( )2. In America, when people are more than fifty, they often sleep _ 6hours a night.A. a lot
26、more B. seven to eight C. only three D. about six and a half( )3. When Benjamin Franklin couldnt fall asleep, he _.A. went to sleep in another bed B. made another bedC. moved the bed to another room D. slept on the floor( )4. When he had sleeping problems, _ slept at the other end of the bed.A. Benj
27、amin Franklin B. Louis XIV C. Mark Twain D. Thomas Edison( )5. The word “ insomnia ” means _ in Chinese.A. 失明 B. 失眠 C. 失语 D. 失聪参考答案 1C 2D 3A 4C 5BPassage E（2019 中考科普环保类选练）You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their
28、own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example,
29、 does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only second hand sunlight.When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light
30、 could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all.
31、 Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more 7than a second.1. You can see the book because_.A. your eyes are close to it B. it reflects some of the sunlightC. it has light of its own D. your eyesight can get to it 2. The underlined word “luminous” m
32、eans_. A. visible B. all colors C. giving off light D. sunlight3. Light traces about _ kilometers per second. A. 380 000 B. 300 000 C. 400 000 D. 190 0004. Which of the following is true?A. The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes. B. Light from the book is much sho
33、rter than that from the moon.C. All the things you can see give off light.D. Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.5. What is the main idea of the passage? A. You can see and read a book because you open your eyes.B. Some objects are luminous, some not.C. You can see things because of light.D. Light travels very fast so you cannot notice it.参考答案 BCBA C
