1、12019 中考（人新）英语八上 U4 阅读练习及答案A 阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容和问题，从题后 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are working? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?If you do, you need to take control of(控制)your feelings and stop gettingangry so easilyGetting a
2、ngry with people can make you lose friendsGary Egeberg，an American high school teacher, has written My FeelingsAre Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelingsIt tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to themThe book says that getting angry only makes problems worseIt can ne
3、ver make them betterGetting angry is not a natured(本性) way to act. It is just a bad habit，like smoking.The book says you can control your anger easily-all you have to do is telling yourself not to be angryWhen a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching itLike a baby, you should only get
4、 angry if you are sure it is the right thing to doThe book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easilyHere are our top three： Keep a record. Every time you get angry,write down why you are angryLook at it later and you will see you get angry too easily Ask your friends to stop talking to you
5、 when you get angryThis will teach you not to be angry Do something differentWhen you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere elseTry to laugh !1The writer wants to tell us_A. not to get angry easily Bto work hard at schoolC. to do more exercise Dto help each other2The writer thinks t
6、hat if you get angry easily you will_.Aget ill very easily B. lose your friends Cput on weight easily D. eat less3.My Feelings Are Just Like wild Animals is a_Astory Bbook Cpicture Dfilm24My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals mainly tells us_A. what to read Bhow to readChow to stay cool Dhow to lea
7、rn English well5.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “it” refers to_. Athe book B. anger C. habit D. the baby 【参考答案】15、ABBCDBThere are some similarities and some differences between growing up in Australia and China.I lived in a small town of about 20,000 people, called Gympie on the east c
8、oast of Queensland. It is not as crowded in Australia, so people can live in houses that have front and back yards. I always enjoyed playing on the grass in the front yard.Each weekday morning I would wake up at about 7 a.m. and get ready for school. My favourite cereal(谷物) was called Weet-Bix. I of
9、ten ate nine or ten Weet-Bix to copy my favourite sports stars that I saw on TV!As well as playing sports, I also played the saxophone. Some mornings I went to school early for band practice and played my saxophone, before classes started at 8:30 a.m. English and PE were my favourite subjects at sch
10、ool. My friends and I played tag(捉人游戏) or handball during our lunch breaks.School finished at 3 p.m. After that I would usually go to sports training. In summer I played cricket and in winter I played hockey. Sometimes I played tennis too!When I finally got home I was very tired. For a special treat
11、, my mother sometimes cooked my favourite meal: apricot(杏子) chicken! Then I did my homework and read a book. I always went to sleep before 9 p.m.On the weekend I played sports, visited a friends house or watched TV.Gympie was a great place to grow up!1. What is the writers house like in Gympie?A.A h
12、ouse without yards.3B.A house with a front yard. C.A house with a back yard.D.A house with front and back yards.2. How long should the writer stay at school on the weekday?A.For 8 hours. B.For 7 hours. C.For 6.5 hours. D.For 6 hours.3. How many sports does the writer talk about?A.Two. B.Three. C.Fou
13、r. D.Five.4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.The writer has no interest in Weet-Bix.B.The writers favourite dish is apricot chicken.C.The writer felt fresh after he got home.D.The writer neednt practice for the band.参考答案：主旨大意 本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了作者在学校及家里学习和生活的情况。1.D 细节理解题。由第二段“peop
14、le can live in houses that have front and back yards.”可知选 D。2.C 数字计算题。由短文内容可知,作者 8:30 上课,3 点放学,在校时间共计六个半小时,故选 C。3.C 归纳判断题。文中共提到 handball, cricket, hockey, tennis 四种运动,故选 C。4.BC阅读下列短 文，从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。A new taxi service in Stockholm is offering its passengers a chance to relieve stress on
15、 the go. Theyve got psychotherapists occupying the back seats of the taxis, offering free consultations. The test was started by a company called Taxi Stockholm, which claims its the first project of its kind in the world.The idea was formed when the owners of Taxi Stockholm realized that people are
16、 more likely to talk about their problems on boring, quiet drives. They even have data to back up the theory; according to spokeswoman Natalia Santos, around 70 4percent of people said their taxi journeys were a good time for reflection and that they often found their minds wandering.“And when you t
17、hink about it, the drivers can even become like therapists,” she added.Mia Fahln, one of the psychologists on board, said that she would have to be flexible, because she wouldnt know exactly how long a trip could be. But she believes that a lot could be accomplished from even a short 10-minute journ
18、ey. “A lot of people are lonely,” she explained. “There are so many single people in Stockholm. And a lot of the people I meet from abroad tell me theyre frustrated with Sweden. They say its really hard to meet people and that even when they try, the Swedes can be very quiet.”Of course, youd not hav
19、e to be lucky to catch these taxis, but if youre really excited about the idea, you could book a trip in advance. It will work out cheaper than seeing a regular therapist; an hour-long session with Fahln costs up to 1,200 kronor ($165).When asked if this is all a publicity stunt in the wake of their
20、 new competitors, taxi-app service Uber, Santos denied it. She said that the staff at Taxi Stockholm are actually quite optimistic about being able to help people through their service. 1. What can we know about from Paragraph One?A. Most of the swedes are suffering from stress.B. Drivers at Taxi St
21、ockholm offer good services.C. Psychotherapists charge a little during the drives.D. Taxi Stockholm is the first to carry out the project.2. What does the underlined phrase “back up” Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. support B. oppose C.improve D. Test3. According to Mia Fahln, it may be hard to .A. make
22、 passengers feel happyB. deal with quiet passengers5C. perform well in a short journeyD. adjust properly to different routes4. It can be inferred from the passage that Stockholmers . A. are too shy to show their emotionsB. enjoy living a single and peaceful lifeC. may be concerned about the new serv
23、iceD. are considered hard to approach by foreigners参考答案 14、DADDDStill in shock! I moved around the house purposelessly trying to decide what to put into the suitcases(行李箱). Earlier that evening, Id received a call telling me that my brother was killed in a car crash. “Come as soon as you can,” cried
24、 my mother.I wanted to hurry to her at once. But my husband, Larry, and I were packing to move from New York to Seattle. Our house was in total mess. Supper dishes sat on the kitchen table. Toys lay everywhere. I purposelessly picked things up and put them down. Mothers crying went through my head a
25、gain and again.Larry called some friends to tell them what had happened. Someone asked to speak to me. “If theres anything I can do, let me know.” But I didnt know what to ask for.Suddenly, the doorbell rang. It was Emerson. He and his wife Donna lived in the block nearby.“Ive come to clean your sho
26、es,” he said.I asked him to repeat.“Donna had to stay with the baby,” he said, “but we want to help you. I remember when my father died, it took me hours to clean our shoes for the funeral(葬礼). Give me all your shoes.”I gathered all our dirty shoes to the kitchen. Emerson got to work right away. Wat
27、ching him devoting himself to one task helped me pull my own thoughts into order. I told myself to wash clothes first. Then, Larry and I bathed the 6children and put them to bed. One job after another.When we returned to clear the dishes, Emerson had left. All our shoes stood in a line against the w
28、all, clean, shining. I couldnt help crying. Early next morning, we left for the airport with all the jobs done.Now whenever I hear of a friend whos lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer, “If theres anything I can do” Instead I try to think of one specific task that suits that mans
29、 need, like taking the dog to the boarding kennel, or house-sitting during the funeral. If the person asks, “How did you know I needed that done?” I reply, “Because a man once cleaned my shoes.”1.The writer didnt know what to put into the suitcases because . A.she couldnt do it on her ownB.she was t
30、oo sad to do anythingC.she wanted to take everything to SeattleD.she was not good at housework2.Heres a time line of what happened in the story.The writers brother was killed in a car crash.The writer washed the clothes.They left for the airport.Which of the events should go in the empty box above?A
31、.Emerson came to clean the shoes.B.The couple bathed the children.C.They cleared the supper dishes.D.The writer found the shoes cleaned.3.If one of her friends has lost a loved one, what will the writer probably NOT do?A.Call her friend to ask what she can do.B.Look after her friends young children.
32、C.Take her friends dog to the boarding kennel.D.Offer her friend house-sitting during the funeral.4.Which sentence best expresses the theme of this story?7A.One persons loss is anothers gain.B.An act of kindness is often rewarded.C.A near neighbour is better than a brother far off.D.Do something spe
33、cific to help those in need.参考答案：主旨大意 本文是一篇记叙文。文章叙述了作者的哥哥在车祸中丧生,母亲让她尽快过去,由于悲伤,她不知所措,邻居过来帮助她的故事。1.B 推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句可以推断,她接到她母亲的电话说她哥哥在车祸中丧生,由于悲伤,她不知所措。故选 B。2.A 细节理解题。根据短文倒数第三段第一、二句“I gathered all our dirty shoes to the kitchen. Emerson got to work right away.”和第四句“I told myself to wash clothes first.”可知选 A。3.A 细节理解题。根据短文最后一段第一句“Now whenever I hear of a friend whos lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer”可知选 A。4.D 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要叙述了“
