1、12019中考（人新）英语八上 U2阅读练习及答案(限时:30 分钟)一、阅读理解。AYou know ever country has a flag. But do you know that some flags stand for many countries? At the Olympic Games, where people from many lands have contests, you see the Olympic Flag. It is white and it has five rings in the middle. The rings are blue, yell
2、ow, black, green, and red. You can see at least one of these colors in every flags in the world. The rings are locked together to show the friendship of the people at the games. At the United Nations, you can see another flag that stands for many countries. It is a flag for the people of many lands.
3、 It is a blue flag with a map of the world in the middle. On each side of the map is an olive branch. The olive branches for peace. 1. How many colors can you see in the Olympic Flag? A. Six. B. Five. C. All kinds of. D. One. 2. The rings in the Olympic Flag are blue, yellow, black, green and red be
4、cause _. A. they are the most beautiful flag B. these stand for five different countries in the worldC. none of these five colors is missing from the national flag of any country D. no one can find a flag in the world without one of these five colors 3. The five rings that are locked together show t
5、hat _. A. people all over the world should be friendly to one another forever B. people of one country cannot live without people of their countries C. people of all countries should work hand in hand to make the Olympic Games a great success D. people of any color can take part in the Olympic Games
6、 4. Which of the following cannot be absent from the flag of the United Nations? A. Stars. B. The map of the world. C. Olive branches. D. Both B and C. 25. What does the passage tell us mainly? A. The Olympic Flags. B. The flag of the United Nations. C. Flags for many countries. D. different flags f
7、or different countries. 【参考答案】15、ADADC B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。When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(
8、尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure th
9、ey got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description(描述) “old”. I th
10、en walked back to the table and apologized（道歉）to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or e
11、ighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to reti
12、re or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel th
13、ey had failed to stay young. I had told them something 3they didnt want to hear.After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I dont respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I dont show my feelings through words.1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast
14、 because _.A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderlyC. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay2. When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _.A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy D. excited3. In Jacks hometown, _.A. people dislike being called “old” B. people a
15、re proud of being old C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants4. After this experience, Jack _.A. lost his job in the restaurant B. made friends with the coupleC. no longer respected the elderly D. changed his way with older people 5.
16、Which of the following is TRUE?A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.参考答案 15、BC
17、BDD二、完形填空阅读下列短文，从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。Have you ever planted some trees on Tree Planting Day? Every year, millions of people, both 1 , plant a lot of trees. But this may not be the best way to make our home a 2 place. Last week we visited a city in Hebei. We were all 3 to see a lot of trees burning near
18、the hills. We drove there and asked why, the workers there told us that the trees 4 soon after they were planted. 5 they 4burned them and cleaned the place for planting 6 trees this year. We found a card and it 7 ,“I hope this tree will grow up with me to 8 the backbone（栋梁）of our country.”The worker
19、s said that it was important for us to plant more trees, but making them alive was more important.Some people now have a new idea that they can donate（捐赠）some money and let professionals（专业人员）plant and 9 the trees. Because they have more knowledge about planting trees and can do 10 than us. Do you t
20、hink so?( )1.A.students and teachers B. the old and the youngC. boys and girls D. mother and father( )2.A.smaller( )3.A.pleased( )4.A.died( )5.A.Though( )6.A.few( )7.A.said( )8.A.need( )9.A.take out( )10.A.goodB. warmerB. happyB. grewB. WhenB. oldB. toldB. holdB. take downB. betterC. greenerC. surpr
21、isedC. goneC. BecauseC. newC. spokeC. plantC. take awayC. wellD. largerD. gladD. disappearedD. SoD. deadD. wroteD. beD. take car ofD. best【参考答案】15 BCCAD 610 CADDB三、语法填空。阅读下面短文,在空格处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中词语的正确形式。Friendship Day is a day to celebrate friendships. There are different ideas about when the first
22、Friendship Day 1. (hold). Some people believe it was first celebrated in 2. United States in 1935.Others suggest it started in Paraguay(巴拉圭) in 1958.However, it 3. (seem) likely that Friendship Day was originally started in 1919 by the card making company, Hallmark. The day was supposed 4. (be) a da
23、y for people to celebrate friendships by 5. (send) cards. This wasnt very 6. (success) though and soon Friendship Day faded away(消失). 5In recent years it has started to become 7. (popular) again. The General Assembly of the United Nations chose 30 July 8. official(官方的) International Friendship Day o
24、n 27 April 2011.Yet, many countries celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday in August. In honour of Friendship Day, the United Nations chose Winnie the Pooh as the 9. (world) Ambassador(大使) of Friendship. The day has recently become popular 10. young people. Some exchange friendship wrist bands
25、(腕带). Some also have a Friendship Day party to have fun with friends. 参考答案：1.was held 节日被举行,用被动语态。2.the 国名全称之前用定冠词 the。3.seems 为第三人称单数,文章主时态为一般现在时。4.to be be supposed to be 意为“应该是” 。5.sending by doing sth.意为“通过做某事” 。26.successful 系表结构,系动词后跟形容词 success+ful变为形容词。7.more popular 句意:近几年又开始变得比较流行。8.as choose sth as 意为“选择为” 。9.worlds 此处为世界的友谊大使,要用所有格形式。10.with/among become popular with/among 意为“受人欢迎” 。
