1、中考英语之阅读doc2001-2010年中考英语之阅读2001年I. Read and choose(阅读理解)：(共18分)Join Us in the Huangpu River Tour The Huangpu River is a must-see for most tourists (旅游者). You can enjoy the museum of international architecture (建筑) on the Bund and the skyline of Lujiazui in Pudong. You can have a close look at the fa
2、mous Shanghai Radio and TV Tower and the magnificent Jinmao Building. You can also see videos, sing songs or watch wonderful performances on the boat. Tea and coffee are served during the trip. The tour guide will tell you something about Shanghais today and yesterday both in Chinese and in English.
3、 You are sure to have a good time on the boat. We offer three different boat tours along the river every day.One is tile 1.5-hour trip to see Yangpu Bridge at the price of 25-35 yuan ($3-4.2). The second is the 2-hour trip to Gaoqiao at the price of 50-100 yuan ($6-12). The third trip is the 3.5-hou
4、r trip to Wusongkou, the mouth of the Yangtze River where it runs into the East China Sea. This costs 50-100 yuan ($6-12),visitors can get on the boat at the ferry pier (轮渡码头) on the Bund on East Jinling Road. The booking office is open from 7:30 a, m, to 5:30p.m. (A)True or False (判断下列句子是否符合此旅游广告内容
5、，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示，填人空格内)：1. The Huangpu River is a very popular place for tourists. ( )2. Different kinds of recreations are offered on the boat. ( )3. Its not difficult for foreigners to learn something about Shanghai on the boat. ( )4. It takes two hours to travel to Yangpu Bridge. ( )5. The t
6、rip to Gaoqiao is the most expensive and it takes most time. ( )6. The tourists can get on the boat either on East Jinling Road or at Lujiazui. ( )(B)In the 13thcentury(世纪),the famous Italian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. During his stay is China, he saw many wonderful things
7、. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7thcentury.A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it fro
8、m wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day! If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no tree
9、s, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons(吨)of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000, trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we
10、don t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton h
11、andkerchiefs. (手帕)and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too l
12、ate.Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A,B,C或D表示，填入空格内)：1. When he was in China, Marco Polo_.A) discovered Cai Lun invented paperB) learned to make paperC) saw many wonderful thingsD) read a lot of books 2. People in western countries first used paper money in the _ century. A) 17th B) 15th C)
13、13th D)7th 3. About _tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city. A)1,7OO B)2,000 C)2,800 D)48,0004. Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper? A)To use both sides of every piece of paper. B) To use the paper bags from shops more than once. C)To use cotton handkerchiefs instead o
14、f paper ones. D) To grow more trees.5. Which of the following is NOT TBUE? A) If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use. B)The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries. C) About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2,800 tons of paper. D)h is never too l
15、ate to plant trees for paper.6. Which is the best title (题目) of the passage? A)Saving Paper B)The History of Paper C) Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again D) Cai Lun, the Great Inventor (C)Emily Mason and George Peters have lived next door to each other as long as they can remember. When they were little
16、 children, they used to play together. They were good friends, though they sometimes fought over toys or quarreled(吵架)about what game they would play. As they grew older, they played together less. Emily preferred to be with girls, and George preferred to play with boys, When they were about fifteen
17、 years old, they almost stopped speaking to each other, not because they had disagreed with each other about anything, but just because they belonged to different groups. For one things, Emily was developing into a very good student, while George was more interested in sports. Emily had begun to stu
18、dy French, and she liked French so much that she began to write short plays in French. She also liked television programmes, and for some reason, she enjoyed watching football games yep/much. Her mother used to say, Emily, Ive never heard of a gift who likes football as much as you do. Mrs Mason sim
19、ply did not approve of (赞同) her daughter s interest. Football, she felt, was for men and boys.While Emily was working on her French lessons or watching football games on TV, George was working for his father in his store after school. He liked selling things to people. Mr Peters found George so help
20、ful that he thought about offering him a higher pay. When George Wash t working at the store, he would like to be with a group o his boy friends who were organizing a sports team.In fact, it was football that brought Emily and George back together. When George was going home one afternoon, he looked
21、 in the window of Emily s living - mom and he saw that she was watching a football game on TV. He walked up and knocked at the door. Emily was surprised to see him, but she asked him to come in and they watched the rest of the game together. At some time during the afternoon, George looked at Emily,
22、 and he noticed that she had become a very pretty young lady. Emily and George are good friends again. They still have different ideas about things sometimes, but they agree with each other that football is the worlds best game. Mrs Mason doesnt seem to disapprove of her daughters interest in footba
23、ll as much as she used to.Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A, B, C或D表示, 填入空格内):1. When Emily and George were little children, they_.A)lived close to each other B)never fought over toys C) usually quarreled D)didnt speak to each other2. Emily and George played together less as they grew older
24、 because_. A) they didnt like each other B) they belonged to different groups C) their parents didnt let them D)they went to different schools3. When they grew older, _. A) Emily worked as an assistant in a store B) Emily became a good student C) George began to learn French D)George wrote short pla
25、ys in French4. While Emily was watching football games on TV, George was_. A)working on his French lessons B)running a store C)working part- time for his father D)in charge of a sports team5. Why didnt Mrs Mason approve of her daughters interest in football? Because _. A)she thought football was for
26、 men and boys B)she didnt want her daughter to quarrel with George C)She wanted Emily to go on learning French D)She wanted her daughter to get higher pay6. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A)Football made Emily and George good friends again. B)Emily and George have different interest, but they b
27、oth agree football is the worlds best game. C)George was a good helper to his father.D) Mrs Mason approves of her daughter s interest in football now.2002年(A)These two letters appeared in a newspaper. Both writers have their own ideas on zoos. Zoos Do a Good JobIt is good to keep animals in zoos. I
28、know a lot of people think it is wrong to keep animals in zoos. However, I believe that zoos have many good points. Firstly, zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world. Without zoos, most people would never see a real bear or tiger. Secondly, zoos look
29、after the animals very well The animals are always given food and cleaned regularly (定期). In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry/But animals kept in zoos never go hungry. Thirdly, zoos protect the animals they look after. They offer them safe p
30、laces to live in. In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct(灭绝). But zoos give these animals a chance(机会)to live, Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the worldMaria SmithZoos Are UnnaturalIn Marias letter, she says that zoos are good for animals. I am af
31、raid that zoos are not good for animals, they are only good for people. It is unnatural(land unfair to keep wild animals in cages(笼子). Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. In the wild, these animals would travel freely. In zoos, they cant do this. This is why the bears and tig
32、ers always look so sad. Most cages are not very clean either. It is true that zoos give the animals food regularly, but this is not natural Wild animals are used to looking for their own food. We should treat(对待)animals in the same way that we treat other peoplewith respectWould anyone be happy if you dont let him go outside his home? Would Maria like to have l
