2021年中考英语复习8.题型组合练8

1、一、阅读理解Each school day, yellow school buses take millions of American kids to and from school. According to the law, school buses must be painted school bus yellow. You may not find it in a box of crayons. The color is neither pure yellow nor pure orange. Instead, it is a mix of the two, similar to t

2、he color of the flesh of a mango.Before such a law was passed, school buses were painted pure yellow, close to the color of a lemon. In April 1939, Dr. Frank W. Cyr, a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York organized a meeting to set standards for the US school buses. The mee

3、ting was held for seven days and the attendees finally agreed on 44 standards, including the standard color for all school buses in the whole country. Since then, Dr. Cyr has been known as the Father of the Yellow School Bus. The school bus yellow color is not just for looks. It is also a matter of

4、safety. Many people believe that red is the most noticeable color. Both stop signs and stop lights are red. In fact, research shows that yellow gets our attention faster than any other color. Even if we are looking straight ahead, we can see a yellow object that is going past us.Besides that, unlike

5、 red, yellow is also more easily noticed in a dark environment. School buses usually pick up children to school in early mornings. The black lettering on that yellow background is the easiest color combination to see in darkness. This is another main reason why school bus yellow was chosen.根据材料内容选择最

6、佳答案。1.School bus yellow is according to the text.A. close to the color of a lemon B. the same as the color of a mangoC. a mix of pure yellow and pure red D. similar to the color of the flesh of a mango2.Which of the following colors was chosen to paint school buses at first?A. Pure yellow. B. Pure o

7、range.C. Red. D. Black.3.What is the purpose of the meeting organized by Dr. Cyr? A. To discuss educational problems. B. To set standards for school buses. C. To call on people to care about kids. D. To praise the attendees for their achievements.4.Why does the writer say school bus yellow is a matt

8、er of safety? A. Because it can be seen well by kids. B. Because it is the brightest color of all. C. Because it gets peoples attention fastest. D. Because it was once the color of stop signs.5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. Dr. Cyr is the father of school buses. B. The lett

9、ering on school buses is black.C. Red can be easily noticed in early mornings.D. School bus yellow is widely used in daily life.二、完形填空It was a Sunday morning. Lori was busy writing in her book. Marilyn was drinking coffee and I was reading a newspaper. Suddenly, Lori looked up and asked, Why are the

10、re more pictures of Lisa than there are of1? Lisa is our older daughter.I stared back, not understanding the2. Lori left the room. I looked at Marilyn, Are there more pictures of Lisa than of Lori?Ive never3them. I dont know, replied Marilyn.But4did Lori ask such a question? I asked. After a few min

11、utes of thought Marilyn said, When Lisa was born, you were taking photos. You hardly went5without a camera. When Lori was born, videos became6. You used a video camera to record nearly everything in our life. There must be hundreds of videos of Lori in the computer that Lori has7seen or doesnt remem

12、ber.Late that night, when we were alone, I turned on the computer and found the8about Lori.What are you going to do? Marilyn asked.Her birthday is coming, I said. Lets make an album for her as a gift. I dont know if the album will answer her question, but at least shell know that we 9enough to find

13、her an answer.Over the next few days, we secretly10all the videos. We watched and selected until we were 11. Marilyn had them made into photos. When the photos were returned, we placed them into an album. When we looked at the album, all the sweet memories came 12. We hoped it showed how important s

14、he was to us.On June 7, 13 passing Loris room to leave for work, I opened the door and put the album inside quietly. Attached to it was a birthday card with a note14why her mother and I had put the album together.It was about eight oclock when my office telephone rang. I picked up the receiver. A ti

15、ny voice spoke, I love you, Daddy, she said and hung up. I knew our15had been received.1.A. us B. her C. me D. them2.A. questionB. book C. newspaper D. situation3.A. seen B. counted C. taken D. bought4.A. whereB. how C. whetherD. why5.A. anywhereB. everywhereC. somewhere D. nowhere6.A. popularB. hea

16、vy C. expensiveD. special7.A. ever B. never C. already D. just8.A. emailsB. picturesC. news D. videos9.A. matterB. fear C. care D. regret10.A. took up B. pointed outC. went through D. handed in11.A. relaxedB. satisfiedC. active D. lucky12.A. backB. down C. off D. on13.A. thoughB. until C. after D. w

17、hen14.A. discussing B. comparingC. explaining D. supporting15.A. messageB. prize C. reason D. review三、语篇填空第一节阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。theysuccessfulfordecidebuysayhardthreekindbut In a small town in Italy, there were people who enjoyed music very much. They liked to play dif

18、ferent 1. of musical instruments. The violin was one of 2. In this town, three violin makers had all done business 3. years on the same block. They were very 4. because they used the most beautiful Italian wood to make their violins. Many people around the world enjoyed playing the violin. They came

19、 from everywhere to 5. violins from the violin makers in this small town. 6. over time, people stopped coming. Business became much 7. The three violin makers had to do something to stay in business. The Amati family of the three violin makers 8. to put a sign in their shop window saying, We make th

20、e best violins in Italy. The Guarneri family saw this and put up their own sign 9., We make the best violins in the world. The 10. family was the Stradivarius family. They considered the situation for a week before posting a sign outside their shop saying, We make the best violins on the block.第二节阅读短文,根据语篇要求填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 There is an old English saying, Gain time, gain life. Then what is time? Time 11. something that cant be seen or touched, but we feel it passing by. Time i