2019年中考英语选练（13） 外研版

1、（阅读理解） (限时:30分钟)一、阅读理解。A找朋友的启事Need good and long lasting friendsI am very interested in meeting good friends from France，the UK and other European countries.I am a loving，caring，under standing and outgoing guy and I hope to get to know people，cultures and languages in other countries.I check mails o

2、ften and I am good at English and French.So I will welcome all Thanks for stopping by.TracyLooking for a Japanese penfriendfor my language classesI am a Japanese teacher in Australia，looking for a penfriend for my classes in Japan.I have 2 classes of 26 students, so 52 in tot

3、al，who I would like to find a penfriend for.Please contact me if you can help.LThanks. SimonLooking for a kind friend from the USAHi all，My name is Li Fang.I am a lady aged 22，loving，caring，sporty and musical.I am planning to go for my studies in the United States so I need someone who

4、 can show me the way and how to do things and be a friend when I am there.I am Chinese and hope to hear from you.Thank you so Searching for secondaryschool penfriendsHello，we are from Spain，near Barcelona city.Our students are 1216 years old and they would like to build friendshi

5、ps with a school with similar age characteristics.They need to practice English.They speak Spanish and Catalan as mother languages.We are expecting to hear from you.BrankaForeign Languages DepartmentTel A )1.According to the information above，we know_can speak French.ATracyBLi FangCBran

6、ka( B )2._are looking for penfriends for their students.ATracy and SimonBSimon and BrankaCTracy and Branka( C )3.If you are an American and you need a Chinese penfriend，you can contact_ABLC( C )4.We know from the passage that_.ATracy is planning to go fo

7、r studies in the US.A.BLi Fang is going to Australia to be a teacherCSimon has two classes with 52 students in total( B )5.You may see the information above_.Ain a film Bon a websiteCin a playB2018广州改编Science for KidsThis months most popular booksWomen in Science by Rachel IgnotofskyPrice $25We all

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13、1.Which is TRUE about the book Women in Science?A.It is mainly about Marie Curies history.B.It lists all the important scientific achievements.C.It includes women scientists that arent famous.D.It is mostly about the development of modern science.2.How much will a Bestbooks Book Club member pay in t

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15、eaders might like.参考答案：主旨大意 本文是一篇应用文。某网站刊登了四本畅销书的书名、价格、内容、阅读对象以及打折情况。1.C细节理解题。根据“This book is a great introduction to the lives and works of some of the most important and up-to-now unknown women in science.”可知,这本书主要是介绍在科学方面有重要的著作,但迄今为止还不出名的女人的。故选C。2.D数字计算题。从信息中可知,First Big Book of How售价15美元,A Reall

16、y Short History of Nearly Everything售价15美元;从最右栏可知,如果是俱乐部会员,可以优惠20%。据此计算:(15+15)(1-20%)=24(美元)。故选D。3.A推理判断题。从信息中可知,这些书的主要读者是5到15岁的儿童。因此这些信息目的就是向这些年轻读者群体出售这些书。故选A。CPopeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s. The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach(菠菜) to make him strong. Peop

17、le watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many peoples diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable. Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye

18、strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable. People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had

19、 ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach can not make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs-folic acid.It is interesting to poi

20、nt out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.26.The best title for this reading passage is _.A. Popeye the Sailor B. The truth about spinach C. A mistake with numbers D. Folic acid makes you strong27. Why did many people e

21、at spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor?A. They thought spinach made them strong B. They thought Popeye was funny. C. Spinach had a lot of iron. D. People liked folic acid28. According to the research group, people thought that spinach _.A. made Popeye strong B. was a green vegetable C. had less

22、 iron than other green vegetables D. had more iron than other green vegetables.29. The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from_.A. iron B. folic acid C. spinach D. exercise30. What does “Folic acid” refer? It is _.A. something in food B. a vegetable C. dangerous D. a certain k

23、ind of spinach 参考答案26.B 27.A 28.D 29.B 30.ADOnce upon a time, a tortoise lived in a pond(池塘) with two ducks. She enjoyed being with them because she could talk as much as she liked.After many years, the pond became very low in a dry season and finally it dried up. The two ducks decided to fly to ano

24、ther place. They went to say goodbye to the tortoise.“Oh, dont leave me behind!” begged(恳求) the tortoise. “Take me with you. I must die if I am left here.”“” said the ducks. “How can we take you with us?”Finally, the ducks had a nice idea. They said, “We will each take hold of one end of a stick, an

25、d you take the middle in your mouth. Then we will fly up in the air and carry you with us. But remember not to talk! If you open your mouth, youll be lost.”The tortoise said she would not say a word.When they were above the treetops, the tortoise wanted to say, “How high we are!” But she remembered

26、what the ducks said and kept still. When they passed the church(教堂), she wanted to say, “What is that which shines?” But she remembered what the ducks said and held her peace. Then they came over the village square. Many people looked up and shouted, “Look! The ducks are carrying a tortoise!”The tortoise forgot everything and said, “Hush, you silly people! Its none of your business.” She opened her mouth and fell to the ground. And that was the end of the tortoise.1.