2020年中考英语完形填空、阅读理解试题及答案2

1、2020 年中考英语完形填空、阅读理解试题及答案2to have a farm, you don t need tractors or plows or acres of land. all you need are a few things you can find in your kitchen and other corners of the house. things like jelly glasses and coffee cans and pie tins. spoons, toothpicks, and plastic baggies, popsicle sticks and

2、paper cups. pits and seeds and other leftover parts of the foods you eat. and some potting soil and sand from the supermarket. maybe your farm won t grow a carrot or an orange. but with enough sunlight and water and love, you should get a carrot plant or a small orange tree. and lots of other leaves

3、, vines, and sprouts. now try this. when you suck on an orange, or slurp a grapefruit, or pucker on a lemon, save the seeds. soak them overnight in warm water. next stick your finger up to your knuckle in a pot of soil. make a few holes like that and drop a seed into each hole. be sure to plant the

4、seeds about one inch apart or they won t have room to grow. gently push the soil to fill up each hole. water it all slowly until the soil is all wet and some trickles out the bottom of the pot. you have to trick these seeds into thinking they re home in the tropics orthey won t grow at all. so keep

5、them in the sunniest window and give them a rainstorm when they feel dry. not every seed will believe you and sprout. but in two weeks, you ll find out just how many fruits you can fool.( )16 according to the article, when planting seeds, which step should you do first ? a. make a hole for the seed.

6、 b. soak the seed in water. c. drop the seed into the soil. d. put the seed in a sunny spot. ( )17. according to the article, why should you stick your finger in the pot of soil? a. to make a hole for the seed. b. to see if the soil is wet enough. c. to make room for the water. d. to see if there is

7、 enough soil. ( )18.when you know that seeds were dry, you should _. a. cover them quickly. b. put them outside. c. pour water on them. d. shake them up and down. ( )19. the author most likely wrote this article to_ a. get readers to eat more fruit b. tell readers about farmers c. show readers where

8、 to find soil d. teach readers how to make a seed grow ( )20. the school bus had arrived. taj s mother handed him a paper bag of warm samosas. this was his favorite food from his home in india. it was hard to leave, but taj kissed his mother goodbye and headed off to school. when taj arrived at scho

9、ol that morning, a new student named berto was in class. mrs. grant asked, “ who will be berto s helper?” taj raised his hand. he wanted a chance to help this new boy just as some other children had helped him. one month ago taj was the “ new kid” from a faraway country.berto was from puerto rico. h

10、e spoke spanish and english. taj showed him around the classroom. mrs. grant let them go out for a school tour. berto smiled often, asking many questions on their walk around school. taj thought, “ maybe i have a new friend!”berto was lively. his long legs always seemed ready to run. later, berto an

11、d taj joined a soccer game. sports looked like fun taj played, but his mind and body didn t work well together. the harder he tried, the worse he played. before noon, berto met other students. some of them spoke spanish. “ oh, well,” taj thought. “ berto hasfound friends who speak the same language

12、as he does.”at lunch, taj sat with some friends. he opened his lunch sack and took out the samosas. they weren t warm anymore, but they were still good. taj bit into a tasty samosas. taj saw berto walking toward him. he came and sat right next to taj. berto pointed to taj s lunch. “ what s that?” he

13、 asked.“ oh, no. he s going to make fun of my lunch,” taj thought.then berto took something from a brown bag. it looked like a samosas. “ see? i have one too! mine s an empanada. it is spicy inside!”berto smiled at the other students at the table. he said, “ taj is a great guy! he s my first new fri

14、end!” taj grinned from ear to ear.( )1. why did taj raise his hand when mrs grant asked for bertos helper ? a. he knows the new boy in his class. b. he does not want to stay in the classroom. c. he does not have any friends at school. d. he knows how it feels be new at school. ( )2. when berto point

15、s to taj s samosas and asks what it is, taj _.a. worries that berto will laugh at his unusual lunch b. thinks that berto wants to eat his samosas c. feels angry about berto s questiond. looks at berto s lunch to see what he brought( )3. what is the setting at the beginning of the story? a. lunchroom

16、 b. taj s home c. classroom d. berto s home ( )4. what do taj and berto have in common? a. they are from puerto rico. b. they have almost the same lunches. c. they both speak english and spanish. d. they both enjoy playing soccer. ( )5. at the end of the story, the boys will most likely _ a. they ar

17、e from puerto rico. b. they have almost the same lunches. c. they both speak spanish and english. d. they both enjoy playing soccer. have you ever thought of a new idea you would like to try? in the 1930s a man named richard hollingshead, jr., did. he thought of an idea that brought together his two

18、 favorite interests: cars and movies. richard wanted to start a business where people could watch movies from their cars. richard tested the idea in his driveway. first he put a machine, called a movie projector, on the hood of his car. then richard stretched a sheet between two trees. the sheet was

19、 like the white screen used in theaters. richard played a movie on the “screen ” using the movie projector. sound for the movie came from a radio placed behind the sheet. next richard wanted to test whether the sound could be heard from the car. he rolled his car windows up and down to find the best

20、 way to hear the movie. finally he aimed his water sprinkler at the car, which tested whether a movie could be seen and heard in the rain. every test he tried was a success. in 1933 he was ready to open the first drive-in movie theater. the theater was as big as a football field. there was enough ro

21、om for about 400 cars. the screen was 30 feet high and 40 feet wide. speakers were placed next to the screen so the sound could be heard. right away, richards idea of a drive-in movie theater was a hit. the cost to see a movie was just 25 cents per person. over the years, changes were made to these

22、theaters. by the 1950s there were about 5,000 drive-in movie theaters across the country. they remained popular until television came along. today there are fewer than 800 drive-in movie theaters. people who live near them, though, still enjoy this fun activity. today drive-in movie theaters give pe

23、ople the same joy as they did more than 70 years ago. ( )1. which question is answered in paragraph 3? a. where did the first drive-in movie theater open? b. how many speakers were used for the movie? c. what size was the movie screen that was used? d. how many people went to the first drive-in movi

24、e theater? ( )2. richard rolled his car windows up and down to test the best way to _. a. place the water sprinkler b. see the screen c. watch a movie in the rain d. hear a movie ( )3. what is the main reason richard performed his tests? a. to discover whether people would go to drive-in movie theat

25、ers. b. to learn how sound travels. c. to see whether his idea would work d. to make sure his business earns enough money ( )4. which paragraph shows why richard wanted to build a drive-in movie theater? a. 1. b. 2. c. 3. d. 4. ( )5. how many cars were able to fit in the first dive-in movie theater?

26、 a. 800. b. 30. c. 40. d. 400. ( )6. why are there fewer drive-in movie theaters today than in the past? a. it costs too much money to see a movie. b. the weather is too cold in many places. c. they have fallen apart over time. d. there are other ways to watch movies now. ( )7. which question is ans

27、wered by looking at the picture in this article? a. what movie is playing on the screen? b. how are cars parked at the theater? c. how many people are at the theater? d. what time of night is the movie playing? 44-year-oldvladimire fomin, from kineshma, a town in russia, is very special man. he beca

28、me famous in his country because he liked walking around in women s clothing. vladimire certainly isn t the only man in the world who prefers skirts and dresses to pants, but his reasons are quite strange. he is not a transvestite, nor does he want to attract media attention. he just wants to stand

29、up for the rights of men to wear whatever kind of clothes they like. after all, women are allowed to wear pants, so why cant men wear dresses or skirts? but his fight for it brought him nothing but trouble. though he was one of the brightest students at the ivanovo university of mathematics and getting a scholarship, he was expelled because of his fashion choices, and then he was stayed away from by most of his friends and relatives and even beaten by locals in his home town for walking around in womens clothes.