山西省太原市2019中考英语阅读理解二轮精练(3)及答案

1、山西太原市 2019 中考英语阅读理解训练及答案【中考先睹为快】Passage AFast-food workers in 58 cities in the USA did not go to work on Thursday. They went on strikebecause they want more money. The workers these years get paid the lowest wage ( 工资 ). This wasset at $7.25 in 2009 and has not changed since then. Many workers say t

2、hey cannot afford to live onthat. The price of everything has gone up but their wages have stayed the same for five years. Theworkers want $15 an hour, which is double their wage. Julio Wilson, a cashier at a pizza restaurant,told the BBC he earns $9 an hour. He said that wasn t enough to support hi

3、mself and hisfive-year-old daughter. He said:“ I know I may lose my job by doing so, but its my right to fightfor what I deserve ( 应得的 ). ”McDonald's and Burger King both spoke about the strike. They said they did not make decisionsabout how much to pay workers in most of their restaurants. They

4、 said each restaurant isindependent and the manager decides how much to pay the workers. McDonald s profits were over$5.5 billion in 2011. The burger giants ( 巨人 ) did say that an increase in wages would mean moreexpensive hamburgers. America s National Restaurant Association ( 协会 ) said the wages w

5、ere lowbecause the staff are young and have little work experience. It said: “ Only five per cent of restaurantemployees earn the lowest wage and they are mainly working part-time and half are teenagers. ”() 1.Workers strike because _.A. They didn t like fast food.B. They wanted more money.C. They g

6、ot new jobs.D. They wanted more food.() 2.How much is the minimum wage in the USA?A. $7.35B. $7.25C. $7.55D. $7.95() 3.Which of the following is WRONG?A. The fast-food workers want a 50% pay increase.B. McDonald's said it didn't decide how much to pay its workers.C. A restaurant association

7、said wages were low because workers are young.D. Only 5% of all restaurant workers get the minimum wage.() 4.What does the underlined word “ profits ” mean?A.销售价B. 亏损C. 盈利D. 成果() 5.What is the best title of this passage?A. U.S. fast-food workers stop workingB. Having little work experience.C. Worker

8、s and their restaurants.D. Teenagers should earn more money【参考答案】 1-5 BBACAPassage 14A new report says Christmas in the USA is becoming less religious. Nine out of ten Americans celebrate Christmas, but only about half think it is a religious holiday. The report is from the PewResearchCenter. It ask

9、ed 2,001 adults about their opinions on Christmas. Just over half of those questioned people thought Christmas was a religious celebration, while 32 per cent said it was,“ more of a cultural holiday ”. Greg Smith from Pew Research said: “ Younger adults are less likelythan older adults to see Christ

10、mas as a religious rather than cultural holiday. They re less likely tosay they will attend church at Christmas and they are less likely to believe in the virgin birth .”People are also changing what they say to each other at Christmas and what they write in cards.More and more people are choosing t

11、o say “ Happy Holidays ” instead of “ Merry Christmas ”. Thisis because there are also non-Christian holidays happening around the same time as Christmas. Manypeople want to include all holidays in their holiday wishes. The research also found that 79 per centof Americans will watch a Christmas movi

12、e, but only 59 per cent will go to church. Just 36 per centwill read the Christmas story in the Bible. The average amount ( 平均数量 ) of money people spendon Christmas is $914. Ten percent of Americans spend over $2,000. People most look forward tospending time with their family.() 1. _ Americans celeb

13、rate Christmas.A. Ten out of tenB. Nine out of tenC. Nine into tenD. Ten out of nine() 2. Why are more and more people choosing to say“happy holidays ” ?A. Because they like going shopping.B. Because they have good holiday wishes.C. Because there are also non-christian holidays happening around the

14、same time.D. They want to make fun.() 3. Which of the following is TRUE?A. More than 90% of those questioned thought Christmas was a religious celebration.B. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to see Christmas as a religious rather thancultural holiday.C. Ten per cent of Americans spen

15、d over $2, 0000.D. More and more people are choosing to say “ Merry Christmas ” instead of “ Happy Holidays ”.() 4. What does the underlined word“ religious ”mean?(A. 严谨的C. 地域的B. 诚恳的D.宗教的) 5. What is the best title of this passage?A. Merry ChristmasB. A cultural holidayC. Christmas becoming less rel

16、igious in U.SD. Christmas Card【参考答案】1-5 BCBDCPassage B阅读理解。Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, theyusually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车 )A small car can hold( 容纳 )four persons and

17、a large car can hold six persons but it is verycrowded(拥挤 ). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask theirgrandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus av

18、an. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carrymany suitcases(衣箱 )when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents home , the suitcasesare brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.Americans call vans motor homes. A mot

19、or home is always used for holidays. When a familyare traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days orto the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a bigfamily can enjoy a happier life when they are trav

20、eling together. That is why motor homes havebecome very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.11. From the passage, a van is also called _.A. a motor carB. a motor homeC. a motorbikeD. a bigtruck12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they_.A. sold their old houseB. moved

21、to their grandparentshouseC.built a new place for a vanD. sold their second car13. A motor home is usually owned by a family with_.A. a babyB. much moneyC. more than two childrenD.interest in vans14. Americans usually use motor homer_. A. to travel with all the family members of holidayB. to do some

22、 shopping with all the family members C. to visit their grandparents at weekendsD. to drive their children to school every day5. Motor homes have become popular because_. A. they can take people to another city when people are freeB. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for the

23、ir holidays C. some people think motor homes are cheapD. big families can put more things in motor homes参考答案：1B2D3 C4A5 *Passage C阅读理解When Mr. David retired （退休） ,he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it andhoped to live a quiet life in it.But to his great surprise, many touris

24、ts（游客） came to see his house in summer holidays, for it wasthe most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr.David s garden. This was too much for Mr. Davi

25、d. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put anotice on the window. The notice said:“ If you want to satisfy （your好奇curiosity心）, came in andlook round. Price （价格） : twenty dollars.” Mr.wasDavidsure that the visitors would stop coming,but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David

26、 had to spend every day showingthem around his house.“ I came here to retire, not to work as（a导guide游） . ” he said angrily. In theend, he sold the house and moved away.根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的A 、B 、 C、 D 四个选项中选择正确答案。1、 Mr. David s house wasthat many tourists came to see it.A so smallB so quietC so interestin

27、gD such interesting2、 Mr. David put a notice on the window in order.A to drive the visitors awayB to satisfy the visitor s curiosityC to let visitors come in and look roundD to get some money out of the visitors3、 The notice made the visitors.A more interested in his houseB lost interest in his hous

28、eC angry at the unfair priceD feel happy about the price4、After Mr. David put up the notice.A the visitors didn t come any longerB fewer and fewer visitors came to see his houseC more and more tourists came for a visitD no tourist would pay the money for a visit5、At last he had to sell his house and

29、 move away because.A he did not like it at allB he could not work as a guideC he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive houseD he could not live a quiet life in it1、C2、A3、 A4、C5、DPassage D中考阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。【 2019 东台市实验中学模拟】DAlmost every Chinese person can recite(

30、背诵 ) the two lines of the famous poem, “Everygrain on the plate comes from hard work ” .But sadly, many of us don actually get the realmeaning of these li nes: Don t waste food.A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough tofeed 200 million people for a year.

31、Do we have too much food? Absolutely not. According to theUN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.Chinese people are well-known for being friendly and generous. Many even f

32、eel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?1. Don t order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot

33、eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.2. Don t leave any food in your bowls while having meals.3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don and fruit. t buy too much, especially for vegetables() 41. What s the real meaning of the underlinentence?dsA. 春种一粒粟，秋收万颗籽。B. 谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。

34、(C. 吏禄三百石，岁晏有余粮。D. 足蒸暑土气，背灼炎天光。) 42. According to the UN report, how many hungry people were there in 2011?A. 6 million.B. 925 million.C. 200 million.D. 725 million.) 43. What should we do to waste less food?A. Order more food in a restaurant.B. Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.(C.

35、Take all the food you ordered home. D.Don t store too much food like vegetables and fruit.) 44. Which of the following is NOT true?A. A number of people have realized the importance of saving food.B. The food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for ayear.C. 200

36、million children die of hunger every year.D. Many Chinese feel that they lose face if guests have eaten all the food on the table.() 45. What s the main idea of this passage?A. Don t waste food.B. Chinese people are friendly and generous.C. We can t die of hunger.D. Every grain is grown by farmers.【

37、参考答案】 41 45、BBDCA中考阅读理解（ 13）【2019模拟】Last weekend we found a really beautiful 壳shell()while my friend and I were playing volleyball at the beach. He picked it up and said it was his. In fact, I saw it first. I was so angry that I thought about hitting him. However,“Violence 武(力) is the worst!”came to my mind.Our parents and teachers often tell us not to fight.tIfightdidnbut talked with him instead. If two adults use violence towards each other in order toswin,quit