2019年中考英语二轮：阅读理解精编(2)含答案

1、-1 -2019 年中考英语二轮：阅读理解精编（2）含答案所选阅读理解，有的有解析，全部精选的2019 年的练习题，包含教育类、保健与健康类、科普环保类等等，字体大小统一为五号，行距统一，排版非常工整。Passage 1（2019 中考教育类选练）Jack thought himself a basketball fan. He watched quite a lot of America n NBA basketball games.Not only did he watch them, he spent much of his free time playing on the court

2、too. Then came the final year of his middleschool. All of his regular teammates stopped show ing up on the court because they were simply too busy prepari ng for thehigh school entrance exam to play. He was, of course, un der much stress himself, like every one else. A good exam resultmeant a good h

3、igh school; a mediocre（平庸的）score meant a mediocre school. Much was at stake. However, he lovedbasketball so much that he still found time to play, this time with a group of guys who were said to have skipped classes（逃课）before.Some of his teachers started worrying about him. They asked his mother to

4、go to school to let her know that Jack was hangingout with problem kids. When his mother retur ned home that day, she wan ted to talk to Jack. Knowing the purpose of her visitto the school, Jack thought his mother would punish him for befrie nding（以朋友方式对待） those bad guys. To hissurprise, his motherw

5、as not angry with him at all. She wan ted to hear her sons side of the story. So Jack told his mother about what he knew ofSimon and Peter. Simons pare nts were badly ill; Peters father had lost his job. They both seemed to Jack to be no rmal kids.Jacks mother thought for a mome nt, the n went on to

6、 say that she was OK with her son play ing with them and that she andher son should think of ways to help these kids. Soon Jacks mum in troduced some part-time jobs to Sim on and Peter, whichth ey accepted. She believed in her son and cared about those who were less lucky.Jacks basketball friends an

7、d he have left for differe nt places, but they still keep in touch. He knows Peter is now a man agerof a local bank. Sim on is curre ntly a freshma n at a uni versity. Sadly, it is impossible to get together to play basketball again,bu t whenever they get on the phone, they talk about it all the tim

8、e.（ ）1. After Jacks mother came home from school, she .A. was angry with himB. told him what his teachers had saidC. asked him to keep away from problem kids D. was patie nt eno ugh to liste n to her sons words-2 -()2. What does the underlined sentence Much was at stake probably mean in the passage?

9、A. Jack must be puni shed by his mother.B. Jack might not en ter a good high school.C. Jack might get hurt whe n play ing basketball.D. Jack must be in flue need badly by problem kids.()3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Peters family are livi ng much better.B. Simon i

10、s now studying a t a university.C. Jacks mum un derstood him in stead of blam ing him.D. Jacks teachers wan ted his mother to help his frien ds.()4. The main idea of the passage is to .A. make friends with problem kidsB. keep in touch with friends all the timeC. try to un dersta nd childre n and hel

11、p problem kidsD. give up hobbies before the high school entrance exam参考答案ID2B 3D 4CPassage 2(2019 中考保健与健康类选练)Cooking Kills Four Million People a YearPolluted airborne particles (大气悬浮颗粒)kill 7 million people a year, reports the World HealthOrga ni zati on.That n ews may not come as a surprise to anyo

12、ne who has see n images of chi mn eys in Beijing,Delhi or Mexico. But those factories or even the jammed roadways of moder n cities are not thebiggest killer. Each year, some 4.3 million people die earlier than they should because of pollutedair in side their homes, says the WHO.What s caus ing the

13、air in side people s homes to be so pois onous that it kills around 11,000 peoplea day? Stoves. “ Having an open fire in your kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour.Kirk Smith, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, whose research suggests that household air pollution- 3 -f

14、rom cooking killed between 3.5 million and 4 million people in 2013.Not all stoves cause this kind of harm. The ones Smi th s talking about are those that the 3 billion people in the developingworld use for heat and cooking, which burn solid fuels such as wood, coal, or crop waste instead of gas. Th

15、e smoke fromthose fires produces harmful fine particles and carbon monoxide into homes. Poor ventilation then prevents that smokefrom escaping, raising fine particle levels 100 times higher than the limits that the WHO considers acceptable. Breathingthis air day in day out finally causes a lot of di

16、seases: more than a third of the 4.3 million die of a stroke, while a quarter dieof heart disease. And around one-third of annual lung disease deaths worldwide are due to waste from coal stoves.Exposure tends to be extremely harmful for the people who spend the most time around the fire usually wome

17、n andyoung children. In fact, the WHO reports that household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood lung disease.1. According to Kirk Smith s research, _.A. factories are the biggest killer worldwide nowadaysB. burning 400 cigarettes an hour is extremely dangerousC. household air pollut

18、ion from cooking is surprisingly harmfulD. some 4.3 million people die earlier each year than they should2. What should be the deadly killer in a household kitchen?A. Solid fuels.B. Coal stoves. C. Poor gas. D. Cooking smoke.3. The underlined word“ ventilation” in Paragraph 4 probably means _ .A. ai

19、ringB. cooking C. burning D. cooling4. The author intends to tell people _.A. how to avoid polluted air in their homesB. to stop cooking in the household kitchenC. to guard against household pollution from cookingD. how to prevent childhood lung diseases in household参考答案 1 C 2. D 3. A 4. CPassage 3（

20、 2019 中考科普环保类选练）Did you see snow in your hometown last winter? Did you feel it was warmer than before? “ T have been 21 warm winters inChina since 1986, ” said scientists. They also said that in the past 100 years, as the global（全球的）temperatures went upby 0.74 C , the temperature in North China hasc

21、limbed 1.4Cin only 50 years.- 4 -China n eeds to take quick action to cut carb on dioxide（ 二氧化碳 ）emissi on（排放）,because it s the main reason forglobal warming. The good news is that China has seen the importance of going green. China set the goal of cutting energy useby 20% and pollution emission by

22、10% in the 11th Five-Year plan.Can you slow global warming? Sure! You and your family can take steps to cut the amount of carbon dioxide that is sent outinto the air.Here are some pieces of advice to help you save the earth.Wear used clothes. Wearing your brother s, or sister -shirtms eoarndsaydou s

23、avseoltdheTenergy.Change your light bulbs（ 灯泡 ）. Use energy-saving light bulbs. And don t forget to turn off the lightswhen you leave a room and turn off your television and computer when they are not in use!Ride the bus. Taking a bus saves a lot of oil every year. Say no to plastic bags. The next t

24、ime your parents go to the market,ask them to use baskets.Don t use the aicr onditioner. When you have to use the conditioner, set the temperature higher in the summer and lower inthe winter to save energy.Make small changes in your daily life. Don t use paper cups, bags and boxes.It s time for all

25、of us to do something to saevthe earth.1. The main reason for global warming is _.A. The oilB. carbon dioxideC. paper cups, bags and boxes. D. television and computers2. The word “ energy ” in the second paragraph means“ _”.A. 活力B. 干劲C. 精力 D. 能源3. How many pieces of advice are there in this passage?

26、A. ThreeB. FourC. FiveD. Six4. Which of the following is true?-5 -A. It s a pity to wear your dad -shirt. s old TB. Using air con diti oners may be a waste of en ergy.C. Taking a bus wastes a lot of oil every year.D. Using paper bags saves en ergy a lot.5. The passage is mainly about the ways to_.A.

27、 slow dow n global warmi ngB. make en ergyC. cha nge our daily lifeD. cha nge the world weather参考答案 BDCBAPassage 4（2019 中考选练）The first chocolate was eate n by people in South America hun dreds of years ago .In those days, the people did notreally eat chocolate. They used the cocoa bean （可可豆） to make

28、 a chocolate drink and they enjoyed it very much. Many yearslater, the cocoa bean was brought to other countries and people came to love the taste of chocolate.In 1824, Joh n Cadbury ope ned a small shop in Brita in. One of the things he sold was chocolate drink. In 1831, heope ned a factory to make

29、 chocolate drink. He wan ted to en courage people to drink chocolate in stead of other drin ks. A fewyears later, a man called Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate in stead of only drinking it. But at that time chocolate wasvery expe nsive and only the rich people could buy it. Later, more and m

30、ore chocolate bars were produced and sold, it becamecheaper.However, at first only plain chocolate （a kind of chocolate without milk and with very littlesugar） was produced. Milk chocolate came later and this was made by addi ng milk to thechocolate. The first milk chocolate bar was made in Cadbury

31、s factory in 1897. Their most famouschocolate, Cadbury s Milk Bar, was made in 1905, It has te most popular chocolate in Britain and around the world for over100 years. The Cadbury factory is still in Britain and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the world. Every year,thousands of visit

32、ors visit the factory in order to see how chocolate is made.1. Hun dreds of years ago, people first bega n to drink chocolate in _ .A. South AmericaB. South AfricaC. BritainD. Australia-6 -2. Joh n Cadbury ope ned a factory to make chocolate drink in_ .A.1824B.1831C.1897D.19053. People had the cha n

33、ee to eat chocolate in stead of drinking it for the first time _ .A. whe n chocolate was cheaperB. whe n more and more chocolate was producedC. whe n Joh n Cadbury started to make chocolate drinkD. whe n Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate bars.4. At first, not many people bought chocolate _.A.

34、 because it was very expe nsiveB. because people didn t like the tasteC. because they wan ted to have other drinksD. because there was no chocolate sold in the shops5. Cadbury s Milk Bar .A. was first made in 1897 B. is a kind of plai n chocolateC. is famous neither in Britain nor in AmericaD. is po

35、pular not only in Brita in but also around the world4、参考答案 ABDADPassage 5（2019 中考训练题）My father was Germa n, but he Worked in En gla nd. He married my mother, who was En glish. Herfamily n ame was Robinson, so whe n I was born in632, in En gla nd, they called me Robinson, afterher.My father did well

36、in his bus in ess and I went to a good school. He wan ted me to get a good job, andlive a quiet, pleasa nt life. But I wan ted adve nture and an excit ing life.I want to be a sailor and go to sea, I told my mother and father. They were very un happy aboutthis.“ Please don t go. my father said, You w

37、ont be happy you know. Sailors have a difficult and dan-7 -gerous life. a nd because I love him, and he was un happy, I tried to forget about the sea. But I couldnt forget, and about a year later, I saw a friend in tow n. His father had a Ship and myOn September 1, 1651, I went to Hull and the next

38、day we sailed for London.But, a few days later, there was a strong wind. The sea was rough and dangerous, and the ship went up and down upand down. I was very ill, and was very afraid.“ Oh, I dont want to die!” I cried, “ I want to live! If I live, I will go home and never go to sea again!The next d

39、ay the wind stopped, and the sea was quiet and beautiful again.Well, Robinson, my friend laughed, How do you feel now? The wind wasnt to bad.”“ What! I cried. It was a terrible storm.”“ Oh, that wasnt a storm, my friend answered, just a little wind. Forget it, come and have a drink. After a few drin

40、kswith my friend, I felt better. I forgot about the danger, and decided not to go home. I didn t want my friend and familyto laugh at me!I stayed in London for some time, but I still, wanted to go to the sea. So, when the captain（ 船长 ）of a ship ask me togo with him to Guinea in Africa, I agreed, And

41、 so I went to the sea for the second time.It was a good ship, and everything went well at first, but I was very ill again. Then when we were near the Canary Islands,a Turkish pirate（ 海盗 ）ship came after us. They were famous thieves of the sea at that time. There was a long, hardfight, but when it fi

42、nished, we and the ship were prisoners.The Turkish captain and his men took us to Sallee in Morocco. They wanted to sell us as slaves（ 奴 隶 ）in the market.But in the end, the Turkish captain decided to keep me for himself, and took me home with him. This was a sudden andterrible change in my life. Th

43、is Turkish captain was now my master.1 Why did Robinson forget about the sea at the beginning?A Because he had no money to own a shipB Because he hasted to live a dangerous lifeC Because he wanted to make his parents happyD Because he looked forward to getting a good job 2 Which is the right time or

44、der of what happened in the story?a. One of Robinson s friends invited him to sail to Londonb. The Turkish captain took Robinson homec. A captain asked Robinson to go with him to Guinea- 7 -friend said to me,we are sailing to London tomorrow. Why dont you come with us.- 9 -d. Robinson drank with his friende. A long and hard fight happenedA a-d-c-e-bB d-a-c-e-bC a-c-b-e-d D d-c-a-b-e3 What did Robinson think of his sea journey?A Everything was fineB The sea was quiet all the timeC The wind was weakDSea