中考英语阅读冲刺练习带答案

1、中考英语阅读冲刺练习带答案中考英语阅读冲刺练习1:When my family moved to America in 2021 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is thatyoung people should always respect 尊敬 elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first

2、 embarrassment in the United States.I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told herthat I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the

3、 elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said,took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive 敏感 Americans are and how they dislike the description “old” . I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. Aft

4、er thecouple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge

5、 and experience. Young peoplealways respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.However, in the United States, people think ugrowing old“ is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to

6、 keepthemselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they gotangry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn&#

7、39; t want to hear.After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don' t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don' t show my feelings through words.By Jack根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because .A.

8、the manager asked him to do soB. he respected the elderlyC. the couple wanted him to do soD. he wanted more pay2. When Jack called the couple “elderly"，they became .A. nervousB. satisfiedC. unhappyD. excited3. In Jack' s hometown, .A. people dislike being called “old”B. people are proud of

9、being oldC. many people reach the age of seventy or eightyD. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants4. After this experience, Jack .A. lost his job in the restaurantB. made friends with the coupleC. no longer respected the elderlyD. changed his way with older people5. Which of the follo

10、wing is TRUE?A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.中考英语阅读冲刺练习答案：1 .选 根据第 2 段中的

11、I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly 可知答案。2 .选 Co 根据第 2 段中的 As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure可知他们听到Jack称他们为老者时，一点也不高兴。3 . 选 根据第 3 段中的 In my village in China, people are proud of being old可知答案。4 .选 Do 根据最后一段中的 After t

12、hat, I changed the way I had with older people可知答案。5 .选 Do 根据第 2 段最后一句 After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry可知A选项不对；根据文章最后一句but now I don* tshow my feelings through words 可知 B 选项不对；根据第 2 段中的 I t

13、hen waked back to the table and apologized to the wife 可知 C 选项也不对，故正确答案为 Do中考英语阅读冲刺练习2：Thousands of people have been killed in a massive 大规模的 earthquake in Japan. The quake - the most powerful to hit Japan in more than 100 years - caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead.The

14、 8. 9 magnitude quake struck FridayMarch 11 off Japan's eastern coast, and prompted 弓I 发 tsunami warnings 海啸警报 across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U. S. West Coast.Several days after a 89-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter- high tsunami devastated the coastline. The

15、United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since1900. The largest, with a 9. 5 magnitude, shook Chile 智利 in 1960.In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and ca

16、used several fires. All train andsubway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home. People are just trying to find clean water. Food supplies are running out. In theconvenience stores, there are no rice balls left. There is no bottled water left. Pe

17、ople are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead for these people that are living in areas thatwere only moderately 普通的 damaged. The final death toll could range from the thousands to tens of thousands, depending on how many of these communities are gone.Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan

18、 said the government would do everything it can to minimize 使降至U最低 the effects of the disaster. And in Washington, President Obama said the United States isready to help the people of Japan.51. The underline word damage means in the article.A. illness B. disaster C. terror D. danger52. Which is true according to the passage?A. Thousands of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan.B. Only people in areas that were only moderately damaged are facing a really serious situation in the days.C. The tsunami devastated not only the coastline in Japan, but also the eras across th