中考英语二轮专题复习阅读理解选习题01（含答案）

1、中考英语阅读理解选习题（1）Passage A（中考科普环保类选练）The Worlds Water Shortage    The world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water.This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70 percent（百分比）of the earths surface is covered with water.But about 97 percent of this huge amount is sea water, or

2、 salt water.Man can only drink and use the other 3 percentthe fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources（资源）.And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers（冰川）.Even worse, some of it has been polluted.    However, as

3、things stand today, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us.But our need for water is increasing（增加）rapidlyalmost day by day.Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid（避免）a severe（严重的）worldwide water shortage later on.    We all have to learn how

4、to stop wasting our valuable water.One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it.    Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system（下水道）.From there it returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks.But it is possible to p

5、ipe used water to a purifying（净化）plant.There it can be treated with chemicals so that it can be used again, just as if it were fresh from a spring.    But even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough.All wed have to do to make use of the vast

6、reserves（贮备）of sea water in the world is to remove the salt.    If we take these steps well be in no danger of drying up.  1.The world is thirsty for water because we can only use _ percent of the water covering the surface of the earth.    A.3 B.more than 3  

7、 C.less than 3   D.97  2.Which of the following statements is Not true?     A.As things remain unchanging, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us.    B.Our need for water is becoming larger and larger.    C.There will be no wate

8、r shortage in the future.    D.We should take steps to deal with the water shortage problem.  3.To reuse water, we should _.    A.treat it with chemicals     B.use it only once     C.send it out into a sewer system     D

9、.make it flow into underground tanks   4.In order to have enough water, we should also make use of _.    A.icebergs and glaciers     B.sea water     C.rivers and lake     D.underground water   5.In the passage, the writer tells us

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17、own the chimney into the fireplace.He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents. Of course, Father Christmas isn't real.In Jim and Kate's house, "Father Christmas" is really Mr Green.Mr Green doesn't climb down the chimney.He waits until the children are asleep.Then h

18、e quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents.When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat.But he doesn't do that now.The children are no longer young, and they know who "Father Christmas" really is.But they still put their stockings

19、at the end of their beds. 1.Christmas Eve is _.A.the night of Christmas Day B.the evening of Christmas DayC.Christmas Day D.the night before Christmas Day2.Father Christmas often puts presents _.A.into children's hats B.into children's stockingsC.under children's beds D.into children'

20、;s shoes3.When the children were very young, _.A.they didn't know who Father Christmas wasB.they knew that Father Christmas wasn't realC.they thought their father was Father Christmas D.they knew who put the presents into their stockings4.When the children are older, they _.A.know that Fathe

21、r Christmas is realB.ask their mother to fill their stockings with presentsC.know that Father Christmas is really their fatherD.know that Father Christmas is really their friend 5.Father Christmas comes into the house through the _.A.chimney B.back door C.front door D.window. 参考答案15、DBACAPassage D（中

22、考科普环保类选练）Today there are 6 billion people on the earth.By the year 2050 there may be 12.5 billion.This means we need more food.One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants.For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better.Every season, they pick the best plants for the next seaso

23、n.It works very slowly.Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material (遗传物质).Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods (转基因食品), or GM foods.By changing the genetic material of a plant, it is possible to make new

24、plants.They make plants which are strong against plant diseases.They can also help in our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared (准备), for example, which stops people from becoming blind.Rich countries produce GM food because they are easy to grow and bring in more money.Poor countries are inter

25、ested in them because they help produce more food.GM plants are not natural.No one knows how good or bad they are.Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050.There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnatural.They may feed people, then hurt them or their children later.

26、But, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go away.In 2050 we may think differently about them.1GM foods are made by    .    Afarmers    Bworkers    Cscientists  Dplants2What are the good things

27、 about GM foods ? AThey make plants strong against diseases. BThey are unnatural. CThey can help in human diseases. DBoth A and C.3GM foods . Aare a quick way to produce food    Bgrow in the wild Care safe      Dare grown only in rich countries4Why do some people n

28、ot like GM foods ?    AThey are not useful.BThey are not helpful. CThey are not natural. DThey are not cheap.5From the reading we know that  .   AGM foods will disappear one day in the future BGM foods will not disappear in the future Cpeople will not be interested in GM food Dpe

29、ople will have to stop using GM food参考答案CDACB Passage E（中考选练）The first chocolate was eaten by people in South America hundreds of years ago.In those days, the people did not really eat chocolate.They used the cocoa bean (可可豆) to make a chocolate drink and they enjoyed it very much.Many years later,

30、the cocoa bean was brought to other countries and people came to love the taste of chocolate.    In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop in Britain.One of the things he sold was chocolate drink.In 1831, he opened a factory to make chocolate drink.He wanted to encourage people to dri

31、nk chocolate instead of other drinks.A few years later, a man called Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate instead of only drinking it.But at that time chocolate was very expensive and only the rich people could buy it.Later, more and more chocolate bars were produced and sold, it became cheaper.

32、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 adding milk to the chocolate.The first milk chocolate bar was made in Cadburys factory in 1897.Their most famous chocolate, Cadburys Milk Bar, was made in 1905, It has been the most popular chocolate in Britain and around the world for over 100 years.The Cadbury factory is still in Britain and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the worl