中考英语阅读天天练23

中考英语阅读天天练23

LastSundayIsawtheworststorm（暴风雨）inyearsItcamesuddenlyandwentonfor

morethanthreehoursAfterlunch,Iwentintomyroomtohavearest.Theairwashot,and

allwasquiet

ThenstrongwindstartedblowingintomyroomPiecesofpaperonmydeskflewhigh

intotheairandsomeflewoutoftheopenwindowAsIranouttocatchthem,bigdropsof

rainbegantofall.

WhenIcamebackintothehouse,itwasrainingharderandharderItriedveryhardto

closethewindowThenIheardaloudcrashing（碰撞的）soundfromthebackofthehouse.I

ranoutofmyroomtorindoutwhatitwas,abigtreehadfallendownandbrokenthetopof

thebackroom.

1.Beforethestorm,theweatherwas

A.coldB.coolC.warmD.hot

2.Thewindblewsomeofthepaper

A.alloverthefloorB.outofthedoor

C.intothebackroomD.outoftheopenwindow

3.Thetopofthebackroomwasbrokenbecauseof

A.thestrongB.thefallingtreeC.therainD.thecrashingsound

2

Lighttravelsataspeedwhichisaboutamilliontimesfasterthanthespeedofsound.

Youcangetsomeideaofthisdifferencebywatchingthestartofarace.Ifyoustandsome

distanceawayfromthestarter,youcanseesmokefromhisgunbeforethesoundreaches

yourears.

ThisgreatspeedoflightproducessomestrangefactsSunlighttakesabout8minutesto

reachusIfyoulookatthelightofthemoontonight,rememberthatthelightraysleftthe

moon1.3secondsbeforetheyreachedyouTheneareststarissofarawaythatthelightthat

youcanseefromittonightstartedtotraveltowardsyoufouryearsagoataspeedofnearly

2millionkm.perminute.Insomecases,thelightfromoneoftonight'sstarshadstartedon

itsjourneytoyoubeforeyouwereborn.

Thus,ifwewanttobehonest,wecan'tsay,**Thestarsareshiningtonight"Wehaveto

sayinstead,HThestarslookprettyTheywereshiningfouryearsago,buttheirlighthasonly

justreachedtheearth.H

4.Lightspeedissoundspeed

A.asfastas

B.amilliontimesslowerthan

C.aboutmillionsoftimesfasterthan

D.aboutamilliontimesfasterthan

4.Ifyoustand200metresawayfromamanwhoisfiringaguntostartarace,you

willfindoutthat

A.youcanhearthesoundbeforeyouseethesmoke

B.thesounddoesnottravelasfastaslight

C.thesoundwillreachyoubeforethemanfires

D.soundtravelsaboutamilliontimesfasterthanlight

6.Sunlightobviously（明显地）thanthelightofthemoon

A.hastotravelagreaterdistanceB.moveslessquickly

C.travelsmuchmorequicklyD.islesspowerful（有力的）

7.Thescientificwayofsaying"Thestarsareshiningtonight,*shouldbe

A.thestarshavebeenshiningallthetime

B.thestarsseentonightwillshinefouryearslater

C.thestarswereshininglongagobutseentonight

D.thestarlightseentodaycouldbeseenfouryearsago

3

“CooFisawordwithmanymeanings.Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperature

thatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings.

"CooP'canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.

Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay,“It'scool."Youmaythink,

“He'ssocoob“whenyouseeyourfavouritefootballer.

Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof“cool”.Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywords

suchas“new"or“surprising”・Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythe

wordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhad

visited.Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,ssocool."Maybehethought

itwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.

Butthestoryalsoshowsascarcity(缺乏)ofwords.Without“cool”,somepeoplehave

nowordstoshowthesamemeaning.Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility(可信

性),Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolourfulastheword“cool”？

Ican,AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.

()8.Weknowthattheword“cool”hashad

A.onlyonemeaningB.nomeanings

C.manydifferentmeaningsD.thesamemeaning

()9.Inthepassage,theword“express”means“"

A.seeB.showC.knowD.feel

()10.Ifyouaresomething,youmaysay,"It'scook”

A.interestedinB.angryaboutC.afraidofD.unhappywith

()11.Thewritertakesanexampletoshowheisthewaythewordis

used.

A.pleasedwithB.strangetoC.worriedabout