中考英语阅读练习题（六）

中考英语阅读练习题（六）

I.Readingcomprehension（阅读理解）：

（A）

Todaythereare6billionpeopleontheearth.Bytheyear

2050theremaybe12.5billion.Therearealotofpeopletofee

d.Weneedmorefood.

Onewaytoproducemorefoodisbygrowingstrongerplan

ts.Forthousandsofyears,farmershavemadeplantsbetter.Ev

eryseason,theypickthebestplantsforthenextseason.Itwor

ksveryslowly.Since1983,scientisthavebeenabletochangep

lantsmorequicklybychangingtheirgeneticmaterial遗传物质）.

Foodsfromplantsgrowninthiswayarecalledgeneticallymo

difiedfoods.（转基因食品），orGMfoods.

Bychangingthegeneticmaterialofplants,itispossibleto

makenewplants.Theymakeplantswhicharestrongagainstpl

antdiseases.Theycanalsohelpwithourdiseases:akindofri

ceisbeingprepared（准备），forexample,whichstopspeoplefro

mbecomingblind.

RichcountriesproduceGMfoodsbecausetheyareeasyto

growandbringinmoremoney.Poorcountriesareinterestedi

nthembecausetheyhelpproducemorefood.

GMplantsarenotnatural.Nooneknowshowgoodorba

dtheyare.MakingGMfoodsisonlyonewayoffeedingpeopl

ein2050.Therearestrongfeelingsagainstthem,becausethey

areunnatural.Theymayfeedpeople,thenhurtthemortheirc

hildrenlater.But,bothrichandpoorcountriesareveryinteres

tedintheiruse,andtheyarenotgoingtogoaway.In2050w

emaythinkdifferentlyaboutthem.

TrueorFalse(判断下列句子是否符合短文，符合的用“T”表示，

不符合的用表示)：

()1.GMfoodshavebeendevelopedbyscientistsduringthe

pasttwentyyears.

()2.GMfoodsworkwellbothagainstplantdiseasesandhu

mandiseases.

()3.GMfoodsarequickwaytoproducefoodonlyinrichc

ountries.

()4.Somepeopledon'tlikeGMfoodsbecauseoftheirunnat

ura!features(特性).

()5.In2050peoplewillliveonlyonGMfoods.

()6.FromthereadingweknowthatGMfoodswillnotdisa

ppearinthefuture.

(B)

FiltellyouastoryaboutaChinesestudent.Theincident

(事件)happenedwhenhewenttostudyinEngland.Hisfamily

namewasSun.itspeltS-U-N,justthenameasEnglishword

“sun"，thesuninthesky.

Englandisacountrywithmixedweather.Sometimesitisc

loudyormisty.Oftenitwillrain.ManypeoplethinkEngland

doesn,tgetenoughsunshine.

WhentheChinesestudentarrivedatLondonAirport,acus

toms(海关)officercheckedhispassport(护照).Thecustomsoffic

erwasinterestedtofindtheChinesename“Sun"inhispasspo

rt.HethoughtitwaspronouncedjustliketheEnglishword"s

un"，sohesaidtotheChinesestudent,“IseeyournameisSu

n.Youarewantedhere."WhatasurpriseitwastoMrSunto

hearthat!Everybodyknowsthatifyouarewantedbythepol

ice,youmusthavebrokenthelaw(法律).MrSunaskedthecus

tomsofficer,“Istheresomethingwrongwithmypassport?Do

IhavetogobacktoChina?”"Goback?^^saidthecustomsoffi

cer.“Nowthat(既然)youarehere,we'llneverletyouleave.^^

"Why?WhathaveIdone?”askedtheChinesestudentins

urprise.Hethoughthewasgoingtobearrested(被捕).

Itwasonlythenthatthecustomsofficerbegantosmile.

Hesaid,“youdon'tknowwhatyouhavedone,MrSun?y

ou'vebroughtsunshinetoEngland.Thafswhywedon'twant

youtoleave.^^

Choosethebestanswer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)：

()1.Thisstorytookplace.

A.atLondonAirportB.atauniversity

C.inthestreetD.atastation

()2.WhydopeopleinEnglandwanttoseemoreofthesun?

Because.

A.Englandisacountrywithmixedweather

B.Englanddoesn'tgetenoughsunshine

C.itdoesn'traininEnglandD.bothAandB

()3.MrSunwasverywhenheheardthathewas

wanted.

A.angryB.happyC.surprisedD.moved

()4.WhydidthecustomsofficertellMrSunhecouldn'tlea

ve?Because.

A.MrSunhasbrokenthelaw

B.heandMrSunwerefriends

C.Englishmenarenevernamed“Sun”

D.helikedthenameandthoughtMrSunwouldbring

sunshinetoEngland

()5.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrect?

A.ThecustomsofficerarrestedMrSun.

B.MrSunstayedinEnglandandstudiedthere.

C.MrSunknewhehadbrokenthelaw.

D.MrSunhadtoleaveEnglandatlast.

()6.Whichisthebesttitleofthestory?

A.MistakenStoryB.ASmallIncidentC.AJokeD.

Sun

(C)

Whatisthe“cleverest”machineinhistory?Ifyou'reanvthi

nqlikenineoutoftenpeopleintheworld,you'llsayifsaco

mputer,amachinewithmathematicallogic(数学逻辑)thatcanr

eason(推理)inthesamewayashumans.

AlanMathisonTuringneverexpectedtobethefatherofa

machinewithsuchatitle.

HewasborninLondonin1912,thesecondofhisparents'

twosons.HisparentsworkedinIndiawhileTuringandhisbr

otherspenttheirchildhoodsinBritain.

Turing'slonelinessduringthistimemayhaveledtohislifel

onginterestinhowthehumanmindworks.Hebelievedthatth

emindcreatesitsownworldwhentherealworldwasnotacce

ptabletoit.At13,healreadyshowedatalentfor(显示...方

面的才能)mathematics.Hewasn'tperfectthough.Histeachers

saidhisworkwashardtoread.

AftergraduatingfromCambridgeUniversity,heremainedth

ereasateacher.Atthattime,hisinterestinthehumanmind

ledhimtodrawamachine.

In1937,Turingwroteareportabouthismachine.However,

fewpeopleunderstoodwhathewastalkingabout.Buttherep

ortchangedTuring'swholelife.AfterthestartofWorldWar

II,theBritishGovernmentorderedhimtoserveinaspecialde

partment.Thetask（任务）ofallthoseworkingtherewastobr

eakcodesusedbytheNazis（纳粹）.

Turing'stalentshoneinthistop-secretwork.,heplayedam

ajorroleindesigninganearlycomputer-likemachinethatcoul

ddecipher（破译）Naziscodesathighspeed.Afterthewar,her

eturnedtoCambridge,andbuiltamachinebasedonhisideas

from1937.

Answerthequestions（根据短文内容回答下列问题，每题所填内容

不超过五个单词）：

1.WheredoesAlanMathisonTuringcomefrom?

He_________________________________________________

2.WhatledTuringtotheinterestinhowthehumanmind

worksduringhischildhood?

3.WhatdidTuringdoin1937?

Heabout

4.Whatdoesthesentence“Ifyou'reanythinglikenineout

oftenpeopleintheworld^^mean?

Likeinthe

world.

5.WhatwasTuringinterestedinafterhegraduatedfromu

niversity?

6.WhatcouldthemachineTuringhelpedtodesigndoduri

ngWorldWarII?

Itcoulddecipher_________________________________

ILChoosethewordsorexpressionsandcompletethepassage

(选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文)：

TheoldshoeshavebroughthimsomuchtroublethatMike

decidedtothrowthemaway.Hethrewthemintoadustbin(垃

圾箱).Thenhereturnedhomegladly.He⑴downonhisbe

dandslept.Butwhenhisdogwenttothedustbinto⑵foo

d,itsawtheshoesinthedustbin.Itknew(3),sothedogto

okoneoftheheavyshoes(4),wentbackwithitandleftit

besidethebed.Thenthedogwentandtooktheothershoein

thesameway.

WhenMikewokeup,hesawtheshoesandwasverymuch

⑸.Hethought,wTheshoescanwalkbythemselves.Imust

dosomethingwiththem.^^Sohemadeafireinfrontofhish

ouseandputtheshoesonit.

Justthenastrongwindwasblowing,andsoonthefirema

dethehouse(6).Hewassofrightenedthathecoulddonoth

ing.Thehouseburntdown,but_(7)wassavedbythedogag

ain.

()1.A.liedB.lieC.IainD.lay

()2.A.takeB.lookforC.findD.carry

()3.A.whoweretheyB.whotheywere

C.whoseweretheyD.whosethey

were

()4.A.initsmouthB.withitslegsC.withitshandsD.

onitsback

()5.A.angryB.surprisedC.happyD.sad

()6.A.burnB.toburnC.burningD.burnt

()7.A.thehouseB.MikeC.everythingD.th

epairofshoes

III.Readthepassageandfillintheblankswithproperwords

(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一

词，首字母已给)：

Mother'sDayisahformothers.Itiscelebrat

edintheUnitedStates,England,Sweden,India,Mexicoandso

meothercountries.Nowadaysitbecomeswidelycelebrated.Mot

her'sDayfallsonthesSundayinMay.Onthatda

y,manypeoplespresentsoflovetotheirmothers.

Thosewhosemothersarestilllivingoftenwearapinkorredr

oseorcarnation(康乃馨)，whilethosemothersaredeadweara

whiteone.Theiofadayformotherwasfirstgiven

byMissAnnaJarvisofPhiladelphia.Asaresultofherhard

work,thecelebrationofthefirstAmericanMother'sDaywash

inPhiladelphiaonMay10,1908.Soontheholiday

becamepopularthroughoutthecountryandaroundtheworld.

InChina,peopledothesonthisspecialdayformo

thers.Andinsomecities,peoplesometimesaskasongtobepl

ayedforhisorhermotheronly.Thismightcostasmallsum

(数量)ofmforsomeofthem,butasitissaid,love

isinvaluable.

IV.Completethefollowingdialogueswithpropersentencesint

hebox（选出适当的句子，完成下列对话）：

(A)

A.Thafsgreat.B.Whatapity!

C.Congratulations!D.Haveyouseen

it?

E.I'mgoingtocinema,F.CanIborrow

it?

A:Hello,M

G.Ofcourse,Ihave.

eimei.

B:Hello,Bill.Whereareyougoing?

A:

B:Thecinema?ButI'mafraidit'sclosednow.It'sopenonlyf

rom4:00p.m.to9:00p.m.

A:(2)

B:Isthereanythingnewbeingscreened?

A:Yes.Chicken,Run!⑶

B:⑷IhavegottheDVD.

A:Haveyou?

B:Yes.MyunclebroughtitformefromNewYorklastweek.

A:(5L

B:Sure.I'mfreet