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词义猜测题

中考真题

I

Iwassleepingsoundlylastnightwhen1wasawakenedbysomeone'sgroans

（口前吟）.1listened,andhearditwasfromSam,astudentfromAfrica.Ireally

wantedtogoonsleeping,asIhadinsomnia（失眠）andhadjustfallenasleep,

butIcouldn'tbecauseSamgroanedlouderandlouder,showinghewas

seriouslyill.

Atthattime,Robbie,astudentfromChina,alsogotuptohelp.Wefoundsome

pills,gotsomewater,andhelpedhimsituptotakethem,hopingthiswould

makehispaingodownalittleandgetoverthedifficulttime.Ifonlydaytime

wouldcomesoon,everythingwouldbecomeeasier.

Thingswentcontrary（相反）toourwishes.Sam'sconditiondevelopedfrombad

toworse.Wetelephonedtheemergencyservice,andinnotimeanambulance

stoppedinfrontofourgate.Wehelpedthemedical（医疗）workerscarrySam

tothevehicle,andthenbothRobbieandIgotinandtookSamtothehospital.

Wehelpedhimgothroughmanymedicalexaminations.Afterallkindsoftests,

weweretoldthatthefinaldiagnosis（诊断）wasappendicitis（盲肠

炎.Luckily,Samdidn'tneedanoperationbecausewebroughthimtothe

hospitalintime.Hegottimelytreatment.

AfterSamfeltmuchbetter,werushedbacktoprepareourselvesfortheclass.

Wewerealittletired,butwehadcertainlydonesomethinggood,something

right.

65.Whatdoes''vehicle"inthethirdparagraphreferto?

A.Car.B.Ambulance.C.Taxi.D.Bus

II

Wealldreamthoughwerememberonlyafewofourdreams.Somepeople

trainthemselvestoremembertheirdreams.Assoonastheywakeup,they

recordwhattheirdreamswereabout.

Scientistsbelievethatwehavedifferentkindsofsleep.Onekindofsleepis

calledR.E.M.sleep.R.E.M.standsforRapid（快速的）EyeMovement.During

thiskindofsleepoureyesmovequickly,eventhoughtheyareclosed.Although

weareasleep,thereisalotofbrain（头脑）activities,andweprobablyhave

strongdreamsatthistime.

Sometimespeopletalkintheirsleep.Inthesedreamsthedreamerisusually

unhappyorworriedaboutsomething.Theworstofthesedreamsareso

frighteningthatwecallthemnightmares.Inanightmareweoftendreamthat

wearebeingchased（追赶）orthatwearetrappedinsomeway.

Scientistsandothershavewrittenbooksaboutthemeaningsofdreams.The

mostfamousofthesescientistswasSigmundFreudwhowroteoverahundred

yearsago.Hesuggesteddifferentmeaningstocertainkindsofdreams.Itis

possible,however,thateverydreamhasaspecialmeaningonlyfortheperson

whodreamsit,andthatthismeaningisaboutsomethinginthatperson'slife.

64.Whatdoestheword“nightmare”inthethirdparagraphmeaninChinese?

A.恶梦B.睡眠C.美梦D.失眠

细节理解及深层理解题

I

TheWorldTradeCenterwashitbytwoplanesanditfellinashorttimelateon

September11th.Hereissomehijackinginformation.

AmericanandUnitedairlinesbothsaidtwooftheirplaneshadbeenhijacked

andcrashed.

Americansaiditsplaneswerecarryingatotalof156people.Onewasa

Boston-LosAngelesflight.AnFBImansaidtheformer,aBoeing767,hitone

oftheTradeCentertowers;thelatter,aBoeing757,hitthePentagon.

TwoUnitedairlinerswithatotalof110aboardalsocrashed-aBoeing757

outsidePittsburgh,theother,aBoeing767,intotheTradeCenter.

WhatkindofplaneshittheWorldTradeCenter?

A.ABoeing757andaBoeing767

B.TwoplanesbothBoeing757

C.TwoplanesbothBoeing767

D.TwoplanesfromNewYork

II

ManypeopleliketowatchTV.WatchingTVisoneofthemostimportant

activitiesoftheday.TVbringstheoutsideclosertopeople'shomes.Some

peoplesaytheworldissmallerthanbeforebecauseofTV.Ofcourse,people

canalsolearnthroughreadingorlisteningtotheradio.ButwithTVtheycan

learnbetterandmoreeasily.Why?Becausetheycanhearandwatch,too.We

learnnewerandbetterwaysofdoingsomething.

Whichofthefollowingistrue?

AWatchingTVisthemostimportantactivity.

BItissaidtheworldissmallerwiththehelpofTV.

CWecanonlylearnthroughTV.

DWiththeradiowecanlearnnewerandbetterwaysofdoingthings.

Ill

Thesmall-worldtheorysaysthateveryoneintheworldisconnectedihrougha

shortchain（链条）ofpeopletheyknow.Anothernameofthischainisdegrees

ofseparation.Eachdegreeisastepthatseparatesapersonfromsomeoneheor

shedoesnotknow.Therearezerodegreesofseparationbetweenapersonand

thepeopleheorsheknowsdirectly.Thismeansthattherearezerodegrees

betweenBenandhismom.Thereisonedegreeofseparationwhenjustone

personseparatessomeonefromapersonheorshedoesnotknow.Benknows

hismom,buthehasn'tmetherclosefriendsAmy.Asthechaincontinues,

Amy'suncle,Mark,istwodegrees.JohnCarteristhreedegrees,andhisfather

isfourdegrees,Dr.KingisfivedegreesawayfromBen.

Whatisthesmall-worldtheorymainlyabout?

A.HowfarBenisawayfromDr.King.

B.Howmanypeopleonecangettoknow.

C.Howpeopleareconnectedintheworld.

D.Howthedegreesofseparationaresetup.

IV

Onthefirstdayofanewterm,128studentsofMortonHighSchoolweresent

homeforwearingthewrongclothes.Therearealtogether1,200studentsinthe

school.Usuallyonly20studentsbreaktheschooldressruleeveryday.Sothe

headmasterTheresaMayeriksaiditwastheworstnewtermshehadeverseen.

AtMortonHighSchool,students?favoriteclothingsuchasbaggy（宽大

的）trousers,low-neckedshirtandtanktops（紧身短背心）arenotallowedin

classrooms.Somestudentsthinktheyhavetherighttochoosewhattowear,but

theheadmasterdoesn'tthinkso.’Tdbesupportiveifhalftheschoolwassent

home,because99%willgetthemessagethatourschoolisforeducation.^^

“Freedom“doesnotmean“freeofrestrictions（约束）”.Thatistosaythereis

nototalfreedomintheworld,nomatterintheUSorinChina.

Whatisthewriter'sattitude（态度）totheschooldressrule?

A.AgreeB.DisagreeC.Notsure.

中考真题

I

Henrywasacarpenter（木匠）ofourvillage.OnceIaskedhimtomakeadining

tableformywife.Hemadeitjusttherightsizetofillthespacebetweenthe

twowindows.WhenIarrivedhomethatevening,Henrywasdrinkingacupof

teaandwritingouthisbillforhiswork.o

Mywifesaidtome,quietly,“That,shisninthcupofteatoday.^Butshesaid

loudly,"It'sabeautifultable,dear,isn'tit?"

"Iwon'tdecideaboutthatuntilIseethatIsaid.

Henrylaughedandgavemehisbillfbrthework.Itsaid：

BILL

OnediningtableJune10,1995

Costofwood17.00

Paint（油漆）1.50

Work,8hours（1anhour）8.00

Total（总计）36.50

WhenIwaslookingatthebill,Henrysaid,"it'sbeenafineday,hasn'tit?

Quitesunny.^^

"YesJIsaid."Fmgladitisonlythe10thofJune.^^

"Metoo,”，saidHenry."Youwait一it'llbeabithotterbytheendofthe

month.”

"Yes.Hotter一andmoreexpensive.Diningtableswillbe20moreexpensive

onJune30th,won'tthey,Henry?”

Henrylookedhardatmeforhalfaminute.Therewasalittlesmileinhis

twoblueeyes.Igavehisbillbacktohim.

"Ifitisn'ttoomuchtrouble,Henry,“Isaid,nPleaseadditupagain.Youcan

forgetthedate.”

Ipaidhim26.50andhewashappytogetit.

58.ThewriterthoughtHenrywouldaskforifhemadeadiningtableon

thelastdayofJune.

A.26.50B.56.50C.46.50D.20.00

II

ThisisNewsontheHour,EdWilsonreporting.ThepresidentandFirstLady

willvisitAfricaonagoodwilltourinMay.TheyplantovisiteightAfrican

countries.

ReportsfromChinasaytheChinesewantclosertiesbetweenChinaandthe

U.S.andWesternEurope.AgroupoftopChinesescientistsstartitsten-nation

tournextmonth.

Innewsabouthealth,scientistsinCaliforniareportfindingsofarelationship

betweenthedrinkingofcoffeeandtheincreaseofheartdiseasesamong

women.AccordingtothereportintheAmericanMedicalJournal,thefive-year

studyshowsthat:womenwhodrinkmorethantwocupsofcoffeeadayhavea

greaterchanceofhavingheartdiseasethanwomenwhodonot.

That'sthenewsofthehour.AndnowbacktomoreeasylisteningwithJan

Singer.

56.ToimprovethetiesbetweenChinaandtheU.S.andWestern

Europe,.

A.Chinahasexpresseditsstrongwishes

B.Chinahasgivenmanyreportstoimprovetheties

C.ChinawillsendsomescientiststovisittheU.S.only

D.someChinesescientistswillvisittheU.S.andWesternEurope

III

ThisisNewsontheHour,EdWilsonreporting.ThepresidentandFirstLady

willvisitAfricaonagoodwilltourinMay.TheyplantovisiteightAfrican

countries.

ReportsfromChinasaytheChinesewantclosertiesbetweenChinaandthe

U.S.andWesternEurope.AgroupoftopChinesescientistsstartitsten-nation

tournextmonth.

Innewsabouthealth,scientistsinCaliforniareportfindingsofarelationship

betweenthedrinkingofcoffeeandtheincreaseofheartdiseasesamongwomen.

AccordingtothereportintheAmericanMedicalJournal,thefive-yearstudy

showsthat:womenwhodrinkmorethantwocupsofcoffeeadayhavea

greaterchanceofhavingheartdiseasethanwomenwhodonot.

That'sthenewsofthehour.AndnowbacktomoreeasylisteningwithJan

Singer.

58.Thepassageisprobablyfrom.

A.abookB.aradiostationC.adiaryD.aMedicalJournal

IV

NewYorkStatehaspassedtheUSA'sfirststatelawbanning（禁止）motorists

talkingoncellphones.ThebanwillbeginonNovember1,althoughdrivers

caughtusingcellphoneswillbegivenonlywarningsduringthefirstmonth.

First-timeviolators（违7去者）willfacea$100fine.Asecondtimecallfora

$200fineandeveryviolationafterthatwillcost$500.

Atleastadozenlocalitieshaveestablished（制定）bans,startingin1999;and

40stateshavehadbansproposedbutnotpassed.Atleast23countries,

includingtheGreatBritain,Italy,IsraelandJapan,bandriversfromusing

cellphones.

Thereareabout115millioncellphonesinuseintheUnitedStatesandmore

than6millioninNewYorkState.

“TothinkthatI'mnotgoingtousecellphonewhenatthesametimeIcanstill

usemylaptop（手提电脑）,Istillcanreadapaper,Icanstillchangemypants

whiledrivingat65mph.Ithinkthere?sjustsomethingwrong,“anofficial

said.

Othercritics（批评）notedotherthingslikeeating,drinkingcoffeeanddoing

make-upwhiledriving.Theysuggestedthatthebanincludeabroaderrangeof

things.

61.Wecaninferfromthispassagethat.

A.somedevelopedcountriesforbiddriversusingcellphones

B.thebanhasbeenputintoeffectinmoststatesintheU.S.

C.morepeopleintheU.S.areagainstthebanthanforit

D.overfiftylocalitiesorstatesbandriversfromusingcellphones

V

Whenweaskstudentswhattheywouldliketobe,theyoftentalkaboutusual

jobs,thingslikedoctorsorteachers.Butifyouthinkaboutit,manypeopledon'

tplantodotheirjobs.Theyjuststartdoingthembyaccident.Wehavetalkedto

twopeoplewithunusualjobs.

Lizaisadentistbutshedoesn,tworkwithpeople.Sheworkswithhorses.

Afteruniversity,shetookcareofanimals'medicalhealthforseveralyears,but

shenoticedthattherewerefewpeoplewhocouldhelpwithhorses,teeth.She

decidedtogobacktocollegeandstudyagain,Thenshehadtobuyspecial

tools,butshe'sneveroutofwork.She'salwaysverybusytakingcareof

horses'teeth."Icouldn'tbeadentistforpeoplenow,“Lizasaid,“becauseI

reallyenjoyworkingwithhorses.^^

AssoonasDavidcouldread,hereadbooksaboutrobots.Buttherobotshe

buildstodaydon'tlooklikethestrangerobotpeopleinhisbooks.Hebuilds

robotsfbrindustry.Earlyonhemadeuphismindtostudyscience,mathsand

computerssothathecouldbreakintotheworldofrobotengineering."Someof

themathsisverydifficult,“saysDavid,“butyoumuststudymathstobean

engineer.^^Fortunately,hegottopmarksinallhismathsexams.

61.Tobecomearobotengineer,David.

A.neededtoworryB.boughtalotofrobots

C.hadtostudyhardD.didn'thavetogotocollege

主旨大意题

I

Kleptomaniaisanillnessofthemindthatgivesapersonthedesiretosteal.

Suchapersonisnotreallyathief.Theyaresickandcannothelpthemselves.

Allsmallchildrenactnaturallyandastheygrowuptheynormallylearnto

controltheiractions.Peoplewithkleptomaniaforcertainmedicalreasonshave

failedtodevelopcontrolovertheirdesiretotakethingsthatdonotbelongto

them.Withmedicalhelptheymaybecomenormalcitizensagain.Thethings

thatakleptomaniacstealsareseldomofgreatvalue.Theyoftengiveaway

whattheyhavestolenorcollectobjectswithoutusingthem.

Whatisthetopicofthetext?

A.YoungThieves.B.AnUnusualIllness.

C.ReasonsforStealingD.ANormalChild'sActions.

II

OnthenightofthepartyMerlinrolledintotheroomplayinghisviolin.

Everyonewasastonishedtoseehim.Therewasjustoneproblem.Merlinhad

nowaytostophisrollerskate.Herolledonandon.Suddenlyheranintoa

hugemirrorthatwashangingonthewall.Downfellthemirror,breakingto

pieces.NobodyforgotMerlin'sgrandentranceforalongtime!

Whatisthemainpointthewriteristryingtomakeintheparagraph?

A.Therollerskatesneededfurtherimprovement.

B.ThepartygueststookMerlinforafool!

C.Merlin'sentrancewastoosuccessful.

D.Merlingothimselfintotrouble.

Ill

Everyyearonmybirthday,awhitegardenia（桅子花）wasdeliveredtomy

house.Nocardevercamewithit.Callstotheflowershopwerenothelpfulat

all.AfterawhileIstoppedtryingtofindoutthesender'snameandwasjust

pleasedwiththebeautifulwhiteflower.

Ineverstoppedimaginingwhothegivermightbe,though.Someofmy

happiestmomentswerespentdaydreamingaboutthesender.Mymother

encouragedthesedaydreams.

Onemonthbeforemygraduation,myfatherdied.IwassosadthatIdidn't

careaboutmygraduationdance.Butmymotherwouldnotletmemiss

anything.Infact,mymotherwantedherchildrentoseethemselveslikethe

gardenia:lovely,strongandperfect.

MymotherdiedtendaysafterIwasmarried.Iwas22.Thatwastheyearthe

gardeniasstoppedcoming.

Whatisthebesttitleofthetext?

A.RedrosesB.AMother'sLove

C.LoveD.Mothergavemegardeniasonmybirthday.

中考真题

I

Fromthetimewewerebabieswehavebeentaughtmanners.Wearetaught

howtoholdaknifeandforkandnottotalkwithourmouthsfull.Wearetaught

howtoshakehandsandwhentostandandwhentositandthewaytointroduce

people.

Sometimesgoodmannersinoneplaceareverybadmannerssomewhereelse.

Almosteverywhereeatingtogethermeansthatpeopleareveryfriendlytoeach

other.ButinpartsofPolynesia（波利尼西亚）itisbadmannerstobeseen

eatingbesideeachother.Sotheypolitelyturntheirbackstoeachotherwhen

theyaretakingfood.

SomeEastAfricansspitfourtimesasakindofblessing（祝福）.Theydoitto

showthattheywantasickpersontogetwell,ortoblessanew-bornbaby.In

mostotherplaces,spittingmeanssomethingcompletelydifferent.Itusually

showsanunhealthyhabit.Inmanycountries,itmaymeanthatyouhate

someone.

Whenwegotovisitsomeonewesayt4Hello!”Or"Howareyou?”orthings

likethat.

ButifyouarevisitinganEastAfricanvillage,everyonewillbeverycarefulnot

topayattentiontoyou,Thepolitethingtherewillbeforyoutogoquietly,

withoutspeakingtoanyone,andsitbesideyourfriend.Youshouldwaituntilhe

hasfinishedwhatheisdoingandthenhewillbegintalkingtoyou.

InavillageinArab,avisitorwillwalkbehindallthetentsuntilhegetstothe

onehewantstovisit.Ifhepassesinfront,hewillbeinvitedintoeachtentand

askedtoeat.Itisrudetorefuse.

61.Fromthispassageweknow.

A.it'sgoodmannerstouseaknifeandforktoeat

B.it'sbadmannerstostandandtalk

C.it'sgoodmannersnottotalkwithourmouthsfull

D.howtoshakehandswhenweintroducepeople

II

Wealldreamthoughwerememberonlyafewofourdreams.Somepeople

trainthemselvestoremembertheirdreams.Assoonastheywakeup,they

recordwhattheirdreamswereabout.

Scientistsbelievethatwehavedifferentkindsofsleep.Onekindofsleepis

calledR.E.M.sleep.R.E.M.standsforRapid（快速的）EyeMovement.During

thiskindofsleepoureyesmovequickly,eventhoughtheyareclosed.Although

weareasleep,thereisalotofbrain（头脑）activities,andweprobablyhave

strongdreamsatthistime.

Sometimespeopletalkintheirsleep.Inthesedreamsthedreamerisusually

unhappyorworriedaboutsomething.Theworstofthesedreamsareso

frighteningthatwecallthemnightmares.Inanightmareweoftendreamthat

wearebeingchased（追赶）orthatwearetrappedinsomeway.

Scientistsandothershavewrittenbooksaboutthemeaningsofdreams.The

mostfamousofthesescientistswasSigmundFreudwhowroteoverahundred

yearsago.Hesuggesteddifferentmeaningstocertainkindsofdreams.Itis

possible,however,thateverydreamhasaspecialmeaningonlyfortheperson

whodreamsit,andthatthismeaningisaboutsomethinginthatperson'slife.

65.WhatisthemainideaofParagraphFour?

A.Baddreams.B.Themeaningsofdreams.

C.Peopleandtheirdreams.D.R.E.M.sleepanddreams.

Practice

Formanyyears,artistshaveflockedtoParis,France,topaintortolearnto

paint.Perhapsartistsfirstwenttherebecauseofthecity'sbeauty.Theywentto

paintpicturesofthebroad,tree-linedstreets,thegreatchurches,andthe

gracefulriverbridges.

TheartistsfeltcomfortableinParisbecausethepeopleofthecityhadalways

enjoyedart.Parishadgreatartmuseums,filledwithfamouspaintingsand

statuesfrommanycountries.AndthepeopleofParishadalwayswelcomed

newideas.Inthiscity,artistsfeltfreetoexperimentwithnewwaysofpainting.

AssoonasfamousartistspaintedinParis,studentscametolearnfromthem.

Peoplecametobuypaintings.Peoplecalledartdealers（商人）setupgalleries

wherepaintingswereboughtandsold.Otherskeptshopsthatsoldartists*paints

andsupplies.

StudentsandartistswhowerenotyetfamouscouldliveinParisforvery

littlemoney.Theylearnedbystudyinggreatartinthemuseums,andthey

learnedfromoneanother.Theyheldartfairs,hangingtheirpaintingsoutdoors

alongthestreets.

Today,NewYorkCityandFlorence,Italy,arealsofamousartcenters.But

theworld'sprincipalartexhibitsarestillheldinParis.Importantjudgesofart

livethere.Mostofthenewwaysofpaintingthathavestartedinthelast

hundredyearsbeganinParis.SoartistsandartdealersstillgotoParisbecause

itistheworld'sleadingartcenter.

1.ThepoorstudentslearnedbystudyinggreatartinParis1.

A.streetsB.churchesC.museumsD.schools

2.Importantjudgesofart.

A.liveinParisB.feelfreetoexperiment

C.workinNewYorkD.havenonewwaysofpainting

3.Whatdoes''principal”meaninthelastparagraph?

A.importantB.badC.strangeD.useful

4.Onthewhole,thisstoryisabout.

A.theworld'smostfamousartcenter

B.howtobuyapaintinginParis,France

C.thefamousartcentersofNewYorkandFlorence

D.wheretosetupgalleries

HaveaTry

1

HermannGmeiner'sideaforhelpingorphanssoonsp-eci〃（传播）alloverthe

world.By1983therewereover170SOSChildren'sVillagesintheworld.

Peopleinmanycountriesgivemoneytohelpthevillages.Todaythechildren

fromthefirstvillagehavegrownup.NowsomeofthemworkinotherSOS

Children'sVillages.

Whichofthefollowingisrightaccordingtothep