2021年上海牛津版英语中考冲刺-回答问题类阅读理解专项练习（有答案）

2021年上海牛津版中考冲刺.回答问题类阅读理解专项练习

（一）

HelenMonsonhasalwaysbeeninterestedinhelpinghercommunity.Herfirstvolunteer

experiencewasfbrtheAmericanRedCrosswhenshewasinhighschool.Whenshewasaschool

teacher,shealsofoundtimetovolunteer.Oneyear,sheorganizedaSuperSaturdayFunDayfbr

kidsinthecommunity.ShealsousedtovolunteerattheMintFestivaleveryyear.Onesummer,

sheservedfood,anotheryearsheorganizedanartprogramme.

Aftersheretired,shestartedvolunteeringtohelptheold.Whenherfatherwasolder,hewas

notabletoseeaswellasheusedto,whichmadehersadbecausehehadalwaysenjoyedreading.

Shedecideditwouldbefuntoreadtoelderlypeopleinhercommunity.Shealsohelpedone

womanwriteherstories.Annwasalmost100yearsold,andHelenwrotedowninfbnnationabout

herlifewhenshevisitedher.Sheputtheinformationinabookandgotitpublished.Annwasvery

excitedtoshareherlifestorywithherchildrenandhergrandchildren.

Afterahurricane（飓风）destroyedsomesoutherncities,Helenvolunteeredagainfbrthe

AmericanRedCross.Shepreparedfoodandansweredphonesinacarecentre.Shesays,4ihave

alwayslikedtheRedCrossbecausetheorganizationhelpspeopleinneednomatterwhat.”

Oneday,Helenreadanarticleinthenewspaperaboutrefugees（难民）whoneededtolearn

English.Now,shemeetsonceaweekwithSahra,a38-year-oldwoman,fromSomalia.Sahrais

livingandworkinginatownabout30minutes*walkfromwhereHelenlives.Theyworkon

readingandwritingskills.HelengaveSahraacameraandaskedhertotakepicturesofherdaily

life.Shedevelopedthepictures,andthenaskedSahraquestionsaboutthem.Intheend,theywrote

abooktogetherandusedthephotosinthebook.ThishelpedSahralearnmanynewwordsabout

hereverydaylife.

Helensays,“Themostrewarding（有益的）partofvolunteerworkisbecomingfriendswith

thepeopleIhelp.TheyenrichmylifeaswellasIenrichtheirs.^^

1.WhenwasHelen'sfirstvolunteerexperiencefbrtheAmericanRedCross?

2.WhatdidHelendoaftersheretired?

3.WhywasAnnexcitedwhenherbookgotpublished?

4.WheredidHelenworkwhenshevolunteeredagainfbrtheAmericanRedCross?

5.HowfarisSahralivingandworkingfromHelen'shome?

6.DidHelenhelpSahratolearnEnglish?

7.WhatcanyouleamfromHelen?

Keys:

1.Whenshewasinhighschool.

2.Shestartedvolunteeringtohelptheold.

3.Becauseshesharedherlifestorywithherchildrenandgrandchildren.

4.Inacarecentre或Sheworkedinacarecentre.

5.It'sabout30minutes*walk.或About30minutes,walk.

6.Yes,shedid.

7.这是一道开放题，只要"言之有理”即可，如：Asavolunteer,wecanhelpothersandmake

friendwiththem.Thisalsoenrichourlife.sKWeshouldtrytohelpothers.......

（二）

“Justbecauseyoucan'tseesomething,thatdoesn*tmeanit'snotthere.nThisoldsayingis

quitemeaningfulforBritishsculptor（雕亥U家）Willard.Theitemshecreatesaresosmallthat

mostofthemfitontheheadofapin.Youcanseethemclearlyonlythroughamicroscope（显微

镜）.

Manypeoplewanttoownhisartpieces.He*sbeenhonoredbytheQueenofEnglandforhis

greatartachievements.Ateveryoneofhisexhibitions,thequestionisalwaysthesame.Howdoes

hedoit?

Theanswerisvery,verycarefully.Socarefully,infact,thatheactuallyslowshisbreathing

downandworksinbetweenbreaths.Willardusuallyworksunderamicroscopeusingspecialtools

thathecreates.Topainthisworks,heusesthehairfromaflyasapaintbrush.

Creatingthesedetailedworksisaverylonganddifficultprocess,anditisn*talways

enjoyable."ItisaterribledreamwhenIstartbutanicedreamwhenIfinish,Hhesays.Asingle

itemcantakeatleastseveralweekstocomplete.

PeoplehaveaskedWillardwhyhechosetodosomethingthatneededeffortandtooktime.

Hisinterestincreatingsmallthingsbeganwhenhewasfive.Hestartedcreatinghousesand

playgroundsforants.Willardwasnotastrongstudent.Hehaddifficultyinreadingandspelling

words.Somekidsusedtocallhimaloser.Thismadehimfeelsmall,sofocusingonlitethings

helpedhimtofeelbig.Thesmallerhisworkgot,thebiggerhefelt.Anewspaperreportersaid,

"Willardhasshowntheworldthatheisspecial.Though,he

l.AreWillard*sartpiecesbigorsmallinsize?

2.WhenpeoplevisitWillard'sexhibitions,whatquestiondotheyalwaysask?

3.WhatdoesWillardusetomakeapaintbrush?

4.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordit_inparagraph4referto?

5.WhydidWillardchoosetodosomethingthatneededeffortandtooktime?

6.Whatcanbefilledintheblanksinthelastparagraph?

Keys:

1.(Theyare)small(insize)

2.Howdoeshedoit?

3.(The)hairfromafly

4.(Itrefersto)theprocessofcreatingthedetailedworks.

5.BecausefocusingonIttlcthingshelpedhimtofeelbig.

6.hisworksaresmall；isgreat.观点题，言之有理即可.

(三)

Ms.Lauren,aschoolheadteacher,hasaskedthestudentstoputdownnotesofwhattheyhave

learnedbasedontheirownexperiences.Hereissomeofwhatshe*sgot.

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ODon'tcoughinotherpeople'sfaces,especiallyifyoudon'tknowthem.

。You'dbetternoteatcheesecakeinfrontofyourmumwhenshe*sonadiet.

ODon'ttellateacheryourdogateyourhomework,especiallyifyoudon*thaveadog

OYouonlyhaveonelife.Sobecareful.

ONeverleaveyourlittlesisteralonewithyourtoys.

OThefunnieryouare,thebetterlifeis.

Alex,age12

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'1checkifthereistoiletpaperbeforeyousitdown.

—Whenyoutellalie,youhavetokeeptellinglies.

“Keepyourroommessy(凌乱的)soyourmumwillbeafraidtocomein,andthenshe

won*ttakeyourfavourites.

♦Whenyourfriendsdosomethingstupid,youdon'thavetofollow.

“Ifyouslowdownandtakeyourtime,yourworkisbetter.

Jackieage14

Whenyourmumismad,hidewhatyoudon'twantthrownaway.

□Never,eversay“Ihateyou”.

Evenifnothingisinthefridge,don*teatdogfood.Believeme,youwon'tlikeit!

□Don'tjudgepeoplebytheirlooks.Someonecouldbebad-lookingandstillbenice.

Katie,age13

Lifeislikeanchooseyourownendingubook-youcantakewhateveradventures(冒险)youwant.

Beingnicecangetyousomewhere.

Neveraskyourdadtohelpyouwithamathsproblem.ltwillturnouttobeathree-hourlesson.

Ifyouhaveaproblem,shareitwithyourmum.

Peoplewhodounkindthingstoyouarenotyourfriends.

Sally,age15

1.Katieprobablytrieddogfoodwhentherewasnothinginthefridge,didn'tshe?

2.Whydoesn'tSallyaskDadforhelpwithamathsproblem?

3.ReadSally*sandJackie'snotes.Whatkindofpeoplewon'tshe/hebefriendswith?

4.WhatisJackieandAlex*sattitudetowardstellinglies?

5.Whomdoallfourkidsmentionintheirnotes?

6.WhatwillMs.Laurenpossiblydowiththenotes?Why?

Keys:

l.Yes,shedid..

2.BecauseSally'sfatherwillgiveherathree-hourlesson.

3.Peoplewhodosomethingunkind.

4.(Theythink)it'swrongtotelllies.

5.Mum/Theirmums.

6.Shellpossiblyaskthestudentstosharethenotesbecauseshewantsthemtoleamsomething

fromothers*experiences/toavoidmakingthesamemistakes...

(Anyreasonableanswerisacceptable.)

(四)

LastmonthsomethievesstoleavaluableteapotfromamuseuminHongKong.Theytook

theteapottoAmerica,buttheAmericanpolicefoundit.ThemuseumsentMr.Chan,amemberof

themuseumstaff,tocollecttheteapot.OntheplanebacktoHongKong,henoticedtwomen.

Theywerewatchinghimclosely.nPerhapsthey*regoingtostealtheteapotagain.Imustthinkofa

plan,"hethought□

Mr.Chan'sdaughter,Amy,methimatHongKongafterwards.Mr.Chanwascarryingtwo

boxes.Hegavehisdaughterthepinkboxandsaidtoherinalowvoice,"Takethisgiftboxhome

withgreatcare.”Hewalkedawaywiththebrownone.Thetwomenfollowedhim.

Amyopenedtheboxathome.Shewasexpectingapairofsportsshoes,butshejustfoundan

oldteapot.HThisisnotaveryinterestinggift,"saidAmy,abitdisappointed."Thafsallright.

Lefsmakesometeainit,"saidhermother.Thentheyfoundanoteintheteapot.Itsaid,nDear

Amy,6LoveDad.^^

Thetwomenkidnapped（绑架）.Mr.Chanonhiswaytothemuseum.Theyopenedhisboxand

foundapairofsportsshoesinside."Where'stheteapot?"thetwothievesshoutedatthetopof

theirvoicewithredfaces.nHowdareyoucheatus?Wesawyougiveyourdaughteraboxatthe

airport.Comewithus!We'regoingtosearchyourhome,oneofthemsaid.

WhenthethievesenteredMr.Chan'sflat,itwasdarkandquiet.Allofasudden,thedoor

closedandthelightswenton.Thepolicewerewaitinginside.

Amyandhermothercameoutofthebedroomwiththeteapot."Thatteapotisveryvaluable,

saidMr.Chan."Alongtimeagoitbelongedtoanemperor.Hedrankteafromit.”

“Weweregoingtodrinkteafromit,too,"saidAmy,laughing.

l.WastheteapotfoundinAmerica?

2.WhatdidMi*.ChannoticeontheplanebacktoHongKong?

3.Whatwasinthepinkbox?

4.Howdidthetwothievesfeelwhentheydidn'tfindtheteapot?

5.Wherewerethethievescaught?

6.WhatdidMr.ChanprobablywritetoAmyinthenote?FillintheblankwithTWOsentences.

Keys:

1.Yes,itwas.

2.Henoticedtwomen.Theywerewatchinghimclosely.

3.Itwasanoldteapot.

4.Theyfeltveryangry.

5.InMr.Chan'sflat.

6.Callthepolicerightnow.Takecareoftheteapot.

（五）

ItwasSaturdayagain.GraceandKarendislikedSaturdays.Thatwasanotherthingthetwins

hadincommon.Theysharedthesameclothesandtiedtheirhairinthesamemanner.Infact,it

washardfortheirclassmatesandteacherstotellthemapartsometimes.

Unliketheirclassmates,theyhadtogetupearlyatseveneverySaturdaytopreparefortheir

lessons.GracehadtoattendtheartlessonandKarenhadtoattendherballetlesson."HowIwishI

coulddosomethingdifferenttoday,“saidthetwinswithonevoice.Allatonce,anideacameto

GraceandKarenatthesametime."Howwouldyouliketobemeforaday?”theyaskedeach

other.Itseemedlikeawonderfulplantothem.Aftergivingeachotheradescriptionoftheirown

friends,GraceputonKaren?sballetdresswhileKarenputGrace'sbrushesandpaintsintoherbag.

Thentheyleftfortheirclasses.

Whentheartlessonstarted,Karenwaslost.UnlikeGrace,Karenwaspooratdrawing.When

theartlessonfinallyended,Karendidn'tdaretohandinherwork.

Meanwhile,Gracewasstrugglingintheballetclassaswell.Asshehadnoideaaboutthedance

steps,shehadtofollowherclassmatesblindly.Asaresult,shekeptknockingintothem.Their

balletteacherbecameimpatientwithher,“Karen,youshouldrememberthebasicsteps.Youcan't

relyoncopyingwhatothersaredoing.^^

WhenKarenandGracegothome,theyweretiredout.Theydecidedthattheywouldnever

trytobesomeoneelsetheywerenot.Itseemedthatthegrasswasnotalwaysgreenerontheother

side.

l.DidGraceandKarenlikeSaturdays?

2.WhendidthetwinsgetuponSaturdays?

3.Whatwasthetwins'planwhentheydecidedtodosomethingdifferent?

4.HowdidKarenfeelatthebeginningoftheartlesson?

5.Whydidtheballetteacherbecomeimpatient?

6.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“thegrasswasno」alwaysgreenerontheotherside“attheendof

thestorytrytotellus?

Keys:

1.No,theydidn't./No.BothofthemdislikedSaturdays.

2.(Theygotup)atsevenonSaturdays.

3.(Theirplanwasto)pretendtobetheotherone/exchangerolesforaday.

4.Shefeltlost(whentheartlessonstarted).

5.(Because“Karen“couldn't)rememberthebasicsteps/dancewell.

6.(Anyreasonableanswerisacceptable.)

(六)

DearDenny,DearSantaClaus,

Ho!Ho!Ho!MerryChristmas!

SoonDIstartmytriproundtheworldIdon'tbelieveinSantaClaus

onChristmasEve.EveryonehereisLikemanyotherfolks.

hurryingaboutmakingfinalpreparations

Ithinkyou'rejustafairytale.

sothatwellbereadyontime.

Ithinkyou'rejustahoax.

Pmwritingtoyoubecausewehavea

problem.LastnightwhenIwaschecking

Idon'tbelieveyou'rekeepingtrack

my"NaughtyandNice"liststoseewho

wouldgetpresentsthisyear,Inoticedofwho'sbeenbedorgood.

thatyournamewasnotonthe*NiceList"Idon'tbelieveyouknowifI've

yet.ThemainreasonforthisisthezbeensleepingwhenIshould.

poemyousentme.1

ImdisappointedthatyouthinkImaJdon'tbelievethatreindeerfly.

hoax,soIwontdeliveranypresentstoIdon'tbelieveinelves.

youthisyear-howcanIifIdont

exist?TheelvesandIarehopingyouIthinkthetoysunderourtree

willchangeyourattitudebeforewereboughtfromtoy-storeshelves.

Christmassothatyou'llbeonmy

"NiceList"bythen.Willyoutry,Denny?

IoncebelievedwhenIwassix;

Wellcheerforyou!nowatsevenIknowbetter.

ButifI'mwrongandyouarereal,

Bestwishes

Pleaseforgetaboutthisletter.

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1.DennybelievedinSantaClaus,didn'the?

2.WheredidtheChristmasgiftscomefromaccordingtoDenny?

3.HowoldwasDennywhenhewrotetheletter?

4.WhywasDennynotonthe"NiceList”?

5.WhatwouldDennyprobablydoinordertogetaChristmaspresent?

6.WhodoyouthinkansweredDenny'sletter?Giveyourreason.

Keys:

1.No,hedidn't

2.Fromtoy-stores/shops（shelves）.

3.（Hewas）7./Hewassevenyearsold.

4.BecauseDennydidnotbelieveinSantaClaus.

5.Hewouldprobablychangehisattitude.

6.（Anyreasonableanswerisacceptable.）

（七）

Chrisisnotatraditionalexplorer（探险者）-heusuallyworksinanofficeforalarge

organization.Yethisjobcansometimesbejustasexcitinganddangerousasbeinganexplorer.

ChrisworksforMSF,anorganizationalsoknownasDoctorsWithoutBorders（无国界医生）.

MSFsendstraineddoctorsallovertheworldtohelppeopleafterawaroradisaster.Chrisisa

doctorfromFrancewhohastravelledtomanyplacestoorganizeprogrammesthathelppeople.

Atthemoment,thereareover27,000trainedmedicalstafftakingpartinMSFprojectsand

tasks.TheorganizationreceivedtheNobelPeacePrizein1999.Allkindsofdoctorscanvolunteer

forMSF.Theyneedtobepreparedtogoalmostanywhereintheworldand,ofcourse,theyshould

expectdifficultconditions.Doctorswithexperienceintropical（热带的）diseasesareespecially

usefulbecausemostofMSF'sworkisinAfrica.WhenMSFacceptsadoctorfbratask,hehasto

gofbratleastsixmonths.Whendoctorshavecompletedafewtasks,theymightbesentonan

emergencytaskfollowingadisaster,suchasanearthquake.

ButwhywouldadoctorleaveacomfortablelifeandagoodsalarytojoinMSF?Accordingto

Chris,theexperienceyougainisagreathelpinyourcareer.Besides,justliketheexplorersofthe

past,youneedtokeepanopenmindandlearntomixwellwiththepeopleyoumeet.Most

importantly,attheendofeachtask,youhavemadearealdifferencetopeople'slives.

1.DoesChrisworkfbralargeorganization?

2.WhendoesMSFsendtraineddoctorsallovertheworldtohelppeople?

3.HowmanymedicalstaffaretakingpartinMSFprojectsandtasks?

4.WhatkindofdoctorsaregreatlyneededinAfrica?

5.AccordingtoChris,whyishisworkimportanttootherpeople?

6.WhyisanMSFdoctor'sjobexcitinganddangerous?

Keys:

1.Yes(,hedoes).

2.Afterawaroradisaster.

3.Over27,00

4.Doctorswithexperienceintropicaldiseases.

5.Becauseattheendofeachtaskhehasmadearealdifferencetopeople'slives./Becausehisjob

makesadifferencetopeople'slives.

6.(Itisexciting)becauseyoumaytraveltomanyplacesandhelppeopleinneed.(Itisdangerous)

becauseyoumayworkindifficultconditions.

(Anyreasonableanswerisacceptable.)

(八)

“IsometimesgetupatthreeorfourinthemorningtosurftheIntemet.^^

“Icheckedmye-mailalmostfortytimesaday.^^

“Iseldomspendlessthanthreehourseachtimeonthenet.”

“Ispendmoretimeinchatroomsthanwithmy4real-Iife,fHends.”

Doyouknowanypeoplelikethese?Theyarepartofanewaddiction(瘾)calledInternet

addiction.Accordingtoexperts,Internetaddicts(迷)spendsatleastthirtytofortyhoursonline

everyweek.TheylosecontrolofthetimetheyspendontheInternet.

Forexample,onecollegestudentwasmissingforseveraldays.Hisfriendswereworriedand

lookedforhimeverywherebutcouldn'tfindhim.Theycalledthepolice.Thepolicefoundthe

studentinthecomputerlab:hewassurfingtheInternet-fbrsevendaysstraight.

AstudyshowsthataboutsixtotenpercentofInternetusersbecomeaddicted.Theteenagers

spendmoretimeontheInternetthanwithfriendsandfamily.That'swhysomeexpertsworrymost

aboutyoungpeople.

Is“surfingtheInternet“ahobbyoranaddictionfbryou?Youmayhaveaproblemifyou

haveoneofthefollowingsymptoms(症状).

Yougooutwithyourfriendslessandless.

You'vedecidetospendashorttimeonline,butthenyouspendseveralhours.

Youdonotgotoimportantfamilyeventsoryoudonotdoschoolprojectsbecauseyouliketo

spendhoursontheInternet.

Whatisthesituation?Someexpertssuggestthatpeoplesetstrictlimitsontheirtimefbr

Internetuse.Youhavetolearntocontrolit,ortheInternetwouldcontrolyou.

l.HowmanyhoursdoesanInternetaddictspendonlineeveryweekaccordingtoexperts?

2.Wherewasthemissingcollegestudentfound?

3.Whydosomeexpertsworrymostaboutyoungpeople?

4.WhatisonesymptomofInternetaddiction?

5.HowcanInternetaddictssolvetheirproblem?

6.Whatmightbethetitleofthispassage?(InnomorethanTENwords)

Keys:

1.Atleast30to40(hours).

2.Inthecomputerlab.

3.BecausetheyspendmoretimeontheInternetthanwithfriendsandfamily.

4.Yougooutwithyourfriendslessandless./You'vedecidetospendashorttimeonline,butthen

youspendseveralhours./Youdonotgotoimportantfamilyeventsoryoudonotdoschool

projectsbecauseyouliketospendhoursontheInternet.

5.BysettingstrictlimitsontheirtimefbrInternetuse./Theycansetstrictlimitsontheirtimefbr

Internetuse.

6.InternetAddiction/LearntocontrolInternetuse(Anyreasonableanswersacceptable)

(九)

IfsMarch,2050.

FrankandMarySmithwakeupintheircomfortablehouseinthemorningandswitchonthe

bedroomcomputertogetthelatestnews.TheyusedtoreadtheTimes,butchangedtoelectronic

newspapersmanyyearsago.

Thereistheusualnewsaboutspace:anotherspace