2021年河南中考英语考前冲刺-阅读理解限时训练（二）

2021年河南中考英语考前冲刺一阅读理解限时训练（二）

（共8道题，限时45分钟）

1.

Put"crottindechevre"intoGoogletranslate,andyouwillbetolditmeans

goat（山羊）dung.Soifitappearedonamenu,youmightnotorderit.Unluckily,

youwouldbemissingadeliciouscheesemadeofgoafsmilkthatitisoften

servedasastarterinFrance.SuchmisunderstandingsarewhyGooglesaysthatits

freetoolisnotgoingtoreplace（代替）humantranslators.

Touristsmightacceptafewmisunderstandingsbecausethetechnologyis

cheapandconvenient.Butwhentherisksarehigher,perhapsinbusiness,lawor

medicine,theseservicesoftenfallshort.UsingGoogleTranslatecanleadtosome

seriousmistakes,especiallywhenwordshavedifferentmeanings.

Thatisnottosayprofessionaltranslatorsdonotusecomputerassisted（辅

助的）translation（CAT）tools.Moresophisticatedapplications（复杂的应用）

canhelpthemtaketheboringworkoutofrepetitivetranslations.

nThere'snodoubtthatCATtoolshavetakensomeoftheboringworkoutof

texttranslationslikeinstructionmanuals（说明书），"saysPaolaGrassi,a

professionaltranslatorinMilan.nAgoodCATtoolcanhugelyspeedupthe

process,nshesays.

Formeetings,thenewwearabletranslationtoolsareundoubtedlypopular.

Butthisnewtechnologystillhasdisadvantages.Usersmustwaitatleastafew

secondsfbrasentencetobetranslated,ormoreiftheInternetconnectionispoor.

（1）Whatis"crottindechevre"onthemenuinFrance?

A.Goatdung.B.Terriblefood.

C.Deliciouscheese.D.Cow'smilk.

（2）WhatdoParagraphs4and5mainlytalkabout?

A.TheadvantagesofCATtools.

B.ThedisadvantagesofCATtools.

C.Theadvantagesanddisadvantagesofhumantranslators.

D.TheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofCATtools.

（3）What'sthebesttitle?

A.CanCATtoolsreplacethehumantranslators?

B.Let'suseCATtoolsinsteadofhumantranslators!

C.WhyareCATtoolspopularwithpeople?

D.WhyarehumantranslatorsbetterthanCATtools?

2.

MynameisWangYan.FmfromBeijingandI'm12yearsold.Istudyin

No.6MiddleSchool.I'minClass2,Grade7.Tmintheschoolmusicclub.Ican

playtheguitarwellandPmgoodatplayingthepiano.LangLangismyfavourite

musician.Idreamofbeingamusicianlikehim.

WangYueismysister.Wearetwins(双胞胎).Wegotothesameschool

butsheisinClass4,Grade7.Shecanplayping-pongverywellandsheisinthe

sportsclub.ShelikesZhanglikeandMuLongbest.Sheoftenwatchesthemplay

ping-pongonTV.

MysisterandIarelearninghowtoswim.Wethinkit'sareallyhealthysport.

(1)WangYanisinthe________club.

A.artB.sportsC.musicD.English

(2)HowoldisWangYue?

A.ll.B.12.C.13.D.14.

(3)WangYueisgoodatplaying________•

A.thepianoB.theguitarC.ping-pongD.tennis

(4)WhatareWangYanandWangYuelearningnow?

A.Howtoswim.B.HowtospeakEnglish.

C.Howtodance.D.Howtoplaythedrums.

(5)Whatcanweknowfromthepassage?

A.WangYuewantstobeamusician.

B.WangYanlikessportsverymuch.

C.WangYanandWangYuearcinthesameclass.

D.WangYanandWangYuearemiddleschoolstudents.

3.

ThesearethemessagesSandygotyesterday.Readthemcarefullyandfind

thebestanswerstothequestions.

Sandy,

IamgoingtohaveaChristmaspartynextweekend.Areyoucoming?

Grace

Sandy,

TheFugitiveisonatPresentTheatrenow.Wanttoseeit?

Chris

Sandy,

Mr.BrownsaidyourcarisOK.Nowyoucangoandgetitfrom9:00a.m.to

5:00p.m.

(1)WhenisGracegoingtohaveaparty?

A.Thisweekend.B.ThisFriday.C.Nextweekend

(2)WhatisTheFugitive?

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A.Abook.B.Amovie.C.Asong.

（3）WhatdidMr.BrowndoforSandy?

A.Herepairedhercar.B.Hewantedtobuyhercar.

C.Hecookeddinnerforher.

4.

Nowadays,moreandmorepeopleprefertoposttheirphotoswiththeir

friendsonlineaftertheyhavesomeactivities.Doyouthinktheyshouldaskfor

permission（许可）beforeposting?

Pros（正方）:

Ithinkpeopleneedtogetthepermission.Somepeoplemaynotliketoshare

theirphotosonline.Iftheirfriendsdirectlyposttheirphotosonline,theywillfeel

uncomfortable.What'sworse,itevenaffectstheirfriendship.

Photosmayshowtheirfriends1privateinformation.Inthiscase,people

disclose（公开）theirfriends*privateinformationwhilepostingtheirphotos

online.Itisimpoliteorevenagainstthelawtodoso.

Cons（反方）：

Ithinkifmyfriendswanttopostphotosofusonline,theydon'tneedtotell

me.Ifmyfriendsareactiveonsocialmediaandlikesharing,theywouldlike

theirphotostobeseen.Ithinkitisanothergoodwaytoshowourrealfriendship.

Maybesomeoneworriesthepostedphotoswilldisclosehisorherprivate

information.ButIbelievethattheyhavenoharmtomebecauserealfriendswon't

doanythingtohurteachother.

（1）Somepeoplemaybeiftheirfriendsdirectlyposttheirphotos

onlineaccordingtothepros.

A.happyB.angryC.sadD.bored

（2）Accordingtothecons,whydon'tweneedourfriends*permissionwhen

postingphotos?

A.Realfriendslikesharingeverything.

B.Photosarethebestwaytoshowourfriendship.

C.Realfriendswontdoanythingtohurteachother.

D.Realfriendsenjoymakingphotosseenbyothers.

（3）Whatcanweinfer（推断）fromthepassage?

A.Postingphotosonlineshouldn'tbeallowed.

B.Postingphotosonlineshouldn*tgetpermission.

C.Postingphotosonlineshouldbethoughttwice.

D.Postingphotosonlineislikedbyeveryone.

5.

Recently,theterm"carbonneutral（碳中和）”hasbeenusedfrequentlyat

someimportantmeetingsinmanycountries.Manycountrieshaveputforwardthe

goalofstriving（奋斗目标）tobecarbonneutral.Chinaisexpectedtobecarbon

neutralby2060.So,asmiddleschoolstudents,whatcanwedotoprotectthe

environmentandlivealowcarbonlife?Herearesomesuggestionsforyou.

Travelinagreenway.NowmoreChinesepeoplehavecarsoftheirown.It

hasbroughtusalotofbenefitsbuthascreatedsomeseriousproblemsaswell.So

we*dbetterdomorewalking,cyclingandlessdriving.Bydoingso,wecansave

energyandreducepollution.

Cutdownwhitepollution.Weshouldreducetheuseofplasticbags.When

yougotothesupermarket,bringyourownshoppingbags.

Savewater.Lack（缺乏）ofwaterresourceswillaffecttheecological

environment（生态环境）.Sopleaseturnoffthetapafterusingit.

Sore（分类）therubbish.Doinggarbageclassification（垃圾分类）ina

rightwaycanturnwasteintowealth.

Plantmoretrees.Plantingmoretreesmeanscuttingdownandreducingthe

carbonfootprint（碳足迹）andspreadofgreenhousegases（气体）.

Usebothsidesofthepaper.Thepaperproductionprocessusesalotoftrees.

Nowisthetimethatweshouldtakeupourresponsibilitytoprotectour

environmentfrombeingpolluted.Letsjoinourhandsandtakeaction

immediately.

（1）Whichwayisbadfortheenvironment?

A.Walking.B.Ridingabike.C.Driving.

（2）Whitepollutionmeans.

A.waterpollution.B.plasticpollution.

C.airpollution.

（3）Whenwegoshopping,we*dbetteruse.

A.plasticbags.B.shoppingcards.C.shoppingbags.

（4）Howmanysuggestionsdoesthewritergiveinthepassagetobecarbon

neutral?

A.5.B.6.C.7.

（5）Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Livealowcarbonlife.B.Soretherubbish.

C.Travelinagreenway.

6.

Howdoyouspendyourweekends?

Myfatherisadrivinglover,andheoftendrivesmetohaveweekendcamps.And

hisfirstchoice（选择）isusuallynearamountain.Helikesitsstrangeroadsand

thinksit'sachallenge.Ofcoursesafetyisthemostimportantinhiseyes.

—Billy

Onweekends,Iusuallyridetovisitmygrandparentsinamountain

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village.Aroundit,therearethreemountains.Theenvironmentisreallybeautiful

andit'slikeanewclearworldoutthere.

一Molly

Formyweekend,Iusuallyfeelit*slikeabaddream.Ialwayshavemuchmore

homeworkfrommymother.Inhereyes,allIcandoistostudy,becauseshe

alwaysexpectsmetogotoanexcellentuniversity.

—Jackson

Inmyfather'sopinion,teenagersshouldtrytohelpparentsdosomethingathome.

Asaresult,youcanimaginehowtiredI'meveryweekend.That'sbecauseI

alwayshavesomeboringhouseworktodoandhaveneverenjoyedanyofmy

hobbies.

—Annie

(1)WhatdoesBilly'sfatherthinkofdrivinginthemountain?

Alt'sexciting.B.Ifsboring.C.Ifseasy.D.Ifsstrange.

(2)Whoisusuallyinamountainvillageonweekends?

A.Billy.B.Jackson.C.Annie.D.Molly.

(3)WhatdoesAnniealwaysdoonweekends?

A.Shealwaysvisitshergrandparents.

B.Shealwayshasacamp.

C.Shealwaysdoesmuchhousework.

D.Shealwaysdoesherhomework.

7.

Oncetherelivedtwopigeons(鸽子).Theywerehusbandandwife.They

spenttheirtimelookingforfoodintheforest.Oneevening,thewifereturned

homeearly.Asusualshewaswaitingforherhusbandtohavedinner,when

suddenlyitstartedraining.Shewasworried.

Justthen,shesawabird-catcher(捕鸟人)comingtowardsher.Inacage

(笼子)hehadapigeon.Itwasherhusband.

Soon,itstoppedraining,butthebirdcatcher'sclotheswerewet.Thepoor

wifesatbyherhusband'scage.Andshestartedtocry.Thehusbandsaid,"Don't

feelsad,dear.Wenowhaveaguest.Thismaniscoldandhungry.Heneedsyour

help."Hearingthis,thewifeflewaroundtogetdrytwigs(细枝).Shemadea

fireforthebird-catcher.Thenshelookedatthebird-catcherandsaid,"Youare

ourguest.SinceIhavenofoodtooffer,Iwilljumpintothefire.Youcaneatme.”

Thebird-catcherwasoverwhelmedbythehospitalityofthehumblepigeon.

Hestoppedthewifefromjumpingintothefire.Heopenedthecageandsetthe

husbandfree.Thetwopigeonswerehappytobetogether.

(1)Wheredidthetwopigeonsusuallyhavedinner?

A.Intheforest.B.Athome.C.Inacage.D.Inarestaurant.

(2)Whydidthepoorwifestarttocry?

A.Becauseshelostherhusband.

B.Becauseshehadnowaytohelpherhusband.

C.Becauseshedidn'twanttostayinthecage.

D.Becausethebird-catcherwouldkillhersoon.

(3)Whatdoestheunderlinedsentencemean?

A.Thebird-catcherknewhowkindthewifewas.

B.Thebird-catcherknewwhatthewifewoulddo.

C.Thebird-catcherwasangryabouthavingnofoodtoeat.

D.Thebird-catcherwonderedwhythewifedidso.

(4)Whatdoesthepassagemainlytellus?

A.Hardworkwillhavegoodresults.

B.Abirdinhandisusefulthantwointheforest.

C.Agoodbeginningishalfdone.

D.Akindheartbringsunbelievableresults.

8.

Amanandhiswifemovedintoanewhome.Itcostthemalmostalltheir

savings(积蓄).

"Nowit'sthetimetoworkhardandmakemoremoney,'1themansaid."Ill

worklongerhourssothatwecanhaveenoughmoney."

"That'sfine,"hiswifesaid."Justdon*tforgetyouhaveawifeathomewho

needsyourcare,too.'1Butasheworkedmorehours,hesawhiswifelessandless.

Andthentheyhadachild.

"IllneedtostarttravelingtoothercitiessothatIcanmakemoresalesand

makemoremoney.Weshouldgiveoursonabetterlife,"themansaid