专题02 阅读理解（二）-备战2024年中考英语阅读理解必做100篇

备战2024年中考英语阅读理解必做100篇专题02阅读理解（二）（一）HelpingSeniors(老年人)MattPosted5/15/204：53PMIcreatedTeensHelpingSeniorswithmyfriends．Thegrouphasabout200volunteers．Thevolunteersdeliverfoodorothersuppliesfortheelderlyintown．Ispendsixtoeighthoursaweekbuyingfoodandmakingdeliveries．Bynowwehavecompleted350deliveries．LindaPosted5/15/206：25PMIorganizedMittlerSeniorTechnology,aprogramtohelptheelderlylearnhowtousecomputersandsmartphones．Nowthereare50localseniorsintheweeklytechnologyclasses．Iwanttomakesurethattheseniorscouldstayconnectedtotheworld．JordanPosted5/16/205:20PMIcameupwithawaytohelplonelyseniorswithmyfriends．WecallittheJoy4AllProject．Bydialing569-4255,theelderlycanhearpre-recordedjokesandpoems．Thehotlinehasreceivedmorethan1,800phonecalls．KathyPosted5/16/207:46PMIheardthattheseniorsinthenursinghomecouldn’tseetheirfamiliesandfriendsveryoften,somyfriendsandIdecidedtocheeruptheelderlybywritingthemletters．Wewantthemtoknowthatnobodyisbeingforgotten．Bynowmorethan100studentsinmyschoolhavejoinedus．21．WhocreatedTeensHelpingSeniors?A．Kathy． B．Linda． C．Jordan． D．Matt．22．Howmanylocalseniorsarethereintheweeklytechnologyclasses?A．50． B．100． C．200． D．350．23．Tohelptheelderlyinthenursinghome,Kathyandherschoolmates_________．A．taughtthemhowtousecomputersB．recordedjokesandpoemforthemC．wrotethemletterstocheerthemupD．deliveredfoodorothersuppliesforthem（二）Dan'sclassknowDanisinthehallbeforetheyseehim．Heraps（说唱）whenhepassesinthehall．Herapswhenhecomesintoclass．Andherapswhenhesitsathisdesk．Herapswhenhecanandherapsaboutalmosteverything．Danjoinedinarapcompetitionatschool．WhenDanrapped,hisfriendsclapped（鼓掌）forhim．Thekidsthoughthisrappingwasgreat．ButcouldDanwin?Dandidwin!Dangotthetopplace!Allhisclassmatesgavehimabighand．"NowDanisastarinourschool!"Malsaid．BenstoodupandshookDan'shand．"Thatwascool,Dan．Youareahero!"MissMillssaid,"Dandidwin!HisnextstepistoraponNationalRapStaronTV．WecanallgiveDanabighand．"TheclassclappedandcheeredforDan．MissMillssmiled．MissMillsandhisclassmateswereexcited,butDanthrewhimselfontohischair,silent．DancouldnotraponTV．Inclass,Dancouldnotdohisphysics．Hecouldnotthink．Danwasnotakidwhogotnervousalot,buthedidnotwishtoraponTV．Couldhebeluckyagain?Anyway,whowantedtolose?Danthoughtperhapshewouldnotattendthenationalcompetition．ThenhewouldnothavetoraponTV．Dan'sfriendssensedsomethingwasgoingonhismind．Theyplannedtogivehimsomehelp．WhenDangottoclassthenextday,hesawasignonthewall．Itsaid,"Dan,justraplikeinourclassroom!"Dansmiled．“Perhapsit'snotthathardtoraponTV．"hethought．24．HowdoDan'sclassmatesknowheisinthehallbeforetheyseehim?A．Theyhearhimrap． B．Theyseeasignonthewall．C．Theyhearhimclaphands． D．Theyseethethingsonhisdesk．25．Whydidn’tDanwanttoraponTV?A．Hegotnervousalot． B．Hewasafraidtolose．C．Hehadimprovehisphysics． D．Heplannedtocheerforothers．26．Whatdoyouthinkhappenedlateraccordingtothestory？A．Danhatedhisfriendsfortheirpush． B．DanforgotwhatheshouldraponTV．C．Danattendedthenationalcompetition． D．Danstoppedrappingafterthecompetition．（三）Thetwoboys,TomandHuck,wereveryfrightenedbecausetheyworriedaboutbeingfoundbyInjunJoeandhisfriend．Throughtheholeinthefloor,thetwoboysupstairssawthemeneatandtalk．Thenthemenweretiredandfellasleep．TomandHucklaythereforaverylongtime．Finally,thetwomenwokeupandliftedupastoneinthegroundandtookoutsomemoneytheyhadstolen．ThenInjunJoeliftedupanotherstoneandfoundabox．"What'sthis?"InjunJoeasked．Thetwomenpulledtheboxoutofthegroundandopenedit．Thetwoboys,TomandHuck,couldseetherewasmuchmoneyinit．Theywereveryexcited．"There'sthousandsofdollarsinthebox!"saidhisfriend．"ItmusthavebeenleftherebyMurrel,"saidInjunJoe．"Whatwillwedowithit?""We'lltakeittomyhideout(隐匿处)．""Numberoneornumbertwo?""Numbertwo,underthecross．"ThenInjunJoeandhisfriendsawsometoolsinthecorneranddecidedtogoupstairs．ButthestairsbrokewhenInjunJoestoodonthem!Sothetwomenleftthehouseandwenttowardstheriver．Tomwenthomeasquicklyashecould．Thenextday,thetwoboysrememberedthe"Numbertwo",thinkingthismustbethenumberoftheroominthehotel．Theygotallthekeystheycouldfindanywhere．ButTomdiscoveredthedoorwasnotlocked．Heopenedit!—AdaptedfromTheAdventureofTomSawyer31．TomandHuckwereveryfrightenedbecause_________．A．theyworriedaboutbeingfoundB．theystoleInjunJoeandhisfriend'smoneyC．InjunJoeandhisfriendwerelookingforthemD．InjunJoeandhisfriendwantedtotalktothem32．TomandHuckwereveryexcitedaftertheysaw_________．A．MurrelandInjunJoe B．aboxintheground C．InjunJoeandhisfriend D．muchmoneyinthebox33．WhatwouldInjunJoedowiththemoney?A．Hewouldthrowitaway． B．Hewouldhideitintheground．C．Hewouldtakeittohishideout． D．Hewouldgiveittothetwoboys．34．WhathappenedwhenInjunJoestoodonthestairs?A．Thestairsbroke． B．Anotherboxwasfound． C．Hefelloffthestairs． D．HesawTomandHuck．35．Fromthestory,wecanknow_________．A．InjunJoeandhisfriendfoundmanyworksofartintheboxB．TomfollowedthemenwhenInjunJoeandhisfriendleftthehouseC．Tomthought"Numbertwo"wasthenumberoftheroominthehotelD．Tomopenedthedooroftheroominthehotelwiththekeythathefound（四）MOVIEGUIDEFRIDAYHarryPotterIII14:0021:00ScienceFictionNowHarryPotterhasbeeninthewizardryschoolforthreeyears．Hebeginsanewlife．Howiseverythinggoing?Mr．Bean9:0018:00ComedyRowanAtkinsonisagreatactor．HismovieMr．Beaniscoming．It’sveryfunny．Don’tmissit．RushHour11:0016:00ActionMovieDoyoulikeJackieChan?RushHourisanothermovieofhis．It’ssoexciting．Comeandhavefun．TheMonkeyKing17:0022:00CartoonItispickedfromJourneytotheWest．ThismoviedescribesabraveherowhoisfearlesstofightagainstallGods……Children,comeandseeit!56．WhatkindofmovieisMr．Bean?A．Comedy． B．ScienceFiction． C．Cartoon． D．Actionmovie．57．________ismostlikelytobepopularwithchildrenbetween3and4yearsold．A．HarryPotterIII B．Mr．Bean C．RushHour D．TheMonkeyKing58．AfterIfinishedmysupperat7:30onFriday,Icouldchoosetoenjoy________．A．TheMonkeyKingorMrBean B．RushHourorHarryPotterIIIC．HarryPotterIIIorTheMonkeyking D．RushHourorMrbean59．________isthemaincharacterofRushHour．A．RowanAtkinson B．HarryPotter C．JackieChan D．TheMonkeyKing60．YoucanseeHarryPotterIIIat________．A．1:00pm B．2:00am C．4:00am D．9:00pm（五）Cait,11,wastryingtofallasleepwhenher8-year-oldbrother,Doug,cameintoherroom．Helookedaround,butseemedreallyoutofit．ThenDougwentbackintothehallwayandstoodtherelookingstraightupatthelight．Thiswasreallystrange．Caitdidn’tknowwhattodo．Justthen,Cait’sfatherappearedandexplainedDougwassleepwalking．Notallsleepisthesameeverynight．Weexperiencesomedeep,quietsleepandsomeactivesleep,whichiswhendreamshappen．Youmightthinksleepwalkingwouldhappenduringactivesleepbutapersonisn’tphysicallyactiveduringactivesleep．Itusuallyhappensinthefirstfewhoursofsleepintheperiodcalleddeepsleep．Thetruthisthatnotallsleepwalkerswalk．Somesimplysituporstandinbedoractlikethey’reawakewhen,infact,they’reasleep!Most,however,dogetupandwalkaroundforafewsecondsorforaslongashalfanhour．Sleepwalkers’eyesareopen,buttheydon’tseethesamewaytheydowhenthey’reawake．Theytendtogobacktobedontheirownandwon’trememberitinthemorning．Youalsomighthaveheardthatsleepwalkerscangetfrightenedifyouwakethemup．That’strue,sowhatdoyoudoifyouseesomeonesleepwalking?Youshouldcallforagrown-upwhocanleadthepersonbacktobed．Andoncethesleepwalkeristuckedbackinbed,it’stimeforyoutogetsomesleep,too!WordBanktend倾向于frightened受惊的tuck掖好被子11．Whatdoes“outofit”mostprobablymeaninChinese?A．茫然不觉 B．心满意足 C．垂头丧气 D．悠然自得12．Whendoessleepwalkingusuallyhappen?A．Duringactivesleep． B．Inthefirstfewhoursofsleep．C．Whendreamsbegin． D．Whenwe'retryingtofallasleep．13．Whichparagraphstellwhatsleepwalkersdo?A．①② B．②③ C．③④ D．④⑤14．Whatshouldwedoifweseepeoplesleepwalking?A．Wakethemup． B．Walkaroundwiththem．C．Donothingandgetyourownsleep． D．Askgrown-upstoleadthemtobed．15．Whoisthetextwrittenfor?（六）HopeMattersReyesGuana,42,grewupinapoorMexicanfamily．Hehassevenbrothersandsisters．Hisparentsalwayshadtwojobstomakeendsmeet．Asaboy,Guanahadagoodrelationshipwiththeschoolcleaner．Hecalledher"Nike"becausesheworeNikeshoes．TheboylikedhowNikemadeeverythingclean．Hetoldherhewantedtobeacleaner,too．"Well,it'sgoodifyouwanttobeacleaner,"NiketoldlittleGuana．"Butmakesureyougotocollege．"Guanaalsolookeduptotheprincipal(校长)ofhisschool．Theschoolleadertoldtheboythathisjobwastohelpstudentsandteachers．"Wow,whenIgrowup,Iwanttodowhatyou'redoing,"Guanatoldhim．"Well,ifyousticktoyourdream,youwill,"theprincipalreplied．AndGuanareallygotthere．Butitwasquitealongjourneyforhim．Twenty-threeyearsago,hefollowedinNike'sfootstepsandwascleaningschools．Heworkedatthreeschoolstopayforhiscollegeeducation．Heheldthatjobforfouryearsandthenworkedhiswayuptobeingaschoolsafetymonitor．Afterthat,heworkedasateacherforafewyears．Now,asaprincipal,Guananeverforgetswherehecamefrom．Hehelpsstudentsfrompoorfamiliesandshowsrespect(尊重)foreveryschoolstaffmember．Healwaysinviteseveryonetoschoolparties,includingthosewhocleanthefloorsandthosewhodrivetheschoolbuses．36．Guanahopedtobeacleanerbecausehe______．A．wasgoodatcleaning B．admiredthecleaner"Nike"alotC．neededtosupporthispoorfamily D．hadtopayforhiscollegeeducation37．Guanabecameaschoolsafetymonitor______．A．whenhewasnineteen B．afterheworkedasateacherC．assoonashegotenoughmoney D．beforehewasnamedprincipal38．Theunderlinedphrasegotthereisclosestinmeaningto_____．A．wentbackto"Nike" B．enteredacollegeC．realizedone'sdream D．becamewell-known39．Accordingtothewriter,_____．A．GuanashouldhavebeennamedprincipalearlierB．aboyfromapoorfamilycanhaveabrightfutureC．acleanerismoreimportantthanacollegestudentDthecleanersandthedriversshouldgetmorerespect40．Whatwouldbeanothertitleforthispassage?A．FromCleanertoLeader B．DifferentJobsC．FromFailuretoSuccess D．RelationshipWorks（七）OncethereweremanythousandsofGourmaDesert(沙漠)elephantsinMali,acountryinWestAfrica．Now,therearefewerthanfourhundred．Whydidthenumberoftheelephantsdropsoquickly?Ontheonehand,theelephants’mainlake,theironlywatersource(来源),driedup．Ontheotherhand,thelandwhichtheelephantslivedonwasoverusedbyhumans．Toprotecttheelephants’livingenvironment,theMaliElephantProject(MEP)wasstartedin2007．MEPmetwithlocalpeopleandhelpedthemmakerulesofusinglandandwater．Asaresult,thesituationbecamebetterandtherewasmorefood,forestandgrassland．However,from2012to2016,poaching(偷猎)andillegaltradeintheelephantsincreasedrapidly．Eighty-threeelephantswerelostin2015alone,andanotherfifty-oneelephantwerekilledin2016．“Ifthissituationgoeson,alltheGourmaelephantswillbekilledby2020,”saidamemberofMEP．Luckily,thevoiceofMEPwasheard．Moreorganizations(组织)havejoinedtogethertoeducatethelocalpeoplethattradingelephantsisagainstthelaw．Elephantpoachinghasdroppedtoaverylowlevel．Thelocalpeoplehavelearnedtolivepeacefullywiththeelephants,oneofthewildlifetreasuresintheworld．26．MEPwasstartedto________．A．raisemoreelephantsinMali B．stopthemainlakefromdryingupC．discoverwatersourceforelephants D．protecttheelephants’livingenvironment27．Whatdoestheword“illegal”inParagraph4meaninChinese?A．公平的 B．亏损的 C．非法的 D．合理的28．Eighty-threeelephantswerelost________．A．in2012 B．in2015 C．in2016 D．in202029．Wecanlearnfromthelastparagraphthat________．A．thenumberoforganizationshasdropped B．thereismuchlesselephantpoachingnowC．thelocalpeoplekeeptheelephantsathome D．thewholeworldlivepeacefullywithelephants30．Thispassageismainlyabout________．A．therulesofusinglandandwater B．theeducationofthelocalpeopleC．theworkofMaliElephantProject D．thesituationofGourmaDesertelephants（八）Mydearboysandgirls,goodmorning．TodayI'mgoingtotalktoyou,aboutmyunderstandingoflearninghistory．Manyofyoumaythinkitisaterriblethingtostudyhistory．Youmayoftenwonderwhywestudentsshouldstudysomethingthathasnothingtodowithourownlives．Ifyouthinkthatway,Ishouldsayyouarefarfromthetruth．Infact,ifwestudyhistory,wecanlearnquitealotaboutpersonalstoriesandevents(事件)ofpeoplejustlikeus．Thepeoplewhocamebeforeushelpedbuildanddevelopthecountrywearelivingin．Theirideasoftensolvedmanyofourproblemsandtroubles．Studyingthepasthelpsustounderstandwhatourancestors'(祖先)liveswerelike．Anditalsohelpsustoseehowtheirexperienceshaveshapedourownlife．Tobehonest,▲．Someofwhatwestudyinhistoryhelpsusunderstandthemistakesofthepast．Andthesemistakeswillhelppeoplenottodothesamewrongthings．Peopleoftenlearnfromthepasttohaveabetterfuture．Whetherwelikethesubjectofhistoryornot,wemustunderstandtheimportanceoftheeventsandthepeoplewhocamebeforeus．Ourancestors'decisionshaveinfluencedourownlife．Similarly,thedecisionsofourowngeneration(一代人）willfinallyinfluencethosewhocomeafterus．Inthisonlyway,theworldistrulyconnected．Historyisnotjustastudyofthepast．Historyisthestudyofpeople,places,andeventsthatcaninfluencethefuture．Nowdoyoustillthinkstudyinghistoryisasadthing?Ordoyouhaveanydoubtaboutlearninghistory?Ifyouhaveanyquestion,justfeelfreetoask．23．Whatkindofwritingisthepassageabove?A．Adiary． B．Astory． C．Aspeech． D．Aletter．24Whichofthefollowingcanbeputinthe▲inParagraph4?A．themistakesofthepastwon'thelpus．B．Idon'tliketheideaoflearninghistoryC．itisnoteasytolearnthesubjectofhistoryD．noteverythingthathappenedinthepastisgood25．AccordingtoParagraph5,thedecisionsofourgenerationwill______________．A．showwhatishappeningtous B．buildanddevelopourcountryC．influencethepeopleinthefuture D．helpunderstandthepeopleinthepast26．Thewriterwrotethepassageto___________________．A．introducesomeimportantpeopleinhistoryB．developstudents'interestinlearninghistoryC．explaindifferentpeople'sunderstandingofhistoryD．showtherelationshipbetweenthepastandthefuture（九）Recentlychildrenhavebeentoldtobuytraditionalalarmclocksinsteadofmobilephonestowakethemupinthemorning．SchoolswilladvisepupilstoturnoffmobilephonesoriPadsintheeveningtohaveenoughsleep．Researchersfromacharitysaythatusinginternet-connecteddevices(装置)intheeveningcanpreventchildrengettingmorerest．Moreover,theysuggestthatschoolchildrenshouldinvestinarealalarmclocktomakesurethattheygetagoodnight'ssleepandarriveatschoolontime．①．Theresultisthat40%pupilsinsecondaryschoolscannowhardlygetonwellwithoutthesedevices．Abouttwo-thirdsofpupilshaveahabitoftakingmobilephonestobedatnight．②．Thestudyalsoshowsthatgirlsaremorelikelytobeattractedbymobilephonesthanboys,andoftenusetheInternettotalktofriendsbysocialnetworkingwebsites,suchasFacebookandTwitter．Onegirlaged12said,"IhavebeentoldthatIamaddicted(上瘾的)totheInternet,andpreferbeingonlinetobeingwithotherpeople．"③．Agirlof13toldresearchers,"Ican'timagineifsomeonetakesmyiPadaway．Iwalkaroundthehousewithiteventhoughits'notturnedon．Ijustlikebeingwithit．"Anothergirladded,"SometimesIcan'tsleepwithoutusingthemobilephoneatnight．"④．Thecharity,whichwassetuptopromote(推动)iPadsintheclassroom,hasnowgivenfivesuggestionstoprotectchildrenfrombeingaffectedbyelectronic(电子的)devices．41．Togetagoodnight'ssleep,schoolpupilsareaskedtobuy________．A．iPads B．alarmclocks C．mobilephones D．electronicdevices42．Theunderlinedwords"investin"inParagraph(段落)2mean________．A．handout B．handin C．spendtimeon D．spendmoneyon43．Itisbettertoput"Astudyofabout3000pupilsshowsthatalmosthalffeeltobecontrolledbyelectronicdevices"in________．A．① B．② C．③ D．④44．Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthat________．A．mostpupilsturnofftheirmobilephonesintheeveningB．usingmobilephonescanmakechildrengetmorerestC．one-thirdofpupilsgetusedtosleepingwithmobilephonesDgirlsaremoreinterestedinusingmobilephonesthanboys45．Whatwillbetalkedaboutinthefollowingparagraph?A．Examplesofboys． B．Moreinformationaboutthecharity．C．Thetipsgiventochildren． D．Instructionsaboutelectronicdevices（十）Itmightbefuntouseyoursmartphone,butbecareful．Toomuchscreentimemaybeharmfultoyourhealth．First,itisbadforyoureyes．AresearchercalledSarahHinkleysaystheproblemcomesfromthebluelightthatthescreengivesout．Lookingatasmartphoneforalongtimecancauseeyestrain（劳损）,headachesanddryeyes．Soitisagoodideatotakeabreakevery15minuteswhenyouareworkingatacomputerorusingasmartphone．Second,screenusecandoharmtochildren’sbrains．Anewstudyshowsthatusingscreenstoomuchcanaffect（影响）howchildren’sbrainsgrow．Ifchildrenusescreensformorethanonehouraday,theymighthavelowerlevelsofwhitematterintheirbrains．Whitematterisakeytothedevelopmentoflanguageandreadingskills．Soitiswisetocutdownthetimeofchildrenusingallkindsofscreens．Third,usingscreenstoomuchwillaffectyoursleep．Accordingtoastudy,about95%ofthepeoplebetweentheagesof13and64useelectronicsbeforebed,especiallytheyoungpeopleunder20．Doctorssaythatthelightfromthoseelectronicsatnightmaymakeyouexcitedbeforeyougotobed．Thenit’shardforyoutogetenoughsleep．Soyou’dbetterturnoffsmartphones,TVs,andallotherscreensanhourbeforeyourbedtime．Tokeephealthy,doctorsandresearchersstronglyadvisethatyoushouldn’tusescreensforlonghours．36．Thebluelightfromyourscreenscancause________．A．eyestrain B．headaches C．dryeyes D．alloftheabove37．Accordingtothepassage,youcan’tsleepwellbecauseyou________．A．takeabreakevery15minutes B．havelowerlevelsofwhitematterC．usescreenstoomuchbeforebed D．arethepeoplefrom13to6438．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A．Usingsmartphonesforlonghoursdoesharmtoyoureyes．B．Alotofscreentimeaffectschildren’sbraingrowth．C．Thelightfromelectronicsatnightmaymakeyouexcited．D．Peopleofallagesmustn’tuseelectronics．39．Youmayreadthepassagein________．A．asciencemagazine B．atraveldiary C．aguidebook D．anovel40．Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A．Thewaystokeephealthy． B．Theharmofusingscreenstoomuch．C．Thewaystousescreens． D．Theadvantagesofusingscreens．（十一）WhenChinesepeopletalkaboutChineseteaculturetoday,theywon'tmissanimportantpersoninChinesehistory-LuYu,respectedasa"SageofTea(茶圣)"forhisachievementsintheChineseteaculture．Heisbest﹣knownforTheClassicofTea,thefirstworkongrowing,makinganddrinkingtea．LuwasborninJinglingin733A．D．Asachild,hebecameastudentofZouFuzi．Thankstohisteacher'sguidance,helearntalot．Heoftenmadeteaforhisteacher．Healsotookcareofhisfellowstudents'healthusinghisknowledgeonteaandherbs(草药)．LuYuoftenwenttothecountrysidetogathertealeavesandherbs．Ononeofthosetrips,LuYufoundaspring．Thewaterwasquiteclearandclean．WhenLumadeteawiththisspringwater,hefoundtheteatastedbetterthanusual．Fromthenon,herealizedtheimportanceofwaterqualityinmakingtea．In752A．D,LuYufinishedhisstudiesandreturnedtoJingling,wherehemetCuiGuofu．Bothmensharedthesameinterestsintea,literature(文学)andpoetry．Theysoonbecamegoodfriends．Sincethen,thetwospentmuchtimetravelling,drinkingteaandwritingpoemstogether．ThisperiodwasimportanttoLuYuasamanofliterature．Cui,withhisrichexperienceandskillsinwriting,becameacoachofLu．HeprovidednecessaryhelpwithLu'swriting．ItwasduringthistimethatLufinallywrotetheamazingwork,TheClassicofTea．34．WhatisLufamousfor?A．Havingwisdom． B．Respectingteachers．C．Caringforfriends． D．Influencingteaculture．35．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"guidance"inParagraph2probablymean?A．Help B．Stress C．Protection D．Control36．WhydidLuandCuibecomegoodfriends?A．Theyhadthesamehobbies． B．Theylivedinthesameplace．C．Theyspentmuchtimetogether． D．Theyhadthesameexperiences．37．Whichofthefollowingisthecorrectorderaccordingtothepassage?①LuYuwroteTheClassicofTea．②LuYubecameastudentofZouFuzi．③LuYumadefriendswithCuiGuofu．④LuYufoundwaterqualitywasimportant．A．②③①④ B．②④③① C．④①③② D．④②③①（十二）Peopleuselanguagestocommunicate．Anylanguagehasitswaystoexpresspeople’sminds．Oneofthewaysincommonistheuseofidioms．Anidiomisagroupofwords．Ithasaspecialmeaningthatisdifferentfromtheusualmeaning．Forexample,undertheweatherisanidiommeaningill．Sowhenpeoplesay“I’mundertheweather,"theyaresayingthatthey’renotfeelingwell．Anotherexample,inallweathersmeansinallkindsofweather．So,“Therearehomelesspeoplesleepingonthestreetsinallweathers"tellsusthathomelesspeoplesleeponthestreetsnomatterwhetheritiscoldorhot．Differentlanguagesmayhavedifferentwaystomakeidioms．Forpeoplewhoarelearningaforeignlanguage,idiomscouldcausemisunderstandingsandbringthemendlessheadaches．Ontheotherhand,ifthingsaredoneright,idiomscanalsobeafunwayoflookingintoanewcultureandunderstandinghowthepeoplethinkandtalk．Metaphor(比喻)isoftenusedinidioms．Let’sreadthefollowingtwoexamples:●Itmakesmybloodboil(煮沸)whenpeoplelitter．●Thenightwasdarkandquiet;mybloodrancoldwhenIheardastrangenoiseoutsideatdarknight．Inneithersituationabove,ourbloodcanreachthepointsohighorsolowintemperature．Yet,withthesituationsthetwosentencescreated,itisnotdifficulttoworkouttheunhappyfeelingsofreallyangryinthefirstexampleandveryafraidinthesecond．Ofcourse,notallidiomsarethiseasytounderstand．Whenwecometoidiomsofaforeignlanguage,agooddictionaryofidiomsisalwayssuggested．24．Thispassagetellsussomethingabout__________intheEnglishlanguage．A．grammar B．writing C．reading D．idioms25．Ifyourbrotherbreaksyourcomputer,youcansaytohim,“__________．”A．I’mundertheweather B．I’mthereinallweathersC．You’vemademybloodboil D．Mybloodrunscold26．Whatisthewriter’sadvicewhenyoucometoanexpressionlikeundertheweather?A．Weshouldlookitupinagoodidiomdictionary．B．Weshouldtrytoexpressourmindswithit．C．Weshouldfindaninterestingwaytolearnit．D．Weshouldcreatesituationstoguessitsmeaning．参考答案（一）本文介绍了网上张贴的马特，琳达，乔丹和凯西这四位年轻人帮助老年人的活动。21．D【解析】细节理解题。根据“Matt……．IcreatedTeensHelpingSeniorswithmyfriends．”可知，马特创建了青少年帮助老年人的组织，故选D。22．A【解析】细节理解题。根据“Nowthereare50localseniorsintheweeklytechnologyclasses．”可知，现在有50名当地的老年人参加每周的科技课程。故选A。23．C【解析】细节理解题。根据“Iheardthattheseniorsinthenursinghomecouldn’tseetheirfamiliesandfriendsveryoften,somyfriendsandIdecidedtocheeruptheelderlybywritingthemletters．”可知，为了帮助疗养院里的老人，凯西和她的同学们给他们写信使他们高兴起来。故选C。（二）文章大意：Dan喜欢说唱，他能说唱的时候就说唱，几乎说唱所有的东西。他参加了学校的说唱比赛并得了第一名，大家都认为他下一步该参加电视上的说唱节目，但Dan害怕会输掉，想着只要不参加全国比赛就不必在电视上说唱，朋友们意识到他需要帮助，他们在教室里贴标语鼓励Dan，使他觉得在电视上说唱也许并不难。24．A【解析】细节理解题。根据第1段中“Dan'sclassknowDanisinthehallbeforetheyseehim．Herapswhenhepassesinthehall．”可知Dan的同学没看到Dan就知道他在大厅里，是因为他们听到了Dan的说唱。故选A。25．B【解析】细节理解题。根据第5段中“Danwasnotakidwhogotnervousalot,buthedidnotwishtoraponTV．Couldhebeluckyagain?Anyway,whowantedtolose?”可知Dan怕自己不会再那么幸运，怕输掉比赛，因此不想在电视上说唱。故选B。26．C【解析】推理判断题。根据第5段中“Danthoughtperhapshewouldnotattendthenationalcompetition．ThenhewouldnothavetoraponTV．”讲Dan想着也许不参加全国比赛，就不必在电视上说唱；结合文末“‘Perhapsit'snotthathardtoraponTV．’hethought．”讲到他认为可能在电视上说唱也没有那么难，由此可推出他下一步会参加全国比赛，在电视上说唱。故选C。（三）这是一篇记叙文，文章节选自《汤姆索亚历险记》，讲述汤姆和哈克发现一个有很多钱的盒子的经历。31．A【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段“Thetwoboys,TomandHuck,wereveryfrightenedbecausetheyworriedaboutbeingfoundbyInjunJoeandhisfriend”可知两个人非常害怕因为他们担心被InjunJoe和他的朋友发现。故选A。32．D【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段“Thetwomenpulledtheboxoutofthegroundandopenedit．Thetwoboys,TomandHuck,couldseetherewasmuchmoneyinit．Theywereveryexcited．”可知他们看到盒子里有很多钱，很兴奋。故选D。33．C【解析】细节理解题。根据“We'lltakeittomyhideout”可知想把钱带到隐匿处。故选C。34．A【解析】细节理解题。根据“ButthestairsbrokewhenInjunJoestoodonthem”可知InjunJoe站在楼梯上的时候楼梯坏了。故选A。35．C【解析】推理判断题。根据“TomandHuck,couldseetherewasmuchmoneyinit”可知A选项“foundmanyworksofart”表述错误。根据“Tomwenthomeasquicklyashecould”可知B选项“Tomfollowedthemen”表述错误。根据“thetwoboysrememberedthe"Numbertwo",thinkingthismustbethenumberoftheroominthehotel”可知C选项表述正确。根据“Theygotallthekeystheycouldfindanywhere．ButTomdiscoveredthedoorwasnotlocked．Heopenedit!”可知D选项“withthekeythathefound”表述错误。故选C。（四）【文章大意】本文为电影的广告，