09年中考英语单项突破阅读4

09年中考英语单项突破阅读4

Passage C

(B)

Everyone knows that exercise is important. We all need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It makes your heart and body strong. Children who often exercise are more alert (灵活的). This means they do better in tests and schoolwork than those who don't exercise.

There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways: you have to like what you're doing. Exercise enough - but not too much. It's best to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or even three sports that feel right for you.

You can exercise at fitness centers. They have a lot of equipment (设备) there. The equipment will help exercise your arms, legs and other parts of your body to make you fit. Some people buy equipment for their homes. But it is very expensive.

Exercising can be fun. Friends can exercise together at a fitness center, or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?

3. In the text, the writer tells us that we all need to ________.

A.drink B. sleep

C. exercise D. work

4. Which of the following sports is not in the text?

A. Fishing. B. Running.

C. Swimming. D. Walking.

5. The words fitness centers in the text mean ________.

A. 商务中心 B. 健身中心

C. 购物中心 D. 医疗中心

参考答案:CAB

Part Two

教学目标:

1. If /whether 的区别及用法

2. 选项的解析

Passage A

(C)

Steve Ballmer is always exciting, as he was this time in front of over 2, 000 students from Qinghua University and Beijing University.

Ballmer, president (总裁)of Microsoft Corp., received a warm welcome at Qinghua University when he gave a talk on the next generation (一代) of the Internet on September 19th. He came to China last week for a two-day visit, during which he slept only four hours and had many meetings with government officials(政府官员) and men of business. After all those business matters, he came to Qinghua and was asked thousands of questions from the excited students.

Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in 1980, is the first business manager hired (聘用) by Bill Gates, a schoolmate of Ballmer at Harvard. Gates first dropped out of school to start Microsoft and Ballmer was still studying, but he also gave up his studies and joined Bill Gates' five-year-old Microsoft in 1980.

In his talk to the students, Ballmer described what the Internet would bring to their lives. He said there are several hundred Qinghua graduates now working or being trained at Microsoft both in China and in the US. Healso warned the students not to drop out of school and follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself.

6. Ballmer gave a talk on ________ Qing hua.

A. the future of the Internet

B. how to use the software made in his company

C. what computers will bring to universities

D. his own experience from Harvard to Microsoft

7. It seemed that Ballmer came to China mainly ________.

A. to meet some government officials

B. to give a talk at Qinghua University

C. to manage business matters

D. to visit places of interest

8. He encouraged Chinese students ________.

A. to work for Microsoft in China or in America

B. to follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself

C. to work on software

D. to go on and finish their college education

9. From the passage we know Steve Ballmer ________.

A. graduated from Harvard University

B. asked the students a lot of questions

C. is president of Microsoft Corp.

D. started Microsoft Corp. in 1980

参考答案:ACDC

Passage B

( B)

It is sometimes said that the English are polite people. This can make life difficult for foreigners. Suppose a foreign boy asks an English girl to go out with him and she says, If I finish my work, I'll meet you in the cafe at 7 o'clock. Is she saying yes or no to his invitation?

In grammatical terms, she is using the conditional structure. By using the conditional, speakers of English can avoid giving a yes or no answer to a question. It enables people to be diplomatic. If the girl doesn't want to go out with the boy, she won't turn up at the cafe. She will let him understand she is still working. If she wants to go out with him, but doesn't want to appear too easy to catch, she has achieved that with her reply. But in this case, as she uses the first conditional which shows probability, she is quite likely to turn up at the cafe. Being polite can make life very difficult!

The conditional is often used by people in the news - politicians, for example - who wish to avoid speaking out their ideas. This is very important if they are on their way to discuss an agreement. No one wants to give away his or her points before he or she starts. A government spokesman might say to a group of workers, If we could pay you more, we would. The use of the conditional here makes room for argument although the speaker is using the second conditional form, which shows improbability. So it is unlikely the workers will get their rise.

If is a small word, which appears often in the English language. It can show politeness, reported speech and conditionals such as the First - probability - if I can come to your party, I will; the Second - improbability - if I saw you tomorrow, I'd give you the book; and the Third - impossibility (meaning it is too late to change something that has happened ) - if you have told me, I would have helped you.

10. The using of the conditional can make a speech ________.

A. clearer B. quicker

C. more polite D. more exciting

11. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Language used in the news should make room to argue.

B. Usually English girls are not easy to catch.

C. English people never speak out their ideas in public.

D. The word if can show different meanings.

12. In the passage, If we could pay you more, we would. probably means ________.

A. the workers will make more money

B. the spokesman doesn't give any promise

C. the spokesman keeps his word

D. the workers' problems aren't difficult

13. This passage is mainly talking about ________.

A. the conditional in communication

B. how to invite a girl in Britain

C. British people and their life

D. some language points in daily English

参考答案:CDBA

Passage C

(A)

I lived on the fifteenth floor in a tall building. One day when I was waiting in the lift corner, a woman walked up. I watched with fascination (着迷,入迷) the woman get on and push two and then four. The lift went up, stopping at both floors, but she didn't get off.

You missed your floor. I told her. I'm going to the twenty-fourth floor. But you pushed 'two' and 'four'. Oh, no, she shouted, I ve been on the computer too long!

1. The writer lived on the ________ floor in the tall building.

A. second B. fourth

C. fifteenth D. twenty-fourth

2. The woman should push ________ to get to her floor.

A.two B. six

C. two and four D. twenty-four

3. The woman ________.

A. used computers quite often

B. worked as a driver in the lift

C. wanted to take her computer home

D. knew nothing about the computers

4. Which of the following is right?

A. There was something wrong with the lift and it should be mended.

B. In the lift, without thinking the woman did something she always does in her office.

C. The woman was too old to remember which floor she lived on.

D. The woman was busy working at the computer in the lift.

5. The story tells us ________.

A. there was something wrong with the woman in the lift

B. it's often hard to stop doing a usual thing

C. a terrible lift is quite dangerous

D. the computer can't be used in the lift

参考答案:CDABB