09年中考英语单项突破阅读2

09年中考英语单项突破阅读2

Part two

(A)

When David Williams left the college(大学), he went to Australia. When he returned to England for a visit twenty years later, he decided to go back to his old college.

David was very glad when he found out that his old college teacher was still teaching there. He went to visit the old man, and after they had an interesting talk, the teacher went out to get something. While he was away, David saw an exam paper on the desk. He looked at the date on it and saw that it was given to the students a week ago. David picked the paper up and read it.

When the teacher came back, David said to him, Mr. Smith, I'm sure that these are right the same questions that you asked us in our exams twenty years ago! How is that possible?

Yes, that's right, agreed the teacher. The questions are the same, but the answers have changed.

1. David went to ________ after he left the college.

A. England B. Australia

C. another college D. his teacher's office

2. David felt ________ when he found out that his college teacher was still teaching there.

A. worried B. sorry

C. surprised D. happy

3. The students took the same exam ________.

A. twenty years ago B. while David's teacher was away

C. a week ago D. while David's read the paper

4. Can you guess why the teacher still used the same exam paper twenty years later? Because ________.

A. times have changed, answers have changed, too

B. different students have the same answers

C. the students like to the exam

D. the teacher loved his students very much

参考答案:BDCA

Passage B

B

Mabel is a cashier(收银员) in a big shop in New York. People can buy medicine, watches, sweets, and many other things. They pay Mabel for the things they buy.

At the shop people can also buy lottery tickets (彩票). They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket. There are pictures on the ticket. Some pictures are winning pictures, and some pictures are losing pictures. Most people win nothing. Some people win two dollars. A few lucky people win thousands of dollars.

One day Mabel was working at the shop. She sold three lottery tickets to a woman. The woman looked at the pictures on the tickets. Then she threw the tickets on the counter (柜台) and walked away. These are losing tickets, she thought.

Mabel picked up the tickets and looked at them. She was surprised. Then she was excited(兴奋的). One ticket was a winning ticket!

Excuse me! Mabel called to the woman. You won $50,000!

The woman came back to the counter. She took the winning ticket and looked at it. You're right, she said. I won $50,000. The woman walked away slowly, looking at the ticket again and again. Then she turned around. Thank you! Thank you very much! she said to Mabel.

Why did Mabel give the woman the ticket? Why didn't she keep the ticket? Didn't she want the $50,000?

Of course I wanted the money, Mabel said. But it was her ticket. It wasn't my ticket.

Well, I'm sorry that you aren't rich, her mother said. But I'm happy that you're honest (诚实).

5. Mabel ________ at the big shop.

A. receives and pays out money B. puts things on the shelves

C. helps people choose things D. carries things for old people

6. One lottery ticket costs ________.

A. nothing B. three dollars

C. two dollars D. one dollar

7. The woman was lucky because ________.

A. all her three tickets were winning tickets

B. all her three tickets were losing tickets

C. Mabel found the winning ticket and gave it back to her

D. she found the winning ticket herself

8. Mabel didn't keep the winning ticket because ________.

A. she won $ 50,000, too

B. her mother told her not to do so

C. she didn't want to have anything that was not hers

D. her mother was very rich

参考答案:ADCC

Passage C

(C)

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer (癌症). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg (man-made leg). The leg is plastic (塑胶). With the plastic leg Jeff can ski (滑雪), ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.

When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States, from the East to the West. He started running in Boston on April 1. He stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 5,150 kilometers; that's about 26 kilometers each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs.

Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for the American Cancer Society (美国癌症协会). The American Cancer Society used the money to learn about cancer.

On the way to Los Angeles Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled (伤残). Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: he skis, swims, plays soccer, and runs. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer (律师). Jeff says, People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.

9. The money Jeff got on the way to Los Angeles was used for ________.

A. helping people who have cancer B. learning about cancer

C. helping disabled people D. Jeff's study to be a lawyer

10. The story tells us that ________.

A. Jeff is a lucky person because everybody gives him money

B. Jeff is so strong that he can run across America

C. disabled people like Jeff always have a kind heart

D. Jeff wants to show that disabled people can do anything they want to

11. How long did it take Jeff to run from Boston to Los Angeles?

A. Six and a half months more or less.

B. More than two hundred days.

C. Almost twenty-five weeks.

D. Less than half a year.

参考答案:BDA

Part Three

教学目标

1.alone/ lonely

2.interested/ interesting

3.选项解析

Passage A

(A)

Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can't be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving (旋转的) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1. Those who have big houses may often feel ________.

A. happy B. lonely

C. free D. excited

2. When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will

A. laugh at you B. play jokes on you

C. quarrel with you D. help you up

3. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?

A. Oh, so do I. B. Congratulations.

C. Good luck. D. It's just so-so.

4. Which idea is NOT right according to the passage?

A. People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.

B. You can get help from others when you make mistakes.

C. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.

D. Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.

5. Which of the following is this passage about?

A. Bad luck. B. Good luck.

C. Happiness. D. Life

参考答案:BDBAC