1、12019中考英语二月精选：大阅读（三）一、完形填空A woman in her sixties lived alone in her little house with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time _1_ the tree. But the children nearby drove her crazy by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then _2_with pears, shouting “Aunty Misery” at her. One even
2、ing, a passerby asked to _3_ for the night. Seeing that he was a trusted man, she let him in and gave him a nice treat. The next morning the stranger, a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by making her wish come true. That is anyone who climbed up her _4_ should not be able to come back down unless she agre
3、ed to let him go. When the children came back to steal her fruit, she had them stuck(卡) on the tree. They had to beg her _5_ she gave the tree agreement to let them go. Aunty Misery was free from the _6_ at last. One day _7_man stopped at her door. This one didnt seem _8_， so she asked who he was. “
4、I am Death. Ive come to take you with me， ” said he. Thinking fast, Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but Id like to pick some pears from my dear tree to remember the _9_ it brought to me in this life. But I am too old to climb high to get the best fruit. Would you please do it for me？” Mr. Death climbed up
5、 the tree and was _10_ stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let him go.( )1. A. worrying about B. cutting down C. dealing with D. taking care of( )2. A. throw away B. run away C. take away D. put away( )3. A. stay B. live C. hide D. relax( )4.
6、 A. house B. door C. tree D. wall( )5. A. before B. while C. since D. after( )6. A. fun B. question C. trouble D. danger( )7. A. another B. other 2C. the other D. any other( )8. A. handsome B. safe C. honest D. poor( )9. A. pleasure B. pride C. excitement D. hope( )10. A. certainly B. probably C. im
7、mediately D. sadly完形填空 15 D B A C A 610 C A C A C二、阅读理解A（2019 中考保健与健康类选练）Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce the chance of becoming short-sighted, a research shows. It challenges the belief(信念) that short-sightedness is caused by computer use, watching TV or reading in w
8、eak light.The Australian government researchers believe that the sunlight is good for peoples eyes. They compared the vision(视力) and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in Singapore and Australia. In all, 30% of the Singaporean children were short-sightedthis rate(比率) was ten times higher than Aus
9、tralian children.Both groups spend a similar amount(数量) of time reading, watching television and playing computer games. However the Singaporean children spent an average (平均) of only half an hour a day outdoors90 minutes less than the Australian children.Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Re
10、search Councils vision Centre, said, “Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted people gets larger. Were also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world and the main reaso
11、n may be that city children spend less time outdoors.Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light. But why does 3playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical(化学物质) which stops the eyeball from growing out of shap
12、e and prevents people from becoming short-sighted.So be outdoors. It doesnt matter if that time is spent having a picnic or having sports.1. How much time did the Australian children spend outdoors on average according to the research?A. 30 minutes. B. 60 minutes. C. 90 minutes. D. 120 minutes. 2. W
13、hich of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. If people spend less time outdoors they will certainly become short-sighted.B. There are fewer short-sighted Singaporean Children than Australian children because they have more knowledge of protecting their eyesight.C. There will be fewer ri
14、sks of getting short-sighted if people spend two or three hours a day playing outside. D. When people begin to go to school they will become long-sighted.3. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?A. Why natural daylight has a special chemical.B. Why daylight prevents people from becoming short-sig
15、hted.C. Why daylight is much brighter than indoor light.D. What the special chemical which can stop eyeballs from growing out of shape is.参考答案 1. D 2. C 3. BB（2019 中考保健与健康类选练）How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of
16、 sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average ( 平均 ) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a day.Most people have a night when they cannot sleep. About one in three(1/3) 4Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can n
17、ot fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia.This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, a famous statesman ( 政治家 ) and inventor, had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall aslee
18、p. King Louis XIV of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, a famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!( )1. Peoples sleeping time at night is _.A. three hours B. ten hours C. not the same D. not different( )2. In Ame
19、rica, when people are more than fifty, they often sleep _ hours a night.A. a lot more B. seven to eight C. only three D. about six and a half( )3. When Benjamin Franklin couldnt fall asleep, he _.A. went to sleep in another bed B. made another bedC. moved the bed to another room D. slept on the floo
20、r( )4. When he had sleeping problems, _ slept at the other end of the bed.A. Benjamin Franklin B. Louis XIV C. Mark Twain D. Thomas Edison( )5. The word “ insomnia ” means _ in Chinese.A. 失明 B. 失眠 C. 失语 D. 失聪参考答案 1C 2D 3A 4C 5BC（2019 中考科普环保类选练）You can not see any object unless light from that object
21、 gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls o
22、n them from the sun or some other 5luminous bodies. The moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only second hand sunlight.When you look at a book, it sends to you
23、r eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book
24、 you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.1. You can see the book because_.A. your eyes are close to it B. it reflects some of the sunlightC. it has light of i
25、ts own D. your eyesight can get to it 2. The underlined word “luminous” means_. A. visible B. all colors C. giving off light D. sunlight3. Light traces about _ kilometers per second. A. 380 000 B. 300 000 C. 400 000 D. 190 0004. Which of the following is true?A. The moment you open your eyes the lig
26、ht from the book travels to your eyes. B. Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.C. All the things you can see give off light.D. Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.5. What is the main idea of the passage? A. You can see and read a book because you open your eyes.B. Some objects are luminous, some not.C. You can see things because of light.D. Light travels very fast so you cannot notice it.参考答案 BCBA C 6
