1、12019中考英语阅读二月周末练（四）含参考答案一、完形填空（2019 中考选练）Grandma called me in from the yard. “Would you please go to the store for me? Im ready to makecakes, and there isnt enough yeast (酵母). Take a quarter from my little change _ .” I found Grandmas wallet and put the quarter in my pocket.I was soon in the little
2、general store that _ our farming community. “Mr. Jenkins,” I said, “Grandma needs some yeast.” Mr. Jenkins set three cakes of yeast on the counter. His eyes shone, and he _ at me. “And what else do you need?” I knew what he meant. I was always allowed to pick a penny candy when I came to the store w
3、ith Grandma. “How much _ do I have from a quarter?” I asked. “Seven cents.” Mr. Jenkins replied. I thought _that quickly. I would have a nickel and two pennies back.I was sure Grandma wouldnt_ if I spent one penny. and if she were here, she might even say I could have them both. The_ I looked at the
4、 candy display, the more certain I became that I needed two pennies worth as a reward for coming to the store alone. And I did so.“Thank you,” Grandma said when I _ the yeast on the table. “Did you put the change back in my wallet?” “Yes, Grandma.” I replied, hurrying out to the yard. “I hadnt reall
5、y lied to Grandma,” I argued with myself. “I did _all the change I had.”But I had _two pennies without Grandmas permission(允 许). The second piece of candy in my pocket didnt sound like a good idea any more. I knew I had lied to Grandma, and I was _about it. Grandma loved me so much that I couldnt be
6、ar to keep anything from her._Grandma took the hot cakes from the oven, I told her about the candy. She_ when I finished my story. “I know just _you feel,” she said. “We all feel like that when weve done_ deceitful (欺 骗 的). Im glad you told me about the pennies, and of course Ill forgive you.” Grand
7、ma hugged me tight, and suddenly I felt as though a big stone was gone from my stomach.21A handbag B coat C wallet D pocket2A gave B served C offered D bought3A laughed B shouted C smiled D pointed4A dollars B pound C cents D change5A as B to C out D about6A care B use C think D like7A bigger B long
8、er C less D shorter8A lied B laid C lay D lain9A put back B put in C put out D put up10A found B cost C spent D took11A glad B unhappy C relaxed D surprised12A Since B When C If D Though13A shook B refused C agreed D nodded14A where B why C how D when15A something B nothing C anybody D everybody1C 2
9、B 3C 4D 5D6A 7B 8B 9A 10C11B 12B 13D 14C 15A【解析】文章讲述了作者去给奶奶买酵母，然后偷偷用零钱买了两块糖，没有告诉奶奶，后来因为对奶奶撒谎感觉愧疚，终于告诉奶奶真想，奶奶原谅了他，他感觉心里一块石头落了地。1句意：从我零钱包里拿两角五分。A. handbag 手提包； B. coat 外套； C. wallet 钱包； D. pocket 口袋；根据 I found Grandmas wallet可知是钱包；故选 C2句意：我很快进了服务我们农场社区的那个小商店。 A. gave 给； B. served 服务； C. offered 提供； D.
10、 bought 买；根据 our farming community可知是服务；故选 B3句意：他对我微笑。 A. laughed 笑； B. shouted 大声喊； C. smiled 微笑； D. pointed指着；根据 His eyes shone, 和 And what else do you need?可知是对我微笑；故选 C4句意：从这两角五分里我还有多少零钱？A. dollars 美元； B. pound 英镑； C. cents 分； D. change 零钱；根据 how much修饰不可数名词，排除 A/C；根据 from a 3quart可知是零钱；故选 D5句意：我
11、很快的想想它。根据 think about考虑-；故选 D6句意：我确信我花一美分，奶奶不在意。A. care 关心； B. use 使用； C. think想； D. like 喜欢；根据 if she were here, she might even say I could have them both.可知是不在意；故选 A7句意：我看那两块糖越长时间，我就认为那两美分作为我独自来商店的奖励越应该。根据文意可知作者因为纠结是否买糖，所以应是看得时间越长；故选 B8句意：当我把酵母放在桌子上。 A. lied 撒谎（过去式） ； B. laid 放置（过去式） ； C. lay 躺（过去
12、式） ； D. lain 躺（过去分词） ；根据 the yeast on the table可知是放置；故选 B9句意：我把我有的所有零钱都放回去了。 A. put back 放回； B. put in 放进； C. put out 熄灭； D. put up 举起；根据 Did you put the change back in my wallet?” “Yes, Grandma.” I replied,可知是放回零钱；故选 A10句意：但是没经过奶奶允许我花了两美分。A. found 发现； B. cost 花费，主语是物； C. spent 花费，主语是人； D. took 花费，通
13、常用于 it takes sb some time to do sth结构；根据 two pennies；故选 C点睛：spend,/cost/take/pay 都可以表示花费。spend 主语是人，1 spend time/money on sth在-上花时间、金钱。2 spend time/money (in) doing sth 花费时间或金钱做某事；cost主语是物或某种活动，sth costs money 某物花了多少钱；take 通常是一个固定结构 it takes sb time to do sth做某事花了某人多长时间；pay 主语是人，pay money for sth买某物
14、花了多少钱。11句意：关于这件事我不开心。A. glad 高兴； B. unhappy 不高兴； C. relaxed 放松； D. surprised 惊讶；根据 The second piece of candy in my pocket didnt sound like a good idea any more. I knew I had lied to Grandma, 可知对奶奶撒谎，让作者不高兴；故选 B12句意：当奶奶拿出热蛋糕时。A. Since 自从； B. When 当-时候； C. If 如果，是否； D. Though 尽管；根据 Grandma took the ho
15、t cakes from the oven, I told her about the candy.可知是当奶奶拿出蛋糕时，我告诉了她；故选 B13句意：她点点头。 A. shook 摇晃； B. refused 拒绝； C. agreed 同意； D. nodded点头；根据“I know just _14_you feel,” she said. “We all feel like 4that when weve done_15_ deceitful (欺 骗 的). Im glad you told me about the pennies, and of course Ill forg
16、ive you.” Grandma hugged me tight,可知是奶奶点点头；故选 D14句意：我知道你感觉怎样。A. where 哪里； B. why 为什么； C. how 怎样； D. when什么时候；根据 We all feel like that可知是感觉怎样；故选 C 15句意：当我们做了欺骗的事情。A. something 某事； B. nothing 没事； C. anybody 任何人； D. everybody 每个人；根据上文应是做了欺骗的事情；故选 A二、阅读理解A（2019 中考科普环保类选练）The Worlds Water ShortageThe wor
17、ld is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70 percent（百分比）of the earths surface is covered with water. But about 97 percent of this huge amount is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3 percentthe fresh water from riv
18、ers, lakes, underground, and other sources（资源）. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers（冰川）. Even worse, some of it has been polluted. However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for wate
19、r is increasing（增加）rapidlyalmost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid（避免）a severe（严重的）worldwide water shortage later on. We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it. Today in most large c
20、ities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system（下水道）. From there it returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks. But it is possible to pipe used water to a purifying（净化）plant. There it can be treated with chemicals so that it can be used again, just as if it were f
21、resh from a spring. But even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would 5not have enough. All wed have to do to make use of the vast reserves（贮备）of sea water in the world is to remove the salt. If we take these steps well be in no danger of drying up. 1. The world is thirsty f
22、or water because we can only use _ percent of the water covering the surface of the earth. A. 3 B. more than 3 C. less than 3 D. 972. Which of the following statements is Not true? A. As things remain unchanging, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us. B. Our need for water is becom
23、ing larger and larger. C. There will be no water shortage in the future. D. We should take steps to deal with the water shortage problem. 3. To reuse water, we should _. A. treat it with chemicals B. use it only once C. send it out into a sewer system D. make it flow into underground tanks 4. In ord
24、er to have enough water, we should also make use of _. A. icebergs and glaciers B. sea water C. rivers and lake D. underground water 5. In the passage, the writer tells us _. A. to make enough water B. to pay more attention to the water shortage problem C. to pipe used water to a purifying plant D.
25、to reuse the water 参考答案 CCABBB6（2019 中考科普环保类选练）Today there are 6 billion people on the earth. By the year 2050 there may be 12.5 billion. This means we need more food.One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants. For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better. Every season, th
26、ey pick the best plants for the next season. It works very slowly. Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material (遗传物质). Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods (转基因食品), or GM foods.By changing the genetic mat
27、erial of a plant, it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong against plant diseases. They can also help in our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared (准备), for example, which stops people from becoming blind.Rich countries produce GM food because they are easy to grow a
28、nd bring in more money. Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food.GM plants are not natural. No one knows how good or bad they are. Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050. There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnatural. They may
29、feed people, then hurt them or their children later. But, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go away. In 2050 we may think differently about them. 1GM foods are made by . Afarmers Bworkers Cscientists Dplants2What are the good things about GM foo
30、ds ? AThey make plants strong against diseases.BThey are unnatural.CThey can help in human diseases.DBoth A and C.3GM foods . Aare a quick way to produce food Bgrow in the wild7Care safe Dare grown only in rich countries4Why do some people not like GM foods ? AThey are not useful. BThey are not help
31、ful.CThey are not natural. DThey are not cheap.5From the reading we know that . AGM foods will disappear one day in the futureBGM foods will not disappear in the futureCpeople will not be interested in GM foodDpeople will have to stop using GM food参考答案 CDACB C（2019 中考选练）The first chocolate was eaten
32、 by people in South America hundreds of years ago. In those days, the people did not really eat chocolate. They used the cocoa bean (可可豆) to make a chocolate drink and they enjoyed it very much. Many years later, the cocoa bean was brought to other countries and people came to love the taste of choc
33、olate.In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop in Britain. One of the things he sold was chocolate drink. In 1831, he opened a factory to make chocolate drink. He wanted to encourage people to drink chocolate instead of other drinks. A few years later, a man called Joseph Fry found a way to make ch
34、ocolate instead of only drinking it. But at that time chocolate was very expensive and only the rich people could buy it. Later, more and more chocolate bars were produced and sold, it became cheaper.However, at first only plain chocolate (a kind of chocolate without milk and with very littlesugar)
35、was produced. Milk chocolate came later and this was made by adding milk to the chocolate. The first milk chocolate bar was made in Cadburys factory in 1897. Their most famous chocolate, Cadburys Milk Bar, was made in 81905, It has been the most popular chocolate in Britain and around the world for
36、over 100 years. The Cadbury factory is still in Britain and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the world. Every year, thousands of visitors visit the factory in order to see how chocolate is made.1. Hundreds of years ago, people first began to drink chocolate in .A. South America B. Sout
37、h Africa C. Britain D. Australia2. John Cadbury opened a factory to make chocolate drink in .A.1824 B.1831 C.1897 D.19053. People had the chance to eat chocolate instead of drinking it for the first time .A. when chocolate was cheaper B. when more and more chocolate was producedC. when John Cadbury
38、started to make chocolate drinkD. when Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate bars.4.At first, not many people bought chocolate .A. because it was very expensive B. because people didnt like the tasteC. because they wanted to have other drinks D. because there was no chocolate sold in the shops5.Cadburys Milk Bar .A. was first made in 1897 B. is a kind of plain chocolateC. is famous neither in Britain nor in AmericaD. is popular not only in Britain but also around the world4、参考答案 ABDAD9
