1、12019 中考英语阅读练（九）第一部分：任务型阅读（2016 中考选练）阅读短文，根据短文内容选择适当的句子填入空缺处。Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. 1 and he was thrown three meters into the air.Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the docto
2、r told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball dreams were over. 2 , but it didnt work. After he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a health center.A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt badly in a skating accident.
3、3 , Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called the SunsIt was an on-wheelchair basketball team，because everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. 4 . Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.After becoming a part of the Suns，Tony i
4、mproved quickly 5 .Tony was much better than before. When Tony became sad or angry, Sunny was there to be with him. The day before Tony left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy, even with his broken legs.Sunny smiled and said, “Its really quite easy. When yo
5、u keep your face to the sun, the shadows fall behind.”A. Tony did what the doctors told himB. Suddenly a car hit himC. Basketball was like medicine for himD. Though he couldnt move his legsE. Sunny invited Tony to join the game2【答案】1B 2A 3D 4E 5C【解析】试题分析：一辆车撞了 Tony，他双腿骨折，很难过。在 Sunny 的鼓励下，Tony 重新变得阳光
6、起来。1B 根据 he was thrown three meters into the air.可知，正确答案为 B. Suddenly a car hit him 突然一辆车撞了他。2A 根据 but it didnt work.和上下文故该题正确答案为 A. Tony did what the doctors told him. Tony 做了医生告诉他的事情。3D 根据 Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called the Suns即该题选 D. Though he couldnt move his legs 虽然他不能动他的腿。4E
7、 根据 Tony played badly,可知选 E. Sunny invited Tony to join the game。Sunny 邀请 Tony 参加这次比赛。5C 根据 Tony was much better than before.和上下文可知，正确答案为 C. Basketball was like medicine for him 篮球就像他的药。【难度】较易第二部分AThe Worlds Water ShortageThe world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may seem
8、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 rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources（资源）. And we cannot even use
9、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 water is increasing（增加）rapidlyalmost day by 3day. Only if we take steps to
10、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 cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system（下
11、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 fresh from a spring. But even if every large city purified and reused i
12、ts water, we still would not 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 for water because we can only use _ percent of the water covering the su
13、rface 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 becoming larger and larger. C. There will be no water shortage in the future
14、. 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 order to have enough water, we should also make use of _. A. icebergs and
15、glaciers B. sea water 4C. 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. to reuse the water 参考答案 CCABBBToday there are 6 billion people on the
16、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, they pick the best plants for the next season. It works very slowly. Since 1983, scientis
17、ts 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 material of a plant, it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong
18、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 and bring in more money. Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce
19、 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 feed people, then hurt them or their children later. But, both rich and poor countries
20、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 . 5Afarmers Bworkers Cscientists Dplants2What are the good things about GM foods ? AThey make plants strong against diseases.BThey are unnatural.CThey can help in h
21、uman diseases.DBoth A and C.3GM foods . Aare a quick way to produce food Bgrow in the wildCare safe Dare grown only in rich countries4Why do some people not like GM foods ? AThey are not useful. BThey are not helpful.CThey are not natural. DThey are not cheap.5From the reading we know that . AGM foo
22、ds 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 CIf you want to become a fluent(流利的)English speaker you should take some advice: There are four skills in learning English. They
23、 are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must thin
24、k about the meaning of the sentence, the meanings of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for ex
25、ample in 6other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it_As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your rea
26、ding and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that a
27、re specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will im
28、prove automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.1. According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?A. Reading and writing. B. Reading and listening.C. Writing and speaking. D. Speaking and listening.2. The underlined phrase “c
29、ome across“ in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by “_“.A. meet by accident B. discoverC. find on purpose D. look for3. The author seems to agree with the view that_.A. everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every dayB. you neednt practice listening if you keep on reading every dayC. being
30、 good at reading is helpful in improving your listeningD. you should take notes of whatever you are hearing4. The passage is mainly about how to_.A. choose suitable listening materialsB. deal with new words in reading7C. read as many English books as possibleD. become fluent in speaking and writing English参考答案 BACD
