中考閱讀理解人物事件篇實(shí)戰(zhàn)演練初二英語輔導(dǎo)
SectionV人物事件篇
Passage42
BillClintontookoffice(就職)onJanuary20,1993andbecamethe42ndU.S.President(總統(tǒng)).HeisthefirstU.S.presidentwhowasbornafterWorldWarII.HeisalsooneoftheyoungestofallU.S.presidents.
Clintonwasborninapoorfamily.Threemonthsbeforehewasborn,hisfather,WilliamBlats,died.Whenhewassmall,hismotherremarried(再婚)NorgerClinton,sotheboy‘sfamilynamewaschanged.
Inthesummerof1963,ClintonwasaskedtovisitthecityofWashington.Duringhisvisit,hemetPresidentKennedyintheWhiteHouse.Atthattime,hewantedtobecomeapresident,andnowheis!
1.Clintonbecamethe42ndU.S.presidentwhenhewas______.
A.thirtyB.aboutfortyC.forty-sevenD.37yearsold
2.Clinton’sfatherdied______.
A.after1946B.beforeClintonwasbornC.beforeWorldWarIID.whenClintonwasyoung
3.Whywastheboy‘snamechanged?
A.BecausehebecameapresidentB.Becausehisfamilywasverypoor
C.BecausehisfatherwasdeadD.BecausehismotherremarriedNorgerClinton
4.In1963ClintoncametothecityofWashington___.
A.totakepartinanexamB.forhisholidaysC.foravisitD.tohaveameetingwithKennedy
5.WhichoneofthefollowingisNotright?
A.EverybodycanvisitthepresidentintheWhiteHouse
B.AlltheU.S.presidentsworkintheWhiteHorse
C.ClintonwantedtobecomeapresidentafterhesawPresidentKennedy
D.TheWhiteHouseisinthecityofWashington
Passage43
EVERYTHINGhastwosides.OnesideofSARSisalreadyclear.Itisadeadlydisease,whichcausesfear.Therewere2,601cases(病例)recordedontheChinesemainlandonApril24,accordingtogovernmentreport.115peoplehavediedandnumberskeeprising.
But,thereisanotherside.
SARSisareminder(提醒)ofhowfragilelifecanbe.Suddenly,it’snotjusttheoldpeoplewhoarethinkingaboutdeath.Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow.
WangXinying,astudentinTaiyuan,ShanxiProvincecameintocontact(接觸)withasuspected(疑似)SARSpatientinmid-April.Hewastoldtostayathomeforatleasttwoweeks.“WatchingTVaboutmoreandmoreSARSpatientsdying,Ineverknewthatdeathcouldbesoclose.Lifeisvaluable(珍貴的')andI’mgoingtotreasure(珍惜)everysingleday,”hesaid.
SARSteachespeopletobegrateful,bothfortheirownlivesandforothers.Doctorsandnurses,forexample,havetospendalltheirtimewithinfected(被感染的)patients.Asaresult,morethanonefifthofSARScasesinChinaaremedicalworkers.
XuBing,astudentofBeijingNo.5MiddleSchoolwantstobeadoctorinthefuture.“Althoughtheycertainlyknowthedangers,doctorsandnurseskeptworkinghardonsavingpeople’slives.I’mdeeplymovedbywhattheyhavedone.Ithinktheyarerealheroes.”hesaid.
SARSalsoteachessympathy(同情).ThepastfewweekshavebeenterribleforChinesepeople.ButtherearefarworsethingsthanSARSinthisworld,suchaswar,earthquakesandrobberies.ThinkoftheIraqis,whohavebeenlivingterriblelivesfor20years.ThinkofhowtheAmericansfelton9.11.
Andfinally,SARSoffersthechancestogrow.Alldifferentkindsofpeopleandthegovernmentsarejoiningtogethertoworkinthisdifficulttime.Whenthispasses,Chinaanditspeoplewillhavelearnedgreatlessons.
1.Whatdoes“Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow”mean?
Itmeanslifeiseasyto_____andwemust______ourlife.
2.HowlongwasWangXinyingtoldtostayathome?
Hewastoldtostayathomeforabout_______a_______.
3.Whycanmedicalworkersbeeasilyinfected?
Becausetheyhavetobewithinfectedpatients_______and_______.
4.Whatdowelearninthedifficulttime?
Welearnnothingisdifficultifwe___________.
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MarcoPolowasborninVenicein1254.HewasthemostfamouswesternertovisitAsiaduringthemiddleAges.Hewroteabookabouthistravels.Inhisbookhewroteallthethingshesawandheard.ManypeoplereadthebookbutfewbelievedwhatMarcoPolosaid.Hespokeofstrangepeopleandplacesthatnobodyknewaboutatthattime.
Asayoungman,MarcoPolodecidedtotraveltogetherwithhisfather.IttookthemmorethanthreeyearstotraveltoChina.HebecametheChineseemperor’sfriend.HelearnedtheChineselanguagewhenhetraveledaroundandtalkedtomanypeople.BeforehereachedtheageofthirtyhewasmadeaChineseofficial.
Afternearlyseventeenyearsintheeast,Marcoandhisfatherpreparedtoreturnhome.WhentheyfinallyarrivedinVenice,theirfamilyandfriendsweresurprisedtoseethemagain.Theyhadbeenawayforalmost25years.
1.WhatmadeMarcoPolofamousduringthemiddleAges?
A.HistraveltoAmerica.B.Histravelinthewest. C.HistravelinAsia.D.HisvisittoVenice.
2.WhatdidMarcoPolowriteaboutinhisbook?
A.HowhetraveledtoChinawithhisfather. B.Somethingtoodifficultforpeopletounderstand.
C.Somestrangepeopleandplaces D.Somethingthathadbeenknowntopeopleformanyyears.
3.MarcoPoloworkedasaChineseofficialin________.
A.1254B.1284C.1271D.1279
4.WhichofthefollowingistherightorderduringMarco’stravel?
a.traveledwithhisfatherb.wasmadeaChineseofficial
c.wroteabookabouthistraveld.becameChineseemperor’sfriend
e.returnedtoVenice
A.c-a-d-b-eB.c-a-b-d-eC.a-b-d-e-cD.a-d-b-e-c
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Typhoons(臺(tái)風(fēng))inthenorthernpartoftheworldhavegirls’names.Sometimestheyhaveverybeautifulnames.RoseisaprettynamebuttherewasnothingprettyaboutTyphoonRose.ItwastheworsttyphoontohitHongKongintenyears.
ItbegantoraininthemorningofMonday,August16th,1971.Atteno’clockinthemorning,TyphoonRosewasstill130milesawaybutalreadythewindwasblowingpeople’sumbrellaaway.Thewindbecamestrongerandstronger.Thetyphoonshelters(避風(fēng)港)weresoonfullofboats.Shipsthatweretoobigtogoinsidethesheltersputdownmoreanchors(錨).Someverybigshopswentouttosea.Itissaferforabigshoptobeatseainatyphoonbecauseitcannotbeblownontorocks.KaiTakAirportclosed.Noplaneswereabletotakeofforland.At9:00intheevening,allthelightswentout.
Noonesleptwellthatnight.Itisdifficulttosleepinsuchbadweather.
InTyphoonRose,morethanonehundredpeopledied.229peoplewerehurtand66ofthesehadtogotohospital.1500losttheirhomes.ThepeopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRose!
1.What’strueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Typhoonsallovertheworldhavegirls’names.
B.Typhoonswithprettynamesareusuallybeautiful.
C.TyphoonRoseonlyhitHongKong.
D.Fortenyears,peopleinHongKonghaven’tseenaworsetyphoonthanTyphoonRose.
2.What’sthepossibleresultofTyphoonRose?
A.Lotsofbigshopswereblownontorocks.
B.Morethantwohundredpeoplelosttheirlivesandmanymorelosttheirhomes.
C.Peopledidn’tsleepwellinsuchbadweather.
D.Peopleturnedoffthelightsat9:00intheevening.
3.ThepeopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRosebecause____________.
A.itcausedtheterriblelossesB.theydidn’tsleepwellthatnight
C.TyphoonRosewasn’tasprettyasitsname
D.theycouldn’tfindtheirshipsafterthetyphoon
4.Somebigshopsdidn’tgoinsidethesheltersbecause_______.
A.theyhadmoreanchorsB.itissaferoutside
C.theywereoutatseaandtheyweren’tfastenoughtoreachtheshelters
whenTyphoonRosecame
D.itwastooexpensiveforbigshopstogoinsidetheshelters
5.Thispassageismainlyabout______.
A.thenamesoftyphoonsB.typhoonsinHongKingC.TyphoonRoseD.thetyphoons
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TherewasonceamancalledMr.Flowers,andflowerswerehisonlyjoyinlife.Hespentallhisfreetimeinoneofhisfourglass-housesandgrewflowersofeverycolor,withlonganddifficultnames,forcompetitions(比賽).Hetriedtogrowaroseofanewcolortowinthesilvercup(銀杯)fortheRoseoftheYear.
Mr.Flowers’glass-houseswereveryneartoamiddleschool.Boysofaroundthirteenofagewereoftentempted(引誘)tothrowastoneortwoatoneofMr.Flowers’glass-houses.SoMr.Flowersdidhisbesttobeinornearhisglass-housesatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday.
Butitwasnotalwayspossibletobeonwatchatthosetimes.Mr.Flowershadtriedinmanywaystoprotecthisglass,butnothingthathehaddonehadbeenuseful.Hehadbeentoschooltoreporttotheheadmaster;butthishadnotdoneanygood.Hehadtriedtodriveawaytheboysthatthrewstonesintohisgarden;buttheboyscouldrunfasterthanhecould,andtheylaughedathimfromfaraway.Hehadevenpickedupallthestonesthathecouldfindaroundhisgarden,sothattheboyswouldhavenothingtothrow;buttheysoonfoundothers.
AtlastMr.Flowershadagoodidea.Heputupalargenotice(布告)madeofgood,strongwood,somemetersawayfromtheglass-houses.Onithehadwrittenthewords:DONOTTHROWSTONESATTHISNOTICE.Afterthis,Mr.Flowershadnofurthertrouble;theboysweremuchmoretemptedtothrowstonesatthenoticethanattheglass-houses.
1.ItwasMr.Flowers’hopeto________.
A.buildglass-housesinhisfreetime B.growtheRoseoftheYearinasilvercup
C.winasilvercupforgrowingaroseofanewcolor
D.growarosewiththelongestname
2.Boyswereoftentemptedto________.
A.throwstonesatMr.Flowers’glass-house B.throwstonesatMr.Flowersfromtheirschool
C.beinornearbyMr.Flowers’glass-houses D.playwithMr.Flowersnearhisglass-houses
3.Mr.Flowersstayedinornearbyhisglass-houses_______.
A.attimeswhenschool-boyswerewalkingnearthem
B.alltheschooldaywhentherewerenoboysabout
C.wherehecouldnotbeseenbytheboyspassing
D.inhisfreetimeatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday
4.Mr.Flowershadtriedto______toprotecthisglass.
A.beonwatchinhisfreetimeB.asktheheadmasterforhelp
C.pickupallthestonesaroundhisgardenD.doalltheabove
5.Mr.Flowers’goodideawasto______.
A.writesomewordsontheglass B.putupalargenoticetocoverhisglass-houses
C.givetheboyssomethingelsetothrowstonesat D.sendforpolicemen
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