上海市中考英语英语阅读理解专题练习(附答案)

上海市中考英语英语阅读理解专题练习(附答案)

一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷

1．阅读短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis (蛹). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn't struggle (奋斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can't fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make them fly.

When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we 1oюk at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father's death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

（1）From the story we know that the butterfly can't fly because ________.

A. it gets out by itself

B. the man feels sorry for it

C. it doesn't want to challenge itself

D. the man helps it come out

（2）Dennis' example shows that success people should ________.

A. overcome the difficulties

B. take up business early

C. become the leaders of tomorrow

D. sell clothes from door to door

（3）Which statement is TRUE?

A. Young people should face challenges because they are strong.

B. Losing his father made Dennis mature in a slow way.

C. Rock-climbing and camping can shape the strong will.

D. The most successful people don't need to struggle.

（4）What is the best title for this passage?

A. God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

B. Young People Must Deal With Difficulties Alone

C. Nothing Is Impossible To A Willing Heart

D. Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People

【答案】（1）D

（2）A

（3）C

（4）D

【解析】【分析】本文通过蝴蝶破茧而出、一位成功的商人的经历讲述了勇敢面对生活中的苦难的重要性。

（1）细节题。He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily.他切割了蛹，蝴蝶很容易出来。可知因为人帮助它出来的，导致了蝴蝶不能飞，故选D。

（2）推理题。根据He took up the challenges and overcame them.他接受了挑战并战胜了他们可知，丹尼斯的例子表明成功的人应该克服困难，故选A。

（3）推理题。根据 They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping 他们可能会为年轻人组织一些给他们带来挑战的活动，比如攀岩、露营可知，攀岩和露营可以塑造坚强的意志是对的，故选C。

（4）主旨题。根据本文通过蝴蝶破茧而出、一位成功的商人的经历讲述了勇敢面对生活中的苦难的重要性可知， Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People 生活的挑战让年轻人展现出最好的一面适合做标题，故选D。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息，主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。

2．阅读理解

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry, one day your luck will change." Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education. I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host （主持）a sports program. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.

In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn't got enough experience. "Get some work with a small station and work your way up," she said.

I went back home. I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn't get the job.

I felt really down. "Your luck will change," mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Iowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.

As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer（播音员）if he can't get a job in a radio station?"

I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.

On my way home, mom's words came back to me, "One day your luck will change, son.

And when it happens, it'll feel doubly（加倍的）good because of all the hard work you've had." At that moment I knew what just she meant.

（1）Why didn't the writer get the job in Chicago?

A. Because he was too young.

B. Because he didn't get college education.

C. Because he's got a good-looking person.

D. Because he hadn't got enough experience.

（2）Which of the following is true according to the article?

A. You just need to wait for some time, then luck will come.

B. Luck will come if you try your best to do everything.

C. It's important for you to wait for luck.

D. You should trust your mother.

（3）The underlined sentence "But I got turned down every time." means "______".

A. But I was refused every time

B. But I was successful every time

C. But I lost my way every time

D. But the door of every station was always closed （4）What's the best title of this passage?

A. Mother's Words

B. Everything Happens for the Best

C. No One is Always Lucky

D. To Find a Job in Radio is Difficult

【答案】（1）D

（2）B

（3）A

（4）B

【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章通过母亲的话和作者的亲身经历得出一个结论，通过努力一切都会变好。

（1）细节理解题。根据原句In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn't got enough experience. 在一个电台，一位善良的女士说我的问题是wi没有足够的经验。故选D。

（2）细节理解题。根据"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry, one day your luck will change." Mother was right，可知妈妈的观点是一切都会好的，不用担心，有一天你的运气会改变。母亲的意思是通过努力好运一定回来，故选B。

（3）句义理解题。根据三四五自然段可知作者每次都被拒绝了，turn down: 拒绝，和refuse意思相近，故选A。

（4）主旨大意题。通读全文，可知文章围绕第一句话Everything happens for the best，展开，通过自己的真实经历得出结论And when it happens, it'll feel doubly（加倍的）good because of all the hard work you've had." 可知主旨大意是一切都会好的，故选B。

【点评】考查阅读理解能力。首先阅读全文，掌握大意，然后根据每个问题在文章中找到依据，锁定正确答案。

3．阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A young woman traveled and stayed in a hotel. All the rooms in the hotel were singles(单人间).

So she lived in a single room.

Just when she was going to bed, there was a knock at the door. She had no friends in the city. So she was quite surprised but still opened the door.

The man who was standing at the door looked a little nervous. "Oh! I'm sorry. I thought this was my room," the man said and walked away in a hurry.

The woman called the police at once. Soon, the man was caught. He was a thief(小偷)! But how did the woman know that?

All the rooms in the hotel were singles. Who would knock at his own door if he was staying alone? Only a thief would do this. He wanted to see if anyone was inside before he broke into the room.

（1）A young woman traveled and stayed ____.

A. in a hotel

B. in a police office

C. in a park

D. in her friend's home

（2）The man looked a little ____ when the woman opened the door.

A. happy

B. nervous

C. mad

D. relaxed

（3）The man knocked at the door to ____.

A. find his friend in the city

B. stay alone

C. see if anyone was inside

D. call the police

【答案】（1）A

（2）B

（3）C

【解析】【分析】文章大意：一位年轻女士住在宾馆时，有人敲门询问这是不是他的房间，这位女士断定他是一个小偷，并报了警。

（1）细节理解题。根据文中的语句 A young woman traveled and stayed in a hotel. 理解可知，这位年轻的女士住在了宾馆，故选A。

（2）细节理解题。根据文中的语句 The man who was standing at the door looked a little nervous. 理解可知，这个年轻人看到这位女士非常的紧张，故选B。

（3）细节理解题。根据文中的语句Only a thief would do this. He wanted to see if anyone was inside before he broke into the room.可知，这个人敲门的主要目的就是看看房间里有没有人，故选C。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文主要考查细节理解题，首先仔细阅读文后的问题，弄清问题的大意；然后带着问题阅读短文，抓住关键信息，选择正确答案。

4．阅读理解

What do you see when you look at abstract (抽象的)art? Can you understand it? Does it look like anything?

Abstract art became popular in the early 20th century. Artists did not want to paint, draw, or sculpt things exactly like they looked. They didn't want their art to be realistic(现实的). They were more interested in basic shapes and colours.

Picasso is probably the most famous of these artists. He painted and drew in many, many styles. Sometimes he used a lot of blue colours (his "blue period"). Later, he used more red and pink colours (his "rose period"). Many of his other paintings are called "cubist (立体派的)" because

they are made of painted squares.

After a long time, Picasso's paintings became more and more abstract. He painted people and things using strange shapes. His work was so strange that many of his workmates didn't understand it.

Kandinsky, another famous artist, used lines, shapes, and patterns to paint his subjects. His paintings also used strong colours to express feelings. Other artists like the surrealists (超现实主义画家)，were interested in subconsciousness (潜意识). Painters like Breton and Magritte used many symbols in their work. The meaning or subject of their work wasn't always clear. Dali, another surrealist artist, painted pictures that looked like dreams.

There are still many abstract artists around the world. That's the way many artists prefer. They want each person to look at art and find their own meaning in it.

（1）Which would be most like abstract art?

A. A painting of a house.

B. A sculpture of a car.

C. A drawing of two people in a coffee house.

D. A red and blue painting, with no clear subject.

（2）What happened to Picasso's work after a long time?

A. It became more abstract.

B. It became less strange.

C. He went from using red colours to using blue colours.

D. He only painted with coloured squares.

（3）How did Kandinsky express feelings?

A. By using strong colours.

B. By painting realistic people.

C. By painting with a lot of symbols.

D. By painting in red and pink colours.

（4）Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Picasso painted in many different styles.

B. Dali was interested in dreams.

C. Abstract artists feel each work of art only has one meaning.

D. Magritte's art was full of symbols.

【答案】（1）D

（2）A

（3）A

（4）C

【解析】【分析】本文介绍了抽象派艺术及其代表人物毕加索。

（1）推理题。根据毕加索是抽象艺术的代表人物Sometimes he used a lot of blue colours (his "blue period"). Later, he used more red and pink colours有时他使用很多蓝色，后来，他使用了更多的红色和粉色，可知一幅红色和蓝色的画，没有清晰的主题最像抽象艺术，故选D。

（2）细节题。根据After a long time, Picasso's paintings became more and more abstract可知很久以后毕加索的作品变得更加抽象，故选A。

（3）细节题。根据His paintings also used strong colours to express feelings可知康定

斯通过使用强烈的颜色基表达感情的，故选A。

（4）细节题。根据The meaning or subject of their work wasn't always clear. Dali, another surrealist artist, painted pictures that looked like dreams.他们工作的意义或主题并不总是清楚的。另一位超现实主义艺术家达利画的画看起来像梦可知抽象艺术家觉得每件艺术品只有一种意义是错误的，故选C。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息。

5．阅读理解

It's hard to turn down a tasty banana. They taste good and you don't have to wash them before eating them. However, British scientists say that the fruit may disappear by 2050.

One reason for this is climate(气候) change. Scientists at the University of Exeter collected data(数据) from 27 countries and regions that produce 86 percent of the world's bananas. They found that climate change has improved growing conditions in 21 of these countries. In the past 60 years, the average yield(平均产量) has reached 1.37 tons of bananas per hectare(公顷).

However, if temperatures keep rising, this advantage will disappear. Ten of the countries, including India, the world's biggest producer of bananas, will produce fewer bananas. By 2050, the fruit may die out.

Shouldn't bananas grow more easily if it's hotter outside? In fact, the perfect temperature range for growing bananas is between 24 and 32 C. If temperatures get too high, they will stop growing.

Diseases are another danger to bananas. Unlike other crops, the bananas we grow come from shoot cuttings(茎段) rather than seeds. This means that all banana plants have the same genotype(基因型). In other words, if a disease is able to kill one plant, it could kill them all.

One serious disease is called Panama. Caused by fungus(真菌) in the soil, it spreads easily. It has spread across South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia. If one banana plantation(种植园) suffers from the disease, it will take 30 years until it is able to grow bananas again. Scientists have yet to find a cure for this disease.

（1）What does the underlined word "this" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. People's love for bananas.

B. The taste of bananas.

C. The convenience of eating bananas.

D. The future disappearance of bananas.

（2）What might happen if temperatures keep going higher?

A. More countries will start to grow bananas.

B. Bananas will grow better in most countries.

C. Bananas will not be able to grow any more.

D. Bananas won't be as tasty as before.

（3）What does Paragraph 5 tell us?

A. What diseases bananas may suffer from.

B. How bananas are grown.

C. How diseases can easily kill bananas.

D. Which diseases can kill bananas.

（4）The passage is written to ________.

A. offer tips for growing bananas

B. explain why bananas may die out

C. show the difficulties of growing bananas

D. describe bananas' growing conditions

【答案】（1）D

（2）C

（3）C

（4）B

【解析】【分析】主要讲了香蕉可能消失的原因。

（1）推断题。根据前句However, British scientists say that the fruit may disappear by 2050.可知介绍了香蕉可能消失的原因，所以this代指香蕉消失，故选D。

（2）细节题。根据However, if temperatures keep rising, this advantage will disappear. Ten of the countries, including India, the world's biggest producer of bananas, will produce fewer bananas. By 2050, the fruit may die out可知温度持续上升，香蕉将更少，最终可能消失，即不能生长，故选C。

（3）细节题。根据Diseases are another danger to bananas.可知疾病是香蕉的另一个危险，即疾病是怎样杀死香蕉的，故选C。

（4）主旨题。根据全文可知主要讲了香蕉可能消失的原因，故选B。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题三种常考题型，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息；主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。

6．阅读理解

I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket to the film Titanic last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that tickets could be bought at the cinema box office in Richland Hills every day between 10：00 a.m. and 4：00 p.m. Because I work from 9：00 a.m.to 5：30 p.m., the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round(往返)trip in 45 minutes.

Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one coming around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip-so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for fifty-five minutes.

I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line. I caught the next bus and went back across the town.

Then on Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car. It was not cheap, but I felt it would be worthwhile to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like one hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But I quickly found out that it was because they had already sold out all the tickets.

（1）It seems that the writer of the story works .

A. in a small town

B. in Richland Hills

C. on a farm near the town

D. at a bus service centre

（2）The writer tried to go to the cinema to buy a ticket, but he really go there .

A. five times

B. four times

C. three times

D. twice

（3）The underlined word "delighted" means" ".

A. sure

B. sorry

C. surprised

D. pleased

（4）What's the best title for the story？

A. How to get a ticket

B. Tickets sold out

C. A wonderful film

D. The way to the cinema

【答案】（1）A

（2）D

（3）D

（4）B

【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者坐公交车去城镇买电影票时发现票已经全部卖完。

（1）细节题。根据It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town可知遗憾的是电影院在城镇的另一边，所以作者在一个小城镇工作，故选A。

（2）细节题。根据The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes.星期三也发生了同样的事情。星期四我的运气变了，我马上上了公共汽车，二十分钟后到了电影院，所以作者去了两次，故选D。

（3）推断题。根据nobody was waiting in line可知没人排队买票，所以作者是高兴的，delighted意思是高兴的，即pleased，故选D。

（4）主旨题。根据全文可知主要讲了作者坐公交车去城镇买电影票时发现票已经全部卖完，故选B。

【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题三种常考题型，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息；主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。

7．阅读理解

Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast？A short time ago, a test was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how. Well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats right breakfasts, he or she will work better than the person who has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he or she will learn more quickly and listen more carefully.

The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain weight instead of losing it. You will lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.（1）During the test, the people were given .

A. no breakfast at all

B. different foods or nothing

C. too much food

D. little food for breakfast

（2）The results show that .

A. breakfast has a great effect on work and studies

B. breakfast has little to do with a person's work

C. a person will work better if he or she only has fruit and milk

D. girl students should have little for breakfast

（3）According to the passage, some people think that if you don't have breakfast you will .

A. be healthier

B. work better

C. lose weight

D. lose your way （4）The underlined word "reduce" in the last sentence means" "in Chinese.

A. 增加

B. 减少

C. 放弃

D. 享用

【答案】（1）B

（2）A

（3）C

（4）B

【解析】【分析】文章大意：文中通过一个调查，讲述了吃早饭对人们工作、身体状况的影响，以及合理吃早饭的好处。

（1）细节理解题。根据During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all.可知参加测试的人有时吃丰富的早饭，有时不吃早饭。故选B。

（2）细节理解题。根据文中第二段The results show that if a person eats right breakfasts, he or she will work better than the person who has no breakfast.If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he or she will learn more quickly and listen more carefully.可知吃不吃早餐对人们的学习和工作影响很大，对身体状况影响也非常大，故选A。

（3）细节理解题。根据第三段The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight.可知一些人认为不吃早饭能减肥，故选C。（4）词意猜测题。根据lose more weight ，可知是减重，根据常识可知减重需要减少饭量，因此reduce的意思是减少，故选B。

【点评】本题考查阅读理解，考查了细节理解题和词意猜测题，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息；主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行推理，归纳，从而选出正确答案。

8．阅读理解

Mick Polly, an owner of a toy store, lives with his teenage daughter Carolina in Kentucky. He is known as the Bike Man. Over the past five years, Mick has built hundreds of bikes for needy kids. One day in 2012, a 13-year-old boy with a broken bike walked by Mick's house. "I was working in my garage(车库); and he asked if I could fix it," says Mick, now 53.

The boy's bike had a broken wheel. Mick sent a post(帖子) on Facebook, asking his friends if they had the needed part. One friend saw the post and gave away two used bikes. Mick took