2023年蘇州英語(yǔ)中考閱讀理解真題

2023--2023年蘇州英語(yǔ)中考閱讀理解真題三、閱讀理解（共１0小題;每小題2分,滿分2０分)ADENＶER，COLOＲADO-----Wｈatdoesｉtｔakeｔobeaherｏ?IｎｔhｅcａseｏfｌiveＤenverchiｌdren，iｔonlｙtakesacrｙｆorhelp．Here’ｓｔhesｔoｒyoｆthesefivｅhｅroesasGaryＬｅwis，themantheyhelpｅd，telｌsit.“Ilikeｔowｏｒkoｎmｙｏldcar．It’smｙｈobｂy.Iwａntedtｏpuｔanewtransmiｓsioｎ(傳動(dòng)裝置)inthecar.Iputtｈｅcarｕpｏnblocks(大塊木頭)ｂecａusｅIwａnteｄtogetundeｒit.Iwaｓtrｙinｇtｏｇeｔtheolｄtｒanｓmｉssｉonoutwｈｅnsudｄenlythecaｒmovｅdfｏrｗardaｎdfelloｆｆthebｌoｃks.Ｉtcａmｅdowｎｏｎｍｙcｈeｓt．Ｉcouldn’tｂreathe.”“Itriedtoshouｔｆorhelｐfoｒａｂoutfiveｍｉnutｅs，butＩalmoｓtcoｕldnotｂreatｈe.Couldａnyoneheａrme?WaｓIgoiｎgｔodie?TheｎallofａｓuｄdｅnIhｅardsomｅlitｔlｅchｉｌdrenfromｔheｎeｉghbouｒhｏod.Theywererunｎiｎgtoｔhecarandsaying，‘Whatｈaｐpｅned，sｉr?’”“‘Getｈeｌp,pleaｓe．Iｃan’tbreａt(yī)he，’Ｉtoldtｈｅm.Oneoftｈeｃhildreｎrａｎｔｏｈisｈouseａｎdtｏldhismomtｏcall９11.Ｔhen,ｂefｏｒeIknｅwwｈatｗashappｅｎiｎg,aｌｌoｆthｅchildreｎwerearｏｕndtｈeｃar.Theyusｅdｅverｙｍuｓclｅ(肌肉）iｎthｅirboｄiesｔolift(抬起）ｔhecar,andＩwasaｂletogetouｔfrｏmunｄerit.”Ｌｅwisgｏtｏｕtｆromuｎderthecａrｗｉthｊｕｓtaｆewcuｔs.Hediｄn’tevenhavｅｔoｇototｈｅhospｉtal.“Ｔheｓecｈildrenaｒｅmyhｅrｏeｓ,”ｈesays.“Idon’tknｏwｈowtheyｄiｄit，butIamｌickｙｔoｂealive．”RaymｏｎｄBrｏwｎ，faｔhｅｒoftwｏｏfthechiｌdrｅn，iｓvｅrypｒoudofｔhem.“Weｔrytoteachthemtodoｔherｉgｈttｈing.Ｔhiｓｓhｏwsｗe’redoｉngiｔtｈeｒigｈｔwａy,Iguess，”ｈeｓays.44.Thecaｒfellofｆｔｈeblocｋsｂecause______＿_(dá)_____.A.ｔhechildｒenpushｅditB.ｉｔmoｖedfｏｒwardbyｉtｓｅlfC．GarｙLewismoｖedtｈeblockｓD.itwasｄrｉｖｅnbysｏmeｏne.45.GarｙLewiｓcｏuldn’ｔbrｅatｈebｅcａuｓe＿_(dá)__＿_(dá)＿_(dá)______＿．A．therｅwａsaheavycaｒontopofｈimB．hewasruｎnｉngveｒyfasｔC.hｅhadａbadcoldD．ｈewasworkingtｏohard46．Ｌewｉｓｗasａbletｏgetoutfｒｏmundeｒｔhecarｗhen____＿_(dá)_____＿_(dá)_.A．thechildrenwｏrkｅdｔogetheｒtolｉfｔiｔupａlitｔleｂｉtB.RayｍondBrownｃameaｎdｐｕlｌeｄhimouｔＣ.hepuｓhｅdｔｈeｃａｒforｗａｒdD.thepolｉcecaｍetohiｓhｅｌpBＬife，Beｉnit，ｆorLoｎgerOurｃhaｎginｇlｉfeexpecｔanｃyiｎyeaｒs１980--19８2１98５－-198７1990--199２AgeＭａlｅyearsFemaleｙｅarsＭａleyｅarsＦemａleyeaｒｓMaleｙearsＦｅmaｌeyｅarｓ５055６06５7０7５８０25.130．７26.331.427.532.321.026.３22.０27．0２3．1２7.８17.222．0１8.12２.719.12３.41３.8１8.０14．6１８.61５.４19．3１0．814.311.５14.8１２.11５．48．31０.98.８１1．４9.31１.９6.38.06．6８．47.0８.９Ｆｅmale--－－女性４7．Ｔheｐhｒase‘ｌifeｅxpectａncy’refｅrsｔo__＿_(dá)____＿_(dá)____.A.thｅｃhaｎｇｉngｌifｅ，iｎyearsB.theaｇesoｆpｅopleｂｏｒnａfteｒ１9８0—１982C.thediｆｆｅrenceiｎａgｅsｂetwｅe(cuò)nmｅnandwomｅnD.ｔheyｅａrsaｐerｓｏncaneｘｐectｔoliveiｆtherｅaｒenodisasterｓ4８．Ｔheｔableｉsinｔeｎｄed（想要)toshｏwｔhat_____＿＿_(dá)＿_(dá)_＿＿_(dá).A.lｉｆｅe(cuò)xpectancyischａngｉngvｅrylｉｔtleB．ｆeｍalesｃanexpecttｏlivｅloｎgｅrthanmａleｓＣ．eveｒｙoｎｅcanexpｅctｔoｌｉvｅloｎgernowD．oldｐeopledon’thaveasloｎgtoliveａsｙoｕngｅrpeｏple49．Aneighty-year-ｏldfｅmaleｉn1９90ｃanexｐectｔolive_＿_(dá)______＿_(dá)＿_(dá)＿＿．A．０.5yearsmorｅｔhanamaｌetｈeｓameaｇｅB.1.9ｙearｓmｏrｅｔｈanａｍalethesamｅageC．7.0yearｓmoretｈaｎamａletheｓａmｅaｇeD.8.9ｙearsmorｅｔhanamａlｅｔheｓameageＣDr.ＩrenePｅｐpeｒberｇ，ascｉentisｔaｔｔheUｎｉｖersityｏｆＡriｚona,hasworkedｗithＡleｘｆornｉnetｅｅnｙeaｒs.teachingAｌｅｘｔｏspeakandunderstａndwａsn’teaｓyatfｉrｓt.Hｅhａdｔｏleａｒｎｏnewｏrdaｔatimｅ.Ｉrｅneandaｎassisｔaｎt（助手)wouldteachAｌeｘbyshowingｈiｍwhatawordmｅａnt．Ireneｗoｕｌdhｏｌdupanobjeｃt,saｙing“Whaｔ’“cａndy”,forｅxamplｅ－---whileAlexwatｃheｄ.Irenewouｌdpraｉｓe(表?yè)P(yáng)）heｒassistant,thenaｓkAｌｅxthenａmeｆortheobｊect.Ｗhｅｎhegotitright,Iｒenewｏｕlｄｐraisｅhimaｎdgiveｈｉｍtheobjecttｏplａｙwｉthaｓareｗard.IttooｋAlｅxmanyweekstoｌｅａｒnｈisfｉrstwｏrd.Afｔertｈat，eaｃｈnewｗｏｒdbeｃameｅaｓiｅrandeasｉeｒforhim.WhydｉdＩrenespendsoｍｕｃhtｉmegeｔtingapａrｒottotalk?ScientiｓtslｉkeIrenｅarｅｉntereｓｔｅdindiｓｃｏveｒiｎghoｗintellｉgent(聰明)animalｓareandhowtheirbraiｎs()woｒｋ.Ｂutsｔudyinganiｍｅlligｅncehasｂeendiｆfｉcuｌt，paｒｔlybecauseaｎimalshａｖen’tbeeｎａｂlｅtocomｍuniｃａt(yī)ｅ（交流)clearlyｗｉｔｈhumans.TeachiｎgＡｌexｔospｅakwordsｔｈａｔheunderstandshaｓｌetＩreｎetalktohｉmdirectly.Ｓｈecanaｓkhiｍｑueｓtｉons，ａｎｄｈｅcananswerthemiｎEnglish.Inｔhisway,IｒeneisfｉndｉnｇoutwhatkindsｏfthingsAlex’sbrａincanｄo．Sheｈａsfoｕnｄtｈａt(yī)parrotsareｍｕchｓmarｔerthａnsciｅntｉsｔsusｅｄtothｉnk．５0．Aｃｃｏｒdｉnｇtotｈｅｐassagｅ,ｈoｗｉｓAlexrｅmａrｋable(不尋常的)?A.HecanuseｔｈｅＥnglishlanｇｕａｇetｏaｎsｗｅｒquｅｓtｉons.B．HeuseswordsｉnEｎglｉｓhinsteadｏfbｉｒdcａllｓtoｃallｏtｈerbirds.C.Hecaｎcopytheｐｒoｎunciａt(yī)ｉｏnsoｆmoｒethan1０0Eｎgｌishworｄs.D．Aleｘhａｓａbraintｈatiｓmucｈbigｇerthanｔhosｅofothｅｒparrots.51．ＨｏwdｉdDr.PeppeｒbergｔeaｃhAlｅxtｏｓpｅakwｉｔhunｄersｔａnｄing?Ａ.Sheｓａidthesaｍewoｒdallｄaylｏngｓotｈａt(yī)Ａleｘcouｌdrepeatit.B．SheｔaughｔAleｘaｓpｅcialsignlaｎguａge.C.ＳhegａveAlexrewardsifｈewｏｕldsａywｈatｓｈesaid.D．SｈegａveAlｅxａcａndyeveｒytimehｅansweredｃｏｒrectly.５2.WhyｄｉdDr.ＰepｐerbergtｅachAｌｅxtｏspeａｋwithuｎｄersｔａnding?Ａ.Shewantedｔveitｃouldbｅdoｎe.B．Shewanｔedtoｐｒｏvｉdｅaｍｏdelforpeoplewhowanttalkｉｎgｂirds.Ｃ．Shｅwaｎtedtofindoｕtｈｏwmanywoｒdsparrotsｃouldｒemｅmbeｒ.D．Sｈｅｗantedtｏfiｎdｏuｔwhａt(yī)kｉndsoｆthinｇｓhisbｒainｃouｌddo.53．Aｃｃordingｔothepａssａｇe，Aｌexhasprｏｖｅdｔhａt(yī)__＿_(dá)_＿_(dá)_＿_(dá)＿＿_(dá)＿_(dá)__.A.bｉrdsａｒｅｎｏttheoｎlyａｎimalsthatcanleａrｎalanguage．Ｂ．parrｏｔｓarｅmuchcｌｅverｅrthanscieｎtiｓｔｓusedｔothink.C．bｉｒdsａrｅｊustaｓｉnteｌligentａｓｈumans．Ｄ.ｔeａchingｐarrotstoｓpeａkａhumaｎlangｕaｇeisｎ’tvｅrｙdｉｆｆｉculｔ．2０２3年三、閱讀理解(共1０小題;每小題2分,滿分２0分)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D）中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AThey’ｒebestfriends.Theygotoschooltogethereｖｅrｙdａｙ.Thｅyoftengotｏtheshoppiｎｇｍallatｗｅe(cuò)kends．Ｂｏthofthemhavｅhａｉrth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