江蘇省靖江外國語學(xué)校2019-2021年三年中考模擬考試英語試題分類匯編：閱讀理解

江蘇省靖江外國語學(xué)校

2019-2021年三年中考模擬考試英語試題分類匯編

閱讀理解

江蘇省靖江外國語學(xué)校2021年九年級英語模擬考試試卷

三、閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。（36分）

火箭發(fā)射器

IfyouhaveyourownAcmeRocketLauncher,youcancreateand

senduprocketsthatshowoffyourpersonalityandcreativity.

AllyouneedisyourAcmeRocketLauncherandafewsimple

householdmaterials（材料）:

★a500mlplasticcolabottle★scissors

★coloredmarkers（記號筆）★posterboard★glue

Whattodo:AcmeKocketLauncher

Step1Cleanthecolabottlecompletelyandallowittodry.

Step2Usemarkerstodrawthreesmalltriangles（三角形）andonelargetriangleontheposter

board.Cutoutthetriangles.

Step3Roll（卷起）thelargetrianglesothattwoofitssidestouchanditformsarocket'snosecone.

Gluethesidesoftheconesothatitholdsitsshape.

Step4Gluethenoseconetothebottomofthebottletomakethetopoftherocket.

Step5Gluethesmallertrianglestotheotherendofthecolabottle,arounditsopening.The

triangleswillbethetailfins.

FollowthelaunchinginstructionsincludedwithyourAcmeRocketLauncherandhaveablast!

26.Themainpurposeofthetextisto

A.giveinstructionsonmakingarocketB.introducetheAcmeRocketLauncher

C.showdifferentkindsofrocketsD.encouragerocketdrawing

27.Instep1,whatisthebottlelike?

A.Itcanbeofanysize.B.Itmustbemadeofglass.

C.Itshouldbecleananddry.D.Itneedstobefilledwithcola.

28.Therocket'snoseconeisrolledfrom

A.thecolabottleB.theposterboardC.asmalltriangleD.thelargetriangle

29.WhatcanyougetfromStep4

B

Haveyoueverbeentoabuffetrestaurant（自助餐廳）？Youcaneatasmuchas

youwantforonelowpriceattheseplaces.

Sadly,manyoftheserestaurantshaveclosedintheUSbecauseofthe

COVID-19pandemic.Atbuffetrestaurants,peoplehavetoshareoneservingarea

whentheygettheirfood,whichmakesiteasierforsicknesstospread.Butforalongtime,they

werequitepopular.

“Buffet“istheFrenchwordforsideboard-apieceoffurniturethatwasusedtoservefoodand

display（展示）servingdishes.Thewordwaslaterusedtodescribeanewdiningconcept（理念）:

servingyourselffromawideselectionofdishes,includingsoups,salads,andotherdishesthatare

easytoshare.

MostbuffetrestaurantsintheUSare"allyoucaneat“一thatis,youpayonepriceandcango

backtothebuffettableforseconds,thirds,orevenfourths!

Infact,oneofmyfirstexperienceswithChinesefoodwasatabuffet.Chinesebuffetsare

verycommonintheUS.EveninthesmalltownwhereIwenttocollege,therewerethreedifferent

Chinesebuffetrestaurants.Iwouldoftengotherewithmyfriendsonweekends.Wewouldpay

justeightdollarstoeatplateafterplateofkungpapchicken,gingerbeef,andeggrolls.Forkids

likeuswhodidn'thavemuchmoney,theChinesebuffetwasalifesaver.

30.WhydidmanybuffetrestaurantscloseintheUS?

A.Becausetheycouldn'taffordtoservefoodatlowprices.

B.Becausepeoplelostinterestineatingatbuffets.

C.Becausetheydidn'thaveenoughfood.

D.BecauseCOVID-19madethemunsafe.

31.WhatdoesParagraph3tellus?

A.Whatthewordbuffetrefersto.B.Whybuffetrestaurantswere

popular.

C.Wherebuffetrestaurantsfirstappeared.D.Howdishesaredisplayedinbuffet

restaurants.

32.WhatdoweknowaboutChinesebuffetrestaurantsinthe

US?

A.TheyservebothChineseandAmericanfood.

B.Ifsexpensivetoeatattheserestaurants.

C.Theydon'tmakemuchmoney.

D.Therearemanyofthem.

33.Whatisthepurposeofthestory?

A.Todescribealifestyle.B.Toshareadiningexperience.

C.lbexplainwhatbuffetrestaurantsare.D.Tointroduceafamousbuffet

restaurant.

C

Beep!Beep!Barcode（條形碼）technologymakesitfasterandeasiertobuythingsinstores.

You'veprobablyseentheblack-and-whitezebrastripes（條紋）onproductpackaging.Thisyear,

thisgreatinventionis50yearsold!

OnaSundayafternoonin1971,IBMengineerGeorgeLaurercameupwithacodethatcould

beprintedonfoodlabels（商標(biāo)）.Itbecamethebasis（基礎(chǔ)）fortheUniversalProductCode,which

wasusedbymanygrocerycompaniesstartingin1973,accordingtoTheNewYorkTimes.Before

this,cashiers（收銀員）hadtoringuppricesbyhand.

Timehasprovenittobeagreatinvention.Today,barcodesarescanned（掃描）over6billion

timeseverydayandusedby2millioncompaniesworldwide,PRNewswirereported.

Whatinformationdoesabarcodecontain?Wheretheproductcomesfrom,whereithasbeen,

itsprice,expirationdate（過期時I司）???younameit.Itcanalsohelpstoreskeeptrack（追蹤）of

theirproducts.Forexample,ifthereare10boxesofmilkandacustomerbuysone,itwillbe

recordedsothatthestoreownerknowstherearenineboxesleft.Inthe1980s,librariesstarted

usingbarcodestokeeptrackofbooksinthisway.

“Itscreationallowedthefirstdigitization（數(shù)字化）inthecontrolofthestock（庫存）」Jos

6MariaBonmatifromAECOC,aSpanishcommercialassociation,toldElMundo.

Thenextgenerationofbarcodes,suchasQRcodes,canholdmoreinformation."Theycan

tellcustomersifaproductcontainsallergens（過敏原）orifitisorganic（有機的）.Thisprovides

customerswithagreaterleveloftrustintheproductstheybuy,“saidGS1,anorganizationthat

developsglobalbarcodestandards.

34.Whatdoweknowaboutbarcodes?

A.TheywerefirstusedinNewYork.B.Theywereinventedfiftyyearsago.

C.TheywerebasedontheUniversalProductCode.D.Theyweredesignedbyacashierin

agrocerystore.

35.WhatisParagraph4about?

A.Whatbarcodescanbeusedfor.B.Whatbarcodescanhelpcustomers

do.

C.Howwidelybarcodesareusedworldwide.D.Howinformationisstoredin

barcodes.

36.AccordingtoJoseManaBonmati,barcodes_____.

A.makecashiers,workeasiertodoB.improvethequalityoffood

packaging

C.helpcompaniesbettermanagetheirstockD.tellconsumersmoreaboutthe

productstheybuy

37.Whatdoweknowfromthelastparagraph?

A.Theimportanceofbarcodesstillneedstobeproven.

B.QRcodeswillreplacebarcodesinthefuture.

C.GS1isdevelopinganewtypeofbarcode.

D.QRcodesaremorecustomerfriendly.

38.Whichwordmightthewriterusetodescribebarcodes?

A.Organic.B.Beautiful.C.Convenient.D.Expensive.

D

Doyoueverfeellikeyourthoughtsaregoingaroundincircles?Oneminute,you'rethinking

aboutyourhomework.Thenextminute,you'rethinkingaboutyourplansfortheweekend.

Isitpossibleforustoslowourthoughtsdownorevenstopthemcompletely?Itdependson

yourdefinition（定義）of“thinking”,accordingtoMichaelHalassa,aresearcheratMIT,US.We

basicallygothrougheachdayinoneoftwostates-weeitherrealizethatwe'rethinkingorwe

don't.Ourbrainswon'tstopthinkingcompletelyuntilwedie.

“Thebrainneveractuallystops'thinking'inabroadersense.Mostthoughtsareactuallyin

thebackground（在后面進(jìn)行）withoutusnoticingthemandthere'snotreallyawaytoturnthese

thingsoff/'Halassasaid.Humanbrainscanunconsciouslyprocessabout11millionpiecesof

informationpersecond,accordingtoForbes.

Youcancomparethistohowacomputerworks.Evenwhenyouaren'tusingyourcomputer

whileit'sturnedon,itisstillrunningoperations“inthebackground”.Yourcomputer,muchlike

yourbrain,isconstantly“thinking”,evenifyou'renotactivelyusingit.

Someresearchershavereferredtothisphenomenon（現(xiàn)象）as“thought-chatter”.Itdescribes

therandom（胡亂的）thoughtsthatpopinandoutofourmindatdifferenttimesduringtheday,

accordingtoSteveTaylor,apsychologylecturer.

Somethought-chattercanbeenjoyable,suchasdaydreaming.AlbertEinsteincameupwith

hisfamoustheoryofrelativity（相對論）whiledaydreamingatwork.2Buttoomuch

thought-chattercanmakeusfeeltooanxiousorworried,Taylorsaid.Meditation（冥想）canhelp

uscleanupsomeofthisthought-chatter.

39.When“yourthoughtsaregoingaroundincircles”,you.

A.arethinkingaboutonethingrepeatedlyB.arethinkingaboutonethingafter

another

C.cannotthinkaboutaproblemveryclearlyD.cannotstopthinkingaboutpast

events

40.WhatdoesParagraph4trytoprove?

A.Humanbrainsarethinkingallthetime.B.Humanbrainsworkfasterthan

computers.

C.Acomputercandealwithplentyofinformation.D.Acomputercanthinklikeahuman

brain.

41.Whatdoweknowabout“thought-chatter”？

A.Itreferstothebackgroundnoiseswehear.B.Itisasenjoyableasdaydreaming.

C.Itcanmakeussmarter.D.Meditationcanreduceit.

42.Accordingtothestory,whichwordcanbeusedtodescribeourbrains?

A.crazyB.busyC.random

D.relaxed

43.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“unconsciously"mean?

A.不間斷地B.不自在地C.無意識地

D.無限地

答案：

26-29ACDD30-33DADC34-38BACDC39-43BADBC

江蘇省靖江外國語學(xué)校2020屆九年級模擬英語試題

三、閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

A

Thefollowingisaquizfromamagazine:

Questions1Point2Points3Points

Wheredoyoulive?Inavillage.Inatown.Inacity.

HowdoyougotoWalking/Bybicycle.Bybus/subway.Bycar.

work/school?

Howmanytimesayear1.2.3.

doyouflyonairplanes?

Howmanyhoursof

electricitydoyouuse

eachday(e.g.watching0~6hours.6-12hours.12-18hours.

TV,keepinglightson)?

HowoftendoyouAlways.Often.Sometimes.

recycle?

TotalPointsResult

7Lesspollutionthantheaverageperson

8-10Asmuchpollutionastheaverageperson

11-13Alittlemorepollutionthantheaverageperson

14-15Alotmorepollutionthantheaverageperson

31.whichofthefollowingmakestheleastpollution?

A.Livingprettywellinabigcity.B.Flyingonplanesonlytwiceayear.

C.Alwaysrecyclingusedthings.D.Using15hoursofelectricityeachday.

32.Howmanypointsdoesanaveragepersonget?

A.7points.B.8~10points.C.l1~13points.D.14-15points.

33.Tomlivesinacity,goestoworkbysubway,fliesonairplanesonceayear,uses15hoursof

electricityadayandsometimesrecyclesusedthings.Howmanypointsdoesheget?

A.11points.B.12points.C.13points.D.14points.

34.Toprotecttheenvironment,we'dbetter.

A.drivetoworkB.liveinthecityC.flyonairplanesD.walktoschool

35.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthequiz?

A.Wheredoyoulive?BWhatdoyourecycle?

CWhydowetravel?D.Howgreenareyou?

B

Searchingforparkingspaceshaslongbeenaheadacheformanyofficeworkersinmanybig

citiesofChina,especiallyforthoseworkingincentralbusinessdistricts.Parkingneartheir

companiesforfivedaysaweekcouldcostthemalotofmoney.Atthesametime,evenwithprices

forparkinglotsinresidentialareas（居民區(qū)）rising,mostoftheirspacesremainidleduring

workdays.NowanewformofsharingeconomyhasappearedinChina-thesharedparkingspace.

Ithasbecomeahugemarketinsomebigcities.

InQingdao,acoastal（海岸的）cityinShangdong,upto10,000personalparkingspaceshave

beenturnedintosharedoneswiththehelpof“Airparking”,anonlinesharedparkingplatfbnn

developedbyanetworkcompanyfromGuangzhou.

Throughaspecialapp,userscaneithershareororderaparkingplace.Ownerswhohaveidle

parkingspacescansharesomeinformation,includingtheparkingposition,licensenumberandtime

limitontheplatform.Withtheinformation,userscaneasilyfindthenearestplacetopark.The

averageparkingcostforsharedparkingis4yuaneachhour,almostthesameastheservicecostin

traditionalparkingspaces.

QingdaoisoneoftheChinesecitiesthatencouragesharedparking.Someotherbigcites,

includingBeijing,ShanghaiandHefei,havealsobeguntotrythisidea.TheShanghaigovernment,

forexample,hassetupmorethan6,500sharedparkingspacestoencouragethepublictouse.

Sharedparkingwillbemoreandmorehelpfultothedrivers.

36.Inthefirstparagraph,thewriterpointsoutthat.

A.weshouldfindagoodwaytouseparkingspacesinbigcities

B.pricesofparkingspacesarerisingquicklyinChina

C.it'sdifficulttofindparkingspaceincentralbusinessdistricts

D.manypeoplewanttofindparkingspacesinresidentialareasduringworkdays

37.TheunderlinedwordidleprobablymeansinChineseinthispassage.

A.無所事事的B.停頓的C.閑置的D.懶惰的

38.IfyouwanttousesharedparkinginQingdao,youshould.

A.lovethecityB.useaspecialapp

C.haveanidleparkingspaceD.shareyourpersonalinformation

39.Howmuchshouldyoupayifyouuseasharedparkingspacefor5hoursinQingdao?

A.15yuan.B.20yuan.C.25yuan.D.30yuan.

40.Thepurposeofthepassageistotellusthat.

A.It'shardtofindparkingspacesinresidentialareasduringworkdays

B.QingdaohasfewersharedparkingspacesthanShanghai

C.sharedparkingwillprobablybecomemoreandmorepopular

D.sharedparkingismoreexpensivethantraditionalparkingservice

OneinthreeBritishpeoplearesostressedatworkthattheyhavechecked

theiremailsinthemiddleofthenight,astudyhasfound.Researcherswho

studied2,000adultsfound79percenthavedifficultyfalling

asleepatbedtimeandleavethestressofworkanddailylife

behindthem.Sixintenevensaytheyoftenwakesuddenlyin

thenightwiththoughtsofworkandotherworries.

JasBagniewski,CEOofEveSleep,whoisdonating￡5ofeverymattress（床墊）saleto

MentalHealthUK,said,“Ourgoalistocreatebeautifulproductsthathelpyousleepbetter--but

ifsimportanttoknowthatevenwiththebestmattressintheworld,thereisalotmoretoconsiderif

you'regoingtohavearelaxingnight.^^

Sadly,forthree-quartersofthenation,bedtimeisusuallywhenfearsandworriescomeout.

Familyworrieswerefoundtobetheproblemsmostlikelytokeeppeopleupatnight,followedby

moneyproblemsandrelationshipproblems.

Unsurprisingly,themostcommonreasonofabadnight'ssleepistiredness.Andalmostone

infivehavebeensotiredofabadnight'ssleep;theyhaveevenbeenforcedtotakeadayoffwork

-thoughmanypeoplehaven'tsaidthereasontotheirboss.

Besides,morethanhalfoftheadultssaidperiodsofstressnotonlyaffecttheirownsleepbut

thatoftheirpartnertoo.Onethirdofthemsaidbedtimeisthetimetheytypicallyopenuptotheir

otherhalfaboutwhat'sontheirmind.Infact,thisisthetimetheirpartnerlikestotalkaboutthings,

suchasworkproblems,healthconcernsandrelationshipproblemsamongthemostcommon

“pillowtalk“topics.

41.Accordingtotheresearchers,mostoftheadultsfinditdifficultto.

A.fallasleepbecauseofgreatstressB.checktheiremailsearlyinthenight

C.keepawakeinthemiddleofthenightD.putdowntheirmobilephoneatbedtime

42.WhatisEveSleep?

A.Itisaresearchgroupwhichstudiessleep.B.Itisanorganizationwhichhelpsthepoor.

C.Itisacompanywhichproducesmattress.D.Itisahospitalthatdealswithsleepproblem.

43.Accordingtothetext,whyisamantiredatworktime?

A.Becausehemightmissagoodnight'ssleep.B.Becausehemayhavealotofworktodo.

C.Becausehemightbecomeillthenightbefore.D.Becausehemighthavewordswithhiswife.

44.Accordingtothestudy,what'sthepercentageofpeoplewhooftenwakesuddenlyinthenight

withthoughtsofworkandotherworries?

A.20%B.60%C.75%D.79%

45.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?

A.Almostallpeopleliketotalkatbedtime.B.Familiesareopentoeachotheronlyatnight.

C.Peoplemaypasstheirstressontotheirpartner.

D.Familyworriesalwayscomeoutinthemorning

答案：

31-35CBBDD36-40CCBBC41-45ACABC

江蘇省靖江外國語學(xué)校2019年中考模擬考試英語試題

三閱讀理解(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)

A

Lastyear,somegroupsofstudentsintheircommunitymadeasurveyabout4€Howdopeople

spendtheirfreetime?nThefollowingdiagrams(圖表)showsomeresultsofit:

Diagram(1):HoursforpeopleofdifferentageswhosurftheInternetinaweek.

IATTENDANCEI

Diagram(3):Differentprogramspeoplelike.

31.PeopleagedspendtheleasttimesurfingtheInterneteveryweek.

A.7—16B.17—30C.31—55D.over56

32.HowmanypeoplegotothelibraryonMondays?

A.About20%.B.About40%.C.About60%.D.Morethan80%.

33.Theword4€attendance^^inDiagram(2)means"inthelibrary,\

A.thehourspeoplespendB.thedayspeoplespend

C.thenumberofpeopleD.thenumberofbooks

34.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothediagrams?

A.Thefewestpeoplelikewatchingmusicprograms.

B.Sportsarethemostpeople'sfavoriteprograms.

C.Peopleseldomgotothelibraryonweekdays.

D.Halfofthepeoplelikewatchingnewsandcartoons.

35.Thethreediagramsshowustheresultsofasurveyabout.

A.whatpeopledoeverydayB.howpeoplespendtheirfreetime

C.people'sdifferentlifestylesD.people'sdifferenthabits

B

TreasureIslandisanadventurestoryof“pirates(海盜)andburiedgold”.Thenanatorfor

mostofthestoryisaboy,JimHawkins.HefindsamapshowingwheretheterriblepirateCaptain

Flinthidhistreasure.JimjoinsSquireTrelawneyandDr.Liveseyonajourneytofindthetreasure

alongwithanumberofpirates,ledbythefearfulLongJohnSilver.

OneofthemainthemesofthestoryisJimHawkins'comingofage.Atthebeginningofthe

story,Jimlivesinasafeworldwithhisparents.Whenhisfatherdies,Jimgoestosearchfor

treasure.Thisadventuretestshiscourageandcharacteristics.Attheend,Jimfindsthetreasure,

buthealsohasbecomeayoungmanwhochoosesgoodoverevilandaquietlifeoveradventure.

Hissearchfortreasureisametaphorforhissearchforhimself.

TreasureIslandhasgreatlyinfluencedourideaofpiratesandhasintroducedmanypopular

imagesintoourculture:Treasuremapsmarkedwithan"X”,tropical（熱帶的）islands,one-legged

sailorswithparrotsandtheblackspot.ThecharactersofJimHawkinsandLongJohnSilverwith

hispetpaiTot,CaptainFlint,havebecomelegend（傳奇人物）allovertheworld.

NooneknowswhereTreasureIslandreallyisbutsomeexpertsthinkitmaybeNorman

IslandinTheBritishVirginIslands,anislandwhererealtreasurewasonceburied.

36.WhatkindofstoryisTreasureIsland?

A.acartoonstory.B.anadventurestory.C.aromanticstory.D.ahorror

story.

37.Theunderlinedword'metaphor9inParagraph2maymean'\

A.擬人B.夸張C.隱喻D.對偶

38.WhichimageisNOTmentionedinParagraph3?

A.tropicalislandsB.dangerwarning

C.treasuremapsmarkedwithan"X"D.one-leggedsailorswithparrotsandtheblack

spot.

39.Whichistherightorderaccordingtothepassage?

a.JimHawkinsfindsamapshowingthetreasure.

b.ThepirateCaptainFlinthidhistreasure.

c.JimHawkinsjoinsajourneytofindthetreasurewithanumberofpirates.

d.JimHawkinsfindsthetreasure.

A.a,b,c,dB.a,c,b,dC.b,a,c,dD.b,c,a,d

40.Whatkindofpersondoesthisbookwantustobe?

A.anadventurouspersonB.anevilperson

C.apersonwholikesachangeablelifeD.apersonwholikesapeacefullife

C

Areyoushy?Ifyouare,youarenotalone.Infact,closeto50percentofpeopleareshy.

Almost80percentofpeoplefeelshyatsomepointontheirlives.Thesedays,shynessis

becomingmoreandmorecommon.Nowscientistsaretryingtounderstandshyness.Theyhave

someinterestingideasaboutwhypeopleareshy.

Isitpossibletobebornshy?Manyscientistssayyes.Theysay15to20percentbabies

behaveshyly.Thesebabiesarealittlequieterandmorewatchfulthanotherbabies.Interestingly,

theseshybabiesusuallyhaveshyparents.Asaresult,scientiststhinkthatsomeshynessis

genetic.

Familysizemightcausepeopletobeshyaswell.ScientistsatHarvardUniversitystudied

shychildren.Theyfoundthat66percentofthemhadolderbrothersandsisters.Thescientistssaid

thatthesechildrenwereoftenbullied（欺負(fù)）bytheirolderbrothersandsisters.Asaresult,they

becameshy