江苏省教育集团树人学校2019-2021年三年中考三模英语试卷分类汇编：阅读理解

江苏省教育集团树人学校 2019-2021 年三年中考三模英语试卷分类汇编 阅读理解 江苏省扬州市树人学校 2021 年九年级第三次模拟考试英语试卷 三、阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分, 计 30 分） 阅读下列内容, 从每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A YOU COULD WIN $500 TO HELP SAVE LIONS! With a lion's strong jaws and claws, it's no wonder that this big cat is a big star in the wild. But the powerful animal still faces dangers, including ones from humans and their numbers are dropping. That's why this year's Almanac Challenge is all about saving lions and how you can help. Send in a poster that includes a drawing and a one-sentence message about why it's important to protect lions. You could win a $500 gift card to host a "Lions Forever" party, but you can host one oh your own too! Invite friends, family, and classmates to talk about why it's important to save these big cats. And your drawing might be included in a future issue（期）of Nat Geo Kids magazine, Natgeokids. com, or even in next year's Almanac Challenge! Important Entry Information Almanac Challenge starts on May 8, and ends on Decembers. Open to U. S. people who are aged 6 to 12 years or older. To enter, visit natgeokids. com/almanac. See official rules for complete prize description and more information. 31. The purpose of Almanac Challenge is to _____________________. 4 raise $500 for a party B. sell Nat Geo Kids magazines C. tell us the importance of lions D. encourage us to help save lions 32. If you want to join in Almanac Challenge, you must __________________. A. have a talent for drawing B. be at least six years old C. call Nat Geo Kids magazine D. hand in a poster after Dec. 3 33. Almanac Challenge is most probably a ________________. A. meeting B. test C. competition D. survey B You like rats? You must be kidding. Everyone hates rats. But rats may soon be man's new good friend. What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue（营救，救援） dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can't get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat. How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat's brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the ra brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person. Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. "Robots' noses don't work well when there are other smells around. Rats arc good at that Rats can also see in the dark, they are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don't need electricity! The "rat project" is not finished, but a scientist says, "It would be great. A rat could get into spaces we couldn't get to, and a rat would get out if it wasn't safe. " Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building (but only after an earthquake, of course). 34. Where do you think you can find this passage. A. In a history book. B. In an advertisement. C. In a magazine about toys. D. In a newspaper about science. 35. In the writer's opinion, rats may become man's new friend because ______________. A. t they are lovely B. hey can be food for people C. they can help rescue people after an earthquake D. they can completely replace man's rescue jobs 36. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Rats don't need electricity. B. Rats are as clever as radios. C. Rats are better than robots when smelling. D. Rats can see things in the dark when doing rescues. 37. Which is the best title of this passage? A. Ways of saving people B. Robots C. Rescue dogs D. Rats for rescue C I am not interested in making the New Year's decisions. But this year, there came a decisive moment. It came when my adult children, who'd been home for two weeks, headed back to their homes. There. was a sadness I felt as I waved their cars out of sight, not knowing when I'd see them again. But at that moment I realized that something in me needed to change. So I asked myself, "What is truly good in your life?" What is good is my relationships with my children, but not only those relationships. What also keeps my heart beating is creating a home, no matter who is there, and cooking balanced, plant-based meals, even if just for me. I find joy in nature and connections with close friends and family. I love doing photography and writing and teaching myself piano. Whatever was missing from my life, at the end of last year I knew about the parts that worked. As winter ended and the visiting children prepared to leave, I looked to the future. I think of my friend, Lisa, who in May lost her husband of 30 years to cancer, and who found herself on New Year's Eve with no one to be with. Her aloneness was lasting in that turning-point moment, but her sadness was momentary (短暂的). "I realized I had a choice, " she told me. Instead of giving way to loneliness, she chose to find something meaningful to do. We humans can become bored with defeat. We know something is just the other side. Like a new year, I have two choices. I can brand myself as the long-suffering mother who never thought of how to live on after her children left. Or I can take to the piano in the center of the house each day and practice Ode to Joy with one hand until such time as I feel ready to play with two. 38. What can we know about the author from the first paragraph? A. She didn't want to live a lonely life any more. B. She was curious about her life in the New Year. C. She had a difficult relationship with her children. D. She didn't think her life kept any promise any more. 39. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer would probably ‘ A. go to live with one of her adult children B. continue to lose herself in loneliness C. change her life by doing what she likes D. take more music classes in college 40. Why does the author mention her friend Lisa? A. To show there are people with worse lives than herself B. To point out there are choices even when life is difficult C. To prove being on one's own has a big influence on others. D. To stress the importance of family members on New Year's Eve. 41. How does the author feel about her future? A. Uncertain. B. Doubtful. C. Worried. D. Hopeful D Have you ever had an experience where you meet someone new, learn his name and think to yourself, " Wow, they really look just like their names!" What does this mean, exactly? Scientists are suggesting that humans manage to contact people's names with their appearance, and can even guess someone's name based on how they look. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel collected thousands of photos of people's faces. They labeled（贴标签）each photo with four names. Then, they asked volunteers to guess which of the four names was correct The volunteers were able to guess the right name 38 percent of the time. It seems that humans are able to recognize （认出）certain characteristics of faces that can give them clues about someone's name, Reader "s Digest reported. However, this only works when we're looking at names within our own culture. In addition, the volunteers were not as good at guessing the real names of people who use nicknames （昵称） more often than their real names. This shows Chat a person's appearance is influenced by his name only if they use it often. This kind of face-name matching happens because of a process of self-fulfilling prophecy （自 我实现预言）, as we become what other people expect us to become/' Ruth Mayo from the university told science news website EurekAlert. Earlier studies have shown that gender and race stereotypes （刻板印象）can influence a person's appearance. The researchers believe there are also similar stereotypes about names. For example, people manage to think that men named Bob should have rounder faces because the word itself looks round. People may think that women named Rose are beautiful. They expect them to be delicate and feminine, just like the flower they are named for. 42. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. People can guess others’ names based on their appearance. B. There are several ways to guess a stranger's name. C. A person's appearance can be influenced by three factors. D. I not polite to ask strangers about their names. 43. Dr Ruth Mayo thinks some people look like their names because of ___________. A. their different cultures B. a self-fulfilling prophecy C. racial stereotypes D. their living environment 44. According to the passage, men named Bob are expected to ______________. A wear glasses B have big eyes C. look beautiful D. have round faces 45. What do we know from this research? A. Nicknames have a bigger influence on people's appearance. B. Gender and race have no influence on a person's appearance. C. The volunteers guessed nearly four names correctly out of ten. D. People are good at recognizing the different characteristics of faces. 答案： 31-35 DBCDC 36-40 BDACB 41-45 DABDC 江苏省教育集团树人学校 2020 届九年级第三次模拟考试英语试题 三、阅读理解（共 l5 小题；每小题 2 分，计 30 分） 阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A Exploring Caves—Suit up with a helmet and light, and take Cave Crawl(爬行). Bring your own knee pads. Learn about equipment used by cavers and rules for safe cave exploration. Spend the morning viewing stalactites — rock formations that hang from the ceiling — and their opposites, stalagmites（石笋）. Cave Alive—Take a look and learn about bats, salamanders, and other interesting creatures that grow up in caves. See crickets, crayfish, and even beetles. Learn why bears like to live in caves. Fossils—Learn how remains of ancient plant and animal life became set in rocks, and discover how they provide clues about Earth’s history. Examine fossils in the cave. Caves—Learn how changes in underground rock formation cause openings and caverns to develop. Find out how acidic water dissolves（溶解） limestone to create caves. Manners—Learn how to preserve and protect beautiful, interesting, and educational caves. Learn why bats should not be disturbed when they are hibernating. Never go caving alone. Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but footprints. JOIN TODAY. RECEIVE THESE EARLY-BIRD BENEFITS(好处): . A membership card. . A membership certificate. . A Caves and Caverns activity book. . A newsletter with games, activities, and special offers. THAT’S NOT ALL. MEMBERS ALSO RECEIVE: . Free unlimited admission（入场） to Echo Cove Cave. . One-week Echo Cove Youth Camp enrollment(注册) at half price. . Ten tickets for you and your friends to a private “off-the-beaten-track” tour of the cave. . Two free admission tickets to Echo Cove Cave for friends or family members. . Admission to “Caves Around the World” lectures given by world famous cavers every month. 31. If you are interested in rock formations, which activities are the best choices? A. Caves and Fossils. B. Fossils and Manners. C. Caves and Exploring Caves. D. Exploring Caves and Manners. 32. If you are members’ friends, what benefits can you receive? A. Two free lectures every month. B. A membership card and certificate. C. Lower price for Youth Camp. D. Two free tickets to Echo Cove Cave. 33. The purpose of this poster is to invite more people to________. A. join the Cave Club B. enjoy the underground world C. work as volunteers D. protect the educational caves B We were locked in a darkness room, Ned tried to escape from the submarine. I remembered that unforgettable day. When morning came, we saw the monster behind us. After fighting against it, Conseil, Ned and I were thrown into the sea and stood on the monster. We thought it was a giant narwhal. In fact, it was a submarine. A few seconds later, eight men came out and pulled us into this room on the submarine. Suddenly, two men entered. The tall man was Captain Nemo. He even knew everything we did with him. He asked us to promise not to escape. Finally, we reached an agreement. Captain Nemo showed me the art gallery with many paintings by famous artists and a museum that contained many thousands of wonderful shells, pearls and other treasures from the sea. I had never seen such a good museum. “What a wonderful ship, it must have cost a fortune” “That’s true!” he replied. “I love it as if it were my child.” A few days later, Captain Nemo invited me and my friends to go hunting with him in the forests of Crespo Island. About one hundred savages followed us and tried to come into the ship. Captain Nemo didn’t worry about them. When they put their hand on the rail，they all fell back and ran away. Captain Nemo had put electricity into the rail. Anybody who touched it would receive an electric shock. One day, he asked me to follow him to another room. A man lay on a bed with a very bad head wound. I looked at it. "What happened?” Captain Nemo answered, “Something broke in the engine. A heavy piece of metal hit his head.” He is going to die soon,” I said. “Nothing can save him.” Tears filled Captain Nemo's eyes, and he asked me to leave. We sailed through a sea of milk and huge armies of shell sand, sometimes large crowds of sharks. I realized that I did not really want to escape. 34.Which is the correct order of the following statements? a. Captain Nemo invited me and my friends to go out. b. We fought against the monster on the sea. c. Captain Nemo showed me a lot of amazing things. d. We were locked in darkness room. A. a d b c B. b d c a C. d b c a D. c a b d 35. The underlined word “fortune” in paragraph 3 may mean _______. A. luck B. money C. time D. life 36.Why didn’t Captain Nemo worry about the savages? A. Because the number of the savages was too small. B. Because Captain Nemo was optimistic. C. Because Captain Nemo had a way to deal with them. D. Because I could help him beat them. 37.According to the passage, which of the following is right? A. Ned and I tried to escape. B. Captain Nemo cared about his member. C. I found the journey boring. D. Conseil, Ned and I didn’t make any promise. C Mike, John and James had been together for five months. Everyone said they were fantastic but they still had not got a paying job. The three guys had become friends in music class, and organizing a group was Mike's idea. Mike played the guitar and acted as leader. John was on drums and James was on the saxophone. They got together just for fun and named their group Playday. But when some fans praised them, they decided to turn fun into profit(利润). To make themselves known, Playday volunteered to entertain at parties. They played for free at school. Mike felt like a superstar! They practiced hard and discussed young musicians who had vaulted into prominence. “The Jackson Five were kids," John said. “Michael was famous like a rocket!" James shouted. “We can do it!" Mike encouraged the group. After months of keeping spirits high, Mike was tired. They haven't seen even a cent. Everyone was in low spirits. They decided to break up after one final volunteer job. The next day, they were to perform for patients at the Children's Hospital where Mike's mother worked as a nurse. The next day the three young guys set up in the hospital hall, and the nurses brought in the audience. As Playday began, Mike could feel their spirit were not high. Then Mike noticed one patient sitting in her wheelchair. Her expression was vacant(茫然), but when music filled the room, this doll came to life. She sat up straight, and the light that shone in her eyes lighted up something in Mike. He felt the excitement he'd been missing. As Mike's playing caught fire, James and John gained energy. After the performance, the three guys spent time with the patients. Mike spoke to the girl in her wheelchair. “Wouldn't it feel great to be rich and famous?" she asked, “Will you be a rock star?" “Probably not," Mike answered. “But I'll never give up my music. I felt happy playing for you!" 38.The underlined phrase “had vaulted into prominence” means_________. A. had grown into adults B. had made a promise C. had played The Jackson Five D. had become successful 39. The members of Playday were tired and in low spirits because they_________. A. had no offer of a paying performance B. had a competition with other groups C. had to break up the group D. played at the Children's Hospital 40. While performing at the Children's Hospital, Mike became encouraged because_________. A. his guitar caught fire B. a girl took him as a rock star C. a patient was much cheered up D. a toy doll suddenly became alive 41. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Mike, John and James got to know each other as they were relatives. B. They planned to make money after they played at Children's Hospital. C. Their wonderful performance at Children's Hospital cured the girl of her disease. D. Mike found the enjoyment of volunteer performance after playing at the hospital. D Many people believe the glare( 刺 眼 的 光 ) from snow causes snow blindness. Yet, with dark glasses or not, they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snow blindness when staying in snow light for several hours. The United States army has now discovered that glare from snow does not cause snow blindness in troops(军队) in a snow-covered country. In fact, a man’s eyes often find nothing to focus on in a broad space of snow-covered land. So his eyes keep moving over the whole landscape in search of something to look at. Finding something, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become tired and the eye muscles ache. Nature makes up for this discomfort by producing more and more fluid (液体) which covers the eyeball. The fluid covers the eyeball more and more until it makes eyes difficult to see clearly, and the result is completely snow blindness, even though for a short time. Experiments led the army to a simple method of solving this problem. Scouts (侦察员) ahead of the troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead which they can look at, too. The men following can then see something. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to look at, stop searching the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a continuous white land is solved. 42. What is the first paragraph mainly about? A. The whiteness from snow. B. Snow light and snow blindness C. The need for dark glasses D. Headaches and watering eyes 43. Snow-blindness can be avoided___________. A.by walking ahead and keep looking around B.by making up for the discomfort of one’s eyes C.by covering the eyeballs with more and more tears D.by providing the eyes with something to look at 44. What is the best title for this passage? A.Snow-blindness: what it is and whom it influences B.Snow-blindness: what it is and how nature helps C.Snow-blindness: how it forms and how to solve it D.Snow-blindness: how it forms and whom it hurts 45.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. Solving the problem of snow-blindness is important in army B. Snow-blindness was once a big problem but could be cured easily C. The glare from snow is considered as the main cause of snow-blindness D. Armies around the world pay attention to the problems of snow-blindness 答案： A 篇：CDA B 篇：BBCB C 篇：DACD D 篇：BDCA 江苏省扬州市树人学校 2019 届九年级三模英语试题 三、阅读理解（共 l5 小题；每小题 2 分，计 30 分） 阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A While it is expected that students come to university with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case. High school may not have demanded it, so good listening and note-taking skills may need to be developed. TRY Being a positive, active listener. HOW? Sit down front and do not read or talk. Pay particular attention during the second 20 minutes (when you tend to lose it) and to the last minutes when a summary(总结) might be given or conclusions drawn. TRY Being a positive, active learner. HOW? Come to class with an interest in the material and with questions to be answered. You can develop these by anticipating the lecture and by pre-reading the text (the second is especially helpful if you find yourself having difficulty keeping up with the material). TRY Getting accurate notes, with special attention to the main ideas. WHY? Look for main points---from the prof’s verbal language, body language, or careful reading of his notes. If you still feel you’re missing the main points, try showing your notes to a classmate or the prof. TRY Going over new notes---10 minutes for each class---within 24 hours WHY? Because you lose 50—80% of the material if you don’t. ( )31. During a listening lesson _____. A. the students might lose interest after 20 minutes B. most students might be absent-minded C. students prefer to talk to each other D. students don’t have to pay attention to the last part of the lesson ( )32 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Pre-reading what you read might help you understand the material better. B. Taking notes in class can help you master the main idea better. C. The writer of the passage is not quite satisfied with high school education. D. One should learn to go over one’s lessons within 24 hours. ( )33. The article is probably written for _____. A. high school students B. grown-ups C. university students D. teachers of English B It is often necessary to release a fish. That is, set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just don’t want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive to bite again another day. -When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible. -Don’t" use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying. -Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don’t wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival. -Remove your hook (鱼钩) quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish. -Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water. Release the fish when it begins to struggle and is able to swim. -Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers（容器）and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish, do so right away. With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can give the released fish a better chance of survival. ( )34. People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they ______ A. don’t want it to die B. hope it will grow quickly C. don’t want to have it as food D. want to practice their fishing skills ( )35. Which of the following will probably make a fish ill? A. Taking the hook off it. B. Removing its scales. C. Touching its eyes. D. Holding it in your hand. ( )36. A proper way to release a fish is to ______. A. move it in water till it can swim B. take the hook out of its stomach C. keep it in a bucket for some time D. let it struggle a little in your hand ( )37. What is the purpose of the test? A. To show how to enjoy fishing. B. To ask people to fish less often. C. To encourage people to set fish free. D. To give advice on how to release fish. C Lions are opportunists. They prefer to eat without having to do too much work. When resting in the shade, they are also watching the sky to see what is flying by, and even in the heat of the day they will suddenly start up and run a m ile across the plains to find out what is going on. If another animal has made a kill, they will drive it off and take the kill for themselves. A grown lion can easily eat 60 pounds of meat at a single feeding. Often they eat until it seems painful for them to lie down. The lionesses (母狮) , being thinner and faster, are better hunters than the males. But the males don’t mind. After the kill they move in and take the test share. Most kills are made at night or just before daybreak. We have seen many, many daylight attempts but only ten kills. Roughly, it’s about twenty daytime attempts for one kill. When lions are hiding for an attack by a water hole, they wait patiently and can charge at any second. The kill is the exciting moment in the day-to-day life of the lion, since these great animals spend most of their time, about 20 hours a day, sleeping and resting. Lions are social cats, and when they are having a rest, they love to touch each other. After drinking at a water hole, a lioness rests her head on another’s back. When walking, young lions often touch faces with older ones, an act of close ties among members of the group. ( )38. By describing lions as “opportunists” in the first paragraph, the author means to say that lions _______. A. are cruel animals B. are clever animals C. like to take advantage of other animals D. like to take every chance to eat ( )39. According to the text, which of the following is true?[ A. Lions make most kills in the daytime. B. Males care more about eating than active killing. C. Lions are not interested in things happening around them. D. It doesn’t take lions too much time to make a kill. ( )40. How can we know that lions are social animals? A. They depend on each other. B. They look after each other well. C. They readily share what they have. D. They enjoy each other’s company. ( )41. What would be the best title for the text? A. Powerful Lions B. Lions at Work and Play C. Lions, Social Cats D. Lions, Skilled Hunters D It happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a brilliantly (精彩地) written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I realized that I was talking to a book liar.[来源:Z.Com] And it seems that my friend is not the only one. About two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In the World Book Day’s “Report on Guilty Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as I’m not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out), I’ll admit (承认)here and now that I haven’t read the entire top ten. But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984. I think it’s really brilliant. The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky (I haven’t read him, but haven’t lied about it either) and Herman Melville. Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress” someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more in-depth! But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. K. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (I’ll come clean: I do this and am surprised that 58 percent said they had never done so). ( )42. What does the underlined word “liar” in the first paragraph mean according to the context? A. A bookworm B. A man who tells lies C. A man who hates reading D. A man who has many books ( )43. How did the author find his friend a book liar? A. By judging his manner of speaking. B. By looking into his background. C. By mentioning a famous name. D. By discussing the book itself. ( )44. Which of the following is a “guilty secret” according to the World Book Day report? A. Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list. B. 42% of people pretended to have read 1984. C. The author admitted having read 9 books. D. Dreams Fro m My Father is hardly read. ( )45. By lying about reading, a person hopes to ________. A. control the conversation B. appear knowledgeable C. learn about the book D. make more friends 答案： 31-33 ACC 34-37 CBAD 38-41 CBDB 42-45 BDBB