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【陕西省2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共15小题，计20分）
第一节：阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。（共5小题，计5分）
A
Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, is famous for its festivals. There are twelve festivals around the year. Half of them are celebrated during the months of July and August.Thousands of people visit it. Here are some of the events（公开活动）you can enjoy in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh International Festival
The first Edinburgh International Festival was planned during World War II for artists to find hope and communicate with each other. Later, actors, musicians, dancers and singers from all over world came over to give performances.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
This is one of the largest art festival in the world. There are thousands of shows across the city. It was first held as a supplement（补充）to the Edinburgh International Festival. Then it developed very well. Anyone can perform in the festival and many artists take part in it. During the festival, you can go to the Royal Mile to watch performances for free.
Edinburgh International Book Festival
It began in 1983. It is the largest book festival in the world. It is held every year in Charlotte Square Gardens in the center of Edinburgh. There are over 700 event for kids and adults who love books. You can meet many writers, talk to them or ask them to sign a book. Kids also like it because they can listen to stories and watch artists draw pictures of the stories.
In Edinburgh, six festival are celebrated in July and August.
We can watch performances for free in the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The first Edinburgh International Festival was planned for artists to give performances.
The Edinburgh International Festival is a supplement to Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Kids like the Edinburgh International Book Festival because they can watch artists draw their favorite pictures.

【山东省临沂市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
(一) 阅读短文，完成1-5小题。（共15小题，计15分）
B .
merican country music is also known as (被视为) country western music .It has a very long history . It comes from the folk songs of immigrants(移民) from Britain.
Country music users simple music and words to express everyday feelings such as loneliness, love , and sadness . That is to say , country music describes life . It talks about friends and enemies , trucks and roads , farm and crops.. People in many parts of the world like country music, because everyone can understand what the music is about .
Country western music became popular first among cowboys(牛仔) in the American west countryside . Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to calm the animals and to overcome their own fear .They were not well-educated and so they sang about their daily life in very simple words .They played guitars, violins. and other instruments. In the south of America , many people added instruments from their homes , like bottles and spoons, When cowboys visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving , they usually sang and played country western music .
In recent years ,many musicians have made country western music a little different from the one in the past.These changes make the songs sound even better.Today singers such as Carth Brooks.Reba McEntire. Emmylou Harris. Lyle Lovett,Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rimes,Randy Travis and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles.They have brought country western music more and more fans from all over the wold.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Country western music comes from the folk songs of immigrants from ____

A．America

B．France

C．Britain

D．Germany

According to the passage, people like American country music because ____.

A．It has a long history．	B．It comes from Europe.
C．It is sung by cowboys．	D．It is easy to understand.

The chunk “calm the animals “ here means “make the animals become ___”.

A．sad and lonely

B．quiet and relaxed

C．angry and wild

D．upset and scared

Which of these is mentioned in the passage ?

A．Early immigrants lived a very simple life.

B．Many country music singers are not well-educated.

C．Cowboys usually played country western music on holidays.

D．In the west of America , cowboys added instruments from their homes

The best title(标题) for the passage is ________.

A．Americans Love American Country Music.

B．The History of American Country Music.

C．Singers and Fans of American Country Music

D．All Kinds of American Music, Yesterday and Today.

【山东省济宁市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共 16 小题，计 24 分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案D。
No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s.
Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace.
Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they, too, were playing jazz.
The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.
Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning.
Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”
What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?

A．Who invented jazz.

B．When jazz was invented.

C．Where jazz was invented.

D．Why jazz was invented.

The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to（指）____ ____.

A．New styles.	B．Jazz pioneers.
C．Black musicians.	D．White musicians.

What made Louis Armstrong become the best jazz musician?

A．His family background.

B．His talent and hard work.

C．His good sense of humor.

D．His big, good-natured smiles.

Which of the following best expresses Louis Armstrong’s attitude (态度) to life?

A．He laughs best who laughs last.

B．Failure is the mother of success.

C．When you smile, the world smiles ba ck.

D．Without music, life is a journe y through a desert.

What is the passage mainly about?

A．The development of jazz.

B．The influence of jazz on Americans.

C．The achievements of Louis Armstrong.

D．The development of jazz and its best musician.

【山东省济宁市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共 16 小题，计 24 分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。C
There is an unusual holiday in the US that falls on the fourth Thursday of April every year. It is very different from Christmas, Thanksgiving, or other well-known holidays. It is called Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. This holiday is meant to be educational as well as fun. The idea is simple, and the name says it all. It is a day for working parents to show their kids what they do all day.
Although this holiday doesn’t seem very complex(复杂的), it has meaningful purposes. There are many
good reasons why a child should know what his or her parents do at work. For one thing, it is hard for children to understand the life of an adult when all they know is school. Therefore, this holiday helps children learn what it means to have a job. It also helps them learn about the differences and similarities between their world and the grown-up world. When young people know more about their parents’ lives, they can form stronger parent-child relationships. This alone is worth a day of celebration.
This year’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day falls on _____ .

A．

B．

C．

D．

The underlined part in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ___ .

A．every holiday needs a name

B．the name says it is known to all

C．the name explains the idea clearly

D．it is very different from Christmas

The writer thinks the holiday is ____.

A．usual

B．simple

C．complex

D．meaningful

【山东省济宁市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共 16 小题，计 24 分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。B
Do you still remember the great snacks in your childhood? Do they remind you of your happy childhood?
Sugar Figure（糖人）

In the old days, you could always find people making sugar figures at the school gate. First, the maker would take a little maltose(麦芽糖）with a small spoon, using
his hands to make a figure, such as the Monkey King, the White Dragonet, and so on. It was not expensive, only 1 yuan for one. If one child bought a sugar figure, many other children would crowd around and admire it.
Dada Bubble Gum（泡泡糖）

Almost every kid is fond of bubble gum. They often gather together to see who gets the largest bubble. I still remember my cousin once blew a big bubble and then it broke, covering her face with gum! It was cheap. I could get 2 for 1 yuan.
Baby Face Ice Cream

We prefer to call it snowman ice cream. It tastes very delicious. It was rather
expensive; I remember the price was 2 yuan for each piece, which was not easy for me to buy them those days. Each time I got one, the happiness would last for several days.
Malt Sugar Candy

Malt Sugar Candy is usually called Tangguar in northern China, and is offered during the days just before the Spring Festival. It’s delicious but cheap, and you could get five pieces for 1 yuan. My friends and I would get together to enjoy Tangguar. What happy time!
A child who wants a cartoon character should choose ____.