The clock struck(敲) eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile（堆） of those trouble things
—books.
I was going to have my exam the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. And I could not. The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear! Ten more books to read before I go to bed!” We students are the most wretched ones in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I did learn. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed（祈祷）, “My god, please let me pass the exam tomorrow. I will work hard next time, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the books, I fell asleep.The word “wretched” in Line 6 means _______.
| A．very happy | B．forgetful | C．unlucky | D．hopeful |
What do you think happened to the writer?
| A．He was late for the exam. | B．He passed the exam luckily. |
| C．He failed in the exam. | D．He fell asleep during the exam. |
The best title for the passage is _______.
| A．The Night Before The Exam | B．Working Far Into Night |
| C．A Slow Student | D．Going Over Lessons |
【山东省青岛市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解 阅读下面短文，做出正误判断或选出最佳答案。A篇为判断正（A）误（B）题，B、C篇为选择题(共15道小题，每小题1分，共20分)
B
Dear Alan,
Guess what? I have a chance to choose my new place to live in! I’m excited and a little nervous. Could you please give me some help?
I’m not sure whether I will live in a house or in an apartment. On the one hand, a house will be too big for just one person, so maybe I should rent an apartment. On the other hand, if I rent a house, I could find someone else to share with me. The only problem is that a house full of people might be too noisy for me. I prefer to have my own space. The city has some nice apartments, but they are also too expensive. However, if I could find a two-bedroom apartment and get a roommate, that would make it more affordable. I just need to search for a roommate who is neat and quiet. You know I can’t live with someone who is loud and messy. I don’t have a car, so I also need to think carefully about the location. I probably need to look for somewhere near a bus stop or an underground station. That way I will have more time to study and spend less time travelling.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Love, VictorVictor feels excited because .
| A．he has a new house to live in |
| B．he can decide where to live |
| C．he is going to see Alan |
| D．Alan helped him out with his problem |
Victor wants to share the house with a (an) person.
| A．neat and quiet | B．outgoing and messy |
| C．neat and loud | D．quiet and messy |
If Victor finds a roommate, he will .
| A．waste money | B．buy a car |
| C．save money | D．have more time to study |
Victor doesn’t have a car, so he wants .
| A．a two bed-room apartment |
| B．to ask Alan for help |
| C．to have his own space |
| D．a place with convenient traffic |
According to the passage, the underlined word “travelling” means in Chinese.
| A．观光旅行 | B．路途奔波 |
| C．广为流传 | D．跋山涉水 |
【山东省东营市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共20小题，计30分）
阅读下列短文，然后从每小题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
I am 22. I used to work in a hotel. It was boring.
One day a guest and I had a conversation. She asked me, 6/Do you like your job?" I was sad because I knew the answer. “No".
She was 74 and gave me the most beautiful advice that I remember in all my life: You are too young to hate your job, young man. Go to get your passport and start your adventure(冒险 ). "
So I did.
Since I was a little kid I was dreaming to know Europe. So next day I had my passport. And one week later, my plane tickets.
It was impossible to have a long holiday. So I resigned(辞职). My boss said I was crazy. My friends said that I was not responsible. I just paid no attention to those voices.
It was Europe in winter. Not the best time to travel there. But Europe in winter is really cheap.
I packed some books, a camera, 4 shirts, 2 pants, a coat, gloves, 2 pairs of walking shoes, candies and music to give away.
I had little money. I just walked and walked. I went to high mountains and big cities. saw some beautiful sunsets(日落). I heard some of the best musicians (for free). I discovered that there was still love in the world. I realized that sunrises are not always blue or yellow. Sometimes they mix.
I spent 22 days and $1,500 (including the plane tickets). What I did to save money:
1. Used Couch, Surfing'(沙发客 ).
2. Ate 20-cents bread.
3. Went to Burger King to get free potato chips and water.
4. Learned to cook.
5. Talked with local(当地的) people. They always know where to do cool and cheap
6. Only went to free museums (only in England).
Until this point in my life, I never had a clear idea of how to deal with my life. Now
I do. I want to be a photographer so that I can inspire(激励) people with my pictures.
Thanks to this travel. Thanks to that lady.Why did the old lady advise the man to have an adventure? Because .
| A．he was poor | B．she was old |
| C．he didn't like his job | D．he wanted to know Europe |
After the man resigned, what possibly did his friend say to him?
| A．Are you crazy? |
| B．Guy, you should be responsible. |
| C．A wise decision. Have a good time. |
| D．It's not a best time to travel in winter. |
What didn't the man take with him? .
| A．Money or books | B．Clothes or music |
| C．Camera or passport | D．Food or mobile phone |
In order to save money, he .
| A．lived in hotels |
| B．ate bread and hamburgers |
| C．worked as a cook |
| D．tried to find places to do cool and cheap stuff |
Why did he say 6/Thanks to this travel. Thanks to that lady. "? Because the travel and
the lady .
| A．inspired him |
| B．let him know how to deal with his life |
| C．let him hear some of the best musicians |
| D．let him discover that there was still love in the world |
【山东省东营市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共20小题，计30分）
阅读下列短文，然后从每小题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
Here is a dog with a lantern (捉灯)in his mouth, he is looking for his master(主人).
Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights.
So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily(稳固地) as any boy could have done.
Carlo never trotted(小跑) too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps.
When he came to a deep rut(车辙)or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say, /Take care, there is a hole here. "
The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take.
But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark(吠叫); as much as to say, 6/Here am I, Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? "
Someone would perhaps come to the door and say, 6/Your master is not here. " Carlo would growl(嘟哝), seemed to say, "Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. "
He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together.The roads in the place where Carlo's master lived were .
| A．bad |
| B．dark |
| C．dangerous for people to go out |
| D．full of deep ruts and holes |
The master taught Carlo .
| A．to speak |
| B．where to go to look for him |
| C．to know the road which he would take |
| D．to carry the lantern to guide his steps at night |
When Carlo came to the bad part of the road, he .
| A．barked |
| B．growled |
| C．turned round to his master |
| D．scratched at the ground |
The meaning of the underlined word “scratch ,' is .
| A．咬 | B．敲 | C．撞 | D．扒,抓 |
The best title for the story is .
| A．A dog and his master |
| B．The dog with the lantern |
| C．How a dog guide his master's step |
| D．How a dog found his master |
【山东省东营市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共20小题，计30分）
阅读下列短文，然后从每小题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。
A
One day Frank was walking with his mother when they came to a pretty garden.
Frank looked in, and saw that it had clean gravel（碎石）walks and beautiful flowers.
He called to his mother and said, Mum, come and look at this pretty garden.1 wish I might open the gate, and walk in.”
The gardener（园丁）heard what Frank said, and kindly invited him and his mother to come into the garden.
Frank's mother thanked the man. Then she said to her son, “Frank, if I take you to walk in this garden, you must take care not to meddle(乱动)with anything in it．”
Frank walked along the tidy gravel walks, and looked at everything, but touched nothing that he saw.
He did not step on any of the borders（草坪边的狭长花坛），and was careful that his clothes should not brush the tops of the flowers so that he might not break them.
The gardener was much pleased（满意的）with Frank, because he was so careful to behave well. He showed him the seeds, and told him the name of many of the flowers and plants.
While Frank was admiring the beauty of a flower, a little boy came to the gate, and finding it locked, he shook it hard. But it would not open. Then he said, “Let me in. Let me in. Will you not let me in this garden?"
“No," said the gardener,“1 will not let you in, Tom. When I let you in yesterday, you meddled with my flowers, and pulled some of my fruit. I do not choose to let a boy into my garden who meddles with the plants."
Tom looked ashamed, and when he found that the gardener would not let him in, he went slowly away.
Frank saw and felt how much happier a boy may be by not meddling with what does not belong to him.
He and his mother then continued their walk in the garden, and enjoyed the day very。
much. Before they left, the gardener gave each of them some pretty flowers.Frank couldn't see in the garden.
| A．seeds | B．fruit |
| C．flowers | D．animals |
Tom did everything except .
| A．meddling with the flowers | B．pulling some fruit |
| C．admiring the beauty of plants | D．shaking the door hard |
Which is NOT true about Frank? .
| A．He touched nothing in the garden |
| B．He didn't step on the borders of the garden |
| C．He didn't have a good time in the garden |
| D．He tried not to brush the top of the flowers with his clothes |
The gardener didn't .
| A．show Frank any seeds |
| B．let Tom in the garden a second time |
| C．give Frank and his mother any flowers |
| D．tell Frank the names of many of the flowers |
We can learn from the story that .
| A．it is bad manners to break flowers |
| B．you'll be happy if you're friendly to others |
| C．no one wants to make friends with selfish.(自私的) people |
| D．you may be happy if you don't meddle with the things of others |
【江苏省盐城市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。(共15小题，每小题2分，计30分)
It was another day to jump rope in gym class. Lynn and Mike turned the long rope in big, slow circles. The whole class hurried to get in line to wait for their turn to jump. Millie stood at the back of the line and frowned.
Nick went first. He watched the rope and ran in at just the right time. Everyone counted. He made it all the way to 30 jumps. One after another, the kids watched the rope, ran in, and jumped. Then it was Millie’s turn. She watched the rope go around and around, but she didn’t move. She felt like everyone was looking at her.
Millie’s friends cheered. “Go, Millie, go!”
Millie’s face turned red. At last, she gave it a try, but she failed.
The truth was that Millie had been jumping rope at home every day. With a short rope, she could jump 100 times without missing. She just didn’t know how to run in and start jumping with a long rope. Since she was the only kid on her street, there was no one to help turn the long rope.
Just then, Ms Miles, the gym teacher, brought out a bunch of short jump ropes.
"Let's see how long each one of you can jump without missing," she said as she gave each student a short rope, "Ready, set. Go!"
Millie smiled for the first time ever in gym class. As she jumped, she sang rhymes quietly to herself.
After a while, Millie realized that everyone was cheering, "Go, Millie, go!"
She was the only one still jumping rope! The surprise almost made her miss a step, but she kept going. When at last she was too tired to go on, she stopped. The whole class cheered. Everyone was looking at her and smiling. Millie smiled back! Which word is the opposite of the underlined word frowned?
| A．Sat. | B．Hid. | C．Smiled | D．Cried |
What problem did Millie have at the beginning of the story?
| A．She didn't have any friends in her class. |
| B．She felt sad because Nick made fun of her. |
| C．She didn't know the cheers that the other kids knew. |
| D．She didn't know how to start jumping with a long rope. |
Why did Millie smile for the first time in gym class?
| A．She did something well at last. |
| B．She knew the class would cheer for her. |
| C．She thought that she was going to make a friend. |
| D．She believed that she would be the winner of the contest. |
Which sentence can be put in the empty?
| A．The class decided to play baseball. |
| B．Millie was the last one still jumping rope. |
| C．Nick won the rope-jumping contest. |
| D．Millie tried to hide in the back of the line. |
How might Millie feel when she stopped jumping at last?
| A．Proud. | B．Bored. | C．Mad. | D．Silly. |