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【浙江省温州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下面的短文，从每小题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
C
The village of Hengly was going to have the Bean Olympics.It was a competition to see which kind of bean would grow the fastest and tallest.Everybody was excited.They couldn’t waited to show their best plants.
Cassie knew clearly which bean she would choose for the competition,for her family had planted a special “family bean.”It was a flat bean that her greatgrandparents had brought from Sicily.Her grandmother planted the beans every year and served them at many meals.Cassie was sure they would be unbeatable beans.
However,the plan did not work out that way.Although Cassie’s bean plants looked healthy with beautiful purple flowers,they did not grow as fast or climb as high as any of her neighbors’.These people chose beans from seed(种子)stores.Their beans had wonderful names like “Rocket” or “Top Crop.”One type was even named “King’s Bean.”That was the bean Ivan planted,and his plants climbed almost to the top of the fence.Cassie’s plants were just near the middle of the fence.
On the day of the competition,Cassie was disappointed that her beans were in last place.Ivan laughed at hr beans and said she could win a prize for the slowest,shortest beans.
The organizer,Mr.Williams,handed out medals for the fastest-growing and the tallest beans plants.“Now there remains only one final test,and it is just as important:the taste test.”
Mr.Williams cooked the beans from each competitor and chose five experienced villagers as judges(裁判).
Cassie was nervous.Would her family beans lose another time?
After the judges tasted the beans,Mr.Williams counted the results.“We have a winner,” Mr.Williams announced.“The judges all agree that Cassie’s beans are the winner.”
Cassie grinned at this unexpected result.Many of her neighbors,even Ivan asked for her seeds.They were all in favor of the good-tasting beans even though they didn’t grow fast or very tall.

Cassie’s beans were from _____________.

A．the organizer	B．seed stores
C．her neighbors	D．her family

Cassie won the prize for ____________.

A．the tallest beans	B．the most delicious beans
C．the most beautiful beans	D．the fastest-growing beans

What does the underlined word grinned probably mean in the passage?

A．smiled widely	B．left silently
C．nodded quickly	D．sang sadly

What is the topic of the passage?

A．The experience of growing beans.

B．The tallest bean in the competition.

C．The history of a special family bean.

D．The bean competition in Hengly Village.

【浙江省丽水市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。B
He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat on the sea and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone with another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty. The sail looked like the flag of failure forever.
The old man was thin with deep wrinkles (皱纹) in the back of his neck. His face was terribly brown because of the strong sunlight on the sea every day and his hands had the deep scars (伤疤) from dealing with heavy fish on the lines. But none of these scars were fresh. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful.
“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from the sea. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.”
The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.
“No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”
“But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.”
“I remember,” the old man said.
“It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must follow him.”
“I know,” the old man said. “It is quite normal.”
“He hasn’t much faith (信心).”
“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?”
“Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace?”
“Why not?” the old man said “Between fishermen.”
In the story the old man was the boy’s _____.

A．grandfather

B．friend

C．boss

D．host

The word they in Paragraph 2 refers to (指的是) _____ of the old man.

A．the hands	B．the scars
C．the eyes	D．the wrinkles

The old man refused the boy to go fishing with him again because _____.

A．he wanted to fish by himself

B．he could really understand his parents

C．the boy asked for some money

D．the boy had already learnt how to fish

From the story we can know that _____.

A．the old man was always full of hope

B．the boy’s parents believed in the old man

C．everyone laughed at the old man’s bad luck

D．the boy was worried about the old man’s health

【四川省南充市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读短文，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
B
Amy had three sons, Dave, Bill and Bob. Every year her sons sent her expensive gifts on her birthday.
The eldest son Dave, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn’t know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspaper. “Wanted—the greatest gift for my mother.”
About a week before his mother’s birthday, a man came to his office. He brought a big bird.
“This bird can speak six languages and sing eight songs.” the man said.
“Really? I’d like to listen to it,” Dave said.
The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Dave was very happy and paid eight thousand dollars for the bird. The next day Dave sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.
The day after his mother’s birthday he called his mother. “Well, mother” he asked, “What do you think of the bird?”
“Oh, it’s very delicious, dear.” said his mother.
is the eldest brother?

A．Bob

B．Bill

C．Dave

D．Amy

What did Dave put in the newspaper?

A．A show

B．A joke

C．An ad

D．A report

How many songs could the bird sing?

A．Five

B．Six

C．Seven

D．Eight

How much did the bird cost Dave?

A．＄8

B．＄80

C．＄800

D．＄8000

How did the mother deal with the bird?

A．She sold it.	B．She played with it.
C．She ate it.	D．She gave it to others.

【四川省乐山市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（共 15小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的几个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
B
My mother only had one eye. I never wanted her to show up at my school.
One day during primary school, I was terribly ill. My mother came.
“Your mom only has one eye!” yelled some of my classmates. I wished my mother would have just disappeared (消失).
“If you embarrass (使……尴尬) me, why don’t you just die?” I shouted at her, taking no notice of the sad look on her face. My mother just handed me some medicine and left without saying anything.
At that time, I didn’t think I had hurt her feelings very much. That night I saw my mom crying in her room. Even so, I hated her tears from one eye. I made a decision: I must study hard and leave my mother.
Years later my dream came true. I was quite successful. I never thought of going back to see my “ugly” mother until one day I got a letter.
“My son ，I’m sorry I only have one eye. When you were little, you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn’t stand watching you live with only one eye. So I gave you mine.
I was never angry with you and I never regretted it because I love you.”
I cried out aloud. Only then did I realise how beautiful my mother was!
Why didn’t the writer want his mom to show up at his school?
A. Because he thought she was ugly.
B. Because his mom couldn’t see anything.
C. Because his classmates didn’t like her.
From the underlined word “shouted” in Paragraph 4, we learn that at that time the writer was very _____.
A. nervous B. angry C. excited
That night, the writer decided to _______.
A. ask his mom never to go to his school
B. take good care of his mom from that time
C. work hard and stay away from his mom
The writer’s mom lost one eye because _______.
A. she used it to save her son’s sight
B. she had a serious car accident
C. she was born with only one eye
The story is mainly about _______.
A. the difficulties on a boy’s way to success
B. a naughty boy’s experience of growing up
C. a mother’s great love for her son

【陕西省2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面B、C、D三篇短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。（共10小题，计15分）
D
The eagle has the longest life of its group. It can reach up to 70 years. But to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard and painful decision.
When an eagle reaches near 40, its short sharp beak becomes bent（弯曲的）. Its long and once flexible（灵活的） talons can no longer catch animals or birds for food. And its old and heavy wings with thick feathers on its body make it difficult to fly.
Then, the eagle has only tow choices: to die or to go through a painful time of change which needs five months.
When the eagle feels weak and is about to die, it goes to a place far away on the top of a mountain and sits on a nest. For a new life, the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it pulls its beak out. After pulling it out, the eagle waits for a new beak to grow. And then it pulls out its talons and old feathers. It takes the eagle five months to complete its change and get a new life. We can call it its rebirth. So it can live for 30 more years.
Like the eagle, we human beings sometimes need to make some change to get out of our difficulty. In miserable condition, we have to change our ways of life. The changing may be very painful. But sometimes we have to throw off our old habits, memories and traditions. We can’t go on with all our past burdens（重负）.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．When an eagle reaches near 40, its short sharp beak is still straight.

B．For a new life, the eagle knocks its talons against a rock.

C．If the eagle doesn’t change itself, it will have a new life.

D．The writer’s idea is that we can’t go on with all our past burdens.

The underlined word“miserable” here probably means“ ”.

A．terrible

B．good

C．lonely

D．lucky

The best title for the passage can be“ ”.

A．The death of the eagle

B．The living period of the eagle

C．A good and easy decision

D．Rebirth of the eagle