The King lived a small house near New York with their child . Sometimes Mr King came back from work very late. When his wife and the child were asleep, he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.
But one night when he was coming home late, he lost his key. So when he reached his house , he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr King knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a minute. Then he began to speak like a small child. “Mum,” he said, “I want to go to the toilet.” He spoke quietly, but at once Mrs King woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.When Mr King came back very late from work and his wife was asleep, he usually came into his house .
| A．with his wife’s help |
| B．by knocking at the door |
| C．with his child’s help |
| D．by opening the door with his key |
One night when he found his key lost, he first .
| A．spoke to his wife |
| B．shouted at his wife |
| C．rang the bell |
| D．knocked at the bedroom window |
Mrs King woke up because .
| A．she heard the sound of the bell |
| B．she heard Mr King’s voice |
| C．she heard a knock at the door |
| D．she heard the voice “mum” like her child’s |
Like a small child, Mr King spoke to his sleeping wife .
| A．loudly | B．in a low voice |
| C．angrily | D．with tears in his eyes |
At last .
| A．Mrs King opened the door for Mr King |
| B．his child opened the door for Mr King |
| C．Mr King opened the door by force |
| D．Mr King opened the door with his wife’s key |
【福建省漳州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解(A、B、C、E篇：每小题2分，D篇：每小题1分．计45分)
A、B、C篇：根据所提供的内容，从四个选项中选择最佳答案。
D
It's very common to meet different people in public places.
When I was 12, I got a job in a shop. On my first day at work, I didn't come home for lunch. _____,Dad asked' "Where did you manage your 1unch, dear? " I answered, "I made some new friends in the shop, twin brothers, their mom and dad They were my customers.
___________________. "
Dad was happy had made new friends., but he wanted to know what kind of people they might be.
Several days later, I asked my friends to come to the shop where I worked and let Dad meet them .Dad was very surprised to find out that the twin brothers were joined at the chest. _________.
When Dad asked me about this, I said "I know that, too. But do you know that their mom has to make al1 clothes because it's too difficult to find anything to fit them? _______ . That day, Joe, the one on the right, made me noodles for lunch . "
________ .But to me, what I cared about was that they had difficulty buying clothes and they were good cooks.
把A—E五个选项填人文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。
【福建省漳州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解(A、B、C、E篇：每小题2分，D篇：每小题1分．计45分)
A、B、C篇：根据所提供的内容，从四个选项中选择最佳答案。
B
For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas , John C. Lilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English Margaret Howe, an experiment (试验) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe, sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her 1ife in swimming clothes -- with a coat on colder evenings --- and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.
After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to play. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own.
The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himse1f by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.
Dolphins may not speak English --- but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.
Peter is the name of________
A. a doctorB. dolphin
C. a scientist D an experiment helperMargaret worked days_____a week during the experiment..
A. four B five C six D sevenTo live with the dolphin, Margaret couldn't _______.
| A．cut her hair short |
| B．have a common life-like others |
| C．wear swimming c1othes |
| D．eat, bathe and play together with him |
The ending of the story was that _________ .
A. Margaret didn't leave the lab
B. the lab was closed and the dolphin died
C. the dolphin could speak English at last
D. Dr John C. Lilly was satisfied with the experimentFrom this passage, we can learn that __________.
| A．dolphins aren't worth studying |
| B．dolphins can't be humans' good friends |
| C．dolphins can't communicate with humans |
| D．dolphins may have feelings just like humans |
【福建省厦门市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面五篇文章，根据文章的内容选择最佳答案作答1-5小题。
A
Two men were going through a forest.
“I am afraid,” said one, “that we may meet with wild animals” “Fear nothing, friend Quickwit,” cried the other, whose name was Braggart. “If they come at us, we shall stand by one another like men. I have a strong arm, a strong heart, and-”
“Hark!” cried the first in fear, as a low sound was heard from somewhere nearby, Braggart, who was light and nimble, climbed up a tree like a squirrel(松鼠), leaving his friend, who was not so active, to face the danger alone! Quickwit could do nothing but throw himself on the ground and pretended(假装) to be dead; for he had heard that bears would never touch a dead body. In no time the bear camp up to him, sniffed(用鼻子吸气) at him. Quickwit did not dare to move; and the bear, thinking him dead, went off into the wood again, leaving him quite unharmed!
When Braggart saw that the danger was over, he came down from the tree and tried to pass off the matter with a joke. “Well, my friend Quickwit,” he said, “what did the bear say to you when he put his mouth close to your ear?”
“He told me,” replied Quickwit, “never again to trust a man who talks big like you!”The correct order of the following events is____.
a. Two men were going through a forest
b. Quickwit threw himself on the ground.
c. Braggart climbed up a tree like a squirrel.
d. A low sound was heard from somewhere nearby.
A. a,b,dc B. a,d,c,b C. d,a,c,bThe underlined word “nimble” is closest in meaning to “____”.
A. nervous B. crazy C. activeThe bear left Quickwit because it ____.
A. was hit by Braggart
B. felt pity for him
C. thought he was deadWe can learn from the passage that ____.
A. a true friend reaches for your hand
B. a friend to all is a friend to none
C. a good friend is a good listenerThe best title for the passage would be ____.
A. A Fight Between Two Travelers
B. The Travelers and the Bear
C. A Kind-hearted Bear
【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。
D
When you’re not at home,many worries may start to crowd your mind.Did I turn the coffee maker off?Did I lock the door?Are the kids doing their homework or watching television?With a smart home,you can quiet all of these worries.
A smart home is a home with a communication network.This network connects devices(装置),such as lights and TV sets,and allows them to be controlled from far away through electrical wiring,mobile phone communication or WiFi over the internet.
More and more people may start to consider owning a smart home,because it makes life much more convenient.It can help keep your room at a certain temperature.It can record what happens inside the home and send the video to your phone.When you are on vacation abroad,you can use a smart home controller to switch on or off the electricity when necessary.Some smart homes can receive a visitor,allowing him to come in and offering him a drink.They can even feed the cat and water the plants.
Besides,smart homes are easy to fix.Most smart home technology and devices are wireless and can be set up with a minimum of tools,using only the guiding information.When a problem appears,you can deal with it yourself without paying a professional.
However,for home-users,the smart home technology is far from perfect.It can be rather expensive to own the technology and the devices.Also,because the smart home system(系统)allow its owner to get home information from anywhere,it leaves the home easy to be attacked by hackers(黑客),who may secretly use or change the information in the system.
Now,many scientists are excited at the future of smart home technology.Imagine being able to get fashion advice from your mirror,or receive food shopping suggestions from your refrigerator.While there are others who worry that those smart devices will make people lazier and lonelier.Whatever it is,one thing is for sure---smart home technology will change the way we live and work.According to the passage,nowadays a smart home can lock the door through ______________.
| A．electric lights | B．mirror technologies |
| C．mobile phones | D．shopping programs |
The third paragraph of the passage is mainly about _________.
| A．the steps to use smart systems |
| B．the prices of smart programs |
| C．the advantages of a smart home |
| D．the tools for setting up smart devices |
Which of the following is TRUE about a smart home according to the passage?
| A．Smart homes can’t help feed pets nowadays. |
| B．Smart homes costs a lot of money at present. |
| C．You can’t control your smart home in other countries. |
| D．It’s hard for hackers to get information from smart homes. |
What’s the writer’s opinion according to the passage?
| A．People will become less happy in the future. |
| B．People’s life style will be different in the future. |
| C．Mobile phones are the most important in smart homes. |
| D．Smart homes are much better than other smart systems. |
【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。C
One weekend in May 2015, over 48 centimeters of rain fell in Houston, Texas, USA. Soon the city was covered with water. The rising water rushed into the cars on the roads. There were 16 deaths that weekend.
Changing Weather
The weather is changing. Over the last few years, heavy rains have caused floods (洪灾) in Brazil, Pakistan, and Thailand. Droughts (干旱) have struck Russia and Australia. Heat waves have killed thousands in Europe. There are more different kinds of terrible wild weather all over the world. In 2011 alone, the bad weather caused the world to lose 150 billion dollars.
Warmer and Wetter
As more wild weather events happen, a worried world is beginning to ask questions like: What is going on with the weather? And why? Many also want to know: Is this natural, or are we to blame (责怪)?
The answer seems to be: a little of both. Wild weather is natural. This global (全球的) warming makes heat waves more likely to happen. The higher temperatures also cause more water to enter the air. This causes much more rain. Some scientists also believe global warming makes some storms stronger.
This means we’re likely to see more wild weather. “But we don’t have to just stand there and take it,” says Scientist Michael Oppenheimer. He and other scientists say we need to stop the Earth from getting warmer. We also need to be prepared, to do things that will help save lives.What is the purpose of the second paragraph?
| A．To give examples of wild weather events. |
| B．To guess how the weather will change. |
| C．To explain why the weather is changing. |
| D．To describe the weather events in 2011. |
Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 4?
| A．And wild weather happens more and more. |
| B．And nature also influences human activity. |
| C．But humans have already paid enough attention to the wild weather. |
| D．But most scientists agree human activity has made the Earth warmer. |
Which of the following would Oppenheimer probably agree with?
| A．It is too late to stop global warming. |
| B．Humans have nothing to do with global warming. |
| C．The weather will get better if we can stop global warming. |
| D．To find ways to keep our things safe is the most important. |
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. In May 2015, there was a deadly flood in Houston, Texas, USA.
B. There are more kinds of terrible wild weather all over the world.
C. Many scientists believe global warming makes some storms stronger.
D. Global warming causes wild weather events and that makes people worried.