Last Tuesday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. So I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into a station coffee shop with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with my coffee, there was someone sitting near to me. It was one of those strange-looking young men, with dark glasses, torn clothes, and long hair. But I wasn't surprised at such a young man. What surprised me most was that he had started to eat my chocolate!
I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn't want to get into trouble. I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn't say anything. When he took a third one, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, "Well, I shall have the last piece." And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look and then stood up. As he left, he shouted out, "This woman is crazy!" Everyone looked at me. That was embarrassing（令人难堪） enough. But it was worse when I finished my coffee and ready to leave. It wasn't my chocolate I had eaten a moment before. Mine was just under my newspaper.The woman telling the story went to town to_______.
| A．catch the train |
| B．buy some chocolate and coffee |
| C．have a rest |
| D．do some shopping for her family |
The woman was not happy because_______.
| A．the train was late |
| B．she was afraid of the young man |
| C．she thought the chocolate was hers |
| D．she couldn't find her coffee |
According to the story, who got angry at last?
| A．The young man | B．The woman | C．Neither of them | D．Both of them |
The woman found she had made a mistake
| A．just after she saw the young man next to her |
| B．when the young man was leaving |
| C．after she finished reading her newspaper |
| D．right before she was about to leave the coffee shop |
【广东省2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
It is reported that some developed counties have shipped broken parts of computes to China.Such a thing can be founded every day although it is against international laws. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones send from Japan.
Things like these are called electronic waste, or e-waste. Dealing with is not an easy job because dangerous poison like mercury(汞)and lead (铅)can be found in them. Every time an old computer breaks down, it needs to be deal with safely. But at present, broken computer parts are usually buried. It may be hundreds of years before they are really goes in the earth.
Many places in China are polluted by e-waste. Guiyu in Guangdong province is one of them. This town is named as”the e-waste capital of the world”. It has to deal with 1.5mllion kilograms of e-waste each year, from which it makes 75 million years. But it comes at a cost. Many of the poison in e-waste find their way into the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and chemical water is poured into rivers, Greenpeace, an environmental group, has found the air, the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted.
The Chinese government wants the country to develop, but in a way that doesn;t do harm to the environment and people’s life. This year,China presents a new protection law, the strictest one we have ever had. Computer complies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers. This is because the complies that make computers know best to deal with them safely. Hopefully, the problem with e-waste will be solved in near future.The e-waste found in Hong Kong last month was from________.
| A．France | B．Japan | C．Germany | D．Australia |
The underlined word buried probably means ______in the passage.
| A．焚烧 | B．障碍 | C．回收 | D．掩埋 |
The town of Guiya in Guangdong Province_________.
| A．is the e-capital of the world |
| B．has serious e-waste pollution |
| C．Deals with e-waste safely |
| D．speeds much money on e-waste |
This year,the Chinese government__________.
| A．tried to change people’s life |
| B．closed some computer complies |
| C．make a new environment protection law |
| D．asked people to hand in their old computers |
The passage is mainly about________.
| A．the way in deal with e-waste |
| B．the cost of burning e-waste |
| C．the e-waste problem in China |
| D．the need to pass a law against e-waste |
【2015年安徽省初中毕业学业考试英语试题】阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Do you sleep well? If your answer is no, the following might help you.
| Set a certain bedtime and rising time A certain bedtime and rising time can help you build up your body clocks. Set a bedtime which is good and natural for you. Don’t change your bedtime and rising time on weekends. |
| Avoid exciting activities just before sleeping Exciting activities get your thoughts running. At the same time, if you make tomorrow’s plan or read an exciting story before turning off the light, it doesn’t give you enough time to relax before you try to sleep. |
| Keep the bedroom for sleeping only It’s a bad habit for you to use your bedroom as a place to eat, watch TV, read, talk on the phone, or discuss important matters with your family members. Break that habit to get better sleep. |
| Don’t go to bed too early Your body usually lets you sleep only the number of hours it needs. You should decide how many hours you must sleep in order not to experience daytime sleepiness. |
| Take a warm shower before your bedtime A twenty-minute warm shower at a temperature of about 45 –50 not only is a great relax at day’s end, but also raises your body temperature by several degrees. The coming drop in temperature of your body will naturally make you feel sleepy. |
If you want to build up your body clocks, you should ______.
| A．set a certain bedtime and rising time |
| B．go to bed neither too early nor too late |
| C．keep the bedroom for sleeping only |
| D．take a warm shower before sleeping |
Why should you avoid exciting activities just before sleeping?
| A．Because they will get your thoughts running |
| B．Because you have to make tomorrow’s paln |
| C．Because you should read an exciting story |
| D．Because you will have to turn off the light. |
Your bedroom should be kept for ______ only.
| A．talking | B．eating | C．reading | D．sleeping |
According to the passage, ______ will make you feel sleepy.
| A．taking a cold shower | B．your body temperature dropping |
| C．your daily experience | D．raising your body temperature |
【重庆市2015年初中毕业暨高中招生考试英语试题（A卷）】阅读理解。
When a computer works on a group of programs, it can get very hot. Cooling the computer can cost a lot. So some scientists wonder what would happen if the heat from the computer could be used.
Large Internet companies (公司) such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computers. As these computers deal with information, they produce lots of heat, so they need huge cooling systems (系统). These systems send the heat into the air.
A company in Holland (荷兰) thinks paying to make the computers work and then paying again to cool them are a waste of energy. So the company developed a special device—the e-Radiator.
Boaz Leupe, head of the company, says that e-Radiator works as a heating system and saves money. He explains that the energy is used twice—once to heat the home and once to cool the computer and that the users don’t have to pay to cool their computers.
Five homeowners in Holland are testing the heating system in their homes.
“We pay for the computer using, so, in that way, homeowners get heating for free,” Boaz says.
Jan Visser is one of the homeowners. “If you use the computer more, the e-Radiator producers more heat, ”he says, “It cannot provide enough heat if you don’t use your computer often.” But he is ready to try it. It’s a great help for his family.
The company says e-Radiators produce heat temperatures of up to 55℃. It says the system could save its users about $440 a year.Before the e-Radiator appears, usually the heat of a computer ______.
| A．is sent into the air |
| B．helps the five homeowners |
| C．is used twice |
| D．makes the computer work better |
The e-radiator is mainly used _____.
| A．to drive the computer | B．to help Microsoft |
| C．to heat the computer | D．to provide heat |
The Chinese meaning of the word “device” in this passage is probably “____”.
| A．节能 | B．实验 | C．仪器 | D．开关 |
The best title of the passage may be “_____”.
| A．An Environment Problem |
| B．A New Way to Heat Homes |
| C．The Future Computers |
| D．The Energy to Be Wasted |
There was once a boy called Jim in a village .Whenever Jim asked people to do things,no one would listen to him.He was sad.So Jim asked a wizard to solve the problem by using magic.The old wizard tried a lot of spells,but didn’t work..
A young man heard about the problem .He went to Jim and said that he knew the solution .He gave Jim two small pieces of paper.“These are two spells ,my boy.Use the first before you ask others to do something,and use the second when they have done it.A smile is also necessary,”the young man said.Jim was happy and tried to use the spells.When he asked people to do something.he said “Please”before his words and “Thank you”after they had done it.People were very surprised that Jim could be polite .Soon ,they became happy to do what Jim asked them to do.The wizard was surprised ,and asked the young man about the spells.”It’s not magic.When I was a child,my teacher told me that with good manners you could get anything you want.And he was right.Jim only needed good mannersto get what he wanted.”Jim was sad because_____.
| A．he lived in a poor village |
| B．nobody would like to listen to him |
| C．the spells didn’t work |
| D．he had a lot of things to do |
The underlined part “wizard”in the passage probably means”____”.
| A．巫师 | B．医生 | C．演员 | D．学者 |
The young man went to Jim and ____.
| A．gave him no advice | B．told him how to smile |
| C．lent him some paper | D．helped him to sove the problem |
People did what Jim asked them to do because Jim_____.
| A．had magic | B．became an officer |
| C．was polite | D．was a happyboy |
We can learn from the passage that____.
| A．smile is good for health |
| B．good manners are very important |
| C．hard working can make us successful |
| D．we shouldn’t believe in others |
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（每小题2分，共10分）
This is my friend Alan Brown. His first name is Alan. His last name is Brown. This is his school. His school ID card number is 2015070312. His teacher is Tom Smith. He is a good teacher. His friend is Mary Green. She is a girl. She is ten. Her phone number is 629-0999. Look! What’s this? It’s a ruler. It’s green. It’s Cindy’s. Cindy is his good friend, too.What’s Alan’s last name? ____________________________________
What’s Alan’s ID card number?_________________________________
Is Tom a good teacher?____________________________________
What’s Mary Green’s phone number?______________________________
What color is the ruler? _________________________________