【2014年福建省福州市中考】
阅读下面四篇材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中、选出最佳选项。
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Book Description
This isn’t an education children’s picture book with plenty of facts to expand young minds. Sara Myers simply explains all about dogs with easy words or phrases. Children will learn about :
★What dogs are
★Where they can be found
★What they eat
★And much more !
The fantastic photos are sure fire your chid’s imagination ,and keep them interested all the way through .
Publication Date :September 3,2013 Publisher: Hazed Published Language:English
You can most probably find the material above ________.
| A．in a novel | B．on a website |
| C．in a news report | D．in a TV program |
Sara Myers is _______.
| A．the mother of a child | B．the name of a writer |
| C．the owner of a pet store | D．the name of a publisher |
The book is written mainly for ________.
| A．children | B．teenagers |
| C．adults | D．old people |
What is NOT mentioned in the material ?
| A．The name of the book. |
| B．The details of publication. |
| C．The price of the book. |
| D．The advantages of the book |
According to the material, the book may be chosen for the reasons EXCEPT
| A．easy English | B．fantastic photos |
| C．plenty facts | D．lots of pages |
Hello, everyone! Welcome to Haikou. You are going to stay in Mandarin Hotel, a 5-star hotel. It was built in 1998 and is one of the best hotels in Haikou. It is near Wanlu Garden on Binhai Road. It is 5 minutes’ walk from the seaside and 10 minutes’ ride from the city centre. Buses No. 7 and No. 41 can take you there.
The hotel has large rooms with computers, TV sets and telephones. Hot water is offered (供应) 24 hours. There is a shopping center which is open from 9 am to 22:30 pm. The coffee bar is open at the following time 10:00-23:00. There is a free swimming pool. You can enjoy yourselves there. Hope that you will have a great time during your stay in Haikou.The passage mainly introduces _________ to everyone.
| A．Haikou | B．Mandarin Hotel |
| C．Wanlu Garden | D．Binhai Road |
Mandarin Hotel is _____________.
| A．one of the hotels in Haikou | B．beautiful |
| C．among the best hotels in Haikou | D．A, B and C |
It takes 5 minutes to go to Mandarin Hotel form the seaside __________.
| A．by bus | B．by bike |
| C．on foot | D．by car |
How can we get to the Mandarin Hotel from the center of the city?__________.
| A．By plane | B．By train |
| C．On buses | D．By bike |
What’s the meaning of the underlined(划线的) word “free” in the sentence ?
| A．免费的 | B．自由的 | C．有空的 | D．松散的 |
A car stops at a small bus stop. A man is hungry and he wants to buy some cakes. It’s raining hard, he doesn’t want to go out in the rain. He sees a boy. “Come here, boy!” he cries. “Do you know how much the cakes are?” The boy says yes. The man gives the boy four dollars(美元) and asks him to buy two cakes. “One is for you and one is for me.” Three minutes later, the boy comes back. He’s eating a cake. He gives the man two dollars and says: “Sorry, there is only one cake left.”Where is the man?
| A．He’s near the bus. | B．He is at home. |
| C．He’s on the bus. | D．He is in the car. |
The man doesn’t want to go out because______________.
| A．he is tired | B．he doesn’t like rain |
| C．he is hungry | D．it’s raining hard |
How many cakes does the boy get?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
How much are they if（假如）we buy four cakes?
| A．Five dollars. | B．eight dollars. |
| C．Ten dollars. | D．Fifteen dollars. |
What’s the result (结果)?
| A．The man eats the cake. |
| B．The boy eats the cake. |
| C．The boy doesn’t eat the cake. |
| D．The boy and the man both eat the cakes. |
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Dear Millie,
How are you? I will have a short holiday next week and I will visit Shanghai. It will be my second time to visit there. I book(预定) a room in the Peace Hotel. I hear it is on the Bund(外滩) and I can enjoy the Huangpu River. I will get to Shanghai on the night of March 27 and leave early on March 29. I would like to visit some places like Nanjing Road and Yu Garden in Chenghuangmiao.
Can you give me some ideas for my visit to Shanghai? I will have only one day to look around Shanghai. I will be happy if you make plans for me.
Yours
Sandy
No more than six wordsWho will visit Shanghai next week?
________________________________________________________________Where does the writer(作者) book a room?
________________________________________________________________Will it be her first time to visit Shanghai?
________________________________________________________________When will the writer look around Shanghai?
________________________________________________________________How will the writer be if Mille makes plans for Sandy?
________________________________________________________________
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Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, people work about 2,159 hours a year. A Japanese works longer than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to have more money. but many companies(公司) don’t pay(付钱) overtime(加班). Their workers dont’ get more money for more work. Some people think they should work more hours. Some think that they will lose(失去) their jobs if they don’t work more hours.
Many people say that their holidays are too short. In France , people get five weeks of paid vacation(带薪休假) a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. But less than 50% of the workers use all the holiday days. In the UK, there is a saying(谚语), “All work and no play makes Jack a dull(迟钝的) boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world. A Japanese worker works ______________ more hours a year than a French one.
| A．1,646 | B．2,159 | C．513 | D．3,805 |
The word “extra” means _______________
| A．正常的 | B．额外的 | C．有用的 | D．少量的 |
People in _____________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.
| A．France | B．Germany |
| C．the United States | D．the UK |
Which of the following is true accroding to the passage?
| A．Many people say they have enough time to play. |
| B．Jack is a dull boy. |
| C．Not all companies pay their workers for their more work. |
| D．More than 50% of the workers use all their holiday days. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Many workers have to work long hours. |
| B．Many workers have holidays long enough. |
| C．Work hours are the same around the world. |
| D．There are a lot of dull people in the world. |
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