【江苏省无锡市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"Well, just take a look at that wheel（航轮）!” Earl Cooper said to Candy, his wife. "It must be older than anything we have back home."
Earl was looking at the wall outside the pub（酒馆）. The pub's name, The Old Swan, was on the wall. Next to the name was a wooden ship's wheel and in the middle of the wheel was the name of a ship, HMS Swan. The wheel was old, Earl could tell.
The next morning, Earl asked to see Tony Thatcher. The Old Swan was Tony's pub. He took Earl to his office while Candy had a coffee outside by the river. Earl said he could give Tony a lot of money for the ship's wheel. He told Tony that Benjamin Cooper, his grandfather, went to America on the ship HMS Swan. But Tony said no at first. After all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pub's past.
"You can think of the past, Mr. Thatcher - can I call you Tony? - or you can think of today. And with the money, Tony, you can buy a good car. Maybe a new Jaguar? And, as I've told you, the wheel is part of my family's past too. So you could say it's going back home, in a way. So, what do you say?"
A month later, Earl and Candy were smiling as they looked at the wall of their house in Houston, Texas. Earl thought to himself that, at last, he had a piece of his family's past. He was happy.
In Portsmouth, Tony Thatcher was happy, too. He was putting his new Jaguar into his large garage（车库）. He was careful not to drive into any of the six ship's wheels in the garage. A friend of his made the wheels for him. They were just like the one that Earl bought. And there was another wheel on the outside wall of The Old Swan now. Old or new - Tony thought there was no way that a tourist could ever know which was which. Never in a hundred years.Why did Tony refuse to sell the wheel at first?
| A．Because he thought it was old and part of the pub's past. |
| B．Because he wanted to show it was important to his pub. |
| C．Because he tried to sell it to someone else at a higher price. |
| D．Because he did not really believe what Earl had told him. |
What can we infer(椎断) from the story?
| A．Earl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before that. |
| B．Earl would soon find out the truth and become rather angry. |
| C．Tony had sold quite a few wheels like that ancl got wealthy, |
| D．Tony would play the same trick again to make more money. |
Which ofthe following can be the best title ofthe story?
| A．The Wheel on the Wall | B．An Excellent Buy |
| C．Old or New - Who Knows | D．the Family's Past |
Not long before, some farmers were worried because hawks (老鹰) were taking many of their chickens. They didn’t know what to do with it. Then they wanted to kill the hawks to protect their chickens. However, after killing many hawks, a new problem appeared. There were more field mice (田鼠). The mice ate up many of their crops (庄稼). The farmers didn’t know why. In fact, hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. And they eat more field mice than chickens. When the farmers killed lots of hawks, they changed the balance of nature (生态平衡).
When people move into a new place, they often cut off many wild plants. ①Without enough plants, animals will die or leave the place. For example, in the USA, in order to protect the deer, people killed many tigers. As a result, The number of the deer was growing more and more. After the deer ate up the roses (玫瑰花), they ate the young trees. At last the deer had nothing to eat and many of them died.
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根据短文内容，完成任务。
任务一：判断正（T）误（F）。Hawks only eat chickens.
Killing tigers is not a good way to protect the deer.
任务二：将文中①处画线句子翻译成中文。___________________________________________________________________
任务三：将文中②处画线部分组成一个完整的句子。___________________________________________________________________
任务四：回答问题。The passage mainly tells us.
| A．how to kill the hawks |
| B．the importance of keeping the balance of nature |
| C．why the farmers killed the tigers |
| D．people like chickens and deer better than hawks and tigers |
Swee Lin has an interesting hobby(爱好). She collects stamps. She spends a lot of time on her stamp collection(收藏) after school hours. She has collected hundreds of stamps from all over the world. They are all in color.
Swee Lin likes stamps with pictures of animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns many things about them.
Sometimes Swee Lin has many stamps of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. They give her other stamps in return.
Swee Lin writes to her friends in many countries. She sends them stamps of her country. In return, they send her stamps of their countries. Swee Lin’s father also gives her stamps. He brings them home from his office for her.
Many of Swee Lin’s friends collect other things. Some collect coins(硬币) and others collect matchboxes(火柴盒). But, all of them say that Swee Lin’s collection is the most interesting of all.She spends a lot of time on her hobby ____.
| A．before school hours | B．during school hours |
| C．after school hours | D．during her holidays |
____ her stamps are in color.
| A．All of | B．Some of |
| C．Many of | D．Most of |
She learns a lot about animals and birds from ____.
| A．her teachers | B．her friends |
| C．her stamps | D．her father |
Sometimes Swee Lin has many stamps of the same kind. She____.
| A．keeps them |
| B．throws them away |
| C．sells them to her friends |
| D．sends them to her friends |
What does the word “hobby” mean?
| A．Matchbox collection. |
| B．Doing things one likes. |
| C．Keeping coins one likes. |
| D．Stamp collection. |
Skin-diving（轻装潜水） is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world . It is like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks , because you are no longer heavy .
Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day ,there is enough light .When fish swim nearby , you can catch them with your hands .
When you have tanks (箱) of air on your back, you can stay in keep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water. To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides（而且），there are many other uses of skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of the water. You can also get many things from the deep sea.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Skin-diving can take you to ______
| A．the room | B．the moon |
| C．the mountains. | D．the deep sea |
You can climb big rocks easily under water because ______.
| A．you are stronger |
| B．the fish nearby help you |
| C．you are not as heavy as on the land |
| D．there is a lot of light |
Under water , a skin-diver _______ in the daytime .
| A．can see everything clear |
| B．can’t see anything clearly |
| C．can see nothing |
| D．can see only fish |
With tanks of air on your back ,you can _______
| A．catch fish very easily |
| B．stay under water for a long time |
| C．be in a safe place |
| D．have more fun |
Which of the following is NOT true ?
| A．Skin-diving is a new sport. |
| B．skin-diving is like visiting the moon. |
| C．Skin-diving is both interesting and useful. |
| D．The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun. |
Most people make their living (谋生) with their hands, but Bob makes his living with his feet.
Bob’s story began in a small city of England. His family was poor. Seven people lived in a small house. Bob had no place to play but on the street.
Kids in the city like playing football very much. Little Bob wanted to play football, too. So his father made a soft (柔软的) ball for him to kick. It was a sock full of old cloth. He kicked it every day.
At last ,Bob learned how to kick a real football. And after a few years, he could play football very well.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。People usually make their living _____.
| A．by learning by themselves | B．with their feet |
| C．with their hands | D．by playing football |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Bob was born in a small village. |
| B．Bob’s house was very big. |
| C．There were eight people in the family. |
| D．Little Bob played on the street. |
Why did the father make a soft ball for his son?
| A．Because the family all liked football. |
| B．Because Bob also liked playing football. |
| C．Because they had lots of old cloth. |
| D．Because he didn’t want to throw the sock away. |
The word “kick” in the story means_____.
| A．踢 | B．玩 | C．射门 | D．弹起 |
From the story we can know_____.
| A．Bob’s age |
| B．it’s about an American boy |
| C．Bob’s mother’s name |
| D．The boy become a football player at last |
根据短文内容简要回答下面问题
The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it coming toward him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he would see the driver’s face quite clearly.
“Where have I seen that face before?”he thought. “Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper!” He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of the face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small ears, his eyes were behind dark glasses.
“Wanted by the police,” read by Jack. “The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man.”
“Call the police at once,” he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad . “This man was caught this morning,”answered the police.In which country did the story happen?
Why did Jack stop his car?
Was the man with dark glasses wanted by police?
What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?
Who caught the man with the large mouth and small ears?