【湖南省益阳市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面两篇材料，从每题所给A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。
Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for schools. Several children have got mobile phones from parents and friends as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.
Lucy Bluett, an expert, said mobile phone use was a distraction (分心的事) to students during school hours. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t call up their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones ______.
A．when they are at home
B．when they are free
C．when they are at school
We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from .
A．the makers and sellers
B．the passers-by and strangers
C．their parents and friends
What does the underlined word “cheat” mean in the passage?
A．Behave dishonestly.
B．Behave honestly.
C．Behave correctly.
Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t ______ during school hours.
A．use their mobile phones
B．call up their children
C．help the teachers with their work
The passage tells us that ______.
A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons
B．many people can’t understand why parents would want their children to have phones
C．all parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school
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Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have free time during the day ,because they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of the passages.
We can find newspapers in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers come out once a week, but most of the papers come out once a day with many pages, some even twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others like short stories better. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
People read newspapers in order to _____________.
| A．only learn the latest news |
| B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories |
| D．find the morning news |
From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully |
| B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages |
| D．they have no time to read them |
Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.
| A．more and more people like to read them |
| B．people enjoy reading something different |
| C．newspaper become cheaper |
| D．more pages mean more money |
The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.
| A．in English | B．in Chinese |
| C．in other language | D．with many pages |
From the passage, we know people can also get more information from _______.
| A．magazines | B．advertisements |
| C．e-mail | D．Internet |
A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, "Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir," said the boy. But the young man refused(拒绝) again. Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless(除非) he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away. But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.The boy was a shoe __________.
| A．cleaner | B．maker |
| C．repairer | D．seller |
At first the young man refused to clean his shoes, because ___________.
| A．he couldn't pay |
| B．he had not enough money |
| C．he didn't think it necessary |
| D．he had just cleaned his shoes |
Then the young man agreed to clean his shoes, because the boy asked for _______.
| A．two pounds | B．one pound |
| C．nothing | D．few money |
The boy refused to clean the second shoe, because ___________.
| A．it was very dirty |
| B．the young man paid only one pound |
| C．it was difficult to clean |
| D．he asked to be paid two pounds |
What do you think of the boy?
| A．Generous. | B．Hard-working. |
| C．Polite. | D．Smart. |
“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream.” Some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These ideas can carry over into dreams.
Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失)quickly from memory（记忆）.
Too much dreaming can be bad. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That’s why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired!It may be less important to sleep than to _______.
| A．think | B．dream | C．work | D．study |
Dreams and films are usually ______.
| A．very long | B．in color |
| C．about work | D．very sad |
Why do some people often dream about their work?
| A．Because they are tired in the daytime. |
| B．Because they are not interested in their work. |
| C．Because they may be thinking about their work all day. |
| D．Because they have too much work to do. |
When we sleep more, we have a ______ dream.
| A．shorter | B．longer |
| C．worse | D．weaker |
The main idea of the story is that______.
| A．what dream is |
| B．people like to sleep |
| C．dreams are like films |
| D．we always remember dreams |
My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn’t remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels. My bothers ,my sisters and I would sometimes fight about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows.21教育网
Nowadays we can get hundreds of channels on TV.I can’t believe it! There are channels with old movies, cooking ,fishing and so on. It’s amazing! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I notice families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing over which channel to choose from .
A. Black and white ones.
B. Colors Ones.
C. All kinds of television sets.
A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. at night
A.3 or 4 different channels.
B. Only once channel
C.Hundreds of channels.
A.four shows
B. the same shows
C. different show
A. My bother ,my sisters and I would sometimes fight about which channel to watch when I was a child.
B. These days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing.
C. People have many channels to choose from now.