【福建省福州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面四篇材料，从每-优题课

I would like to talk to you about one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. I was born and raised there and now I visit it from time to time. My family moved to the city, so I only go back to see friends or to camp and fish.
I grew up in a small town called Antonito Co. It is surrounded by mountains. So camping is a big source of happiness in the valley. There are so many beautiful places to hike.
The town itself is very small. It is said that if you blink (眨眼) when you’re going through it, you’ll miss it. This has some truth in it considering the size of the town. We have one grocery store (杂货店), a tiny post office , and a tiny bank. There are also a few gas stations, bars, some excellent restaurants, a small hospital and of course several schools. However, for clothing and shoes, you have to drive thirty miles to Alamosa to shop there.
Everyone in the town is nice and we all know each other. The crime rate (率) is zero unless you count some weekend fights that break out because some people drink too much. The classes in school are small, so you get a lot of attention from the teacher.
You’re probably wondering why I don’t live there. Well, I can’t get a job there. A lot of the businesses are family-owned. And they never fire(解雇) their employees. So the employees work there usually until they retire(退休). Most people have to go to other places to get a job.
What can you find in the writer’s hometown?
a. bank
b. a post office
c. some gas stations and bars
d. a clothing store
e. a shoe shop
f. some restaurants and a hospital

A．abce

B．bdef

C．abcf

D．cdef

Which is the following statements is TRUE?

A．Teachers pay more attention to the students because they work hard.

B．It is great fun for the writer to go camping in the valley.

C．It’s common to see some drunken people in the writer’s hometown.

D．The writer moved to the city because he didn’t like his hometown.

We can learn from the last paragraph that in the writer’s hometown.

A．not many job chances are provided

B．employees don’t make much money

C．most people live a very hard life

D．only the old still live there

Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But watching too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists find that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on their work.
Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot offood while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people “couch potatoes”.
Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.
Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will.

A．learn language skills more easily

B．be healthier

C．find it hard to learn to read

D．eat less food

Kids learn language skills best by.

A．reading	B．talking
C．playing with others	D．all of the above

While watching TV, what DON’T people do?

A．Eat a lot of food.	B．Have less time for reading.
C．Hardly move.	D．Focus on their work.

The aim of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires a right way，or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.
The best time for reading is morning，because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason，we can get good results.
In studying we must have patience. If we have not known a text well，we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.
When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teachers or our parents，or friends. In any possible way，we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying，yet the above mentioned (提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.
What does this passage tell us?
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How many ways for studying does the writer teach us according to this passage?
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Why had we better read in the morning?
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How can we make it possible to get something from the book?
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What should we do when we can’t understand what we learn?
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Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(产业). “We knew it had to be a specialty(专业) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from an bank.
The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

A．they had to put their plan into practice

B．health was more important than money

C．heart trouble was a serious illness

D．they both needed to stop working

After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

A．to study how to open a bookstore

B．to buy and read more mystery books

C．to do market research on book business

D．to work harder to save money for the bookstore

How did their bookstore do in the first year?

A．They had to borrow money to keep it going.

B．They made just enough to pay all the costs.

C．They succeeded in making a lot of money.

D．They failed though they worked hard.

According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.

A．to pay for their children’s education

B．to get to know more writers

C．to set up more bookstores

D．to do what they like to do

Many of us don’t pay much attention to the importance of eye care. It is said that if you take care of your body, then you can surely be healthy. That is why our eyes should be given a lot of care. Natural eye care should be put in a number one place.
There are several causes leading to poor eyesight like not enough food, genes(基因) and aging. Televisions, computers and reading are also the causes of having poor eyesight. If you happen to work in front of the computer, it is best to take a break every once in a while. Something dirty can cause redness and they will make you uncomfortable. It is bad for your eyes, too. If this happens, the best way is to clean your eyes by using cold water. You must also try your best to protect your eyes from harmful things. For example, sunglasses are not just for fashion but they can also serve as a great way to protect your eye-sight from UV rays.
Eating healthy foods will do good to your eyesight. Remember that vitamin A, C and E are good for eyes. Try to eat food groups that have these vitamins. And you should do eye exercises because exercise protects your eyesight, too. If a person exercises regularly and eats the right kind of food, his eyes will stay in good condition for a long time.
All above are natural ways of eye care that help us keep healthy eyes. Being happy all the time can be helpful to a person’s eyesight, too. In a word, eye care is very important, no matter how old a person is.
__________ is the most important way to protect our eyes.

A．Natural eye care	B．Taking medicine
C．Seeing a doctor	D．Being happy all the time

All the following causes can lead to bad eyesight except__________ .

A．genes	B．height
C．reading	D．computers

What should you do if you have to work in front of the computer?

A．Eat healthy foods.

B．Clean the eyes by using cold water.

C．Wear a pair of sunglasses.

D．Have a rest after working for a while.

What do the underlined word “aging” mean?

A．doing differently	B．blaming seriously
C．becoming old	D．disagreeing with

A．half a year; 13 hours	B．5 months; 13 hours
C．six months; 10 hours	D．5 months; 23 hours

A．the disabled	B．children aged 13 or less
C．students over 26 years	D．old people aged over 65