【江苏省盐城市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。(共15小题，每小题2分，计30分)
A
A plant is a living thing. It uses its many parts to grow from a small seed to a large plant. Each part helps the plant stay healthy. Plants also need sunlight to grow. They get light from the sun and minerals from the soil. These things help the plant stay alive and grow.
Which word can be filled in the empty box?
| A．Leaves. | B．Sticks. | C．Bushes | D．Grasses |
Which part might grow around the seeds?
| A．The stem. | B．The flower. |
| C．The root. | D．The fruit. |
Which sentence is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．A plant grows flowers under the ground. |
| B．Flowers can grow into new plants. |
| C．Not all plants have fruit. |
| D．The stem helps hold the roots up. |
What's the passage mainly about?
| A．Plant parts. | B．Plant seeds. |
| C．Plant leaves. | D．Plant roots. |
In what subject might you learn this passage?
| A．Geography. | B．Biology. | C．Physics. | D．Chemistry. |
A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be famous. But she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still looking for her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she puts up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes,“I still love you . . . , come back home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar（熟悉）. “Is that my mother?” she moved closer and read the words“I still love you ...” She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother’s bedroom. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up,“It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter held each other, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never been locked since you left.”
The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed.The girl left home because her parents were cruel to her.
No money caused the girl couldn’t be famous.
The mother put up her daughter’s photo on the wall so that she could find her daughter .
When the girl came back home, she couldn’t wait to see her mother.
From the story we know that parents love their children forever at any time.
阅读短文并按每小题的要求答题。
Wu Juping is just and ordinary saleswoman. However, on July 2, 2011, she bravely caught a falling child and has been praised as ①/ðə məʊst ‘bju:təfʊl ‘mʌðə / in China. The child fell from the 10th floor of a building into Wu’s arms.
The child is two years old, who named Niu Niu. ②Niu Niu climed up to the window looking for her grandma. When a neighbor living one floor below saw the little girl falling, he held out a ladder(梯子) to catch her. ③The ladder, however, was too short to reach the girl. At this dangerous moment, Wu, who was just walking near the building, rushed to the spot and caught her successfully before she hit the ground.
The girl fell into coma(昏迷), and Wu was also injured seriously in her left arm. On July 8, Niu Niu, who was able to move her fingers, feet and eyes, ④was out of dangerous condition and Wu’s arm is recovering well now.根据①处的注音写出英语单词。
1)在②处的划线句子中找出两个可以连读的词。
2)在②处的划线句子中哪个词的最后一个音可以失去爆破?根据③处的划线句子在下面句子中的每个空白处填入一个适当的词(首字母已给出):
The ladder, however, was s short that it is c reach the girl.将④处的划线部分译成汉语.
用完整的句子回答问题: What do you think of Wu Juping?
On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder(肩膀). “Hi, girl! My name is Rose, I’m 87 years old.”
“Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked jokingly.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”she replied. Rose became a college symbol(象征) this year and she easily on her from the other students.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football party. I’ll never forget what she taught us.
“We do not stop playing because we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor(幽默) every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose you dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do anything, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added.
She ended her speech by singing The Song of Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live then out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college education she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose did peacefully in her sleep.Rose went to college because she .
| A．wanted to live longer |
| B．loved to stay with the young |
| C．wanted to realize her dream |
| D．planned to enjoy her life there |
From the story we can see that Rose wasduring her stay in college.
| A．outgoing and popular | B．brave and hard-working |
| C．honest and athletic | D．calm and creative |
Which of the following is included in Rose’s speech?
| A．People won’t grow old if they stop playing. |
| B．The more you laugh, the younger you will be. |
| C．People easily become old if they do more things. |
| D．Time is especially important for young people. |
At the end of her speech, Rose asked each of her classmates .
| A．to sing along with her |
| B．to sing one’s own song |
| C．to recite the lyrics |
| D．to do as the lyrics said |
Which of the following can best describe the story?
| A．Live with your dream. |
| B．Find secrets of staying young. |
| C．Learn wherever you are. |
| D．Be happy every day. |
The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.
Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he set out to tour India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.
After he returned from India, he begin to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(车库). He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once on an orchard(果园) in Oregon.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous. But unluckily, he died of illness in 2011.Steve Jobs when he was in school.
| A．was an outstanding student |
| B．didn’t do very well |
| C．was always praised by others |
| D．didn’t learn anything |
The underlined word “value” means .
| A．beauty | B．chance | C．importance | D．hope |
Steve Jobs .
| A．received excellent college education |
| B．didn’t go to college at all |
| C．studied in college for 4 years |
| D．didn’t finish his college education |
Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because .
| A．apple was his favorite fruit |
| B．he designed the computer under an apple tree |
| C．he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard |
| D．the computer was designed on the orchard |
Steve Job’s would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.
| A．“failure” in school |
| B．stay on the orchard |
| C．travel on India |
| D．new ideas |
| Shopping Guide in Central Mall |
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| Floors |
Articles |
| 6 |
Restaurant /Coffee shop/ Tea house |
| 5 |
Children’s pleasure ground/ Game center |
| 4 |
Electrical equipment, clocks and watches/ Writing materials and office supplies |
| 3 |
Men’s clothing /Bedding |
| 2 |
Women’s clothing/ Children’s clothing |
| 1 |
Fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, drinks, cooked food, etc. /Kitchen ware |
| Bushiness hours Weekdays:8:30am—6:30pm Weekends:9:00am—9:00pm |
If you want to have a cup of coffee, you should go to the floor.
| A．first | B．fourth | C．fifth | D．sixth |
If you want to buy some apples and beef, you should go to the floor.
| A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
If Mr. Green wants to buy a shirt, he should go to the floor.
| A．second | B．fourth | C．third | D．fifth |
If Mrs. Green’s children want to play, they should go to the floor.
| A．first | B．fourth | C．fifth | D．sixth |
If you want to do some shopping in Central Mall in the evening, you may go there on .
| A．Wednesday | B．Friday | C．Saturday | D．Monday |