【湖南省张家界市2015年中考英语试题】阅读技能（共20小题，满分45分）
阅读下面的材料，从A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。
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Are you a good helper in the kitchen? Flynn McGarry, from the US, does more than that.The 15-year-old boy began cooking at the age of ten.And now he has his own restaurant.
McGarry practiced his cookery skills after school. He taught himself from books and the internet.The boy really loves cooking.In his room,there are no video games but cooking tools.He turned his room into an experimental kitchen called Club Eureka.
Today,many famous people pay around $ 160 per person to eat in McGarry’s Club Eureka.The New York Times magazine described his food as “creative”.
As for the future, McGarry wants to open a Michelin-Starred restaurant. He hopes to make it one of the world’s 50 Best and “maybe top 5”.When did McGarry begin to learn cooking?
A. When he was five.
B. When he was ten.
C. When he was fifteen.Who taught McGarry cookery skills?
A. His parents.
B. His teachers.
C. He himself.Why did McGarry learn cooking?
A. Because he loves cooking.
B. Because he wanted to make money.
C. Because his parents asked him to learn cooking.Which of the following is NOT true about Club Eureka?
A. McGarry is the owner.
B. McGarry is the cook.
C. The food is free.What does McGarry want to do in the future?
A. To have an experimental kitchen.
B. To have a world’s top restaurant.
C. To cook for famous people.
There are two terms in a school year in America. The first is from September to January, and the second is from February to June.
American children usually begin to go to school at the age of five. Most students are 17 or 18 years old when they finish high school. High school students have only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same class every day, and they have homework for each class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They usually have to pay a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确为“T”,错误为“F”，并将其字母标号填入答题卡相应的题号内。There are two terms in a school year in America.
The second term begins in January.
There are only four or five subjects each year.
Many students go to college after high school.
Many American college students make money for their studies.
任务型阅读。 阅读短文，按要求完成短文后的各项任务。
Smog is a big problem in many Chinese cities. But it seems that besides wearing a mask, few of us know what has caused the smog and what to do to beat it. In fact, burning too much coal and oil are the main causes of PM2.5 and smog (雾霾).
To solve the problem, we should clean our coal and oil or replace them with cleaner energy such as natural gas. We ordinary people can do something to help control smog, too.
What can we do to help beat the smog?
Choose to take public transportation. Though many people have their own cars, they had better take public transportation, such as the subway or buses. If the destination (目的地) is not far away, you can also walk ________ ride a bike.
Call the hotline 12369. You can call the number for complaints and questions about environmental issues. It is run by China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection. If you call the number, some officers can come and try to solve the issues, so please remember it.
Report and resist pollutant source. If you find any pollutant source, take a picture of it and post it on your social media accounts. Remember to add “@local environmental departments” on weibo. Pay attention to factories that pollute the environment and don’t buy products from them.
Our environment will become better if everyone is concerned (关注) with the environment. This is what we need in the future. So everyone can do something to beat smog. What are the main causes of PM2.5 and smog according to the passage?
_______________________________________________________________________ 根据文章内容补全句子：
If you have environmental issues, you can _____________________________________.将句中横线处空缺的一个单词填出使句意完整。
If the destination is not far away, you can also walk ________ ride a bike.从文中找出与下面句子意义相近的句子
If all of us keep an eye on the environment, the world will become more beautiful.
________________________________________________________________________将文中画线句子译成汉语：________________________________________________
There is a sign at a Korean university asking tourists not to step into the grass to take photos. The sign is not written in Korean or English; it is written in Chinese.
These signs, and signs in other countries warning Chinese tourists about their behavior, have shamed many Chinese who worry about the image of the country.
Over 70 million Chinese tourists made overseas trips last year and spent $102 billion, more than the $84 billion spent by American and German tourists. For many Chinese tourists, it was their first trip abroad and they didn’t know about foreign ways. And some of these tourists took their bad habits from China with them.
Wang Yang, a Chinese deputy prime minister(国务院副总理), said, “They(the tourists) speak loudly in public, carve words or numbers on tourist attractions, cross the road when the traffic lights are still red and spit anywhere. It damages(毁坏) the image of the Chinese people and has a very bad influence.”
Before you travel to a foreign country, it’s important to learn some things about the country and its culture. You are guests in the country and it’s important to respect(尊重) your hosts. As more and more Chinese visit foreign countries, their behavior will certainly change and those shameful signs will, hopefully, disappear. The sign at a Korean university is written in ______.
| A．Chinese | B．English |
| C．Korean | D．Japanese |
How do many Chinese feel about the signs?
| A．Proud. | B．Interested. |
| C．Bored. | D．Shameful. |
The passage is written to ______.
| A．order the Korean universityto clean up signs with Chinese words |
| B．advise the overseas Chinese tourists to change their behavior |
| C．ask Chinese people not to spend too much money traveling abroad |
| D．ask people to travel to Korea as much as possible |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Signs Shame Overseas Chinese Tourists |
| B．Foreign Culture Makes Bad Influence |
| C．Foreign Countries Attract Chinese Tourists |
| D．Chinese Tourists Like Foreign Culture |
Better think twice before choosing a password for email, online bank or shopping. Simple passwords are easy to be stolen.
A password is like a key to your home. If someone steals it, he'll get chances to steal something else. We use passwords everywhere in our life. We are so used to passwords that we don't pay any attention to them until we lose or forget one.
A study of 28，000 passwords recently stolen from a popular website showed that people often do the easy thing. It found that 16% took a first name as a password. Another 14% used the easiest keyboard combinations such as “12345678” or QWERTY. 5% of the stolen passwords were names of television shows or stars popular with young people. 3% of the passwords expressed feelings like “I don't care，” “Whatever，” “I love you，” or their opposite, “I hate you.”
Robert Graham, who did the study, advises people to choose a password that is longer than eight characters with one capital letter and one symbol.
Of course, safe passwords don't mean those hard to remember. Forgetting your password is sometimes a big headache for you. Maybe, the perfect password is easy for you and hard for others.The underlined word “password” in Paragraph 1 means________．
| A．标志 | B．护照 | C．密码 | D．口诀 |
About 40% passwords are easily stolen because the users are______．
| A．busy | B．lazy | C．stupid | D．careful |
Which of the following passwords is considered the safest?
| A．ZXCVBN. | B．password56. | C．wy64#0Mv. | D．I hate you. |
Hit song Little Apple became so popular after it came out in late May2014. In China, you may hear it on a bus, or even in a small village.
Little Apple is a song for the movie Old Boys: The Way of Dragon. The song’s huge success has also made more people see the movie. The comedy took US＄17 million in its opening four days.The song Little Apple is so popular. “After hearing it, it’s like ‘I’m brainwashed (洗脑)’ by the song. So I came to see the film.” a man said.“It’s a good story. But the reason I’m here at the cinema is the song Little Apple.” Hui Qing, a college student, said.
“Many people have come to see the movie, so we added more screenings for it. The film now accounts for 20 percent of the total screenings—it’s quite a good performance for a homegrown movie,” a cinema clerk said.
Old Boys: The Way of Dragon is based on an online short film called Old Boys. The 40-minute film about youth and dreams got nearly 70 million views on a video website, and was popular among people born in the 1980s or later.
“What is popular online is a good indication (迹象) of what will be popular with young people. And this movie is a good example,” the businessman Chen Su said.
Some have criticized Little Apple for its low quality, but the song continues keeping popular.The movie Old Boys is a ______.
| A．comedy | B．soap opera |
| C．sad movie | D．talk show |
Hui Qing went to see the movie Old Boys: The Way of Dragon because _____.
| A．she wants to be brainwashed |
| B．the movie has a good story |
| C．the movie has a good quality |
| D．she likes listening to the song Little Apple |
The video Old Boys online is about ______.
| A．life and old people | B．youth and dreams |
| C．life and dreams | D．dreams and hopes |
The song Little Apple is popular because ______.
| A．people like the movie Old Boys |
| B．it has high quality |
| C．people like to be brainwashed (洗脑) by the song |
| D．its rhythms are good |