【江苏省常州市2015年中考英语试题】阅谈理解(共13小题;每小题2分，满分26分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Sometimes, you feel down or unhappy and it is hard to come back to your high spirit. So if you're having a bad day and need a boost，then help is just a click away.
A website is trying to offer people positive(积极的)messages from strangers to cheer them up. It announces to be“the nicest place on the Internet"，where happy people can present their positive thoughts and feelings to those who are in low spirits.
The website, thenicestplaceontheinter.net, lets people post videos of themselves blowing kisses and leaving positive and encouraging messages to lift visitors' spirits.
The website was created by Jeff Lam and is considered to help many people out when they feel low. The well-known artist who lives in San Francisco said he came up with the idea when he and his friend Lauren were having one of those bad days.
"We tried to become cheerful，but none of the usual methods seemed to be working. Not music. Not food. What we hoped was something positive, honest and good.So with only a camera and work-free weekend, we created‘The Nicest Place On The Internet," he explained on his website.
One user of the site, Joseph Meehan, 27, from Birmingham, said,“it's a fun and exciting website. I visit every once in a while when I'm missing my friends or family. I think it could really be a help to people that are feeling down or sad. It may even stop them from doing something stupid. You can also post your video to the website, and they add it to the series. It's very easy to share the love.”
Mr. Lam is now working on a new project that allows people to leave positive voicemails for strangers. The idea is that strangers send an audio(声音)diary by leaving a voicemail and then anyone can listen to it.
The underlined word "boost" in paragraph 1 probably means
| A．鼓舞 | B．放松 | C．休闲 | D．提高 |
The website was created in order to_______
| A．provide a place for those who want to post their videos |
| B．discover something positive, honest and good |
| C．recommend positive voicemails on the website to people |
| D．offer something positive to cheer people up |
According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Jeff Lam is working on a new project to collect more audio diaries. |
| B．Jeff Lam met a lot of difficulties during the time of creating the website. |
| C．Joseph Meehan has got help from the website and supports it. |
| D．Joseph Meehan has shared his own positive videos with strangers. |
Hi, I am Eric. I went on a vacation last week. It was excellent. I visited my grandparents in the countryside. Here I went fishing every day. The river runs slowly and is very clean. And I fed the sheep with my grandpa on the farm. It was so much fun. The weather was great and the air was so fresh. I watched the stars at night. They were so beautiful. The best things in life are free!Did Eric watch the stars at night?
_______________________________________________________What did he do every day?
How was Eric’s trip last week?
Visiting Mineral City!
Mineral City is an interesting place to visit. It is a beautiful little town with many old buildings.
Take a walk through the center of the town on Main Street. Look first at the Mineral City Hotel. It is on the corner of Main Street and Glenn Avenue. It is about 150 years old and people will stay there. There is an interesting old building across the street from the hotel. This was a post office. Now it is a store for books and videos. There are many places to eat on Main Street. You can get lunch or dinner in one of these places. There is a park between Main Street and Oak Street. You can sit on a bench（长凳）in the park. It is nice and quiet, and you can enjoy the trees and flowers.
You can also take a walk down Glenn Avenue. Look at the old buildings and interesting little stores on this street..Mineral City is ______.
| A．a big city | B．a busy city |
| C．a beautiful town | D．an old building |
The store for books and videos is ______.
| A．across the street from the hotel |
| B．on the corner of Oak Street |
| C．on Glenn Avenue |
| D．behind the park |
There is a ______ park between Main Street and Oak Street.
| A．beautiful and old | B．nice and quiet |
| C．busy and dirty | D．big and interesting |
There are some________ on Glenn Avenue.
| A．hotels |
| B．post office |
| C．new buildings and quiet parks |
| D．old buildings and interesting little stores |
Which is NOT true?
| A．The Mineral City Hotel is on the corner of Main Street and Glenn Avenue. |
| B．The Mineral City Hotel is about 150 years old. |
| C．There are many places to eat on Main Street. |
| D．The Mineral City Hotel is a beautiful and new building. |
Accident Report Form
| Accident |
A car crashed into a tree. Some people were trapped in the car. |
| Weather conditions |
There was a heavy rain. |
| Date of call |
December 3, 2006 |
| Time of call |
9:30 p.m. |
| Name of caller |
Mrs. Green |
| Place |
Zhongshan Road, Nanjing |
| Conditions of victims (受害人) |
Mr. Green hurt his head. |
| Mrs. Green hurt her left leg. |
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| Their daughter felt frightened. |
|
| Action |
Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m. and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m. |
根据事故报告表，选择正确答案。 What time did Mrs. Green call the police? _________
| A．At 9:30 a.m. | B．At 9:30 p.m. |
| C．At 9:40 p.m. | D．At 9:45 p.m. |
How many people were trapped in the car? __________
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
Whose left leg was hurt? _________
| A．Mrs. Green’s. | B．Their daughter’s. |
| C．Mr. Green’s. | D．Their friend’s. |
What was the weather like that day? __________
| A．It was sunny. | B．It was snowy. |
| C．It was cloudy. | D．It was rainy. |
Which of the following is TRUE? __________
| A．The car crashed into a wall. |
| B．Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital. |
| C．The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing. |
| D．The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital. |
My father is tall and has short,gray hair.He wears glasses with heavy,black frames.But I just saw a picture of him from 1968. What a surprise! In the picture, he's 15 years old. He's short and he has glasses with small, round frames. He has long, yellow hair and it's really straight. He's wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt with the word "Love". I'm 15 years old now. I'm tall and I have short hair. My hair isn't yellow, it's blue. My dad thinks it's strange, but my friends think it's great. I wear glasses, but my glasses have bright red frames. They're so cool! I have an earring in one ear, too. Dad really can't understand that, I never wear blue jeans. I like big, baggy pants and long T-shirts. Most of my T-shirts have pictures of my favorite rock bands on them. The speaker’s father wore ______________ when he was fifteen years old.
| A．glasses with heavy, black frames |
| B．glasses with bright red frames |
| C．long and yellow glasses |
| D．glasses with small, round frames |
The speaker’s hair is ______________.
| A．yellow | B．blue | C．gray | D．red |
The speaker likes to wear _____________.
| A．blue jeans and a T-shirt |
| B．yellow jeans and a T-shirt with the word “Love” |
| C．big, baggy pants and long T-shirts |
| D．blue jeans and an earring |
Who is wearing the T-shirt with the word “Love”?
| A．The speaker’s father. | B．The speaker. |
| C．The speaker’s brother. | D．The speaker’s best friend. |
Who has an earring in one ear?
| A．My dad does. | B．I do. |
| C．My father does. | D．My Friends do |
Mr. Read works in a hospital. He’s a good doctor, but he often forgets(忘记) things. People know him and don’t mind it. One morning he looked over an old woman and did an operation(手术) on her eyes. It thim three hours to finish it. The old woman could see again and thanked him very much. After that he had a look at his watch and found it was half p
twelve. He felt hungry and wanted to buy some food for h
.
When he got to the lift(电梯), he r he didn’t wash his hands. He had to go back to his office. He took o
his coat and put it on the back of the chair. Then he washed his hands and left.
However, in the restaurant, he found he forgot to whis coat. All his money was in one of the pockets. He got up and went back to the h
. He ran to the lift but it was going to c
. He put his head into it, and the doors opened. A man in the lift said, “Oh, dear sir! W
didn’t you hold the doors open with your hands? It’s too d
to do so with your head!”
“I think my hands are more important than my head. I have to do operations not with my head, but with my hands!”