【河北省2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分）
阅读A、B、C三篇材料，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
C
Making a good job choice is almost as good as choosing a good life. So, choosing a job is one of the most important decisions to make in life.
For my job, there are three important things that I will consider:
The first one － that I must work in an area I like － is most important to me. Someone once said if you find a job that you enjoy, then you won't have to work another day. I would like to work in an area where I can be more creative. I would like to be the most valuable member there. All this is possible only if I like what I do.
The second one is that the area of my work must lead me to solve some new and hard problems. I would like to stay in the same area for a long time. In order for this to happen, the work must provide enough problems. More than just working to live, I enjoy making a difference and trying my best for the whole progress. I would also like to be well remunerated for my hard work, so I can lead a comfortable life with this hard-won money. Then I can provide the best for my family.
The third important thing is that I would like to work in an area that would help other people. The work in my mind is in fields such as the army, training or management. In such areas, I can help to develop the abilities of others and bring out their best. It would be a most satisfying job to help young people to become the best that they can be. When I become old, I would like to look back with a great sense of satisfaction that thousands of people have become better persons through my work.
I accept the idea that no one should make a choice of a job suddenly or quickly. He should decide what he wants to be in the long run. Then, he should decide how he works towards it. He should study the proper courses, read the books and speak to knowledgeable persons in that field before making a job choice. A good choice will most probably lead to a better life.
According to the passage, a good job choice probably makes people _.
| A．solve fewer problems | B．choose a good life |
| C．be good family members | D．provide hard things |
The writer considers an enjoyable job most important because _.
| A．he has to bring out his best |
| B．it can make him more creative |
| C．he will have to work another day |
| D．it is possible for him to live better |
The underlined word "remunerated" in the passage means" ".
| A．trained | B．praised | C．accepted | D．paid |
The writer wants to tell us that everyone should _.
| A．become a knowledgeable person |
| B．join the army to become a better person |
| C．make preparations to find a satisfying job |
| D．help young people to choose an interesting job |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．My Job Choice | B．My Favorite Job |
| C．My Comfortable Life | D．My Sense of Satisfaction |
根据以下两位好朋友在网上的聊天记录，选择最佳选项。
Mary 09:45:10
Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you!
I’m a girl. My name is Mary Green. My favorite color is red. My telephone number is 873-3516.
Jim 09:46:05
Hi, Mary. Nice to meet you, too!
I’m a boy. My name’s Jim Hand. My favorite color is blue. And my telephone number is 894-2015.Mary likes ________.
| A．Red | B．Green | C．Blue | D．Black |
The boy’s first name is _______.
| A．Jim | B．Mary | C．Black | D．Green |
Jim’s telephone number is _______.
| A．837-2015 | B．873-3516 | C．894-3516 | D．894-2015 |
The two kids (小孩) are on line (在网上) ________.
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in the evening | D．at night |
根据表格内容选择正确答案。
| Name |
Telephone number |
Car number |
ID card number |
| Jim Green |
523-4564 |
AK1688 |
41012919690101 |
| Jack Smith |
13657047321 |
YNA222 |
12103419771202 |
| Linda White |
13550295437 |
WTS168 |
34110019870904 |
| Zhang Liangyin |
028-82740403 |
川A·DE456 |
51012419811213 |
| Han Huahua |
010-57432128 |
京B·AB388 |
01010019890807 |
| Bob Smith |
238-4508 |
EL5656 |
01731219771209 |
There are（这里有）________people（人）.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
Smith is________family name.
| A．Jack’s | B．Bob and Jack’s | C．Bob’s | D．Jim’s |
YNA222 is a ________number.
| A．telephone | B．car | C．ID card | D．room |
34110019870904 is ________ID card number.
| A．Linda’s | B．Huahua’s | C．Liangyin’s | D．Bob’s |
Going to the zoo is very popular. Every year over 134 million visitors go to zoos to enjoy watching and learning about the animals. Zoos are the only places that most people will ever meet an elephant, a tiger or other animals that are in danger. ______. They help us to enjoy different kinds of animals as well as make us think more about nature(自然).
Zoos are also important to animals. In order to make more space(空间), food, and other things for ourselves, we leave less and less room for animals. _____. If there were no zoos, more animals in the world would have gone extinct(濒临灭绝). ____
__. Some people think that animals should not be kept by people for any reason(原因). If they become extinct, then that’s the way it should be. ___
_. We should do everything we can to protect them(保护它们).
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．The importance of the zoos. |
| B．Why do we keep animals? |
| C．Zoos or not? |
| D．How to protect animals. |
Father’s Day has a very short history. It started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though（虽然） some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do --- buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present --- not for her father but for her husband, even if（即使） he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
阅读短文，判断正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”：Father’s Day started just because businesses wanted to get a lot of money.
The word “special” in the second paragraph means “not usual”.
In America, people have a Father’s Day to show their love for their fathers.
On Father’s Day, businesses always want people to buy as many as presents.
It can be learned from the passage that Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.
Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案： In America, summer vacation lasts ____.
| A．one month | B．two months |
| C．three months | D．more than three months |
Students only stay at school for about ____ years before they go to college.
| A．five | B．six | C．twelve | D．fourteen |
The underline word “vacation” means _________ in Chinese.
| A．休闲 | B．假期 | C．时光 | D．生活 |
Many American students work after class, because they _____.
| A．want to see interesting things |
| B．have to help the other people |
| C．want to make more friends |
| D．have to get money for their studies |
The article is mainly about ___________.
| A．the differences between schools in China and in America. |
| B．schools in China. |
| C．schools in America. |
| D．American students’ school life. |