【湖北省黄冈市2015年中考英语试题】综合阅读（共两节；计 32 分）
第一节 阅读理解（共 12 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 24 分）
阅读下面三篇短文，根据短文内容，从所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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A little stream (小溪) ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert,“I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert,”she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed.
At this time, a deep voice said,“if a breeze (微风) can cross the desert, so can a river.”It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered,“that’s because a breeze can fly, but I can’t.”
“That’s because you can’t give up what you are. Let yourself evaporate (蒸发) into the breeze, and it can take you across,”said the desert.
“Give up what I am now? No! No!”The little stream could not accept this idea.
“The breeze can carry the vapor (蒸汽) across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,”said the desert.“And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature (本性) never changes.”
Hearing this, the little stream went into the open arms of the breeze. It carried her to the next stage (阶段) of her life.What did the stream think when she reached a desert?
| A．She thought she couldn’t cross the desert. |
| B．She believed she could cross the desert. |
| C．She thought she knew well about the desert. |
| D．She started to worry about herself. |
What does the underlined word“it”refer to (指的是)?
| A．The desert. | B．The nature. |
| C．The breeze. | D．The stream. |
What did the stream do in the end?
| A．Crossed the desert. | B．Stopped trying. |
| C．Failed to get to the ocean. | D．Died. |
What is the main idea of the story?
| A．The road to success is not always easy. |
| B．We should do the right thing whatever others say. |
| C．Our lives can be as difficult as the little stream’s. |
| D．To succeed, we should change the way we used to be. |
First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, “Look out.” I put my head out of a window and a glass of water fell on me. It seems that “look out” may mean “Don’t look out.”
Second Frenchman: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, “All hands on deck (甲板). I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.”
Third Frenchman: I once went early in the morning to the doctor’s and his nurse came to the door and said, “he’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour.” When I went a second time for him, she said, “he’s not down yet.” I had to go away again. Later I thought the doctor should be in the house in the evening, so I went there once more. “Oh, how sorry I am! He’s not in ! I’d better tell him to wait for you if you could come tomorrow.” said the nurse. “Well! He’s not up, he is not down, and he is not in. please tell me where he stays!” I said angrily.“Look out ” here means.
| A．Help me. |
| B．A glass of water fell from the window. |
| C．Take care. |
| D．Put your head out of the window and look out. |
When the captain shouted “all hands on deck ”, what did he mean?
| A．Put up your hands. | B．Put your both hands on deck. |
| C．Give your hands to me. | D．All the sailors on deck. |
When the nurse said “He’s not up yet.” She meant that .
| A．he has not stood up yet. | B．he has not yet got up. |
| C．he has not walked up yet. | D．he has not yet come downstairs. |
When the third Frenchman went back for the second time, the doctor .
| A．was still in an upstairs room. |
| B．was having his breakfast. |
| C．was reading a book. |
| D．was washing himself. |
What can be the best title for the short story?
| A．Three Frenchman | B．Three stories |
| C．The English language | D．What a language! |
Sang Lan is a former member of the national women’s gymnastic team. She hurt herself seriously in a competition at the Goodwill Games held in Long Island, New York in 1998. For a long time she could not move her arms and legs. And her body from middle chest down could not feel anything. She has been on a wheelchair since then.
Although she was disabled, Sang Lan believed that she would walk again one day. She kept on exercising all year round, and was sure that would stand up. When she was in New York, she caught the hearts of Americans. She said “Get up from where you fall.” So many people called her “a brave and unbelievable girl”. She became an international symbol of courage and was very popular in the United States.
The brave girl has been a college student in Peking University now. Her dream of going to college has come true.
“She was busy with training and contests before the accident,” Sang’s mother said, “and now she takes great interest in studying and works very hard.” From the story we know that Sang Lan now.
A. is studying in a university
B. is living in New York
C. is a sports girlThe accident happened .
A. in Beijing.
B. in Peking University.
C. in New York. Sang Lan became an international symbol of courage because she .
A. was always smiling
B. was a good student
C. face the challenges bravely Sang Lan said “ Get up from where you fall.” means in Chinese.
A. 起来就在那儿摔倒
B. 哪里摔倒哪里起来
C. 摔倒了要起来From the story we can get to know that Sang Lan is.
A. a beautiful girl
B. a brave girl
C. a sick girl
美国加利福尼亚州Bellcrest学校的学生创办了一本名叫School Bell的校刊。阅读下面制作校刊的六个步骤，完成制作流程的正确排序。
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One day in the eighth grade, I was taking a Math Test on basic trigonometry (三角学). Now for a middle school student, there was nothing basic at all about it. So I had studied for about two hours the night before. After reviewing it for some time, I had started to understand it, so then I closed the book and ____________. However, it was not until midnight that I fell asleep. The next day, when I got the test, it might as well have been written in Serbian (which I don’t know how to read). I tried my best to work out the hard problems, but the numbers I came up with were strange. I sat back on my chair and looked for any possible answers, but I could not remember anything or think correctly. I started thinking about my dad coming home from work to find that I failed the test …
“How could you have failed the test? I am certain that nobody else in the whole class got as bad a grade as you did!”
Naturally I didn’t want that to happen. My dad was also really busy at work at present, so I was afraid that this might make him mad. When feeling hopeless, I noticed that my table partner was writing fast on his test. I could see smoke rising up from how fast he was writing. I was attracted（吸引）to look over at his test, but then the many bad results I had heard about cheating（作弊）came into my mind. I reasoned(推理，思考) that if I started cheating now, it would be hard to give up that habit during high school. In the end, I decided not to copy his answers, and got a B- on that test. Even though my dad gave me a hard time about it, it would have been a lot worse if he found out that I had given in and cheated.
| A．surprised | B．relaxed |
| C．worried | D．excited |
| A．had breakfast | B．went to bed |
| C．took exercise | D．rode to school |
| A．proud of him | B．tired of him |
| C．strict with him | D．pleased with him |
| A．could read Serbian |
| B．didn’t cheat at last |
| C．got a good grade at last |
| D．didn’t work hard that night |
Have you ever thought about what kind of job you would like to have when you grow up? Many people think that we can have only one job in our lifetime. We all know that this is not true, but quite a few people actually think this way. For example, when people choose a major (专业) in college, they think that the decisions they make now will decide their jobs for the rest of their lives. However, there are many examples where people became successful after changing their careers (职业) later in life.
J. K. Rowling, writer of the famous novel Harry Potter, was a school teacher before she began writing books. In fact, she was out of work before the first Harry Potter book came out.
Former（前任） US President Ronald Reagan began as an actor when he was a young man. He later decided that he wanted to do political work. This kind of passion (激情) finally led him to become President of the United States.
The famous 19th century artist Vincent Van Gogh was not a painter from the beginning. He once worked as an art salesman and later became a preacher. It was only 10 years before he died that he decided to become an artist.
Careers are always open to change. The important thing is to find what you are really good at or what you really want to do. Once you find that passion, it’s all a matter of how hard you try.
| A．Vincent Van Gogh | B．Ronald Reagan |
| C．J. K. Rowling | D．Harry Potter |
| A．政治的 | B．艺术的 | C．文学的 | D．经济的 |
| A．what major you choose in college |
| B．how much money you can make |
| C．changing jobs as often as possible |
| D．finding what you really want to do |
| A．Par 1→Pars 2~4→Par 5 | B．Pars 1~2→Par 3→Pars 4~5 |
| C．Par 1→Pars 2~3→Pars 4~5 | D．Pars 1~2→Pars 3~4→Par 5 |