【山东省东营市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读
There was a time when New York City buildings were almost all the same height.
Today you can see buildings of different heights that seem to touch the sky. They are called skyscrapers(摩天大楼). They shape the famous New York City skyline.
It started about 90 years ago. It began like a race. This wasn't a race down the street or around a track(跑道). It was a race for the sky. Who was racing? Buildings were.
Their builders were actually racing to build the world's tallest skyscraper.
The race started slowly.
First came the Woolworth Building, in 1913. It rose 792 feet(英尺) on the southern side of the city. Then the race heated up.In1930, two skyscrapers were nearing completion. The Bank of Manhattan Building was finished first. It rose up to 927 feet into the sky. Builders were then putting a round roof（屋顶）on the top of the Chrysler Building. It rose up t0 925 feet. The Bank of Manhattan, two feet taller, seemed to be the winner.
A few weeks later, New Yorkers saw a strange sight（景象）. The day that the Chrysler Building was to be completed, workers raised a shiny metal, spire（尖顶）through the top of the building, adding 121 feet to the building's height! At l,048 feet, the Chrysler Building was now the world's tallest.
But the race was not over. A year later, in 1931, the Empire State Building became the new winner.At l,250 feet, it was the world's tallest building.
In 1973, even that record was broken. Builders finished the World Trade Center. At 1,368 feet high, it rose above all other buildings in New York City.
Time goes on. As technology improves, taller buildings are being built. The race is still on.
A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。
Which skyscrapers had been the world's tallest buildings?Please list them.
During which period of the time did the race heat up?
B．将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
C．请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
What do we do when we go camping? First, we make a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from（远离）insects（昆虫） and the sun.
Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods（森林）. We look for a place for campers(露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.
In the evening we come back to the tent, and we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.
At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.
Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain. Before going camping we should first ______.
| A．make a plan |
| B．take some food |
| C．take things to keep us warm |
| D．take something for cooking and eating |
We go to camp ______.
| A．by bus | B．by car |
| C．by bike | D．on foot |
Campers can take part in（参加） ______ activities.
| A．one or two | B．only a few |
| C．many | D．two or three |
In the evening we build a fire because ______.
| A．it is cold at night | B．it can keep us warm |
| C．it can keep the insects away | D．it is dark and quiet |
Campers like to ______ at night.
| A．hear music from the radio | B．go to sleep early |
| C．have rain | D．be busy |
Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they were like brothers.
One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked，"What can I do for you?"
"Please bring us two apples first.” said Tom.
When the waiter put two apples on the table， Mike took the bigger one at once. Tom got angry，
“You are impolite，Mike. Why don’t you take the smaller one?" Tom said.
“But I am right.”said Mike with a smile，“if I let you take first, which one will you choose?"
“Of course I’11 take the smaller one. "said Tom.
“Yes.”Mike said，“If you take the smaller one，the bigger one will still be mine. Don’t you think so?"
“Oh！"Tom couldn’t answer. Tom and Mike were______
| A．always kind to each other | B．sometimes kind to each other |
| C．dear brothers | D．friends of different school |
Mike thought only about______ when they were having lunch.
| A．himself | B．Tom |
| C．his parents | D．his friends |
The waiter gave them＿______
| A．two eggs | B．two apples |
| C．three oranges | D．some milk |
Tom took the_______ apple.
| A．better | B．bigger |
| C．smaller | D．worse |
Who took the apple first? ______
| A．Mike | B．Tom |
| C．Both Tom and Mike | D．The waiter |
The seahorse is a very strange fish. Do you know what its head looks like? It looks like a horse. Of course it is not as big as a horse. You can pick it up with one hand. It swims with its head up and tail down.
This strange looking fish often remains still. It will hang on to a bit of weed (海草)with its tail. Then when a small fish swims by, the seahorse will suddenly jump and eat it up.
Mother seahorse lays eggs(产卵).These eggs are kept in Father's pouch(育儿袋).When the eggs hatch, the babies pop out of the pouch into the sea.The seahorse is ______.
| A．a small horse | B．a fish |
| C．an egg | D．a sea |
The seahorse swims with ______.
its tail up high B. its head down
C. its tail down D. its nose downBaby seahorses are ______.
| A．hatched from eggs | B．born in mother's pouch |
| C．born in father's pouch | D．hatched from horses |
A seahorse eats ______.
| A．sea weed | B．small fish |
| C．water | D．nothing |
A seahorse is ______.
| A．bigger than a horse | B．the same size as a horse |
| C．as big as a horse | D．much smaller than a horse |
A young man asked Albert Einstein(爱因斯坦)，the great German(德国) scientist, what the secret of success(成功) is. The Scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again. Einstein was very unhappy. He didn’t say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean?” asked the young man.
“A means success,” explained the old scientist, “X stands for hard work, Y---for good
methods(方法), and Z… Z means stopping talking and getting down to work.”
根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F） Einstein was an Englishman.
The young man asked Einstein the same question three times.
Einstein was unhappy because the young man asked him the same question again.
“A=X+Y+Z” means “成功=勤奋+方法+实干“.
“A=X+Y+Z” is the secret of success.
Tom likes fish very much. He often buys some fish in the shop and takes it home. But when his wife sees the fish, she says to herself, “Good! I can ask my friends to have lunch, and we can eat the fish. They like fish very much.”
So when Tom comes home in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife always says, “Oh, your cat eats it”. And she gives Tom some bread for his supper. Tom is very angry. He takes the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and weigh称重) the cat.
Then he turns to his wife and sa ys, “My fish weighs one kilo. This cat weighs one, too. My fish is here, you see, then where is my cat?”
阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项
| A．cat | B．hiswife |
| C．fish | D．Hisfriends |
| A．SheeatsthefishbeforeTomcomesback. |
| B．Sheasksherfriendstocometoeatthefishwithher. |
| C．Sheputsthefishinthefridge（冰箱）andwaitsforherhusband. |
| D．ShecooksthefishforTom. |
| A．thefish | B．thecat |
| C．hiswife | D．hisfriend |
| A．onekilo | B．twokilos |
| C．threekilos | D．fourkilos |
| A．MrTom | B．MrsTom |
| C．Thecat | D．MrsTom’sfriends |