【河南省2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。
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There is little doubt that house cat first developed naturally from ancient wild cats. The cleverest relative is the America wild cat which still lives in Africa today. This is understandable because the first house cats came from Africa.
Cats first started to live around people in Egypt about 6,000~7,000 years ago. From Egypt, cats started to move around the world. This is about the same time that Egyptians began storing grain(谷物）in buildings. Scientists used to believe that people tamed cats to catch mice and protect the grain. However, cats don’t like to be told what to do! Now, scientists believed that cats followed the mice and learned to accept people. Finally, some of the cats began to grow comfortable around people, these were smaller cats that needed protection. As these cats and people got used to each other, then they moved in together. Around 5,000 years ago, cats started to live with people.
Soon cats were in Greece, then the Middle East and China. They moved along Egyptian business roads keeping away mice and keeping people around them. After the Romans came to Egypt, they also accepted the cats and brought them to Europe. These cat likely bred(繁殖） with other cats to form the many kinds of house cats we have today.
Cats are relatively recent house animals. House cats still have a lot in common with their wild relatives. Cats sleep a lot to save energy just like wild cats. They will often get food at night as well. House cats are generally peaceful and friendly, but be careful! If a cat feels it is in danger, it will fight back—just like a wild cat.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。Where did the first house cats come from?
| A．Asia. | B．Africa. |
| C．Europe. | D．America. |
When did cats start to live with people?
| A．About 4,000 years ago. |
| B．About 5,000 years ago. |
| C．About 6,000 years ago. |
| D．About 7,000 years ago. |
According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Cats started to move around the world from China. |
| B．Cats get food at night to save energy like wild cats. |
| C．Cats have a little in common with their wild cats. |
| D．Cats were accepted and brought to Europe by Romans. |
What does the underlined word “tamed” mean in Chinese?
| A．驱散 | B．捕捉 | C．驯化 | D．引进 |
What does the text mainly talk about?
| A．The development of house cats. |
| B．Different cats in different countries. |
| C．The relationship between cats and people. |
| D．The differences between house cats and wild cats. |
任务型阅读
阅读下面小短文，然后从方框中选出与其匹配的选项，并将序号填入空格内，使其意思完整。
How to spend a rainy day with your friends? You don’t have to be bored on a rainy day. Here are some new ideas._________ You can tell stories from books or you can make up some new good stories.
________You can learn to cook. Ask your friends for help in the kitchen and make something delicious.
_________You can write stories about yourself and read them to your friends, or you can write a story together.
__________ Play a game. Act as teachers, doctors, nurses or policemen. You can even dress up in your parent’s clothes.
__________Enjoy some music and dance around in the room. You can also sing while your friends are dancing.
| A. Cook in the kitchen B. Play “Let’s act” game C. Tell stories D. Have a party E. Write a story together |
Toby, an 11-year-old boy, is playing with a ball. The ball goes into the street and Toby runs for the ball. A car hit(碰撞) Toby.
An ambulance（救护车）takes Toby to the hospital in 30 minutes. The doctors at the hospital tell Toby’s parents, “Toby is in a coma.” Every day Toby’s parents visit him at the hospital. They sit next to Toby’s bed and talk to him. But Toby never talks to them. He just sleeps.
One day, Toby’s father says ,” Wake up, Toby. Wake up, come home and play with Rusty.” Rusty is Toby’s dog.
When Toby’s father says ’Rusty’, Toby moves his arm. “Rusty!” Toby’s father says again. Again, Toby moves his arm（手臂）.
Toby’s parents have an idea. They tell the nurse, “We want to bring Toby’s dog to the hospital.” The nurse says “OK”.
The next day, Toby’s parents bring Rusty to the hospital. When they put the dog on Toby’s bed, Toby opens his eyes and hugs（拥抱）the dog.
Toby’s parents bring Rusty to the hospital every day. One day Rusty jumps onto Toby’s bed and scratches（抓）his arms. Toby says his first words “Bad dog!”.
After eight weeks, Toby is well. He leaves the hospital and goes home.Toby is in the street when a car hits him.
| A．visiting his father | B．walking with his dog |
| C．talking with his dog | D．running for a ball |
The words “Toby is in a coma.” may mean (意思是)_____________.
| A．Toby can’t wake up or talk |
| B．Toby must leave the hospital |
| C．Toby needs to play sports |
| D．Toby is very healthy |
wakes up Toby in the bed.
| A．A doctor | B．A nurse |
| C．His dog | D．His father |
From the story, we can learn that .
| A．Toby can never talk at last |
| B．Toby likes playing basketball |
| C．Toby’s dog is bad |
| D．Toby is in hospital for about eight weeks |
The best title（标题）for the story may be .
| A．the parents’ love | B．Toby and Rusty |
| C．a story of Rusty | D．Toby’s family |
Bill and his friends are in a big city. He takes a lot of food. His bag is big and heavy. Soon, Bill gets lost. He walks in the street for a long time and he feels tired (疲惫). It’s eight in the evening, he goes into a restaurant. He asks for some drinks and soon he begins to sleep. When he wakes up (醒来)，he can’t find any people in the restaurant. The door is closed and he can’t go out. He finds a telephone number and begins to call Mt Jackson, the owner (主人) of the restaurant.
“Hello,” says the boy. “When do you open your restaurant, Mr. Jackson?”
The telephone wakes up the man and he isn’t happy. So he says, “Don’t ask me about that. I can’t let you in.”
“Oh, no! I want to go out.”Bill’s bag is big because _________.
| A．there’s a lot of clothes in it |
| B．he puts much food in it |
| C．he likes big bags |
| D．he takes many books |
Bill goes to sleep because.
| A．he gets home |
| B．he eats too much in the restaurant |
| C．he doesn’t know where he can go |
| D．he’s very tired |
Mr. Jackson thinks_____________.
| A．Bill wants to sleep in his restaurant |
| B．Bill wants to go into the restaurant |
| C．Bill leaves his bag in the restaurant |
| D．Bill wants to go out of the restaurant |
President Obama (奥巴马总统) is very busy, but he has time to go to the school to visit students. He tells them about his life. He says that he learns a lot from his mother. He also asks students to study hard at school.
To help students to be better, President Obama has some good ideas(想法) for them. First, go to school on time every day. Second, listen to teachers carefully in class. Third, do their homework every day. Fourth, don’t watch too much TV.
Please do as President Obama says and you will be successful(成功) one day. Obama learns a lot from his __________.
| A．father | B．teacher | C．mother | D．friends |
What does President Obama ask students to do at school?
| A．Do some sports. | B．Play with their classmates. |
| C．Study hard. | D．Learn from mother. |
There are_______ ideas here from President Obama ?
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．two |
Which is TRUE about President Obama’s ideas?
| A．Don’t go to school on time every day. |
| B．Don’t be late for school every day. |
| C．Listen to students carefully in class. |
| D．Don’t watch TV. |
We can learn to play ping-pong.
| A．at Mr Cai’s house | B．on Friday afternoon |
| C．in School’s P.E. Building | D．from Monday to Friday |
The Star Rock Band will meet every.
| A．Friday afternoon | B．Monday morning |
| C．Saturday afternoon | D．Sunday morning |
Cathy can sing well and she wants to meet some music lovers. She can______ .
| A．call 368-5788 | B．call 898-3343 |
| C．meet Mr. Cai on Sunday | D．meet Tina on Saturday |