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【四川省宜宾市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。
How much do you know about Albert Einstein?

Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879 in Germany, was a great scientist in the world. He was strange because he hated haircuts and new clothes. He believed in peace. All his life, he hated war. However, his most famous idea, E = mc², helped create the world’s most dangerous weapon (武器). Many people think he was the smartest person in the world. But Einstein said that he thought like a child with many questions and unusual ideas.
What did he like?
Einstein liked learning sailing(帆船运动). He sailed in small boats all his life. He
once joked, “Sailing is the sport that takes the least energy!”
When Einstein was a child, his mother made him take violin lessons. At first, he didn’t like the violin. But then he learned to love music and became a good violinist.
Later, he said, “Love is the best teacher.”
Why is the sky blue?
In 1910, Einstein asked a question which many children often ask, “Why is the sky blue?” After his careful research, he answered the question like this: “It’s because light is made up of many colors including blue. When light travels to Earth, gas particles(气体微粒) spread the blue light all over the sky.” His answer is true in physics.
According to the passage, Albert Einstein haircuts and new clothes.
A．forgot B．minded C．disliked
The underlined part actually shows Albert Einstein was a/an _person.
A．cleverB．imaginative C．childlike
Einstein learning sailing and playing the violin.
A．was interested in
B．looked forward to
C．was known for
From Paragraph 3 we know that .
A．mother teaches the best
B．without mother’s push, we can’t love anything
C．when we love something, we’d like to learn about it
Einstein offered a _ explanation for the question why the sky is blue.
A．magic B．scientificC．careful

【山东省泰安市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
Here, a reporter is interviewing the 12-year-old singer, Mara Justine, who’s one of the youngest contestants of America’s Got Talent.
Reporter: Why did you choose to compete on America’s Got Talent instead of one of the other singing competitions?
Mara: Well, America’s Got Talent actually called me because I had auditioned before, when I was 9 or 10 . I guess they looked over those videos. They asked me to audition again.
Reporter: How does it feel to be one of the youngest people on the show?
Mara: There are a lot of other people with more experience .,but I just try to do my best .I always go on to the stage thinking good thoughts, never bad thoughts.
Reporter: Who is your role model or idol(偶像) ? What inspires you?
Mara: For singing, my idols are Aretha Franklin and Christina Aguilera, but a role model to me would be my mom. I love her with all my heart—she encourages me to believe in my dreams.
Reporter: What are your other hobbies?
Mara: I love playing video games, and I usually go to the park with my family. We usually play basketball. We also like to play tennis!
From the passage, what can we knew about Mara Justine?

A．She’s the youngest contestants of America’s Got Talent.

B．She was accepted by America’s Got Talent the first time she auditioned.

C．She’s hardworking and optimistic (乐观的)。

D．She’s less confident (乐观的).

The underlined word “audition” probably means “ “

A．试镜

B．试音

C．观看

D．报名

Who encourages Mara to make the dream come true?

A．Her mom

B．Aretha Franklin

C．Her fans

D．Aretha Franklin and Christina Aguilera

What’s the best title of this passage?

A．The Youngest Singer	B．Mara’s Got Talent
C．A Singing Competition	D．Mara’s Honbbies

What type of writing is the passage?

A．A travel guide	B．A science report
C．A poster for a concert	D．An intervie

【山东省泰安市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has talked about to be a good parent, saying that 13 is a right age for a child's first mobile phone. The 57-year-old father of three said on the Today show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed phones until their thirteen birthday and his youngest daughter Phoebe is still waiting for one.
“We've made a rule in our family that it's 13 when you get a phone.” He also said as a resulthischild often returned homefromschool complaining, “All the other kids have it, I'm the only without it, it's so embarrassing.”
Asked if he keeps passwords (密码) to his son and daughters’ e-mail and Facebook accounts(帐号) . Mr Gates said that he doesn’t for Jennifer, 16, who he says is “old enough”.
Besides their wealth Mr and Mrs Gates ,who live in Lake Medina, have said they want to raise
their three children as usually as possible. It is said that their kids have to do housework at home after school and aren't given much pocket money.
And in 2010Mr Gates said that he wanted to give most of his $61 billion away rather than hand it down. “That wouldn't be good either for my kids or society,” he said.
Mr Gates left Microsoft in 2008 to put his heart to charity. During the Today interview with host Matt Lauer, he said that helping others made him feel happy as creating software.
“ What you really feel is what you’ve achieved. If a piece of software gets out there and lots of people love it—it lets them get their work down in better ways—that’s exciting.” he replied.
How old is Phoebe?

A．Maybe 11years old	B．Maybe 13years old
C．Maybe 14years old	D．Maybe 15years old

What do Mr Gates children think of their not having phones?

A．They feel it interesting .	B．They don’t think it exciting
C．They feel it embarrassing .	D．They think it funny

Mr Gates doesn’t keep a password to Jennifer’s email because .

A．Jennifer doesn’t like him to do so

B．Jennifer is already sixteen years old

C．he thinks children should be free

D．parents can’t know kid’s password

Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Bill’s children like his idear about a child’s first cell phone.

B．Bill Gates is still working for Microsoft.

C．Bill’s children have to do housework after school.

D．Bill’s children are given much pocket money

What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Bill Gate’s school life

B．How Bill Gates is working for charity.

C．Bill gate’s work in Microsoft

D．How Mr and Mrs Gates raise their children

【江西省2015年中等学校招生考试英语试题卷】请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。（每小题2分）
Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.
Greg’s story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world’s second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days, he stumbled(踉跄）into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured(受伤）and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.
Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn’t have a roof(屋顶）and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. “ I’ll build you a school,” he told the villagers. “ I promise.”
Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg’s organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too.
Greg hasn’t finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it’s the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy!
Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It’s an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary(普通的）people can do with courage and determination(决心）!
What was wrong with Greg when he got to the village for the first time?

A．He fell ill.	B．He was badly hurt and hungry.
C．He lost his way.	D．He failed in his business.

How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?

A．He raised and saved money.

B．He did business to make money.

C．He wrote a book to sell for money.

D．He borrowed money from his friends.

What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A．Saving money.	B．Living in the car.
C．Raising money.	D．Building the school.

What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Building schools can help people to have a better life.

B．We have to do something in return to those who help us.

C．Ordinary people can make a difference to people’s lives.

D．Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people.

【江苏省无锡市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"Well, just take a look at that wheel（航轮）!” Earl Cooper said to Candy, his wife. "It must be older than anything we have back home."
Earl was looking at the wall outside the pub（酒馆）. The pub's name, The Old Swan, was on the wall. Next to the name was a wooden ship's wheel and in the middle of the wheel was the name of a ship, HMS Swan. The wheel was old, Earl could tell.
The next morning, Earl asked to see Tony Thatcher. The Old Swan was Tony's pub. He took Earl to his office while Candy had a coffee outside by the river. Earl said he could give Tony a lot of money for the ship's wheel. He told Tony that Benjamin Cooper, his grandfather, went to America on the ship HMS Swan. But Tony said no at first. After all, the wheel was very old and it was part of the pub's past.
"You can think of the past, Mr. Thatcher - can I call you Tony? - or you can think of today. And with the money, Tony, you can buy a good car. Maybe a new Jaguar? And, as I've told you, the wheel is part of my family's past too. So you could say it's going back home, in a way. So, what do you say?"
A month later, Earl and Candy were smiling as they looked at the wall of their house in Houston, Texas. Earl thought to himself that, at last, he had a piece of his family's past. He was happy.
In Portsmouth, Tony Thatcher was happy, too. He was putting his new Jaguar into his large garage（车库）. He was careful not to drive into any of the six ship's wheels in the garage. A friend of his made the wheels for him. They were just like the one that Earl bought. And there was another wheel on the outside wall of The Old Swan now. Old or new - Tony thought there was no way that a tourist could ever know which was which. Never in a hundred years.
Why did Tony refuse to sell the wheel at first?

A．Because he thought it was old and part of the pub's past.

B．Because he wanted to show it was important to his pub.

C．Because he tried to sell it to someone else at a higher price.

D．Because he did not really believe what Earl had told him.

What can we infer(椎断) from the story?

A．Earl had looked for such a wheel for a long time before that.

B．Earl would soon find out the truth and become rather angry.

C．Tony had sold quite a few wheels like that ancl got wealthy,

D．Tony would play the same trick again to make more money.

Which ofthe following can be the best title ofthe story?

A．The Wheel on the Wall	B．An Excellent Buy
C．Old or New - Who Knows	D．the Family's Past

A．learn some pirate words	B．learn to sail on the sea
C．dress up like pirates	D．have their own ships