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【2015年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题】阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Western society, especially in the English-speaking world, the chance for young people to see the other countries and experience life is considered important. Many young people, when they finish school at the age of 18, take a gap year before they go to university.
Parents often want their children to grow up a little and see what the real world is like when they finish school. Although they are worried about their safety, many think that the advantages of independence and experience are worth the worries. Children are encouraged to be brave, independent and to explore the world on their own or with friends.
Young people also want to experience freedom and see what life is like on the other side. This other side could be the other side of the world or just the other side of life. For example, if they have a rich life, they may want to see how people in poor areas live.
A gap year after school is also an important chance for young people to spend time thinking about what they want to do with their lives. A little bit of growing up and experience will help them make their important career decisions, especially when they are unsure about what they want to study.
Another reason for going straight after school is to get a break from studying before they start the next few years of university. So anywhere you travel in the world, you will meet young European people exploring the world.
So much of the world has been travelled and explored. The young people are now looking for more worthy experiences. Some of them work as volunteers to do something for the country they are visiting. Many gap year volunteers are now spending a few months teaching English in Thailand, helping feed giant pandas in China or building a well(井) in a village in Africa.
These young people’s wish to explore the world is an expression of the values of the societies that they are part of. Both discovering the world and making a positive difference in it are important parts of the Western mind.
Which is NOT a reason for young people to take a gap year?

A．Young people want to take a break from studying.

B．Young people want to be sure about what to study.

C．Parents encourage them to be brave and independent.

D．Parents encourage them to live a free and wealthy life.

Now a gap year volunteer might do something more valuable like .

A．experiencing different cultures

B．helping protect rainforests in Brazil

C．making friends with more people

D．enjoying traditional local food

By taking a gap year, young people may .

A．stay with their parents all the time

B．make money for their further study

C．help change the world for the better

D．change the Western mind completely

The purpose of writing this article is to .

A．show different opinions about gap year

B．offer readers information about gap year

C．discover new ways to take a gap year

D．tell young people when to take a gap year

【福建省福州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面短文，把A—D四个句子填人文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确，然后完成小题。

Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai is the youngest ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She has become the voice of girls throughout the world.
Born in Swat Valley in Pakistan in 1997, Malala lived a quiet life until 2009, when the Taliban（塔利班）, an Islamic organization of violence（暴力）took control of her village. they believe educating girls is against Islam. But Malala didn’t agree. She wouldn’t give up her education and kept going to school. “What is wrong with us girl students? We want all girls to get their schools back," she wrote. Her hard work encouraged many young girls in Swat Valley.
On Oct 9, 2012, when Malala was taking a bus home, a Taliban man got on the bus with a gun in hand. A bullet immediately hit her in the face. Luckily, the shot didn’t kill her. She was taken to a hospital in the UK. The shot didn’t kill her courage, either. Her courage made her famous.
She has spoken at the United Nations, met world leaders and written a book, I Am Malala.
On Oct 10, 2013, the EU awarded Malala their top human rights prize. They said, “She is an icon（符号）of courage for all teenagers who dare to follow their aspirations（愿望).”

A. However, her actions also put her in danger.
B. They stopped girls from getting an education.
C. Now she is still calling for education rights for girls.
D. And she started to write a blog against the Taliban.

What may be the best title for this passage?

A．Dreams of peace

B．A gun shot in Pakistan

C．Voice of courage

D．Education rights for girls

【浙江省宁波市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
Patrick Johnson，an artist for the Washington Post，found some treasure in his new house一一35，000 dollars in a place where no one could see it. Although he had car and house payments（贷款）in his head, he still decided to return all of the money to the previous（先前的）owner of the house,Mr. Williams. Would you have done the same？
Just hours after he had bought the house，Patrick came into the small house，where he was planning
to lay out his tools and hang things up. He looked up and noticed a little hole in the wall. He didn't know
what it was inside， so he walked towards the wall. It was very dark inside，but an old box caught his eye.
“I caught the thing，it was heavy. I thought it might be some pieces of wood.” he said. Actually it was
not. It was filled with lots of dollar bills. But he and his wife knew they had to return the money to Mr. Williams.
“I've got two boys and we teach them to be honest and to do what is right. I knew this was a teachable moment that I would never get back again.” Patrick said to his wife. “So I thought we would do something honest with it. It's been a great thing for us and our kids.”
Patrick decided to return the money to .

A．his wife

B．the bank

C．their sons

D．Mr. Williams

Patrick found the box_______.

A．outside the small house	B．in his wife's room
C．in the hole of the wall	D．among his tools

Patrick thought there might be in the box when he found it.

A．35,000 dollars	B．some pieces of wood
C．many famous pictures	D．some expensive treasures

Patrick and his wife returned the money at last because .

A．they didn't need the money at all

B．their children liked money very much

C．they wanted to teach their children to be honest

D．the previous owner of the house asked them to do so

【浙江省嘉兴市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I once knew a man who was rich in his love for birds, and in their love for him . He lived in a grove full of all kinds of trees. He had no wife or children in his home. He was an old man with blue and kind eyes, and a voice that the birds loved.
While he was at work in the grove, the birds came close to pick up the worms(蠕虫) in the fresh earth he dug up. At first, they kept their distance from him, but they soon found he was a kind man, and would not hurt them, but liked to have them near him.
They knew this by his kind eyes and voice, which tell what is in the heart. So, day by day their faith in his love grew in them.
All the birds of the grove were soon his fast friends. They were on the watch for him, and would fly down from the green tree tops to greet him with their chirp(叽叽喳喳叫).
When he had no work to do, he took bread with him, and dropped the pieces on the ground. Down they would dart(俯冲) on his head and feet to catch them as they fell from his hand.
He showed me how they loved him, He put a piece of bread in his mouth, with one end of it out of his lips, Down they came like bees at a flower, and flew off with it piece by piece,
When they thought he slept too long in the morning, they would fly in and_____________.
They went with him to church, and while he sang his hymns in it, they sat in the trees, and sang their praises.
So the love and trust of birds were a joy to the old man all his life long.
The birds didn't get close to the old man at first because_____.

A．he often hurt them

B．he disliked them near him

C．they knew little about him

D．they got no food from him

The underlined word "faith" in Paragraph 3 means______ in Chinese.

A．承诺

B．祝福

C．希望

D．信任

Which of the following is the best expression to fill in the blank in the passage?

A．follow him here and there

B．call him up with their chirp

C．drop pieces of bread on him

D．look for worms in the house

It can be learnt from the story that______.

A．birds are human's best friends

B．everyone gets on well with animals

C．one can get love in return for giving love

D．a person who loves birds is warm-hearted

【2015浙江省杭州市中考英语试题】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
Teenager Jake Deham was skiing(滑雪) with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn’t know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.
Jake couldn’t find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn’t work out the right way to go.
It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm(镇定). At home, Jake watched a lot of programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn’t blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell to a dangerous-15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.
But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said,“ If you are lost, you should find someone else’ s tracks(足迹) through the snow and follow them.” “I wanted to live my life.” remembers Jake.“So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those.” He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of worker who came to save him. He was safe!
His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn’t even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.
So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life!
Jake’s parents didn’t know that he was missing until .

A．they reached the foot of the mountain

B．they began to ski down the mountain

C．a team of workers found Jake

D．Jake lost on of his skis

What was the most important decision Jake made for his safety?
A. To go skiing with his family in the USA.
B. To search for the ski that he had lost in the snow.
C. To take off his other ski and walk down the mountain.
D. To build a hole in the snow to keep himself warm.
How did Jake get down the mountain the next morning?

A．He followed his parents.

B．He followed the workers.

C．He followed some ski tracks.

D．He followed some light.

What was the correct order in which these events happened?
a. Jake made a hole in the snow. b. Jake lost one of his skis.
c. Jake finally saw lights. d. He followed some lights.

A．d-b-a-c

B．a-b-c-d

C．b-a-d-c

D．c-b-a-d

Facing the difficulties, Jake Denham was .

A．polite and hardworking

B．calm and clever

C．outgoing and helpful

D．warm and friendly