China is a large country．The population is over 1.3 billion．It has a special culture with a very long history．
Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families．Different foods have special meanings．The main difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks．One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice．Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market．
Chinese calendar is different from the one used in western countries．New Year's Day is in late winter．It is also called the Spring Festival．It has a big celebration of ringing out the old and ringing in the new．It has special foods and traditions．For example，sweeping the floor before New Year's Day sweeps away all the old year's bad luck．
The Chinese zodiac （生肖），known as Sheng Xiao，follows a twelve﹣year eyele．Each year is named for an animal．These animal signs are the rat，ox，tiger，rabbit，dragon，snake，horse，sheep，monkey，rooster，dog and pig．For example，the year that begins in 2016is the year of the monkey．
Chinese is a complex （复杂的）language．Chinese writing developed almost 4000years ago and may even be older．Chinese writing has thousands of characters．A character stands for a word and also a meaning．Besides Putonghua，Chinese people speak six other forms of the language，and there are many kinds of dialects．
46．What's the population of China？
A．Almost 4000
B．More than 1.3billion
C.12million．
47．The underlined"dialects"probably means" "in Chinese．
A．交际
B．对话
C．方言
48．According to the passage，what's one of the main foods in China？
A．Tea
B．Rice
C．Meat
49．The year that begins in 2016isn't the year of the monkey，is it？
A．Yes，it is
B．No，it isn't
C．I don't know
50．What's the main idea of the passage？
A．Different foods have special meanings in Chinese culture．
B．Chinese is a popular language．
C．Chinese culture．
【山东省临沂市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
(一) 阅读短文，完成1—5小题。（共15小题，计15分）
C
Chen Yujie, 15 studies at a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang ______.it was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring.Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card , so she didn’r have to travel so often.
“It’s usually the most relaxing time for our family.” Said Chen.
She chose the right time.After a few turns of lobbying(游说) ，her parents finally agreed with Chen . So they have to choose a right time .
US magazine Highnight recently surveyed 1,521 kids aged 6-12 in the country , asking questions like “ ” Results show that American kids seem to know when their parents are most receptive(乐于接受的)。Meal time is discovered to be their most favorite time to talk to their parents.Bed time comes second.followed by time spent in the car.
Chinese teenagers seem to have a similar tendency (倾向) over the problem.Qianjiang Daily ,a newspaper in Zhejiang, did a survey about it .
So do you have anything to talk to your parents about? Choose a good time.
根据短文内容, 从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处, 使短文内容完整正确。
| A. When you want to talk to your parents about something important ,When is the best time to do it? B. She decided to discuss it with her parents during TV time to talk to their parents. C. They found that most American teenagers would choose bed time to talk to their parents. D. She used to go back to her home in Cixi every week to get money from her parents. E. The result shows most teenagers in the city would choose meal time to talk to their parents.. F. For most teenagers like Chen talking to parents can be difficult or even worrying.. |
(二) 阅读短文，完成第Ⅱ卷第四大题的1—5小题。
【江西省南昌市2015年中考英语试题】请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整，并在答题卷上将其序号涂黑。（每小题2分）
Hip-hop PlanetCountrieslike France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz.
And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping（说唱） competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.
It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone（话筒） and begantapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I
hated it. I preferred jazz. Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.
The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa. I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist, He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.
| A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop. B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go.I was writing a book about African-Americans. C. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children. D. These styles all started in poor African-American areas. E. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA. F. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words. |
【江西省南昌市2015年中考英语试题】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）
C
The first part of a new science-fiction series （系列剧）was shown on NBC last night. Star Trek is about a spacecraft（宇宙飞船）which travels faster than the speed of light. The show is developed from three ideas about the 22nd century. First, we’ll find other life forms great tools which will make amazing things possible.
Let’s think about these predictions. If we find life forms on other planets, will they be intelligent? I hope so. But we human beings might not be friendly – I don’t think we’ll believe in the idea o fpeace one hundred years from now. But this is science fiction, so we can be optimistic! And Star Trek’s idea of life in the future is ‘communicators’. And we will be ablt to have conversatins with people who are on because you’ll have an electronic notebook. And if you get ill, the doctor won’t have to examine you – a machine will ‘read’ your body. The strangest manchine includes a ‘teleport’ which will take people to a different placein a second!
The ideas are interesting, and in my opinion there’s only one problem with star trek: the acting. The TV company （公司）will have to get better actors. If they do that, the show might be a success. If the acting doesn’t improve, Star Trek won’t last for more than one series. Of course, my prediction may be wrong. I can’t see into the future!What is Star Trek?
| A．A TV play. | B．A popular song. |
| C．A spacecraft. | D．An alien. |
What does the underlined word “optimistic” mean?
| A．Lucky and happy. | B．Hopeful and confident. |
| C．Helpful and creative. | D．Thankful and popular. |
What’s the writer’s opinion about Star Trek?
A. The life forms on other planets are stupid.
B. Interesting ideas make a new series popular.
C. The new series might not be successful without better actors.Which would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Aliens on Other Planets. | B．The Idea of Human Life. |
| C．A Science Fiction. | D．A New Series about Future. |
【江苏省淮安市2015年中考英语试题】 阅读理解（共15小题；AB两篇每小题2分，C篇每小题1分，满分25分）
B
Foods that are well known to you may not be familiar to people from different places around the world. Tourists and travelers often get to try some unfamiliar food. That is part of the fun of traveling. Here are four people’s experiences with foreign food.
| David King is a Chinese student in France. “I never had cheese or even milk before I came to France. Cows are seldom seen in my part of China. So there is no milk or milk products. I drank some milk when I first arrived in France. I hated it! I tried cheese, too, but I didn’t like it. I love ice cream, though that’s made from milk.” |
| Birgit is from Sweden. She traveled to Australia on vocation. “I was in a restaurant that was special in fish. I heard some other people order flake, so I ordered some, too. It was delicious! Later, I learned that flakes is an Australian name for shark. Now, whenever I see a new food, I try it on purpose. You know why? I remember how much I enjoyed flake.” |
| Chandra is a dentist in Texas. She is from India. “ I’m afraid to try new foods because maybe there is beef in them. I’m a Hindu(印度教信徒)and my religion(信仰) stops me from eating meat from the cow. That’s why I can’t eat hamburgers or noodles with meatballs.” |
| Nathan is from the United States. He taught for a year in China. “My friend gave me some 100-year-old eggs to eat. I didn’t like their appearance at all. The eggs were green inside, but my friends said the color was normal. Chinese people put something on fresh eggs. Then they put them in the earth for three months. So the eggs weren’t really very old. Even so, I didn’t want to touch them.” |
David King is a student in France and he comes from________.
| A．China | B．Sweden | C．India | D．America |
.Birgit ordered _____in a restaurant during her vocation in Australia.
| A．cheese | B．eggs | C．hamburgers | D．flake |
Chandra is afraid to try new foods because_________.
| A．she can’t eat food with beef |
| B．she doesn’t like their appearance |
| C．she doesn’t like foreign food |
| D．she doesn’t need any food at all |
Nathan worked as _______ in China for a year.
| A．a worker | B．a dentist | C．a teacher | D．a student |
The passage tells us that ___________.
| A．David King often drinks milk |
| B．flake and shark are the same fish |
| C．a Hindu eats meat from the cow |
| D．the egg is put in the earth for a hundred years |
【黑龙江省哈尔滨市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（本题共20分，每小题1分）
(D)
Last year, a special kind of glove came out. It was invented to help bind people to learn Braille,which is a special system for the blind to read by touching. Shaking motors (震动马达) are put on each finger of the glove. They can make different sounds to tell a user which letter he is touching.Recently, two British college students have invented another special glove for the blind. It can make the user feel small and quick movements. An ultrasonic sensor(超声波传感器)with a battery is put on the back of the glove. When the user wearing the glove is close to an object（物体）, ultrasonic waves( 超声波)from the glove are sent out (发出). As soon as they hit the object in front, the waves will return to the glove. Then the waves cause the glove to shake. And the ultrasonic sensor makes different kinds of sounds. The sounds make the user know how far he is from the object.
In the college invention competition, the two students got first prize and won 1,540 pounds. One of the designers said, "Now the ultrasonic sensor on the glove is quite large. We're going to use the money to develop a smaller and lighter ultrasonic sensor."
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。The underlined word "Braille" in the passage means "_ " in Chinese.
A. 盲文 B. 口语 C.手语The glove with an ultrasonic sensor .
A. can make only one kind of sound
B. can make the user feel small and quick movements
C. was designed by two American college studentsPicture shows how the glove with an ultrasonic sensor works according to the passage.
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The sounds from the ultrasonic sensor make the user know what the object is.
B. The two college students wanted to use 15,400 pounds to develop the glove.
C. The glove with shaking motors was invented for blind people. What is the best title for this passage?
A. The Way to Make Gloves
B. Two Kinds of Special Gloves
C. An Ultrasonic Sensor and Shaking Motors