Once upon a time， a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house． He was growing weaker day by day and was unable to take care of himself， so he decided to hire（雇佣） a nurse to help with housework and take care of him．
One day， the old man interviewed two nurses﹣﹣Anthony and Peter．Anthony happened to be a handsome young man， while Peter looked quite ordinary （普通的）． The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him． After Anthony left， the old man turned to Peter and said，"Anthony has given me a very bad account（描述） of you． He said you are rude（粗鲁的）and untrustworthy（不可信赖的）． Is this correct？"
Peter thought for a minute and said， "If Anthony has a bad opinion of me， there must be something wrong with me． I should take some time to change these things．"
The old man was very impressed by Peter's character．Meanwhile， Anthony returned with a cup of tea for the old man． The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him． He then turned to Anthony and told him， "Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone． What do you think about this？"After hearing this， Anthony became angry and started cursing （咒骂）．
In the end， the old man hired Peter． Although Peter looked quite ordinary， he had impressive inner（内在的） beauty．
（1）What did the old man want a nurse to do？
A． Live with him．
B． Help with housework and look after his wife．
C． Work as a doctor．
D． Help with housework and look after him．
（2）What did Anthony look like？
A． Handsome．
B． Ordinary．
C． Old．
D． Ugly．
（3）The old man told Peter that Anthony ．
A． had had some bad words of him
B． had praised him
C． did not trust him
D． considered him to be not important
（4）How did Peter react （反应） when he heard the old man's words？
A． He was angry．
B． He took it seriously．
C． He didn't believe him．
D． He blamed（责备） Anthony．
（5）What can we learn from the passage？
A． Ordinary people are more trustworthy．
B． Handsome men must be good men．
C． Inner beauty is more important than appearance．
D． Others' opinions are always correct．
【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 |
【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。
SCENE I
One dollar a week
The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for
his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff 'White, comes in.
WHITE What are you doing this evening, Towers?
CHANDLER (Smiling) Tonight I'm going to live like a man with a million dollars!
WHITE What are you talking about? You haven't got a million dollars!
CHANDLER How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff?
WHITE Eighteen dollars. Why?
CHANDLER And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week?
WHITE All of it, of course.
CHANDLER Well, I don't. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then,
every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember.
WHITE What do you do?
CHANDLER I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York,
eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and then
take a taxi home!
WHITE( ) Why?
CHANDLERWhy? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of 'the richest
people in America, and to make them think that I'm rich, too.
WHITE You're crazy!
CHANDLER (Laughing) Perhaps I am!
Mrs Black comes in.
MRS BLACK Ah, Mr Chandler. I wanted to see you.
CHANDLER Good evening, Mrs Black. What a lovely evening!
MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven't paid me for your room this
month. When am I going to get the money?
CHANDLER Soon, Mrs Black. Very soon.
Mrs Black looks at Chandler s clothes.
MRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can't pay for your
room. Is that right?
CHANDLER (Hurrying away) Good night, Mrs Black!This is most probably part of .
| A．a play | B．a novel | C．a poem | D．a speech |
Which of the following is the most suitable for ?
| A．Excited | B．Surprised. | C．Bored. | D．Scared |
What can we learn about Chandler?
| A．He is a man of great wealth. |
| B．He is a man of great wisdom. |
| C．He is not very practical. |
| D．He is not very confident. |
【湖南省益阳市2015年中考英语试题】回答问题（共5小题，计10分）
阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。
Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with his toes(脚趾).
One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with some friends. He lost
both his arms because of electricity.
Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the accident. But soon he had to
make a choice.
“For people like me, there were only two choices. One was to give up all the dreams, which
would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life.”
says Liu Wei.
Liu Wei’s dream was to be a pianist. He learned to play the piano with his toes. And teaching
himself to play the piano with his toes was very hard. Many times he wanted to give up, but his
parents went on encouraging him and he wanted to make his parents proud.
Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience(观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.What can Liu Wei play the piano with?
How old was Liu Wei when he lost his arms?
Was Liu Wei very unhappy when both his arms were cut off？
Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano?
How did the audience feel when they watched Liu’s performance?
【湖南省娄底市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
Yao Beina was not only a popular singer but also an energetic and warm-hearted angel. She donated her corneas (眼角膜) to two men after her death.
Yao was born in a music family in September 1981 in Wuhan. She
started to learn music at the age of 4, and she sang her first song on the
stage when she was 9. Yao did quite well in singing, so she took part in
the 13th Youth Singing Competition and won the first prize.
She became well-known to the public after making some songs for
the hit TV drama “The Legend of Zhenhuan”（甄嬛传）, and the mandarin
version (中文版本) of “Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen”（冰雪奇缘）.
In July 2013, she competed in The Voice of China II and finally got the
second place in Na Ying’s team. She had won many music prizes.
Yao Beina was unlucky to be diagnosed（诊断）with breast cancer (乳腺癌). She had a successful operation（手术） in 2011. She has fought against the illness for about four years while keeping singing, but sadly she failed. Although she’s gone, her fans will remember her beautiful voice and kindness for ever.How old was Yao Beina when she started to learn music?
A. Four.B. Nine.C. Thirteen.Yao was born in a ________ family in September 1981 in Wuhan.
A. doctorB. farmerC. musicYao was diagnosed（诊断）with___________.
A. stomach cancerB. breast cancer C. nose cancerWhich is TRUE about Yao Beina according to the passage?
A. She donated hercorneas to help two men.
B. She had a great voice and won a few music prizes.
C. She won over the breast cancer in the end.What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Yao Beina’s family.
B. Yao Beina’s illness.
C. Yao Beina’s art achievements.