北京市英语中考模拟试题专项阅读理解C篇汇编含答案.docx

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北京市英语中考模拟试题专项阅读理解C篇汇编含答案

2015年北京市英语中考模拟试题专项阅读理解C篇汇编

一、北京市朝阳区2015中考一模

C

Wheredidthatnumbercomefrom?

ElevenandTwelve

ThereasonbehindthechangeinnumbernamingisthatelevencomesfromtheGermantermainlif,whichtranslatesto“oneleft”.Twelvefollowsthesamerule.Itcomesfromtwalif—“twoleft”.Whyteenisusedinsteadofliffor13through19?

Thereissomethingsadlylostinhistory.

911forUSEmergency（急救）Calls

Earlyphonesdidn’tusephonenumbers—theoperatorhadtoconnectyourcallbyhand—andthisledtotheneedforanemergencycode（信号）.Butlaterphonenumbersbecamepopular,thatchanged.In1967,911waschosenasthenationwideemergencycallbecauseitwaseasytorememberandcouldbequicklydialed（拨）onthephone.

MilesinaMarathon（马拉松）

ThestorybeganwithanancientGreeksoldierca

rryingmessagefromabattlefield（战场）inMarathontoAthens.ThemodernmarathonwasbornasaflagshipeventinthefirstOlympicGames,in1896,withadistance（距离）ofabout25miles（40km）,aslongasthedistancefromMarathontoAthens.Butraceorganizersforthe1908OlympicGamesinLondonwantedtoaddsomethingspecial.TheracebeganatWindsorCastleandendedatWhiteCityStadium,withrunnersfinishingonlyafterpassingtheroyal（皇室的）box.Thedistancewasmiles（42.1km）.Andsince1924thisdistancehasbeenkeptinmarathon.

28DaysinFebruary

BeforeusingtheGregoriancalendarthatweusetoday,oneofthefirstRomancalendarshadonly304daysandtenmonths（MarchthroughDecember）,withsixmonthsof30daysandfourof31days.ThesecondkingofRomeimprovedtheoldcalendar.Headded50daysforJanuaryandFebruary.Tomakethenewmonthslonger,hetookonedayfromeachofthe30-daymonths,making56daystodividebetweenJanuaryandFebruary（or28dayseach）.LaterJanuarywasgivenonemoredaytoaddupto355daysayear,butFebruarystillhad28days.That’showitbecametheshortestmonthanditstayedthatwayeversince.

48.Whichlanguagedoelevenandtwelvecomefrom?

A.English.B.German.C.French.D.Russian.

49.Whenwasthenumber911chosenforUSemergencycalls?

A.In1896.B.In1908.C.In1924.D.In1967.

50.ThemarathondistancewasmadelongeratLondonOlympicGamesbecause______.

A.theBritishwasalittleweakinmaths

B.theBritishdidn’tliketheGreekstory

C.theBritishlovedtheroyalfamilyverymuch

D.theBritishwantedtomaketheracedifferent

51.Howmanydayswerethereineachmonthafterthekingimprovedtheoldcalendar?

A.28,29or31.B.28,30or31.C.28,29or30.D.29,30or31.

二、北京市顺义区2015年中考一模英语

C

Comets（彗星）arepartsofoursolarsystem（太阳系）.Liketheplanets,theygoaroundthesun.

Butcometsarenotmadeofsolidrocklikeplanets.Acometisaballofdust,stones,andice.Manypeoplecallcometsdirtysnowballs.

The“snowball”maybeonlyafewmilesacross.Butwhenthesunheatsthe“snowball,”muchofitischangedtogases.Thegasesspreadoutandformthecomet’shead,whichmaybethousandsofmilesacross.

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Acometmovesfastinitstriparoundthesun.Butwhenweseeit,thecometdoesnotseemtomove.That’sbecauseitissofaraway.Themoonmovesfast,butwhenyoulookatit,youcan’tseeanymotion.That’sbecausethemoonisfaraway.

Socometsdonotrushacrossthesky.Youcannotseeanymotion.Butifyoulooknightafternight,youcanseethatacometchangespositionamongthestars.Ifyouwatchthemoonnightafternight,you’llseethatitalsochangesposition.

Eachyearastronomersdiscovernewcomets.Someofthemareseenonly

once.Theymakeonetriparoundthesunandthengowayoutintospace.Thesun’sgravity（重力、引力）cannotholdthem.

Othercomets,likeHalley,keepreturning.Theyhavebeencapturedbythesun.Halley’searliestvisitwasprobably3,000yearsago.Itmaykeepreturningforanother3,000years.

Buteverytimeacometgoesaroundthesun,thecometlosespartofitself.Gasesanddustarepulledoutofthecomet.That’swhyHalleyisnowdimmerthanitusedtobe.Nexttimeitvisitsus,in2062,itmaybeevendimmer.Eachvisititmaygetdimmeranddimmer,untilitfinallydisappears.

54.Whatisthispassagemostlyabout?

A.Cometsandthesun.B.Whycometsarelikesnowballs.

C.Whodiscoveredthefirstcomet.D.Factsaboutcomets.

55.Accordingtothepassage,somecometshavebeen“capturedbythesun.”Whatdoestheunderlinedphrasemean?

A.Thecometsarerushingintothesun.B.Thecometshavebeenbrightenedbythesun.

C.Thecometsarestuckinthesun’sgravity.D.Thecometshavebeenburnedbythesun’sheat.

56.Howdoestheauthorhelpthereaderunderstandwhatacometlookslike?

A.Bytellingaboutafamousone.B.Byexplaininghowfarawayitis.

C.Bydescribinghowfastitmoves.D.Bydescribingitasadirtysnowball.

57.Whatisthemostlikelyreasontheauthorwrotethispassage?

A.Togiveinformationaboutcomets.B.Totellreadersaboutfamouscomets.

C.Toexplaintheimportanceofcomets.D.Toencouragereaderstolookforcomets.

三、北京市燕山2015年中考一模

C

tollbooth

Itwasacoldwinterday.AwomandroveuptotheRainbowBridgetollbooth.“I’mpayingformyself,andforthesixcarsbehindme,”shesaidwithasmile,handingoverseventickets.Oneafteranother,thenextsi

xdriversarrivingatthetollboothwereinformed,“Someladyupaheadalreadypaidyourfare.”

Itturnedoutthatthewoman,NatalieSmith,hadreadsomethingonafriend’srefrigerator:

“Practicerandom（随意的）kindnessandsenselessactsofbeauty.”Thephraseimpressed（使某人印象深刻）hersomuchthatshecopieditdown.

JudyForemansawthesamephraseonawarehousewallfarawayfromhome.Whenitstayedonhermindfordays,shegaveupanddroveallthewaybacktocopyitdown.“Ithoughtitwasbeautiful,”shesaid,explainingwhyshe’dtakentowritingitatthebottomofallherletters,“likeamessagefromabove.”Herhusband,Frank,likedthephrasesomuchthatheputitupontheclassroomwallforhisstudents,oneofwhomwasthedaughterofAliceJohnson,alocalnewsreporter.Aliceputitinthenewspaper,sayingthatthoughshelikedit,shedidn’tknowwhereitcamefromorwhatitreallymeant.Twodayslater,AlicegotacallfromAnneHerbert,awomanlivinginMarin.ItwasinarestaurantthatAnnewrotethephrasedownonapieceofpaper,afterturningitaroundinhermindfordays.

“Here’stheidea,”Annesays.“Anythingyouthinkthereshouldbemoreof,doitrandomly.”Herfantasiesincludepaintingtheclassroomsofshabbyschools,leavinghotmealsonkitchentablesinthepoorpartoftown,andgivingmoneysecretlytoaproudoldlady.Annesays,“Kindnesscanbuildonitselfasmuchasviolence（暴力）canbuildonitself.”

Theactsofrandomkindnessspread.Ifyouwereoneofthosedriverswhofoundyourfarepaid,whoknowswhatyoumighthavebeenencouragedtodoforsomeoneelselater.Likeallgreatevents,kindnessbeginsslowly,witheverysingleact.Letitbeyours!

48.WhydidNatalieSmithpayforthesixcarsbehindher?

A.Shehadseventickets.

B.Shehopedtopleaseothers.

C.Shewantedtoshowkindness.

D.Sheknewthecardriverswell.

49.JudyForemancopieddownthephrasebecauseshe___.

A.thoughtitwasbeautifullywritten

B.wantedtoknowwhatitreallymeant

C.decidedtowriteitonawarehousewall

D.wantedherhusbandtoputitupintheclassroom

50.Whocameupwiththephraseaccordingtothepassage?

A.JudyForeman.B.NatalieSmith.C.AliceJohnson.D.AnneHerbert.

51.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?

A.Peopleshouldpracticerandomkindnesstothoseinneed.

B.Peoplewhoreceivekindnessarelikelytoofferittoothers.

C.Peopleshouldpracticerandomkindnesstostrangerstheymeet.

D.Peoplewhoreceivekindnessarelikelytopayitbacktothegiver.

四、东城区2015中考一模试题

C

AlexisMartinisathree-year-oldgirlfromArizona.Shehasn’tstartedkindergarten（幼儿园）yet,butshehasanIQabove160,whichiswellabovetheaverage（一般的）people’sIQ.So,th

ereisnowonderthatsh

ehasbecometheyoungestmemberofMensa,thelargestandoldesthighIQsocietyintheworld.MensaisaninternationalclubwhosemembersmusthaveanIQscoreinthetop2%oftheworld.Currently,Mensahas3,300membersundertheageof18inthe.Alexisisoneofthem.

TheaveragepeoplegenerallyhaveanIQscoreof1

00points,butAlexisscored160points,thehighestscoreonthetest.ThedoctorswhotestedAlexissaidshescoredsohighthattheycouldn’tevenworkoutherIQexactly.Theythinksheisevensmarterthan%oftheworldpopulation.Actually,shematchedtheIQsoftalentslikeAlbertEinstein,StephenHawkingandBillGates.

I　　anMartin,Alexis’father,saidhisdaughtershowedsignsofsomespecialabilitiesattheageofoneandshebeganreadingbooksforpupilswhenshewasju

sttwoyearsold.Nowattheageofthree,Alexisisreadingonafifthgradelevel.

“From12monthsold,we’dbedrivingaroundinthecarandsh

ewouldrepeatherbedtimestoriesfromthenightbefore,”hesaid.“Shedidn’tjustrepeatthem.Shecouldremembereverywordofthemexactly.”

IanMartinthinkshisdaughteralsostandsoutwhenitcomestolearningnewlanguages.“Anytimeshelearnsawordandjustpicksitupthroughanything.Shenevereverusesiti

ntheincorrectsituation,ever.”Iansaid.

WhileAlexis’sparentsareproudthattheirthree-year-olddaughterhasbecomeamemberinMensa,theyarealsoawareofthepricethatcomeswitheverygift.ThedoctorssayAlexisshouldneverattendanormalschoolandchildrenwithherlevelofintelligence（智力）

oftenexperiencehighanxiety（焦虑）unlessthey’rearoundsimilarlygiftedb