The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th World Cup, which is expected to take place between June 12 and July 13,2014 in Brazil. It will be the second time for the country to host the competition, the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Brazil will become the fifth country to have hosted the Fifa World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy, France and Germany.
Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 100 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go badly for the Brazilian team, the newspaper would demand (要求)that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they put me in heaven(天堂),”as a manager once said, “If we lose, they put me in hell(地狱).”
You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of the football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television Channels in Rio de Janeiro(里约日内卢). On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.
Brazil is not the richest country in the world,but the government spends much money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1950 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?
“Brazil must have a great football team.” says one reporter. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give a good football team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”
Which of the following countries hasn’t hosted the FIFA World Cup twice yet so far?
| A．Mexico | B．Italy |
| C．France | D．Brazil |
It is the that come before the main news programs on television.
| A．football matches |
| B．results of football matches |
| C．football matches on the streets |
| D．football matches on the beaches |
The underlined sentence means “In Brazil .”
| A．people like football very much, |
| B．there is something else in football. |
| C．People like competition. |
| D．football has influences on the politics(政治)and economy(经济)of the nation. |
【山东省烟台市2015年中考英语试】阅读理解
A
Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.
Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.
Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.
Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”
He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”
Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said.
请根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。(每小题1分)Today we still remember Confucius mainly because___________.
| A．he lived a poor life in his childhood |
| B．he had wise thoughts and great views about education |
| C．he traveled with his students from state to state |
| D．he lived during the Spring and Autumn Period |
Confucius learned music, history, poetry and sports __________as a child.
| A．by teaching himself at home |
| B．with the help of his mother |
| C．by going to school |
| D．by visiting many famous teachers |
The underlined word “noble” in Paragraph 3 has the closest meaning to __________.
| A．poor | B．bright | C．wealthy | D．cute |
he correct order of the following statements is __________.
①Confucius worked to help his mother as a child.
② Confucius educated about 3,000 students in his lifetime.
③ Confucius’ father died.
④ Confucius started the first public school in Chinese history.
| A．③①④② | B．②③④① |
| C．①③②④ | D．④③①② |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. |
| B．No one has something worthy to be learned. |
| C．All thinking but no study makes people lazy. |
| D．A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others. |
【山东省青岛市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解 阅读下面短文，做出正误判断或选出最佳答案。A篇为判断正（A）误（B）题，B、C篇为选择题(共15道小题，每小题1分，共20分)
C
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.
When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctor’s white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.
But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh
When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gusundheit Institute”，together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said,:”hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”When did Adams have mental health problems?
| A．after he left medical school |
| B．during the 1980s |
| C．When he was a teenager boy |
| D．after the film came out |
Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?
| A．because he was a warm person |
| B．because he had mental health problem |
| C．because he was a clown |
| D．because he wasn’t the same as others |
The Gusundheit Institute
| A．was a hospital |
| B．belonged to Universal Pictures |
| C．could make films |
| D．was a medical school |
According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?
| A．Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients |
| B．Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend. |
| C．In Adams’ opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients |
| D．Robin Williams was an actor |
The passage mainly tells us about
| A．how to cheer up patients |
| B．people with mental health problems |
| C．a film about Adams |
| D．a doctor named Hunter Adams |
【山东省菏泽市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Grandmother’s Favourite Doll (玩具娃娃)
A little girl had a doll. She loved it so much that she would treat it with great care, even though her friends would laugh at her for being so careful.
As time passed, the girl grew up, moved houses, became an adult, married, had children, and finally became a lovely little old woman with many grandchildren.
One day, she returned to her hometown, found her original house, and went in. Among hundreds of old things, the now-old little girl found her doll. It was as well looked after as before. She took it home with her and gave it to her granddaughter. Her granddaughter loved it.
Each time the old woman saw her granddaughter playing with the doll, tears (眼泪) of joy would roll down her cheeks (脸颊). She was so glad to see now it was in the hands of her granddaughter.The little girl had a ________and she loved it so much.
| A．dog | B．doll | C．toy car | D．ball |
The little girl’s friends laughed at her because she ________.
| A．looked so thin and ugly |
| B．didn’t get on well with her friends |
| C．treated her doll so carefully |
| D．didn’t like to play games with them |
What does the underlined word “original” mean in the third paragraph?
| A．豪华的 | B．原来的 | C．新建的 | D．木质的 |
When the old woman found her doll, ________.
| A．it looked old and terrible |
| B．she threw it away |
| C．it was as well looked after as before |
| D．she took it home and kept it herself |
Whenever she saw her granddaughter playing with the doll, she would ________.
| A．feel very excited and joyful |
| B．think of her old friends |
| C．want to buy her granddaughter a new doll |
| D．wish to go back to her hometown again |
【江苏省盐城市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。(共15小题，每小题2分，计30分)
C
"Listen carefully to what I say," the time traveler said, "I shall tell you something that you will not agree."
"Why will we not agree?" I asked.
"Because the science and mathematics you know are not correct," he said. "You believe there are only three dimensions(三维空间)-length, breadth(宽) and thickness."
"There is nothing to argue with that, " the youngest member of our little group said.
"Exactly!" the time traveler answered, "But there is also a fourth dimension - time."
"We all know about time, " another member of the group said. "Time passed."
"I do not agree," the time traveler said, "Length, breadth and thickness do not pass. They stay in the same place in space. We move about them. I can prove that time is the same. It does not pass. We move in time the same way that we move in breadth, length and thickness."
None of us believed the time traveler, and we argued with him for many hours.
"If we could travel back in time," the scientist said, "We could do things to change the future."
"If we could travel forward in time," the doctor(博士) said, "we could do things that change our present."
The time traveler smiled, "It is clear," he said, "that there is only one way I can show you that I am right. We must do an experiment. Please wait here."
He left the room and soon returned, carrying what looked like a clock.
"This is a model of a time machine. It took me two years to make it," the time traveler said. "I want all of you to understand that when I start the machine, it will immediately travel in time and disappear from the present."
He turned to the youngest of all. "Give me your hand," he said.
The young man put out his hand. The time traveler took it and placed it on the machine. Immediately, there was a sudden wind, and the little machine disappeared.
I was certain this was not a trick, but the doctor was not so sure.
"Are you asking us to believe," he said, "that the machine is now in a different time?"
"Certainly! In my laboratory, a full-size machine is almost complete. As soon as it is complete, I shall send myself on a journey through time. Would you like to see my machine?"
"Are you serious about this?" the doctor asked.
"I have never been more serious about anything," the time traveler said, "Come."
We followed him to his laboratory. There, we saw the actual machine, not quite complete, but large enough for a man to sit in.
How many dimensions did the time traveler say there are?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
How long did it take the time traveler to make his model time machine?
| A．Two years. | B．Two months. |
| C．Twenty years. | D．All his life. |
Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a. The model time machine disappeared with a wind.
b. The time traveler came back to the room with a model time machine.
c. The members of the group argued with the time traveler for many hours.
d. The time traveler showed them a full-size time machine which was not quite complete.
e. The youngest man's hand was placed on the model time machine.
| A．e c a d b | B．b c e a d |
| C．c e b a d | D．c b e a d |
What can we infer(判断) from the passage about the time traveler?
| A．He believed that they could move in time. |
| B．He was playing a trick on a group of people. |
| C．He sent the young man to the future in the model time machine. |
| D．He would possibly send himself on a journey through time. |
What kind of story do you think the passage is?
| A．A detective story. | B．A science fiction. |
| C．A romantic fiction. | D．A horror story. |
【湖南省张家界市2015年中考英语试题】阅读技能（共20小题，满分45分）
阅读下面的材料，从A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。
B
Are you a good helper in the kitchen? Flynn McGarry, from the US, does more than that.The 15-year-old boy began cooking at the age of ten.And now he has his own restaurant.
McGarry practiced his cookery skills after school. He taught himself from books and the internet.The boy really loves cooking.In his room,there are no video games but cooking tools.He turned his room into an experimental kitchen called Club Eureka.
Today,many famous people pay around $ 160 per person to eat in McGarry’s Club Eureka.The New York Times magazine described his food as “creative”.
As for the future, McGarry wants to open a Michelin-Starred restaurant. He hopes to make it one of the world’s 50 Best and “maybe top 5”.When did McGarry begin to learn cooking?
A. When he was five.
B. When he was ten.
C. When he was fifteen.Who taught McGarry cookery skills?
A. His parents.
B. His teachers.
C. He himself.Why did McGarry learn cooking?
A. Because he loves cooking.
B. Because he wanted to make money.
C. Because his parents asked him to learn cooking.Which of the following is NOT true about Club Eureka?
A. McGarry is the owner.
B. McGarry is the cook.
C. The food is free.What does McGarry want to do in the future?
A. To have an experimental kitchen.
B. To have a world’s top restaurant.
C. To cook for famous people.
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