【黑龙江省龙东地区2015年中考英语试题】 Reading comprehension (本题共40分, A, D每小题1分, B, C, E每小题2分)
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Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to what you read.
Where can you learn to play the drums?
A. In Music Club
B. In National park
C. In Art Museum
If you want to ride a horse, you can go to .
A.25 Jiefang Road
B.120 Xinjin Street
C.95 the Fifth Avenue
You are eleven. If you and your parents visit Art Museum, how much should you pay?
A.$10 B.$15.50 C.$25.50
If you want to know more information about boating, you can call .
A.420-258-1200
B.208-683-3400
C.307-864-2997
Which of the following is Not True according to the passage?
A. You can pay $20 each for the guitar lesson.
B. There are no pictures in Art Museum.
C. A 15-year-old boy can pay $15 for riding a horse.
The earth is changing. Tomorrow it will be different. All the living things on the earth are changing. Even people are changing, and tomorrow you will be different.
There are many kinds of change, and many different things than cause change. People need to realize the changes, to learn to see them, and to learn what causes change.
Human beings must solve many problems so that they can continue to live successfully. War is one of these problems. Disease and natural disaster are problems. Having enough food and energy for the growing number of people in the world is a problem. Most problems can be solved, but some are impossible to solve. The way in which people solve problems affects how long and how well they can live.
As people solve their problems, they change things, and changes often cause new problems for people and for other living things on the earth. Sometimes the new problems seem even worse than the old ones. Human beings will probably never stop having problems to solve. Can you use your imagination to describe a world that has no problems at all ?The reason why everything is changing is that______.
| A．people want them to be changing |
| B．there’re many different things that cause them to change |
| C．the living things are changing |
| D．the world is too small |
People need to solve problems because______.
| A．there will be more and more new problems if they don’t solve the old ones. |
| B．the problems are difficult to solve |
| C．they have to go on living |
| D．there are so many things that are changing |
New problems appear ______.
| A．because old problems aren’t solved. | B．because people don’t solve them |
| C．because some people are foolish | D．when people are solving old ones |
Which of the following if wrong according to the passage ?
| A．Disaster and war are two of the problems people have to solve. |
| B．People need to solve all the problems at the same time. |
| C．The way people solve problems has much to do with their life. |
| D．People can’t solve all the problem at one time. |
The underlined word “disaster” in the passage probably means “______” in Chinese.
| A．灾难 | B．资源 | C．条件 | D．环境 |
Pure Brightness Festival, also known as Tomb-sweeping Day in China, falls on the 4th or 5th of April each year. It was started in the Han Dynasty. On this day, whole families, young and old, with flowers visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. Following the custom, tomb sweepers clean and tidy the graves, decorate them with flowers. They burn paper money made for the dead, set off firecrackers and bow before their ancestors’ tombstones. On this day, they don’t cook. Only cold food is served.
However, tomb sweeping is not the only activity during Pure Brightness Festival. This day is also a time for people to enjoy themselves. Other activities include spring outing, flying kites, planting trees, tasting tea and so on. In April, everything in nature takes on a new look. Trees turn green, flowers come out and the sun shines brightly. So it is a good time to be out to appreciate the beauty of nature. People fly kites not only in the daytime but at night. In the dark, some people fly kites with lanterns, which are called “God’s lanterns”. They plant trees because young trees which are planted during this period are easy to grow up. And they enjoy tea because the tea produced around the festival is said to have good quality.The word “tomb” probably means the same as the word “______” in the passage.
| A．grave | B．tombstone | C．ancestor | D．custom |
From the passage we can learn that Pure Brightness Festival in 2014 will be on ______.
| A．April 4 | B．April 5 |
| C．either April 4 or April 5 | D．neither April 4 nor April 5 |
According to the passage, Pure Brightness Festival is ______.
| A．a day full of sadness | B．Tree Planting Day |
| C．a combination of sadness and happiness | D．a time for people to have fun |
_____ activities are talked about in the passage above.
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage ?
| A．A Special Day |
| B．Pure Brightness Festival in China |
| C．What the Chinese Do on Tomb-sweeping Day |
| D．A Chinese Traditional Custom |
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Wang Wei, 28, a writer in Beijing.
Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop on line than men. Clothing and home-use products are the most popular on line.
It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, eighty percent through Taobao.
Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books , from candies to DVD players.
You may question the security of online shopping. Wang said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the product.The underlined word “treasure” in the passage probably means “_______” in Chinese.
| A．购物网 | B．珠宝 | C．生活用品 | D．东西 |
The underlined word “security” in the passage probably means “_______”.
| A．quality | B．safety | C．joys | D．convenience |
More than _____ billion yuan was spent shopping on Taobao last year.
| A．80 | B．100 | C．200 | D．250 |
Most people shopping on line are ________.
| A．young | B．students | C．babies | D．men |
The best title for this passage is _______.
| A．Wang Wei’s Life | B．Online Shopping in China |
| C．Where to Shop | D．The Safest Shopping |
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Keep smiling. |
E. Jackie Chan is a famous action actor. His new movie SPEED will be put in the People’s cinema. |
One day when some government officials were rebuilding a house, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to make the mice inside the hole come out. A while later they saw mice running out, one after another，but they saw two mice didn’t run away immediately. It seemed that one was trying to bite(咬) the tail of the other.
Everyone was puzzled, so they came nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the two mice was blind, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite his tail in order to pull the blind one with him to run away.
During the meal time, they started to talk about the two mice. One serious American said, “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.”
A smart Frenchman said, “I think the relationship between them was that of husband and wife.”
A Japanese said, “I think the relationship between them was that of mother and son.”
At that moment, one Chinese asked, “Why did those two mice have a certain relationship?”
Suddenly, they looked back at the Chinese. The American, the Frenchman and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered (低下) their heads in shame, and didn’t answer.
In fact, the great love is not built on friendship or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.The two mice didn’t go away immmediately because _____.
| A．one was playing with the other. |
| B．one was trying to help the blind one. |
| C．they were not afraid of smoke. |
| D．the mouth of the hole was too small. |
The underlined word”puzzled” in the passage means_____in Chinese.
A.困惑的 B.害怕的 C.紧张的 D/担心的We know from the second paragraph that_____
| A．the mouse carried the blind one out of the hole on its back. |
| B．the mouse ran out of the hole after the blinde one. |
| C．the mouse pulled the blind one out of the hole with its tail. |
| D．the two mice came out of the hole hand in hand. |
| A．There were many mice in the hole. |
| B．After the meal, the officials began to talk about the two mice. |
| C．The other officials felt shamed when hearing the Chinese’s words. |
| D．The government officials came from different countries. |
| A．Two Lovely Mice | B．Help Produces Love |
| C．Friends in Need | D．Love Is All |
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