沪教版2020年备战中考初中英语专项训练--阅读理解(人物传记类)C卷

沪教版2020年备战中考初中英语专项训练--阅读理解（人物传记类）C卷姓名:________ 班级:________ 成绩:________一、阅读理解 (共3题；共21分)1. （3分）(2019·温州) 阅读理解I live in Mentone, a quiet, simple, restful place, where the rich never come. I met Theophile Magnan,a retired, rich, old man from Lyons yesterday. In the Hotel des Anglais. Theophile looked sad and dreamy, and didn't talk with anybody else. Which brought me back to the past.A long time ago, Francois Millet. Claude, Carl and I were young artists — very young artists —in fact.Yes, Francois Millet. The great French artist, was my friend.Millet wasn't any greater than we were at that time. He didn't have any fame, even in his own village.We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted. Once a person ever offered four francs for Millet's "Angelus", which he intended to sell for eight.It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged* until after he was starved and dead. His pictures climbed to high prices after his death.Then we made a decision that one of us must die, to save the others and himself.Millet was elected to die.During the next three months Millet painted with all his might, enlarged his stock all he could, not pictures, not sketches, studies, parts of studies, fragments of studies, of course, with his cipher * on them.They were the things to be sold.Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet's name. Claude and I went to sell Millet's small pictures and to build up his name as well.We made Millet a master. I always said to my customer, "I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money."Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could.Carl made friends with the correspondents, and got Millet's condition reported to England and all over the continent, and America, and everywhere.The sad end came at last, Millet died, not really. He became Theophile Magnan.The pictures went up. There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures. He paid us two million francs for them. Do you still remember the "Angelus"? Carl sold it for twenty—two hundred francs. And as for the bushels of sketches and studies which Millet produced in the last six weeks, well, it would astonish you to know the figure we sell them at nowadays.We are no longer artists and Millet dead.（1） Why did the four friends decide to elect one of them to die?A . They wanted to be rich.B . They wanted to be famous.C . They wanted to save money.D . They wanted to be respected.（2） Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage?A . The writer lives a busy life in Mentone.B . Millet was finally made a famous artist.C . Millet painted best among the four friends.D . The story was written in memory of Millet.（3） What made the four friends' plan succeed?A . That they didn't want to be artists any longer.B . That Millet's pictures were sold at very high prices.C . People's attitude towards the artists who were starving.D . People's desire to own precious art works at low prices.（4） Is Millet living or dead? Why?（请用约40词回答）2. （10分）(2019·江西模拟) 阅读理解It was summertime. Donna walked into the classroom." Good afternoon, everybody!" That was a joke Donna told every day. Usually the class started with only two or three students in the classroom, and then the other students came as the minutes went by.Donna knew that the students didn't like studying English. The head teacher had told her the reason. The students thought English was confusing.Donna waited until all the students were sitting in their seats. She smiled and said," Okay, well. Let's get started. Please turn to Page 36. Today we're studying participles as adjectives（分词作形容词）. Students often feel confused when they learn about the present and past participles, so we need to practice a lot. Today, we're just going to practice using present participles as adjectives." Donna looked at all the blank faces around the classroom. Then she wrote two sentences on the blackboard."The present participle tells us what kind of emotion the subject（主语）is causing. For example, when we say 'grammar is boring', we mean that the subject—grammar — causes an emotion of boredom. If we say, 'The movie is interesting', we are saying that the movie causes an emotion of interest. Any questions so far? Is anyone confused?"The classroom was quiet. Donna knew it would take some time for everyone to understand what she was talking about. After a while, Donna got a little excited because she saw looks of understanding on some of the students' faces.（1） When did the story take place ?A . On a spring morning.B . On a winter afternoon.C . On a summer afternoon.D . On an autumn evening.（2） How did Donna explain the usage of present participles as adjectives ?A . By telling a story.B . By asking questions.C . By giving examples.D . By showing a movie.（3） Why was the classroom quiet ?A . Because the students were afraid of Donna.B . Because Donna asked the students to be quiet.C . Because the students were doing their homework.D . Because the students didn't understand what Donna was saying.（4） From the passage, we can learn that Donna was a .A . teacherB . hostC . writerD . reporter3. （8分）阅读理解A young woman turns around and around quickly, and jumps high. In the background, a young girl reads a rejection(拒绝)letter from a ballet school." You have the wrong body for ballet," it says, " and at thirteen, you are too old." This was one of the most popular advertisements(广告)of 2014 and it describes American Ballet Theatre's principal(主要的)dancer Misty Copeland.This was not a real letter. But Copeland says it is very similar to letters from her childhood. While many dancers start at the age of three, Copeland only began to study ballet in 1995 as a thirteenyear--old girl. People often told her that she was too old，or that she didn't have the perfect body type(She is only 157 cm tall). Her family moved a lot, and it was sometimes difficult for her to attend ballet classes. But Copeland loved dancing and did not want to give up. She stayed with her ballet teacher during the week and spent time with her family only at the weekend. This was a difficult life, but she worked hard and won her first national competition when she was fourteen years old. Copeland joined the American Ballet Theatre in 2000 and performed in many ballets over the next few years. In 2007, she became a solo(单独的) performer, and in 2015 she became its principal dancer.Copeland is now a dancer, author and Broadway performer. She also starred in the 2015 film A Ballerina's Tale. So what's next? According to Copeland, anything is possible：My career(职业)really is just now beginning.（1） How old was Copeland when she became the principal dancer?A . 13.B . 14.C . 25.D . 33.（2） Why was it difficult for Copeland to attend ballet classes?A . Because her family moved a lot.B . Because she was not a good dancer.C . Because she had no invitation letter.D . Because she had the wrong body type.（3） Which of the following is TURE according to the passage?A . Copeland became successful because of the advertisement.B . Copeland had to spend a lot of time away from her parents.C . Copeland won her first national competition as a solo performer.D . Copeland has ended up her career as an actress on Broadway.（4） What's the writer's opinion of Copeland?A . Copeland sets an example who never gives up.B . Copeland was too old to start ballet at thirteen.C . Copeland has made her achievements by accident.D . Copeland was lucky to get support from the ballet school.参考答案一、阅读理解 (共3题；共21分)1、答案：略2、答案：略3、答案：略。