2021年外研版中考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案(共4套)

2021年外研版中考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案（1）ALast month Jim brought a baby cat home from the pet shop. She is beautiful with gray and white hair. Jim gave her the name Popo. He and his family love her very much and often talk to her. Popo is very and afraid of strangers. Every time Jim brings his friends home, she will hide herself. It takes time to make friends with Popo. But when she sees you as a friend, she will be happy to be with you all the time. Popo often lies quietly next to Jim when he is home. Sometimes she sits by the window looking at the flowers in the garden.The family is always busy, and it is not easy for them to get together. But since they got Popo, they have tried to spend time together playing with their little girl, who has become the center of their family life.( ) 1. What colour is Jim’s baby cat?A. Gray and white.B. Black and blue.C. White and black.D. Green and blue.( )2. Which of the following is the missing word in the blank?A. braveB. beautifulC. shyD. small( )3. What does the cat do when Jim’s friends come?A. She meets them.B. She hides himself.C. She runs away.D. She rushes to them.( )4. What can we learn from the reading?A. Flowers make a house more beautiful.B. Keeping a pet helps a family get together.C. We should be friendly to people who visit us.D. It takes time to make friends with people who love cats.( )5. Which is true about the little girl in the reading?A. She loves to hide herself when playing.B. She cannot be quiet when Jim is around.C. She does not feel comfotable with strangers.D. She was found by Jim when she got lost on the streetyBOf all the famous English writers, probably the best known is William Shakespeare. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April 23rd. His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good education.Shakespeare probably went to school but not university. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14. He got married when he was 18 to Anne Hathaway and the couple had 3 children.He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets. He began working in his hometown in Stratford but in 1592 he wrote in London. He joined a theater company in 1599. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford.He wrote sad stories called tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, funny stories or comedies, romantic stories and so on. At the age of 49, he retired and went to live in his hometown. Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616, almost 400 years ago.Shakespeare’s works have been translated into every major language in the word. And perhaps we’ll be fascinated by his works forever.( )1. When did Shakespeare decide to be an actor?A. Before he went to school.B. After he entered a college.C. When he got married.D. When he was 14.( )2. How many plays did Shakespeare write in his life?A. 38.B. 154.C. 14.D. 49.( )3. When did Shakespeare begin to write in London?A. In 1564.B. In 1592.C. In 1599..D. In 1616.( )4. What kind of play is Romeo and Juliet?A. Tragedies.B. Funny stories.C. Romantic stories.D. Comedies. ( )5. This passage mainly tells us ____A. Shakespeare’s lifeB. Shakespeare’s worksC. Shakespeare’s familyD. Shakespeare’s educationCSusan Sontag was one of the most successful writers in the United States during the twentieth century. She wrote seventeen books. People translate some of them into thirty languages. They include novels, short stories, essays（散文）and film scripts.Susan Sontag was born in New York City in 1993. Her father, Jack Rosenblatt, was a businessman in China. Susan’s mother spent most of her time in in China with her husband. Other family members raised Susan and her younger sister, Judith, when they were very young. After her father died of illness, her mother came to live with them.Susan Sontage was a very clever child. She could read by age three. She finished high school at the age of fifteen. Two years later, Susan completed her college education at the University of Chicago. She completed two master’s degrees from Harvard University. One was in English; another was in philosophy（哲学）.Susan Sontag published （出版）her first book in 1963. It was a novel called The Benefactor. In 1964, she wrote an essay called Notes on Camp. It was a big success that made her famous. ( )1. What does the underlined word scripts mean?A. 剧本B. 记录C. 信札D. 情书( )2. When did Susan Sontag’s mother live with her?A. After her father came back from China.B. After her father became ill.C. After her father died.D. After her father went to China. ( )3. Susan Sontag complete her college education at the Universtiy of Chicago when he was ___A. threeB. fifteenC. seventeenD. nineteen( )4. When did Susan Sontag become famous?A. After she published her first book.B. After she left university.C. After she wrote Notes on Camp.D. After she received the philosophy education( )5. This passage mainly tells us ___A. a novel by Susan SontagB. a successful writerC. a successful student from HarvardD. a famous essay called Notes on CampDBelow are the comments on the book The Flying Hat.( )1. Which is sait about The Flying Hat?A. A movie about the story is coming out.B. The story is about a boy who has a magic hat.C. The writer started the book because of a dream.D. People can buy the book in different languages.( )2. What does sidesplitting mean?A. Funny.B. Simple.C. Serious.D. Difficult.( )3. Who is the writer of The flying Hat?A. Willy King.B. Marian Miller.C. Shannon Blackman.D. A person from New York.( )4. Mr. Lilly here is a name of ____.A. a famous writerB. a book of another writerC. another book of the same wrtierD. a famous movie( )5. From the Sunday Reader of New York, ____A. Many people like to read The Flying Flat.B. Many people will love the new movieC. You will often smile when you read the story.D. You willl dislike the book when you read it2021年外研版中考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案（2）A( ) 1. It will be _______ tomorrow in the south of Fishland.A. rainyB. cloudyC. sunnyD. windy( ) 2. _____ will have the lowest temperature tomorrow.A. Point AB. Point BC. Point CD. Point D( ) 3. The ____ part of the island will be Sunny tomorrow.A. eastB. westC. southD. north( ) 4.Tony will have to go to school with a raincoat. Where is his school?A. Point D.B. Point E.C. Point H.D. Point C.( ) 5. Where are the mountains on the island?A. The middle and west part of the island.B. The middle and east part of the island.C. The south and east part of the islandD. The north and east part of the island.BDear Bill,Long time no see!I just came back to Taipei from Europe. 20 hours on the plane really made me tired.I knew about Typhoon Melissa from the TV news. On TV, I saw many houses in Kaohsiung were damaged. Are you O.K. down there?The weather in the mountains of Europe was very different from the weather in Taiwan. It was just early October, but it started to snow in the places I stayed.Still, my trip to Europe was great fun. Before I went, I was worried about the language. I can't speak German or French. But I was surprised to find that English was still useful there! I spoke to people without any problem, and I even made some new friends on the train!Perhaps I will go to Spain next summer. Will you join me?Your friend,Alex ( )1. Where does Bill live?A. In Spain.B. In Taipei.C. In Germany.D. In Kaohsiung.( )2. How long did it take the writer to fly from Europe to Taipei?A. Nearly a whole day.B. Half a day.C. Six hours.D. Two hours. ( )3. What was the weather like in the mountains when Alex was there?A. It changes a lot.B. It rained a lot.C. There was a terrible typhoon.D. It was winter already.( )4. From the fifth paragraph of the letter, we know that ___.A. The writer can speak German and French.B. The writer can speak to people there in English.C. The place the writer traveled to is England.D. The writer can speak to people in Spain.( )5. What is true about Alex’s experience in Europe?A. He was always worried about the weather.B. He learned some English from a language school there.C. He was invited to the homes of his new foreign friends.D. He enjoyed it and would like to go there again.CDear New Mom,You should teach your children manners（方式）when your child understands what you're saying. When your child does something right, let him or her know. When your child does something wrong, tell him or her how he or she should do best and why.Here are some manners for children:1. Waiting for their turn and not interrupting other people when they are speaking. Tell them to wait until someone finishes speaking, and then ask their question.2. Always greet someone when he or she comes over to your house. You can teach your child to shake hands with grown-ups, but it's not necessary to shake hands with other children. But, your child should always say "hello" or "hi" when someone visits.4. Say, "Please" and "Thank you" often. And say "You're welcome" when others say thank “thank you”5. After playing a game, always keep happy. If your child does well, tell them not to show off （炫耀）. If he does badly, do not get mad, but be a good sport and tell the other children they did a good game.YoursDr. Dave and Dr. Dee, ( )1. When should a new mom teach her children manners?A. When they can speak.B. when they can ask questions.C. When they can understand her words.D. When they can play games.( )2. What does the underlined word “interrupting” mean in the passage?A. 妨碍B. 喧哗C. 打断D. 破坏( )3. It is a not necessary for a child to shake hands with____who come to his or her house.A. a young manB. a young womanC. a ten-year-old boyD. a very old man ( )4. Which of the following child is good-mannered?A. A boy asks a question when a man is speaking.B. A girl says “hi” when a gues t leaves.C. A boy who gets angry when he loses a game.D. A a boy says “thank you” when some one helps him.( )5. Why does Dr. Dave writer the letter?A. To tell new moms why they teach children mannersB. To tell new moms what manners children should knowC. To tell new moms who should teach children manners.D. To tell new moms what manners are.DYou may know all the learning skills, but if you don’t start doing things, you will never learn it I f you want to learn to speak English well, you must change your life. Here are some examples of things you will have to do:•read a book in English for an hour every day, studying the grammar in sentences and looking up words in an English dictionary•listen to recording in English, stopping it frequently（经常地）, trying to understand what they are saying, and trying to learn the speakers’ pronunciation•carefully write an e-mail message in English, using a dictionary or a Web search every 20 seconds to make sure every word is correct, and taking 5 minutes to write one sentence•talking to yourself in English about the things you see around you) .What kind of person would do all these things? Only one kind. —a person who enjoys doing them.( )1 To learn English well, _______.A. we must know all the learning skills.B. it is no use to know the learning skills.C. you must start doing something you didn’t like before every day.D. you must get up early every day.( )2. What does the under lined phrase “look up” mean?A. look into the skyB. try to findC. try to find in a bookD. take care of( )3. When we listen to recording in English, we should stop it frequently to ____A. make sure we understand what we hearB. try to say most like the recordingC. have a short restD. A and B( )4. In order to learn English well, you should _____ when you walk donw the street.A. talk to anyone you meet in EnlishB. think how to say the things around you in English.C. talk to yourself what you have just learntD. say anything you see around you in English aloud( )5. What does passage mainly tell us?A. It is necessary to change our life to learn English well.B. We should do all kinds of crazy things if we want to learn English well.C. If we want to learn English well, we should listen to recording in English everyday.D. We should Read a book in English for an hour every day to learn English well.2021年外研版中考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案（3）A“Today is my birthday,” Sarah Lynn says. “I hope there will be a big party with all my friends!” Sarah Lynn looks around the house but no one is there. Sarah Lynn is sad that all her friends have forgotten her birthday, so she decides to have a party of her own! “I’ll invite my dolls and my favourite Bear to my party.” Sarah Lynn puts all her dolls on her toy car. And she also makes a cake herself.“Now I need some presents for my party!” Sarah Lynn begins to feel sad again because her friends are not at her party. Sarah Lynn decides to give a dance show. So she runs upstairs. When Sarah Lynn returns, nothing is there! “Where did everyone go? Where is my cake? Where is my present?” Sarah Lynn runs around the house looking for her party things.“Surprise, Sarah Lynn! Here is your party. Of course your friends don’t forget it!” Suddenly her parents with all her friends come out.( )1. Why is Sarah sad on her birthday at first?A. Because she has no friends.B. Because she thinks her friends have forgotten her birthday.C. Because she thinks her parents have forgotten her birthday.D. Because she thinks her brother have forgotten her birhtdya.( )2. Who does Sarah Lynn decide to spend her birthday with?A. Her brotherB. Her friendsC. Her parentsD. Her dolls.( )3. Who makes a birthday cake for Sarah Lynn?A. Her brotherB. Her friendsC. Her parentsD. Herself( )4. After Sarah Lynn makes a cake, she feels ____.A. happyB. angryC. sadD. shy( )5. Which of the fowlloing may be the title of the passage?A. Sarah Lynn’s birthday presen t.B. Sarah Lynn’s parents.C. Sarah Lynn’s birthday party.D. Sarah Lynn’s friends.BWhen I was about six years old, I was sure that there were aliens in my bedroom. I was in bed, trying to sleep, when I heard voices near my bed. I screamed for my parents. We looked everywhere but we couldn’t find anything. I tried again. I don’t know how many times my parents came to my bedroom that night, but we finally found that an old radio in my room suddenly began to work. The voices were from it.Years later, astronauts went into space for the first time. Then I looked out of my bedroom window almost every night, searching for UFOs. I never saw one, but I did see a few shooting stars.The experience helped create an interest in UFOs and aliens. I even wrote a book, How to Catch a Flying Saucer, about them. You can find out how to be a ufologist in the book. And it tells you a ufologist’s most important work is to ask questions to know exactly what a person may have seen.( )1. What does the underlined screamed mean?A. 欢呼B. 大笑C. 尖叫D. 搜寻( )2. Where was the sound the writer heard from?A. An alien.B. A TV setC. A computer.D. A radio.( )3. What did the writer try to find when he looked out of his bedroom window?A. UFOs.B. Aliens.C. Shooting starts.D. Some astronauts.( )4. Who is the writer?A. A reader of How to catch a Flying Saucer.B. An astronaut who had seen a UFO before.C. The writer of How to catch a Flying saucer.D. A person who saw a UFO when he was young.( )5. Which of the folloing could be the title of the passage?A. The wtory about the UFO and me.B. The story of astronauts.C. The story of aliens.D. The story of a book about aliens.CIsadora Duncan was born in America in 1877. She was a great dance teacher who enjoyed dancing at an early age, and even began teaching other children to dance when she was only six. Although Duncan herself stopped going to school at ten, she later had students from all over the world.Duncan was called the mother of modern dance because she brought lots of new ideas into the dancing of her time. She believed that dance is life itself and comes from the heart. Duncan also said that dance belongs to everyone, rich and poor, young and old. That was why one time she did not agree to dance in a theater where the tickets were very expensive.Duncan also surprised the people of her time by dancing in comfortable clothes and without shoes on. She broke the rules in many ways and gave dance a new language. Now people who are interested in modern dance are still getting new ideas from this great teacher.43. What is the reading mainly about?mainly 主要(A) The history of American modem dance.(B) The dancing life of an American dancer.(C) The dance group Isadora Duncan started.(D) The way of life in Isadora Duncan’s time.44. What did Duncan think of dance?(A) It shows how people feel.(B) It should be learned at an early age.(C) It is a hobby that needs strong shoes.(D) It could be enjoyed more in a theater.5. What does a new language mean in the reading?(A) A new word for dancing.(B) New ideas about dancing.(C) A new kind of dance music.(D) New rules for selling dance tickets.DWelcome to Music Ground, a radio show that gives you a wonderful Friday night. I’m Justin Young. It’s time again for the best-selling songs of the week. Stanley Brown’s “Perhaps” is a new song that comes in at No. 5 this week. “Say Cheese” by OK Band stays in the same place at No. 4. “The Bees” by Cindy Bear falls down from No. 2 to No. 3. And No. 2 is another new song called “Are You There?” by Broken Basket. Finally, there’s no change at No.1, with “Magic River” by Stupid Machine. Many people are calling in for this favorite song, so let’s listen to it right now. And don’t go away. Later we’ll talk over the phone with Stupid Machine about their plans for the coming year.40. Which song does NOT change its place this week?(A) “Are You There?”(B) “The Bees”(C) “Say Cheese”(D) “Perhaps”41. How many songs listed above are new this week?(A) One.(B) Two.(C) Three.(D) Four.42. Which is NOT true about the radio show?(A) You can listen to it once a week.(B) It talks about the most popular songs.(C) People can call in to hear their favorite songs.(D) Stupid Machine is now in the radio station with Justin Young.2021年外研版中考英语阅读理解专项训练及答案（4）AAlmost everyone knows Garfield (加菲貓). He is a fun-loving cat in comic strips (连环漫画). People all over the world like to read about this cute cat.But who made Garfield? Jim Davis did. When Jim was a young boy, he was sick for a long time. He had to stay in bed a lot. He wanted something to do, so he drew pictures. Jim’s pictures made people laugh. Jim liked that. When Jim put words with his pictures, people laughed harder. He started making comic strips. Jim read other comic strips. He saw there were a lot of dogs in the comics, but no cats. That’s how he got the idea for Garfield.Jim lived in Indiana with 25 cats. These cats helped him get his ideas for the things Garfield does. But Garfield is a special cat！Garfield isn’t afraid of dogs. He likes to kick Odie, the dog in his comic strip. Sometimes Garfield is bad, but it always acts in a funny way.Jim has fun writing about Garfield’s story. He also spends time drawing Garfield’s action. This careful work has made Garfield popular. Now there are comic strips, posters, books, and even TV shows about the funny Garfield.( )1. Which of the following make people laugh?A. Jim’s pictures.B. The words with Jim’s pictures.C. Both A and B.D. Neither A and B.( )2. Where did Jim get ideas for Garfield?A. From cats in the zoo.B. From the 25 cats he lived with.C. From dogs which most cats are afraid of.D. From other novel writers. ( )3. Which of the following is true?A. Jim Davis is a young boy who is often sick.B. Jim Davis teaches students to draw pictures.C. Jim Davis makes the Garfield comic strips.D. Jim Davis is a popular cat.( )4. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Garfield is a cat Jim Davis lives with in Indiana.B. Jim Davis is a cartoonist(漫畫家).C. Jim Davis was sick for a long time when he was young.D. Garfield is now popular with people all over the world.( )5. Which of the following can be the title for the passage?A. Jim Davis and his pet cat.B. Jim Davis and GarfieldC. Garfield and Odie.D. Garfield and 25 other cats.参考答案：1-5 CDCAB。