【中考复习】2017年中考英语复习：阅读训练(含答案解析)
2017年陕西中考英语试卷(含解析)
2017陕西中考英语试卷第I卷（共65分）听力部分A卷I．听对话，选答案（共15小题，计15分）(2017·陕西) 第一节：听下面10段对话，每段对话后有一个问题，读两遍，根据每段对话的内容和后面的问题，从所给的三个选项中选出最恰当的一项。
1. A. A pencil. B. A ruler. C. A knife. 【B】2. A. A blue one. B. A white one. C. A black one.【C】3. A. It’s snowy. B. It’s cloudy. C. It’s sunny.【A】4. A. America. B. China. C. England. 【B】5. A. She’s going to write an article.【A】B. She’s going fishing.C. She’s going to do housework.6. A. By bike. B. By car. C. By bus. 【A】7. A. Behind the library. 【C】B. Across from the dining hall.C. Beside the dining hall.8. A. English. B. Math. C. Chinese. 【C】9. A. For 45 minutes. B. For 15 minutes. C. For 30 minutes. 【B】10. A. She was heavy. B. She was thin. C. She was short. 【A】1-5 BCABA 6-10 ACCBA(2017·陕西)第二节：听下面两段对话，每段对话后有几道小题，请根据每段对话内容和后面的问题，从所给三个选项中选出最恰当的一项，每段对话读两遍。
听第11段对话，回答第11、12小题。
【真题】2017年南通市中考英语试卷含答案解析(Word版)
南通市2017年中考英语试卷一、单项选择1. Jack is eight-year-old boy and he goes to school on foot every day.A. an；theB. a；不填C. an；不填D. a；the【答案】C【解析】考查冠词的用法。
第一空，eight是以元音因素开头，前面用不定冠词an；第二空，on foot是固定搭配，“go to school on foot”即“步行去学校”。
故选C。
2. Dr. Ma has helped a lot of patients see again in the of his life.A. formB. wayC. directionD. course【答案】D【解析】考查短语辨析。
句意：马医生在他的医生中帮助了很多患者重见光明。
in the course of one’s life表示“在某人的一生中”。
in the form of “以……的形式”；in the way of “关于……方面；阻碍”；in the direction of “朝……方向”；in the course of “在……期间，在……过程中”，故选D。
3. The desk is in a mess. Would you please your books?A. take upB. take awayC. take onD. take off【答案】B【解析】考查动词短语辨析。
句意：课桌上一团乱。
你能拿走你的书吗？take up“占据，开始从事”；take away “拿走；消除”；take on“呈现，承担”；take off“起飞，脱掉”。
故选B。
4. It is known to all that the day becomes shorter and shorter winter comes.A. beforeB. whenC. untilD. since【答案】B【解析】考查连词辨析。
中考英语英语 任务型阅读理解复习题(含答案)
中考英语英语任务型阅读理解复习题(含答案)一、英语任务型阅读1．根据短文及表格内容列要点。
In order to learn how the students in our school spend money, we made a survey by asking them some questions. First, we asked them how much money they spent last month. And then we asked how much money they spent on snacks, books, movies, computer games, phones, transportation and other things last month. Our maths teacher helped us make a graph(图表) of their answers as follows.In our school, each student spent about________yuan on average(平均) last month. According to the graph made by our________, teacher, we know how much money the students spent on different things in our school. As the graph shows, they spent most on________, covering 22% of all. It was followed by computer games and movies. Each of them was________. But to our surprise, the students spent________on books, only 6%.【答案】 a hundred/ one hundred/100；maths；Snacks；18%/ eighteen percent/18 percent；least【解析】【分析】本文介绍了我们学校的学生是如何花钱。
2017年中考英语阅读专练系列(一)
2017年中考英语阅读专练系列（一）1Newspapers are very important in our daily life. Many people begin their day by reading the paper. In this way they learn what is going on in the world. Sometimes, however, they didn't have the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines.There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are many types with several different editions every day. In some towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day. In some places the paper is printed weekly.Most papers have several editions（版本）, especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than usual. There are, besides the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusement（娱乐）page, a business page and so on.1. People read newspaper to ____.A. learn about the most important newsB. be pleasedC. learn about whatever they wantD. get some information2. Reading the headlines, people can know ____.A. what the passages are aboutB. what is going onC. learn about the most important newsD. about sports3. In big cities newspapers are usually printed ____.A. dailyB. weeklyC. monthlyD. yearly4. Most papers have ____ on Sundays than usual.A. more typesB. more pagesC. less typesD. less pages5. If you want to see a film, you’d better read ____ in a newspaper.A. the business pageB. the front pageC. the sports pageD. the amusement page2Denis was a thief. He wrote a letter to another thief Pat. But the police got the letter. It reads: BNLD ZS LHCMHFGS ZMC GZUD SGD SGHQSX ONTMCR VHSG XNT.What’s it about? How can you read it? The policemen were quick. They studied the letter carefully and soon found out what they want. Now let’s suppose you were a policeman. Can you read Denis’ letter? Maybe you need some help: When Dennis wanted a letter, he wrote down the letter before it in the alphabet. Now can you read De nis’s letter? What must Pat do? When? And what did Denis want?1. The letter before B and C are A and B. The letter before A and B are _____.A. C and BB. Z and AC. A and ZD. Z and B2. In the letter Dennis asked Pat to go at _____.A. noonB. midnightC. five o’clockD. eight o’clock3. “The policemen were quick.” This sentence means the policemen _____.A. read the letter soon after they got itB. could run very fastC. were very brightD. were very careful4. Sup pose Pat asked Denis to “meet at the railway.” What would he write? ______.A. LDDW XS WKH UDLDZDB VSZSHNMB. LDDS CV VJG TCKNYCA VCVKQPYC. LDEU BU UIF QZHKVZX TUVUJPOD. LDDS ZS SGD QZHKVZX RSZSHNM5. Which of the four is the best title? ______.A. A Strange LetterB. A Clever ThiefC. The Clever PolicemenD. How to Read a Letter3Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue today.” “He has a green thumb(大拇指).” “He has told a little white lie.” And she went to her teacher for help.Mary: Mrs. Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean?Mrs. Smith: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow … afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants(植物) well.And a white lie is not a bad one.Mary: Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a wh ite lie.Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.1. Blue sometimes means sad in ____ English.A. goodB. spokenC. usualD. poor2. I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ____.A. die offB. grow wellC. look niceD. are good3. Tom is ____ to climb the tree. He’s yellow.A. happyB. cleverC. gladD. afraid4. He didn’t like me to know ____ of the accident. He told me a white lie.A. the reasonB. the true storyC. the meaningD. the answer5. He is ____ today. He is told his father is ill.A. blueB. yellowC. greenD. white4Jules Verns was born in 1828. He was neither an inventor nor a scientist but he read many books about science and wrote some exciting stories about things. He thought scientists and inventors would one day be ableto do the things in his stories. Years later, many of the things really happened. At the time, his stories seemed like fairy tales(神话).His famous books is “Twenty Leagues Under the Sea” (League here means three miles). In those days submarines(潜艇) had not been invented, but he wrote about an underwater ship very much like a modern submarine. The men of the submarine in the book had many strange journeys and found many strange things.1. This passage mainly tells us ____.A. how Jules verns invented a submarineB. Jules Verns wrote many scientific booksC. Jules Verns’s stories really happened laterD. what the book “Twenty Leagues Under the Sea” means2. Jules Verns was ____.A. a writerB. an inventorC. a scientistD. a traveller3. Jules Verns thought ____.A. he could realize(实现) his storiesB. his stories were fairy talesC. a submarine was a shipD. what he wrote would be realized by scientists or inventors4. His book “Twenty Leagues Under the Sea” ____.A. was about submarinesB. was very famousC. means something under waterD. helped people do work5. The men of the submarine in the book ____.A. had never been to some placesB. were scientistsC. were inventorsD. had been to a lot of places5Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have plenty of(足够的) gold, I shall be the happiest man in the world.”One day when he was traveling in the desert(沙漠), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full of gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying.Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world.1. The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert.A. foodB. waterC. goldD. bags2. When he lost his way, he wanted to get ____.A. some food and waterB. some rocks and sandC. bags full of goldD. everything in the desert3. What did he do with the bag? ______.A. He didn’t take it upB. He brought it homeC. He kept it for himselfD. He threw it away4. The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because ____.A. the b ag was too smallB. the gold wasn’t hisC. there wasn’t much gold in the bagD. he was very hungry and thirsty5. In the end, the old man knew that gold was ____ in the world.A. the best thingB. not the best thingC. better than anythingD. the worst thing6You’ll see a new doctor at a hospital near London if you go there. He’s very clever but he never speaks and he didn’t go to medical(医学的) school. He can work all day long without rest. He’s one metre tall and has a face like a TV screen(屏幕). He has no arms or legs but lots of buttons(按钮). He is named Dr. Robot.Doctors often need to ask their sick(病的) persons some questions. But busy doctors can only spend a few minutes with each of them. The robot doctor, however, can ask a sick person questions for an hour if necessary(必要). So when the human doctor meets his sick person, he already has a lot of helpful information(信息). Dr. Robot is quite human(通人性的). If you answer “No” to the question “Do you likesmoking?” Dr. Robot will answer: “I’m glad to hear that.”Robot doctors help human doctors a lot in their medical work. But they will never take the place of human doctors.1. What’s the Chinese for “Robot”?A. 勤奋的B. 男的C. 机器人D. 孩子的2. – Who is better, the human doctor or the robot doctor?-- ______.A. The human doctorB. The robot doctorC. Both of themD. Neither of them3. The robot doctor ______ a human doctor.A. looks likeB. doesn’t likeC. likesD. doesn’t look like4. Dr. Robot doesn’t like people ______.A. to comeB. to ask questionsC. to smokeD. to answer questions5. In the future(将来), Robot doctors will ______ human doctors.A. take the place ofB. help a lotC. killD. hot help7Tom was not old, but he did not have much hair. His wife(妻子), Grace, had thick, beautiful, black hair. They had one daughter. Her name was Jane, and she was four and a half years old. There was a photo of herfather in the living-room, and a few days ago, Jane looked at it for a long time and then said to her mother, “Mummy, why had Dad got very little hair?”Grace laughed and said, “He’s got very little hair because he thinks a lot, Jane. He’s a clever (聪明) man.”Jane looked at her mother’s thick, black hair for a few seconds(秒钟), and then she asked, “Mum, why have you got a lot of hair?”( )1. There were _____ people in Tom’s family.A. twoB. threeC. fiveD. four( )2. Tom had _____ hair.A. very littleB. a littleC. very fewD. a few( )3. Grace had _______ hair than Tom.A. muchB. moreC. the mostD. many( )4. There was a photo of _______ in the living-room.A. JaneB. Jane’s parentsC. Jane’s motherD. Jane’s father( )5. Jane wanted to know why her mother had ______ hair, too.A. blackB. beautifulC. lessD. a lot of8Sam lives in New York. His father has a shop there and his mother is a doctor. He’s seven years old now and begins to go to school this autumn. It’s a little far from their shop and his father drives a car to take him toschool every day. So he’s not late for class and his teachers like him.It’s Monday today. Miss Hunt is te aching them to count from one to ten. Sam is studying hard. Soon he can count them. Miss Hunt is happy and asks, “How many people are there in your family, Sam?”Sam is standing and begins to count with his fingers(手指头). Then he says, “Two, Miss Hunt.”“Who are they?”“My father and mother.”“Oh?” Miss Hunt is surprised(惊奇). She says, “There’re three people in your family.”“But now I’m not at home, but at school, you know!”1. Sam is ________.A. an English boyB. an American boyC. an English girlD. An American girl2. Sam is in Grade _____ now.A. OneB. TwoC. ThreeD. four3. Sam usually goes to school ______ .A. on footB. by bikeC. by carD. by bus4. The teachers like Sam because _____.A. he’s the youngest in his classB. he always goes to school in time(按时)C. he helps his classmates最大最全最精的教育资源网D. he often does something for his classmates5. Why is Miss Hunt happy today?A. Because Sam isn’t late for class.B. Because Sam is studying hard.C．Because the children are listening to herD. Because Sam can count from one to ten参考答案：1、DAABD2、BBCDA3、BADBA4、CACBD5、CADDB6、CADCB 7.BABDD 8.BACBD。
重庆市2017-2019年三年中考英语试题分类汇编：任务型阅读(AB卷,含解析)
任务型阅读2017(A)VI.任务型阅读。
（每题 2 分，共 8 分）阅读下文并回答下列问题。
It was a summer afternoon in the countryside. Wan Bo, a university student, was painting while his classmateTang Qi was making a wooden box by the river. A little riding on a rocking horse caught their eye by chance.It brought them back to their childhood, warm and happy.“ Why not try to make one by ourselves?” said Wan Bo.“ You are good at making things and I am interested painting.”“ Actions speak louder than words, ” Tang Qi said. oThen,youngthementw began to collect some informationabout it. During those days, watching videos about caring( 雕琢 ) and shaping wood into horse shapes on theInternet became an important part of their life.Several months later, a wooden rocking horse appeared. They felt so excited that they put the picture of it onthe Internet right away. To their surprise, it attracted lots of people’ s attention and some even hop The two young men thought it might be a good chance. They sent some forms to the customers to make asurvey. According to the result, they made each customer a special rocking horse. These horses were quitedifferent from those produced in other factories, and they soon became popular among the customers.In the first year of their new hobby, Wan and Tang made thirteen rocking horses. Sometimes, they alsorepaired rocking horses for people. They made the old ones look new again. Wan and Tang helped those peoplebring back many happy memories.Their hobby has now become a successful and busy business.69.Was Wan Bo interested in painting?___________________________________________________________________________70.How many rocking horses did they make in the first year of their new hobby?___________________________________________________________________________71.What did the forms help Wan and Tang to know about?___________________________________________________________________________72.Do you think it is a good idea to start a business with the hobby like the two young university students? Whyor why not?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________【短文粗心】本文是介绍两个大学生自己因受启迪而创业并成功的故事。
中考英语英语 任务型阅读理解复习题(及答案)
中考英语英语任务型阅读理解复习题(及答案)一、英语任务型阅读1．第⑴-⑸是某游泳池有关安全事项的图标的说明。
从A—E中选出符合各说明的图标。
A. B. C. D. E.⑴Have a shower before and after you use the pool. ________⑵Don't leave money or watches in the changing rooms. Put them in a locker. ________⑶Children under 14 can only use the pool with an adult. ________⑷No diving into the pool. ________⑸Be careful when you walk around the pool. Don't run. ________【答案】 D；B；A；E；C【解析】【分析】图示意思：A大人带着孩子；B手表和钱包；C.奔跑的人；D.洗淋浴；E.跳入用泳池中。
（1）句意：使用浴池前或后，洗个淋浴，本句与D图片意思接近，故答案是D。
（2）句意：不要把手表和钱包放在更衣室里，把它们放在储物柜里。
本句意思跟B图片相符，故答案是B。
（3）句意：14岁以下的儿童只有跟着大人才能使用游泳池。
本句意思跟图片A相关。
故答案是A。
（4）句意：不要在游泳池里潜水。
本句意思跟图片E相符，故答案是E。
（5）句意：放你绕着游泳池走的时候一定要小心，不要跑。
本句意思跟图片C相符，故答案是C。
【点评】考查任务型阅读，首先弄清楚图片所表达的意思，然后根据句意选择意思相关联的图片，完成选择。
2．任务型阅读，每空限填一词。
Do you hope to live a better life？Then how to make your wish come true? Keep away from anything that is useless. Do the right thing! However good or bad a situation is, it will change. The best is yet to come. Well, here are some tips for you to follow!•Mind your mealsTry to eat more foods that grow naturally on trees and plants. Have meals on time every day. And remember not to go to school or work without breakfast, for it is more important than lunch or dinner.•Exercise and smileEach day take a 40-minute walk. Make time to practise some other exercise, such as yoga and Taiji. They provide us with daily energy for our busy lives. Try to smile and make at least three people smile each day.•Forget and forgive (原谅)Problems appear sometimes and they simply stay for a short time. Forget what happened in the past. Don't always think of your past mistakes. Make peace with your past in order that it won't destroy your present happiness. Life is not very long, so we shouldn't waste time hating anyone. Forgive everyone for everything.•Also do such thingsCall your family often and stay in touch with your friends．Each day give something good to others. Cheer up no matter how you feel. Read more books than you did before and you can learn more from them. Don't compare your life to others'.【解析】【分析】文章主要讲述了如何保持健康。
2017年江苏省苏州市英语中考试题(含解析)
2017年苏州市初中毕业暨升学考试英语试卷解析第一部分单项填空1. Nora opened the box. To her surprise, ______ it was a gold watch.A. outsideB. insideC. besideD. behind1. B 【解析】考查介词的辨析。
句意：劳拉打开了盒子，令她惊奇地是，在它里面是一块金表。
表示“在……里面”应用inside。
故选B。
2. You are speaking too fast. Can you speak a little ______?A. more slowlyB. most slowlyC. more loudlyD. most loudly2. A 【解析】考查副词的比较等级。
句意：你说得太快了，你能说慢一点儿吗？表示“更慢一点”应用more slowly。
故选A。
3. Dad doesn’t always come to you. You have to fight and save ______!A. yourselfB. himselfC. myselfD. herself3. A 【解析】考查反身代词的辨析。
句意：爸爸不总是在你身边，你得奋斗、保全（你）自己。
表示“你自己”应用yourself。
故选A。
4. — Jack，why have you decided ______ Chinese folk music as a course?— To learn more about Chinese culture.A. takeB. takenC. takingD. to take4. D 【解析】考查非谓语动词的用法。
句意：——杰克，你为什么已经决定选中国的民间音乐作为课程？——为了学习更多的中国文化。
故选D。
5. Mom, have you seen my toy bear? I don’t know ______ I have left it.A. whyB. whenC. howD. where5. D 【解析】考查宾语从句的引导词的辨析。
2017中考英语试题分类汇编(含解析)专题5--阅读理解之回答问题
2017中考英语试题分类汇编（含解析）专题5 阅读理解之回答问题阅读下文并间答问题。
May 31, 2017Jaden is a six-year-old boy. He experienced the unlucky things of life twice. First, he lost hisdad when he was four and then his mom died unexpectedly in her sleep last month. Jaden’s was broken. His parents’ death hit him a lot.But things always go towards a good side. A few weeks later, Jaden told his aunt that was hewas tired of seeing everyone sad all the time. He'd like to see more smiles around him. He hopedthat the number of the smiles could reach 100.Then he asked his aunt to buy him some little toys and take him to the center of the city.trying to make people smile,” said Jaden. At first, he was not sure if the people passing by wouldlike to receive hit toys. In fact, he was always successful and got close to his dream step by step,because no one could refuse such a little boy's giving and expecting.“I’m keeping a count of 100 smiles,” said Jaden. When asked if he could make he answered,“I think I can.”Reported by Barbara69. Did Jude lose parents______________________________________.70. How many smiles did Jade hope to get?______________________________________.71. What did Jaden do to cheer himself up in the center of the city?______________________________________.72. Do you think Jaden's way was good to deal with his problem? Why or why not?______________________________________.题材：人物故事【主旨大意】本文为一篇记叙文。
2017中考英语专项练习之阅读理解(2)
2017中考英语专项练习之阅读理解(2)BThousands of people have been killed in a massive(大规模的) earthquake in Japan. The quake -- the most powerful to hit Japan in more than 100 years -- caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead.The 8.9 magnitude quake struck Friday(March 11) off Japan's eastern coast, and prompted(引发) tsunami warnings(海啸警报)across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. Several days after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter-high tsunami devastated the coastline. The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since 1900. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile(智利) in 1960.In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires. All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home. People are just trying to find clean water. Food supplies are running out. In the convenience stores, there are no rice balls left.There is no bottled water left. People are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead for these people that are living in areas that were only moderately(普通的) damaged. The final death toll could range from the thousands to tens of thousands, depending on how many of these communities are gone.Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government would do everything it can to minimize(使降到最低) the effects of the disaster. And in Washington, President Obama said the United States is ready to help the people of Japan.51. The underline word damage means_____________ in the article.A. illnessB. disasterC. terrorD. danger52. Which is true according to the passage?A. Thousands of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan.B. Only people in areas that were only moderately damaged are facing a really serious situation in the days.C. The tsunami devastated not only the coastline in Japan, but also the eras across the Pacific .as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast.D. The massive earthquake caused the tsunami.53. According to the passage, which earthquak e is the largest one since 1990 ?A. the one happened in Japan on March 11, 2011B. the one in Chile in 1960C. the fifth largest earthquake since 1900D. We don't know.54. If you're in Tokyo these days, what you can't get from the con venience store?A. newspapers and magazinesB. some medicineC. paper napkins and toothpastesD. rice balls and bottled water55. The passage can't be in/on __________.A. March 10th newspapersB. TVC. InternetD. Radios阅读理解答案： BDBDA。
山东省青岛市2017-2019年三年中考英语试题分类汇编：任务型阅读(含解析)
任务型阅读2019六、任务型阅读（本题10小题，共20分)22.阅读下面短文，回答问题。
There are some things that are almost impossible to say to our close friends — especially if we want (A) them to be our friends for life. Are you wondering what problems others have?"I can't stand your other friends."(B)My best friend, Kate, sometimes hangs out with some people that I really don't like. I think they have a bad influence on her, and she only spends time with them because they are "cool". Could you tell me if I should bring the matter up with her, or if it would be better for me to keep quiet? I don't want to lose her as a friend.— Linda "I won't help you cheat."My closest friend, Kim, has lost interest in school and studying. He says he's bored with the whole thing, so he often asks me whether I'll let him copy my homework. By now I've said no, but he keeps asking me. I told him, "I think we'll get in trouble." but he just laughed and told me not to worry. I don't want to put my grades at risk, but I'm afraid to face my friend about this, so I just keep avoiding the topic. How can I get him to stop asking? I was wondering if you could give me some suggestions for dealing with my problem.— Mike "No, I CAN'T do that for you!"Anna is my best friend. We get along with each other well, but she is asking me to do things for her all the time. "Could you help me pick out some new clothes? Would you mind if I borrowed your bike? Can you look after my apartment while I'm away?" And these are just a few examples. I've said yes so many times that now I'm afraid I'll hurt her feelings if I say no. Any ideas?— Amy （1）从文中找出(A)处划线单词them 所指代的内容。
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第 1 页 共 1 页 2017年中考英语专题训练《阅读理解1》 1．"I will think of it．"It is easy to say this，but do you know what great things have come from thinking？
Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree．He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell．Then he discovered how the sun，moon，and stars are kept in their places． A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire，watching the lid of the kettle move up and down．He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid．From that time he went on thinking and thinking．And when he became a man，he improved the steam engine （蒸汽机） so much that it could easily do the work of many horses． James Ferguson was a poor boy．Once，seeing the inside of a watch，he wondered．"Why should I not make a watch？"But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring （钟表的主发条）？He soon found he could make it with whalebone （鲸骨）．He then made a wooden clock which kept good time．His motto （座右铭） was"I will think of it．"And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world． Boys and girls，when you have a difficult lesson to learn，don't lose heart，and don't ask someone for help before helping yourselves．Think，and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose．
1．From the passage，we know that some great things come from ． A．listening B．reading C．speaking 第 2 页 共 2 页
D．thinking 2．The idea of Isaac Newton's discovery was from ． A．the falling of an apple B．the cleaning of a garden C．the falling of a tree D．the moving of a lid 3．The achievement of James Watt was that he ． A．kept thinking B．found the steam in the kettle C．improved the steam engine much D．watched the lid move up and down 4．The right order of the following sentences is ． ①James Ferguson made a wooden clock． ②James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch． ③James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone． A．③②① B．②③① C．②①③ D．③①② 5．What is the main idea of the passage？ A．Learn to ask for help． B．A difficult lesson to learn． C．It is easy to say"I will think of it．" D．Think，and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose．
2．We can't remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table．This happens a lot，especially when we eat out．Once a dish comes，instead of lifting our chopsticks，we take out our mobiles and click．Later，we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat，waiting to be"liked"．Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal，to see whether we get"liked"or not．We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal． Does that sound familiar to you？Do you do that often？If not，how do you feel when 第 3 页 共 3 页
others do that when having dinner with you？ A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good．Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant．To test this，some researchers did an experiment．Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food．As a result，it showed that the more photos they took，．So，why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you？ Besides the scientific result，there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals．After posting the photos onto the Internet，one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times．"Does everyone like my photos？I hope a lot of people like them!"It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time，even when you are with real people． So，next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends，how about not taking photos of food？Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you．Trust me，it will be a wonderful time．
1．From the passage，what happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays？ A．People talk about their Weibo or WeChat． B．People learn from each other how to cook dishes． C．People like taking photos with friends or families． D．People take photos of food and post them before eating． 2．Which of the following can be put in the in Paragraph 3？ A．the less cheerful they became B．the less delicious the food seemed to them C．the more interested they were in the food D．the more"liked"they got on Weibo or Wechat 3．What does the fourth paragraph talk about？ A．The reasons for checking your mobiles． B．The ways of posting the photos onto the Internet． C．The tips （提示）of making others like your photos on the Weibo．