2009年中考英语总复习阅读理解专项练习

2009年中考英语总复习阅读理解专项练习 第一组（共3篇）： （A） （CCTV 9, October 16,2003） CHINA launched its first manned spaceship into space at 9 yesterday morning. Yang Liwei, 38, is the first spaceman of China. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests. The ship circled the earth 14 times in about 20 hours. CHINA will send two more astronauts into space next year. This time, they will stay up there for five to seven days testing the spaceship. Fourteen astronauts are now training for the trip. Last October, Shengzhou V made China the third nation to send a man into space. （China Daily, April 6,2004） THE 2008 Olympic Games will get some help from space. Next May, China will send a small satellite into space. It will watch the Olympic venues （场馆）as people build them. The satellite will also help us to keep the environment clean. It will stay in space for 5 years. （www.yahoo.com May 2004） 根据以上三则新闻内容，选择最佳答案。 （    ）1. How many countries sent spaceship with man into space?         A. One        B. Three         C. Two           D. Four. （    ）2. How long did Yang Liwei stay in the space?        A. Seven days.         B. Five years.        C. About five days.        D. About twenty hours. （    ）3. When will China send up a satellite into space to watch the Olympic venues?         A. In May, 2005      B. In April, 2008         C. In April, 2005           D. In May, 2008. （    ）4. How old is Yang Liwei this year?            A. 38           B. 40         C. 39         D. 37 （    ）5. According to （根据）the news above, which is right?        A. China will send two more astronauts into space in 2006.        B. Shenzhou V was sent up into space on Oct. 15,2003.        C. China has sent a spaceship with two people into space.        D. The satellite will only help us to keep the environment clean. （B）     Last week, 169 Junior 1 students at No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang took their first no-teacher exam. After the teacher handed out the exam paper, he left the room and never came back. A student collected in the papers when the exam ended.     “That test was not only a test of knowledge, but also a test of moral （道德）. We wanted to show students how important honesty （诚实）is, ”said Cai Wenguo, the school’s headmaster. The school says no cheating （作弊）happened in the test. Next year, it wants 80％ of its exams to be without teachers. But students have different ideas.     “I was happy and excited during the exam because my teachers trusted （信任）me, ”said Lang Yudan, a 13-year-old girl in Class 11.     “Schools must trust students a lot not to use invigilators （监考人）. But I think it is too early. Some students will cheat if there are no invigilators. And the students will not be able to ask for help when needed. ”said Hua Sha.     “I don’t like having invigilators in exams. When they walk around the classroom, they make me nervous. I would get higher marks without them in the room because I would feel more relaxed. ”Liu Qingxi said.     “I think it’s very important to have invigilators in exams. Many students want to check their answers with each other after they have finished papers. And they can also keep the classroom in order when something unusual happens. They may make me nervous, but I still think we need them. ”Shangguan Yuan said.     Not using invigilators may be a good idea. But before using it, schools must tell students the importance of honesty and try to find ways to solve something unusual in exams. （   ）6. The passage mainly （主要地）talks about ______.       A. how to pass an exam       B. how to make students honest       C. whether there is cheating in exams       D. whether invigilators are needed in exams （   ）7. No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang held a no-teacher exam to _______.        A. let the students have a good rest  B. teach the students in a better way       C. help all the students pass the exam  D. find whether the students were honest （   ）8. From what the students have said, we know ________. A. invigilators really help them a lot     B. all of them think it is a good idea     C. something unusual never happens in exams  D. not all of them agree with the head\\（   ）9. What does Hua Sha think about no-teacher exams?     A. It’s a good idea to have no -teacher exams but something must be done first.     B. If there are no invigilators, the students will certainly get lower marks.     C. Exams without invigilators will never be held since students are not honest.     D. She thinks it’s the best way to show that schools trust their students a lot. （   ）10. In the sentence “And they can also keep the classroom in order when something unusual happens”“they”refers to （指）_________.     A. students        B. headmasters   C. invigilators       D. schools （C ）     What will you be doing when you are 26 years o1d?Studying at university or working for a living? Take a look at what Albert Einstein was doing at the age of 26.     100 years ago，Einstein was working in Switzerland．His hobby was physics．Without much money or help，he wrote five papers(论文)for a physics magazine．Three of these greatly changed the study of physics and our understanding of space，time，light and matter(物质)．His most famous work is on the Theory of Relativity(相对论)．Einstein was given the Nobel Prize(诺贝尔奖)for 11is discoveries．Although he did many other things later，1905 has been called Einstein’s “Year of Wonders(奇迹)”．It has been 100 years since then．Because of this，the UN has named 2005 me World Year Of Physics．     Fifty years after Einstein’s death，a question is asked，“Will there ever be another Einstein?” It may take a 1ong time．After all，Einstein was born more than 200 years after Sir Isaac Newton， another great scientist．Besides，physics is a different field(领域)now, and education is different， too．Even if you can't be the next great scientist，it is still helpful to remember some of the things that made Einstein great．He thought independently(独立地)and read widely．He left us with a formula(公式)for life：If A is a success in life，men A=X+Y+Z．X is work；Y is play; and Z is  keeping your mouth shut． 根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入题前括号内。(共5小题，每小题2分) (    )11．What was the field of Einstein's study?        A．Physics．    B．Wonders．    C．success in life．    D．Relativity． (    )l2．The year 1905 is known as Einstein’s “Year of Wonders'’ because _________.        A．Einstein was working in Switzerland in 1905        B．Einstein was 26 years old in l905        C．Einstein made some very important discoveries in 1905        D．Einstein studied physics in l 905 (    )l 3．Why hasn't there been another scientist as great as Einstein?         A．Because the study of physics is not enough． B. Because it is hard to make important discoveries as Einstein did． C．Because people don't work hard any more． D．Because physics is getting more and more difficult． (    )14．The UN has named 2005 me World Year of Physics because___________.         A．Einstein is 100 years old this year         B．Einstein has been dead for 50 years         C．there have been other great discoveries after Einstein’s death         D．it is the 100 th year since Einstein’s “Year of Wonders'’ (    )15．What does Einstein’s formula of success mean?         A. Success means years of hard work．         B. Success means all study and no play．         C. Success means working hard，relaxing and not talking too much．         D. Success is a secret that nobody knows．