2019中考英语首字母、短文语法选择、阅读新精选（5）
一、阅读理解。
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（2019中考日常生活类训练）
Though many countries have laws against the illegal ivory trade (反对非法象牙贸易), tens of thousands of African elephants are killed every year.
In January, 2014, hundreds of elephant tusks (象牙) as well as ivory sculptures were put into two large crushing machines (粉碎机) in Guangdong, China. In all, more than six tons of ivory were destroyed. People called the event an ivory crush. In November, 2013, the similar event happened in Colorado, America. There, wildlife officials also destroyed more than six tons of ivory.
Though it may sound strange, wildlife officials are crushing ivory to help save African elephants. Stephanie Wang, who works for the Wildlife Protection Society in New York City, says, “We try to let the world know that we don’t think ivory is valuable when it’s not on an elephant.” Each year, poachers kill elephants, cut off their long tusks and take the tusks out of Africa secretly. Then they sell the tusks and get thousands of dollars. The buyers use the ivory to make sculptures, jewellery and traditional medicines.
The purpose of recent ivory crushes is to send a message to the poachers and those who buy illegal ivory. Stephanie Wang says, “China’s ivory crush is ‘an important step’. However, it is only a small amount (数量) of the illegal ivory. If we don’t stop the illegal ivory trade, African elephants could disappear from the wild within 10 years.”
1. The writer mentions ______ ivory crush(es) in the passage.
A. one B. two C. six D. twelve
2. What can we infer from the passage?
A. There are too many elephants in China.
B. Chinese people can’t afford ivory sculptures.
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C. American people never buy ivory sculptures.
D. Wildlife officials are against the ivory trade.
3. What does the underlined word “poachers” mean in Chinese?
A. 偷捕动物的人 B. 热爱动物的人
C. 虐待动物的人 D. 训练动物的人
4. According to Stephanie Wang, ______.
A. it’s not a good idea to crush ivory
B. all of the ivory trade is in China
C. we should do a lot to protect African elephants
D. African elephants will disappear within 10 years
参考答案1B 2D 3A 4C
B
平凡女孩的哈佛之路
Not only kids of Tiger Moms go to Harvard.
Dawn Loggins of Lawndale, N．C., is on her way to Harvard, one of the eight worldfamous universities in the eastern US. Nobody encouraged her to study or paid for her special classes. This girl created her own future.
The teen was abandoned by her family last summer, when her parents and two sisters moved to Tennessee. She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friends' sofas.
The school bus driver learned about Dawn's situation and invited Dawn to move in with her family. Soon, Dawn had a job at Burns High School. She worked from 6 a．m. to 7：40 a．m. before the first school bell rang. She swept floors and picked up trash again in the afternoons, before diving(跳水) into her studies in the evenings.
Dawn's hard work paid off. She finished school with a 3.9 GPA and scored 2，110 on the SAT.
“There were times when I felt like it would be easiest if I gave up，” the 18yearold said. “But it was never in me to give up, because I realized that I was never going to be successful unless I got an education.”
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Even before Dawn's family left her, she led a difficult life. Her family was poor and cups of noodles were often the only food. Dawn “studied by candlelight” because her parents couldn't afford to pay the electricity bill(电费)．
Dawn has now reconnected with her family. They're proud of her accomplishments(成就)and are attending her high school graduation.
1. Why didn't Dawn give up her studies?
A. To reconnect with her family. B. To thank those who had helped her.
C. To get an education to be successful. D. To realize her dream of going to Harvard.
2. Who helped Dawn when she found herself homeless?
A. Her teachers. B. Her neighbors.
C. A Tiger Mom. D. A school bus driver.
3. What does the underlined word “abandoned” mean in Chinese?
A. 宠爱 B. 抛弃 C. 鼓励 D. 虐待
4. Which of the following words best describes Dawn?
A. Openminded. B. Goodnatured. C. Strongwilled. D. Warmhearted.
5. What's the best title for the text?
A. Another Harvard girl B. A girl in candlelight
C. From homeless to Harvard D. The role of Tiger Moms
【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位名叫Dawn Loggins的女孩，她没有向贫穷、恶劣的生活环境屈服，从最初那个无家可归的女孩到通过自己的努力考上了哈佛大学的励志故事。
1. C 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：为什么Dawn没有放弃她的学业？A项：为了再联系她的家人；B项：为了感谢那些帮助过她的人；C项：为了接受教育获取成功；D项：为了实现上哈佛的梦想。根据第六段第二句中的“...because I realized that I was never going to be successful unless I got an education.”可知，她没放弃学业是因为她意识到除非接受教育，否则永远不能成功。故选C。
2. D 【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：当Dawn发现自己无家可归的时候谁帮助了她？A项：她的老师们；B项：她的邻居们；C项：一位“虎妈”；D项：一位校车司机。根据第四段第一句“The school bus driver learned about Dawn's situation and invited Dawn to move in with her family.”可知，是一位校车司机帮助了她。故选D。
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3. B 【解析】词义猜测题。题干意为：划线单词“abandoned”的汉语意思是什么？根据第三段第二句“She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friends' sofas.”可知，她发现自己无家可归，不得不在朋友家的沙发上过夜，可推测此处表示她被家人抛弃了。故选B。
4. C 【解析】推理判断题。题干意为：下面哪个词最能描述Dawn？A项：思想开放的；B项：脾气好的；C项：意志坚定的；D项：热心肠的。根据文章内容可知，Dawn在贫穷恶劣的环境下努力工作和学习，不放弃自己的梦想，最终以优异的成绩毕业，可知她是意志坚定的。故选C。
5. C 【解析】标题归纳题。题干意为：文章的最佳标题是什么？A项：另一位哈佛女孩；B项：烛光里的女孩；C项：从无家可归到考上哈佛；D项：“虎妈们”的角色。文章讲述了Dawn从无家可归到考上哈佛的故事。故选C。
C
（2019中考选练）
If you want to become a fluent(流利的)English speaker you should take some advice: There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meanings of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it_
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This
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never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.
1. According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?
A. Reading and writing. B. Reading and listening.
C. Writing and speaking. D. Speaking and listening.
2. The underlined phrase "come across" in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by "_______".
A. meet by accident B. discover
C. find on purpose D. look for
3. The author seems to agree with the view that_______.
A. everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day
B. you needn't practice listening if you keep on reading every day
C. being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening
D. you should take notes of whatever you are hearing
4. The passage is mainly about how to_______.
A. choose suitable listening materials
B. deal with new words in reading
C. read as many English books as possible
D. become fluent in speaking and writing English
参考答案BACD
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二、语法选择。
Today, 1 increasing number of people are always 2 their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe”. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now 3 everywhere.
More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to 4 , some new traffic rules have 5 . For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined . Car drivers and motorcyclists 6 break the traffic rule will be fined NT$3,000 and NT$1,000 respectively.
As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even 7 money. 8 , more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. According to a piece of interesting TV news, a man in America kept using his mobile phone 9 his way home. Suddenly, he bumped into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was 10 afraid that he ran away as 11 as possible. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at 12 own mobile phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with 13 on the phone all the time.
Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on 14 people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and 15 not to be the “ Heads-up Tribe”.
( )1.A / B . a C. an D. the
( )2.A. looked B. looking C. .look D. looks
( )3. A. can be seen B. can see C. see D. saw
( )4.A.driving B. drive C. to drive D. drives
( )5.A.made B. been made C. to make D. make
( )6.A.whom B. which C. who D. whose
( )7.A.take B. spend C. pay D. cost
( )8.A.Besides B. But C. And D. So
( )9.A.of B. in C. at D. on
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( )10.A.so B. much C. such D. too
( )11.A.quietly B. quick C. quickly D. more quickly
( )12.A.they B. them C. theirs D. their
( )13.A.other B. the others C. another D. others
( )14.A.how B. what C. why D. when
( )15.A.trying B. tried C. try D. to try
参考答案1—5 C B A A B 6—10 C D A D A 11—15 C D D A C
三、短文首字母填空。
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
（2019中考选练）
Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the w 1 day. Once, they quarreled. One of them said, "Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!" A 2 one said, "My hands are more beautiful." The third one said. " Mine a 3 the most beautiful." Just then, an old woman beggar came up to them. "Beautiful ladies," she said, "I'm old and can't work. I'm hungry. Please give me something to eat."
But the t 4 ladies gave her nothing. They only asked her to tell them who h 5 the most beautiful hands.
A peasant woman (农妇) was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough because of h 6 work. The old woman beggar came up to her and said, "I'm hungry. Please give me something to eat." The peasant woman took out her only cake she had and gave the beggar a h7 .
The old woman beggar ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her b 8 the rich ladies and said, "Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food; they are f 9 more beautiful than your hands which have never d 10 anything."
参考答案
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1. whole 2. Another 3. are 4. three 5. had
6. hard 7.half 8. before 9. far 10. done
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