中考阅读模拟测试五含答案 5页

2019 年中考阅读模拟测试（五） 一、完形填空 Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important 1 in Americans' education. It is great fun to find out 2 these book-filled buildings are changing with the times. Benjamin Franklin 3 America's first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its greatest ___4 in the American history in the late 1800s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie 5 __ millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. 6 1919, Carnegie's donations had helped build 1,679 new libraries. Carnegie believed that libraries could 7 the chances to Americans. He knew that the more libraries there were, the 8 people would have chances to read anti use hooks, speeches and news. If you can 9 find a public library in your community, you'll get more chances. 10 , the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keet) growing. More than 1l of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information anti chances for those 12 jobs online. Libraries are also teaching kids about the 13 of reading. One example is the new programme Read! Build! Play! which adds reading into playtime. _ 14 kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use legos (乐高积木) to buiht images (图像) from the story happily. Today's libraries are 15 __ looking for creative programmes to bring people into the library. 1. A. place B. role C. story D. history 2. A. why B. when C. how D. whether 3. A. set up B. set out C. set off D. set back 4. A. invention B. instruction C. development D. industry 5. A. gave up B. gave out C. gave in D. gave away 6. A. By B. Since C. After D. In 7. A. provide B. lend C. offer D. sell 8. A. less B. more C. faster D. harder 9. A. hardly B. finally C. slowly D. easily 10. A. At all B. Of all C. Above all D. In all 11. A. two-third B. two-threes C. two-thirds D. second-three 12. A. talk about B. ask for C. worry about D. think of 13. A. fun B. trouble C. advantage D. need 14. A. Because B. Until C. As D. Before 15. A. sometimes B. seldom C. always D. never 二、阅读理解 (A) MENU(菜单) Food Drinks Desserts(甜点) Hamburger $3.85 Coke small $1.65 Ice-cream $3.05 Hot dog $2.85 large $1.85 Chocolate $3.10 Orange juice small $1.95 Apple pie $4.00 large $2.15 Fresh fruit $3.80 Bread and butter $3.10 Egg sandwich $3.60 Coffee $2. l 0 Beef sandwich $3.80 Tea $2.00 Vegetables $5.10 Discount(折扣) of 20% for ViPs and 30% for families of 3 or more. Opening hours: 10:30-21:30 Business hours: 6:00-9:00 1 1:00-13:30 17:30-22:00 1. Andy has only three dollars, what food can he buy? A. A chocolate. B. An egg sandwich. C. A hot dog. D. An apple pie. 2. Jeff' has a VIP card, and he wants to have a hamburger, a large orange juice and two apple pies. How much will he have to pay? A. $8.95. B. $11.20. C. $8.00. D. About $10.00. 3. If you want to keep slim, which is a good meal? A. Some vegetables, sandwiches and fruit. B. Lots of chocolate and some coffee. C. Some fresh fruit and lots of ice-cream. D. Nothing but meat. 4. You can't have a meal at the restaurant if you get there at _________ . A. 17:00 B. 17:45 C. 22:10 D. 10:45 5. Who can get a discount of 30% at the restaurant? A. Andy and his parents. B. Lucy and her sister. C. Mr and Mrs Lee. D. A VIP, Mrs Lee. (B) Last month, world leaders gathered at the G20 summit (峰会) in Australia.They all agreed on one thing: Koalas are cute and lovely! On the opening of the summit, the Australian government greeted the leaders with koalas. With the cute animal in arms, every powerful leader showed child-like smiles. This is not the first time animals have entered the international stage. For years, animals have played a role in diplomatic (外交的) activities around the world. Compared to lifeless gifts, animals are warmer and friendlier. Many of them are unique (独 特的) and rare to their own countries. In China, giant pandas are the most widely used animals in its diplomatic activities. One of the most important events happened in 1972 when US president Richard Nixon visited China. Later, giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling were sent to Washington as gifts. It was a symbol of closer ties between China and US. Today, there are 47 pandas living in 13 countries and regions, Xinhua News Agency reported. Other animals that are chosen to be gifts include elephants in South East Asia and horses from Turkmenistan (图库曼斯坦). Russian President Vladimir Putin once received dogs from Japan and Bulgaria(保加利亚). However, not all animals win their owners' hearts. Former US President George Bush senior once was given a large lizard by Indonesia. Can you imagine raising a lizard at home? Later, Bush sent the lizard to Cincinnati Zoo. There, it became the star of the zoo. 6. Why were pandas sent to Washington as gifts? A. Because they were very lovely. B. Because the US president liked them. C. Because the pandas ~ere liked by American people D. Because they were a symbol of closer relationships. 7. What animals were chosen as gifts in Japan? A. Dogs. B. Elephants. C. Horses. D. Lizards. 8.What's the meaning of the underlined phrase "compared to" in the third paragraph? A. 与...... 相似 B. 与......相比 C. 与..........一样 D. 与 ...... 相 9. Which of the following sentences is Wrong? A. All the leaders at the G20 summit like the koalas. B. Giant pandas were sent to many different countries as gifts. C. Some animals are not liked by the receivers. D. Former US President George Bush was given a ]arge lizard. 10. "['he passage mainly tells that___________. A. world leaders gathered at the G20 summit in Australia B. cute Koalas are popular with world leaders C. the summit was held in different countries D. animals play a role in diplomatic activities (C) Do you know what it means to chase (追逐) your dreams? Juliana Presto, a 13-year-old girl fi'om California, US, has already been on the road for four years. "Several years ago, I realized I really wanted to become a published author," said Presto. "That's when I started working on different stories and really writing my ideas down." As an eighth-grader, Presto didn't let her age prevent her. After deciding to be an author, Juliana published her first novel four years later. Fire and Ice: The 4wakening is a science-fiction book about two teenagers. Both of them have special powers. In the beginning, the two main characters join a "struggle to survive (拼命求生)" game. And a bad guy appears in the middle of the book. "At the same time," Presto said, "little things keep being uncovered that make everything seem more complicated(复杂的). Now it seems that anything is possible." The novel is the first of Presto's Fire and Ice trilogy (三部曲). The 13-year-old girl has a plan for what the ending will be and what will happen along the way. When most American teenagers still struggle with their daily homework, Presto has finished a 300-page book. "I set aside time every day so that I allow myself to write." Presto sees writing as a good way to take a break and rest between schoolwork and her daily sports. As for the future, Presto has many ideas, such as joining the army, but writing more books is out of question. 11. Juliana Presto began to chase her dream of being an author at the age of___________ . A. 13 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10 12. What can we learn about Presto's first novel? A. The book is about a real story. B. The book is about two teenagers with special powers. C. One of the two main characters becomes a bad guy. D. All little things are uncovered in the story. 13. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage? A. Presto started writing stories when she realized her dream. B. The end of the novel hasn't been clear to readers. C. Writing is a kind of rest to Presto. D. Presto wants to do nothing but be a writer in future. 14. The underlined phrase "set aside" in the last paragraph means__________ . A. kill B. save C. spend D. waste 15. The passage is written to _________ A. tell readers the importance of chasing(追逐) a dream B. persuade(说服) readers to buy the books C. tell us how to realize dreams D. introduce Presto's dream and her novels 三、任务型阅读 Every year, movie festivals around the world present awards for Best Director. Some of these festivals began decades (几十年) ago, and their lists of winners for Best Director are quite long. However, among all the names of winners, it is not easy to find the names of female directors. The Cannes Film Festival is the first major movie festival to name a female director as Best Director of the Year. In 1961, a Russian director called Yuliya Solnsteva won at Cannes. Since then, some movies directed by female directors have won Best Picture, but no female directors have won Best Director at Cannes, The Best Director award at the Berlin International Film Festival is called the Silver Bear award. Only one woman has succeeded in winning it so far. She was Astrid Henning-Jensen from Denmark.Over her career, she directed more than 20 movies and in 1979, she won the Silver Bear for her movie Winterborn. It is the most difficult for female directors to win Best Director in the Oscars in the USA. In fact,since the Oscars began in 1929, only four women have ever been nominated (提名) for Best Director. The first woman to actually win this award was Kathryn Bigelow for directing The Hurt Locker. She received the award in 2019. Over the years, women have directed many wonderful movies. People like them even though they don't win awards. And they make nice films. For example, Nora Ephron directed the great romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle and Vicky Jenson directed a wonderful animated movie Shrek. Female directors and Best Director 1 Only a. 2 female directors have won Best Director in movie festivals. The Cannes Film Festival A director from 3 won Best Director of the year in 1961. But since then,no female director has won the award, 4 some films directed by female directors have won Best Picture. The Berlin International Film Festival Astrid Henning-Jensen is tile 5 felmale director who has won the Silver Bear. She directed 6 20 films throughout her career. The Oscars Four female directors have won 7 . Kathryn Bigelow is the first to win Best Director. The award was 8 to her in 2019. It seems that female directors call __9 win Best Director awards, but they are always liked by people for their nice films. Nora Ephron and Vicky Jenson are two 10 四、首字母填空 Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) was a master of Chinese painting. B 1 in Sichuan Province, China, he started painting as a young man. He studied under several well-known a 2 such as Zeng Xi and Li Ruiqing. By copying hundreds of Chinese paintings in different styles, his s 3 quickly improved. In 1919, he held his first art exhibition in Shanghai. All his paintings at the exhibition were s 4 out. The exhibition was so successful and he became k 5 by the world for his talent. Zhang lived in many places during his life, including China, India and America. These e 6 made it possible for him to meet other masters and other painting styles. In 1956, he met Picasso in France, which was viewed a 7 the summit (峰会) of the greatest masters in the western and eastern arts. Over time, Zhang's style of painting was developing. H 8 , his paintings still showed the skill and sense of detail he learned in his early years. With his strong use of colour and great imagination, the master's style m 9 traditional and modern Chinese art together. His paintings are proudly shown in m 10 around the world. And he is called the Brush of the East by the world. 答案： 一,1-5BCACB 6-10ACBDD 11-15CBACC 二,1-5 CBACA 6-10 DABDD 11-15 CBDBD 三, 1. awards 2. few 3. Russia 4. although/though 5. only 6. over 7. norminations 8. presented/given 9. hardly 10. examples 四,1. Born 2. artists 3. skills 4. sold 5. known 6. experiences 7. as 8. However 9. mixed 10. museums