中考英语阅读理解专项训练2.doc

中考英语阅读理解专项训练2阅读下面5篇短文，掌握大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项AThe Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival which has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also named Chongwu Festival. There are many activities on the day.The dragon boat race is an important competition during the festival. People held dragon boat races in the river to remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat race is a traditional activity for Chinese people.During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet-smelling bags to avoid （避免）bad things. In some areas of China, a sweet-smelling bag is also used as a symbol of love between lovers.A long time ago, a married daughter would return to her parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival. So the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Girls’ Day.Eating rice dumplings is also a custom（习俗） for Chinese people. The rice dumpling is a kind of food with different designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia.( )1. In order to , people hold dragon boat races.A. admire a famous scientist B. have good luckC. remember Qu Yuan D. celebrate the harvest( )2. Why is the Dragon Boat Festival also called Girls’ Day?A. A daughter can wear a sweet-smelling bag.B. A daughter who is married can return to her parents’ home.C. Girls have lots of housework to do during the Dragon Boat Festival.D. Girls can wear beautiful clothes during the Dragon Boat Festival.( )3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. A sweet-smelling bag can be used as a symbol of love.B. The Chongwu Festival is another name for the Dragon Boat Festival.C. People have celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival for more than two thousand years.D. People usually hold dragon boat races in the sea.( )4. Rice dumplings .A. can express love between lovers B. are eaten to avoid bad thingsC. have different designs and styles D. are only eaten in ChinaBAs a middle school student, I want to buy an iPod that can help me improve my spoken English. I don’t want my parents to buy it for me, so I have to look for a job. One day I stopped at the zoo. The zoo director said he had an interesting job. Their gorilla（大猩猩） was ill and sent to the animal hospital. But the visitors would be sad because they couldn’t see the gorilla. In fact, many visitors hoped to see it. So my job was wearing a gorilla suit sitting in the cage for 4 hours at a time. In this way the visitors would at least have something to look at. It sounded good to me, so I told him I would.The next day I went to the zoo, put on the gorilla suit and climbed into the cage. Soon some children walked to see me. I held the rope and swang (摇摆) across the cage. The children seemed to be very happy to see it so I started swinging higher and higher.In the next cage there was a lion and he was becoming angry at my actions and began to shake his cage. I kept swinging and started to swing to the lion’s side of the cage. Suddenly I dropped right into the lion’s cage! I was afraid and shouted, “Help me, help me! I’m not who you think I am!”Just as I shouted, the lion jumped on my back and knocked（撞）me to the ground. Then he said in a low voice in my ear, “Shut up, or both of us will be fired（被解雇）.”( )5. The visitors would be sad if they couldn’t ___________.A. see the lion B. talk with the lion C. see the gorilla D. talk with the gorilla( )6. What is the writer’s job in the zoo?A. Playing with children. B. Making the director happy.C. Taking care of the gorilla. D. Dressing up as a gorilla and staying in the cage.( )7. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The lion was angry because of the writer’s actions.B. The lion said something in a low voice in the writer’s ear.C. The lion knocked the writer to the ground and bit him.D. The writer dropped into the lion’s cage.( )8. Where can we read this passage?A. In a sports magazine. B. In a textbook.C. I n a science book. D. On a story website.COn nearly every week for the past five years, David Albright has been making muffins (小松糕) for the poor. He gives them to the city’s homeless center.“He finds that everyone isn’t living the life that he and his friends enjoy. To the people who are poor, it means a lot to them” said Toni Dolan. He is the manager（经理）of Beth El Center, which helps the homeless.David says that he has given away about 5,000 muffins in all.“He’s not he kind of student who likes to draw attention to himself,” said Frank, a teacher at St. Mary’s School. David has attended the school since the first grade. “For the last several years, he has been collecting Halloween clothes for kids, along with his older brother,” Frank said. “He is quiet, so most people don’t see the good things that he does.。