中考英语二轮专题复习 阅读理解 人物传记类一（含答案）

这是一份中考英语二轮专题复习 阅读理解 人物传记类一（含答案），共6页。
一、阅读理解（共5题）1、 Hundreds of years ago there lived a king in a small country. He liked swimming. When summer came, he always went to another palace by a forest with his guards and returned to the capital in autumn.One afternoon the king went swimming in a river in the forest but he didn’t tell others about it. He was very happy when he swam in the water. After that he heard a great noise and saw a big bear coming at him. He tried his best to run away. He ran and ran and at last he lost his way. He was hungry and tired when he found an old house. There was an old farmer in it.“It’s your king,” he said to the old man.“I’m hungry now. Bring me something to eat quickly!”The old man had nothing dear. He only had four eggs. The king ate them and felt better.“How much must I pay you for that?”“Eighteen pounds.”   “How dear they are! Are eggs rare（稀有的）here?”    “No,” answered the old farmer.“We have only one king in our country!”(  )1. _________,he was happy.A. The river was beautiful    B. He was swimming in the waterC. The water was warm        D. The king could swim for a long time(  )2. When the king saw the bear, he _________.A. asked the old farmer to help him      B. cried for helpC. ran away quickly            D. ran outside the forest(  )3. At last the king found _________.    A. an old house  B. his guards     C. his capital     D. the bear(  )4. The king felt better because _________.A. he could sleep in the farmer’s house        B. the bear couldn’t find himC. he ate four eggs             D. the farmer knew he was a king(  )5. Which is the best title of the story?    A. The King and the Old Farmer   B. The King in the Forest    C. The King and the Bear        D. The Kind hearted King2、 Mark Twain, the famous American writer was traveling in France. He went by train to Dijon, a small town. He was very tired and wanted to sleep. He asked the conductor(列车员) to wake him up when the train came to Dijon.But first he said to the conductor, “ I am a heavy sleeper. I may not be happy when you wake me up. I may even shout at you .But don’t mind. Just put me off the train at Dijon anyway.”Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night and the train was in Paris! He was so angry that he ran up to the conductor and shouted at him. “I am never so angry in all my life.” Mark Twain said. The conductor looked at him and said with a smile, “ You are not as angry as the American that I put off the train at Dijon.”(  ) 51. Mark Twain was traveling to _______.    A. Paris   B. Dijon   C. Hawaii    D. Beijing(  ) 52. Mark Twain was so ______ that he wanted to sleep on the train.    A. angry     B. early    C. tired   D. happy (  ) 53. He asked the conductor ______.    A. towake him up at Dijon    B. to wake him up at Paris    C. to shout at him at Dijon     D. to put him off at Paris (  ) 54. The conductor _____ at Dijon.    A. woke up Mark Twain      B. woke up an Englishman    C. put off another American   D. put off Mark Twain (  ) 55. Mark Twain was so _____ that he ran up to shout at the conductor.    A. tired   B. happy   C. worried    D. angry        3、 I will tell you the story of the ant and the grasshopper （蝗虫）. It is a cold winter’s day and an ant is bringing out some grains of corn （谷粒）. He gathered （收集）them in the summer. He wants to dry them. The grasshopper is hungry. He sees the ant and says, “Give me a few grains corn; I am dying of hunger（饿死）. ”    “But, ”says the ant, “what did you do in the summer? Didn’t you store up（贮藏）some corn? ”    “No, ”says the grasshopper, “I was too busy. ”    “What did you do? ”asks the ant.     “I sang all day, ”answers the grasshopper. “If you sang all summer, ”says the ant, “you can dance all winter. ”  1. The ant dries the grains of corn _______.     A. in the summer     B. in the winter     C. on weekdays   D. when he is hungry   2. The grasshopper is very hungry because he only ________ in the summer.     A. danced     B. dried the grains     C. stored up corn   D. sang  3. The ant gave the grasshopper ________.     A. some grains of corn   B. something to eat     C. nothing    D. some rice   4. The title （题目）of the story may be _______.     A. The Ant and the Grasshopper     B. The Ant Sings and Dances     C. The Busy Ant and the Happy Grasshopper     D. Store up Some Corn and You’ll Be Hungry  5. From the story we can know ________.     A. the ant is our good friend     B. we must think before we do anything     C. people must help others    D. we must work hard for a good life 4、 An old porter worked at the railway station for a long time. One morning he was standing and waiting for travelers to ask him to help them with their luggage(包裹), when he saw a short man running wards to the train with a big bag in his hand.The porter watched the man for a few seconds, and then the man saw him. At once the short man ran up to the porter and asked, “Can I catch the 10:35 train to London, porter? ”He was breathing very fast, and he seemed worried.The old porter looked at him for a moment and then said with a smile, “Well, sir, I’d like to help you, but I can’t answer your question because I don’t know how fast you can run along rails. You see,” he explained, “The 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago.”1. A porter’s job is___________.A. to stand in the railway station B. to answer the travelers’ questionsC. to help the travelers carry their luggage    D. to ask the travelers to help him2. One morning a short man ___________.A. was waiting for the porter to help him B. was running along railsC. was waiting for the train to London D. was in a hurry to catch the 10:35 train to London3. The short man looked worried because ____________.A. he couldn’t run so fast as the train B. he wanted to knows if he could catch the 10:35 train to LondonC. the porter watched him for a few seconds D. he lost his bag4. At the end of the story, the porter ______________.A. told the short man there was no 10:35 train to LondonB. told the short man when he could catch the trainC. helped the short man to catch the train D. played a joke on the short man5. When the porter told the short man the train had left, the time was _______.A. 10:40    B. 10:35    C. 10:30    D. 10:455、 John was ten years old and he was very lazy. He had to go to school, of course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day John said to his mother, “When I finish school, I want to become a garbage collector.”　　“A garbage collector?” his mother asked .She was very surprised. “That’s not a pleasant job. Why do you want to become a garbage collector?”　　“Because then I’d only have to work one day a week,” John answered.　　“Only one day a week?” his mother said, “What do you mean?”　　“Well,” John answered, “I know that the ones who come to our house only work on Wednesday, because I only saw them on that day.”　　1. John_______ at school.    A. didn’t do any work　 B. did much work    C. did very little work      D. tried to finish his work    2. John’s parents wanted him to become_______.    A. a garbage collector   B. a doctor    C. a teacher        D. a worker    3. John hoped to be a garbage collector because________.    A. he knew it was an important and necessary job    B. he thought he would work only one day a week    C. he often saw some garbage collectors come to his house    D. the garbage collectors really work only one day a week     4. John thought that the garbage collectors only work one day a week because _______.    A. it was a rule          B. some garbage collectors told him so    C. his parents told him so   D. he saw them work only on Wednesday ============参考答案============一、阅读理解1、  BCACA2、 B C A C D  3、 BDCAD   4、 C D B D A 5、  C   B   B   D