广东省广州市白云区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

广东省广州市白云区

2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编

阅读理解

2023年广东省广州市白云区中考一模英语试题

三、阅读（共两节；满分35分）

第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从26～40各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A)

There was once a bat. For him, going out and hunting insects was a terrible amount of effort. He was a lover of comfort. One day, when he happened to look through a window, he saw a bird in its cage. He saw that the bird was given all its food and water without having to do anything at all. So, the bat decided to become a child's pet.

The bat decided to improve his appearance to attract children＇s attention. He made a beak（乌喙），stuck a load of feathers to his body, and learned how to whistle so that his bat calls weren't quite as horrible as before. And with great good fortune, he met a little boy who did not wear his glasses. He was so short-sighted that this strange-looking black little bird＇s ridiculous（可笑的）appearance didn’t really matter.

The bat was happy in his cage, in a warm and comfortable house. But that feeling lasted only up to thetime he started feeling hungry. When he wanted to eat there were no flies or insects for him, only a load of birdseed and cereal（谷物），which the bat didn’t like. He was determined to die of hunger rather than sample that bird food.

Some days later, the bat-bird managed to escape from the cage and return home. He was so ashamed and embarrassed that he decided not to tell anyone what had happened. However, he couldn't stop the other bats from commenting（评论）on how much effort he now made when they were out hunting flies，how strong and tough he had become, and how he no longer seemed to worry about the discomforts of living in theedom.

26. Why did the bat want to become a pet bird?

A. He liked to play with children.

B. He wanted to whistle like a bird.

C. He thought a pet bird lived a comfortable life.

D. He thought that a pet bird's food was delicious.

27. What did the bat do to become a pet bird?

① Made a beak.

② Stuck lots of feathers.

③Learned to whistle.

④ Made friends with pet birds.

A. ②③④

B. ①②③

C. ①③④

D. ①②④

28. The underlined word “He” in Paragraph 2 refers to       

A. The boy

B. The bird

C. The bat

D. The cage

29. After the bat returned home, he               

A. became weaker

B. got tired of his free life

C. worried about difficulties in life

D. made a great effort while hunting

(B)

Michael Morgan was six years old when his father moved a neighbor's unwanted piano into their living room. “And that's really where the whole thing started, " he says. “My mother and grandmother had played the piano a little bit, but my father just thought it was a good thing to have in the house. " Young Michael started piano lessons，but it was when he saw a conductor（指挥）leading an orchestra on television that he realized what he really wanted to do.

At age eight，he began reading The Joy of Music by conductor and composer（作曲家）Leonard Bemstein and got to know how to direct with a baton（指挥棒）.

When Michael entered junior high, he joined an orchestra and band and learned to play many instruments. He was just 12 years old when his instructor asked him to compose and conduct a concert piece. And that was only the beginning. Throughout high school, he continued to develop his artistic talent, and after graduating, he headed to Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Morgan is dedicated（致力于）to offering kids a chance to explore classical music. In his hometown of Oakland, California, he started to volunteer in local schools, conducting student orchestras and talking with kids about music. Later, Morgan developed MUSE (Music for Excellence), a music education program for kids.

He brings musicians from Oakland Symphony into classrooms to teach kids. He also works with teachers in after-school programs to teach students who can't afford lessons.

Morgan says his work is mostly about providing young people with an entrance into music. “Instruments are a way for kids to express their feelings, and give them an interest they can carry with them through life, ” he says.

30. Why did Michael's father move a piano into their house?

A. It was a gift from their neighbor.

B. It was his mother and wife's favorite.

C. He just wanted to have one in the house.

D. He wanted to give Michael piano lessons.

31. In what order did the following happen in Morgan's life?

a. He developed a music education program.

b. He joined an orchestra and band.

c. He began to learn how to conduct.

d. He began his piano lessons.

e. He studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

A. d→c→a→b→e

C. c→d→b→a→e

B. d→c→b→e→a

D. c→d→e→b→a

32. What can kids do by attending MUSE?

A. Receive music education.

B. Join Oakland Symphony.

C. Get the chance of entering college.

D. Become world-class musicians.

33. How does the writer develop the passage?

A. By giving examples.

C. By making comparisons.

B. By expressing opinions.

D. By following time order.

(C)

Take your dog for a meal. At more restaurants including some of the most fashionable ones, dining with animals is now part of the evening's menu.

When locals in Key West, go out to dinner, a popular place is an open-air restaurant. On entering the restaurant, they’ll likely see a cat next to a sign that says “Pet the Cat, $1. ”

For the owners of the restaurant, serving human guests alongside their pets is a no-brainer. Since they opened the restaurant, they've had a friendly rule towards pets, the one that allows pets into the restaurant in a given week.

Americans more and more depend on restaurants (they eat 4. 2 meals out each week), it's only natural that the family pet is finally getting into the act. Enter “pet-friendly restaurants” into an Internet search engine and many restaurants come out.

Why do restaurants court pets?“Dogs never send their food back, ” jokes one owner.

The trend（趋势）doesn’t only belong to common places. Many high-rank restaurants also have followed the trend. And there are some cooks making a special effort to treat those with four legs. Lorie Ann, co-owner and cook at a restaurant named Fish Wagon in Calif, specializing in German and French food, serves a free home-made “doggie burger" and a few doggie “cookies" to non-human guests.

Even as more restaurants seek to draw pet owners, they are still the exception. Most local health rules make it clear that pets should be prevented from restaurants and suggest that they be kept out of open-air areas. Still, many officials don't pay attention to the rules and allow pets to sit outside with their owners.

To make pet owners convenient within the rules, some restaurants allow pets to sit with their owners only when the animals are “parked” just outside the designated（指定的）dining area.

34. Why does it become part of the evening's menu to take pets for a meal naturally in America?

A. Many restaurants aim to please non-human guests.

B. People have meals out more often than ever before.

C. Pet owners want to give their pets better things to eat.

D. More and more restaurants have friendly rules for pets.

35. What does the underlined word “court" mean in Paragraph 5?

A. Try to please.

C. Try to clean.

B. Try to stop.

D. Try to introduce.

36. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A. Restaurants please owners in order to bring more dogs.

B. Restaurants give more special service to pets than humans.

C. Restaurants try to balance between the rules and guests' need.

D. Health rules don't have any influence on dining out with pets.

37. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Pet Meals

B. Petting Cats in Restaurants

C. Pet Owners

D. Dining out with Your Pets

(D)

If you are people who really love to read books, you need to know some facts about them.

Reading a book in some countries is a must especially if this hobby has been in the blood. Do you know that Noah Webster had to spend 36 years before he could finish his first dictionary?

38. What's the purpose of the passage?

A. To call on people to read books.

B. To sell some interesting books.

C. To teach people how to read books.

D. To introduce some facts about some books.

39. How did the editor feel about the long sentence in Les Miserables?

A. Angry.

C. Surprised.

B. Disappointed.

D. Puzzled.

40. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The letter “e" never appears in the book The Bible.

B. There are talking animals in the book Gulliver's Travels.

C. As an eye doctor, Conan Doyle earned a lot of money.

D. Sherlock Holmes is a famous character in Les Miserables.

2022年广东省广州市白云区中考一模英语试题

三、阅读单选

(A)

I will never forget the year when I was about 12 years old. My mother told us that we would not be receiving Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d got?” Just when I started to accept that there would not be a Christmas gift that year, three women turned up at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of relief that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody had thought highly of me and brought me a gift.

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make the coming Christmas special and memorable, I remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling for as many children as I could possibly reach.

So I came up with a plan and asked 40 people from my company to help. We invited about 125 orphans（孤儿）at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were special.

Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I reminded them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward. Finally the moment they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles lit up the room. The joy in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me.

26．What Christmas present did the author get when she was about 12?

A．Some money. B．A doll. C．Some clothes. D．Nothing.

27．Why did the writer hold the party?

A．To celebrate the Christmas. B．To recognize the new workmates.

C．To make the orphans feel they were special. D．To give out some presents.

28．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The writer didn’t receive any Christmas gift when she was 12 years old.

B．The writer felt embarrassed when she was asked what she’d got for Christmas.

C．All the orphans at the party got gifts and felt joyful when they opened their packages.

D．Only the writer had the feeling that she wasn’t forgotten at the party.

29．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．I Wasn’t Forgotten. B．Special Gifts for Orphans.

C．An Unforgettable Experience. D．A Memorable Christmas Party.

When Ben Cheng, 63, finished a bicycle journey along the ancient Silk Road in June, she began planning her next trip at once—a ride along the route of the Long March.

Ben, a teacher from Changchun, Jilin Province, has cycled more than 100,000 kilometers over the last eight years.

“I have kept up different kinds of sports, such as swimming and mountain climbing, for many years,” she said. “After retiring, I had more time to develop my interests, and I found cycling to be a good choice.”

She began riding in the Changchun suburbs（郊外）in 2013, after she retired from Jilin Police College.

In May 2015, she started her first long-distance journey—a trip around Bohai Bay. It took her 24 days to complete the 2,655-kilometer route, and the success encouraged her to do more.

In recent years, she has finished several long-distance journeys across China, including a ride around Qinghai Lake in Qinghai and other trips in Hainan and Taiwan.

Together with several other cycling lovers, Ben started the ancient Silk Road journey from Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, on May 21. She crossed the cities of Lanzhou, Wuwei, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and Jiayuguan in Gansu Province and finally arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on June 18.

“During the 3,000-km journey, I enjoyed the beautiful scenery,” she said. However, she also met difficulties, such as storms and terrible road conditions.

“Luckily, I persisted and finally reached my destination（目的地）, ” she said. “I hope more people will take up cycling as their daily exercise. A bike is a low-carbon vehicle（低碳交通工具）that can help build a more friendly environment.”

30．Ben Cheng spent ________ days completing the Silk Road route.

A．18 B．21 C．24 D．29

31．The underlined word “persisted” means “________”.

A．gave up B．went on C．held up D．depended on

32．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Ben fell in love with cycling before she retired.

B．Cycling has become increasingly popular among people of all ages.

C．The success of Ben’s trip around Bohai Bay plays a key role in her cycling road.

D．The route of Ben’s Silk Road journey is: Xi’an—Jiayuguan—Lanzhou—Urumqi.

33．What does the writer want to tell us through the passage?

A．It’s important for us to live a low-carbon life.

B．There are not only difficult conditions on the cycling road, but also the beautiful scenery.

C．We should stick to our dreams, and not give up halfway.

D．Everyone should make an effort to protect the environment.

These are the life-changing apps that will help you build better habits in 2022.

Streaks

Streaks lets you create up to 24 different tasks that you can complete each day. Complete a task, mark it on the app, and you’ll start building your progress. Streaks also has other features available, like reminders and statistics, to help you keep your habits on track. It collects no fees.

Strides

Strides makes your goals easy and attainable（可实现的）. You’ll be able to track your progress and see how far along you are with progress reports and charts that’ll show you your advancement and your success rate on any given goal. You can create unlimited reminders and build up your routine from the ground up. The app asks you to join their monthly subscription（会员费）.

ATracker

With ATracker, time all your activities and stop wasting time on unimportant tasks. You can create and define your daily and weekly goals to avoid losing track of your good and bad habits. Having tracked, you can see what you’ve done in a beautiful chart. You can also see a goal report to make sure you’re staying on track with your new year’s resolutions（决心）. The app is $4.99, but it’s only a one-time payment.

Coach.me

Coach.me is mostly free. You’ll get to track your progress and get bonus points for achieving your goals. What’s cool about Coach.me is that you can join a community of people like you where they are willing to help out each other. You can even take it one step further by hiring a coach, although that’s going to cost you extra.

34．Which app is free of charge?

A．Coach.me. B．Strides. C．ATracker. D．Streaks.

35．What do Strides and ATracker have in common?

A．They help to time vital tasks. B．They have reminding functions.

C．They offer a progress chart. D．They update information every month.

36．What can you do with Coach.me?

A．Earn cash rewards. B．Get support from other users.

C．Employ a coach for free. D．Make progress in your studies.

Have you ever imagined going inside of a video game? That dream may soon become real. It’s called the “metaverse”.

The metaverse is a shared virtua（虚拟的）3D world, or worlds. The word is a combination of “meta”, which means beyond, and “verse”, which refers to “universe”. The word first appeared in a 1992 science fiction book called Snow Crash. In this story, people wear virtual reality（VR）headsets to see and join the metaverse.

Now, what happens in the book is becoming a reality. Wearing a VR headset, you can meet other people wherever they are. You can work and play with them. It will feel real because the technology can simulate（模拟）our senses: vision, hearing, touch, and even smell.

“We’re talking about creating another reality, another world, that’s as rich as the real world,” said Rev Lebaredian, vice president of simulation technology at NVIDIA, a US tech company.

So, what can you do inside of the metaverse? Your location will no longer matter, says VOA News. In the metaverse, “people...would be connected at all times…” You can meet friends from other countries and go on a virtual beach vacation together. But forget Thailand — you can go to the beach on the moon, or anywhere else you can imagine. Can’t find a friend to play basketball? Jump into the metaverse and find some friends to play with or go to a concert!

Cathy Hackl, an expert in metaverse technology, said her son’s first concert was inside of a video game. “Just because it happened in a video game, it didn’t make it less real for him,” she said.

Perhaps the metaverse will change our idea of what is real.

37．What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．Where the word “metaverse” comes from. B．People’s imagination of the metaverse.

C．An introduction to the game company. D．How you can join the metaverse.

38．Wearing a VR headset, you can ________.

A．design your own video games B．meet anyone you want to see

C．create your own virtual world D．feel what you can touch

39．What do we know from VOA News?

A．The location is of great importance.

B．You can visit any place you like in the metaverse.

C．Scenes in the metaverse are all connected.

D．The metaverse will replace traditional video games.

40．What is Cathy Hackl’s attitude（态度）toward the metaverse?

A．The metaverse will hardly change our lives. B．It is not good for kids to join the metaverse.

C．The metaverse is just a different kind of reality. D．The technology still needs to be developed.

2021年广东省广州市白云区中考一模英语试题

三、阅读单选

26．When can you visit the museum?A．8 a.m. on Tuesday. B．10 a.m. on Monday

C．5 p.m. on Saturday D．3 p.m. on Sunday

27．When was the new Guangdong Museum reopen to the public?

A．On October 1st, 1959. B．On May 18th, 2010.

C．On January 22, 2021. D．On December 4th, 2020.

28．If Mr Wang wants to take his 7-year-old son to watch the exhibition of A Tale of Three Cities, how should he get the ticket?

A．Go to the Ticket Office at 4:30 p.m with his ID card.

B．Go to the Ticket Office at 9:00 a.m. without his ID card.

C．Book a ticket online on April 5th, 2021.

D．Book a ticket online on May 4th, 2021.

If you look at the map of China, you will find that the shape of Gansu is like a handle symbolizing the good luck of everything; if you look at the map of Lanzhou City, you will find that it is also a handle of good luck. Lanzhou is located in the middle of Gansu Province, jusk like a big Ruyi contains a small Ruyi, so many people call Lanzhou the place of Ruyi.

Lanzhou is a beautiful city, capital of Gansu Province, which was built over two thousand years ago in Northwest China’s Gansu Province. It is an important industrial city and a key transportation hub（交通枢纽）in Northwest China, as well as a famous site on the Silk Road Economic Belt（丝绸之路经济带）.

Lanzhou is located in the upper reached（上游）of the Yellow River. The Yellow River comes from the southwest to the northeast, crossing the whole city, and there are many bridges across the river here. The Zhongshan Bridge, built in 1909, is the oldest bridge in Lanzhou and the first real bridge over the Yellow River. Therefore, it is known as “the first bridge spanning（横跨）the Yellow River under Heaven”. At the same time, the Shen’an Bridge and Yuantong Bridge are modern bridges built in the 21st century. These three bridges not only bring convenience to traffic but are also three beautiful scenic spots over the Yellow River.

Lanzhou is famous for its traditional culture as well. Shehuo is from the sacrificial（祭祀的） ceremonies which were performed by northern Chinese cultures in the past. It is an old and widespread folk tradition. Since the 1980s, Shehuo performances have grown popular in the towns and counties of Lanzhou during the Spring Festival. People perform Shehuo in both the first and twelfh months of the Chinese lunar calendar, in order to avoid disasters, wish for good luck, and provide entertainment.

Lanzhou has very rich tourism and cultural resources. Come and visit the Gansu Provincial Museum, the Shen'an and Yuantong bridges, the Confucius Temple, Xinglong Mountain, and Yantan Park. And don’t miss the Lanzhou Beef Noodles!

29．Which of the following bridges in Lanhzou was NOT built in the 21st century?

A．Yantan Yellow River Bridge. B．Yuantong Bridge.

C．Shen'an Bridge. D．Zhongshan Bridge.

30．When is Shehuo performance probably held?

A．At the Dragon Boat Festival. B．At the Mid-Auturnn Festival.

C．At the Spring Festival. D．On the National Day.

31．The passage is written for________.

A．students B．tourists C．teachers D．parents

32．What is the passage mainly about?

A．Scenic spots and traditional culture of Lanzhou.

B．The natural sites of Lanzhou.

C．Famous bridges in Lanzhou.

D．The popularity of Shehuo performances.

Food deliverymen（外卖员）can be seen on nearly every street in many Chinese cities. However, the job is becoming increasingly dangerous.

Recently, an article in the Chinese magazine showed how difficult the job can be. It describes the physical and mental（身心的）pressure that delivery workers face because of time limits（限制）set by food delivery apps. Delivering an order late, even by one second, results in a fine（罚款）.

The time limit has increased the risk of traffic accidents. According to a 2017 report, a serious injury or death involving（涉及）a delivery worker happens every 2.5 days in Shanghai.

According to the article, the time limit for each order is set by an algorithm（算法）. If an order is finished within the time limit, the limit will be shortened for every delivery worker. But the algorithm doesn’t consider real-life situations. To solve the problem, a food delivery company Eleme said it will add something new to its delivery app. Customers can choose to click a button（点击按钮）which means they are willing to wait longer to give riders more time.

However, some people questioned that change. “Will riders be forced to take more orders if I choose to click that button?” said Wang Fang, a 17-year-old student from Hefei. “It is much better to let the apps change their algorithms. We customers are not responsible for this matter.”

33．The first and second paragraphs show that ________.

A．more and more people choose to be food deliverymen

B．the job for food deliverymen is dangerous and stressful

C．food deliverymen face heavy fine if they fail to deliver the food in time

D．food delivery apps are hard on deliverymen

34．What is the problem of the algorithm of the time limit?

A．The algorithm is wrong.

B．The algorithm is out of fashion.

C．The algorithm doesn’t consider the real situation.

D．The algorithm has changed many times.

35．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Many food delivery apps take action to protect the deliverymen.

B．The time limit has been shortened by Eleme.

C．Many customers don’t want to give riders more delivery time.

D．Some people are not satisfied with the new method that Eleme adopted（采用）.

36．What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A．To show how terrible the traffic jam in China is

B．To ask the food delivery companies to pay more for deliverymen.

C．To call on food delivery companies to take more useful action.

D．To encourage customers to be polite to food deliverymen.

Chinese high school headmaster Zhang Guimei has been honored with the title “Role Model of the Times” in recognition of her dedication to education for girls.

With the support of the Party and the government, she helped set up the country’s first senior high school to offer free education for girls from poor families. Since it opened in 2008, it has seen more than 1,800 students progress to universities and colleges.

About 20 years ago, while on the way to visit a student’s house, Zhang Guimei, noticed a girl sitting on the hillside. She was staring blankly into space. The 13-year-old girl told Zhang she was about to get married and it was arranged by her parents. “But I want to go to school,” the girl said. Zhang went to her house and tried to persuade her parents to let the girl return to school and promised to pay for her tuition herself. However, they didn’t agree.

The experience persuaded Zhang to build a free high school for girls, aiming to help girls from poor families to get free high school education. After years trying to raise money, in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, was set up at the foot of the Shizi Mountain in Huaping, where Zhang is the principal.

Over the years, Zhang walked thousands of kilometers, visiting students’ families in the deep mountain, talking to villagers, persuading girls to go back to school. It has been worth it. More than 1,800 graduates have been admitted to college, which is regarded a "miracle" in the remote area, as most students didn’t perform well in study before the school was set up.

Zhang says she wants children from the mountain to attend the best universities. Zhang Guimei told the media a girl can influence three generations. "An educated, responsible mother will not let her children drop out of school," she says, adding the goal is to prevent poverty from passing down from generation to generation.

Zhang has changed the lives of these girls by enabling them to pursue education and preventing poverty from being passed on to the next generation, according to a statement issued by the department.

37．When was the county’s first free high school for girls set up?

A．In 2001. B．In 2008. C．In 2010. D．In 2020.

38．Which of the following words has the same meaning as the underlined word "principal" in paragraph 4?

A．Teacher. B．Doctor. C．Headmaster. D．Role model.

39．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Zhang was honored with the title because of her dedication to free education for boys.

B．Since 2008, the high school has succeeded in sending more than 1800 girls to colleges.

C．Zhang visited many students’ families to persuade the girls to return to school.

D．Zhang believed that a well-educated mother can benefit a family a lot.

40．What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to Change the Lives of Girls in Poor Areas

B．Zhang Guimei’s Teaching Experience in Yunnan

C．How to Set up a Free High School for Girls

D．Zhang Guimei- A Role Model of the Times

答案：

2023年广东省广州市白云区中考一模英语试题

26~29:CBAD    30~33:CBAD    34~37:BACD  38~40:DCB

2022年广东省广州市白云区中考一模英语试题

26．B    27．C    28．C    29．A

30．D    31．B    32．C    33．C

34．D    35．C    36．B

37．A    38．D    39．B    40．C

2021年广东省广州市白云区中考一模英语试题

26．D    27．B    28．C

29．D    30．C    31．B    32．A

33．B    34．C    35．D    36．C

37．B    38．C    39．A    40．D