江苏省苏州市中考英语试卷分类汇编：阅读理解

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阅读理解
2023年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题
第二部分 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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11. What percent f peple in this survey like Science?
A. 17%. B. 18%. C. 25%. D. 26%
12. What d Kristin Singer and Richard Gldman have in cmmn?
A. They bth liked Histry. B. They did well in scial studies.
C. They bth enjyed travelling. D. They shwed interest in Math.
13. What des Tammy Bnd's favrite subject say abut her?
A. She is highly curius and studies things carefully.
B. She is shy and quiet and finds beauty thrugh art.
C. She is strict and can tell what things will be like.
D. She is creative and lves t explre in her mind.
B
Cnfucianism(儒家思想)has been fllwed by Chinese peple fr mre than tw thusand years.
T help peple understand hw t behave twards thers, Cnfucianism teaches the Five Cnstants(五常). These are ren, yi, li, zhi and xin. They are general virtues(美德)arund the wrld. The mst imprtant tw are ren and li.
Ren is the feeling f care and lve we shuld have fr thers. Cnfucius explained ren culd best be understd as lving thers. He is famus fr teaching peple" What yu d nt want dne t yurself, d nt d t thers". It is quite similar t what is knwn in the West as the Glden Rule(treat thers as yu wish t be treated).
While the meaning f ren is easy t understand, li is a little harder t express. It can be thught f as duty r even respect. Generally, li is the way we shuld cnnect with peple in ur everyday life. In Cnfucian writings, discussins abut li include the prper way t drink tea and hw t remember ancestrs(祖先). While ren is mstly abut ur pinins and feelings, li is abut hw we express ur pinins and feelings twards thers and twards the wrld arund us.
Perhaps the mst well-knwn Cnfucian virtue is xia. This is the duty children have t their parents. Xia means lving, respecting, beying and taking care f ne's parents in their ld age. In Cnfucianism, xia is imprtant fr a harmnius(和谐的)sciety: Withut it, the whle wrld wuld fall int a mess.
14. Which are the mst imprtant f the Five Cnstants?
A. Ren and yi. B. Ren and li. C. Li and xin. D. Yi and zhi.
15. What is the best Chinese fr the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?
A. 博学于文, 约之以礼。B. 学而不思则罔, 思而不学则殆。
C. 己所不欲, 勿施于人。D. 君子和而不同, 小人同而不和。
16. Which f the fllwing is an example f li?
A. Building a peaceful sciety.B. Taking care f ne's children.
C. Obeying rules fr drinking tea. D. Learning all thrugh ne's life.
17. What des the passage mainly tell us abut Cnfucianism?
A. Its general virtues. B. Its lng histry. C. Its new challenges. D. Its glden rules.
C
Teenagers need eight t ten hurs f sleep per night. Hwever, in adlescence(青春期), changes t the bdy's sleep cycle make it difficult fr teens t fall asleep early. Many cannt fall asleep until 10:30 p. m. r even later and mst f them will feel sleepy if they have t get up t early.
Scientists recmmend that bth middle and high schls begin n earlier than 8:30 a. m. Later schl start times supprt the natural needs f teenagers and increase their sleeping time.
Here are sme ther benefits f later schl start times:
Mre time fr a healthy breakfast
When running late in the mrnings, students are likely t g withut breakfast. With an empty stmach, ne finds it difficult t fcus(集中)in class. When they are always in a hurry, students may frm unhealthy eating habits.
With extra time befre ging t schl, students can eat a well-balanced breakfast and fcus mre n learning.
Fewer behaviral(行为的)prblems
Teens experience md changes as a cmmn result f this special perid f life. Less sleep may cause wrries, stress and unhappiness.
When they get enugh sleep, students are calm and peaceful and their mds d nt change suddenly. They're less likely t feel wrried, unhappy r get angry. Fr parents, children with mre sleep are easier t live with.
Better perfrmance(表现)in study
Sleep lss hurts attentin, memry and brain develpment. Students with less sleep have difficulty paying attentin in class and are likely t have lwer grades. Students with enugh sleep can be mre energetic during the day and mre willing t learn. They are als less likely t fall asleep in class and mre able t understand what they learn.
In cnclusin, starting schl later helps students get a better night's sleep. It imprves their chances f eating, behaving and perfrming better.
18. Accrding t the passage, what may cause teenagers t stay up?
A. Their lw grades. B. Their empty stmachs.
C. Their bdy's sleep cycle. D. Their heavy hmewrk.
19. Hw can sleep lss influence students' study?
A. It gives them much energy. B. It des harm t the brain.
C. It saves mre time fr study. D. It imprves their memry.
20. What's the writer's main purpse in writing this passage?
A. T explain reasns fr students' stress.
B. T describe bad habits caused by sleep lss.
C. T discuss scientists' research n healthy fd.
D. T intrduce benefits f later schl start times.
21. In which part f the website can yu prbably find this passage?
A. Educatin. B. Fashin. C. Sprts. D. Technlgy.
D
It was my first day at schl. It was als Miss Carline's first day t be a teacher. Miss Carline began the day by reading us a stry abut cats. Then she started t teach us the alphabet (字母表).
When Miss Carline discvered that I was literate(有读写能力的), she said, "Tell yur father nt t teach yu any mre. It's best t begin reading and writing with a fresh mind. "After supper that night, Atticus sat dwn with the paper and called, "Scut, ready t read?"
I tld Atticus I didn't feel very well and didn't think I'd g t schl any mre if it was all right with him.
"Yu never went t schl and yu d all right, s I'll just stay hme t. Yu can teach me like Grandaddy taught yu. ”
"N, I can't, "said Atticus. "I have t make a living. Besides, they'd put me in prisn if I kept yu at hme. Nw what's the matter?"
I tld him what happened at schl. "Miss Carline said yu taught me all wrng, s we can't ever read any mre. Please dn't send me back, please sir. "
"First f all, "he said, "if yu can learn a simple trick, Scut, yu'll get alng a lt better with all kinds f peple. Yu never really understand a persn until yu cnsider things frm his pint f view—”
"Sir?"
"—until yu climb int his skin and walk arund in it. "
Atticus cntinued, "Yu learned many things tday. Miss Carline learned several things herself. We culd nt expect her t learn all ur ways in ne day, and we shuld understand her when she knew n better. "
"But if I keep n ging t schl, we can't ever read any mre…""That's really wrrying yu, isn't it?""Yes, sir. "
When Atticus lked at me, I saw the lk n his face that always made me expect smething. "D yu knw what a cmprmise(妥协)is?" he asked.
"Breaking the law?"
"N, an agreement. It wrks this way, "he said. "If yu prmise me t g t schl, we'll g n reading every night as usual. Is it OK?"
"Yes sir!"
22. What happened t Scut n her first day at schl?
A. She was nt able t read the alphabet.
B. She lst interest in reading and writing.
C. She culdn't fllw Miss Carline in class.
D. She was asked t stp learning frm Atticus.
23. What des the underlined part in Paragraph 11 mean?
A. T play a small trick n him. B. T walk hand in hand with him.
C. T tell him abut yur thughts. D. T think frm his pint f view.
24. What did Scut agree t d twards the end f the stry?
A. G t schl. B. Stay at hme. C. Teach herself. D. Make a living.
25. What can we infer frm the passage?
A. Scut didn't trust Atticus. B. Scut didn't like reading.
C. Atticus was a wise father. D. Atticus was mad at Scut.
2022年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题
二、阅读单选
11．If yu are free n Sunday night, which cncert can yu attend?
A．Cuntry music.B．Flk.C．Jazz.D．Rck.
12．Hw much will Mr. Green pay if he ges t the cuntry music cncert with his tw kids?
A．£10.B．£20.C．£30.D．£40.
13．Which date is suitable fr mdern jazz lvers?
A．June 23.B．June 24.C．June 25.D．June 26.
On warm winter days, Yang Liheng, 89, enjys sitting by the windw and lking thrugh ld phts. These phts bring him jy and happiness nce mre.
Fr Yang, ne f the lng-expected activities during the Spring Festival is t take phts with family members. On the early mrning f the secnd day f the Chinese New Year when the whle family reunite, he wuld dress up and wait fr the pht t be taken.
Yang became a phtgrapher in the late 1950s. With his camera, Yang recrded the great changes f his hmetwn ver time. “I had a painful childhd, but I gt a chance t be a phtgrapher after the funding（成立）f the Peple’s Republic f China.” Yang tld Beijing Review. “I want t recrd, in the frm f phtgraphs, the lcal custms, the scenes and peple’s brave spirit f fighting against the hard cnditins here in my hmetwn.”
“I used t take pictures fr everyne else, but seldm turned my camera at my family members,” Yang said. “My grandsn gave me the idea t recrd the grwth and develpment f my wn family.” Taking family phts then became a traditin fr Yang’s family. Thugh nw sme f his grandchildren are wrking and living in ther cities, they try their best t return hme during the Spring Festival and prepare fr the special mment.
Last year was an imprtant year fr Yang Liheng. Mst f his phts were displayed in Yinchuan t shw the develpment f the area ver the past sixty years.
14．What des Yang expect mst during the Spring Festival?
A．Wearing new clthes.B．Having a big dinner.
C．Taking a family pht.D．Visiting his relatives.
15．What des the underlined wrd “reunite” in paragraph 2 mean?
A．Get separated.B．Get much wealthier.C．Get imprved.D．Get tgether again.
16．What is the main idea f paragraph 3?
A．When Yang was interviewed.B．Where Yang learnt t take phts.
C．Why Yang had a painful childhd.D．What Yang recrded with his camera.
17．What d we knw abut Yang’s family?
A．It is full f lve.B．It is full f mysteries.
C．It is a rich family.D．It is having a hard time.
All abard! Let’s take a ride n the wrld’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway（青藏铁路）. Sit back and enjy the jurney. Get ready fr the trip f a lifetime.
We’re leaving Qinghai Statin. The scenery alng the way is sme f the wildest in all f China. Keep yur eyes pen as we race thrugh this beautiful land. Yu might see a rare Tibetan antelpe（藏羚羊）frm yur windw.
Befre we begin ur jurney, let’s learn abut this amazing railway. It’s truly ne f the great engineering wnders f the 21st century. When it was cmpleted n July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine wrld recrds, including the wrld’s highest railway at 5,072 metres abve sea level, the wrld’s highest tunnel（隧道）at 4,905 metres, and the lngest tunnel ever built n permafrst（冻土）.
As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Sn there will nly be 50 t 60 percent f the xygen which we are used t breathing. But dn’t be afraid. Each rail car has tw separate xygen systems. One system spreads xygen thrughut the train at all times. And each passenger can als get a persnal xygen mask just like thse used in planes.
Here are a few mre things t think abut as ur train leaves the statin. The designers slved three main challenges when building this great railway. First, the high altitude（海拔）made the task difficult because there was n enugh xygen. Secnd, much f the railway runs acrss permafrst, a type f grund that keeps changing as the weather warms and cls. Finally, the railway ges thrugh sme f the mst sensitive eclgy（敏感的生态环境）in China. Great care was necessary t make sure f the smallest pssible influence n nature.
All three challenges were met, making ur trip pssible. All abard! The train t Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes.
18．Where are the passengers?
A．On a bus.B．On a train.C．On a ship.D．On a plane.
19．Hw des the text shw the railway is amazing in paragraph 3?
A．By telling a stry.B．By using a designer’s wrds.
C．By intrducing its wrld recrds.D．By cmparing the present with the past.
20．Hw many xygen systems are there in each rail car?
A．One.B．Tw.C．Three.D．Fur.
21．Which f the fllwing increased the difficulty f building the railway?
A．The changing grund.B．The plluted air.C．The dangerus animals.D．The ht weather.
When I was little, I was really little. But my dream was big. I dreamed f being a basketball player. I tried ut fr the teams at schl, but I was never given a chance.
As I gt lder, I did grw a little bigger, but nt a lt bigger. On my 12th birthday, I decided t try a new sprt: running. I tld Grandpa. “I’m ging t be an athlete.”
“Dave.” Grandpa began gently, “if yu can’t be big, yu can d smething big.”
I ran 12 miles n my 12th birthday. On my 13th birthday, I did it again, but I added an extra mile. On my 14th birthday, I ran 14 miles. 15 n my 15th, 16 n my 16th, and yu guessed it—17 miles n my 17th birthday.
All this running inspired（激发）anther big dream. Smeday, I’d run the Bstn Marathn（波士顿马拉松赛）. I tld Grandpa abut my decisin.
“But, Dave, yu haven’t trained fr the marathn. Are yu sure yu’re ready?” Grandpa asked. But he still prmised t walk ver and cheer me n.
I ran fast that day, But I fell at Mile 18 and was driven t the hspital. Later that night, I called Grandpa and tld him I failed.
“N,” he said calmly, “yu didn’t fail. Yu discvered smething.”
“I did?” I asked.
“Yes, yu discvered that big dreams dn’t just cme true. They take wrk. If yu train and wrk hard, I prmise t wait fr yu next year and cheer yu n.”
I trained every day, running miles and miles. Sadly, just tw mnths int my training, Grandpa died. He wuldn’t be waiting fr my secnd Bstn Marathn. I decided I’d run fr him.
That day, I ran fast. “Keep ging! Yu can d it!” His wrds filled my head as I frced my legs t make each painful step. As I crssed the finish line, I threw my arms in the air and cried, “Grandpa, we did it!”
22．Why did Dave fail t jin the schl basketball team?
A．He culdn’t run fast.B．He didn’t wrk hard.
C．He was nt tall enugh.D．He wasn’t a quick learner.
23．What des the underlined wrd “it” in paragraph A refer t?
A．Adding an extra mile.B．Running n his birthday.
C．Training fr the marathn.D．Trying ut fr the basketball team.
24．Which f the fllwing wrds best describes Grandpa?
A．Creative.B．Mdest.C．Generus.D．Encuraging.
25．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Dream BigB．The Bstn Marathn
C．Think TwiceD．The Stry f Grandpa
2021年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题
三、阅读单选
On the bttm f mst plastic packaging（包装）, there’s a small triangle （三角）with a letter r a number written inside. These little symbls are nt easy t be nticed, but are really imprtant. They tell yu what kind f plastic it is and whether it can be recycled r nt.
21．Which is a strnger type f plastic?
A．PETB．HDPEC．LDPED．PS
22．Which f the fllwing uses PET plastic?
A．Milk bttles.B．Ht drink white cups.
C．Drinking water bttles.D．Takeaway fd packaging.
23．What is the purpse f this article?
A．T intrduce types f plastic.B．T display reusable items.
C．T explain recycling methds.D．T recmmend shpping bags.
Chinese is mainly divided int 13 dialects（方言）and these dialects can be further divided int many kinds f lcal dialects. Putnghua (r Mandarin) the predminant dialect, is spken by ver 70% f the ppulatin and is ne f the 6 fficial languages f the United Natins. Within these large dialect grups, there are small grups, many f which are difficult t understand. In Fujian, fr example, peple living 10 kilmetres away frm ne anther can be speaking different Min dialects.
Putnghua. It is the mther dialect f Chinese living in nrthern China and Sichuan Prvince. It is called Guyu in sme parts f China, like Hng Kng, Maca（澳门）and Taiwan. It is knwn in English as Mandarin Chinese, r Standard Chinese.
Wu. Spken in Shanghai, mst f Zhejiang and the suthern parts f Jiangsu and Anhui. Wu is made up f hundreds f different f spken frms.
Hakka/Kejia. Hakka is widely spken in Fujian, Taiwan, and sme cuntries in Sutheast Asia.
Min. It is spken in Fujian, Taiwan, and Sutheast Asia. Min grup is the mst diverse（多样的）, with many different spken frms used in neighburing cuntries.
Yue. It is spken in Guangdng, Hng Kng, Maca, Taiwan, all ver Sutheast Asia and by many Chinese living abrad.
24．What des the underlined wrd “predminant” mean?
A．Mre beautiful.B．Mre special.C．Mre interesting.D．Mre cmmn.
25．What d yu knw abut Putnghua after reading this passage?
A．It is used by a small grup f peple in China.
B．It is spken nly by peple in Mainland China.
C．It is included in the fficial languages f the United Natins.
D．It is the mther dialect f peple living in suthern China.
26．Based n he passage, which f the fllwing is true?
A．Mst peple in Anhui speak Kejia.B．Wu is the lcal dialect f Shanghai.
C．Yue has the mst different spken frms.D．Mst peple in Hng Kng speak Min.
Resting my head n Helen’s shulder, I put my arms rund her waist（腰）. She drew me t her, and we rested in silence.
We had nt sat lng befre anther persn came in.
Sme heavy cluds, swept frm the sky by a rising wind, had left he mn bright; and her light, cming in thrugh a windw near, shne full bth n us and n the cming persn, Miss Temple.
“I came n purpse t find yu. Jane Eyre,” said she. “I want yu in my rm, and as Helen Burs is with yu, she may cme t.”
We fllwed Miss Temple t her apartment. It had a gd fire, and lked cheerful. Miss Temple tld Helen Burns t be seated in a lw arm-chair n ne side f the fire place, and herself asking anther, she called me t her side.
“Is it all ver?” she asked. lking dwn at my face. “Have yu cried yur sadness away?”
“I am afraid I never shall d that.”
“Why?”
“Because I have been wrngly accused（指责）, and yu and everybdy else, will nw think me a bad girl.”
“We shall think yu what yu prve yurself t be, my child. Cntinue t act as a gd girl, and yu will satisfy us.”
“Shall I, Miss Temple?”
“Yu will.” said Miss Temple, “Yu have been accused f lying when yu were little. Tell us the truth, but add nthing and exaggerate（夸大）nthing.”
I made up my mind that I wuld be mst mdest and mst crrect. Having thught fr a few minutes abut where t start, I tld her all the stry f my sad childhd.
27．Which f the fllwing wrds best describes Miss Temple in the passage?
A．Dishnest.B．Impatient.C．Caring.D．Humrus.
28．What des the underlined paragraph imply（暗示）?
A．Miss Temple was ging t punish Jane.B．Helen wuld rather leave Jane alne.
C．Nthing culd make Jane happy again.D．Jane’s luck might change fr the better.
29．Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing is true abut Jane?
A．She chse t trust Miss Temple.B．She didn’t mind being accused.
C．She made up her childhd stry.D．She nce behaved as a bad girl.
Everybdy has a brain, but nt many peple knw hw the brain wrks. Sme peple believe that the brain is like the hard disk f a cmputer. We use it t stre files—pictures, language (wrds, texts, sunds) and s n. Others cmpare the brain t a huge cupbard with lts f shelves and bxes in it. We put infrmatin int these bxes and hpe t find it again later.
The brain is nt A cmputer disk, And it isn’t a cupbard. Lk at the picture here. It lks a bit like weeds（杂草）in a garden, desn’t it? The picture actually shws a child’s necrtex—a part f the brain that cntrls sight and hearing. Yu can guess what happens—mre “weeds” grw as the child gets lder. Scientists call these neurnal（神经元的）netwrks. The netwrks grw arund ur neurns. -What makes them grw? Learning! “Learning is brain change,” says Prfessr James Zull frm Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohi, USA．“Withut learning, nthing changes in the brain. Fr every new wrd yu learn in yur English lessn, every prblem yu slve in maths, every new sng yu learn t sing, a neurnal netwrk grws in yur brain and the brain changes.”
The mre neurnal netwrks we grw, the better we can think and the better we remember. Yu may wnder if there is anything yu can d t make the netwrks in yur brain grw better. Prfessr Zull says yes, there is. He says that brain change is strngest when a) yu are interested in and like what yu are learning, b) yu are in cntrl f what yu learn and c) yu get challenging tasks that make yu think hard. Understanding a challenging task makes yu feel gd and develps yur brain.
30．What’s the main idea f the first paragraph?
A．The brain—a fantastic cmputer.B．What peple believe abut the brain.
C．Hw t make yur brain strnger.D．Our brain—a grwing system.
31．What can we learn frm the passage 2?
A．Learning makes ur neurnal netwrks grw.B．Seeing a challenging task develps ur brain.
C．We remember better when things are easy.D．There’s nthing we can d t make us smarter.
32．What’s the best title fr the passage?
A．Interest is the best teacherB．Meeting life’s challenges
C．Never t late t learnD．Learning is brain change
答案：
2023年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题
11. C12. A13. D14. B15. C 16. C17. A18. C19. B20. D 21. A22. D23. D24. A25. C
2022年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题
11．D 12．B 13．C
14．C 15．D 16．D 17．A
18．B 19．C 20．B 21．A
22．C 23．B 24．D 25．A
2021年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题
21．B 22．C 23．A
24．D 25．C 26．B
27．C 28．D 29．A
30．B 31．A 32．DWhat was yur favrite subject in schl?
Histry. I really lved studying different time perids, cuntries and cultures. I still lve t read histry bks; travel when pssible; watch the Histry Channel.
-Kristin Singer
Art. I was shy and quiet, and I culd express my feelings thrugh my artwrk. It helped t build my self-cnfidence. -Blair C. Wilke
Histry/scial studies. A great teacher gt me thinking abut the rle that each f us plays in sciety and hw we can change the curse f histry. -Richard Gldman
English. It created a lve f bks and writing in me. Being able t write beautiful wrds fr thers t read is real magic.
—Tammy Bnd
Math. Sme f the greatest life lessns I ever learned were in math. And then I decided I'd be a math teacher. -Teri Bench
Tp Answers
Science 25%
Math 18%
Histry/scial studies 17%
English 14%
Other(includes music, art, etc.) 26%
What yur favrite subject says abut yu
Science: Yu are highly curius. Yu try t understand things by studying them carefully. Yu wisely cnnect ideas r reasns.
Art: Yu are always lking fr the bright side, even in the darkest situatins, and ften see the bigger picture.
Histry: Yu' seem t remember everything. Yu are wise, humrus and hardwrking.
Math: Yu're well rganized, seldm late and very strict. Yu can tell what things will be like.
English: Yu are creative and pen-minded. Yu lve t explre in yur wn mind.
Can it be recycled?
Types f Plastic
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Pet This is the plastic that yu ften see n supermarket shelves! It’s used t make plastic water bttles and biscuit bxes.
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HDPE
HDPE is a strnger type f plastic. It is what milk bttles are made f.
×
LDPE
LDPE is a very sft plastic which is nt easily brken. It is what shpping bags are made f.
×
PS (POLYSTYRENE]
This plastic is ften seen in ur daily life. Yu’ll prbably have seen it as thse cheap white cups yu get ht drinks in, r as takeaway fd packaging.