备战2020年中考英语专题复习——阅读理解 3（真题）

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    This is the school timetable of Class One, Grade Three, Sunshine School on Monday.

8:00-10:00 am	Technology In this lesson, students learn how to surf the Internet safely and effectively.
10:00-11;00 am	Drama During this lesson, students will have the chance to act out roles with other students.
11:00-11:45 am	Painting Students learn how to use watercolors properly. If the weather is good, the lesson may take place outdoors.
	LUNCH
1:00-2:00 pm	Science (Biology or chemistry) Students can choose which class to attend. In biology this week, students will learn about the bones in humans. In chemistry, the subject is How explosions happen.
2:00-3:45 pm	SPORTS
2:00 pm	Theory(理论) Students learn about the skills used in a certain sport. We see real action from past games on videos.
3:00 pm	Practice Students will play a short match lasting 45 minutes. This week, the sports are soccer(the boys) and volleyball(for girls).
Homework Technology - the teacher will give students websites to look up (about 20 minutes) Drama - students have to learn a part for the next lesson (30-60 minutes) Biology/chemistry - students have to write a report of the lesson(about 40 minutes)

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    Tony, a nine-year-old kid, is sitting at his desk when suddenly he wets(尿湿) his pants. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he can't possibly know how this has happened. It has never happened before. He knows the after-effect (后果)—When the boys find out, he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives.

    Tony puts his head down and say to himself, "Oh, no. What can I do? I need help now!"

    He looks up and notices the teacher coming, with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.

    As the teacher is walking to him, a classmate named Emily is carrying a glass that is full of water. Emily falls down in front of the teacher and drops the glass of water in Tony's pants. Tony seems to be angry, but all the while he is saying to himself, "Thank you, dear! Thank you, dear!"

    Now all of a sudden, instead of being the person that everyone laughs at, Tony is the person of sympathy (同情). The person that everyone laughs at should be him, but now it is Emily.

    She tries to help, but they tell her, "You've done enough, you stupid!"

    At the end of the day, as they were waiting for the bus, Tony walks over to Emily and says in a low voice," You did that on purpose, didn't you ?"

    Emily says back in a quiet voice, "I wet my pants, too."

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    Your English teacher has introduced a play to your class. Read the play.

    Characters: Benny, student, 14 years old

    Peter, students, 15 years old

    Susie, student, 14 years old

    Grace, student, 14 years old

    Time: One Sunday afternoon in autumn

    Place: Sunny Park

    (The four teenagers have just finished the picnic. They are tidying up.)

Benny: Wow! That was a great picnic. I'm so full that I can hardly move.

Grace: That's no excuse for not tidying up, Benny. Come over here and help me pack up the leftover food. Peter, can you put out the fire, please? And clean up the plate.

Peter: (Speaking unhappily to himself) How can I always get the dirty and difficult jobs?

    It's not fair.

    (Peter throws a bit of water on the fire. Then he picks up the ashes (灰烬) with an oldnewspaper and wants to throw them into the long grass.)

Susie: (Sounding surprised) What are you doing, Peter? That's d…

Peter: Whoops…the newspaper has caught fire.

Susie: And the grass… Benny, Grace, help! Help!

    (Benny and Grace come over quickly. They help put out the fire completely.)

Peter: Oh, no. What have I done?

Grace: You know that we should do everything carefully, don't you?

Peter: (With his head in his hands) Yes. What have I done? What have I done?

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SeaWorld     SeaWorld celebrates 50 years with a Sea of Surprises. Step under the waves at SeaWorld San Diego's all-new Explorers'   Reef. Go "hand-in" to touch a shark, a crab, or thousands of tiny cleaner fish that will bite playfully at your fingers. And you can enjoy an all-new Shamu's Celebration:Light Up   The Night show. TOUR:   A14 ADULT:＄111 CHILD(3-10)＄105

San Diego Zoo     Take a walk on the wild side at the San Diego Zoo with one of the most kinds of wild animals in the world. The San Diego Zoo covers 100 acres and brings 4, 000 animals, representing 800 kinds; together in one place. The Zoo has some of the most beautiful and rare creatures in the world and offers you a great chance to visit wild animals. TOUR:   A13 ADULT:   $90 CHILD   (3-11): $ 72

Legoland   California     Offering a full day of wonderful   adventures, Legoland gives fun, imagination, and entertainment to today's youngsters and their families. At Legoland California everyone in the family becomes a hero on more than 50 super rides, shows and attractions. TOUR:   A16 ADULT:   $109 CHILD(2-12)   $104

Universal   Studios Hollywood     Go behind the scenes on the world famous Studio Tour to explore where Hollywood movies are made. Then, face exciting rides, shows and attractions that put you inside some of the world's biggest movies. TOUR:   A6 ADULT:   $ 138 CHILD   (3-12) : $ 96

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

    Many kids help their parents with chores, such as doing the dishes, cleaning the living room and taking out the rubbish. And some kids get money or other rewards(奖赏) such as more computer time by doing chores.

    But some people do not think that kids should get rewards by doing chores. Susie Walton, an expert, believes that by rewarding kids, parents are sending a message that work isn't important unless you can get something. "Running any kind of family is a team work," Walton says. "A home is a living place for everyone in the family. It's important for kids to see that we all have responsibilities in the house."

    Other people believe that getting money or other rewards makes kids do chores happily and it also teaches them real world lessons about what we need to do to make money. There are also now apps(应用软件). With the Chore-Monster app, kids can get points and online gifts by doing chores. Kids can change them into real life rewards either online or in the real world. "We hope kids can do more chores so they can get more rewards," one man says.

    What do you think? Should kids get rewards for doing chores? Or should kids help do chores without getting anything?

    Write a 200-word reply and send it to us. The last day for reply is April 10^th. If you want to read more ideas about topic, you can click here.

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

    Once there was a small hotel whose keeper was always caring about money.

    One day, a businessman arrived. The keeper looked at the man's thick wallet and thought, "Oh, I wish that all the money could be mine!" The businessman didn't notice that, so he ordered the most expensive room and went to his room to dress for dinner.

    Around the hotel, there were some beautiful ginger(姜) plants. Many people said that eating the buds(芽) of ginger would make a person forgetful.

    The keeper thought, "If I serve some buds of ginger to the businessman, he may be forgetful to take his wallet!" Then she went to the kitchen.

    Soon, businessman came downstairs and asked for dinner. The keeper was very excited as she served the dish to him. "Delicious!" said the rich man. When dinner was finished, he went to bed happily.

    In the next morning, the keeper saw the businessman leaving from the front door. As soon as he was out of sight, she ran up to his room. She looked all over the room for the wallet, but she couldn't find it. Suddenly, she noticed a piece of paper on the floor. It was the businessman's bill(账单). He had forgotten to pay it! She ran down the stairs, out of the front door, and across the road until she was out of breath, but the businessman was already far, far away. "I'm so silly!”" cried the keeper.

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    Tony is a student aged 15. He and his parents are going to travel around Beijing this summer. Below is some information that they have got.

The Palace Museum Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday  8:30 —17:00 (Monday Closed) Admission: adult: ￥60         student : ￥20   child (under 6): free	The Summer Palace Opening hours: Monday—Sunday  6:30 —18:00 Admission: adult: ￥30         student : ￥15   child (under 6): free
The Badaling Great Wall Opening hours: Monday—Sunday  6:00 —19:30 Admission: adult: ￥40         student : ￥20   child (under 6): free	Beijing Zoo Opening hours: Monday—Sunday  7:30 —18:00 Admission: adult: ￥15         student : ￥7.5   child (under 6): free

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    Sun bears(马来熊)are the smallest of the world's eight bears species(物种). They have a black coat and a white or golden colour on their bodies. Their homes are in the tropical(热带雨林)of Southeast Asia. They live in trees and eat both plants and animals. They can grow to be 1.4 metres in height and 65 kilograms in weight. They usually live alone and are happy to spend most of their time by themselves.

    Scientists studied sun bears in the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center. They found that although sun bears live alone, they have developed a surprising social skill. They can copy (模仿) other sun bear's facial expression (面部表情) as a form of communication. They can even copy exact muscular (肌肉的) movements that other sun bears make— such as making a face.

    The ability to copy facial expressions is found in humans, gorilla's (大猩猩), some monkeys and some other animals. But until now, only humans and gorillas have the ability to exactly copy facial expressions. However, scientists found that sun bears can copy facial expression as well as humans and gorillas. This surprised them because sun bears are alone and they have no close relationship with human beings.

    Although they live alone in the wild, the sun bears in the study often played gently with each other. Sometimes they played with faster actions as hitting and biting. Scientists are still not sure what messages the sun bears were sending to one another.

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    People all over the world eat eggs. Most of the eggs we eat come from hens. Eggs are easy to cook. They can be cooked in lots of ways such as fried or hard-boiled. Eggs can be used with other things to make cakes and ice-cream.

The fresh test Put your egg in a pan of water and use the guide below to find out how old your egg is.
What happens to the egg	Age of the egg
Sinks(下沉)to the bottom of the pan and stays there   Sinks, but floats at an angle(角度)   Sinks, and then stands on end   Floats on top or just under the surface	3-6 days old   Just over 1 week old About 2 weeks old Over 2 weeks old
Eggs last a long time. You can keep them for about four weeks in your fridge.

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    Every day there is less and less space on Earth for rubbish. Yet every day we make more and more rubbish. What can we do? We can recycle some of our rubbish. Recycling means that the rubbish will be made into something that can be used again.

    Recycling helps Earth. And it saves space in rubbish dumps. Half of everything that we put into landfills could be recycled instead. In fact, most things made of paper, metal, glass and plastic can be recycled.

    Paper can be broken into small pieces and made into new paper. Steel and aluminum cans(金属雄)can be melted down(熔化)and made into new cans. The same is true of glass bottles. This can be done over and over again. Recycling doesn't take as much energy as making these things the first time. So we can use less of Earth's fuel resources.

    Plastic can be melted down, too. Then it can be formed into park benches, playgrounds and so on. Some people call plastic the "wood" of the future. Things made of plastic will last about 400 years-even if they stay outside in the weather. No wood can do that!

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Athletics vs. Gardening

    The students of Southside School were asked to give their opinions about whether the school should run an athletic program or start a vegetable garden.

An athletic program is hatch better than gardening. How are we ever going to win anything at the Inter-School Athletics without proper training? At the moment, we only do athletics for one tam and the teachers train us. We need experts(专家)to teach us things like throwing and high jump.     I know lots of kids say they're not interested in competitions, but that's because they've never won anything. If they got better training and started winning things, they'd soon change their minds.     People always say kids don't get enough exercise. Just because you do gardening outdoors doesn't make it exercise, so I don't see how it matters.     Athletics is much better for fitness and lots of kids can have a go at the same time. I don't think there would be enough jobs for everyone in a garden.     In fact, I think a garden is a really bad idea. I don't know why we're even considering it. Liz, Grade 8

   

I think a vegetable garden is a great idea. We already do hours of sport, including athletics. And not everyone likes sport.     Gardening is a great way to get exercise without worrying about whether you're any good at it, or whether you're going to win. And you really do gel exercise when you garden. There's digging, weeding and watering Even picking things can be hard work – pumpkins aren't light you know!     There are lots of kids around here who don't have gardens so they can't grow things even they want to. If you really want to do more sport, you can join a club.    And think about it: What helps you to be good at sport?You need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables. If we learn to cook all the things we grow, the garden will keep us all fit and healthy and then we'll be better at sport. Sam, Grade 8

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School holiday activities at the library

	Activity When Cost Who	Cartooning with Eva Leung Tuesday 7 June, 9-11 a.m. $3.00 to. cover the cost of art paper and pencils 5 to 8-year-olds
	Activity When Cost Who	Cartooning with Eva Leung Wednesday 8 June, 9-11 a.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencils 9 to 10-year-olds
	Eva Leung is famous for her cartoons published regularly inKIDStimemagazine
	Activity When Cost Who	Kite-making Wednesday 8 June, 2-4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds
	Activity When Cost Who	Kite-making Thursday 9 June, 2-4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds

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    Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 I got when I was in high school.

    The test was the last one of the term. I remember waiting nervously as my teacher Mr. Right gave out our papers one after another. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning(叹息),and I could guess by the groans that the scores were not looking good.

    Mr Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to catch attention, was my score, 55! I let my head go down, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see. "The scores were not very good, none of you passed," Mr Right said. "The highest score in the class was a 55."

    A 55. That's me! Suddenly I didn't feel so bad. I had the highest score. I was getting a little better.

    I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My mother knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, "How did you do in your test? ""I got 55, "I said. A frown (皱眉) appeared on my mother's face I knew I had to explain at once. "But Mum, I had the highest score in the class," I said proudly. "You failed, Dave!" my mother replied. "But it's the highest!" I insisted (坚持). "I don't care what scores others had, you failed. The important thing is what you do!" my mother said in a strong way.

    For years, my mother was always in that way. She didn't care what others did, only cared what I did and that I did it excellently. My mother's words have made a big difference to my life.

阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

    A young woman traveled and stayed in a hotel. All the rooms in the hotel were singles(单人间). So she lived in a single room.

    Just when she was going to bed, there was a knock at the door. She had no friends in the city. So she was quite surprised but still opened the door.

    The man who was standing at the door looked a little nervous. "Oh! I'm sorry. I thought this was my room," the man said and walked away in a hurry.

    The woman called the police at once. Soon, the man was caught. He was a thief(小偷)! But how did the woman know that?

    All the rooms in the hotel were singles. Who would knock at his own door if he was staying alone? Only a thief would do this. He wanted to see if anyone was inside before he broke into the room.

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Sing a Song of People

    by Lois Lenski