江苏省徐州市2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

江苏省徐州市

2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编

阅读理解

2023年江苏省徐州市中考一模英语试题

三、阅读理解(共15小题, 每小题2分。满分30分)

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Tina Smith is a 9l1 operator(接线员). She takes calls and sends help to those in need. Shegot three calls this morning-

31. ______fell in the river.

A. Bill Miller's friend  B. BillMillerC. Susan Taylor's son D. Susan Taylor

32. _____people got hurt near the village of Shoreham.

A. 5   B. 2   C. 3   D. 4

33. Which of the following is true according to the material?

A. Susan Taylor swims well.

B. Andrea Shelly fell down from the bed.

C. Tina Smith works in a post office.

D. Bill Miller lives on Mycroft Street.

B

It is said that every year on the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon wakes upand raises its head. Because of this, the day is called“Dragon Head-raising Day"(Longtaitou). This year, it falls on February 21. Old people believed that after Longtaitou, there would be morerain. And rain is very necessary to farming. So Longtaitou was the start of spring and farming.

People have many ways to celebrate the Longtaitou festival. The most popular one is tohave a haircut. Many believe that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring bad luck toyour uncles ---- mainly your mother's brothers. They hope getting a haircut on Longtaitou keepsthem away from bad luck.

Among Chinese people's festival traditions, there is always a place for food. During theLongtaitou festival, people eat food named after dragons. Noodles are called dragon's beard(longxu). Dumplings are dragon's ears (long'er).

People also hold activities like dragon dancing on the day. In some places, people makedragon lanterns too. Small reed boats go down the rivers and carry the lanterms, which stand forpeople's best wishes and good luck.

34. What did old people think of Longtaitou?

A. It was a good time for sleeping.

B. It was the end of Spring Festival.

C. lt was the start of spring and farming.

D. It meant the weather would become colder.

35. Why do people get haircuts on this day?

A. It*s believed it will bring good luck to their uncles.

B. It may bring more rain.

C. It's believed that it will get rid of bad luck.

D. It may help their hair grow.

36. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

37. What is the purpose of this writer's story?

A. To introduce a traditional festival.

B. To make a traditional festival popular again

C. To tell people how to avoid bad luck.

D. To introduce some tasty food and fun activities.

C

There's an unwritten rule among documentary film-makers—to watch, but not intervene(干涉). But a BBC documentary worker in Antarctica made a hard decision.

In one of the Dynasties series, mother penguins can be seen leaving babies behind whenthey can't get out from the ravine(深沟). Some babies died from the freezing low temperatures.

After a storm, the workers returned to the area and decided to do something. They built aramp (斜坡) to help the remaining penguins climb to safety.

“We chose to intervene with the least influence, ”said the shows director, Will Lawson. "Once we'd dug the little ramp, we left it to the birds. We were excited when they used it. "

“It's very rare for the film workers to intervene, "he said. "But they realize that they mightbe able to save some of these birds simply by digging a few steps in the ice. "

“It's such an unusual condition to do this, "he added. "It wasn't dangerous. You weren'ttouching the animals and by doing this, they had the chance to get out of the trouble. ”

38. What difficulties did the emperor penguins meet?

A. The penguins died of illness.

B. The penguins got hit on their way.

C. The penguins got trapped in a ravine.

D. The penguins finally climbed to a safe place.

39. According to the passage, which of the following order is correct?

①The workers decided to intervene. ②Some babies died from the low temperatures.

The film workers dug a ramp. ④Some mother penguins left their babies behind.

40. What does "this in last paragraph refer to?

A. Digging some steps in the ice.

B. Doing nothing.

C. Touching the animals.

D. Making a decision.

41. What can we learn from the passage?

A. we need to obey the rules at any time.

B. "To watch, not intervene"is written in the rules of filming documentaries.

C. People sometimes have to break rules to do the right thing.

D. Love is priceless among animals.

D

Type in“A cat wants to go to space” and ask the robot to write a bedtime story. Just onesecond later, you'll get the story of Max, who clawed his way past many difficulties to singamong the stars.

This robot writer is real. It's called ChatGPT. US company OpenAl developed it to generate(生成)human-like texts. It can translate languages, talk with people and write songs, poems andeven jokes. It's one of the most powerful Al of its kind.

The power of ChatGPT lies in its speed and understanding of complicated(复杂的)matters.

we may spend hours researching, understanding and writing an article on the theory of evolution(进化论). But ChatGPT can produce a well-written one in seconds. Another good thing about itis that if you ask dark, harmful questions, such as how to make weapons(武器), it will not giveyou an answer.

ChatGPT comes along at a time when Al is becoming increasingly able to do creative tasks. The materials they create are difficult to tell from those made by humans. This causes manyethical(道德的) issues, such as the issue of copyright(版权). Since the system is largely trainedusing words from the Internet, it can also pick up on the Internet's biases(偏见) and stereotypes(刻板印象) about certain groups. These are all the things that depend on humans to solve.

42. The cat story was written to ________.

A. show what creative work ChatGPT can do

B. introduce a cat that wants to go to space

C. introduce a series of bedtime books

D. show how robots create stories

43. ChatGPT can do following things except ________

A. making up human-like texts

B. singing songs to people

C. writing songs, poems and even jokes

D. producing a good article in seconds

44. What do we know about ChatGPT?

A. It is the most powerful kind ofAI.

B. It is still under development.

C. It can write almost anything a human can write.

D. People cannot tell the difference between texts from ChatGPT and humans.

45. What's the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. How people will feel about writing in the future.

B. People's biases about Al writing.

C. Human efforts in developing Al writing.

D. What problems AI writing can cause.

2022年江苏省徐州市中考一模英语试卷

三、阅读单选

You are all to me!

You are just like the sun, giving off (散发) the warm light.

I am just like the small trees, growing in your warmth (温暖).

You are just like the moon, giving off the soft light.

I am just like a lost sheep, nestling in your warm arms.

When we met each other for the first time,

I was crying, you were laughing.

When I wake up in the morning,

You are all I see.

When I think about you,

You are always here.

But I’m growing up, you’re getting old.

I always wonder that:

Why you’re everything I want,

Why you are everything I need.

But when I look at you and know:

That you are all to me,

We are all to each other.

31．Why does the writer say “You are just like the sun, giving off the warm light”?

A．Because his mother is a beautiful woman.

B．Because his mother works very hard.

C．Because his mother does many things for other people.

D．Because his mother gives him a lot of love and warmth.

32．The underlined word “nestling” here means “________”.

A．lying B．catching C．beating D．leading

33．The writer wrote the poem (诗歌) mainly to________.

A．show the sweet memories of his childhood

B．show the good relationship with his mother

C．show the importance of his mother to him

D．show the sadness about his mother’s getting old

Pierre Dupin had delivered (送货) milk to the families on Prince Edward Street for thirty years. All that knew him loved him.

Every morning at five, Pierre arrived at the milk company’s stables, saying to Joseph, “Good morning! My old friend!” Then, the two started their day proudly. Without any order from Pierre, the wagon (货车) would roll down the street. The horse stopped at the first house. There, Joseph would wait perhaps thirty seconds for Pierre to get down off his seat and put a bottle of milk at the front door …

One day, the president of the company came to check the early morning milk deliveries. Jacques, the foreman (领班) of the stables, pointed to Pierre and said, “See how the horse listens and how he turns his head toward Pierre?”

“Yeah! But Pierre’s getting old.” said the president, “Tell him it is time he rested …”

But Pierre said, “My life will be nothing if I can’t drive Joseph every day. We are two old men! Let us wear out together. When Joseph is ready to leave, then I too will do so.”

Then one cold morning, after about two years, Jacques said, “Pierre, your horse, Joseph, didn’t wake up. Go over and see him.”

Pierre took one step forward, then turned. “No … no … You … you don’t understand, Jacques.”

Now, Jacques looked into Pierre’s eyes. He saw a dead, lifeless look in them. So he said, “Take the day off, Pierre!”

Pierre stepped into the street. Then there came a warning shout and a screech (尖锐的刹车声) …

Five minutes later, a doctor announced, “Pierre’s dead …”

“I couldn’t help it.” the driver said, “Why, he walked as though he were blind?”

The doctor bent down. “Blind? Of course! This man has been blind for five years.” he turned to Jacques, “Didn’t you know that?”

“None of us knew.” Jacques said softly, “Only one … only one knew—a friend of his, named Joseph …”

34．Why did Pierre refuse to leave his job?

A．Because he thought he was not old enough.

B．Because Joseph couldn’t work without his help.

C．Because he was unwilling to be separated from Joseph.

D．Because people on the street couldn’t live without him.

35．What do the underlined sentences tell us?

A．Jacques was surprised to find that Pierre couldn’t see anything.

B．Pierre was too scared to take a last glance at his friend.

C．Pierre was so sad because it was time for him to leave his job then.

D．The death of Joseph drove Pierre to lose confidence for life.

36．What can we can infer from the passage?

A．No one had ever known Pierre was blind.

B．Joseph just served as Pierre’s guide after Pierre went blind.

C．Blindness didn’t make any difference to Pierre’s life at all.

D．The president wasn’t quite satisfied with Pierre’s work.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?

Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 21 years. Testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has been responsible for testing large amount of the sweet ice cream - as well as for developing over 75 flavours.

Some people think that it would be not difficult to do this job: after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No – there’s more than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very necessary to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.

In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and tests 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12F. Harrison explains, “You get more flavour from warmer ice-cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”

While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavour?” Next it’s time to taste!

Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavours, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy - working at one cool job.

37．What is John Harrison’s job?

A．A doctor. B．A teacher. C．A taster. D．A manufacturer.

38．What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?

A．He stirs the ice cream.

B．He heats the ice cream.

C．He tastes the flavour of the ice cream.

D．He examines the colour of the ice cream.

39．Why could John Harrison get the job?

A．He has the ability to taste ice cream.

B．He has great interest in ice cream.

C．He has read books on Food Science.

D．He has got a degree in chemistry.

40．Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?

A．One Cool Job B．John Harrison’s Life C．Flavours of Ice Cream              D．Tasting with Eyes

Fishing is a popular activity and every fisherman knows the rule: keep the big ones, throw the smaller ones back. The reason for it is simple—if you keep the smaller ones, fewer fish will be able to grow and reproduce (繁殖), and the fish population will be in danger. But should we always keep the big ones?

One scientist, Dr. David Conover, has spent the last 10 years studying the effects of the “keep the big ones” rule.

To set up his experiment, Conover and his team caught hundreds of silverside fish and divided them into six groups. For two groups, Conover followed the “keep the large ones” rule and took out the biggest fish. For two other groups, he removed only the small fish. For the last two groups, he removed fish randomly (随机地).

After five years, he measured the fish in each group. In the two groups where the largest fish were regularly removed, the average (平均) fish size was smaller than the average size in the other groups. That is to say, if only small fish survive to reproduce, then future generations of fish are likely to be small.

For the second five years of his experiment, Conover changed the rules and took fish randomly from each group. At the end of the experiment, he found that the fish that were in the “keep the large ones” group for the first five years had started to get larger again, although he expected it would take at least 12 years for the fish in that group to return to their normal size. In other words, it takes less time to shrink (变小) than it does to recover.

41．The underlined word “it” in Line 2 refers to “________”.

A．the activity B．the fish C．the rule D．the fisherman

42．Why do fishermen follow the “keep the big ones, throw the small ones back” rule?

A．It helps to protect fish numbers. B．It helps to protect fish size.

C．They are used to following it. D．They will be punished if they don’t.

43．About the “keep the big ones” group, what did Conover find about his experiment after the first five years?

A．It made no difference to fish size. B．It affected all fish groups similarly.

C．It made the fish bigger on average. D．It made fish smaller on average.

44．Which of the following is TRUE according to the experiment?

A．The whole experiment took Conover more than 12 years.

B．The fish in the “keep the large ones” group grew to their normal size in the experiment.

C．It takes fish more time to recover to their normal size than it does to grow smaller.

D．The fish in the six groups had the same average size at the end of the experiment.

45．Why is the main purpose of this article?

A．To ask people to catch big fish.

B．To describe a scientific experiment.

C．To tell people the danger fish are facing.

D．To introduce the rules of fishing to readers.

2021年江苏省徐州市中考一模英语试卷

三、阅读单选

31．What is Sophia’s problem?A．She doesn’t have friends. B．She isn’t good at English.

C．She had a fight with her best friend. D．She wants to be popular at school.

32．Why does Jordon advise Sophia to join clubs?

A．Because clubs teach students social skills. B．Because she will forget her worries there.

C．Because it’s a good place to make friends. D．Because people in clubs are usually nice.

33．Which of the following is NOT Jordon’s advice?

A．Be friendly to other people. B．Look for friends online.

C．Stay busy to forget loneliness. D．Make friends with other lonely people.

(Later on Friday evening)

Tom: What shall we do tomorrow night, Lim? It’s Saturday night, so we ought to do something special!

Lim: Well, have you seen this? (Lim shows Tom the advertisement from the New York Daily.) I can’t believe this play is on in New York. It’s such a brilliant play.

Tom: Teahouse? I don’t think so. I want to do something exciting on Saturday night.

Lim: We have to go and see it! I promise you, like it says, it’ll be an evening you’ll never forget.

Tom: But I don’t speak Chinese. How will I understand anything? Anyway, I haven’t got enough money.

Lim: Don’t be stupid. It’s translated into English. I’d offer to pay for you, but look, it’s quite cheap and anyway, I haven’t got much money either. We can’t miss it! Come on. I really want to go. By the way, remember to bring a cushion because it’s quite long.

(Saturday evening — later after the play)

Tom: What an enjoyable performance! I’m really glad I agreed to go.

Lim: Me too. I told you you’d enjoy it. And a full audience!

Tom: I love the waiter. He was almost in every scene. He was such a great actor.

Lim: I know, and so was the man who played Wang Lifa.

34．What do Tom and Lim do this Saturday evening?

A．Watch a play. B．Have a party. C．Learn Chinese. D．Serve in a teahouse.

35．Which word has the similar meaning to “brilliant” in the conversation?

A．special B．stupid C．cheap D．great

36．Why does Tom refuse to go at first?

a. He can’t understand Chinese.    b. He can’t go to China.

c. He doesn’t have enough money.   d. He doesn’t enjoy watching films.

A．ab B．cd C．bd D．ac

37．What can we learn from the conversation?

A．The ticket is expensive. B．Teahouse here is a long film in Chinese.

C．Tom regrets watching Teahouse. D．Plenty of audience go to watch Teahouse.

One of my friends was walking down a beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another person in the distance. As he came nearer, he noticed that a local boy kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it into the water. Time and time again he kept throwing things into the ocean.

As my friend came even closer, he noticed that the boy was picking up a starfish that had been washed up on the beach. One at a time, he was throwing them back into the water. My friend was puzzled. He walked closet to the boy and said, “Good evening, friend. I want to know what you are doing.”

“I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. It’s low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die.”

“I understand.” my friend replied. “But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can’t throw all of them back into the sea. There are too many. And don’t you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches? Can’t you see that you can’t make a difference?”

The boy smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish. He threw it back into the sea and replied, “Make a difference to that one?”

38．There were so many starfish on the coast because of ________.

A．the low tide B．the bad weather C．the lack of food D．the polluted sea water

39．Why didn’t the writer’s friend understand what the boy did at first?

A．Because he thought the boy was just playing.

B．Because he thought what the boy did was useless.

C．Because he didn’t know what the boy was doing.

D．Because the starfish can live both in the sea and on the shore.

40．Which of the following might the boy agree?

A．It is everyone’s duty to protect animals.

B．People should do what they think is right.

C．Some things are worth doing though they may be small.

D．Different people have different opinions towards the same thing.

41．What would the boy do next?

A．Stop throwing the starfish back into the sea. B．Pick the starfish and sell them.

C．Go on helping the starfish back to the sea. D．Just walk away andgo back home.

Most of your textbooks are single-use. After graduating, old textbooks are thrown away, which is a big waste of money and paper.

According to the National Press and Publication Administration, students across the country buy 2.8 billion new textbooks every year. If the following year’s students could reuse these textbooks, it would save over 20 billion yuan per year. That’s enough money to build 40,000 primary schools.

Primary and junior high school students in several Chinese cities are reusing music, arts, science and IT textbooks. That’s because students don’t have to take notes in their textbooks for these subjects, which makes them suitable for recycling.

However, these books only account for a small amount of the total number of textbooks. As there is no good way for redistributing (再分配) second-hand textbooks, most textbooks still end up as waste.

Changes in curricula (课程) also make it hard to reuse textbooks. "I’m among the first group of students to take classes after the recent curricular reform (改革), so I have to buy new textbooks,’ Sun Run, a high school student from Hangzhou said.

Many countries already reuse their textbooks. In the US, book companies will come to schools and buy used books. They then resell them to new students the following year at a lower price. A high school textbook in the US can have up to eight owners before it is no longer in a good enough condition to be used, according to Xinhua. The books can then be recycled.

42．What does the word "single-use" mean in Paragraph 17

A．Very expensive. B．Only to be used once.

C．Lasting for a long lime. D．Made of high-quality paper.

43．What can we know from Paragraph 2?

A．Reusing textbooks can be expensive.

B．China doesn’t have enough money for textbook.

C．China still needs 40,000 primary schools.

D．China spends billions on textbooks every year.

44．Why can certain textbooks be reused?

A．Because students don’t take notes in them.

B．Because they are not needed for most classes.

C．Because the government has asked schools to do so.

D．Because the subjects they cover are not important.

45．What has made textbook recycling so hard?

a. A general dislike for second-hand books.

b. A lack of an efficient redistribution system.

c. Changes in school curricula.   

d. A lack of protection for second-hand books.

A．ab B．ac C．bc D．bd

答案：

2023年江苏省徐州市中考一模英语试题

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2022年江苏省徐州市中考一模英语试卷

31．D    32．A    33．C

34．C    35．D    36．B

37．C    38．B    39．D    40．A

41．C    42．A    43．D    44．C    45．B

2021年江苏省徐州市中考一模英语试卷

31．A    32．C    33．B

34．A    35．D    36．D    37．D

38．A    39．B    40．C    41．C

42．B    43．D    44．A    45．C