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专题19-奇闻轶事
备战2023年中考英语之阅读理解专项练（常考+热门话题）
一、阅读单选
（2022·湖北·武汉外国语学校（武汉实验外国语学校）模拟预测）
1．All the news abve ________.
A．happened in the same yearB．tk place in the same cuntry
C．has smething t d with travelD．has smething t d with charity
2．It is TRUE that Jay Ehsan ________.
A．made a living by stacking chairsB．has given a hand t peple withut hme
C．spent mre than an hur finishing the challenge
D．was cnfident abut breaking the recrd befre the challenge
3．The best heading fr the secnd news wuld be ________.
A．A bttle travels s lngB．A message matters a lt
C．A Scttish man shws creativityD．A Canadian prtects envirnment
4．The bttle mentined in the secnd news ________.
A．has a nte inside written in EnglishB．travelled acrss the Pacific in tw years
C．may be a surprising gift t Andrew Eatn
D．must have been thrwn int the sea by a Frenchman
5．It is clear that the cuple frm Trnt ________.
A．wuld like t live n the seaB．fund their dream huse in a busy district
C．tried smething thers may nt usually d
D．flated their dream huse acrss the bay successfully
（2022·黑龙江·大庆市第五十七中学模拟预测）A farmer had a cw. He tk very gd care f this cw and ne day when it was ill, he was very wrried. He telephned the vet.
“What’s the prblem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.
“My cw’s ill,” the farmer said. “I dn’t knw what’s the matter with her. She’s lying dwn and wn’t eat. She’s making a strange nise.”
The vet lked ver the cw. “She’s certainly ill,” he said, “and she needs t take sme very strng medicine.”
He tk a bttle ut f his bx, put tw pills int his hand and said, “Give her these. The pills shuld make her better.”
“Hw shuld I give them t her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube (管子) and said, “Put this tube in her muth, then put the pills in the tube and blw. That’ll make it.”
The next day the vet came t the farm again. The farmer was sitting utside his huse and lked mre wrried.
“Hw’s yur cw?” the vet asked.
“N change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said, “Why?”
“I did what yu said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cw’s muth and then put tw pills dwn it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cw blew first,” the farmer said.
6．In the stry, the vet must be ________.
A．the farmer’s friendB．a milk factry
C．a hspital fr cwsD．a dctr fr animals
7．The farmer asked the vet fr help when his cw ________.
A．culdn’t lie dwnB．didn’t eat the pills
C．culdn’t make any niseD．was ill
8．The vet taught the farmer hw ________.
A．t blw the tubeB．t make the cw take the pills
C．t take the medicineD．t put the tube in his muth
9．Which f the fllwing is true?
A．The farmer ate the pills himself.
B．The cw gt better after taking the medicine.
C．The vet came t help farmer change the cw the next day.
D．The farmer waited fr the vet utside his huse the next day.
（2021·江苏·睢宁县春晖中学二模）Sitting n the side f the highway waiting t catch speeding drivers, a plice fficer saw a car driving alng at 22 miles per hur.
He thught t himself. “This driver is just as dangerus as a speeder!” S he turned n his lights and pulled the driver ver. Getting clser t the car, he nticed that there were five ld ladies, tw in the frnt seat and three in the back, wide eyes and pale faces.
The driver, wh knew nthing abut what happened, said t him, “Officer, I dn’t understand. I was ding exactly the speed limit! What seems t be the prblem?”
“Ma’am.” the fficer replied, “yu weren’t speeding, but yu shuld knw that driving slwer than the speed limit can als be a danger t ther drivers. The same as a speeder.”
“N. Sir. I was ding the speed limit—exactly twenty-tw miles an hur!” The ld wman said in a prud vice. The fficer, almst unable t cntrl his chuckle（窃笑）, explained t her that “22” was the rute number, nt the speed limit.
A bit embarrassed, the wman smiled and thanked the fficer fr pinting ut her misunderstanding.
“But befre I let yu g, Ma’am, I have t ask…Is everyne in this car OK? These wmen seem t be shaking badly and they haven’t made a single sund this whle time,” the fficer asked.
“Oh, they’ll be all right in a minute. We just gt ff Rute 119.”
10．Hw many peple were there in the car?
A．Only ne.B．Three.C．Five.D．Six.
11．The number “22” actually stands fr ________.
A．the speed limitB．the rute number
C．the distance frm the exitD．the time at that mment
12．The underlined sentences in Paragraph 4 mean “ ________ n the rad”.
A．the speeder is the mst dangerus
B．ne shuld drive as slwly as pssible
C．slwer drivers are as dangerus as speeders
D．it is OK t drive a bit faster than the speed limit
13．What was the matter with the passengers in the car?
A．They were ill.
B．They were excited.
C．They were frightened by the driver.
D．They were afraid t see the plice fficer.
14．We can infer frm this stry that ________.
A．the ld lady was a gd driver
B．it is difficult t learn t drive
C．a driver shuld learn the rad signs well
D．it is dangerus t drive n the highway
（2022·四川·威远县凤翔中学一模）My brther, Henry, has a gd jb at a bank. I culdn’t believe him when he tld me that he had decided t give it up. Thugh I tried t make him change his mind, I failed cmpletely.
“Yu shuld recnsider yur decisin,” I said, “Yu have already spent five years in the bank and yu culd have a wnderful future. Yu might becme a bank manager by the time yu are thirty-five.”
“I knw,” Henry answered, “I have gt n cmplaints with the bank. It is a pleasant jb. The bank manager tld me my future was gd.”
“Then why d yu want t leave?” I asked.
“It‘s the mney,” Henry said. “But yu are getting a gd salary.” I answered. “I dn’t mean that,” Henry said, “What d I d in the bank? Well, at the mment all I d is t cunt mney. I fund it very depressing.”
“What is depressing abut cunting mney?” I asked.
“Yu dn’t understand,” Henry answered, “I enjying cunting my wn mney, but I hate cunting ther peple’s!”
15．The writer wants t knw ________.
A．what his brther des at the bank
B．hw lng his brther has wrked at the bank
C．why his brther has decided t leave the bank
D．when his brther will becme a bank manager
16．His brther des nt enjy ________.
A．wrking in pleasant cnditinsB．keeping happy hurs
C．cunting his wn mneyD．cunting ther peple’s mney
17．Yu shuld recnsider yur decisin. Here the wrd “recnsider” means “________”.
A．think fB．thinkC．think ver againD．think better f
18．Frm the writer’s wrds, we knw the bank pays his brther ________ fr his wrk.
A．a gd salary (薪水)B．as much mney as the manager’s
C．n mneyD．nt much mney
（2022·山东济南·一模）One day, when the sun went dwn, tw blind men were ging hme frm wrk. “I need t buy sme scks,” said ne f them suddenly. “Let’s stp at the shp n the crner.” “OK,” replied the ther. “I think I’ll buy tw r three pairs myself, t.”
In the shp, the shp assistant asked them, “What size d yu wear, sir, and what clr wuld yu like?”
“Size eleven. Give me ne pair f black scks and tw pairs f white, please.” answered ne f them.
“And yu, sir?” the shp assistant asked the ther custmer.
“The same fr me. I wear size eleven, t. S, same clr, same number.” said the secnd blind man.
A mment later they were back in the dark street, each man with the scks he had bught. But just then, a by riding a bicycle bumped int them. The blind men drpped all the scks n the grund! The six pairs all mixed up. The by quickly said srry and left. The tw blind men picked up all the scks, but culd nt tell which were black and which were white. They tried t ask fr help, but there was n ne else in the street.
At last, they separated (拆开) each pair f scks and bth tk ne sck frm each pair.
19．The stry happened ________.
A．in the mrningB．at nnC．in the afternnD．in the evening
20．The secnd blind man wanted t buy ________.
A．ne pair f black scks and tw pairs f white scks, size seven
B．tw pairs f black scks and ne pair f white scks, size seven
C．ne pair f black scks and tw pairs f white scks, size eleven
D．tw pairs f black scks and ne pair f white scks, size eleven
21．The underlined phrase “bumped int” means “ ________”.
A．撞到B．遇到C．找到D．踩到
22．Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing statements is TRUE?
A．The tw blind men were ging t wrk.B．They went t the shp n the crner.
C．The by left withut saying anything.D．Peple in the street helped them.
23．Finally, the tw blind men gt scks as Picture ________ shws.
A．B．C．D．
（2022·北京·牛栏山一中实验学校模拟预测）The Secret f a Lng Life
I am Peter Brwn. I am a writer with an imprtant magazine. The ther day I saw a white-haired man sitting n the chair in frnt f his huse. I culd see the wrinkles (皱纹) in his face and neck, and his wrinkled hands. Articles n the secrets f living t an ld age are always ppular with ur readers, s I decided t write a stry and discver the secret f this man’s lng life. As I went near him, I said:
“Sir, wuld it be kay if I talked with yu fr just a mment?”
“Nt at all. Actually, it wuld make me very happy. I get very bred sitting here, even fr a shrt time. Until a little while ag, I lived a full and active life withut a mment’s rest.”
“Well, they say that a lt f activities help ne t live a lng time.”
“That’s true, very true. I still feel very well, althugh my step has slwed dwn a little.”
The cnversatin cntinued in that way fr a while. Althugh I tried t be very thughtful abut getting infrmatin frm lder peple, it seemed t me that it wuld nw be all right t begin t ask sme plite questins.
“Wuld it be kay if I smked?”
“Nt at all.”
“I’d ffer yu ne, but I suppse yu prbably dn’t smke, r drink, r ...”
“Yu’re wrng! I’ve always smked a great deal. And until a little while ag, I went dancing every night. And as fr alchlic drinks ...”
“D yu mean t say that yu’ve dne these things all yur life?”
“Of curse. Why des that surprise yu s much?”
“I’ve always been tld that ding thse things is bad fr the health.”
“Nnsense!”
“I suppse that yu have anther secret ... a lt f fruit ... vegetables ... a lt f exercise in the fresh air ...”
“Dn’t be silly! I hate exercise in the fresh air, and I dn’t like any kind f vegetable.”
“This is unbelievable!”
“What d yu mean, unbelievable? What are yu talking abut?”
“It’s just that I can’t understand hw yu’ve been able t live like that and t have lasted s lng. Tell me, hw ld are yu?”
“Me? I’m twenty-eight. Why?”
24．Why did Peter Brwn decide t write a stry abut the man?
A．Because the man lked healthy.
B．Because he thught the man lked cl.
C．Because the man was white-haired and wrinkled.
D．Because readers are interested in the secret f a lng life.
25．What wuld the man prbably say after “And as fr alchlic drinks ...”?
A．I dn’t like them.B．I drink a little.
C．They’re my favrite.D．They cst t much.
26．What can we learn frm the stry?
A．All’s well that ends well.B．It’s never t late t learn.
C．What yu see is what yu get.D．Dn’t judge a bk by its cver.
（2021·浙江温州·三模）When I gt back t the cave, Bill and the by were nt t be fund. I sat dwn and waited fr them. Tw hurs ag, I went t Summit—the twn where the kid lived and sent a letter t his father Ebenezer Drset. In the letter, I tld him his sn was kidnapped and demanded $ 1,500 fr his return.
Later, Bill walked int the cave tiredly. Behind him was the kid, stepping sftly, with a big smile n his face.
“What’s wrng, Bill?” I asked.
“I tk the by ut.” said Bill, “He was curius abut everything. Here’re many questins I can’t answer. S he became angry and kicked my legs and bit my hand. He’s gne hme nw. I shwed him the rad t Summit. I’m srry we lse the ransm but if nt, I’ll g mad.” I culd understand Bill’s feeling. Yesterday, the by sat n Bill’s chest and put a knife n his thrat fr fun when Bill wke up. Frm that mment, Bill’s spirit was brken. He was afraid t stay with the kid.
“Turn arund and have a lk behind yu.” said I. Bill saw the by and turned pale. One day later, I received a nte:
Gentlemen: I think yu are a little high in yur demands fr the ransm. It’s hard t stay with my by Jhnny. Here’s a suggestin fr yu. Yu bring him hme and pay me $250, and I agree t take him ff yur hands. Yu’d better cme at night, fr the neighburs believe he is lst.
Ebenezer Drset.
I culdn’t believe my eyes. Bill seemed happy abut this reply. “We have the mney. If we pay it, we can take him ff ur hands. I think Mr. Drset is kind fr making us such an ffer. Yu aren’t ging t let the chance g, are yu?”
I finally agreed t pay the ransm because we bth culdn’t stand the by anymre. We tk him hme that night. The by didn’t want t g hme because he thught it was fun t camp utside and he hated ging t schl. We tld him that his father had bught a new gun fr him, and we were ging t hunt bears the next day.
It was just twelve ’clck when we kncked at Ebenezer’s dr. When the dr was pen, Bill gave the mney t Mr. Drset and hurried t leave.
27．What’s the purpse f sending a letter t Mr. Drset?
A．T brrw mney frm him.B．T help him find his lst sn.
C．T ask fr ransm fr his sn’s return.D．T tell him his sn’s behavir in schl.
28．Which f the fllwing can be inferred frm the passage?
A．Mr. Drset was given mney t buy a gift fr the by.
B．Bill treated the by badly s the kid wanted t g hme.
C．Mr. Drset didn’t care abut his sn and wuldn’t pay the ransm.
D．Bill wasn’t willing t stay with the by because he was t naughty.
29．What kind f persn is Bill accrding t the passage?
A．Shy and calm.B．Silly and funny.
C．Patient and curius.D．Brave and humrus.
（2022·浙江·模拟预测）Peple d sme unusual things and sme f them have appeared in bks. Here are a few examples. Have yu ever seen anything as strange as this?
30．Accrding t the passage, a/an ________ is made frm tthpicks.
A．pictureB．angelC．trainD．fingernail
31．Accrding t the passages, we can learn ________
A．the artist frm Albania spent a mnth building the largest picture.
B．abut 15,851 students made snw angels at the same time in Canada.
C．the peple in Germany have made the lngest mdel train in the wrld.
D．Lee frm Canada brke the wrld recrd fr the lngest fingernails in 1979.
32．The passage prbably cmes frm the ________ part f a magazine.
A．healthB．stryC．travelD．recrd
（2022·湖南·长沙市望城区中小学教师发展中心一模）Adam bught a standing-rm-nly ticket frm Liverpl t Lndn. When he gt n the train, he saw the carriage (火车车厢) was full f passengers. Adam was tired s he wanted t have a seat. Befre he gt n the train, he bught a ty snake fr his daughter. He suddenly came up with a plan.
Adam tk ut the ty snake and threw it int the carriage. All the passengers were very frightened when they saw it. Peple ran ut f the carriage as quickly as pssible. Adam saw many seats were empty and lay dwn n the seats. He felt cmfrtable and fell asleep sn.
After a while, Adam wke up. He fund the train was nt mving and thught that it must have stpped at a statin. He gt ut and asked a train attendant (服务员), “Which statin is it?”
The train attendant smiled and replied, “It is Liverpl. In fact, many passengers said there was a snake in the carriage. S they left it behind here. The ther carriages went t Lndn.”
33．The train frm Liverpl t Lndn was ________.
A．cleanB．crwdedC．frightening
34．Adam’s plan was t________.
A．sell the tyB．play with his daughterC．have a seat
35．Which is the right rder accrding t the passage?
a. Adam gt n the train.
b. Adam had a gd sleep.
c. Adam bught a ty snake.
d. Passengers ran ut f the carriage.
e. Adam threw a ty snake int the carriage.
A．a-e-d-b-cB．c-a-e-d-bC．a-c-b-e-d
36．Which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A．Passengers mistk the ty snake fr a real ne.
B．Passengers were left behind in Liverpl.
C．The train attendant knew Adam very well.
37．What des the stry mainly tell us?
A．Snakes d nt pity sleepers.
B．Nthing is difficult t the man wh will try.
C．Clever peple may pay a high price fr their cleverness.
（2022·吉林长春·模拟预测）Wuld yu like t pass dwn yur digital legacy (数字遗产) r have everything deleted (删除)? We asked 720 middle schl students abut their pinins. And here are sme answers frm teenagers.
Hw will yu deal with yur digital legacy?
Abut 37 percent f the students thught that they can give their digital legacy t their family members. Li Zhuzi, 12, frm Xi’an Shanxi, said “It shws that I nce lived in the wrld. They can als knw mre abut me and they might see a different me!”
Li Jinyan, 14, Lanzhu, Gansu prefers everything t be deleted. She thught that thugh she left s many ftprints n different places, they are what she thinks abut when she is alive. When she leaves the wrld, her family members will feel sad. As time passes, their sad feelings will g away. But if she leaves her digital legacy t them, they might feel sad again every time they lk at these things. Abut 42 percent f the students agreed with her pinin.
Other 15 percent students wuld like t pass dwn their digital legacy t their family members. They can take a lk at it when they miss me. But t sme private (隐私的) things, they dn’t want t share with thers, they will first lk thrugh all the infrmatin and delete (删除) these persnal things.
Only a small number f the students dn’t care abut it.
Have yu ever thught abut it? What is yur idea?
根据短文和图表内容，选择最佳答案。
38．This survey is abut hw t deal with ________.
A．everythingB．digital legacyC．private thingsD．ftprints
39．________ f the students want t give their digital legacy t their family members.
A．42%B．37%C．15%D．52%
40．Li Jinyan prefers t delete everything because she desn’t want her family members t ________.
A．miss herB．see a different herC．care themD．feel sad again
41．15% f the students will first lk thrugh all the infrmatin and ________ their persnal things.
A．deleteB．pass dwnC．keepD．shw ff
42．Frm the passage we can knw ________.
A．all the students dn’t care digital legacy
B．nly a few students care abut private things
C．abut 42 percent f the students delete everything
D．less than a half students pay attentin t digital legacy
（2022·黑龙江·哈尔滨市第二十七中学校模拟预测）Jack was the ftball cach at an American cllege, and he was always trying t find gd players, but mst f them weren’t always clever enugh.
One day the cach brught an excellent yung player t the head teacher f cllege and asked the student t cme int the cllege withut an exam. “Well,” the head teacher said, “I’d better ask him a few questins first.”
Then he turned t the student and asked him a few very sft questins, but the student didn’t knw any f the answers.
At last, the head teacher said, “Well, what’s five times (乘法) seven?”
The student thught fr a lng time and then answered, “Thirty-six.”
The head teacher said, “We can nt let him in the cllege.”
The cach said, “________ He was nly wrng by tw numbers.”
43．The underlined wrd”sft” mst prbably means ________.
A．easyB．hardC．different
44．One day________ brught an excellent yung player t the cllege.
A．the head teacherB．the cachC．the teacher
45．The cach think five times (乘法) seven is ________.
A．thirty-eightB．thirty-furC．A r B
46．Which f the fllwing is NOT TRUE accrding t the stry?
A．The students can answer all the questins.
B．The head teacher asked the student a few questins first.
C．Jack was the ftball cach at an American cllege.
47．________ can be the missing sentence in the passage?
A．Oh, please let him ut f here.
B．Oh, I think I dn’t like him.
C．Oh, please let him in, sir!
（2022·上海·一模）This mrning after breakfast, my mum tld me t take ut the rubbish, but sme strange aliens kidnapped(绑架) me and tk me t their UFO. It lked really strange like a big ketchup(番茄酱) bttle.
These aliens lked very weird, t. They were tall, thin and green, lking like big ugly frgs. They tld me they were frm a planet far, far away.
I was s scared when I first gt kidnapped! The aliens just tk me right int their UFO. They tied me up and started asking me all kinds f questins abut the Earth. I didn’t say anything, n matter what they did. I wasn’t ging t help them attack(攻击) ur planet! After thirty minutes r s, they gt really angry and went away.
When they were gne, I brke the rpe(绳子) n my bdy and ran thrugh the UFO, hiding whenever I heard a nise. Finally, I fund a dr. There was a strange buttn(按钮) near the dr, s I pushed it. The dr started disappearing and the flr was mving! It turned ut that I was in a mini-rcket. I flew back t the Earth and ran inside my huse t give my mum and dad a big hug.
48．What was the writer ding when the aliens kidnapped him?
A．He was walking t schl.B．He was having breakfast.
C．He was having a sleep.D．He was taking ut the rubbish.
49．What des the underlined wrd “weird” mean?
A．Shy.B．Lvely.C．Strange.D．Beautiful.
50．Why did the aliens get angry?
A．Because the writer gt n the UFO.B．Because the writer hid smewhere.
C．Because the writer didn’t say anything.D．Because the writer kept asking questins.
51．What can we learn frm the last paragraph?
A．The writer knew a lt abut aliens.B．The writer was saved by his parents.
C．The writer tld the aliens everything.D．The writer ran away successfully at last.
52．Where is the text prbably taken frm?
A．A reprt.B．A science fictin.C．A ntebk.D．A dictinary.
（2022·重庆·中考真题）A man gets ut f his car. He rushes int a dctr’s ffice “DOCTOR! Please help me! I think I must be seriusly ill.”
“Tell me what’s wrng,” the dctr says beside his desk.
“Everywhere I tuch n my bdy, it hurts!” the man answers. “Cme n and sit n the chair. Please shw me.”
S the man tuches his left ft and cries ut f pain. Then he tuches his right knee and cries, “Ouch.” Then he tuches his back and jumps ut f the chair.
As he is abut t cntinue, the dctr says,“That’s enugh. Let me see.” After a while, the dctr says, “Oh, I knw. Feel yur finger.”
53．The man thinks he must be ________.
A．seriusly illB．really heavyC．very healthyD．terribly thin
54．The dctr asks the man t sit ________.
A．in his carB．n the chairC．n the flrD．n the desk
55．The dctr finds the man prbably breaks ________.
A．his ftB．his kneeC．his backD．his finger
（2022·江苏宿迁·三模）Bennett Olsn, an American yung man, used a special way t make himself nticed when he was lking fr a jb. He bught sme advertisement (广告) space near Minneaplis and made a billbard (广告牌) with a pht f himself n it. On the billbard, it said, “Hire me.”
Bennett came up with this idea when he lst his jb in March. Luckily, the idea wrked. A lt f peple sent Bennett messages t help him. After a mnth’s jb hunting and several interviews, Bennett fund a pleasant jb in a cmpany. Even thugh Bennett’s methd cst him a lt f mney, it was useful.
Accrding t a recent study, peple spend nly abut six secnds reading a curriculum vitae (履历) befre deciding whether t hire the persn r nt. And it is hard t find a jb in tday’s jb market.
“Yu shuld d smething special t make yurself stand ut frm s many peple,” said Steve Hine, frm Minnesta. “Bennett’s great idea made him find the jb successfully!”
56．Bennett Olsn put a pht f himself n a billbard because ________.
A．his parents gave him the ideaB．he had n girlfriend
C．he wanted t find a jbD．nbdy knew him
57．What did Bennett Olsn write n the billbard?
A．Hire me.B．I’m Bennett Olsn.C．Believe it r nt.D．Ntice!
58．Bennett Olsn fund a new jb prbably in ________ accrding t the passage.
A．FebruaryB．MarchC．AprilD．July
59．Bennett Olsn’s way f finding a jb was ________.
A．very flishB．very difficultC．very easyD．a bit expensive
60．Which f the fllwing is NOT true accrding t the passage?
A．Bennett Olsn is a yung man frm the USA．
B．Steve Hine didn’t agree with Bennett’s idea.
C．Peple usually read the curriculum vitae very quickly.
D．It is nt easy t find a jb these days.
（2022·重庆江津·二模）On Nvember 5th, 1872, the Mary Celeste left New Yrk t sail t Italy. The captain, his wife and daughter and seven sailrs were n bard. But smething terrible happened. The captain f anther ship fund the Mary Celeste flating (漂浮) in the middle f the sea n December 4th, 1872. The captain, his family and the sailrs were nt n the ship and were never fund.
What happened? Why did the sailrs and passengers leave the ship? The Mary Celeste was nt brken. Everything was gd. There was n fighting, n fire and n smke sign. There was still plenty f fd and drinking water left. There were signs that the captain, his family and the sailrs had left the ship in a hurry. We culd tell all these because there was half-eaten fd n the table. The sailrs als left all their clthing behind. Even their shes were beside their beds.
Hw and when did the peple leave the ship? Sme peple said that the lifebat (救生艇) was still n the ship but thers said it was missing. The captain’s diary was fund n the ship and the last entry (记录) was made n Nvember 24th. S, we culd nly guess that the happening time was between Nvember 24th and December 4th.
An investigatr (调查者) went abard the ship several times t search fr the answers t all these questins. But he culd nt find any. N ne else culd slve the mystery.
61．The Mary Celeste was a ________.
A．trainB．planeC．shipD．captain
62．________ peple were n the Mary Celeste at first.
A．TenB．NineC．EightD．Seven
63．The Mary Celeste was fund n ________ 1872.
A．Nvember 5thB．Nvember 4thC．Nvember 24thD．December 4th
64．The event was called a mystery because ________.
A．the Mary Celeste was brken
B．the Mary Celeste did nt mve at all
C．the peple n the Mary Celeste culd nt be fund
D．sme fd and clthing were left n the Mary Celeste
（2022·浙江·瑞安市安阳实验中学模拟考试）Hw was 2019 fr yu? Was it pleasant and full f jy? Or was it unpleasant and full f sadness? Either way, sme gd things happened this year that can warm yur heart. Let’s take a lk.
65．The text is abut ________.
A．dangerus animals arund the wrldB．different cultures in different cuntries
C．exciting things that can warm ur heartsD．smething special that happened in 2018
66．Accrding t the text, which f the fllwing is TRUE?
A．A Chinese supermarket uses the leaves t wrap the things.
B．Suth Krea set up a disc club t help dementia peple.
C．Scientists in Africa try t help save the white rhins in danger.
D．Primary schl students are learning the sign language t help a by.
67．The text abve might frm the ________ clumn(栏目) in a magazine.
A．Language CrnerB．Magic WrldC．Fd SquareD．Schl Time
（2022·贵州遵义·一模）Mr. and Mrs. Smith gt married when he was twenty-three, and she was twenty. Twenty-five years later, they had a big party, and a phtgrapher (摄影师) came and tk sme phts fr them. Then the phtgrapher gave Mrs. Smith a card and said, “They’ll be ready next Wednesday. Yu can get them frm my rm.”
“N,” Mrs. Smith said, “Please send them t us.”
The phts arrived a week later, but Mrs. Smith was nt pleased when she saw them. She gt int her car and drve t the phtgrapher’s rm. She went inside and said angrily, “Yu tk sme phts f me and my husband last week, but I’m nt ging t pay fr them.”
“Oh, why nt?" the phtgrapher asked.
“Because my husband lks like a mnkey,” Mrs. Smith said.
“Well,” the phtgrapher answered, “That isn’t my fault (过错). Why didn’t yu think that befre yu married him?”
68．Hw ld was Mr. Smith when they tk the phts? ________
A．20.B．23.C．48.
69．When did the phtgrapher ask Mrs. Smith t get the phts? ________
A．This Wednesday.B．Next Wednesday.C．Next Friday.
70．Hw did Mrs. Smith feel after she saw the phts? ________
A．Unhappy.B．Satisfied.C．Excited.
71．Which is right accrding t the passage? ________
A．They had a big birthday party with their gd friends.
B．Mrs. Smith went t the phtgrapher’s rm n ft.
C．Mrs. Smith didn’t want t spend any mney n the phts.
72．What can we learn abut Mr. Smith frm the passage? ________
A．He was fat.
B．He wasn’t handsme.
C．He was humrus.
（2022·河南郑州·一模）It was really a big day fr Mrs. Smith. Her husband, an rdinary ffice wrker gave her ten punds fr her birthday—ten pretty pund ntes. She culd at last buy the beautiful thing she had always wanted. S the day after her birthday Mrs. Smith went shpping. She gt n a bus and sat dwn next t an ld lady. After a while she nticed that the ld lady’s bag was pen. Inside it, she fund a wad f pund ntes like the ne her husband had given her the day befre. She quickly lked int her wn bag—the ntes were gne. Mrs. Smith was sure that the ld lady sitting next t her must have stlen them. She thught she wuld nt have t call the plice as she didn’t like getting peple int truble. S she decided t take back the mney frm the lady’s bag and say nthing abut it. She lked arund the bus t make sure nbdy was watching, then she carefully put her hand int the ld lady’s handbag, tkut the ntes and put them int the bag f her wn.
When she returned hme that evening, she shwed her husband the beautiful hat she had bught. “Hw did yu pay fr it?” he asked in surprise. “With the mney yu gave me fr my birthday f curse.” “Oh,what’s that then?” he asked, as he pinted t a wad f pund ntes n the table.
73．When did Mrs. Smith g shpping?
A．After she bught the hat.
B．Befre her birthday.
C．The day after her birthday.
D．During her birthday.
74．On the bus Mrs. Smith fund___________.
A．she had left her mney hme
B．the ld lady stealing her mney
C．her mney missing
D．the ld lady wearing a beautiful hat
75．Hw did she get the mney frm the ld lady?
A．She asked the plice fr help.
B．She made the ld lady give back the mney.
C．She gt it ut f her pcket.
D．She tk it in a secret way.
76．Hw did her husband feel when she shwed him the hat she had bught?
A．He felt surprised. B．He felt happy.
C．He felt unpleasant. D．He liked the hat very much.
77．In the end Mrs. Smith fund she had___________.
A．been lucky enugh that day
B．greatly imprved herself in smething
C．lst her mney
D．made a serius mistake
（2022·辽宁营口·一模）A man was driving alng the rad when he saw three penguins (企鹅) standing n the rad. They lked lst, s he picked them up and put them in the back seat f his car. He then stpped at a gas statin t fill up the tank (油箱). While he was there, the attendant (服务员) nticed the penguins in the back seat. He asked the man, “What are thse three penguins ding in the back f yur car?”
“I fund them n the rad and they lked lst, s I picked them up,” the man replied. “Yu shuld take them t the z,” said the attendant. “What a gd idea!” said the man. He then paid fr the gas and drve ff.
The next day the man went t the same gas statin, and the same attendant happened t be serving him. The attendant was surprised t ntice the penguins were still in the car. He said t the man, “I thught I had tld yu t take them t the z. What are they still ding in yur car?” The man replied, “Oh, I did. I did take them t the z. They lve it, and nw I’m ging t take them t the mvies!”
78．While the man was driving alng the rad, what happened? ________.
A．He saw three penguins playing happily n the rad
B．He nly left three penguins n the rad
C．He stpped his car because it brke dwn
D．He saw three penguins n the rad and they lked lst
79．The underlined wrd “He” refers t “________”
A．Anther penguinB．The manC．The attendantD．The penguin
80．What did the attendant advise the man t d? The man shuld ________.
A．take the penguins hmeB．let the penguins live in the z
C．put the penguins in his carD．take the penguins t the mvies
81．Hw many times has the attendant met the three penguins accrding t the passage? ________.
A．OnceB．TwiceC．Five timesD．Many times
82．The best title f the passage may be ________.
A．A man and three lst penguinsB．An attendant and a man
C．A z and three lst penguinsD．An attendant and a gas statin
（2022·辽宁阜新·一模）Hw t Catch the Thief (贼)
Henry Smith taught science at the City Schl. Once he went t a bkstre and bught sme bks. Mst f them were expensive nes. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bught sme ther things at ther shps. At 6 ’clck he came back t the car. One windw was pen and the bks were gne. Henry drve back t his hme in Lake Street.
That night he wrte a letter t a newspaper. The next day he went t the plice statin. On Friday peple read an advertisement (广告) in the newspaper:
Henry stayed at hme n Saturday. His first visitr came at 8 ’clck. Henry tk him t the kitchen. At half past nine, anther man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
“ Mr. Smith?” the man asked.
“ That’s right,” Henry said. “ Can I help yu? ”
“ I have sme gd bks. Yu buy bks, dn’t yu? ”
“ Yes, bring them in. I’ll have a lk at them.”
Sn the bks were n the dining-table.
“ Cme in nw,” Henry called ut. “ And bring the list.”
A pliceman came int the dining-rm. He read the titles n the bks and then thse n the list in his hand. They were the same.
“ Cme with me, sir,” the pliceman said t the man.
83．Henry Smith was ________.
A．a plicemanB．a bksellerC．a teacherD．a scientist
84．Henry Smith lived in ________.
A．a quiet streetB．Lake Street
C．a bkstreD．the City Schl
85．When the thief came int Henry Smith’s huse, the pliceman was ________.
A．in the kitchenB．ut f the dr
C．in the plice statinD．in the street
86．Mr. Smith’s bks were gne frm his ________.
A．kitchenB．hmeC．dining-rmD．car
87．Did Mr. Smith get his bks back?
A．Yes, he did.B．N, he didn’t.
C．Yes, he was.D．N, he wasn’t.
Stacked chairs reach new heights
A restaurant manager, has brken the Guinness Wrld Recrd (吉尼斯纪录) fr chair stacking (使成叠) in Canada. In April f 2021, Jay Ehsan carefully stacked chairs n tp f each ther t a height f 5.2 meters. The stacking tk 45 minutes. Nt nly did he break the recrd but his effrts als raised mre than $1,500 t help hmeless peple.
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During a beach walk n the Grand Beach, Canada, Andrew Eatn saw a glass bttle. His first thught was t recycle it, but then he saw a nte inside. It was written in French and dated January 26, 2021. Andre Huet, frm Sctland, had written it and the bttle had carried it abut 2,200 miles acrss the Atlantic. He may be surprised t find that his bttle wuld be picked up by smene ne year later.
A cuple flat their dream huse
A cuple frm Trnt, Canada, saw their dream huse right n the beach. They bught it and then they tried t use several mtrbats t push it mre than 1,000 meters acrss Newfundland’s Bay f Islands, which was unexpected t mst peple. Sadly, fur hurs later, the bats lst cntrl, and Daniele and Kirk watched their dream huse g dwn under the waves.
Saimir Strati frm Albania built the largest picture ever made frm tthpicks(牙签). Mre amazingly, a very beautiful hrse is in it. The artist used 1.5 millin tthpicks and wrked 40 days t d it.
On February 2,2004, 15,851 parents, students and teachers made snw angels at the same time in Ontari, Canada. It was the largest grup f peple that has ever cme tgether t make snw angels.
Lee Redmnd frm the United States brke the wrld recrd fr the lngest fingernails in 1979. On February 23, 2008, her fingernails were a ttal length f 8.65m lng. Her lngest nail is n her right thumb. It’s 90 cm. Sme peple think she’s never cut them!
The peple at Miniature Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, have made the lngest mdel train in the wrld. It has 13 lcmtives(火车头) and 778 cars and measures 110m! Hw lng wuld a real train with this many lcmtives and cars be? The answer: almst 1,000 km!
A Thailand supermarket came up with a great way t cut dwn the plastic packaging. It wraps the things in banana leaves instead f plastic.
Suth Krea is having the daytime disc parties fr peple ver 65. The gal is t help fight lneliness and dementia in the elderly peple.
There are nly tw nrthern white rhins left in the wrld. They live in Africa. This year, scientists successfully fertilized seven f their eggs. This might help t save the dying nes!
Students at a primary schl in Maine, the US, are learning the sign language. They are ding this in rder t help a deaf 6-year-ld girl feel welcmed at their schl. They hpe that she’ll be happy every day.
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