2019 年中考英语二轮复习阅读理解基础优题
Passage A
（2019 中考保健与健康类选练）
(11)(1)
How much sleep is enough?
To stay in good health, some expert in the US say, adults should get seven
to eight hours of sleep. Teenager need nine to ten hours. And pre-school children need more than 10 hours of sleep a night.
Experts say the quality(
质量
Experts say the change starts in our 30s. By the time we reach our 50s, a person may have lost 50 percent of their ability to have a restful sleep. These people have trouble failing and staying asleep through the night. From middle age on, these problems only get worse, and they can have a bad effect on their health.
Signs that show you may not be getting enough sleep.
You’re always hungry or you ’ve got unwanted weight. If you are in short of sleep, certain chemicals in your body will not work well and tell your brain in time that you have eaten enough.
You have trouble making decisions. Not having enough sleep may make your brain work slower in problem solving.
You have trouble remembering things. Sleep helps prepare the brain for new memories.
Your feeling changes unreasonably. People who don
’t sleep well may feel unable
to control their feelings.
You are having trouble seeing. If there is a shortage of sleep, you may not be able to see thing as clearly as usual.
How to improve your sleep? Here are a few things people can do to get better sleep.
1.What can we learn from the passage?
A. With the help of medicine, we can sleep better.
B. People begin to have sleep problems in their 40s.
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C. Teenagers usually need more sleep than adults. D. Few people have sleep problems in their late years.
2.The underlined word ”effect ” in the passage is close in meaning to
A. Knowledge
.
B. influence C. excuse D. activity 3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a sign that you are not sleeping well?
A. You often get hungry. C. You have proper memory
B. Your eyesight is failing. D.You always feel tired.
4.It is possible that the article is taken from A. a middle-school textbook C. A magazine on health 参考答案 1C 2B 3D 4C
.
B. a scientific report
D. an ad in the newspaper
Passage B
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35. How many people earn money for the family? ___________
A. One
B. Two
D. Four
C. Three
A. $2000
B. $3000 C. $4000
D. $5000
37. $3000 is Tespent on _____________.
A. telephone Power Rates
B. Food
D. Clothing and Incidentals
C. Motor Vehicle
（交通 ）
38. If the Brown family decided to sell their car, how much extra money wouldn they have to spend?_____________
’t
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A. $28000 B. $2000
C. $26000
D. $4000 参考答案
35 — 38、 ACDB
Passage C
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People often say that the earth is like our mother. She gives life to all the living things on the earth and provides us with air, food, water and other essential things we need for living.
Can she bear to see her children putting the waste here and there? Can she bear
to see her children cutting down the trees and destroying the grassland, to see
the acid rain destroying everything? Can we bear to see our mother suffering (
苦 ) so much? Isn ’t it time for us to ask ourselves whether this is the way to treat our mother?
Floods, droughts, acid rain..., these are the punishments ( 惩罚 ) from nature. Everyone should know that there is only one earth. If we go on treating her like this, it won
’t be fit for us to live in any longer. It
’s time for us to love
her, take good care of her and cure her. We should save the earth so as to save ourselves.
39. What does the earth look like now?
A. It has clean rivers, lakes and green forests. B. It is like a beautiful girl.
C. It is more beautiful and richer.
D. It is dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer. 40. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
A. Know
B. Stand
C. Imagine
D. Hear
41. What is the best title of the passage? A. The earth — our mother.
B. Defenders of the Earth ( 地球卫士 ).
C. The earth is very beautiful and healthy. D. The water on the earth is very clean. 参考答案
39 — 41、 DBA
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Passage D
歌剧版《红楼梦》
You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?
Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions( 《红楼梦》 ), written by Cao Xueqin(1715
－1763). Now the book has been
made into an English language opera. The opera was first performed last September in San Francisco, US. This month it came to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan. Many of the opera's creators have backgrounds(
背景 )in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights. Their understanding of both cultures helped them to change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera. The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Hwang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story
between Jia and Lin and tried to write a heartbroken tragedy( would understand.
悲剧 ) that everyone
The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people
understand the characters using costumes(
服装 ) and stage settings( 布景
The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Western audiences. Hwang told China Daily he wa
s happy to ”． “have made a
contribution to the land where my parents were born
1. Who wrote the opera for the Chinese classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions? A. Lin Daiyu. B. Cao Xueqin. C. Jia Baoyu. D. David Henry Hwang.
2. The opera was ________ A. sung in poetic Chinese
．
B. first performed in Beijing
C. performed in China after one year D. performed in many languages 3. Which of the following is NOT a difference between the book and the opera? A. The language used.
B. The sad love story.
C. The number of characters. D. The whole family's story.
4. Why did the creators make the book into an English-language opera?
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A. Because they had backgrounds in Western culture.
B. Because they thought the book was not good enough.
C. Because they hoped to help others learn English.
D. Because they wanted Westerners to know about the Chinese novel.
5. The best title of the passage is probably ________. A. A Dream of Red Mansions Is Popular
B. Introduce the Chinese Classic to Westerners C. Turn the Chinese Classic into An Opera
D. The Chinese Culture Is Colorful
【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一个外国人把的经典名著《红楼梦》改编成歌
剧。创作者这样做的原因在于他们想让更多的人了解的经典文化，想把的文化传播出去。
1. D
【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：谁为经典小说《红楼梦》写了这部歌剧？ A 项：林
黛玉； B 项：曹雪芹； C 项：贾宝玉； D项：戴维·亨利·黄。根据文章第四段第二句“ opera writer David H
But ”
enry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven.
D。
可知该歌剧的作者是戴维·亨利·黄。故选
2. C
【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：这个歌剧是 ________。 A 项：以诗歌形式用汉语唱
出来； B 项：首场表演在； C 项：一年后在表演； D 项：用许多种语言表演。根据文章第二段 第三、四句“ The opera was first performed last September...This month it came to
Beijing...
”，可知一年后在演出。故选
C。
3. B
【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：下列哪项不是这本书和这部歌剧的差异？ A 项：语
言的使用； B 项：悲伤的爱情故事； C 项：人物的数量； D 项：整个家庭的故事。根据第四段
悲剧
) that everyone would
B。
最后一句“ ...tried to write a heartbroken tragedy(
understand. ”可知《红楼梦》这本书被改成歌剧后依然是个悲剧。故选
4. D
【解析】推理判断题。题干意为：为什么创作者们把这本书变成英语歌剧？
B 项：因为他们认为这本书不够好；
A 项：因
为他们有西方文化的背景； C 项：因为他们希望帮助其他
人学习英语； D项：因为他们想让西方人了解的小说。根据文章第六段第一句“
The
creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to
Western audiences. ”可知作者们认为把经典介绍给西方人是一件有意义的事情，从而推测
出作者想让西方人了解这部经典小说。故选
D。
________。 A 项：《红
D 项：的文化
5. C
【解析】标题归纳题。题干意为：这篇文章的最佳标题可能是
楼梦》是受欢迎的； B 项：把的经典介绍给西方人；
C 项：把的经典变成歌剧；
是丰富多彩的。根据文章的整体内容可知这篇文章主要提到把《红楼梦》改编成歌剧。故选
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