山西省运城市稷山县2016中考英语阅读理解精品训练（15）
该资源的编排特点是：选取了有代表性的2016中考模拟试题中的阅读理解。该照片排版非常工整，字体统一为五号，行距统一为1.5倍，文章经过了仔细校正，自认为没有文字错误。 （来自2016中考模拟训练） （来自2016中考模拟训练）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. Although he lived over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today. Confucius lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.
Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.
Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.” He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. All thinking but no study makes people lazy.” Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said. 34. Why do we still remember Confucius today?
A. Because he lived a poor life in his childhood. B. Because he had wise thoughts about education.
C. Because he traveled with his students from state to state. D. Because he lived during the Spring and Autumn Period.
35. As a child, how did Confucius learn music, history, poetry and sports? A. By teaching himself at home. B. With the help of his mother.
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C. By visiting many famous teachers. D. With the help of a public school. 36. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “noble”? A. Poor. B. Bright. C. Wealthy. D. Cute.
37. Which of the following is in the correct order? ① Confucius worked to help his mother as a child. ② Confucius educated about 3,000 students in his lifetime. ③ Confucius’ father died.
④ Confucius started the first public school in Chinese history.
A. ③①④② B. ②③④① C. ①③②④ D. ④③①② 参考答案34-37 BCCA
（来自2016中考模拟训练）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas, Doctor Sharp, a famous scientist, tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English, Margaret Howe, an experiment helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe, sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her 1ife in swimming clothes -- with a coat on colder evenings --- and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily. After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to play. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own.
The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himse1f by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.
Dolphins may not speak English --- but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.
38. What is Peter?
A. A dolphin. B. A scientist. C. A doctor. D. An experiment helper.
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39. How many days did Margaret work a week during the experiment? A. Four B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven. 40. Which of the following is true?
A. Margaret didn't leave the lab. B. The lab was closed and the dolphin died.
C. The dolphin could speak English at last. D. Dr Sharp was satisfied with the experiment. 41. From this passage, what can we infer(推断)?
A. Dolphins aren't worth studying. B. Margaret didn’t like the dolphin.
C. Dolphins may have feelings just like humans. D. Margaret had short hair during the experiment. 参考答案38-41 ACBC
（来自2016中考模拟训练）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
When you’re not at home, many worries may start to crowd your mind. Did I turn the coffee maker off? Did I lock the door? Are the kids doing their homework or watching television? With a smart home, you can quiet all of these worries.
A smart home is a home with a communication network. This network connects devices(装置), such as lights and TV sets, and allows them to be controlled from far away through electrical wiring, mobile phone communication or WiFi over the Internet. More and more people may start to consider owning a smart home, because it makes life much more convenient. It can help keep your room at a certain temperature. It can record what happens inside the home and send the video to your phone. When you are on vacation abroad, you can use a smart home controller to switch on or off the electricity when necessary. Some smart homes can receive a visitor, allowing him to come in and offering him a drink. They can even feed the cat and water the plants. Besides, smart homes are easy to fix. Most smart home technology and devices are wireless and can be set up with a minimum of tools, using only the guiding information. When a problem appears, you can deal with it yourself without paying a professional.
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However, for home-users, the smart home technology is far from perfect. It can be rather expensive to own the technology and the devices. Also, because the smart home system allow its owner to get home information from anywhere, it leaves the home easy to be attacked by hackers, who may secretly use or change the information in the system.
Now, many scientists are excited at the future of smart home technology. Imagine being able to get fashion advice from your mirror, or receive food shopping suggestions from your refrigerator. While there are others who worry that those smart devices will make people lazier and lonelier. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure---smart home technology will change the way we live and work. 42. According to the passage, what can a smart home lock the door through? A. Electric lights. B. Mirror technologies. C. Mobile phones. D. Shopping programs. 43. What is the third paragraph of the passage mainly about? A. The steps to use smart systems. B. The prices of smart programs. C. The advantages of a smart home. D. The tools for setting up smart devices.
44. Which of the following is TRUE about a smart home? A. Smart homes can’t help feed pets nowadays. B. Smart homes costs a lot of money at present.
C. You can’t control your smart home i n other countries. D. It’s hard for hackers to get information from smart homes. 45. What’s the writer’s opinion according to the passage? A. People will become less happy in the future.
B. People’s life style will be different in the future. C. Mobile phones are the most important in smart homes.
D. Smart homes are much better than other smart systems. 参考答案42-45CCBB
（来自2016中考模拟训练）
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阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。阅 When was the last time you wrote a letter?
A recent survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter, half had not written a thank-you letter, around 83 percent had never written a love letter, and a quarter had not even written a birthday or Christmas card. In fact, 58 percent of teenagers complained that handwriting was “too slow” and 17 percent believed it was “outdated”. These results have caused worries that the art of handwriting may one day die out, even though many people still think it is an important skill.
“Handwriting is one of the most creative art forms we have and should be given the same importance as other art forms such as sketching(素描)，painting，or photography，”Jonathan Skyrme, general manager of BIC UK &Ireland, told the Daily Mail.
The New York Times explained that a handwritten letter sends a message in a way that online messages can never do. “When you get an e-mail, you can never be sure that you are the only person to have received it—or even that it was written by the person who sent it,” said the newspaper.
As US author Simon Garfield once wrote，“E-mails are a poke(蜻蜒点水), but letters are a loving touch.”
So imagine the powerful message you will send if you actually write out your thoughts for another person by hand, buy a stamp, take your note to a mailbox and wait days for your special someone to receive it. Their smile at your thoughtfulness will say it all.
31. What can we learn from Paragraph 2？ A. Most teenagers hadn’t written a love letter. B. The art of handwriting may disappear one day. C. 300 teenagers of today’s had never written a letter． D. Over half teenagers thought handwriting was out of date．
32. The New York Times and Simon Garfield may both agree that_______． A. letters have some advantages over E-mails
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山西省运城市稷山县中考英语阅读理解训练(15)
