（4）A
【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要讲述了伦敦警察的发展史，起初伦敦没有警察，但随着越来越多的人来到伦敦居住，小偷变得多了起来。Henry就花钱雇佣一些人来防止小偷，伦敦的警察就产生了。后来警察的数量越来越多了，报酬也越来越高了。
（1）细节理解题。根据文中语句but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.可知，在1700年，伦敦根本没有警察，少数的老人来保护城市的街道，而且题目没有报酬。故选B。
（2）细节理解题。根据文中语句About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there.可知，在大约300年前，伦敦变得越来越大，越来越多的人来到伦敦居住。故选D。
（3）细节理解题。根据文中语句There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.可知，在300年前，伦敦的街道上有很多的小偷，所以人们都尽可能的呆在自己的家里。故选B。
（3）细节理解题。根据文中语句In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street.可知，在1750年，Henry Fielding开始付钱请一些人来防止小偷。他们就像今天的警察一样，他们被叫做Bow Street Runners，因为他们在Bow Street 这个街道附近工作。故这些人是来防止小偷的。故选A。
【点评】考查阅读理解。本文主要考查细节理解题，首先仔细阅读文后的问题，弄清问题的大意；然后带着问题阅读短文，抓住关键信息，选择正确答案。
二、中考英语完形填空（含答案详细解析）
9．阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。 John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down. He called out nervously,\Mom, where's Charlie? \ John looked around the garden, behind the bushes, and under the picnic table. No dog! His mother heard 2 in his voice as he called her a second time.\ She came outside 3 . \close by.
Both son and mother were 4 now, but still no Charlie. Their calls were not completely wasted, though. Joe, the next-door neighbor, and his two daughters Tania and Julie, immediately agreed to help them 5 the lost dog.
But even with five people now searching the town's streets, they had no luck. Charlie was still 6 .
Tania suggested they make posters with Charlie's 7 . She had done this when her own cat was lost a year earlier, she told John, and the cat was found the next day.
John agreed. When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie. Then John heard a 8 and opened his bedroom door. It was Charlie. John was greeted with a big wet kiss Charlie had been 9 in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping. John had never been so 10 in his life!
1. A. decided B. forgotten C. understood D. realized 2. A. anger
B. hope
C. fear
D. warning D. thinking D. take care of D. quiet D. picture D. song D. saved D. proud
3. A. actively B. quickly C. carelessly D. annoyingly 4. A. shouting B. talking C. fighting 5. A. give up B. look for C. run after 6. A. missing B. asleep 8. A. mess 9. A. shut
B. noise B. woke
C. take C. voice C. tied C. happy
7. A. address B. character C. name
10. A. afraid B. silly A；（10）C；
【答案】 （1）D；（2）C；（3）B；（4）A；（5）B；（6）A；（7）D；（8）B；（9）【解析】【分析】本文讲述了John寻找他认为丢了的小狗，结果它在卧室里睡觉呢。 （1）句意： 他刚刚意识到，已经一个多小时没看到他的新小狗了。A决定，B忘记，C理解，D意识到，根据 called out nervously 可知紧张地喊是因为意识到某事发生了，故选D。
（2）句意：他第二次喊他母亲时，母亲听到了他声音里的恐惧。A生气，B希望，C恐惧，D禁告，根据 I can't find Charlie可知找不到查理John害怕失去它 ，故选C。 （3）句意：她悄悄地出来了。A积极地，B悄悄地，C粗心地，D烦人地，根据 came outside 可知出来是悄悄地，故选B。
（4）句意： 儿子和母亲都在喊，但仍然没有找到查理。 A喊，B谈话，C打仗，D思考，根据 Their calls可知是不断的喊 ，故选A。
（5）句意：他们立即同意帮助他们找丢失的狗。A放弃，B寻找，C追赶，D照顾，根据 searching the town's streets可知是寻找 ， 故选B。
（6）句意： 查理仍然找不到。A失踪的，B睡着的，C拿，D安静的，根据 lost dog可知是丢失的 ， 故选A。
（7）句意： 塔尼亚建议他们用查理的照片做海报。A地址，B性格，C名字，D照片，根据 with a photo of Charlie 可知是照片，故选D。
（8）句意： 然后约翰听到一个声音。A混乱，B噪音，C嗓音，D歌曲，根据 opened his bedroom door ， 可知是因为听到声音才去开门，狗发出的是用抓住挠门的声音，故是noise，故选B。
（9）句意：查理一直关在卧室里睡觉。A关，B醒来，C尝试，D挽救，根据 in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping一直在卧室里睡觉可知是关在卧室里 ，故选A。 （10）句意： 约翰一生中从未如此快乐过！A害怕的，B愚蠢的，C开心的，D骄傲的，终于找到狗了当然的开心，故选C。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
10．完形填空
A restaurant had one falled upon hard times. Only five 1 were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant there lived a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager 2 to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might save the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, but when he was asked for advice, the businessman 3 for a while and then said, \have no advice to give. The only thing I can tell you is that the saver （救星） is one of you.\ The manager, returning to the restaurant 4 , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that 5 , the old restaurant workers thought carefully of the words of the businessman, \saver is one of us?\They asked themselves. As they thought about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with 6 respect（尊重）. And thinking that each of themselves might be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
As time went by, people coming to the restaurant 7 that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing 8 , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to bring their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two 9 later, the small restaurant had once again become a big food company, thanks to the businessman's 10 . They understood that it was they themselves that were the savers. 1. A. cooks 2. A. hoped
B. waiters C. members D. customers B. began
C. allowed D. decided
D. laughed D. nervously D. gone D. special D. wished D. when D. minutes
3. A. stopped B. refused C. rested 4. A. angrily B. hopefully C. lively 5. A. following B. followed C. going 6. A. strange B. similar C. strong 7. A. received B. advised C. felt 8. A. what 9. A. years
B. how B. days
C. why C. hours
10. A. advice B. words A；（10）B；
C. methods D. success
【答案】 （1）C；（2）D；（3）A；（4）B；（5）B；（6）D；（7）C；（8）C；（9）【解析】【分析】文章大意：有一家小餐馆快倒闭了，经理去向一个成功商人征求建议，商人说他们自己是餐馆的拯救者，最后，他们通过努力拯救了餐馆，使得这个小餐馆又一次成为一个大餐馆。
（1）句意：只剩下了五个饭店的老成员。A：cooks厨师； B：waiters服务生； C：members 成员；D：customers顾客。根据the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.可知是只剩下了五个饭店的老成员。故选C。
（2）句意：经理决定向这个成功的商人请教经商建议。A：hoped 希望；B：began开始； C：allowed允许； D：decided决定。根据上文 In the town near the restaurant there lived
a successful businessman who was good at managing business,可知经理决定向他请教经商建议，故选D。
（3）句意：商人是停顿了，想了一会儿。A：stopped停止； B：refused拒绝； C：rested 休息；D：laughed大笑。根据... for a while and then said, \only thing I can tell you is that the saver （救星） is one of you.\可知由动作的顺序，停了一会儿，然后接着说了那些话， 故选A。
（4）句意：经理满怀希望地回到餐厅，把商人的话告诉了其他人。A：angrily生气地； B：hopefully希望地； C：lively生机勃勃地； D：nervously不安地。根据上文 The only thing I can tell you is that the saver （救星） is one of you.\ 可知经理听了商人的话，感到很有希望，故选B。
（5）句意：在接下来的几个月里，老餐馆的工作人员仔细地思考着这位商人的话。follow跟随；go去。根据句子结构可知，是个定语从句，先行词the months，指物，在从句中作主语，用关系代词that，缺少谓语动词，主句中的谓语动词thought，用一般过去时，从句要用一般过去时，要用过去式。follow的过去式followed；go的过去式went，故选B。 （6）句意：当他们想到这种可能性时，他们都开始以特别的尊重对待对方。 A：strange 陌生的，奇怪的；B：similar 类似的；C：strong 强壮的；D：special特别的。根据下文And thinking that each of themselves might be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.可知他们彼此特别互相尊重，故选D。
（7）句意：随着时间的推移，来到这家餐厅的人们感到，在这家小餐厅的五位老成员周围，有一些尊敬和亲切。A：received收到； B：advised建议； C：felt感觉； D：wished希望。根据some respect and warm kindness，可知尊敬和善良是通过感觉感受到的，故选C。
（8）句意： 几乎不知道这其中的原因 。A：what 什么；B：how怎样； C：why为什么； D：when何时。根据下文more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to bring their friends, and theirs brought more friends. 可知他们结合不知道出现这种情况的原因，故选C。
（9）句意：两年后，这家小餐馆再次成为一家大型食品公司。A：years年； B：days 日；C：hours小时； D：minutes分钟。根据生活常识，由一个将要倒闭饭店成为一家大型的食品公司，时间只能是以年为单位的，故选A。
（10）句意：两年后，这家小餐馆再次成为一家大食品公司，这要感谢这位商人的话。A：advice建议； B：words词，话； C：methods方法； D：success成功。根据文章内容可知是因为上文成功商人的一番话，让他们才能重新经营起来，故选B。
【点评】考查完形填空。答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
11．阅读下面短文，从各题所给的选项中选出最佳答案。
Alan and Jack are friends. They wanted to make sure that the birds outside on the ice were ducks or geese（鹅）. So 1 a cold January evening last year, the two boys walked onto the frozen（结冰的）river near their homes to get a better look. They 2 a rock onto the ice to test it. They thought the ice could hold their 3 . Then they stepped（踩；踏）on it. But when Jack took 4 steps, he fell through the frozen surface suddenly.
Alan ran to help his friend. He tried to 5 Jack out from the cold water and onto the frozen land. But the ice didn't hold, and he fell in, too.
Jack's elder sister saw the boys falling through the ice and started shouting for help John, a neighbor 6 nearby on his way to the store, quickly stopped the car 7 he heard the shout. Seeing the boys, he caught a nearby life ring（救生圈）, 8 his shoes and jumped into the water. John swam towards Alan and Jack, and took 9 back to land. They were taken to the hospital at once. 10 , they were saved. They were really thankful to their brave neighbor. 1. A. at 2. A. threw 3. A. shoes 4. A. a little 5. A. pull 6. A. singing 7. A. before 8. A. put on 9. A. their
B. in B. feet B. pus
C. on C. height C. pick
D. of D. weight D. few D. protect D. driving D. unless
B. grave C. collected D. took B. a few C. little B. running C. walking B. while C. after
B. took off C. cleaned up D. turned off B. Theirs C. themselves D. them
D. Especially
10. A. Secondly B. Actually C. Finally D；（10）C；
【答案】 （1）C；（2）A；（3）D；（4）D；（5）A；（6）D；（7）C；（8）B；（9）【解析】【分析】短文大意：这篇短文讲的是阿兰和杰克是好朋友。他们想确定外面冰上是鸭子还是饿。羽绒衫他们去家附近的结冰的河上更好看一看。他们认为冰能承受他们的重量。然后他们踩上去。但是当杰克没走几步时，突然从冰面掉了下去。但是当阿兰跑过去救他时，他也掉下去。杰克的姐姐看到这两个男孩掉下去开始向邻居求救。后来邻居把他们救上来送到医院。他们很感激这个勇敢的邻居。
（1）考查介词。意思是：所以这两个孩子在去年一月的一个寒冷的晚上到家附近一条结冰的河上去更好的看看。at在……点；in在……年；on在……天；of……的，根据\cold January evening last year\因此可知这是一个具体的一天，所以要用介词on，故选C。 （2）考查动词。 句意：他们向冰上扔了一块石头进行了测试。threw扔；grave雕刻，铭记；collected收集；took拿走，根据 a rock onto the ice to test it，可知是向冰上扔了石头，故选A。
（3）考查名词。句意：他们认为冰能撑住他们的体重。shoes鞋；feet脚；height高度；weight重量，根据\可知他们认为冰可以承载他们的体重，故选D。
（4）考查代词。句意：因此可知杰克往前走了没几步，就突然掉到冰层下面去了。a little有点儿，修饰不可数名词；a few有点儿，修饰可数名词；little一点儿，修饰不可数名词；few一点儿，修饰可数名词，根据but，可知他没走几步就掉下去了，故选D。
【英语】英语阅读理解记叙文及答案(word)1
