2019中考英语一轮阅读理解普练11
Passage A
（2019中考日常生活类训练）
Could your best friend make you fat?
Researchers who have studied“networks”of obesity(肥胖) think so： Brothers or sisters and a husband or a wife also have an influence, although reduced_people whose brothers or sisters became obese were 40 percent more likely to grow obese, while people whose husband or wife became obese were 37 percent more likely to.
“This is the first study to show how obesity spreads through the social network from person to person，”James Fowler of the University of California, San Diego, who worked on the study, told in a telephone interviewing.
The researchers said their findings show that obesity is contagious—not like a virus which is contagious, but in a social sense.
It may help explain why obesity is worsening across the United States, with twothirds of Americans overweight and almost a third technically obese.
，”Dr.Nicholas Christakis, a professor of medical sociology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, told the briefing.
“We think that these findings reinforce(加强) the idea that obesity is not just an individual problem but a collective problem，”Christakis said.
“People look around them and see people gaining weight and it might change their attitude about what constitutes an acceptable body size，”he added.“You might say it's OK to be heavier.”
1．The underlined phrase“reduced people”refers to______.
A．the influence of people is smaller and smaller B．fat persons are having less and less friends C．the number of fat persons is decreasing largely D．
2．What's the new finding of researchers in the passage?
A．Obesity is popular with Americans.
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B．Obesity spreads from person to person. C．Obesity can be spread like a virus. D．
3．In what aspect do your fat friends have an impact on you?
A．They may influence you how to choose a lover. B．They may assist you in forming a life value. C．They may change your attitudes towards obesity. D．They may help you understand what obesity is. 4．From the passage，we can infer that________.
A．it's better not to make friends with fat persons B．obesity is a kind of disease that can spread C．most Americans think obesity is a kind of beauty D．it needs a collective effort to deal with obesity 参考答案1A 2B 3C 4D
Passage B
中考英语阅读理解分类练习：广告布告类 【小题1】The zoo opens _______ a week. A．two days
B．five days C．six days D．seven days
【小题2】On Tuesday, the zoo closes at _______. A．5：30 p.m. B．6：00 p. m. C．6：30 a. m.
D．8：30 a. m.
【小题3】On Thursday, the zoo is open for ______. A．8 hour
B．8.5 hours C．9 hours
D．9.5 hours
【小题4】The zoo is in the city called ______. A．Xiaohe
B．Binhai
C．Changchun D．Beibei
【小题5】Beibei is 11 years old, and this Sunday she wants to visit the zoo with
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her parents. How much should they pay for the tickets? A．￥20 B．￥30 C．￥40 D．￥50
Passage C
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their
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2019中考英语一轮阅读理解普练11
