so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the program goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it？”
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn to think about the group.”
1．In one special program in New York State, young people and older people ． A．don't work well together
B．teach one another new ways of building houses C．are friendly to one another
D．spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
2．All the members work some time every day mainly to ． A．lead a busy life
B．learn new skills of farming C．get used to the life on the farms D．find value and pleasure in work
3．Living together, ．
A．the teenagers don't have to obey the rules
B．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make C．the members have no free time on weekends
D．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together
4．The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is ． A．unpleasant C．helpful
B．tiring D．boring (十二)
(2024·改编)Marco Polo was from Venice, Italy. In 1271, at age 17, Marco went on a trip with his father and uncle to China. Today people often travel to different places around the world. But it was very hard for people from Europe to visit China then. After three and a half years, the Polos reached China in 1275.
While he was there, Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan, the emperor(皇帝) of China. He was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans. In his diary, he wrote, “Kublai Khan's palace is the greatest I've ever seen. The streets of the new capital. Daidu, are so straight and so wide.” Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet in use in the West at that time. Homes were heated with “black stones... which burn like wood.” These stones were coal, and most of the Europeans knew little about it then.
After 17 years in China, Marco and his family finally returned to Venice in 1292. After he returned home, Marco completed a book about his trip, full of facts about his
wonderful experiences in China.
1．How was Marco Polo's three-and-a-half-year journey to China? A．Expensive. C．Difficult.
B．Comfortable. D．Smooth.
2．The Polos finally got to China in ． A．1271 C．1288
B．1275 D．1292
3．What did Marco do when he was in China? A．He worked for the emperor. B．He learned to build city streets. C．He helped to dig for coal. D．He finished a book about his trip.
4．What would be the best title for the passage? A．Magic “black stones” B．Marco Polo in China C．Paper Money in Daidu
D．Kublai Khan—the Greatest Emperor
(十三)
(2024·预测)Bamboo is one of the nature's most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world
except Europe. There are more than 1，000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.
Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(缆绳) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min river in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1，000 years, and is still holding strong.
In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered.
1．According to the passage, bamboo is ． A．thin and tall
B．in different colors D．in the same shape
C．wide and short
2．What do you know about bamboo in this passage? A．Bamboo is a kind of a tree.
B．Bamboo grows everywhere in the world.
C．Bamboo can grow back very quickly after being cut short. D．Bamboo cannot grow on plains but on the mountains. 3．Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers?
A．Because using bamboo to find water doesn't need much money. B．Because bamboo is the best way to help water poor thirsty fields.
C．Because bamboo has been used in many ways in Africa for several centuries. D．Because bridges made of bamboo are much stronger than those made of stone. 4．What's the main idea of the passage?
A．There are more than 1，000 kinds of bamboo in the world. B．Bamboo is one of the nature's most surprising plants. C．Cables made of bamboo are strong enough to hold a bridge. D．Some bamboo can grow to more than 30 centimeters across.
(十四)
Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note？” he said to mom. The note showed that he had been talking in class.
Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”， but often he gets “You can do better than this.” Mom knows what it means. She tells him “You can do better than this” means “very bad” in China.
In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject their children get.
But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spent more time on
2024年中考英语阅读理解练习26篇(带答案)
