2017年中考英语阅读理解练习材料
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a horse with toes
Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.
These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.
It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn't live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open field took the place of(代替) forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard(坚硬)。
Horses began to change too.They began to get bigger.This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof(马蹄)。
(61)Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its ______.
A. back feet B. front feet C. right feet
(62)The cats were ______ the horses at that time.
A. much bigger B. smaller than C. bigger than
(63)Which of the three sentences is true?
A. The weather stays the same the whole year all over the world.
B. When the weather changed, animals began to change too.
C. Cats were bigger in the past than they are today.
(64)On the dry hard land ______.
A. horses needed a lot of room for running
B. a horse needed more than four toes for running
C. horses needed only their middle toes for running
(65)Now each horse has ______ on its feet. A. one toe B. three toes C. four toes
参考答案：(61) B (62) C (63) B (64) C (65) C
secrets
"We're going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James her teacher, with tears(眼泪) in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don't have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy's talk with Mr.James.
In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I've got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy's dad, several other classmates stopped to listen Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway.
After school, Pam saw some of her classmate's talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy's face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn't mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn't thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father's losing the job. Pom didn't know what she could do to help Jimmy.
36.The story wants to tell us ____.
(A)It's difficult to move away (B)girls don't like to talk to boys
(C)student's report to the teacher (D)secrets are hard to keep
37.Jimmys family had to move because ____.
(A)her father lost his job (B)they had a better place to live in
(C)her classmates were not kind enough
(D)her father changed his job
38.Jimmy's face turning red show that she didn't ____.
(A)feel well enough (B)know the answer
(C)want to talk about her father (D)want to leave others
39.Pam felt very sorry ____.
(A)and wanted to do something for Jimmy (B)but went to laughing at Jimmy
(C)so she stopped to listen to others (D)and left without answering
40.The whole story happened ____.
(A)in class (B)during and after school
(C)at Mr.James's office (D)in the lunchroom
参考答案：36.D 37.A 38.C 39.A 40.B
My grandfather
My grandfather was a fine man. I loved him very much. But one day I told him a lie(谎话)。 I can not tell you now what the lie was. I was only seven years old then. Grandfather was not cross with me.
"Ask Jim to get a long ladder," he said. "My boy now jumps from the tops houses, up to the roof(屋顶)。"
Jim brought the big ladder. Then Grandfather said,"My boy now jumps from the tops of houses. The ladder is for him."
I knew at once what his was telling me. I had often heard the old saying," A lie is a jump form the top of a house.
I said nothing. But I felt like crying.
The minutes went by. What would people think about the ladder? It stood by the front door. I was afraid ti might be there a long time. I had to do something!
At last I went to Grandfather. He was reading a book. I went up to him and put my face on his arm.
"Grandfather," I said, "I will not tell a lie again. We don't need the ladder now." Grandfather seemed very happy once again. He called Jim. "Take the ladder away," he said, "My boy does not jump from the tops of houses."
His words made me happy once again.
41.From the reading we can not know ____.
(A)whether the boy told a lie (B)what the lie was
(C)what Grandfather did with the boy (D)how the story ended
42.The word "cross" in the reading means ____.
(A)angry (B)surprised (C)happy (D)kind
43.Grandfather asked Jim to get a ladder to ____.
(A)see whether the boy could jump from the top of a house
(B)help the boy to climb to the top of the house
(C)let the boy know it was wrong to tell a lie (D)make the boy cry
44."What would people think about the ladder?" shows the boy was afraid people would ____.
(A)know what had happened (B)take the ladder away
(C)come to clean the roof (D)come to take care of Grandfather
45.AT the end of the story the result is ____.
(A)enjoyable (B)sad (C)not clear (D)untrue
参考答案：41.B 42.A 43.C 44.A 45.A
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