中考阅读理解人物事件篇实战演练初二英语辅导

　　SectionV人物事件篇

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　　BillClintontookoffice(就职)onJanuary20,1993andbecamethe42ndU.S.President(总统).HeisthefirstU.S.presidentwhowasbornafterWorldWarII.HeisalsooneoftheyoungestofallU.S.presidents.

　　Clintonwasborninapoorfamily.Threemonthsbeforehewasborn,hisfather,WilliamBlats,died.Whenhewassmall,hismotherremarried(再婚)NorgerClinton,sotheboy‘sfamilynamewaschanged.

　　Inthesummerof1963,ClintonwasaskedtovisitthecityofWashington.Duringhisvisit,hemetPresidentKennedyintheWhiteHouse.Atthattime,hewantedtobecomeapresident,andnowheis!

　　1.Clintonbecamethe42ndU.S.presidentwhenhewas______.

　　A.thirtyB.aboutfortyC.forty-sevenD.37yearsold

　　2.Clinton’sfatherdied______.

　　A.after1946B.beforeClintonwasbornC.beforeWorldWarIID.whenClintonwasyoung

　　3.Whywastheboy‘snamechanged?

　　A.BecausehebecameapresidentB.Becausehisfamilywasverypoor

　　C.BecausehisfatherwasdeadD.BecausehismotherremarriedNorgerClinton

　　4.In1963ClintoncametothecityofWashington___.

　　A.totakepartinanexamB.forhisholidaysC.foravisitD.tohaveameetingwithKennedy

　　5.WhichoneofthefollowingisNotright?

　　A.EverybodycanvisitthepresidentintheWhiteHouse

　　B.AlltheU.S.presidentsworkintheWhiteHorse

　　C.ClintonwantedtobecomeapresidentafterhesawPresidentKennedy

　　D.TheWhiteHouseisinthecityofWashington

　　Passage43

　　EVERYTHINGhastwosides.OnesideofSARSisalreadyclear.Itisadeadlydisease,whichcausesfear.Therewere2,601cases(病例)recordedontheChinesemainlandonApril24,accordingtogovernmentreport.115peoplehavediedandnumberskeeprising.

　　But,thereisanotherside.

　　SARSisareminder(提醒)ofhowfragilelifecanbe.Suddenly,it’snotjusttheoldpeoplewhoarethinkingaboutdeath.Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow.

　　WangXinying,astudentinTaiyuan,ShanxiProvincecameintocontact(接触)withasuspected(疑似)SARSpatientinmid-April.Hewastoldtostayathomeforatleasttwoweeks.“WatchingTVaboutmoreandmoreSARSpatientsdying,Ineverknewthatdeathcouldbesoclose.Lifeisvaluable(珍贵的')andI’mgoingtotreasure(珍惜)everysingleday,”hesaid.

　　SARSteachespeopletobegrateful,bothfortheirownlivesandforothers.Doctorsandnurses,forexample,havetospendalltheirtimewithinfected(被感染的)patients.Asaresult,morethanonefifthofSARScasesinChinaaremedicalworkers.

　　XuBing,astudentofBeijingNo.5MiddleSchoolwantstobeadoctorinthefuture.“Althoughtheycertainlyknowthedangers,doctorsandnurseskeptworkinghardonsavingpeople’slives.I’mdeeplymovedbywhattheyhavedone.Ithinktheyarerealheroes.”hesaid.

　　SARSalsoteachessympathy(同情).ThepastfewweekshavebeenterribleforChinesepeople.ButtherearefarworsethingsthanSARSinthisworld,suchaswar,earthquakesandrobberies.ThinkoftheIraqis,whohavebeenlivingterriblelivesfor20years.ThinkofhowtheAmericansfelton9.11.

　　Andfinally,SARSoffersthechancestogrow.Alldifferentkindsofpeopleandthegovernmentsarejoiningtogethertoworkinthisdifficulttime.Whenthispasses,Chinaanditspeoplewillhavelearnedgreatlessons.

　　1.Whatdoes“Everyonenowrealizestheremightnotalwaysbeatomorrow”mean?

　　Itmeanslifeiseasyto_____andwemust______ourlife.

　　2.HowlongwasWangXinyingtoldtostayathome?

　　Hewastoldtostayathomeforabout_______a_______.

　　3.Whycanmedicalworkersbeeasilyinfected?

　　Becausetheyhavetobewithinfectedpatients_______and_______.

　　4.Whatdowelearninthedifficulttime?

　　Welearnnothingisdifficultifwe___________.

　　Passage44

　　MarcoPolowasborninVenicein1254.HewasthemostfamouswesternertovisitAsiaduringthemiddleAges.Hewroteabookabouthistravels.Inhisbookhewroteallthethingshesawandheard.ManypeoplereadthebookbutfewbelievedwhatMarcoPolosaid.Hespokeofstrangepeopleandplacesthatnobodyknewaboutatthattime.

　　Asayoungman,MarcoPolodecidedtotraveltogetherwithhisfather.IttookthemmorethanthreeyearstotraveltoChina.HebecametheChineseemperor’sfriend.HelearnedtheChineselanguagewhenhetraveledaroundandtalkedtomanypeople.BeforehereachedtheageofthirtyhewasmadeaChineseofficial.

　　Afternearlyseventeenyearsintheeast,Marcoandhisfatherpreparedtoreturnhome.WhentheyfinallyarrivedinVenice,theirfamilyandfriendsweresurprisedtoseethemagain.Theyhadbeenawayforalmost25years.

　　1.WhatmadeMarcoPolofamousduringthemiddleAges?

　　A.HistraveltoAmerica.B.Histravelinthewest. C.HistravelinAsia.D.HisvisittoVenice.

　　2.WhatdidMarcoPolowriteaboutinhisbook?

　　A.HowhetraveledtoChinawithhisfather. B.Somethingtoodifficultforpeopletounderstand.

　　C.Somestrangepeopleandplaces D.Somethingthathadbeenknowntopeopleformanyyears.

　　3.MarcoPoloworkedasaChineseofficialin________.

　　A.1254B.1284C.1271D.1279

　　4.WhichofthefollowingistherightorderduringMarco’stravel?

　　a.traveledwithhisfatherb.wasmadeaChineseofficial

　　c.wroteabookabouthistraveld.becameChineseemperor’sfriend

　　e.returnedtoVenice

　　A.c-a-d-b-eB.c-a-b-d-eC.a-b-d-e-cD.a-d-b-e-c

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　　Typhoons(台风)inthenorthernpartoftheworldhavegirls’names.Sometimestheyhaveverybeautifulnames.RoseisaprettynamebuttherewasnothingprettyaboutTyphoonRose.ItwastheworsttyphoontohitHongKongintenyears.

　　ItbegantoraininthemorningofMonday,August16th,1971.Atteno’clockinthemorning,TyphoonRosewasstill130milesawaybutalreadythewindwasblowingpeople’sumbrellaaway.Thewindbecamestrongerandstronger.Thetyphoonshelters(避风港)weresoonfullofboats.Shipsthatweretoobigtogoinsidethesheltersputdownmoreanchors(锚).Someverybigshopswentouttosea.Itissaferforabigshoptobeatseainatyphoonbecauseitcannotbeblownontorocks.KaiTakAirportclosed.Noplaneswereabletotakeofforland.At9:00intheevening,allthelightswentout.

　　Noonesleptwellthatnight.Itisdifficulttosleepinsuchbadweather.

　　InTyphoonRose,morethanonehundredpeopledied.229peoplewerehurtand66ofthesehadtogotohospital.1500losttheirhomes.ThepeopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRose!

　　1.What’strueaccordingtothepassage?

　　A.Typhoonsallovertheworldhavegirls’names.

　　B.Typhoonswithprettynamesareusuallybeautiful.

　　C.TyphoonRoseonlyhitHongKong.

　　D.Fortenyears,peopleinHongKonghaven’tseenaworsetyphoonthanTyphoonRose.

　　2.What’sthepossibleresultofTyphoonRose?

　　A.Lotsofbigshopswereblownontorocks.

　　B.Morethantwohundredpeoplelosttheirlivesandmanymorelosttheirhomes.

　　C.Peopledidn’tsleepwellinsuchbadweather.

　　D.Peopleturnedoffthelightsat9:00intheevening.

　　3.ThepeopleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRosebecause____________.

　　A.itcausedtheterriblelossesB.theydidn’tsleepwellthatnight

　　C.TyphoonRosewasn’tasprettyasitsname

　　D.theycouldn’tfindtheirshipsafterthetyphoon

　　4.Somebigshopsdidn’tgoinsidethesheltersbecause_______.

　　A.theyhadmoreanchorsB.itissaferoutside

　　C.theywereoutatseaandtheyweren’tfastenoughtoreachtheshelters

　　whenTyphoonRosecame

　　D.itwastooexpensiveforbigshopstogoinsidetheshelters

　　5.Thispassageismainlyabout______.

　　A.thenamesoftyphoonsB.typhoonsinHongKingC.TyphoonRoseD.thetyphoons

　　Passage46

　　TherewasonceamancalledMr.Flowers,andflowerswerehisonlyjoyinlife.Hespentallhisfreetimeinoneofhisfourglass-housesandgrewflowersofeverycolor,withlonganddifficultnames,forcompetitions(比赛).Hetriedtogrowaroseofanewcolortowinthesilvercup(银杯)fortheRoseoftheYear.

　　Mr.Flowers’glass-houseswereveryneartoamiddleschool.Boysofaroundthirteenofagewereoftentempted(引诱)tothrowastoneortwoatoneofMr.Flowers’glass-houses.SoMr.Flowersdidhisbesttobeinornearhisglass-housesatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday.

　　Butitwasnotalwayspossibletobeonwatchatthosetimes.Mr.Flowershadtriedinmanywaystoprotecthisglass,butnothingthathehaddonehadbeenuseful.Hehadbeentoschooltoreporttotheheadmaster;butthishadnotdoneanygood.Hehadtriedtodriveawaytheboysthatthrewstonesintohisgarden;buttheboyscouldrunfasterthanhecould,andtheylaughedathimfromfaraway.Hehadevenpickedupallthestonesthathecouldfindaroundhisgarden,sothattheboyswouldhavenothingtothrow;buttheysoonfoundothers.

　　AtlastMr.Flowershadagoodidea.Heputupalargenotice(布告)madeofgood,strongwood,somemetersawayfromtheglass-houses.Onithehadwrittenthewords:DONOTTHROWSTONESATTHISNOTICE.Afterthis,Mr.Flowershadnofurthertrouble;theboysweremuchmoretemptedtothrowstonesatthenoticethanattheglass-houses.

　　1.ItwasMr.Flowers’hopeto________.

　　A.buildglass-housesinhisfreetime B.growtheRoseoftheYearinasilvercup

　　C.winasilvercupforgrowingaroseofanewcolor

　　D.growarosewiththelongestname

　　2.Boyswereoftentemptedto________.

　　A.throwstonesatMr.Flowers’glass-house B.throwstonesatMr.Flowersfromtheirschool

　　C.beinornearbyMr.Flowers’glass-houses D.playwithMr.Flowersnearhisglass-houses

　　3.Mr.Flowersstayedinornearbyhisglass-houses_______.

　　A.attimeswhenschool-boyswerewalkingnearthem

　　B.alltheschooldaywhentherewerenoboysabout

　　C.wherehecouldnotbeseenbytheboyspassing

　　D.inhisfreetimeatthebeginningandendoftheschoolday