江蘇省淮安市淮安區(qū)2022-2024年中考英語(yǔ)一模試題分類匯編：閱讀理解含解析

江蘇省淮安市淮安區(qū)

2022-2024年中考英語(yǔ)一模試題分類匯編

閱讀理解

2024年江蘇省淮安市淮安區(qū)中考一模英語(yǔ)試卷

IV.閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案。

A

Tomakeforeignersknowourcountryandcultureisnotaneasything.Itisnecessaryforus

Chinesetolearnmoreaboutourowncultureandhaveabetterunderstandingofitfirst.

ChineseMedicine

ChineseMedicineislikeatreasurethat'sbeenpartofChinaforalongtime.Itbeganover

3,000yearsago.

Longago,ourancestorshadsmartwaystofigureoutwhatwaswrongwithsomeone.They

usedthingslike“l(fā)ooking,listening,askingandfeelingyourpulse”.Theyalso

hadspecialwaysforfixinghealthproblems,likeusingherbs,acupuncture

（puttingneedles（針）inyourskin）andevendoingoperations.Togettoknow

moreaboutChineseMedicine,justclickontheiconbelow.

Confucius（孔子）andConfucianism

Confucius（551-479BC）,awiseancientChinesethinkerandeducator,isthefounderofthe

Confucianism.KindnessisattheheartofConfucianism.Itmeanscaringforothersandhaving

sympathy（同情心）forothers.Throughouthislife,hetaughtover3000students.

HisideainfluencedChinesecultureandeducationformanyyears.Moreover,Confucius

Schoolsarenowwidelyseenaroundtheworld.Justwithaclickonthelink

,youcanseeaworldmapofthem.

Papermaking

PapermakingisoneoftheancientinventionsofChina.Peoplestartedmakingpaperinthe

WesternHanDynastyandgotevenbetteratitduringtheEasternHanDynasty.

ApersonnamedCaiLunimprovedtheprocess.Heusedtreebark,oldclothandfishnetsto

createpaperthroughcrushing,boiling,poundinganddying.Thispaperwasnotexpensiveandgot

betterquality,somoreandmorepeoplestartedusingit.

Doyouwanttoexperiencehowtomakepaperforyourselves?3D-videosofartistsmaking

papercanbefoundonourhomepage.

46.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.ChineseMedicinedoctorsoftendooperationsonpatients.

B.PapermakingbecamebetterintheEasternHanDynasty.

C.CaiLunusedwoodtomakepaperover3,000yearsago.

D.TherearefewConfuciusSchoolsaroundtheworld.

47.WhafsthemostimportantideaofConfucianism?

A.Education.B.Caring.C.Sympathy.D.Kindness.

48.Whatisthepurposeofthisarticle?

A.TohelpforeignersknowmoreaboutChineseculture.

B.TotellpeopletheChineseculturehasalonghistory.

C.TohelpChinesepeopleknowmoreaboutourownculture.

D.TotellpeopleitisnoteasytogetforeignerstoknowChineseculture.

49.Wherecanwefindthispassage?

A.Inanewspaper.B.Inaculturebook.C.Onawebsite.D.Inahistorybook.

B

Thepirates,theLostBoys,theIndiansandthebeastsareallwalkingroundandroundthe

islandinacircle（圓）.Theynevercatcheachotherbecausetheyareallwalkingatthesamespeed.

Attheendoftheprocession,thereisanenormouscrocodile（鱷魚）.Theboysarethefirsttoleave

thecircle.Theydisappearveryquicklyintotheirhomeundertheground.Theentrancestotheir

homeareinsevenlargetrees.There'soneforeachLostBoy-Nibs,Slightly,Tootles,Curly,the

Twins--andoneforPeterPan.Eachboyentersthroughaholeinthetrunk（枝干）ofhistree.

Hookdoesnotknowwheretheirhomeis,buthewantstofindit.

LaterNibsgoesoutforawalk.Whileheiswalkingthroughthewoods,thepiratesseehim.

Starkey,theship'smate,takesouthispistol（手槍）butHookstopshimandsays,"No.Idon'twant

toshootoneLostBoy.Iwanttokillallofthem.Goandlookforthem!Iwanttofindtheirhouse!”

Thepiratesdisappearintothewoods.NowCaptainHookandMr.Smee,theship'sbosun,are

alone.HookbeginstotalkabouttheLostBoys.

“IwantPeterPan,Smee,“hesays.4<PeterPanandthecrocodilemademelosemylefthand.9,

“Oh,yes.Iknowthatyouareafraidofcrocodiles,9,saysSmee.

“Iamnotafraidofallcrocodiles,“explainsHookquickly."Justonecrocodile.Ithasmy

handandnowitwantstoeattherestofme."Thenhesitsdownonalargemushroom.

“Smee,“hesays."Thatcrocodilewantstokillme,butluckilyithasaclockinsideit.The

clockmakesanoise:tick-tock,tick-tock.WhenIhearthetick-tockoftheclock,Ihavetimetorun

awaybeforethecrocodilecancatchme.”

--AdaptedfromPeterPan

50.Thepirates,theLostBoys,theIndiansandthebeastsnevercatcheachotherbecause.

A.theyareeachother'sgoodfriend

B.theyarewalkingroundandroundinacircle

C.theydon'twanttobeeatenbythecrocodiles

D.theyareallwalkingatthesamespeed

51.HowmanyLostBoysarethereontheNeverland?

A.5.B.6.C.7.D.8.

52.Whichisthecorrectorderofthefollowingsentences?

a.HookasksStarkeytogoandlookfortheLostBoys.

b.Eachboyentersthroughaholeinthetrunkofhistree.

c.PeterandthecrocodilemadeHooklosehislefthand.

d.Theboysleavethecirclefirst.

e.Hooksitsdownonalargemushroom.

A.cdbaeB.cebadC.dbaceD.bdcae

53.Whatcanweknowfromthepassage?

A.Hooklikestheclockinsidethecrocodile.

B.HookisafraidofallcrocodilesontheNeverland.

C.Hookdoesn'twanttokillanyoftheLostBoys.

D.Hookknowsthecrocodilecomingbyhearingthenoise.

C

InahousefarfromthecitylivedJohnandhismother.John'sonlyhobbywaswalkinginthe

nearbybeautifulforest.Initscenterwasashinyclearlakewithgroupsoffishdancinginit.

Lovelyanimalssuchasdeerorrabbitswereplayingaroundandcutebirdsweresingingintrees.

Amazedbythebeautyofnature,hewantedtobecomeagreatartistandshowallthebreath-taking

scenestotheworld.

Johnstudiedatlocalprimaryschool.LifewasnoteasyforJohnandhismomafterhisfather

died.Johndidn'twanthismothertoworryaboutthemoneybecauseheknewhismotherworked

reallyhardtomakealiving.Hismotherknewtheimportanceofeducationinlifebutshewas

againsthisdreamofbecominganartist.4tAnartistcan*taffordalotofthingsindailylife.9,she

wouldsay.Butaseachdaypassed,Johnbecamemorepassionateinhisheart.

Becauseofthelivingcondition,evenbuyingsomenewcolorstodrawpictureswouldbea

luxury.Johnonlyusedtheoldonesandsavedcolorsforhisdailypractice.Thoughlacking（缺

少）goodpaintingmaterials,henevergaveupdrawing.Hespentalargeamountoftimestaying

theretosecretlyperfecthisdrawingskills.Withthetalentandhishardwork,hedrewbeautifully.

OnedayJohnreadaboutacompetitionbeingheldinthetown.Hegottheperfectchanceto

realizehisdream.Butthecompetitionrequiredspecialpaintsandsomebrushes.Hedidn'thave

thecouragetoaskhismotherformoneyasheknewshewouldsayno.

Thateveninghismomreturnedfromworkandhandedhimafewpapernotes,saying,“This

isforyourlunchatschoolnextmonth.9,Themoneywasenoughforthematerials!Johnbecame

excited.

54.WhatisthemeaningofthewordpassionateinParagraph2?

A.強(qiáng)烈的B.輕松的C.滿足的D.富有的

55.What'stherealmeaningofJohn'smothersaying"Anartistcan'taffordalotofthingsindaily

life.”？

A.Allartistsdon'thaveenoughmoneytobuythings.

B.Ifyouchoosetobeanartist,yourlifemaybestillhard.

C.Everythingwebuyinourdailylifeisexpensive.

D.Educationisimportant.ShewantsJohntobeateacher.

56.WhatdoesthererefertoinParagraph3?

A.Theforest.B.Hishouse.C.Thelake.D.Hisschool.

57.Whatisthemostlikelytobewritteninthenextparagraph?

A.HowJohnfeelshungryatschoolwithouthavinglunch.

B.HowJohnworkshardatschoolandmakeshismotherhappy.

C.WhatspecialpaintsandbrushesJohnwillbuyandhowhewins.

D.WhyJohndecidestotakepartinthecompetition.

D

Differentlakeshavedifferentcolors.Astudyin2020showsthataroundonethirdofthe

world'slakesareblue.Butglobal（全球的）warmingmayturnthemtogreenorevenbrown.

XiaoYangfromSMUintheUSandhisteamlookedatthecolorofover85,000lakesbase

ontheirsatellitephotosfrom2013to2020.Theyfoundthatlakesinplaceswithcool（average（平

均）summertemperaturesweremorelikelytobebluethanlakesinplaceswithwarmersummers.

Thestudysaidthatwatermolecules（分子）absorb（吸收）thelongwavelengthsfromthe

sunlight,suchasred,orangeandyellow.Theyleavebehindtheshortones.Thismakesalakelook

greenandblue.Sothecleanerthewater,theblueritlooks.

Inwarmerlakes,algae（水藻）andphytoplankton（浮游植物）groweasily.Theircolorsare

greenandevenbrown.Theygivethelakeadifferentcolor.Ifthetemperaturegoesontorise

becauseofclimatechange,thestudysaidthatoneintenbluelakesmightchangecolour.

Humansgettheirdrinkingwaterfromlakes,streamsandgroundwater.Aslakesbecomes

greener,peoplemayloselotsofcleanwater.Becauseofthis,treatingthewaterofsuchlakes

becomesmoreexpensive.

Atthesametime,bluelakesarealsoasourceofaplacetoplay.CatherineO^eillyco-author

ofthestudy,sayssomepeopleconsideredbluelakesasarefuge（避難所）orspirit（精神上的）

place.Asthesebluelakesdisappear,theymayfeelsad.

Forlakeanimals,thedevelopmentofalgaeandphytoplanktoningreenerlakescanprovide

morefood.Butmorealgaeandphytoplanktonmeanlessoxygen（氧氣）forthelakeanimals,this

maykillthem.

58.Whichisnotthereasonthatlakeschangecolours?

A.Thetemperature.B.Theamountofalgaeandphytoplankton.

C.Thelakeanimals.D.Thewavelengthstheyabsorb.

59.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.GlobalWarmingmightmakeonethirdofthelakesdirtier.

B.Themorelongwavelengthsitabsorbs,thebluerthelakewillbe.

C.Whenalakehasabrowncolour,thewaterinthelaketakesinlesssunlight.

D.Moreandmorealgaeandphytoplanktonaregoodforthelakeanimals.

60.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthispassage?

A.ClimateChangeKillsAnimalsB.ClearLakesUnderTrouble

C.WhyGlobalWarmingHappensD.WarmerSummers,BluerLakes

2023年江蘇省淮安市淮安區(qū)中考一模英語(yǔ)試卷

三、閱讀單選

Onemorning,Roberta,Peter,andPhylliswentouttogetwildcherries.Whentheyarrivedat

therailwaytunnel,theylookedupatthetreesaboveit.

“What'shappening?^^Petersaid,“Lookatthetrees.They'removing.^^

Hewasright.Thetreeswereslidingdownthehill.

"It'salandslide（滑坡）,''Robertasaid,“Therehasbeenalotofrain.Theearthissoft.Itis

movingandbringingthetreeswithit.”

“Theyaregoingtofallontherailwayline,^^Phyllissaid,“There'llbeanaccidentifthetrain

hitsthem.Wemuststopthenexttrain.^^

“Howdowedothat?”Petersaideagerly,ctThenexttrainisdueat11:29.Thafsinfive

minutes.Andthetrainisonlyaboutfifteenkilometersaway.”

“Wecanruntowardsthetrainandwavetothedriver,9,Phyllissaid.

“Hewon'tthinkthereisanythingwrong,“Robertasaid,"Wealwayswaveto“Weneed

somethingredtowave,^^Petersaid,"Redisfordanger.”

“Mypetticoatisred,^^Phyllissaid,"I'lltearpiecesoff."Shethentorestripesfromthebottom

ofherpetticoat.

“Weneedstickstotiethestripesto,“Petersaid.

Thechildrenrantoanearbytree.Withhisknife,Petercutoffthreethinbranches.Heties

eachofthestripesofredpetticoattooneofthebranches.

“Nowwehaveredflags,,5hesaid,“Whenwewavethese,theenginedriverwillknow

somethingiswrong.Hewillstopthetrainandaskuswhatthematteris.”

Thechildrenranthroughthetunnelandwaitedattheothersideforthetraintocome.Finally,

thetrainarrived.Thechildrenwavedtheirflags.Robertawassoexcitedthatshefaintedandlay

ontheground.

Theenginedriversawtheredflagsandthechildren.Heknewsomethingwaswrong.He

stoppedthetrain.Abadaccidentwasprevented.

—AdaptedfromTheRailwayChildren

26.Whatdidthechildrenwanttogetneartherailwaytunnel?

A.Strawberries.B.Wildcherries.C.Flowers.D.Coal.

27.Whatcausedthelandslide?

A.Theearthwasmovingbecauseofabigtrain.B.Thetunnelwastoobig.

C.Thechildrenpusheddownsometrees.D.Theearthwassoftbecauseoftherain.

28.Whydidtheenginedriverstopthetrain?

A.Hesawthetreesontheline.B.Heheardthestationmastershouting.

C.Hesawtheredflags.D.Thepassengerstoldhimtostop.

29.Whatdoyouthinkofthesechildrenfromthisstory?

A.Theyarebraveandclever.B.Theyarepoliteandhelpful.

C.Theyaregenerousandlovely.D.Theyarefriendlyandkind.

ThetraditionalChineselunarcalendardividesayearinto24solarterms（節(jié)氣）.Intheancient

days,theywereimportantinstructionsforthefarmingproductionaswellaspeople'sdailylives.

Herearefoursolartermsandsomedetailsaboutthem.

SpringEquinoxltstartsaroundMarch21st.Duringthistime,swallows

flybacktothenorth.Itisalsoagoodtimeforpeopletoflykitesandeat

springvegetables.

SummerSolsticeltbeginsaroundJune21st.TocelebrateSummer

Solstice,peopleoftengivecoloredfanstoeachotherbecausefanscan

helpthemcooldown.

AutumnEquinoxltstartsaroundSeptember23rd.FromAutumn

Equinox,mostoftheareasinChinawillenterthecoolautumn.Itisa

seasonforpeopletoeatcrabsandenjoychrysanthemums（菊花）.

WinterSolsticeltbeginsaroundDecember22nd.Itmarksthearrivalof

thecoldestseasoninayear.Peopleusuallymakeandeatdumplings

withtheirfamilymembers.

30.SpringEquinoxbeginsaround.

A.March21stB.June21stC.September23rdD.December22nd

31.TocelebrateSummerSolstice,people.

A.eatspringvegetablesB.giveeachothercoloredfans

C.enjoychrysanthemumsD.makeandeatdumplings

32.marksthearrivalofthecoldestseasonintheyear.

A.SpringEquinoxB.SummerSolsticeC.AutumnEquinoxD.WinterSolstice

33.WhichofthesentencesbelowisTRUE?

A.PeopledividedsolartermsaccordingtoGregoriancalendar（公歷）.

B.Solartermsareveryimportantforfarmers.

C.WeshouldeatmooncakeswhenAutumnEquinoxarrives.

D.SwallowsflytothesouthduringWinterSolstice.

Theword“zhiyin“whichmeansclosefriends,comesfromthestoryofYuBoyaandZhong

ZiqiintheWarringStatesPeriod.

Boyawasgoodatplayingguqin.Oneday,hewasplayingmusiconhiswayhomeonthe

boat.ToBoya'ssurprise,Ziqi,awoodcutterwhohappenedtopassby,couldunderstandexactly

whathewantedtoexpressthroughhismusic.Afteralongtalk,theybecamegoodfriends.Since

Boyahadtoreturntohisstate,theyagreedtomeetagaininthefollowingyear.

Unluckily,whengettingbacktovisitZiqi,Boyaheardthathisfriendhaddiedfromadisease.

BoyawassosadandinfrontofZiqi'stomb（墓）,heplayedagainthemusichehadplayedwhen

theyfirstmet.Thefeelingofthemusicwassostrongthatitwasasiftheriversandthemountains

werecrying.Whenfinishingplaying,Boyabrokeguqinintopieces.Fromthenon,Boyanever

playedagain.

PeopleintheSongDynastybuilttheGuqinTaiinHanyangtothememoryofthedeep

friendshipbetweenBoyaandZiqi.Itbecameanimportantpartofthelocalculture.

Zhiyinculturehasnewdevelopmentinthenewperiod.ThefamousancientChineseclassical

musicpieceGaoshanLiushuiwasperformedduringtheG20SummitinHangzhou,Zhejiang

Provincein2016.ThemusicalperformanceshowedthebeautyoftraditionalChinese

culture,expressedChina'swillingnesstodevelopitsfriendshipwithpeoplefrom

aroundtheworld.

34.WhatdidZhongZiqidoforaliving?

A.Amusician.B.Amusiclover.C.Awoodcutter.D.Atraveller.

35.What'sthemeaningofthephrase"tothvmemoryof'inParagraph4?

A.懷念B.宣傳C.背誦D.講述

36.Whichoftheconjunction（連詞）canbeputintheinParagraph5?

A.either...orB.neither...norC.not...butD.notonly...butalso

37.Whichofthefollowingcanbestshowthemainideaofthestory?

A.Bothtogetherdobestofall.B.Atruefriendishardtofind.

C.Oldfriendsandoldwinearebest.D.Afriendtoeverybodyisafriendtonobody.

Don'tthrowawayyouroldphones.Youareactuallythrowingawayrealgold!Smartphones

hasmanyusefulthingssuchasgold,silverandcopper（銅）.Peoplecanrecyclethemtomakenew

electronics（電子器件）.

Butmanypeoplemaynotknowthis.InAustraliaalonetherearemorethan25million

unusedmobilephoneslyingaround,SydneyMorningHeraldreported.Thegoldinthesephones

canadduptomorethan$80million（542millionyuan）.Thereareabout2billionsmartphone

userswhochangetheirphoneonceevery11months.Sothenumberoftheoldphonesisamazing

aroundtheworld.EspeciallyinChina,peopleproduce80millionoldphoneseveryyear,

accordingtoNewExpressDaily.

However,ifsnoteasytogettheusefulthingsoutofthephones.Smartphoneshavenotonly

usefulthings,butalsoharmfulmaterials（有害物質(zhì)）.Guiyu,asmalltowninShantou,Guangdong,

isoneoftheworld'sbiggestdumpinggrounds（垃圾彳頃倒場(chǎng)）forelectronicwaste,Reutersreported.

ManyrecyclingcentersinGuiyusimplybreaktheoldelectronicsbyhandanddon'tthinkabout

thepollutionitcauses.Accordingtoalocalgovernmentreport,81percentofthechildreninGuiyu

areharmedbyleadpoisoning（鉛中毒）.

38.Torecycleoldphones,howcanpeopledealwiththem?

A.Throwthemaway.B.Makegoldrings.

C.Makenewelectronics.D.Cleanthecity'sroads.

39.Howoftendosmartphoneuserschangetheirphones?

A.Onceamonth.B.Onceevery11months.

C.Twiceevery18months.D.Twiceamonth.

40.ThekidsinGuiyugetleadpoisoningbecause.

A.PeopleinGuiyuliketothrowawayoldphones.

B.Guiyuhastheworld'sbiggestlead（鉛）factory.

C.Guiyuusesmachinestorecycleelectronics.

D.Guiyuispollutedbyelectronicwaste.

2022年江蘇省淮安市淮安區(qū)中考一模英語(yǔ)試卷

in.閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，從所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案。

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Jacobwasadriver.Hewassenttopickmeupforathree-hourdrivetomyworkingplace.

Asweweredriving,hestartedtotellmehisstory.Hishometownwas"NahBok”.Becauseof

thepandemic（疫情）,hehadtospendsixdaysaweekinanothertownformorework.Onhisonly

dayoff,tohavetimewithhisfamily,hetookthreedifferentbusesforatotaloffivehoursthereand

back.

MyfatherworkedawaywhenIwasyoung.Sometimeshewasawayforweeksormonthsata

time.Irememberatthattime,wekidswereallwaitingforourturnstohavejustacoupleofminutes

onthephonetotalkwithhim.

Aftertwohours'drive,IsawasignsayingNahBok.Iasked,“Whydon'twestopandsay

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HeaskedifIwassure.Icertainlywas.ItwasOKformetosparethirtyminutesoutofmydaywhile

thismanhadtospendmorethantwohoursgettinghomeeachtime.

Everyoneofhisfamilywasexcitedtoseehim.Allthechildrenjumpedout,screaming.

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31.Accordingtothewriter,wecaninfer（推斷）.

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B.hisfatherdidn'tlikehiskids

C.hisfatherwasawayforyears

D.kidsmissedtheirfatherverymuch

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MymothercountedoutthecoinstheCaptainowed（欠）her.Ipickedupthepaperswrapped

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ontheroadoutsidetheinn（小旅館）.Itcamenearerandnearer.Thenitstopped.Itstartedagain,

butthistimeitwasmovingaway.

“Hemaynotbeabletoseeus,“Isaid,"butsoonothermenwillcomeandfindus.BlackDog

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“It'sonlyseveno,clock,^^mymothersaid."Ihavenfinishedcountingmymoney.”

“There'snotime,Mother,1said."Wemustgobeforethemencome.^^

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