全国各地中考英语阅读理解汇编(15)

2Over 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to China for the 2006’s World MUN meeting(世界大学生模拟联合国大会). The meeting was held in Peking University from March 27th to 31st, 2006. The idea of the World MUN began in 1991. A group of students at Harvard(哈佛)University wanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested

Pick-a-Pet Checklist Pets Good Points Easy to keep Enjoy being petted Good to hold Can be very interesting Can be friendly when young Easy to feed &. care for Can live indoors or out Fun to hold Very friendly Come in many sizes Can live indoors or out Fun to love &- play with Very friendly Can give safety Bad Points Hard to house train Drop lots of hair Easily upset by high temperature Against the law (法律) to keep in many states in the U. S. Can get unkind when older May scratch furniture Little pans can be messy May kill birds May make you sneeze Can be smelly, messy, noisy Need to be licensed & trained May make you sneeze May bite (咬) if angry Need lots of attention

61. You are _________ to keep a raccoon as a pet in many places of America. A. suggested B. encouraged C. not allowed 62. It would be easier for you to keep a _________as a pet if you're often too busy to take care of it. A. rabbit or raccoon B. rabbit or cat C. raccoon or dog 63. If you feed birds at home, you should be very careful to choose a_________as your another pet. A. rabbit B. raccoon C. cat 64. The dog may_________you if you make it angry. A. hurt B. fix C. train 65. The writer tries to help us_________with the checklist. A. learn how to look after our pets B. find which animal is our best choice as a pet C. know what kind of animals can be kept as a pet 31 Every 30 seconds there is an earthquake. But don't worry because most are so weak that they cannot be. felt. Only a few big ones hurt people. Many earthquakes happened in China, such as the big one in Sichuan last month. Thousands of people died in it. So it's important to know what to do when one hits. Here are some tips on how to stay safe in an earthquake. 1. If you are indoors during an earthquake, hide (躲藏) under a desk. Stay away from windows and anything that could fall on you. 2. If you are outdoors, move to a clear place. Try to be away from trees, signs, buildings and streetlights. These could fall on you. 3. If you are in a shop and far from the door, don't try to run

outside and rush for exits (出口). Everyone will be doing that and you'11 find it hard getting out. Don't get into a lift during an earthquake. Just hide under some strong cover near you. 4. When an earthquake has ended, be careful because aftershocks may still happen. These are just as dangerous as the earthquake itself. So stay under the desk until you make sure it's safe to get up. 5. If you are at home and you smell gas (煤气) , open the windows and get out of the building as quickly as you can. A gas line in your house may be broken. This could be very dangerous. 66. Most earthquakes are too_________to hurt people. A. strong B. weak C. dangerous 67. How to stay safe in an earthquake. A. go to a playground B. stay under a tree C. stand by the window 68. If you're in a shop and far from the door, you'd better_________.19

2Over 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to China for the 2006’s World MUN meeting(世界大学生模拟联合国大会). The meeting was held in Peking University from March 27th to 31st, 2006. The idea of the World MUN began in 1991. A group of students at Harvard(哈佛)University wanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested

A. rush to the door fight away B. run after the people quickly

C. hide yourself under a cover near you

69. The best title of this passage is "_________".

A. How dangerous the earthquake is B. How to be safe during an earthquake C. Don't be afraid of the earthquake

70. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Most earthquakes are very dangerous, so we must be very careful every day.

B. You'd better keep away from those things that may fall on you wherever you are.

C. If you smell gas at home, try to hide under a desk and don't run outside quickly.

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How many kinds of shapes (形状) can you name? If something is round, what do you call it? You call it a circle. What can you see around you that looks like a circle?

Another shape is square. A square has four sides. Each side is the same length (长度). A square has four corners called right angles (直角). A triangle is also a shape. The prefix "tri" on the base word "angle" means "three". A triangle always has three sides and three angles.

All the pages of your textbooks have four square corners, but the pages are not square. Can you tell why not? It is because the sides of each page are longer than the ends. Shapes like this are rectangles. You can say that they are rectangular shapes.

If you are given a piece of paper which is a rectangular shape, can you make the paper into a square? The answer is "Yes", and it seems not so difficult. Now fold the square. What shape have you got? Do you think it's very interesting?

71. You usually learn the knowledge discussed in this passage in_________classes.

A. chemistry B. math C. history

72. Picture is a rectangle.

73. Picture _________ shows the right marks of "side & end" according to the passage.

74. Fold a square in the way of the picture shown on the right; you may get a shape of_________.

A. square B. rectangle C. triangle

75. In this passage, we've learned about_________kinds of shapes.

A. three B. four