上海中考英語閱讀訓練題及答案

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　　上海中考英語閱讀訓練題一

　　In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. To have read Gulliver’s Travels is to have had the experience of listening to Jonathan Swift, of learning about man’s inhumanity ***殘酷*** to man. To read Huckleberry Finn is to feel what it is like to drift ***漂流*** down the Mississippi River on a raft ***木排***. To have read Byron is to have suffered his rebellions with him and to have enjoyed his nose—thumbing at ***對……的蔑視*** society. To have read Native Son is to know how it feels to be frustrated ***受挫折*** in the particular way in which Blacks in Chicago are frustrated. This is effective communication ***交流***. It enables us to feel how others felt about life, even if they lived thousands of miles away and centuries age. It is not true that “We have only one life to live.” If we read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

　　1. The sentence “People who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read” suggests that ______.

　　A. reading stimulates***激發*** a desire to travel

　　B. reading broadens***擴大*** a person’s experience

　　C. people who read much live longer

　　D. people who read are more relaxed

　　2. The author implies that good literature ______.

　　A. must deal with social problems B. must teach a lesson

　　C. is varied in subject and in content ***內容*** D. is always exciting and heart--warming

　　3. According to the author, reading good literature ______.

　　A. produces new income B. is quite useless

　　C. satisfies the curious D. opens new worlds to us***眼界***

　　4. The underlined word effective in this passage means ______.

　　A. actual B. striking C. existing D. having an effect

　　上海中考英語閱讀訓練題答案

　　1B 2 C 3 D 4 D

　　上海中考英語閱讀訓練題二

　　A nobleman and a merchant once met in an inn. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit ***承認*** that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime ***犯罪***, for which he was hanged. I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The merchant believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the merchant, “Sir, why do you weep?” The merchant, who now saw that the nobleman had deceived ***欺騙*** him, answered, “My lord***=master***, I am weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother.”

　　1. This story teaches us ______.

　　A. not to eat in inns B. not to eat soup that is too hot

　　C.to cry when we burn our mouth D. not to believe everything you hear

　　2. The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.

　　A. was a nobleman felt ashamed C. was in an inn D. was angry

　　3. The nobleman should have ______.

　　A. smiled with joy B. shouted with laughter

　　C. told the truth D. scolded the waiter

　　4. It is probable that the nobleman ______.

　　A. had no brother who was hanged B. had a very good brother

　　C. knew the soup was too hot D. had never eaten soup

　　5. The merchant’s answer showed that be ______.