中考英语阅读理解训练Passage 1The car stopped．Minka's heart was beating fast，but her legs carried her forward．Faces flashed through the car windows．She looked at the front passenger seat，but Betty Jane was not there．Through the back window，she saw white hair．Minka stepped forward，opened the door and was met with flowers．From behind them，she saw her daughter's face，the one she'd seen only in photographs，and heard the voice she'd heard only over the phone．Everything disappeared behind one longing（渴望）一to get her daughter into her arms．And then，she was．Minka's sight can't see it clearly．Her voice stuck in her throat（喉咙）．Her arms wrapped tightly around her girl．She'd waited more than 28，000days for this，her daughter safe in her embrace（拥抱）．The joy of it was boundless．Finally Minka let go a little，pulling back to see that dear face again一a face as lined as her own．But Minka believed she knew those pale blue eyes．She lookedinto them，and then her daughter kissed her cheek．Minka managed to speak，her words ‘I love you' that had never been spoken．"You are as wonderful as I thought you would be．" Minka said．They didn't look like strangers meeting for the first time．There was something weaving（编织）them together，right before their eyes．55．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2mean？A．Minka was too weak to meet Betty Jane．B．Minka was unwilling to meet Betty Jane．C．Minka was not ready to meet Betty Jane．D．Minka was nervous but looking forward to meeting Betty Jane．56．when they met for the first time．①Minka and Betty Jane hugged each other②Minka took a good look at Betty Jane．③Betty Jane kissed Minka．④Minka and Betty Jane talked a lot．A．①②③B．①②④C．①③④D．②③④57．In the sentence "There was something weaving them together，right before their eyes．" in the last paragraph，what does "something" mean？A．The long wait for meeting each other．B．The fact that they hadn't seen each other for a long timeC．The love between a mother and daughter．D．None of the above．Passage 2The Aztecs were a native American people who lived in Central American between the 14th and 16th centuries．The Aztecs were originally from North America，but they migrated south to the area that is now modern Mexico in search of a better place to live．When the Aztecs first arrived in Central America，they were subjects of the Toltec people who already ruled the area．But，when the Aztecs had been there for about 100years，they stared to set up their own empire，this empire grew to cover the area that is now Mexico and Guatemala．64．Where were the Aztecs originally from？A．Latin America．B．Central America．C．South America．D．North America．65．What was the Aztecs empire set up？A．In the 14th century．B．In the 15th century．C．In the 16th century．D．In the 17th century．Passage 3Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is a lovely song for children, but it has two misunderstandings. First, stars aren’t little. Some may be Earth-sized, but most are bigger than Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Second, they don’t twinkle; they shine. And the brightness and color of the light from each star provide information about its temperature, size and even its age.Viewing the stars from Earth is a bit like looking at them through a water filter(过滤器)because the air is thick compared to the emptiness of space. What is more, air is always moving, so starlight appears to be moving, too. The air also makes stars appear dimmer(暗淡的) than they would be if we could see them from space.If you stop and examine the sky on a dark and moonless night, it’s easy to find color differences among stars. The color of a star is a signal of its surface temperature. The hottest stars are blue, and the next hottest are white. Yellow stars like the sun are next, while red stars are the coolest of the visible stars. Many red stars are so dim that people can’t see them at all, and some stars hardly send out any light at all. One reason that stars differ in brightness is that hotter stars produce more energy than cooler ones, but another important reason is that some are much bigger than others.Some stars appear brighter to human beings simply because they’re closer. Astronomers rank the brightness of stars which are seen from Earth by giving them a name known as magnitude(光度) ---- the smaller the magnitude, the brighter the object. They have also designed a number that ranks stars according to how bright they are when compared to each other. With a magnitude of minus 26.7, the sun is the brightest object in the sky.62. From the song quite known to children, the writer wants to prove that ________.A. most stars are smaller than JupiterB. Jupiter is bigger and brighter than EarthC. stars are very large and always shine brightlyD. starlight’s brig htness and color are the signs of its temperature63. From Paragraph 3, we can know that _________.A. a red star often sends out much brighter lightB. a blue or white star is hotter than a red or yellow starC. a yellow star like the sun is the hottest in spaceD. a blue star is much bigger than stars in other colors64. Magnitude is designed to see________.A. how far a star is from EarthB. how bright a star is compared to other starsC. how far a star is from other starsD. how bright a star is seenfrom Earth65. Which is the best title of this passage?A. What do stars really look like?B. Which song do children like best?C. How to view the stars from Earth?D. Why are many stars so dim at night?Passage 4I was raised in a house where my sisters and I weren’t trustedby our mother to manage our own appearance.As a result, there were rules, and fashion was largely ignored (忽视).A few years ago, I was home for a visitwhen my mom, now in her early 70s, called meinto her bedroom. We were about ready toleave for dinner.“I don’t know what to wear,”she complained from her seat.“You girls alwayslook so goo d.”I paused in the doorway and looked at her, wondering if I’dmisheard. “What do youmean?”I asked her.“You know what to wear.”“No,”she answered.“I don’t. Can you pick something?”I was so surprised.This was the same woman who, in 1989, told me I wasn’t allowed to leave the house wearinga pair of ripped(有破洞的) jeans; the same woman who, in high school, called my younger sisterwhile she was out at a party to ask if her hair was up. “You look better with it down,”she toldthe girl, before she could answer.I realized, suddenly, that my mother -always so strong -not only wanted my opinion, but needed it.I pulled a pair of blue jeans from the closet and a light blue sweaterfrom her drawer.“Wear these with your black shoes,”I told her. She did as I suggested.My mother certainly doesn’t need anyone to take care of her. In fact, she still cares for mygrandmother who lives with her. But with that one question, my mother and I started the role change that happens with all parents and all children, from care giver to receiver.Now, if I’m visiting or we’r e together, it’s rare for her to wearanything without checkingwith me first.But sometimes, it seems that she asks me just to be able to disagree with my answer and pick out something on her own. And when she does, I just tell her what I think of the way shelooks. Sometimes it’s“great”.And sometimes it’s“awful”.61. When the writer was young, she .A. could never know what to wearB. always wore fashionable clothes and hairstylesC. was not allowed to go to parties at nightD. had to pick her clothes according to her mother’s rules62. The first time the writer’s mother asked her for advice on clothes, she .A. was unhappy to do something for her motherB. began to realize that her mother needed her careC. was worried that her mother was too old to live aloneD. had no idea what was suitable for her mother63. What’s the meaning of the underlined word“paused”in the fourth paragraph?A. ranB. criedC. stoppedD. laughed64. When the writer gives her opinion about clothes, her mother .A. always accepts her suggestions happilyB. sometimes chooses to followher own ideas C. is oftensurprised by what the writersays D. is still uncertainabout what to wear65. The writer wrote this article mainly to .A. show what i t is like to have a strict motherB. remind readers to visit their parents oftenC. show her mother’s great influence on herD. show how the role of parents and their children can changePassage 5Hermelin the Detective MouseHermelin is a special little mouse. He was born in a box of cheese and lives in a building at 33 Offley Street. He can read books and type notes on his typewriter. Most importantly, Hermelin can solve mysteries. And the people of Offley Street are in need of a detective!Again and again. Hermelin is on the case－the hidden hero. But when his neighbours invite him to a thank-you party in his honor and findout who Hermelin really is－a MOUSE!－will he still be welcome in Offley Street?Product DetailsAge Range(范围):5－8 yearsHardcover: 32 pagesPublishing Date: 5 August 2014Language: EnglishProduct Dimensions(尺寸):10.9x9.6X0.5 inchesDetective DinosaurFirst, Detective Dinosaur solves the mystery of the missing hat. Then he solves the case of the shoe which always makes a sound. Then he goes on night patrol(巡逻)，and finds out a terrible shadow(影子) in a dark street. Can it be a monster(怪物)?Help Detective Dinosaur follow the clues and find out!Product DetailsAge Range: 4－8 yearsPaperback: 48 pagesPublishing Date: 17 January 1998Language: EnglishProduct Dimensions: 8.5×5.5×0.2 inches48. From the passage, we can know that the two books .A. are for teenagersB. have the samepagesC. are published in the same yearD. have different sizes49. According to the information above, the two detectives are .A. animalsB. heroesC. childrenD. adults50. Which of the following is true?A. Hermelin lives in a small building at 33 Offley Street.B. People in Oflley Street don't know who Hermelin really is.C. Dinosaur finds a monster in a dark street one night.D. Dinosaur follows the clues and finds out what the shadow is.Passage 6"All right, are you ready? Okay, the camera's rolling." I was really realizing my dream. I stood inside the empty school hallway on a spring afternoon. In my slightly shaking hand,I held the script On Patrol. "For this scene," I explained, "all I need you to do is walk quietly." In front of the camera was my best friend, Gavin, wearing a blue uniform. "Would it be funnier if I looked into the camera?" Gavin suggested. "Hmm," I said. "Yeah, you're right. Let's do it that way." This was certainly not aHollywood blockbuster. I didn't have a producer, a script director, or even something as simple as a light setup. The only equipment(设备)I had was my camera and my tripod(三脚架)，but they were enough to make my dream come true. "Okay, are you good?" I asked. Gavin nodded his head. "Okay. Action!" I said.Since as far back as my preschool years, movies have been my life. Some people may think back to their childhood as they hear the sound of table tennis or see a baseball flying into the blue sky during a backyard game. Some people may smell the salty air of the ocean during a family vacation. As for me, I hear the sound of the video recorder, as it replays the tape of a video. The movie I watched most as a child was Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. From then on, I watched as many movies as I could and my mom and dad often said to me, "Nathan, you need to stop watching movies and go outside."When I began high school, I was considering what I should choose as a job. After months of not having any idea of what I would become, an idea appeared: if I love movies so much, why not make it a career? During high school, experience seemed to be key in turning my dream into a reality. With this realization, I wrote my first short film, On Patrol, a ten-minute silent video about a hall monitor trying to stop someone from throwing rubbish at a school. After I finished my first script, I was very excited. Then I was thinking, "Now it is up to me to make my firstmovie."The short script was filmed over the course of a weekend at my school. The hallway was dark, giving off' a cold atmosphere(气氛).It was perfect for my movie. The filming process was anything but perfect. The lighting never matched up; my cheap camera battery kept dying, which forced me to record on an iPhone. Though I was very tired, I was still learning. I was learning to work with my actors and listen to their ideas. I was learning to tell a story like a professional filmmaker. When filming was finished, it took another week of editing(剪辑)for my first film.It was not a famous movie, but it was my step-ping-stone. Now looking back at On Patrol still gives me a dream that could direct more good movies. Along with the film, the memories of filming remain in my brain. For me, it was the moment when I was no longer a silly kid with an interest in movies. Instead, I was a director. Watching my first movie not only gives me a laugh, but also gives me the encouragement to continue running after a love I have had since I put Spider-Man into my video recorder many years ago.54. What was the writer doing according to Paragraph 1?A. Writing a script.B. Directing a movie.C. Taking photos of his friend.D. Talking about his favourite movie with his friend.55. What does the underlined word "blockbuster" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. A big cinema.B. A movie poster.C. A successful movie.D. A famous film festival.56. What did the writer most probably think of his first film?A. It was his best movie.B. It was a big success.C. It was an interesting story.D. It was an encouragement for him.57. What might be the best title for the passage?A. Learning to Make Movies.B. Turing My Dream into Reality.C. Choosing a Life-long Job for Myself.D. Preparing for My First Movie.。