最新中考英语英语阅读理解试题(及答案)一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷1．阅读理解Happiness is important for everyone. Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Here is a story to help you.Once a bird lived unhappily. So it traveled far away to look for its happiness.It flew and flew. Suddenly it saw a spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell off the wall halfway. But it kept climbing again and fell off again. Even so, the spider didn't give up. The little bird asked the spider in surprise. "Why don't you have pain but happiness on your face though you fail again and again?""Because I keep making my efforts. I'm happy." said the spider.Then the little bird saw it happiness is a will in the heart.The bird continued flying and saw a lame duck help a little duck who got lost to find the way back home. Although it was disabled, it had a smiling face."I'm happy because I can help others." said the lame duck.So the bird saw it happiness is a love in the heart.The bird went on flying and suddenly saw a little dying flower, whose face was full of smile. The bird didn't know the reason. So it asked the little flower, "You're going to die. Why are you still so happy?""Because my dream will come true," said the little flower."What is your dream?""To produce sweet fruit."The little bird saw it: happiness is a hope in the heart.So the little bird no more looked for happiness because it had seen the truth happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart. You are the maker of your own happiness.（1）Who never gave up though it failed again and again in this passage?A. The birdB. The spider.C. The flower.D. The duck.（2）Why is the little dying flower still so happy?A. Because it often helps others.B. Because it'll produce sour fruit.C. Because it has a hope in the heart.D. Because it keeps climbing up a wall.（3）What can we know from the story?A. The bird found happiness in its own heart.B. The bird found happiness in the faraway place.C. The bird didn't know where happiness was at last.D. The lame duck wasn't happy because it had to help others.（4）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Happiness is important for everyone.B. Many people know how to find happiness.C. We make happiness by ourselves.D. The way to happiness is to have a dream, to help others and not to give up.（5）The passage is mainly about .A. willB. hopeC. loveD. happiness【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）B（5）D【解析】【分析】文章大意：本文讲述了一只鸟想去远方寻找幸福，在路上，它从一只蜘蛛身上知道了幸福就是心中的信念，从一只鸭子身上知道了幸福就是心中的爱，从一朵花身上知道了幸福就是心中的希望。
于是它不再去寻找幸福了，因为它知道，幸福不在远方，而是在自己的心中。
（1）细节理解题。
根据The spider fell off the wall halfway. But it kept climbing again and fell off again. Even so, the spider didn't give up.可知，蜘蛛一次又一次的失败，却从未放弃过，故选B。
（2）细节理解题。
根据“Because my dream will come true,” said the little flower. “What is your dream?”“To produce sweet fruit.” The little bird saw it: happiness is a hope in the heart.可知，因为这朵即将凋谢的小花心中有希望，故选C。
（3）理解归纳题。
根据So the little bird no more looked for happiness because it had seen the truth happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart.可知，鸟儿在自己的心中找到了幸福，故选A。
（4）理解判断题。
A、幸福对每个人都很重要；根据Happiness is important for everyone.可知A选项正确。
B、许多人知道如何找到幸福；根据Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. 可知B选项错误。
C、我们自己创造幸福；根据You are the maker of your own happiness.可知C选项正确。
D、幸福的道路是有一个梦想，帮助别人而不是放弃；阅读全文，通过蜘蛛的不放弃、鸭子的帮助他人、小花心中的希望，可知，幸福不在远方，而是在自己的心中。
所以D选项的描述是正确的。
故选B。
（5）主旨大意题。
根据Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Here is a story to help you.可知，本文主要是讲述了人们如何去找到幸福，故选D。
【点评】此题考查阅读理解。
要快速浏览全文，掌握主旨和大意，特别注意文章的主题句，理出作者的写作思路。
要尽快浏览课文后的思考题，尽量带着问题读。
完成事实细节题时，要找到定位句。
遇到推理判断题时，要注意作者的态度和命题人的意图，不可从个人的经验出发。
最后确定问题答案。
2．阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, nor a world record broken, but a show of someone’s strong determination to win.The event was a swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them made mistake when they started, so they were kicked out. That would havebeen difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is what’s important.I watch the man jump into the water and knew right away that something was wrong. Now I’m not an expert swimmer but I do know a good jump from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he was swimming, the crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man that was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. He tried his best, but clearly he was exhausted.But when they saw the man keeping on trying , they stopped laughing and beginning to cheer. Some even to stand and say: “Come , you can do it!” and “ Go for it！”A few minutes later ,this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.Just a short year ago, he had never swam, let alone raced. His country had been asked to Sydney as manners.In a competition where players remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch this game.A man that gave his all-knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of the spirit of the games.（1）When did the event happen?A. in the eveningB. in the afternoonC. in the morningD. one night（2）The underlined word “exhausted” in paragraph 4 in closest in meaning to _______.A. confidentB. very tiredC. happyD. very angry（3）When did the man in the article learn to swim?A. When he was a childB. Three years agoC. About one year agoD. Many years ago （4）Why did the crowd laugh at the man at first?A. Because they thought his swimming skill is bad.B. Because they didn’t like him.C. Because the man was funny.D. Because the man was stupid.（5）What can we learn from the passage?A. The writer is an expert in swimmingB. There are many swimmers in the competition.C. The man is hard-workingD. The man was well trained for swimming.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C（4）A（5）C【解析】【分析】⑴细节理解。