中考英语阅读理解真题(3)

Danny hadn't said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood.After all, most of them were nice to him.He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick.Maybe the time had come to find new friends.He felt it hard to make up his mind.

1.We learn from the reading that ______.

A.Danny was not a good student

B.Danny's mother talked too much about the school

C.Danny's teacher knew something about Danny's problem before

D.Danny wanted to get away from Rick

2.When Danny's mother came for Mrs Green, the matter was now ______ to Mrs Green.

A.serious B.common C.untrue D.similar

3.Danny now ______.

A.was tired of the school and his friends

B.had no friends at all

C.was not sure what he should to with the problem

D.made some new friends in the neighborhood

4.Danny didn't say anything about the matter to Mrs Green because ______.

A.she had known it

B.the other boys would tell her

C.he didn't want to be in trouble

D.his mother didn't want him to say it

5.The word 'gang' in the reading means '______'.

A.a place for boys to play games

B.a group of young people

C.a school bus for children to and from school

D.the teacher's office

KEY: 1.D 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.B

中考英语阅读训练(005)

Foulsham House is a fine, large house of the 1790s.It stands by the River Byer, in twenty-five hectares(公顷)of the best farmland in the southwest.

The house was built by Smithson, and the story goes back to George, the son of King of Whales, who fell in love with the beautiful Lady Kitty, at one of the first Foulsham's wild woods(野外)parties.Many years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House, and many fine girls took tea in the Green Room.

The house has eight bedrooms, three bathrooms(浴室), two living-rooms, and a dining-room with a real Adam fireplace.Its library has a good view over the park and the river.All rooms are light and airy, with good, high windows, and wood floors.

At the back of the house there is room for four cars.The third Foulsham once kept there.In many other ways, this house of the 1790s meets the needs of the 1990s.

If you wish to know more about Foulsham House, write to：

Harvey.Platt, Longford &Son

6, Castle Green, Gilham, Byreside.

1.Foulsham House is ______.

A.an old farm house

B.a 25-house for people to come to listen to its story

C.a large house for people to come to listen to its story