中考英语阅读理解真题(8)

One day somebody asked him, "Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom(底) half of your pictures, but not on the top half? "

"Because I'm small, " Jimmy said, "and my brushes can't reach very high."

根据短文内容回答问题。每空限填一词。(5分)

1.Which country did the boy live in?

He ______ in ______.

2.Was Jimmy good at painting when he was five?

Yes. He ______ well ______ painting then.

3.What did Jimmy do with his pictures?

He ______ his pictures to ______ people.

4.What did somebody ask Jimmy one day?

He asked him ______ he ______ painted on half of his pictures.

5.Why did Jimmy never paint on all of the paper?

______ he wasn't tall ______.

KEY: 1.Lived, Canada 2.did ,in 3.sold, many 4.why, only(always) 5.Because ,enough

中考英语阅读训练(012)

Once Einstein gave a lecture in many places in America. His driver always listened to him and knew the lecture so well that he was sure be could give it himself. So Einstein agreed that the driver gave the lecture him.

As nobody knew Einstein there, the driver gave the lecture for Einstein that evening. At first he was a bit afraid, but Einstein's smile made him feel better. He gave a good lecture and the people were quite pleased.

Then the driver started to leave and Einstein followed him without a word. When they got to the door, a man asked the driver a difficult question.

The driver said that the question was very easy, and told the man to ask his driver behind to answer it.

根据短文内容填空，每空限填一词。(10分)

Einstein gave the (1) ______ lecture again and again. His driver (2) ______ to his lecture so many times (3) ______ he wanted to give it (4) ______. When Einstein knew it, he let the driver (5) ______ the lecture for him that night. The driver gave a (6) ______ lecture and the great scientist was quite pleased.

When they were (7) ______ the lecture room, a man asked the driver a question. To show (8) ______ easy the question was, the driver asked Einstein who followed him (9) ______ to answer it (10) ______ of him.

KEY: 1.same 2.listened 3.that 4.himself 5.give 6.good 7.leaving 8.how 9.quietly 10.instead

中考英语阅读训练(013)

The English people like take-away food. The most popular food is fish and chips.They usually go to a fish and chip shop.They put the food in paper bags, and take it home, or to their work place. At lunch time, many people eat take-away food in the park. Chinese takeaways are also very popular in England. People in the USA and Australia like Chinese take-away food, too. But the most popular food in the USA is fried chicken.