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中考英语阅读训练（035）







The Farmer, His Horse, and His son

Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.

They met two men on the road who said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse, It's a long way to market(市场). "The farmer know that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked.

Then they met two old women, "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired boy is?" So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead.

Next, three old men stopped them, one said, "Why are you walking, farmer? Get up, It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today," So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on.

Some time later, a young woman passed them, "Why aren't you walking?" she asked, "It isn't far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest."

So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.

1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____.

A. before it was dead

B. before it become too tired

C. before it market was over

D. before it was as old as he was

2. The two men on the road ____.

A. asked how far it was to the market

B. said they thought the horse looked very tired

C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse

D. told the farmer's son to get off the horse and walk

3. The two old women said it was wrong for ____.

A. the farmer to ride such a tired horse

B. the farmer to ride while his young son walked

C. the boy to ride instead of his father

D. only one person to ride such a long way

4. The farmer got up behind his son because ____.

A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk

B. the three old men stopped them on the road

C. he did not know why he was walking

D. his son could not ride the horse by himself

5. The young woman was most sorry ____.

A. for the old man

B. for the farmer's young son

C. that it was not far to the market

D. for the horse

KEYS: 1-5 ACDAD

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中考英语阅读训练（036）







I Want to Be a Dustman

Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman."

"A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman?"

"Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once.

"Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you know?"

"Well", Tom replied, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."

1. What kind of boy was Tom?

A. Tom was a clever boy.

B. Tom was a boy who didn't like to work.

C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.

2. What were his father and mother?

A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.

B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.

C. His father was a doctor, so his mother.

3. What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?

A. They wanted him to be a dustman.

B. They wanted him to be an officer.

C. They wanted him to be a doctor.

4. What did Tom say he wanted to be?

A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.

B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.

C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.

5. Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?

A. Because Tom heard of this.

B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.

C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house.

KEYS: 1-5 BCCAC

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中考英语阅读训练（037）







Can Animal be Made to Work for Us

Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bear, or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return.

Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animal to work in factories. Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops and even drive trains.

1. Elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____.

A. they can eat a lot

B. they are very heavy, too

C. they are very strong

2. Dogs can be used to guard a house for his host because ____.

A. they are good at running

B. they are very kind and friendly to people

C. they are brave enough to get the stranger(陌生人)and thieves away from the house

3. Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if ____.

A. they have enough food to eat

B. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing them

C. if they are sent to school

4. ____ can be train to work for us.

A. Only a few animals

B. Quite a few animals

C. Few animal

5. Many scientists are working hard to ____.

A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trains

B. make monkeys guard house like dogs

C. make bears get in crops

KEYS: 1-5 CCBBA

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中考英语阅读训练（038）







A Girl or A Boy, A Woman or A man?

A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.

One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side

of the pond(水池).

"Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"A girl," said his neighbour, "She is my daughter."

"Oh," the old said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her mother."

"I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."

1. It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.

A. because they all look like each other

B. because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes.

C. because they have long hair and wear the same clothes.

2. One day an old man went for a walk in ____.

A. the street in Washington

B. the Washington Park in America

C. in a park in Washington

3. There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____.

A. three... a man, a woman and a girl

B. three... two men and a girl

C. two... a man and a girl

4. The young person standing on the other side of the ____ was ____.

A. bench... the other's boy

B. pond... the old man's daughter

C. pond... the daughter of the old man's neighbour

5. The young person wore ____.

A. a pair of red trousers

B. on a pair of red trousers

C. with a pair of red trousers

6. The old man thought his neighbour was the girl's ____.

A. mother     B. father     C. brother

KEYS: 1-6 CCBCAA

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中考英语阅读训练（039）







Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa Whites home last before going home. Grandpa White's was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He was often waiting for him near the front gate with sweets or a nice cake. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing─about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.

The thing that Bob didn't like about Grandpa was his never-ending stories about his boyhood(童年)in California. Bob never asked to hear to about Grandpa's boyhood, but he couldn't get away.

After Grandpa's wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as the gave out the paper. Grandpa seemed to have all day, and Bob often was late getting his papers to his customers(订报者),Bob didn't want to complain(抱怨), but the customers were unhappy.

1.When he took the newspaper to Grandpa White, Bob would often receive_____.

A. old newspaper         B. sweets or a cake   

C. some money            D. a paper with questions for him to answer

2.Which do you think is true?

A.Bob lived with Grandpa.

B.Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood.

C.Grandpa didn't like to Grandpa first.

D.Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first.

3. Bob could do nothing when______.

A. the customers got their newspaper late.

B. Grandpa began to tell him about his boyhood

C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely

D. Grandpa asked him about the things he was doing

4. The reading mainly(主要)tells us that ______.

A. Bob as still a child

B. Grandpa liked to tell stories

C. The customers sometimes got angry

D. longly people need other people

5. The sentence "Grandpa seemed to have all day" means "_____.

A. Grandpa always seemed to like daytime

B. Grandpa liked telling stories to Bob all day

C. Grandpa liked to stay with Bob all the time

D. Grandpa seemed to be lonely all day

Keys: 1-5.BBBDC

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中考英语阅读训练（040）







Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking(看好) but the girl was not.

One day they found a mirror(镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased(很高兴) and he said to his sister, "How handsome(英俊) I am! I look much nicer than you!"

The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push(推). "Go away!" she said.

Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, "You must always BE good as well as LOOK good."

Then to the girl he said, "My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please him, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother."

1. Once a man had ____.

A. a good-looking boy

B. an ugly(难看的) girl

C. two good-looking children

D. a boy and a girl

2. The boy saw what he looked like in the mirror and was pleased because he ____.

A. found a mirror

B. knew he looked as nice as his sister

C. and his sister were good-looking

D. was handsome

3. The girl gave the boy a hard push because ____.

A. she was stronger

B. what he said was wrong

C. she was not pleased with what he said

D. her father loved her

4. Father told the girl that ____.

A. it was important to be good-looking

B. it was a good thing to be ugly

C. if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people's love

D. she was as good-looking as her brother

5. What can we learn from this story?

A. To be good to people is more important than to b good-looking.

B. To be good-looking is very important.

C. If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.

D. If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.

KEYS: 1-5 DDCCA

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中考英语阅读训练（041）







A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子) or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有经验的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail ── that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.

1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses ____.

A. very well

B. in the way of western rule

C. in the way of his own rule

D. all of the above

2. The writer was surprised because ____.

A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse

B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse

C. the artist made his own rule

D. the artist did not follow other people's rule

3. You are not yet experienced because ____.

A. you don't know where to begin

B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail

C. you always asked question

D. you do not trust to your own powers

4. when you become more experienced you will ____.

A. never ask question

B. often begin at the tail

C. should write the end of the story

D. should think of the beginning

5. The topic of the passage is

A. How to draw a horse

B. How to write a story

C. How to make your own rules

D. Trust to your own powers

KEY: 1-5 CDDCD