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中考英语阅读训练（042）







The Seats Are Too Small

Paul got on the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five minutes. Then some of the passengers got off. Paul sat down next to a fat lady. She had several shopping bags, and Paul didn't have much room on the seat. At last the bus got to the town. All the passengers started to get off. Paul was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him. She said, "Thank you." Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags. But she couldn't move. She was stuck!

Paul had to push the lady. The conductor pulled her. Finally they got her free but she wasn't pleased.

"I'll write to the bus company," she said. "I'll tell them not to make buses with such small seats."

1. Why couldn't the lady get out of the seat?

A. Because the seat on the bus were too small.

B. Because the lady was too fat and had a lot of bags.

C. Because the bus was very crowded.

D. Because Paul was in his seat next to hers.

2. When did Paul get a seat on the bus?

A. As soon as he got on the bus.

B. After five minutes.

C. Just before he wanted to get off.

D. Just before the bus got to the town.

3. How do you know that Paul was very polite?

A. He didn't take the seat and was always standing.

B. He pushed the lady out of her seat.

C. He stood up to let the lady get off before him.

D. He helped the lady carry her bags.

4.... and Paul didn't have much room on the seat. The word "room" here means ____.

A. part of a house

B. space

C. part of a seat

D. something for sitting on

5. She was stuck! In the story it means she ____.

A. wasn't able to move or to get out

B. was sitting there, she couldn't stand up

C. pushed her bags

D. moved very slowly

KEYS: 1-5 BBCBA

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中考英语阅读训练（043）







Have to Pay

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, "Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir." said the boy. But the young man refused again.

Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.

But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

1. The boy was a shoes ____.

A. cleaner    B. maker    C. repairer    D. seller

2. At first the young man refused to clean his shoes, because ____.

A. he couldn't pay

B. he had not enough money

C. he didn't think it necessary

D. he had just cleaned his shoes

3. Then the young man agreed to clean his shoes, because the boy asked for ____.

A. two pounds            B. one pound

C. nothing               D. few money

4. The boy refused to clean the second shoe, because ____.

A. it was very dirty

B. the young man paid only one pound

C. it was difficult to clean

D. he asked to be paid two pounds

5. The boy said he would clean the young man's shoes for nothing just in order to ____.

A. show his kindness

B. help the young man

C. get more money from him

D. let everyone see

KEYS: 1-5 ACCDC

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中考英语阅读训练（044）







A Sentence with Five "And"

Can you think of a sentence that the word "and" appears five times, without any words in between? There is one at the end of this story.

There was once an inn which was called "The Horse and Cart". It had a sign outside it, and there was a picture of a horse and a cart on it. But the sign was getting old, so the owner of the inn decided to have a new one made. He went to a painter and asked him to paint one and to write "The Horse and Cart" on it in large letters.

A few days later, he went to see how the painter was getting on. He liked the picture of the horse and cart very much, but he did not like the writing at all. He said to the painter, "No, no! There's too much room between HORSE and AND and AND and CART!"

1. An inn is a ____.

A. a small house

B. a small horse

C. a small hotel or place where one can stay

D. a kind of colored liquid that can be used for writing

2. There was a ____ outside the inn.

A. blackboard

B. cart

C. painter

D. sign

3. The owner of the inn decided to ____.

A. sell his inn

B. buy a new sign

C. to paint his inn

D. call a painter to paint a new sign

4. The owner of the inn thought ____.

A. the letters on the sign were too large

B. the letters on the sign were poorly written

C. there were less space between the letters on the sign

D. the letters on the sign were separated too widely

5. The owner liked ____ but not ____.

A. the painter... the letters

B. the horse... the letters

C. the picture... the writing

D. the sign... the writing

KEYS: 1-5 CDDDC

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中考英语阅读训练（045）







Seeing the Horse Eat Fish

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he said to the waiters, "Take some fish to my horse." The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, "A horse doesn't eat fish." The old man told the waiter, "This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too," So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat fish except the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter came back and said. "Your horse didn't eat any fish." The old man said, "All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I'll eat it."

Note: stove 火炉 waiter 侍者

1. The old man felt very cold because ____.

A. it was a cloudy and windy day

B. it snowed

C. he had travelled in the heavy rain

D. he was hungry

2. The people in the restaurant all ran out because ____.

A. they wanted to see the old man

B. they wanted to see the horse eating fish

C. they had been told there came the horse

D. there was no fire over the stove

3. Indeed, the horse can neither ____ nor ____ nor ____.

A. walk... speak... eat

B. sing... dance... sleep

C. sing... dance... eat fish

D. speak... walk... sit

4. All the people in the restaurant rushed out ____ but ____.

A. to see the horse sing... the old man

B. to watch the horse play games... the waiter

C. to look for the horse... the old man

D. to see the horse eat fish... the old man

5. Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ____.

A. his horse liked eating fish

B. he was cold

C. he wanted to sit by the fire, but wasn't able to do so at first

D. he himself also liked to eat fish

KEYS: 1-5 CBCDC

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中考英语阅读训练（046）







What changes are going to happen in our way of life? According to (根据) writer Patrick Goldring, more people are going to have part-time jobs (兼职工作). This is going to be true for most workers. People have many interests. Fulltime jobs (专职工作) do not allow time for these interests. People are going to have two or three different part-time jobs.

According to David Jenkins in his book "Job Power" (工作的权利), workers are going to have more power in their companies (公司). They are going to have more power over their jobs and their hours. Groups of workers and company leaders are going to meet to find answers to company problems. Some leaders of company don't want change. Workers are demanding (要求职) it, however. What is the result of "job power"? According to Jenkins, the result (结果) is a good feeling toward the company.　

True or False

1. Workers will meet with company leaders.

2. All the workers are going to get part-time jobs.

3. Part-time jobs are good for people with many interests.

4. "Job Power" for workers is good for want of cooperation.

5. According to David Jenkins, people want to have two or three part-time jobs.

6. Company leaders all agree with the demands of the workers.

Keys: FFTTFF

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中考英语阅读训练（047）







My friend has a large police dog, Jim Police dogs are often clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jim for a long walk in the park. Jim likes these long walks in the park very much.

One Saturday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jim for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jim became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention. He went on talking. Finally Jim could not stand any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth.　

True or False

1. Jim is my friend.

2. My friend takes his police dog to the park once a week.

3. Police dogs are clever.

4. The dog was seated in front of the visitor because he wanted to listen to him carefully.

5. The dig kept the visitor's hat in his mouth means you must put on your hat when you are talking.

6. The visitor could nearly understand the dog.

Keys: FTTFFF

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中考英语阅读训练（048）







The oldest man in the village had just enjoyed his hundredth birthday and a reporter from a famous paper came for a visit. After he congratulated the old man, the reporter asked a few questions.

"Why can you enjoy such a long life, sir? Will you say something to teach others?" he asked.

The kind, old man smiled. He thought for a while and then held up his hand. He counted with his fingers: "Why, I never smoked, or drink alcoholic liquors (烈性酒) or ate too much, and always rise at six in the morning."

"But," said the visitor, "I had an uncle. He also did so, yet he only lived to be eighty. What is your explanation (解释) of that?"

"He didn't keep it up long enough," was the short reply.

Choose the right answer

1. The old man was _____.

A. a reporter from a famous paper.

B. one of the villagers there.

C. the reporter's uncle

D. a kind doctor

2. The reporter wanted the old man to tell _____.

A. what he usually ate

B. how he enjoyed his hundredth birthday

C. how he had been able to live so many years

D. what he lived so long for

3. The reporter was dissatisfied (满意) because _____.

A. going to bed early was bad to him

B. his uncle liked smoking

C. the old man was not really one hundred years old

D. his uncle did not live as long as the old man

4. When the old man heard the second question, he _____.

A. was quite angry

B. was quite happy

C. tried to say something

D. didn't want to answer it

5. The old man's explanation was _____.

A. very clear

B. very right

C. very useful

D. neither clear nor right

6. The best title for this story is _____.

A. A Hundred - year - old Man

B. An Old Man and A Reporter

C. The Reporter's Questions

D. The Satisfied Explanations

Keys: BCDCDA