2009年各地中考英语真题阅读理解精选5

（二十一）（2009吉林通化）

It was December 25. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was happy. It was

Christmas, and Marie' s mother was making a special cake. She put four small coins into the cake, and then she baked (烤) it. The four coins were for good luck. After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table. Where was the fourth coin? It was missing, but Marie's mother didn't notice.

After Christmas Marie got sick. She coughed, and she couldn' t speak. After six weeks she felt better, but she still couldn't speak. Marie's parents took her to hospital. Doctors at the hospital looked her over, and then said, \ but we can't help her. \speak. She grew up, she got a job, and she got married. But she never spoke. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she got a sore throat ( 嗓子疼 ) at work. She began to cough. She coughed up something small and black. What was it? Marie didn't know. She took it to the

hospital. A doctor at the hospital said, \ \speak again. \ and soon she could talk. 根据短文内容，回答问题。

1. What did Marie's mother make on Christmas?

__________________________________________________________ 2. What did Marie's mother put some coins in the cake for?

__________________________________________________________ 3. How many coins did Marie's family find after eating the Cake?

___________________________________________________________ 4. Why did Marie's parents take her to hospital after Christmas?

__________________________________________________________ 5. Could Marie speak at last?

__________________________________________________________

【答案】1. She made a special cake. / A special cake. / A cake. / A Christmas cake. 2. For good luck. / Good luck.

3. Three / 3(coins). / Marie's family found three / 3 coins after eating the cake.

4. (Because) she was ill/sick./(Because) she couldn't speak./ (Because) she coughed. 5. Yes, she could. /Yes. （二十二）（2009常州）

I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten(幼儿园) party. He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes.

I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change(零钱). It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank(猪形储蓄罐) to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money. “

It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8.00 short. The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that. “I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills(纸币) and we needed the cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some

change. It was amazing and touching as all these strangers seemed to react(反应) with the same mind. All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money.” The cashier didn?t need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn?t even get a chance to give anything!”

I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this. “ The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. I was left with a good feeling. I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn?t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes !”

1. What is this passage mainly about?

A. Love and goodness.

B. Culture and tradition.

D. Communication and understanding.

C. Friendship and honesty. 2. Why did the writer and the woman both feel glad?

A. Because the boy had saved some money. B. Because they both didn?t need to give anything. C. Because the cashier didn?t look down on the boy.

D. Because all the shoppers around were willing to help the boy. 3. What does the underlined word “touching” most probably mean?

A.令人感动的

B.令人难过的

C.令人失望的

D.令人害怕的

4. What?s the correct order of the following events?

a. The cashier got enough money for the boy?s shirt. b. The cashier counted the boy?s money.

c. The shoppers looked for some change in their pockets.

d. The boy went to the line to pay.

A. b, a, e, d B. b, e, a, d C. d, b, e, a D. d, e, a, b

【答案】1—4 ADAC

（二十三）（2009辽宁锦州）

Mr Brown?s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.

He put up a board in the garden facing the road. The board said, “No Parking”. But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board: POLICE NOTICE NO PARKING Mrs Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr Brown said he was not the police and couldn?t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr Brown made a blue board with white letters. POLICE NOTICE NO PARKING “Oh!” Mrs Brown said.“You told me you weren?t going to use the word ?police?, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked.

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