篇一：英语限时阅读5篇
限时阅读（10）
出题：杨秀英
A （记叙文）
When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents. The third Saturday in December Mark said he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.
I drove him to a nearby supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went in while I waited and watched in the car. It took Mark over 45 minutes to choose his presents. Finally he came to the checkout counter and reached into his pocket for his money. It was not there! There was a hole in his pocket, but no money. Mark stood there holding his basket, tears falling down his face. Then a surprising thing happened. A woman came up to Mark and took him in her arms. "You would help me a lot if you let me pay for you," said the woman. "It would be the most wonderful gift you could give me. I only ask that one day you will pass it on. When you grow up, I would like you to find someone you can help. When you help others, I know you will feel as good about it as I do now."
Mark took the money, dried his tears and ran back to the checkout counter as fast as he could. That year we all enjoyed our gifts almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.
I would like to say "thank you" to that very kind woman, and tell her that four years later, Mark went house to house collecting blankets and clothes for the homeless people in the fire. And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.
1. When did the story probably happen?
A. On Christmas Day. B. Before Christmas Day.
C. On New Year?s Day.D. After New Year?s Day.
2. When they got to the supermarket, Mark went in .
A. with the writer B. by himself C. with the woman D. with his friends
3. What happened to Mark in the supermarket?
A. His gifts were stolen. B. He broke his basket.
C. He lost his money.D. He lost his way.
4. Why did the writer want to say "thank you" to the woman?
A. Because she bought Mark a nice present.
B. Because she always paid money for others.
C. Because she collected clothes for the homeless.
D. Because she taught Mark to help people in need.
5. What?s the best title for this passage?
A. A big supermarketB. A kind woman C. A happy family D. A wonderful gift
B （说明文）
Everyone has got two personalities —the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don?t show your secret personality when you?re awake because you can control yourself, but when you?re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you?re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don?t like to make people unhappy, so you never express your real feelings. You?re quite shy and you aren?t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you?re always easily becoming sad. You never want to change your ideas, but you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt, so you are very defensive. You?re shy and you don?t usually like meeting people. You like to be on your own.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You?re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don?t often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry.
6. You may find the passage in_____.
A. a science magazine B. a guide book
C. a sports newspaper D. a story book
7. When does the sleeping position best show your secret personality?
A. In the daytime. B. At the beginning of sleep.
C. At night. D. During the deep sleep.
8. Tina hardly tells her secrets to her friends. She probably goes to sleep _______.
A. on curled up B. on her stomachC. on her back D. on her side
9. What does the word "defensive" mean in the passage?
A. 易怒的B. 攻击性的 C. 外向的 D. 有戒心的
10. What does the passage tell us?
A. Sleeping on your side is the best way of sleeping.
B. Changing positions will cause sleeping problems.
C. Sleeping positions show people?s secret personalities.
D. Enough sleep makes people look better and healthier.
C （记叙文）
A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is half" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year. She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "
11. How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?
A. 4. B. 6. C. 10. D. 14.
12. When did Alexia Sloane become blind?
A. When she was born. B. After she had a brain tumour.
C. After she became an interpreter. D. When she was on holiday with her parents.
13. Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?
A. Richard. B. Isabelle.C. Melissa.D. Robert Sturdy.
14. What is right about Alexia Sloane?
A. She can speak five language fluently.
B. She is a talented language learner.
C. She is the only child in the family.
D. She went to France on holiday after she won the award.
15. What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?
A. Never give up.B. Believe in yourself.
C. Nothing is impossible.D. Failure is the mother of success.
D （说明文）
You may know about “ junk food” like French fries. But do you know about “junk sleep”? Recently, a British survey found that electronic products in teenagers bedrooms are affecting(影响)their sleep.
The survey was done among 1,000 British kids from 12 to 16. It found that 30 percent of them got just 4 to 7 hours sleep every day. But doctors say they need 8 to 9 hours.
Almost a quarter of the kids said they fell asleep more than once a week while watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic products.
“This is very worrying.” Said Dr Chris Idzikowski, a British expert, “We call it ?junk sleep?, It means you don?t get enough sleep and the quality of the sleep is bad, too. If you don?t get good rest, you don?t perform well in school the next day.”
The survey found that 40 percent of the kids felt tired each day, with girls between 13 and 16 feeling the worst. Nearly all the teenagers have a phone, Mp4 or TV IN THEIR BEDROOM. And many of them have all three.
16. This passage is mainly about______.
A. junk foodB. junk sleep C. electronic products D. the importance of sleep
17. _______of the children in the survey sleep only 4 to 7 hours a day.
A. 200 B. 300C. 500 D. 1,000
18. “Junk food” and “junk sleep”are similar to each other in the way that_______.
A. they are both low in quality B. they are both produced in factories
C. people enjoy both in their spare time D. they are both good to people?s health
19. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Teenagers need 4 to 7 hours of sleep each day.
B. Many teenagers have a phone in their bedrooms.
C. Teenagers spend too much time on electronic products.
D. Girls between 15 and 16 spend the least time on electronic products.
20. Which of the following is the best solution to the problem?
A. Parents watch TV together with their children
B. Forbid teenagers to use any electronic product.
C. Teenagers limit (限制) their use of the electronic products.
D. The use of mobile phone and Mp4 is not allowed at school.
七选五：
Weight loss is a hard topic, Lots of people aren?t satisfied with their present weight, but most people aren?t sure how to change it. You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines or on TV, but those goals might not be healthy or realistic(现实的 So what should you do about your weight control?
The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian(营养学家 If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started.
People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost, because they haven?t permanently (永久地) changed their habits. Therefore, the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain for a lifetime.Small changes are a lot easier to stick with (坚持做) than large ones. Try reducing the size of Once you have that done, start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your life.
It?s a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because it?s just that: healthy.
A. Try giving up regular soda for a week.
B. Try to pay attention as you eat and stop when you?re full.
C. Weight management is about long-term success.
D. Besides, no magical diet will make you look like someone else.
E. Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you.
F. Changing from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea.
G. They will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals.
改错： 第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分l0分)
温馨提示：规范答题
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。 此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Every one of us can make a great efforts to 76.＿＿＿＿
cut off the use of energy in our country. To begin with, all 77.＿＿＿＿
of us can start reducing to the use of oil by driving only 78.＿＿＿＿
when we have a real need. That won't be easy, I know, 79.＿＿＿＿
but we have to start anywhere. What's more, we can go to 80________
work by bike once and twice a week, and we can also buy 81________
smaller cars that burn less oil. Other way is to watch our 82________
everyday use of water and electric at home. For example,83________
how many times have you walked out of a room and leave the 84________
lights or television when no one else was there? 85________
篇二：2016年陕西汉中市高考英语二轮阅读理解选练(12)(含答案)
2016年陕西汉中市高考英语二轮阅读理解选练（12）（含答案）
阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 It is probably the strangest sport anyone has ever invented. And
at first sight, it looks like the easiest. Competitors have to do two
things. The first is to stand still. The second is to place their hands
anywhere on the body of a car, and keep it there.
This is where things start getting difficult. Lots of people are
doing the same thing. And the winner of the“handathon”contest is
the person who can carry on doing it for the longest time. That person gets to own the car.
It still seems to be an easy thing to do. At the beginning it is. Anyone can stand still. But when the contest has been going for four or five days, standing still seems like the most difficult job in the world. And keeping the hand in place over this time becomes an act of serious attention. After a few days, the hand seems to belong to someone else—someone who wants to go home and get some sleep.
Competitors are allowed to take a five-minute break every hour to eat, drink or do whatever else is necessary. No one is allowed to lean on the car for support. Winners need to be able to show great powers of attention. They also need to be able to develop special skills.
Maybe the popularity of the handathon is due to the fact that it is not necessary to be a trained athlete to enter. Entrants in the Longview handathon certainly don?t seem to do much preparation. Most say they will prepare by“getting lots of sleep”. Others say they will“eat healthy food”or“pray for success”. The whole event gives ordinary people the chance to do something interesting and win something in the end.
Handathons are competitions, but there is little rivalry(敌对)between competitors. They help each other out and keep each other?s spirits up. People who drop out early return with food, drink and encouragement.
【文章大意】双手放在车身任何部位, 静立不动, 你能坚持多久? 本文介绍了一项看似简单, 实则类似于马拉松的运动形式“handathon”。
1. The reason why the sport is called“handathon”is that competitors.
A. cover a long distance
B. keep hands in place for long
C. wave hands as long as possible
D. do the same thing as in a marathon
【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第二段可知, 这种运动在形式上和马拉松是一样的。
2. What ability is likely to be needed most in a handathon?
A. Standing without any support.
B. Not leaning on the car.
C. Eating and drinking in five minutes.
D. Having strong powers of attention.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段的倒数第二句Winners need to be able to show great powers of attention. 可以得到答案。
3. Why is handathon popular?
A. Someone can win with special training.
B. It doesn?t need to make any preparation.
C. Anyone who is interested can join in it.
D. People get along well with each other in it.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第五段中的Maybe the popularity of the handathon is due to the fact that it is not necessary to be a trained athlete to enter. 一句可知, 它流行的原因是不需要进行专门的训练, 换句话说, 只要有兴趣就可以参加。
4. Which of the following about handathon is NOT right?
A. The person who takes part in it should stand still.
B. The person who takes part in it has to place his hands anywhere on the body of a car, and keep it there.
C. The person who takes part in it can have a break during the course of the competition.
D. Handathons are competitions, so competitors don?t encourage each other.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知D项错误。
阅读理解。
Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her
21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest
amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ?come home,? but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid form the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more
families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,
“If we go on this way for another 25years, we won?t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
1. According to Paragraph 1, why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?
A. The twins wasted too much money. B. The father was out of work.
C. Their saving ran out. D. The family fell apart.
2. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?
A. They asked their kids to come home.
B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school.
C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.
D. They got help from the school and the federal government.
3. Financial aid administrators believe that _______.
A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses
B. the government will receive more letters of complaint
C. college tuition fees will double soon
D. America?s unemployment will fall
4.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase.
B. Their income remained steady in the last decade.
C. They will try their best to send kids to college.
D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.
A. provide most students will scholarships
B. dismiss some financial aid administrators
C. stop the companies from making student loans
D. go on providing financial support for college students
【文章大意】这是一篇关于学费贷款的文章。
【参考答案】1---5、BDACD
2016高考英语阅读理解集训。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
When Armida Armato?s daughter, Alexia, came home from school one day last year keen to go on a school trip to Ecuador, she wasn?t too sure how to feel. She was happy that her daughter could experience something she never did as a teen but was fearful of letting her travel to such a remote part of the world.
Alexia was 16 at the time, a student at Westwood High School. The school sponsored a
humanitarian trip for 26 students and two teachers to spend 18 days living in a mountain village to build a one-room school. Even though Armato trusted her daughter, the other students and the
teachers, she was worried about the side effects from the travel vaccines, possible accidents, and medical care.
Now that Alexia was home, Armato said she saw her daughter?s new maturity, greater confidence and independence. “This is the best thing I ever did,” Alexia said. “The experience was so
eye-opening and life-changing. You?re with people who are not as lucky as you are. They live in very poor conditions but they?re so happy and outgoing. You say, ?My God. I?m taking everything for granted back home.?”
She said they built a one-room school from scratch with no mechanical cement mixers. They used their hands, shovels and basic tools. She and another student lived with a local family in a small village about eight hours outside the capital, Quito. Despite the initial strangeness and knowing only basic Spanish, she said they grew very close and felt like a family.
Every year, groups of students at Montreal High School like Alexia pack their bags and fly off with classmates and teachers to developing countries where they volunteer for a variety of projects.
“Armato?s worries are very common among parents,” says Bill Nevin, a teacher at St. George?s High School. He organizes a humanitarian rip to India to the Sheela Bal Bhavan orphanage and says the three biggest fears families have are health, security and contact.
1. When hearing the news that her daughter would go on a school trip to Ecuador, Armato was _______.
A. proud and happy B. supportive but concerned
C. fearful and nervousD. excited but puzzled
2. The underlined phrase “from scratch” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”.
A. having great helpB. using high technology
C. ending up in failure D. starting from the beginning
3. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Volunteering helps students grow and develop.
B. School trips make parents worried about their children.
C. Ecuador is the most attractive travel destination in the world.
D. Brave Alexia dreams to work in Ecuador one day.
参考答案1---3、BDA
篇三：2014年九年级英语中考模拟题2014.3
九年级英语模拟考试试题
(满分120分，考试时间120分钟）
第I卷(选择题共80分）
I. 听力测试(20分）
II.读音选词根据所给句意和音标，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答
案。(5分）
21.Tom's /b?ɡ/ is on the desk.
A. bed B. bag C. bike D. cat
22.Sam and Larry are friends. They are both /ten/ years old.
A. ten B. team C. met D. nine
23.Did you have /f?n]/ in Watertown yesterday，Jenny?
A. son B. five C. fun D. run
24. Many students in my school /raid/ bikes to school.
A. red B. ride C. nice D. read
25.It often snows in /'wint?/ in Jinan.
A.win B. window C. winter D. windy
III.单项填空（共15小题，计15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
26. Which of the underlined part that pronounces differently from the other three?
27. Allen didn’t choose _______ of the ties and went away without looking at a third one.
A. many B. either C. all D. any
28. — How did you sleep last night? —Like a log. Never slept______..
A. wellB. deeplyC. better D. best
29. Afternoon tea is here__________ in the dining room from 3 to 5 p.m. every day.
A. burned B. cooked C. servedD. eaten
30. — I don’t think we have met before.
— Yes, once at a party, but we _______.
A. didn’t introduce B. weren’t introduced
C. haven’t introduced D. weren’t introducing
31. Mother told Jim to watch the milk until it boiled and then _______ off the gas.
A. turn B. turning C. turned D. having turned
32. Alexia had little noodles, _______ she?
A. didB. hadC. didn’t D. hadn’t
33. Marco was lucky enough to meet a man _______ enjoyed listening to his stories.
A. who B. which C. whoseD. what
34. Joe’s sister had wanted very much to be a pop singer, but she__ as a newspaper reporter.
A. cleaned up B. looked up C. ended up D. made up
35. — Happy birthday, Tom.
— _______.
A. With pleasureB. Not at all C. Me, tooD. Thanks a lot
36. Michael, I am sorry to trouble you, ______ could you explain it again?
A. but B. andC. or D. so
37. He wanted to read more, so he asked his friend if there was _______ to read.
A. something easy enough B. something enough easy
C. enough easy something D. easy enough something
38. Eric is really a friend of mine. Hehis last penny with me.
A. costs B. lends C. supportsD. shares
39. —Do you have to hold our English party in the classroom?
—Well. I don’t know ______if not there.
A. what can we do it B. when can we do it
C. where can we do it D. where we can do it
40. －He spent a whole night ______the desk for the math exam.
A. on B. in C. at D. for
41. They would rather spend time _____ than _____ in the street. （原创）
A. read, hang outB. reading, hanging out
C. read, hanging out D. reading, hang out
42.We _____ walk in the park after supper, talking about all _____ we were interested in.
A. used to, what B. were used to, what C. used to, that D. were used to, which
43. ____children who lost their homes in Sichuan province ____sent to study in other cities.
A. The great number of; were
C. The great number of; wasB. A great number of ; were D. A great number of; was
44. Jane’s opinion is different from _______, but I really agree with _______.
A. his, herB. his, hers C. him, hers D. him, her
45. ---Mom, you said you would buy a new computer for me if I got a good grade.
----Well,______ .But it was you who didn’t get the first prize.
A. So was I B. So did I C. So I was D.So I did
46. —What do you think of the basketball match yesterday?
-- Really wonderful. They have never played ______.
A. best B. betterC. worseD. worst
47. --My family _______ where we will go for our vacation.
--Why don't you go to Hawaii? It has many beautiful beaches.
A. didn't decide B. haven't decided C. won't decide D. aren't decided
48. --Would you mind feeding the pet while I'm away? --_____________.
A. Have fun. B. No, not at all.C. That's right. D. You're welcome.
49. --When are you going to tell the bad news to Jim?
--_______ he comes back.
A. UnlessB. As soon as C. SinceD. Though
50. When the firemen arrived, the fire had been_______.
A. put up B. put down C. put away D. put out
IV.完形填空阅读短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填 入文章中相
应空白处的最佳答案。（10分）
If we take a close look at successful language learners, we may discover a few techniques (技巧) which make language learning easier for them.
____51_____, successful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on (依赖) books or teachers; they _____52____ their own way to learn the language. They try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves ____53____ waiting for the teacher to explain everything. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their ____54_____ conclusions which are very different from others’.
Successful language learning is ____55____ learning. Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language; they ____56____ such a chance. They find people who speak the language and ask these people to correct them _____57___ they make mistakes. They will try anything to communicate. When communication is difficult, they can ____58____ information that is incomplete(不完整的). It is more important for them to learn to ____59_____ in the language than to know the meaning of every word.
Finally, successful language learners are learners with a ___60____ in order to communicate with these people and learn from them. They want to learn a language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language.
() 51. A. As usualB. First of all C. By the way D. So far
() 52. A. explainB. make C. discover D. change
() 53. A. instead ofB. afterC. because ofD. from
() 54. A. correct B. own C. only D. main
() 55. A. ideal B. informal C. early D. active
() 56. A. look for B. care aboutC. work out D. write down
() 57. A. untilB. whether C. before D. when
() 58. A. breakB. check C. downloadD. accept
() 59. A. agreeB. ask C. think D. read
() 60. A. purposeB. certificate C. guide D. question
V. 阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（20分）
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