武汉市九年级英语中考模拟试题及答案(5)

　　四、阅读理解(本题共30分，每小题2分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　A

　　A wise old gentleman retired and bought a small and comfortable house near a junior middle school. He spent his first few weeks of retirement in peace. Then a new school year started. The every next afternoon three young boys came down his street, kicking happily every trashcan they came across, The crashing noise continued day after day, until finally the wise old man decided it was time to take action.

　　The next afternoon, he walked out to meet the young kids as they walked their way down the street. Stopping them, he said, “You kids are a lot of fun. I like to see you to show your energy like that. I used to do the same thing when I was your age. I’ll give you each a dollar if you promise to come around every day and do your thing.”

　　The kids were very pleased and continued to do their job on the trashcans. After a few days, the old man greeted the kids again, but this time he had a sad smile on his face. “The day before yesterday, I got a lot of money stolen,” he told them. “From now on, I’ll only be able to pay you 50 cents to kick the cans.” The noise-makers were clearly unhappy, but they did accept his offer and continued their after-school work.

　　A few days later, the old man approached to them again as they kicked their cans down the street.

　　“Look,” he said. “My TV set didn’t work last week. It cost much money to have it repaired, so I’m not going to be able to give you more than 25 cents. Will that be okay?”

　　“Just a quarter?” the biggest kid shouted. “If you think we’re going to waste our time, kicking these cans around for a quarter, you are nuts! No way, master. We quit!”

　　( ) 66.Why did the three kids kick trashcans after school?

　　A. Because they could make some money to do so.

　　B. Because it was the work that the old man gave them to do.

　　C. Because they wanted to have something interesting to do on the way home after school.

　　D. Because they wanted to draw the old man’s attention.

　　( ) 67. Which do you think is the best title of the reading?

　　A. Less and less money. B. Kicking trashcans.

　　C. A good way for peace. D. An old man and three kids.

　　( ) 68. What do you think of the old man?

　　A. He stopped the kids making noise in a clever way.

　　B. It was not right of him to cheat the kids.

　　C. He was too lazy to kick the cans himself.

　　D. It was unnecessary for him to waste too much money asking the kids to kick the cans for him.

　　( ) 69. What does the phrase “approached to” mean in the reading?

　　A. shouted at B. came close to C. came across D. got away from

　　( ) 70. The reading doesn’t say but we can infer that at last______.

　　A. The old man got very angry.

　　B. The old man lived a peaceful life for the rest of his days.

　　C. The three children would not be able to enjoy themselves any more.

　　D. The three children thought the old man paid them too little.