中考阅读理解实战演练之综合篇

Section VIII 综合篇

Passage 71

Look at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.

John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor. The doctor gave him some cough medicine.

Cough Medicine

Shake(摇动)it well before use.

Take it three times each day before meals.

Dose (药量):

Age：over 14 2 teaspoonfuls(勺)

8—13 1 teaspoonful

4—7 1／2 teaspoonful

Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st 2002.

1.John should take ____ a day.

A. 2 teaspoonfuls B. 3 teaspoonfuls C. 4 teaspoonfuls D. 1 teaspoonful

2.The medicine should be kept in _______.

A. a fridge B. hot water C. any place D. the sun

3.John should ____ before he takes it.

A. shake the medicine well B. eat nothing

C. do some exercise D. drink a cup of tea

4.When people are ____ years old, they cannot take this medicine.

A. eighty B. thirty C. two D. twelve

5.John will ____ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2002.

A. throw away B. stop to take C. take once D. take six times more

Passage 72 （Be omitted）

Passage 73

Are you carrying too much on your back at school? You’re not alone. Back experts in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags).

“It hurts my back when I run,” said Oberlin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to get up the stairs with my backpack, because it’s too heavy.”

Oberlin is among students whose backpacks were weighed for a week in a recent study.

They had regular backpacks with two straps (带子) to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling backpacks (which have wheels and can roll on the ground).

Shirley Park, whose backpack weighed 10 kilograms, said she changed to a rolling backpack because she was starting to have back pain.

How much is too much? Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight.

A few students had one suggestion to lighten the load: less homework.

P.S. (附) Doctor’s suggestion:

① Lighten the load. Clean out binders (活页材料) and take home only the books you need that night.

② Wide straps are better. They send out the weight over your shoulders more evenly (均匀). And be sure to wear both straps rather than hanging the pack over one shoulder.

③ Pack smart. The heavier things should be packed closed to the back.

④ Bend both knees when you pick up the pack, and don’t just bend over at the waist (腰).

1.“_____” is the main idea of the text.

A.The problem of backpacks is worth studying　B.The problem made by heavy backpacks

C.What is the best backpack for a student　D.How to make students’ backpacks light

2.According to Enderlin Reyes and Shirley Park, we know ______.

A.students have to do too much homework　B.backpacks have to carry heavy backpacks

C.backpacks without wheels are bad for students

D.too much homework leaves students no free time

3.The expression “switched to” in the text perhaps means ______.

A. started to use B. turned to C. caught up D. used for

4.According to the passage, it’s better for a student of 40 kilograms to carry a backpack of _____ at most by the words of experts.

A. 10 kg B. 8 kg C. 6 kg D. 7 kg

5.If students follow the doctor’s suggestions they ______.

A.may lighten their backpacks　B.can learn how to help themselves

C.may feel their backpacks are lighter　D.will know how to wear backpacks

Passage 74

Some British and American people like to invite friends and colleagues for a meal at home. You should not be upset (心烦意乱) if your English friends don’t invite you home. It doesn’t mean they don’t like you.

Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m., and end at about 11. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It’s polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a present.

Do you want to be extra (特别地) polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember—not to ask how much things cost.

You’ll probably start the meal with soup, or something small as a “starter” (酵母), then you’ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then a dessert (甜食), followed by coffee. It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Some people eat bread with their meal, but not everyone does.

Before they take out their cigarettes after the meal, most people usually ask, “Do you mind if I smoke here?”

Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter. Perhaps it seems funny to you, but British and American people say, “thank you, thank you, and thank you.” all the time.

1.If your English or American friends don’t invite you to dinner at home, ______.

A.it shows they don’t like you B.B. it shows they have no time to get together

C.it shows they don’t want to make friends with you D. it doesn’t show they don’t like you

2.When you are invited to go to your friend’s home, _____.

A. you shouldn’t take anything with you B. you may go at any time

C. you may take an expensive present with you D. you may take a small present with you

3.In England and America, it’s not polite to _______.

A.ask the price of a thing B. eat all the food on your plate　C. talk to your hosts D. eat too fast

4.In the passage, the order of the serving of a meal is _____.

A.Dessert—meat or fish with vegetables—coffee—soup

B.Coffee—soup—dessert—meat or fish with vegetables

C.meat or fish with vegetables—dessert—soup—coffee

D.soup—meat or fish with vegetables—dessert—coffee

5.Which is not right?

A.In England or America, it usually takes more than three hours to have a dinner party at home

B.If you are invited to go to a dinner party, you can’t arrive early.

C.You mustn’t smoke after a meal when you are with some American or English people.

D.You’d better write a short “Thank you” letter to your hosts or give them a call if you want to be extra polite.

Passage 75

Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided (划分) into twenty-four zones (时区), one hour apart (一个时区相差一个小时). You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-fours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.

If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋), your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean (太平洋), you cross the International Date Line (国际日期变更线). By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday. Traveling west, it is tomorrow.

1.Strange things happen to time when you travel because ______.

A. no day really has twenty-four hours B. no one knows where time zones begin

C. the earth is divided into time zones D. in some places one day always has twenty-five hours

2.The difference in time between zones is ________.

A. one hour B. more than seven days C. seven days D. twenty-four hours

3.If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock _____.

A.one hour ahead in each time zone B. one hour ahead for the whole trip

C. one full day back for each time zone D. one hour back in each time zone

4.From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic ______.

A.is in one time zone B. is divided into twenty-four zones

C. is divided into five time zone D. is in four time zones

5.The International Date Line is the name for ______.

A.the beginning of any new time zone

B.any point where time changes by one hour

C.the point where a new day begins

D.the end of any new time zone