2017年中考英语阅读理解练习及答案
英语测试中阅读题占比很高。阅读理解能力强与否决定着英语考试的成败。为了帮助大家，小编整理了一些中考英语阅读理解试题，希望能帮到大家!
阅读理解(共25小题;每小题2分，满分为50分)
(A)
Ladies First
In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless(除非)the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above(如上文说说). On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host (主人) or hostess(女主人)or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though(尽管)there are no people sitting on it.
36. In America, men usually________.
A. walk ahead of women B. eat in a restaurant
C. walk behind women D. drive a car to work
37. In the street, men__________.
A. cross the street
B. walk on the right of the ladies
C. walk near the ladies
D. walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic
38. If a man walks with two ladies, he should__________.
A. walk between them B. run before them
C. follow them D. go away
39. If a man asks you to speak at a meeting, first you should say, “________”.
A. How are you? B. Is everyone here?
C. ladies and gentlemen D. How do you do?
40. If Mrs. Green invites you to her house in a car, you should_____.
A. jump into the car B. sit at the front seat
C. sit at the back seat D. drive the car
( B )
Thousands of years ago, the ancient people of Babylon and Egypt studied the stars in the sky and created the zodiac(黄道十二宫图). It was first used to count time. Later, many people used the stars to describe a person’s character (性格)and to foretell(预言)what would happen in the future.
A person’s zodiacal sign is connected to his or her birth date. Some believe this sign can tell us about a person’s character. For example, some think that a person born under the sign of Cancer (between June 22 and July 23) is kind and home-loving.
In many countries in Asia, people believe the Chinese horoscope can describe character and foretell future events. In the Chinese horoscope, there are future events. In the Chinese horoscope( 占星术), there are twelve animals. A person’s animal sign is connected to his or her birth year. Each animal has a different type of character. People born in the Year of the Rat are friendly, but careful. Those born in the Year of the Monkey are smart and good at making money.
In Asia, a person’s blood type is also used to describe character. People with the blood type A are calm and serious, but they may be selfish. People with the blood B are independent(独立的')but may be lazy. People with the blood type AB are honest, and people with the blood type O are talkative.(健谈的)
Not everyone believes that star signs or blood types can be describe character. But reading the horoscope can still be a lot of fun.
41. The ancient people first used the zodiacal signs to___________.
A. count time
B. describe a person’s character
C. count numbers
D. to foretell what would happen to a person in the future
42. Your zodiacal sign is connected to________ and can describe______.
A. your birth date, your appearance B. your birth year, your character
C. your birth year, your appearance D. your birth date, your character
43. What does the underlined word “ home-loving” mean in Chinese?
A. 想家的 B. 爱家的 C. 离家的 D. 无家可归的
44. According to the passage, if Simon was born in the Year of the Monkey, he may be___________.
A. foolish and often does everything carelessly
B. friendly and often does everything carefully
C. smart but not good at making money
D. clever and can have many ways to make money
45. According to the passage, reading your horoscope can be_________.
A. difficult B. dangerous C. interesting D. boring
( C )
Sleeping Problem
How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average(平均值)of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people have a night off when they cannot sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall sleep. This problem is called insomnia.
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history have insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, the famous statement(政治家)and inventor, had four beds. The King Louis XIV of France had 413 beds and hoped he could fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!
46. Most people need ________hours of sleep a night.
A. 3 B. 10 C. 7-8 D. 5-6
47. People need ________sleep as they got older.
A. more B. less C. no D. little
48. The name of this problem is insomnia. Here insomnia means____
A. going to sleep easily B. sleeping at daytime
C. the ways of sleep D. not being able to go to sleep