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A young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German
scientist , what the secret of success is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again . Einstein was
very annoyed ． He did not say anything ,but wrote a few
words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean ?” asked the young man .
“A means “ success”” explained the old scientist .
“X stands for hard work ,Y for good method (方法) and Z Z means stop talking and get down to work.”
1.The young man _________.
A. wanted to meet Einstein
B. wanted to be a great scientist like Einstein
C. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of success
D. wanted to be a student of Einstein
2.In Einstein’s opinion the secret of success was ________.
A. to work with great energy (精力，活力)
B. to study hard day and night
C. to learn from great scientists
D. to raise (提出) questions as many as you could
3.“Y” stands for _______.
A. hard work
B. great energy
C. great success
D.
good manner(方法)
4.The word “annoyed” means ________.
A. angry
B. sad
C. lovely
D.
glad
5.Einstein was a man who ______
A. liked to talk with young people
B. liked to help others
C. liked to make friends with young people
D. liked to work , but didn’t like to talk
B
British newspapers are much smaller than they used to
be and their readers are often in a hurry ,so newspapermen
write as few words as possible .They tell their readers at
once what happened ,where ,when and how it happened and what was the result : how many people were killed ,what change
was done and so on .Readers want the fact(事实) set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also
interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some i nformation (信息)from someone who was there, which can be given in the person’
s own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words carefully ,every one
must be effective(有效). Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes” he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write” they thundered down t he mountainside”. Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them
are in a hurry.
1.From the text, we learn that newspapermen write as few
words as possible ,because readers___.
A. want to know more about the news
B. take no interest in what has happened
C. have no time to read the news carefully
D. pay much attention to the result
2.The underlined word”one” in the text refers to ______.
A.word
B.newspaperman
C.reader
D.person
3.Which of the following would best complete the text ?
A. he will keep his writing short
B. he won’t care about his writing
C. he will give nothing but information
D. he won’t make his writing good enough.
4.In what way do you think British newspapers have become
smaller?
A. In a page size.
B. In number of readers.
C. In number of pages.
D. In number of copies
5.Which of the following is true?
A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.
B. Not many people have time to read the long articles in newspapers.
C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.
D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.
C
The story happened during the Second W orld War（战争）．An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons
and they all worked in the same f actory where he had worked. After the war had begun , his sons were all made t o join the army one after another and they all died in the frights .
The old man was very sad . he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry . And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living .
It was a very cold winter night . The old man couldn’t go to sleep . He had been hungry for two days and it was
so cold in his room that ice could be seen . He had to get
up and begun to run in the room until he lay down o n the ground.
The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.
Once he came to a village , but the villages were all
poor and couldn’t give him anything . He was too hungry to
go to another village . He thought hard and found a way .
He came to a police station and called out , “Hitler is a foolish pig (希特勒是蠢猪)！＂
Out came an old policeman at once . He took the old man
into a room , gave him some bread and a cup of tea . Then
he said , “Don’t say in our village , sir !”
“I’m s orry, sir.” Said the old man .“I don’t know it’s Hitler’s hometown .”
“No, no , sir.” The policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pig’s hometown !”
1.The old man was ___________.
A. a German
B. a French
C. an Australian
D. an Englishman
2.The old man was sad because ________.
A. his three sons all died during the war
B. His three sons had to join the army
C. He had no food or clothes
D. He lived in the small town alone
3.The old man got up and ran in his room to ________.
A. keep healthy
B. Forget he was sad and hungry
C. Make him warm
D. Find a way to forget he was hungry
4.The old man shouted outside the police station
because______
A. he hated Hitler very much
B. he hoped the policeman could help him
C. he wanted to make the policemen angry
D. he thought the he would be given some food in prison (监狱)
5.Which statement is true?
A. The old policeman hated Hitler , too
B. The old policeman found that the old man his best friend
C. The old policeman would send the old man in prison
D. The old policeman liked Hitler better than pigs
D
Miss Gorgers taught physices in a New Y ork school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and
she decided to test them to see how successful she had been
in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother
in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same t ime you were 75 feet away, listening to me f rom across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my
brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because
electricity travels faster than sound waves.”“That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls
raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes, Kate?”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”
1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class .
A. how to telephone
B. about electricity
C. about time zone（时区）
D. about sound
2. Miss Gorgers asked this question because she wanted to
know whether .
A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C. her students had grasped（理解）her lesson
D. sound waves were slower than electricity
3. Tom thought that electricity was .
A. slower than sound waves
B. faster than sound waves
C. not so fast as sound waves
D. as fast as sound waves
4. Kate thought Tom was wrong because .
A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those
in New York
B. electricity was slower than sound waves
C. Tom was not good at physics at all
D. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
5. Whose answer do you think is correct acoording to the law of physics?
A. Tom’s
B. Kate’s
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
E
It was Mondy. Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to
her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher (person whose job is selling meat), and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to
the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher
read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog
was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the
butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave
it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And
as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog
its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (* people who buy something from a shop).
But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise,
it came f or the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled.
He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why d oes Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were
not any words on it!
6. Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite .
A. cruelly
B. fairly
C. kindly
D.unfriendly
7. It seemed t hat the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith
gave it .
A. might do it much harm.
B. could do it much good
C. would help the butcher
D. was worth many pounds
8. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
A. before he felt sure that the words were really written
by Mrs Smith
B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D. until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith
9. From its experence, the dog found that .
A. only the paper with Mrs Smith’s words on it could bring it meat
B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C. Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
10. At the end of the story, you’ll find that .
A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B. the dog dared not go to the butcher’s any more
C. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D. the butcher found himself cheated (* act in a way that
is not honest) by the clever animal
F
Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P. E. in
a middle school. He w ears a long beard（胡子） and takes good care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to
watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot
of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got
on. There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult
for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）the back of a chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and grip it. The man found
it at once and called out, “Let go of（松开）my b eard, boy!”
“Are you going to get off, sir?” asked to boy.
11. Mr. King is a .
A. player
B. runner
C. teacher
D. driver
12. Mr. King was going to watch the match
because .
A. he teaches P. E. in a middle school
B. he likes
football very much
C. he had already got a ticket
D. he didn’t go to work
yesterday
13. It was difficult for Mr. King to stand
because .
A. he had drunk too much
B. the bus was too small
C. he got on the bus too late
D. it was very crowded in the bus
14. The boy gripped Mr. King’s beard because .
A. he was afraid to fall again
B. he wanted to make the man angry
C. he hoped the man to find a seat for him
D. he hoped the man to get off soon
15. Mr. King was afraid , so he shouted at him.
A. the boy would pull him down
B. the boy would hurt his beard
C. the boy could be hurt again
D. the boy would borrow
his ticket
G
My friend is a taxi drives. He has been a taxi driver
for ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is
too much t raffic during the day. He usually goes home b etween two o’clock in the morning. There are some very strange
things, which often happen at night. One day my friend was
taking a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning. She had her little dog with her. When they got
to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend
waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through
the window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour
of honking he decided to find out what was going on. He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window.
At that moment some policemen came. They thought my
friend was a thief. Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about my friend and
the dog.
16. The driver always works at night because it is easier to .
A. drive
B. climb in through window
C. make money
D. meet a lot of people
17. The woman climbed in through the window
because .
A. she wanted to have a sleep
B. her husband didn’t open the door for her
C. she didn’t want to pay the money
D. she couldn’t find her key
18. The story happened .
A. early in the morning
B. late at night
C. outside the city
D. near the bus station
19. Which of the following is not true?
A. The driver worked until 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning.
B. The policemen made a mistake.
C. The woman had no money to pay.
D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.
20. The driver climbed in through the window to .
A. get money from the woman
B. phone the police
C. return the dog to the woman
D. see what happened in
the house
初二英语阅读理解精选题(一) My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play. “Choose a character in the play whom you’d like to be, ”she told us. “This afternoon learn a few lines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. I’ll decide who play each part.” I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart. This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well. Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher who would play each part. Many of the students in my class couldn’t act at all. They couldn’t even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play. However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, “Yes, sir!” I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part. “You put too much expression in your acting,” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.” I think I know what she means. 48. What did the boy want to do in the play? A. To get an important part B. To organize the play C. To get a large acting part. D. To work the lights. 49. How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play? A. Bored. B. Sad. C. Excited. D. Unhappy.
八年级英语阅读理解专项练习 A One day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. The businessman asked him why he was crying. The rich man didn’t want to tell the truth and he told a lie,“Sir, I had a brother who was killed last year. I was thinking of his death, and that made me cry.”The businessman believed his story and began to eat his soup. He also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. The rich man noticed it and asked the businessman,“Sir, why do you cry?”The businessman, who now saw that the rich man had cheated him, answered,“Oh, I’m crying because you were not killed together with your brother. I) 根据短文内容判断正（Ｔ）误（Ｆ）（５分） ( )76.The rich man didn’t tell the truth. ( )77.Though the rich man burned the mouth, he shouldn’t have told the lie. ( )78.The rich man had a brother who was burned. ( )79.The businessman believed the rich man’s story at first. ( )80.The businessman’s answer showed that he was very happy. II) 根据短文内容将下列句子排序．（５分） 81.They ordered the soup and the soup was so hot that the rich man
2020届中考英语阅读理解50篇 (精品训练题值得练习) 1 When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my father’s friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul. Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernie’s place. We’d sit on the edge of the dock（码头）, feet dangling（摇晃）, and got ready for a big meal. Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then we’d bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart—the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed-free part—and throw away the rest. Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie’s wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon. What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life’s small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life. For many years, I forgot that lesson I’d learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could. Well, I’ve relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. That’s the heart of the watermelon. I have learned again to throw t he rest away. 1. We learned from the second paragraph that the writer and his father were feeling ______. A. relaxed B. worried C. hungry D. proud 2. How did the writer and his father eat the watermelon? A. They ate it in a polite way. B. They only ate its best part. C. They ate every part of it. D. They shared only one piece. 3. In the eyes of the writer’s father, Bernie ______. A. was just a rich businessman B. worked hard all the time
中考英语英语阅读理解精选附答案 一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷 1．阅读理解 Earlier this year, China achieved a new milestone (里程碑) in space research. On January 3, 2019, Chang'e-4 became the first lunar probe (月球探测器) in history to successfully land on the far side of the moon. The Earth's gravity (重力) slows the moon's rotation (自转), matching it to the speed of its orbit (公转). Therefore, the far side of the moon is almost "dark" and has never been seen. It's this sense of the unknown that makes the far side of the moon such an interesting place for scientific and space research. Being blown by solar (太阳的) winds, the far side may have the special minerals (矿物质). For this reason, Chang'e-4 will study the effect of solar winds on the lunar surface and any mineral found by the spacecraft. Chang'e-4 is also carrying flower seeds, potatoes and silkworm eggs to see whether life is possible on the moon. If it is, then the moon will become a possible choice for space travel in the future. However, research of the "dark" side isn't easy. As the far side is blocked(阻断) off from us, radio noise coming off Earth is also blocked. This is why China's relay satellite (中继卫星) Queqiao was sent up in May, 2018. Thanks to Queqiao, the communication problem between Earth and Chang'e-4 has been well solved. Power supply (电源供应) is also a challenge to the task. Chang'e-4 gets energy from the sun through its solar panels. As we know, a lunar day has the length (长度) of 28 Earth days. After Chang'e-4 was sent up on December 8, 2018, it took the probe over 20 days to orbit the moon to be in a position to be able to land in moon daylight and use its solar panels. Luckily, everything goes well, Chang'e-4 has worked on the "dark" side for over 5 months. It has sent back many photos of the far side of the moon and has been used to carry out some scientific experiments. The New York Times used the word "groundbreaking" to praise the task and wrote that "it will offer help to the history and development of the moon". （1）When was Chang'e-4 sent up? A. In May, 2018. B. On December 8, 2018. C. On January 3, 2019.
八年级英语阅读理解试题及答案讲解01 A meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 ye ars in Britain. The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百万) years old. “I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didn't know what it was.” Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorite s may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.” 1. The meteorite was Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. coming to 2. The meteorite was already years old. A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000 3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because . A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind 4. people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. some C. Few D. Many
(A) In the world, soccer of football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years. To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called“Dream(梦幻) World Cups” in Japan. The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Y okohama. Some football teams will have games there. Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makes more and more people interested in football. Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football. Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favorite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan. 1. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup, she must have______. A. Many football fans B.a very good team C. many football player D.a big playground 2. The next World Cup will be held in_______. A.2006 B.2007 C.2005 D.2004 3. From the passage, in the picture children drew many things except_________. A. people playing football B. pictures of some football stars C. a sunny sky D. flowers 4.In“Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______. A. to show their love for their owe country B. to tell the people their stories C. to show their good wishes for the football teams D. to show their new ideas about football 5. Many teenagers owe the pictures of some football stars because______. A. they are interested in football B. they are football fans C. they think their favorite players are great D. all of A, B and C (B) In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera(照相机). He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year ,Daguere,another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of greed people. The picture were unusual because they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的). Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were nor just cookies of the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art. 6. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ____________ A. his business B. his house C. his garden D. his window 7. The Daguerreotyped was____________. A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture C. a kind of camera D. a photographer 8. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to__________.
阅读理解训练 I. Where is Love? How can we find Love? Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy. They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever. When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the ,s son was also surprised at his At the same time, the old womanmost beautiful smile in the world.”,s pleasure and asked why. mother“I ate a pizza in the park with Love,”she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.” If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life. 1.When the little boy saw the old woman, she was . A. looking for a seat in the park B. passing the street C. looking at some birds D. having a pizza 2.The little boy gave the old woman a Coke because . A. the old woman still felt hungry B. he wanted to see the smile again ,t like the drink C. he didnD. the old woman paid him for it 3.The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smile . A. after the little boy went home B. before it grew dark C. when she was drinking Coke D. after the little boy hugged her ,s mother was surprised to see her son was very 4.The boywhen the door opened. A. pleased B. sad C. unhappy D. angry 5.Which of the following is TRUE? A. The little boy failed to find Love. B. Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last. C. The little boy decided never to go home. D. The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him. II. Dick was born in a poor family. His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning
八年级英语阅读理解专项练习题 a one day a rich man and a businessman met in a restaurant. for their lunch they both ordered soup. when it was brought, the rich man tasted it, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came into his eyes. the businessman asked him why he was crying. the rich man didn't want to tell the truth and he told a lie,“sir, i had a brother who was killed last year. i was thinking of his death, and that made me cry.” the businessman believed his story and began to eat his soup. he also burned his mouth so much that he had tears in his eyes. the rich man noticed it and asked the businessman,“sir, why do you cry?”the businessman, who now saw that the rich man had cheated him, answered,“oh, i'm crying because you were not killed together with your brother. i) 根据短文内容判断正（ｔ）误（ｆ）（５分） ( )76.the rich man didn't tell the truth. ( )77.though the rich man burned the mouth, he shouldn't have told the lie. ( )78.the rich man had a brother who was burned. ( )79.the businessman believed the rich man's story at first. ( )80.the businessman's answer showed that he was very happy. ii) 根据短文内容将下列句子排序．（５分） 81.they ordered the soup and the soup was so hot that the rich man burned his mouth first. 82.the businessman also burned his mouth and he was not happy. 83.a rich man and a businessman had lunch in the same restaurant. 84.the rich man told a lie about his brother's death. 85.the businessman realized(意识到) that the rich man cheated him at last. ______ _______ _____ _______ _______ b school kids say goodbye to their flying friends jin jun and his classmates at shanghai nanyang middle school are not very happy to be back from holiday. not because they hate studying, but because some of their best friends on campus（校园） are gone: pigeons. more than 100 pigeons used to(过去常常) fly around campus every day, making students smile during break time. but now, the birds are gone. where? now they're all locked up in a bird cage. bird flu(流感) has landed in shanghai, and expert are afraid the pigeons might spread（传播）the disease if they keep flying around. for safety, the school also asks students to stay away from the cage. “i feel sad for those birds. they're my best friends,” said jin, a 'cani but them, feed to corn bring would i term last “student. 3 junior
2020届中考英语阅读理解50篇 (绝对精品训练题，接近实战考题，值得下载练习) 1 When I was a kid in Minnesota, watermelon was expensive. One of my father’s friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who owned a large store in St. Paul. Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie would call. Dad and I would go to Bernie’s place. We’d sit on the edge of the dock（码头）, feet dangling（摇晃）, and got ready for a big meal. Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down next to us. Then we’d bury our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart—the reddest, juiciest, firmest, sweetest, most seed-free part—and throw away the rest. Bernie was my father’s idea of a rich man. I always thought it was because he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I realized that it was not Bernie’s wealth itself but his way of dealing with it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to stop working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon. What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and enjoy life’s small pleasure, your work is probably hurting your life. For many years, I forgot that lesson I’d learned as a kid on the loading dock. I was too busy making all the money I could. Well, I’ve relearned it. I hope I have time left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. That’s the heart of the watermelon. I have learned again to throw t he rest away. 1. We learned from the second paragraph that the writer and his father were feeling ______. A. relaxed B. worried C. hungry D. proud 2. How did the writer and his father eat the watermelon? A. They ate it in a polite way. B. They only ate its best part. C. They ate every part of it. D. They shared only one piece. 3. In the eyes of the writer’s father, Bernie ______. A. was just a rich businessman B. worked hard all the time C. lived a rich but healthy life D. knew how to make money