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题型:阅读选择 题类:真题 难易度:普通

湖北省黄石市2019年中考英语试卷(音频暂未更新)

阅读短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

    Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing weaker day Toy day and was unable to take care of himself, so he decided to hire (雇佣) a nurse to help with housework and take care of him.

    One day, the old man interviewed two nurses—Anthony and Peter. Anthony happened to be a handsome young man, while Peter looked quite ordinary (普通的). The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, "Anthony has given me a very bad account (描述) of you. He said you are rude (粗鲁的) and untrustwarthy (信赖的) . Is this correct?"

    Peter thought for a minute and said, "If Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I shoutd take some time to change these things."

    The old man was very impressed by Peter's character. Meanwhile, Anthony returned with a cup of tea for the old man, The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then turned to Anthony and told him, "Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. What do you think ahout this? " After hearing this, Anthony became angry and started cursing (咒骂).

    In the end, the old man hired Peter. Altbough Peter looked quite ordinary, he had impressive inner (内在的) beauty.

(1)、What did the old man want a nurse to do?
A、Live with him. B、Help with housework and look after his wife. C、Work as a doctor. D、Help with housework and look after him.
(2)、What did Anthony look like?
A、Handsome B、Ordinary C、Old D、Ugly
(3)、The old man told Peter that Anthony ________.
A、had had some bad words of him B、had praised him C、did not trust him D、considered him to be not important
(4)、How did Peter react (反应) when he heard the old man's words?
A、He was angry. B、He took it seriously. C、He didn't believe him. D、He blamed (责备) Anthony.
(5)、What can we learn from the passage?
A、Ordinary people are more trustworthy. B、Handsome men must be good men. C、Inner beauty is more important than appearance. D、Others' opinions are always correct.
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阅读理解

    When Justin Tong was a child, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him doing lots of housework such as carrying out the rubbish and sending newspapers. But when he grew up, he was better off than his childhood friends and lived a happier and healthier life.

This is the finding of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 children in London. It showed that the children who had worked hard in childhood had a richer and a happier future. "Children who worked in the home or community gained competence(能力) and came to feel they were worthwhile members of society," said Daniel Brown, the psychologist(心理学家) who made the discovery. "And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them."

Brown's study followed these children in great detail. Interviews were repeated at ages 25, 31 and 47. Under Brown, the researchers compared the children's mental-health scores with their childhood-activity scores. Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

    Working at any age is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence, confidence and competence — the underpinnings (基础) of emotional health. They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward common goals. The most competent adults are those who know how to do this.

    Yet work isn't everything. As Tolstoy once said, "One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one's work."

 阅读A、B、C、D四篇材料,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Are you good at learning English grammar? What do you think about learning grammar when studying a foreign language? 

I was a young English teacher in a middle school. One day, a student asked, "Mr. Lewis, what is the difference between a period(句号) and a comma(逗号)?" I hated these grammar rules and hardly understand them myself. As I looked at the textbook, I knew that even if I told this student all the different rules about commas, he wouldn't remember them. 

I was also in no mood(心情) for a long lesson. My mum had died just a few short weeks ago. I missed her so much. All I wanted to do was stay in bed, but my own young family was living a difficult life and I knew I had to take every day of work I could. 

I looked at the textbook again but couldn't read it because my eyes were so watery. All at once, however, I got an idea. "A period is the end of a sentence or a thought," I said, "A comma, on the other hand, is just a short pause(停顿) before the sentence continues on." When I finished saying this, my heart suddenly felt lighter. I smiled and thought of my mum continuing on in a place much brighter and happier than the one I was in now. 

That little moment of light helped me as I continued to miss my mum over the months and years to come. Recently I remembered it once again when I saw this sentence in a book I was reading: "Death is not a period, only a comma."

Our lives are a sentence and a story that goes on forever. Our time here is only a part of it. 

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