阅读理解 There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by king who loved riddles. Once a year the king mad...

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江苏省南京市2018年中考英语试卷

阅读理解

There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by king who loved riddles. Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.

There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest breads. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. "I will give a prize to the person who can solve my riddle," the king said. Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest horses." He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard "Make this line shorter without erasing(清除) any part of it," the king challenged.

People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted at it. They even put their noses to the ground and scratched their heads.

How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people went home disappointed. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.

A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one day the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour(面粉).

Your Majesty, "the baker said to the king, I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it." Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king's line. The line the baker made was longer than the king's line.

Now, good king, "the baker smiled, "your line is shorter.

The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. "You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice.

The baker was excited. Now he could sell his breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

（1）、What was the baker's problem at the beginning of the story?

A、He couldn't make fine breads. B、He needed money to open more stores. C、He didn't have enough flour to make more breads. D、He had difficulty selling breads all over the kingdom.

（2）、The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both__________.

A、tried to erase the line B、poured water over the line C、kicked dirt over the line D、put their noses to the ground

（3）、The baker smiled because _______.

A、he was glad to see he king B、he wanted to make the king happy C、he felt sure that he solved the riddle D、he sold a lot of breads to the villagers

（4）、This story shows that the king liked _______.

A、to be rich B、to train horses C、to eat breads D、to have fun

（5）、Who tells this story?

A、The king B、The farmer and the dressmaker C、The baker D、Someone who is not a character in the story

举一反三

Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.
I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he'd catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn't always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.
It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.
When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn't have stored enough food for the coming winter!

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。

In the ancient Arabic story called Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, the young hero Ali Baba said "Open Sesame" and a door to hidden treasures was opened to him. The old story had a special meaning for Ma Yun. He drew inspiration from it for Alibaba.com--Chinese largest ecommerce(电子商务) website.

In 1995, Ma Yun was working for a US trading company when he was introduced to the Internet. "I know nothing about computers and has never touched a keyboard," he said. He searched the word "beer" and nothing came up about Chinese products.

Ma Yun had an idea. Why not build a large Internet market to connect customers with companies from all over the world? They could do business online in that way. That was how Alibaba began. His company grew quickly. But that didn't mean everything went smoothly. In 2000, many Internet companies failed including Alibaba. But later, he was successful because he managed to attract investment(投资) into his company. "You should stick to your dream," he said. "Everyone thought I was daydreaming when I started. But the most important thing is that we believe in our dream from past to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never give up."

Ma Yun is also smart. For him, success in business is like trying to catch a rabbit. "If there are nine rabbits, focus on catching one--don't try to catch them all," he said. "Change your ways if you need to, but don't change the rabbit. Get one first, put it in your pocket and then catch the others. "

阅读理解

Jim loved traveling in his free time. Once he walked to a sacred shrine(圣地) in the Himalayas. The journey was long and the mountain road was hard to walk on. Though he carried little baggage(行李),the road was very difficult for him. He kept sweating(流汗). Just ahead of him, he saw a little girl, less than 10 years old, carrying a boy on her back. She was also moving on slowly. She panted(喘气) heavily, but her hands still firmly held the boy on her back .

When passing by the little girl ,Jim said to her, "My girl, you must be very tired because what you carry is so heavy！"Hearing this, the little girl said, "What you carry is a weight, but what I carry is not a weight; He is my little brother. I must take him to the hospital."

It is true that both a brother and a burden(负担) have a weight. But what the little girl said is also true: What she carried was her little brother, not a weight. She loved her little brother from the bottom of her heart.

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There are twelve months in a year. My favorite 1 is October. First, October 1st is National Day. It's an important festival in China. Everyone is free and 2 on this day. We have a seven- day holiday(假期). During the holiday, my 3 often take me to see my grandparents in the countryside (乡村). 4 , there are some interesting and fun things in 5 . On the12th, we have a soccer game. I love playing soccer but I don't love basketball 6 it's difficult for me. On October 20th, we have a 7 sale. I have three old books and I want to 8 them there. Then we have a ( an) 9 festival on October 29th. We can draw many beautiful pictures. My birthday is also on this day. October is a really 10 month for me!

短文填空；阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（每空不多于两词）。

Jerry Sun is 28 years old. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （spend） the Chinese New Year with his family every year. "It is part {#blank#}2{#/blank#} our family tradition, wherever we live or spend it," said Sun.

Sun was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} b in Shandong. All his family {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （move） to New Jersey14 years ago. He went to junior high school {#blank#}5{#/blank#}college in New York. Now he works {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a bank clerk in Manhattan. Though he is busy, he lets nothing stop {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （he） from spending the Chinese New Year with his family. Sun always takes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} few days off every year to be with his family at festival time.

"I think it is because my parents take every Chinese New Year {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （serious）, even though we live in the US," said Sun. "We cook together. We make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （dumpling） every year." Sun also added that they took an {#blank#}11{#/blank#} （act） part in watching the CCTV New Year's Gala （春晚）. They could feel the love, kindness and {#blank#}12{#/blank#} （happy） of Chinese people.

Being a Chinese- American, Sun said he got the {#blank#}13{#/blank#} （good） of both China and the US. He likes the {#blank#}14{#/blank#} （color） cultures and celebrates festivals from both.

Sun said, "Spending the festival in the most {#blank#}15{#/blank#} （tradition） way is what we can do to keep the culture."

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次(每空一词)。

physical; effort; harm; require; health

Everyone wants to have a strong body . Do you have a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} lifestyle? I think I do.

I have many good eating and living habits. I prefer to eat fruit and vegetables. The doctor says everyone {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to get enough nutrition(营养 ). And I avoid smoking and drinking hot or cold water. I think they may {#blank#}3{#/blank#} my body. In addition, I try to sleep eight hours every day. That makes me get more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the next day. And I can study better and get better marks. What's more, I do some {#blank#}5{#/blank#} exercise every day. It says that if people run every day, they will have stronger hearts than others. So I run for about thirty minutes every morning.

What do you think of my lifestyle? Can you learn something from it?

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