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题型:阅读选择 题类:模拟题 难易度:普通

浙江省宁波市2020年中考英语模拟考试卷

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    If you put a buzzard (秃鹰) in a cage without a roof, the bird will be a prisoner. Even though it can fly, it can't fly through the open roof. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a short run of 3 or 4 meters. Without space to run, he will not even try to fly, but will stay in his small jail for the rest of his life.

    The ordinary bat that flies around at night can not take off from the ground. If it is placed on the ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly. If it reaches a higher place, it will be able to throw itself into the air. Then it takes off quickly. But on flat ground, it will never fly.

    A bee dropped into a cup will stay there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but keeps trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will look for a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

    In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are struggling with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.

(1)、A buzzard can't fly through the open roof of a cage because _____
A、it is too big and heavy to fly up. B、it always starts its flight with a short run. C、it has gotten used to living in the cage. D、it is too lazy to fly further or higher.
(2)、Paragraph 2 mainly tells us that the bat _____
A、is a kind of smart bird B、never flies around at night C、can take off quickly from the ground D、can only take off a high place
(3)、Which of the following is NOT true about the bee?
A、The bee will stay wherever it is placed. B、The bee will die in the cup if not saved in time. C、The bee tries to escape from the sides. D、The bee doesn't see the way out at the top.
(4)、What lesson does the story teach us?
A、Different animals have different living habits. B、Animals will always give up when in trouble. C、We should try new ways to deal with difficulties. D、We should solve problems by ourselves.
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 阅读短文,回答问题

There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor. 

One day, he told his son, "Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you won't have your meal tonight. "

The boy didn't want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening, when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into the well (水井). The son did as he was told. 

The father guessed that the gold was from the boy's mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents' home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father. he was asked to throw it into the well. The boy cried, "Dad! My body is aching. I'm tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?"

The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more. 

 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

My name is Henry Adams. When I was 27, I worked in San Francisco. One Saturday afternoon, I sailed my little boat but a strong wind pushed my boat into the Pacific Ocean. Luckily, I was saved by a British ship heading to London.

I had only one dollar when I arrived in I ondon. I was tired and hungry. At that moment, the window of a nearby house opened and a man said to me, "Come in here, please."I was taken to a beautiful room. There were two old gentlemen discussing something.     ① 

The two gentlemen were brothers.  ②  One brother said, "If an honest and clever stranger arrives in London without friends and money, except for a £1,00,000 bank note, he will starve to death. If he goes to the bank to change this big note, the police will think he stole it and arrest(逮捕)him." The other brother answered, "No, I disagree."

The two gentlemen decided to end their argument with a bet(赌约).  ③  They chose me because I had an honest, clever face. Also, I was a stranger to England. One of them gave me an envelope and told me not to open it until I was in my hotel room.

 ④  After leaving the house, I opened the envelope and saw money inside of it! I rushed to the nearest restaurant. After eating, I tried to pay with the money but discovered that it was a bank note worth five million dollars! It made my head swim. No one could possibly cash(兑现金)it. The owner said, "You can pay for the meal whenever you want, sir. I understand that you are a rich gentleman. You like playing jokes on people by dressing like a poor man."

I quickly returned to the house but was told that they had left on a trip. Then I remembered the letter inside the envelope. It said, "In this envelope you will find some money. It is yours for only 30 days. At the end of that time, return to this house. We have a bet on you." How strange!

Then, I entered a clothes store to buy a cheap suit. When I showed the owner the bank note, he was angry since the salesman sold me such terrible suit.

(To be continued...)

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