2021年中考英语复习14考点选择型阅读（含解析通用版）.pdf

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1、考点14：选择型阅读Passage 1Playing video games and getting money for it seems like a dream job for many of todaysteenagers.But is it all fun and games?Big business Pro（professional）gaming is certainly big business.In 2017,there were more than3,000 gaming competitions and over 10,000 professional players wor

2、ldwide.A large number ofpeople watch their competitions online,and successful gamers can get more than 1,000,000dollars from prize money and ads.The industry is clearly thriving.What it takes Becoming a professional is not just about being good at playing gamesit also takesa lot of hard work.Some pr

3、o-gamers practice for fourteen hours a day.You need to spend muchtime and put all your efforts to it,“says ex-gamer George.Not all fun and games It can be a difficult job as well.Stress is a big problem for gamers.Tiredness is another,and injuries（受伤）are common.Top player Hai Lam had wrist（手腕）proble

4、ms after years of pro gaming.Careers（生涯）are short,andmany gamers retire（退休）before they are 30 and try to find another job.However,the bad points probably wont change the dreams of many teenage gamers.And angryparents are still likely to hear the excuse,44But Pm just practicing for my future job!,?I.

5、How many professional players were there around the world in 2017?A.l30,000.B.More than 3,000.C.Over 1,000,000.D.More than 10,000.2.What does the underlined word“thriving“in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Getting worse.B.Doing well.C.Developing slowly.D.Changing quickly.3.What can we infer from the last sentenc

6、e of the passage?A.Children are angry with 由 eir parents.B.Teenagers practice games for their future jobs.C.Some teenagers are crazy about playing games.D.Parents stop their children playing games successfully.4.What*s the main idea of the passage?A.Pro gaming isnt all fun and games.B.The career as

7、a pro gamer doesn*t last long.C.Being a pro gamer is a good choice for teenagers.D.Being a pro gamer is an easy way to make money.Passage 2There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food,taking exercise andgetting medical help.But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your

8、 health is just to sleep eighthours or more every night.The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are,the longer sleep you need.But regardlessof（不管）age,some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not

9、 sleeping enough.According to the World Health Organization,over half the people in the world may besleep-deprived.Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents.In theUnited States alone,sleepy drivers cause at least 100,000 traffic accidents a year.Also sleepproblems

10、can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure（血压）.Why are so many people sleep-deprived?Part of the reasons may be cultural.In the Americanculture,people put a higher value on work than on sleep.In fact,people who sleep a lot areusually seen as lazy.Also,you can sometimes hear some people s

11、ay proudly that they donthave much time to sleep,and they only sleep four or five hours a night.It seems that the less yousleep,the more work youll do.How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep?Perhaps they may listen to the advice ofDr.James Maas,an expert（专家）in sleep.He says,“Sleep i

12、s like a credit（信用）card.When yousleep less,you are only borrowing time.You always have to pay it back.The more hours you dontsleep,the more hours you should sleep to cpay back?the hours on your sleep credit card,.For those who value work more than sleep,they should listen to what a famous person onc

13、esaid,Dont think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night.That is afoolish（愚蠢的）idea which is held by people who have no imagination.You will be able to domore.I.According to the writer,the easiest and cheapest way to improve health is to.A.eat healthy food every dayB.take exerc

14、ise as much as possibleC.get medical help whenever necessaryD.sleep eight hours or more every night2.What doessleep-deprivedmean in Paragraph 2?A.Having a good sleep.B.Excited about sleep.C.Having less sleep.D.Interested in sleep.3.According to Dr.James Maas,what is sleep like?A.An hour.B.A report.C

15、.A credit card.D.A piece of paper.4.What do the words of the famous person mean in Paragraph 5?A.Sleeping during the night is foolish.B.Sleeping during the night is helpful.C.People have no courage.D.People always do less work.5.What is the best title of the passage?A.The Value of SleepB.The Value o

16、f StudyC.The Ways of Eating LessD.The Ways of Making MoneyPassage 3Li Shizhen（李时珍）was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history.He was born inQichun,Hubei in 1518.Both of Li Shizhens father and grandfather were doctors.Li Shizhens grandfather was a countrydoctor who traveled in the countrysi

17、de with a bag of herbs（药草）and medications and cured（治愈）people.His father was a doctor who wrote several books.Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young.Li Shizhens fatherwanted him to enter politics（从政）.Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-levele

18、xamination,but he was never able to pass the imperial（帝国的）examination.When he was 38,he cured the son of the Prince of Chu and was invited to be an official in thatcourt（宫廷）.A few years later,he became an official at the Imperial Medical Institute.Even though he fulfilled his fathers dream,he didnt

19、want to continue working for the court.Oneyear later,he left the court and returned to be a doctor again.Li Shizhen was famous for his book,Compendium of Materia Medica（本草纲目）.He spent 27years writing the book.Unluckily,Li Shizhen died before the book was officially published.It issuch a successful b

20、ook.Now it is still one of the most important medical books in China.l.What was Li Shizhens grandfather?A.An official.B.A prince.C.A country doctor.D.A writer.2.What did Li Shizhens father want Li Shizhen to do?A.To be a doctor.B.To write a book.C.To be a prince.D.To enter politics.3.When he was 38,

21、Li Shizhen cur ed.A.his grandfatherB.the son of the Prince of ChuC.an official in that countryD.a famous doctor4.According to the passage,what was Li Shizhen famous fbr?A.Working for the court.B.The book,Compendium of Materia Medica.C.His long traveling.D.Curing a lot of people.5.What does the passa

22、ge mainly talk about?A.Li Shizhens life.B.Li Shizhens grandfathers life.C.Li Shizhens fathers life.D.Li Shizhens book.Passage 4AIf we laid all of the blood vessels（血管）in the human body end to end,they would reach about100,000 km long.Thats nearly two and a half times around Earth!BFor the first time

23、,Coca-Cola has showed that it uses 3,000,000 tons of plastic bottles each year.That*s the eight of 15,000 blue whales一the largest animal on Earth.CIf your throat tickles（发痒）,pressing your ear might make it go away.That*s because your throatand ears share the same group of nerves（神经）.When you press y

24、our ear,the nerves in your throatcan feel it.DIt takes about 7 to 8 trees to make enough 02 for one person to breathe for a year.Each personneeds around 750 kg of 02 per year.A large tree might make around 100 kg of 02 per year.ETo young children,a year might seem to last forever.But older people mi

25、ght say that it flies by.Why is that?According to the US scientists,young peoples brains deal with information faster than olderpeople.They take in more information and do more things in a day.So they feel like each day lastslonger.However,older peoples brains take in less information and see a day

26、pass more quickly.FAbout 200 muscles（肌肉）work together when you take a step.Thats a lot of work for yourmuscles,since many people take about 10,000 steps a day.If you want to get some easyexercise,walking is good fbr you.1 .Match passages AF with the two topics:People&Surroundings;The Human Body.Whic

27、hof the follow-ing is right?A.一AB;一CDEFB.BDF;一 ACEC.BD;ACEF2.Whafs the best title for all the six passages?A.Surprising WorldB.Amazing FactsC.Unbelievable Figures3.Why does the editor present readers the six passages?A.To help readers know more about human body and environmental protection.B.To ask

28、readers to protect the environment and take more exercise.C.To tell readers to have less unhealthy drink and plant more trees.4.Which of the following questions is answered in the passages?A.Why do kids and older people feel a year differently?B.Why could a large tree produce about 100 kg of 02 per

29、year?C.How do our 200 muscles work together when we take a step?5.Which of the following leads to the figure“30,000”？A.The amount of muscles working together by taking 150 steps.B.The length of vessels in 3 human bodies joining together.C.The weight of 02 for 40 persons to breathe a year.Passage 5Ci

30、nyee Chiu,an artist from Taiwan,is always happy to try something new.Her amazing workswon lots of prizes.Among them,24 Solar Terms（节气）“is the most popula匚Ancient Chinese divided a year into 24 parts according to the changes of the weather.It*s the 24solar terms.But not everyone knows them well.Cinye

31、e Chiu put the 24 solar terms in pictures tohelp people understand them better.Cinyee turned each solar term into an animal.But these animals are not just animals.You can alsofind seasonal fruits,vegetables or beautiful flowers on them.When spring comes,water gets warm and fish start to swim around.

32、So Cinyee chose fish as asymbol of Start of Spring.Also,she drew spring vegetables,Chinese chives on the back of thefish.White Dew falls on about Sept.8.It shows the beginning of the cool autumn.There are colorfulleaves and cool-er nights at this time of year.As the temperature falls,white dew（露珠）is

33、 oftenseen on the grass and trees at night.For White Dew,Cinyee chose a raccoon-a small animal withthick hair.She drew white spots（小圆点）on the raccoon to show dew.And she used the dragonfruit to show the rich colors in autumn.The young artist really gave the ancient Chinese culture a new look.l.The w

34、riter gave examples to show Cinyees 24 Solar Terms,.A.two B.three C.four D.five2.From Paragraph 5,we know that.A.a raccoon likes fish B.Start of Spring falls on about Dec.8C.White Dew shows the end of the autumn D.Cinyee used white spots to show dew3.According to the passage,Picture cant be from Cin

35、yee*s*24 Solar Terms.秋Start ofAutumn立存Start of4.The writer mainly wants to talk aboutA.why Cinyee made herself knownB.who divided a year into 24 partsC.how Cinyee showed the 24 solar termsD.what Start of Spring and White Dew meanPassage 6Dont Judge a Book by Its Cover Ever since I was a little girl,

36、Ive loved reading crime anddetective（侦探）novels,so I guess it was pretty normal that I started writing them when I was older.However,my family is very big on having a traditional career（职业）and so when I said that Iwanted to go to college and study writing,my parents told me that I couldn t.They toldm

37、e that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career,and not something as risky aswriting.I sup-pose I could have studied journalism（新闻专业）,but I didn*t want to lose interest inwriting because it would be something I would do every day for work,not for pleasure.I thoughtthat teaching l

38、ooked like a pretty good compromise（妥协）,especially because of the longholidays.It was a good choice:by the time I was twenty-five,I*d already finished two novels andhad an agent.To be honest,I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything,and my friendshave always known.One of the

39、 reasons most people dont know is because my agent told me thatmy name Hazel sounded too much like a romance（浪漫）novelist for older women.She suggestedBrooke Lane and I thought,Well,if you think it*ll make me successful,okay.Id totally forgottenabout it until I walked into school one day and saw one

40、of my workmates reading my novel.Iasked her some questions about it,and it was so clear that she had no idea that Id written itsheeven offered to lend it to me after shed finished!Of course,sometimes I wonder what my studentswould think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend t

41、o write aboutmurders and dead bodies,but I think my parents probably did me a favor:my teaching job keepsme in touch with the real world.1.Hazel is p r o b a b l y.A.an agent B.a journalistC.a teacher and artist D.a teacher and writer2.The underlined words“is very big on”in the passage most probably

42、 mean.A.to give no adviceB.to like something very muchC.to have more experiencesD.to misunderstand something3.Its clear that Hazel.A.agreed to study journalism for a degreeB.accepted Brooke Lane as her pen nameC.would like to write something for teachingD.told her workmates about her writing novels4

43、.Hazel finally realized that her parents advice on her career was.A.helpful B.excitingC.disappointing D.risky5.We can infer from the passage that.A.Hazel likes showing off in publicB.HazeFs students all want to write novelsC.Hazels agent has played a role in her successD.older women prefer the name

44、Brooke to HazelPassage 7A new study finds that more than eighty percent of Internet users in the United States search forhealth informa-tion online.Susannah Fox from the Pew Internet Project says doctors are still the main source of healthinformation.But the study found that searching online is one

45、of the leading ways that people lookfbr a second opinion.He says,People are sort of fact-checking what they have heard from adoctor.Our studies show that people are still very likely to turn to a health doctor when they needa diagnosis（诊断）or are planning a treatment.Forty percent of people are actua

46、lly looking for doctors or other providers when they search fbrhealth information online.Two thirds of Internet users look online for information about a certaindisease or medical condition.The Internet has also become an important source of spiritual support fbr people with healthproblems.Susannah

47、Fox says one in five Internet users has gone online to find other people whohave the same condition.A disease is considered uncommon if it affects（侵袭）fewer than 200,000 people worldwide.Therise of social networking has made it easier for people with uncommon diseases to connect witheach other and fe

48、el less alone.Social networking is also changing the way some doctors and patients communicate with eachother.Dr Jeff Livingston operates a medical centre for women in Irving,Texas.His office usespassword-protected software to share information with patients.He says the software hasincreased efficie

49、ncy（效率）,reduced costs and improved relations with patients.It has just changedthe way we do health care.His medical centre also has a Facebook page,a MySpace page and aTwitter feed.1.is one of the most popular ways people look for health information.A.Asking their parentsB.The Pew Internet ProjectC.

50、Searching onlineD.Reading books on medicine2.What makes people search for health information online?A.Peoples interest in health.B.Peoples health condition.C.Importance of the Internet.D.The rise of online treatment.3.From the fourth paragraph we know that.A.people with health problems go online to