2023年苏州英语中考阅读理解真题.doc

2023--2023年苏州英语中考阅读理解真题
三、阅读理解（共10小题；每题2分，满分20分）
A
DENVER， COLORADO-----What does it take to be a hero?In the case of live Denver children， it only takes a cry for help.Here’s the story of these five heroes as Gary Lewis，the man they helped， tells it.
“I like to work on my old car.It’s my hobby.I wanted to put a new transmission（传动装置） in the car.I put the car up on blocks（大块木头） because I wanted to get under it.I was trying to get the old transmission out when suddenly the car moved forward and fell off the blocks.It came down on my chest.I couldn’t breathe.”
“I tried to shout for help for about five minutes， but I almost could not breathe.Could anyone hear me?Was I going to die? Then all of a sudden I heard some little children from the neighbourhood.They were running to the car and saying，‘What happened ， sir?’”
“‘Get help，please.I can’t breathe，’I told them.One of the children ran to his house and told his mom to call 911.Then ，before I knew what was happening， all of the children were around the car.They used every muscle（肌肉） in their bodies to lift（抬起） the car， and I was able to get out from under it.”
Lewis got out from under the car with just a few cuts.He didn’t even have to go to the hospital.“These children are my heroes，”he says.“Idon’t know how they did it，but I am licky to be alive.”
Raymond Brown， father of two of the children， is very proud of them.“We try to teach them to do the right thing. This shows we’re doing it the right way， I guess， ”he says.
44．The car fell off the blocks because _____________.
A．the children pushed it B．it moved forward by itself
C．Gary Lewis moved the blocks D．it was driven by someone.
45．Gary Lewis couldn’t breathe because _______________.
A．there was a heavy car on top of him B．he was running very fast
C．he had a bad cold D．he was working too hard
46．Lewis was able to get out from under the car when ______________.
A．the children worked together to lift it up a little bit
B．Raymond Brown came and pulled him out
C．he pushed the car forward
D．the police came to his help

B
Life， Be in it， for Longer
Our changing life expectancy in years

1980--1982
1985--1987
1990--1992
Age
Male
years
Female years
Male
years
Female years
Male
years
Female years
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
25.1
30.7
26.3
31.4
27.5
32.3
21.0
26.3
22.0
27.0
23.1
27.8
17.2
22.0
18.1
22.7
19.1
23.4
13.8
18.0
14.6
18.6
15.4
19.3
10.8
14.3
11.5
14.8
12.1
15.4
8.3
10.9
8.8
11.4
9.3
11.9
6.3
8.0
6.6
8.4
7.0
8.9
Female----女性
47．The phrase ‘life expectancy’ refers to ______________.
A．the changing life， in years
B．the ages of people born after 1980—1982
C．the difference in ages between men and women
D．the years a person can expect to live if there are no disasters
48．The table is intended（想要） to show that ______________.
A．life expectancy is changing very little
B．females can expect to live longer than males
C．everyone can expect to live longer now
D．old people don’t have as long to live as younger people
49．An eighty-year-old female in 1990 can expect to live _______________.
A．0.5 years more than a male the same age
B．1.9 years more than a male the same age
C．7.0 years more than a male the same age
D．8.9 years more than a male the same age

C
Dr. Irene Pepperberg， a scientist at the University of Arizona， has worked with Alex for nineteen years.teaching Alex to speak and understand wasn’t easy at first.He had to learn one word at a time.Irene and an assistant（助手） would teach Alex by showing him what a word meant.Irene would hold up an object ， saying “What’s this?”Her assistant would give the word--
“candy”， for example ---- while Alex watched.Irene would praise（表扬） her assistant， then ask Alex the name for the object.When he got it right， Irene would praise him and give him the object to play with as a reward.It took Alex many weeks to learn his first word.After that， each new word became easier and easier for him.
Why did Irene spend so much time getting a parrot to talk? Scientists like Irene are interested in discovering how intelligent（聪颖） animals are and how their brains（） work.But studying animal intelligence has been difficult， partly because animals haven’t been able to communicate （交流） clearly with humans.Teaching Alex to speak words that he understands has let Irene talk to him directly.She can ask him questions， and he can answer them in English.In this way， Irene is finding out what kinds of things Alex’s brain can do.She has found that parrots are much smarter than scientists used to think.
50．According to the passage ， how is Alex remarkable（不寻常旳）?
A．He can use the English language to answer questions.
B．He uses words in English instead of bird calls to call other birds.
C．He can copy the pronunciations of more than 100 English words.
D．Alex has a brain that is much bigger than those of other parrots.
51．How did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?
A．She said the same word all day long so that Alex could repeat it.
B．She taught Alex a special sign language.
C．She gave Alex rewards if he would say what she said.
D．She gave Alex a candy every time he answered correctly.
52．Why did Dr. Pepperberg teach Alex to speak with understanding?
A．She wanted to prove it could be done.
B．She wanted to provide a model for people who want talking birds.
C．She wanted to find out how many words parrots could remember.
D．She wanted to find out what kinds of things his brain could do.
53．According to the passage， Alex has proved that _________________．
A．birds are not the only animals that can learn a language．
B．parrots are much cleverer than scientists used to think．
C．birds are just as intelligent as humans．
D．teaching parrots to speak a human language isn’t very difficult.

2023年
三、阅读理解(共10小题；每题2分，满分20分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给旳四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
They’re best friends. They go to school together every day. They often go to the shopping mall at weekends. Both of them have hair the colour of honey (蜂蜜)，but one has big blue eyes and the other deep brown eyes.
One of the friends, Jenny Siegle, is in a wheelchair. The other, Augie, is an amazing dog who helps Jenny .Jenny, who is 14 years old, is a quadriplegic(四肢瘫痪者)，which means she cannot use her arms or legs.Augie is a Freedom Service dog who is Jenny’s arms and legs.
How does Augie do this? In school, he picks up the pencil or notebook that Jenny drops. Jenny is also training Augie to pull off her jacket so Jenny doesn’t have to ask anyone for help.
At home, Augie brings her the newspapers. He even helps clean Jenny’s room. When Jenny asks him. Augie goes to get her parents or sister. Augie also carries his food dish back to Jenny so she can fill it with dog food. Then Augie puts it back neatly in its place.
At the mall, Augie wears a pack that tells everyone he is a Freedom Service dog. When Jenny wants to buy things,Augie carries them to the counter (柜台). He gives the cashier Jenny’s wallet and waits for the change(找零)。
P. J. Roche, who started Freedom Service Dogs ,says , “These dogs are a social bridge, Kids who don’t know Jenny come up to talk to her because she’s got a dog.” Augie is truly Jenny’s best friend and helper and her bridge to the world.
46.Augie is _____________.
A. a girl in a wheelchair B.Roche’s friend
C. a helpful dog D. a cashier
47.Augie helps Jenny do many kinds of things except _______________.
A.helping her take off her clothes
B. carrying things to Jenny at home
C. paying money to the cashier at the mall
D. helping Jenny learn all kinds of things at school
48. “Augie is Jenny’s bridge to the world” means that_____________.
A. it helps Jenny a lot in her life
B. it does everything it can for Jenny
C. it picks up things Jenny drops at school
D. children who don’t know Jenny come to talk to her because of Augie
B
This is a chart of a car’s fuel consumption during a certain day.

Time of day
Fuel consumption-燃料消耗 petrol- 汽油 litre-升

49.The above chart shows ______________.
A. how much petrol was needed to fill the tank
B.the speed the car was going
C. which trip used the most petrol
D. how far the car travelled
50.The driver bought petrol at ______________.
A. 8 a.m. B. 9 a.m.
C. 4 p.m. D. 6 p.m.
51.Throughout the day the car used_______________.
A.45 litres of petrol B. 40 litres of petrol
C. 35 litres of petrol D. 10 litres of petrol
C
There are many unusual hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice , open between December and April every year. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel with a television, furniture, and a bathroom in each room. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.
Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the waiter disappeared. Today, the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts.
The larger of the two deserts, the Uyuni salt desert, is 12,000 square kilometres. During the day, the desert is bright white because of the salt. There are no roads across the Uyuni desert, so local people must show guests the way to the hotel.
In the early 1990s, a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt: the walls, the roof(屋顶), the tables, the chairs, the beds, and the hotel’s bar.
The sun heats（使变热） the walls and roof during the day. At night the desert is very cold, but the rooms stay warm. The hotel has twelve rooms. A single room costs＄40 a night, and a double room costs＄60.
A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, “ Please don’t lick（添）the walls.”
52. What is unique about the Salt Palace Hotel?
A. its long history.
B. the price of the rooms.
C. the guests that stay there.
D. what it is made of.
53. Which sentence about the area around the Salt Palace Hotel is NOT true?
A. It was a lake many years ago.
B. It is white during the day.
C. There are several roads to the hotel.
D. It is more than 10,000 square kilometers.
54. Where did the salt used for the hotel come from?
A. a salt factory B. the ground
C. Turkey D. the walls of the hotel
55. What keeps the rooms warm at night?
A. heat from the walls B. the desert air
C. the sun D. the furniture