初三英语阅读训练.doc

Dubai. 人物传记(二)
Ⅰ.完形填空。(2013，襄阳)
Lang Lang is a world­class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang.He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight.“You need fortune (运气)，” his father said.“But __1__ you work hard，no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him.“You have no __2__.You will never be a pianist.” As an eight­year­old boy，Lang Lang was badly __3__.He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more.For the next two weeks he didn't touch the piano.Wisely (明智地) his father didn't __4__，but wait.
Luckily，the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs.He didn't want to，but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys，he __5__ he could show other people that he had the ability to do it well.That day he told his father that he wanted to __6__ with a new teacher.From that point on，everything turned around.
He started __7__ competitions.In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won，he was too __8__ to hold back his tears.Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever—he had to play on the world's big stages.In 1997 Lang Lang __9__ again，this time to Philadelphia，U.S.There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over.After his __10__ performance at Chicago's Raviniu Festival，gigs(演奏会) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started pouring in.Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到) him，and lets him shine.

1．A.if B．unless C．when D．since
2．A.piano B．knowledge
C．fortune D．talent
3．A.hurt B．ill C．broken D．scared
4．A.hear B．push C．eat D．sleep
5．A.realized B．explained
C．forgot D．noticed
6．A.argue B．dance
C．study D．interview
7．A.winning B．beating
C．watching D．refusing
8．A.annoyed B．mad C．tired D．excited
9．A.started B．left
C．moved D．performed
10．A.helpful B．meaningful
C．successful D．useful
Ⅱ.阅读理解。
A(2014，福州)

Gabriel Garcia Márquez，who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982，passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014.The world paused to remember the cultural giant.
Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia，but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City.As one of the most famous writers，he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th­century literature”．Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called “magical realism”．In such works，people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history.But meanwhile，magical things happen to them.
Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel，One Hundred Years of Solitude，which has sold about 50 million copies.It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world—of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years.The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19th century.As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said，Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence of the Latin American being”．
11．Garcia Márquez was born in the year __B__.
A．1914 B．1928 C．1967 D．1982
12．We can know from Paragraph 2 that Garcia Márquez__C__.
A．was born in Mexico City
B．spent most of his adult life in Colombia
C．had a writing style called “magical realism”
D．was famous but lived a simple daily life
13．The underlined word “isolated”means__A__.
A．隔绝的 B．安逸的 C．喧嚣的 D．繁华的
14．Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez？__D__
A．He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
B．His novel One Hundrend Years of Solitude was a great success.
C．He was widely known as “a giant of 20th­century literature”．
D．Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.
15．The writer quotes from the President to __A__.
A．praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement
B．show the deep sadness of the President
C．explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez
D．describe the character of Garcia Márquez
B(2014，龙岩)

Michelle
Obama
　　From March 20 to 26，the US first lady was on a trip to China with her daughters and mother.She met China's first lady Peng Liyuan in Beijing.They went to the Forbidden City and had dinner together.Then they went to Xi'an and Chengdu.Michelle gave a speech at No.7 High School in Chengdu，talking about the importance of education.

Jiang
Wenshan
　　He's a 32­year­old man who was born without his left arm.He entered a university with a high score in “Gaokao”．He often takes part in volunteer activities to help others like him.He traveled to more than 60 cities by selling his dreams online.Jiang not only sold his dreams，he also “sold” his courage.He has helped many other disabled people realize their dreams.

Wang
Changdian
　　Wang，63，is a retired(退休) policeman in Lushan，Ya'an，Sichuan.After the Lushan earthquake that killed 176 people took place on April 20，2013，Wang volunteered to work in Qingjiang，a mountain village in Siyan to help the villagers rebuild homes.
16.What did Michelle do at No.7 High School in Chengdu？__A__
A．She gave a speech on education.
B．She had dinner with China's first lady.
C．She talked with a retired teacher.
17．We can learn from the passage that Jiang Wenshan __C__.
A．is a man of 30 years old
B．failed to enter a university
C．always helps disabled people
18．Jiang Wenshan traveled with the money he made by__B__.
A．teaching in different schools
B．selling his dreams online
C．working in a mountain village
19．Wang Changdian went to Qingjiang Village to __A__.
A．help to rebuild homes for the villagers
B．work as a volunteer teacher
C．meet his daughters and mother
20．Which of the following is True according to the passage？__C__
A．The US first lady went to visit China with her husband.
B．Jiang Wenshan was born without his right arm.
C．Wang Changdian used to work in a police station.
Ⅲ.从方框中选择恰当的词，并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺，每词限用一次(其中有两个是多余的)。
　mean，story，easy，student，explain，also，
surprise，competition，difficult，win，hear，they
Can you write down Chinese characters(汉字) that are read to you? It can be 21.difficult，especially when the Chinese characters are not included in most dictionaries.
Lu Jialei，a student from Hangzhou Foreign Language School，22.won the Chinese Character Dictation(听写) Competition on Oct 18，2013.
During the competition，the host read Chinese characters to the student，23.explained their meanings and gave example sentences.The student was required to write down the Chinese characters.
Winning the competition was a(n) 24.surprise to Lu.“I am not the smartest one，” she said.“But I pay attention to details(细节)．”
To prepare for the petition，Lu and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days.She 26.also had a secret weapon(武器)．She studied how Chinese characters were formed.
In the final round of the competition，the host read wanluan to Lu and said it 27.meant graceful(优雅的)．“I had never heard that before！” said Lu.But she made a good guess.“Chinese characters meaning graceful often have ‘女’ in 28.them，while many Chinese characters pronouncing luan have ‘亦’．So I wrote it down：‘婉娈’．”
Lu has good reading habits.“When others pay attention to the main idea of a(n) 29.story，she looks at how the author uses words and sentences to express himself or herself，” said Su Yunsheng，Lu's Chinese teacher.
Su is happy to see 30.students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language.“Learning to write Chinese characters is an important part of inheriting(继承) culture，” said Su.

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