中考英语专题复习 阅读组合专练 叙事生活（二） 人教新目标版.doc

叙事生活(二).完形填空。(2014，武汉)there is an old english saying，“laughter is the best medicine.”one person who certainly would have agreed with this is norman cousins.norman cousins was the editor of a magazine called saturday review for almost forty years.he also _1_and spoke about world peace and antiwar issuses(反战争议题)，traveling to many different countries to share his_2_in the 1960s，after returning to the united states from a busy and tiring trip to europe.mr.cousins got_3_he discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨头)in less than a week after he got back，he could not _4_ it.every move that he made was painful.he was not able to _5_ at night.the doctors told mr.cousins that they did not know how to cure(治疗) his problem and he might never _6_ the illness.mr.cousins，however，refused to give up hope.mr.cousins thought that the illness could be caused by _7_ thoughts.he did not want to take _8_ to cure himself.instead，he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.he began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television.mr.cousins quickly found that ten minutes of _9_ laughter during the day gave him two hours of painfree sleep at night.deciding that the _10_ could not help him，mr.cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could _11_ his experiments with laughter.for eight days，mr.cousins _12_ in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television，reading amusing books，and sleeping whenever he felt _13_within three weeks，he felt well enough to take a vacation to puerto rico where he began running on the beach for _14_after a few months，mr.cousins was _15_ to carry on his work.he had laughed himself back to health.1a.laughed btaught cwrote dcopied2a.magazines bsubjects cphotos dideas3a.rich bsick clonely dfamous4a.stand brealize cface dimprove5a.dream beat cshout dsleep6a.go through blook aftercget over dfind out7a.unhappy bpleasant csilly dclever8a.food btime cmedicine dmoney9a.unusual bfalse creal dwild10a.friends blaughter cexperiment ddoctors11a.begin bend ccontinue dreport12a.rested bworked cstudied dplayed13a.well btired cafraid dworried14a.help bexercise cfreedom dfun15a.able bsafe clazy duncertain.阅读理解。alast saturday evening，i had dinner at a local restaurant.when i was sitting there eating，an old woman stopped beside my table and looked around.i wondered if she was looking for the ladies restroom when she suddenly turned and walked to it.a few moments later，she walked past my table and went to the far side of the restaurant.i thought she must have found the restroom and now went back to her table.but to my surprise，after a few more minutes，she was beside my table again.then she turned and walked past my table.i thought to myself，“she must be lost(迷路的)” just then，a girl sitting near me got up and caught up with the old woman.“madam，are you having trouble finding who you are having dinner with？” she asked.“yes，” said the old woman.“i came with my husband.” then，the girl asked if that was the only person she was there with，and she replied yes.“stay here，” the girl said.“i will find your husband and come back and take you to him.ok？” the old woman looked at the girl and agreed.soon，the girl and the old womans husband came over.the old woman and her husband smiled at the girl and thanked her.the girl was so happy and excited.it makes us feel good to help others，even if we only do something very small for others.16why did the old woman stop beside the writers table？_d_ashe wanted to look for the ladies restroom.bshe wanted to sit at the writers table.cshe was waiting for her husband.dshe couldnt find her table.17how many times did the old woman walk past the writers table？_c_aonce. btwice.cthree times. dfour times.18whom did the old woman finally have dinner with？_c_athe girl. bthe writer.cher husband. dnobody.19from the passage，we can know that _a_.athe girl was kind and friendlybthe girl worked in the restaurantcthe old woman was angry with her husbanddthe writer and the girl helped the old woman20the passage mainly tells us that _b_.ahelping others is helping ourselvesbhelping others makes us feel happycwe should take good care of old peopledold people shouldnt go out by themselvesbonce upon a time，a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry.following the sound he came to a big，round，mysterious，grey fountain.the sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool.the boy swept aside the pools dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.amused by this，the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish.but when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow.as this happened，a huge sadness entered into him，and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.he quickly pulled his arm out of the water，and ran from that place.but the arm stayed grey，and the boy continued feeling sad.he tried so many times to cheer himself up，but nothing worked.that was，until he realized that if he were to make the earth happy then that happiness would be，in turn，transmitted back to him，through the earth on his arm.from then on，he set about looking after countryside.he cared for the plants，and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted.he encouraged others to do the same.he was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color.when the grey had disappeared completely，he started feeling happy again，and he decided to go and visit the fountain.when he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.21what happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water？_c_ahe caught some fish.bhis arm was bitten by the fish.che felt great sadness.dnothing special happened.22the underlined word recover means “_d_” in chinese.a转变 b进化 c变异 d恢复23which of the following didnt happen after the boy left the fountain？_d_ahe started to look after the countryside.bhe stopped the water from being polluted.che encouraged people to protect the earth.dhis arm kept grey and he never felt happy.24what can we learn from the passage？_a_awe should protect the earth.bwe shouldnt catch fish.ceven the fountain may cry.dwe should visit the fountain.25what is the best title of the passage？_d_athe beautiful countryside.bthe talking fish.cthe sad cry.dthe grey fountain.任务型阅读。it was a bright and sunny sunday afternoon.johns parents were not at home，so john decided to go to the community club to watch a basketball match.nobody was at home e_ barky，his pet alsatian(德国种狼狗)just after john had left，a burglar(窃贼) got into the house through the bedroom window and began searching the rooms.he caught sight of johns fathers safe(保险箱)he turned the combination lock(密码锁) and opened the safe.窃贼过去是约翰父亲最好的朋友，并且知道密码。he took out all the valuable things.as he was about to leave，he heard a loud bark.he looked up and saw the very large alsatian.he was so scared that he could hardly move.barky was going to bite him