中考英语阅读理解专题练习文学作品1Have you ever read stories of Sherlock Holmesa famous detective？ Here is one of his cases Stapleton， Charles younger brother， found that he would inherit （继承） the Baskerville lands if Charles and his nephew（侄子） Henry both died Charles who had a weak heart believed super natural stories After knowing this， Stapleton had the idea of buying a huge hound， and of using the phosphorus（磷） to make it shine like the hound in one story Then Stapleton asked his friend Laura to write a letter to bring Charles to the moor gate on that sad night The hound， which was shining with phosphorus， chased Charles down the Yew Alley Charles fear was so great that his weak heart stopped， and he died but the animal did not touch the dead body There was no sign of murder It was difficult for Holmes to fine the murderer Two weeks later， Stapleton learned that Henry had reached England He took his wife and the hound with him He wore a false beard and followed Henry in London He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there He needed something to give the hound Henrys smell， so he paid a woman at Henrys hotel to steal one of his shoes The first one was a new one， which was no use for the hound， so it was put back And then another older shoe was stolen Before he was ready to murder Henry， he wasnt sure if his wife would keep his secret， so he did not tell her the truth He locked her up in their hotel She knew that he must have some evil plans She sent Henry a letter which was made of words cut from a newspaper After receiving the letter， Henry realized he was in great danger and it must have something to do with his uncle Charles death So he asked Holmes for help（1）Whats the relationship between Stapleton and Hery？ AFather and son BFriendsCUncle and nephew DStrange（2）What does the underlined word hound in Paragraph 3 mean？ A魔兽 B猎犬 C匕首 D猎枪（3）Paragraph 4 is mainly about A how Stapleton bought the houndB how Stapleton made the hound shineC how the hound killed CharlesD how the hound chased Charles（4）The first new shoe was not useful for the hound because A it didnt have Henrys smellB it belonged to Henrys wifeC the hound saw nothing about HenryD the hound didnt like the smell（5）What may happen if Stapletons wife didnt send the letter to Henry？ A It may be easy for Henry to find that he was in dangerB It may be easy for Stapletons wife to know the truthC Henry may be murdered easily with no sign like CharlesD Henry may get to know the truth much more easily2He was a poet known for the nostalgia he describes in his poems On Dec 14， 2017， that famous Chinese poet passed away in Taiwan He spent his whole life writing The reason why I stick to writing till today comes down to my passion（热爱） for the Chinese language， he once said in a 2015 interview with Peoples Daily He then added that this passion was strengthened by his love for his mother and his motherland Now， lets appreciate the poem NostalgiaNostalgiaWhen I was young，Nostalgia was a tiny， tiny stamp，Me on this side，Mother on the other sideWhen I grew up，Nostalgia was a narrow boat ticket，Me on this side，Bride（新娘） on the other sideBut later on，Nostalgia was a low grave，Me on the outside，Mother on the （1）_ And at present，Nostalgia becomes a shallow strait，Me on this side，Mainland on the other side（1）Whats the best word for the in the poem？ A indoors B inside C outdoors D side（2）The poem is mainly developed by the change of A time B activities C places D characters（3）What can we learn from the poem Nostalgia？ A His mother moved to TaiwanB He made a lot of money from writingC He lived with his mother on the riversideD He missed his family and homeland a lot3I saved the grain carefully and finally had enough to plant I built a wall around my garden to keep the wild goats away Then when my crop produced its fruit， the birds found it The birds were not afraid of my dog at all I shot them but as soon as I walked away， they returned At last， I killed some birds and hung them among the crop， hoping they would make the birds afraid and fly away， which turned out to be successful By harvest time， I had nearly two bushels of rice and two and a half bushels of wheat With my new grain （谷物） to store， I found a new problem The fine grain ran through my baskets It took me nearly two months to dry two ugly pots （容器） one for rice and one for wheat Next I formed a clay oven and made some other tools from hard wood and cloth to bake bread I made and baked bread in my oven I spent the third year on the island in farming and baking Soon after that I began to think of my days sailing in a tidy boat with Xury I