中考英语阅读（幽默选编）中考英语阅读（幽默选编） Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everythingtutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centersin short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教 的) school. After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didnt kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening. Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?” Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ” “Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?” Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they werent joking. ” 根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。 1. Why did Tommys parents send him to a catholic school? A. Because he could eat well there. B. Because he could earn more about nuns. C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D. Because his parents didnt want him to learn math any more. 2. Tommys mother felt surprised that his son _. A. was still the same as usual B. ate so much at dinner C. kissed her hello after school D. worked hard but said little 3. “Hitting the books” means “_” in Chinese. A. 用功 B. 捶书 C. 发泄 D. 振作 4. The last sentence in the passage shows that _. A. Tommy felt sorry for the mail B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed C. Tommy didnt like the plus sign D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others 5. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _. A. teachers should be strict with their students B. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes C. a catholic school is much better than other ones D. nuns are good at helping children with their math 【答案与解析】【答案与解析】 1. 选 C。文章第 1 段说 Tommy 数学学不好，其父母想尽了一切办法都不奏效，最后将他送进了一所 天主教的教会学校。 2. 选 D。认真阅读第 2 段前面几句话，并注意以下信息：After the first day, little Tommy came homedidnt kiss his mother hellowas hard at workwithout a word. 可知答案应选 D。 3. 选 A。根据文章大意和 Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books 这个句子的语境，可知 hit the books 的意思是“用功”。 4. 选 B。Tommy 学习一直不用功，但自从进了这所 catholic school 之后，情况就不一样了整天都 发狠读书， 结果数学考试也得了 A。 这是为什么呢？文章在最后道出了其原因： Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they werent joking. 由此可知，Tommy 是担心 学习不用功会被钉在十字架上。 5. 选 B。Tommy 把 the man nailed to the plus sign 误解为“学习不用功的结果”，从而一改自己原来不好 学的不良习惯，很快就把数学成绩赶了上去。可见，误解有时也可以起到好的效果。 Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jeans family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely. So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often. Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jeans father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer. But when she knocked on Davids door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim! 根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。 1. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _. A. rich B. famous C. young D. lonely 2. Jean thought “David” was special because he _. A. made her quite happy on QQ B. was from San Francisco C. sent her