2019中考英语阅读理解编习题（8）Passage A（2019中考日常生活类训练）Its so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(调查)found that 31of U.S workers dont always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.So why dont they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just cant leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40 plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year,but they cant find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.British workers have the longest working week in Europe(欧洲),with 23 vacation days -the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75 say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40 would sacrifice a days pay(工资)for one more vacation day.1. How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?A.9 B.12 C.15 D.23 2. Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?A. America. B. France. C. Sweden. D. Great Britain.3. What does the word“sacrifice”mean in the last sentence?A. Use up. B. Put up. C. Take up. D. Give up.4. Which of the following is true?A. Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.B. French workers can take one Three-to-four week days.C. Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.D. British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.参考答案1A 2C 3D 4APassage BJean的网友QQ聊天对我们来说并不陌生，但是该不该完全相信网友呢？我们究竟该以怎样的心态对待网络呢？让我们来看看本文主人公与网友的奇遇吧！ 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。1. Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is _. A. rich B. famous C. young D. lonely2. Jean thought “David” was special because he _. A. made her quite happy on QQB. was from San FranciscoC. sent her a picture of himselfD. was tall and good-looking3. When Jean and “David” met and introduced themselves to each other, who felt surprised?A. “David”.B. Both “David” and Jean. C. Jean.D. Neither “David” nor Jean. 4. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Dont believe those you get to know on QQ so easily. B. People dont use their real names on QQ so often. C. Dont go to meet those you get to know on QQ. D. People should tell their real names to others on QQ. 【答案及解析】1. 选D。由第1段的句子In fact, Jean is quite lonely. 可知答案选D。2. 选A。Jean认为David幽默风趣，在摇滚乐和现代舞上和她有共同的兴趣，他们可以在网上快乐地聊上几个小时。很显然David使得Jean很开心。答案选A。3. 选C。文章的最后一句she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!告诉我们，当Jean发现她那特殊的朋友是一个12岁的小孩时，用了一个感叹号结尾，虽然作者没有直接说Jean感到惊讶，但是我们可以从这个标点符号推断出她的感觉应该是十分surprised(惊讶的)。4. 选A。本文讲述Jean交了个十分投缘的网友，后来却发现对方原来只是一个12岁的小男孩。通过这个故事，短文意在告戒人们不要轻易相信Q友，答案选A。Passage C（2019中考日常生活类训练）Though many countries have laws against the illegal ivory trade (反对非法象牙贸易), tens of thousands of African elephants are killed every year.In January, 2014, hundreds of elephant tusks (象牙) as well as ivory sculptures were put i