精选中考英语阅读理解100篇三36-52阅读理解（36）阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成句子。 Our eating habits（习惯）are very important for good health and a strong bodyThere are times when most of us like eating sweets and ice-cream，they are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a mealIf we eat them before a meal，they may take away our appetite（食欲）Its important for us to eat our meal at regular（规律）time each dayWhen we feel worried or excited，we may not want to eatA long time ago，in England，some judges（法官）often decided whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry breadIf the man could not swallow（吞）the bread，it meant that he wasnt telling the truthThough this seems strange and foolish，they thought it was a good way of finding out truthA man who is worried about something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry because he loses his appetite 1Good eating habits are very important for our _ 2The sweets and ice-cream may _ our appetite，if we eat them before a meal 3A person may not want to eat when he feels _ or _ 4The judges in old England thought if a man didnt tell the truth，he could _ 参考答案：1health 2take away 3worried，excited 4not swallow the dry bread easily阅读理解（37）1根据短文内容判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。 Mr Howe worked in an officeHe studied（研究）the old things and sometimes bought some for himselfSo he got a lot of moneyEight years ago，when he was sixty-five，he retired（退休）He neednt worry about food or clothesHe was busy before，but now he has enough time to restHe loves playing ping-pong and spends most of his time on the gameHe had never been ill until he had got a headache one dayHe was taken to a hospital at onceThe doctors looked him over carefully and did their best to save（救）him but he felt worse and worseHe made his son send for a witch（请巫婆来） “Do the people in heaven（天堂） play ping-pong，madam？”asked Mr Howe “Im sorry I dont know，sir”answered the witch“Let me go and ask about it for you” That evening the witch came and said，“Ive just been to heaven，Mr HoweIve brought two pieces of news to youOne is good and the other is bad” “Tell me the good news first，please” “Most of the people in heaven play ping-pong，”said the witch“But youll have a game there the day after tomorrow！” 1）Mr Howe is seventy-three now（ ） 2）Mr Howe has little money，so he is poor（ ） 3）As he rested very well all the time，Mr Howe has never been ill（ ） 4）The doctors didnt do their best to save Mr Howe，so he felt worse and worse（ ） 5）The bad news meant（意味着）Mr Howe would die（死）in two days（ ） 参考答案：1）5）T F F F T阅读理解（38） 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 Greenland is the largest island in the worldIt is in the north of Europe（欧洲） Near Greenland is another islandIt is named Iceland（冰岛）Do you think that Greenland is green and warm ？Do you think that Iceland is white with ice？If you do，you are wrongNot more people live on the big island of GreenlandThere are more people in your hom etown than those in all of GreenlandThat is because Greenland is not greenGreenland is whiteMost of the island is covered（被覆盖） with lots of iceThe ice covering Greenland is higher than the worlds tall buildingsWhat about Iceland？Is it colder than Greenland ？No，it isntIceland has ice， but not so much as GreenlandIceland has a lot of springs（泉），and they give out hot water and steam（蒸汽）The climate（气候）is not as cold as GreenlandAnd there are a lot of people who live on Iceland 1）Where is the largest island in the world？ _ 2）Which is the larger island，Iceland or Greenland？ _ 3）There are fewer people in Greenland than those in your hom etown，arent there？ _ 4）What is most of Greenland covered with？ _ 5）Why isnt the climate in Iceland so cold as that in Greenland ？ _ 参考答案：1）It is in the north of Europe 2）Greenland 3） Yes ，there are 4）Lots of ice 5）Because Iceland has alot of springs（and they give out hot water and steam） 阅读理解（39） 阅读下面的短文，根据其内容，回答所提的问题。 Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in one of the small towns of England When Dickens was nine years old， his father found a job in London and the family moved thereLater on his father was put in to prison（监狱）for owing（负债）His mother could not supply（供应） enough food to him and his younger brothers and sistersHe had to do something for his familyHe did some housework and looked after his brothers and sistersTheir life was hard，so he could not go to school Only until his father was out of prison ，could Charles go to schoolAt that time he was already twelveBut he did not finish schoolTwo years later he began to work in a factoryAnd he was a journalist（记者）and wrote for newspapersThe future writer often went to the library to read booksHe read a lotThen，at the age of twenty-two，D