学中考英语阅读理解16篇最新阅读16 篇 / 1The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2September 1666.In four days it destroyed more than three quarters of the old city, where mostofthehouseswere wooden and closetogether. One hundredthousandpeoplebecamehomeless , but only a few lost their lives .The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King s baker（面包师） in Pudding Lane . The baker, with his wife and family , was able to get outthrough a window in the roof . A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery（面包房） into a small hotel next boor . Then it spread quickly into Thames Street .That was the beginning.By eight o clock three hundred houses were on fire . On Monday nearly akilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worstday . The fire destroyed many well-known buildings , old St Paul s and theGuildhall among them .Samuel Pepys , the famous write , wrote about the fire . People threw theirthings into the river . Many poor people stayed in their houses until the lastmoment . Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .The firestoppedonlywhen theKingfinallyorderedpeopletodestroyhundredsofbuildingsinthepathsofthefire,Withnothinglefttoburn,thefirebecameweak and finally died out .After the fire , Christopher Wren ,the architect , wanted a city with widerstreets and fine new houses of stone . In fact , the streets are still narrow ,but he did build more than fifty churches , among them the new St Paul s .The firecausedgreatpainand loss,butafteritLondon wasa betterplace:a city for the future and not just of the past .1. The fire began in.A. a hotelB. the palaceC. Pudding LaneD. Thames Street2. The underlined word“ family” in the second paragraphmeans.A. homeB. childrenC. wife and husbandD. wife and children3.Itseems thatthewriterof thetextwas mostsorryforthefactthat.A. some people lost their livesB. the birds in the sky were killed by the fireC. many famous buildings were destroyedD. the King s bakery was burned down4. Why did the write cite(引用 )Samuel Pepys ?A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire .B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fireC. To show that poor people suffered mostD. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire5. How was the fire put out according to the text ?A. The King and his soldiers came to help .B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyedC. People managed to get enough water from the riverD. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down6. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire ?A. There was a strong windB. The streets were very narrow .C. There was not enough water in the cityD. People did not discover the fire earlierKey: 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. B2In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these peoplewas a man named Alfred Butts . He always had an interest in word games and so ,to fill his time , he planned a game which he called“ Lexico” . However , hewas not completely satisfied with the game , so he made a number of changes toitand,in time, changedits namefrom“ Lexico ”to “ Alph” and thento“ CrissCross” . He wanted to make some money from his new gave but he didn t have anyreal commercial success .In 1939,Buttshappenedtomeet a mancalledJim Brunotwho showed aninterestin the new game . The two worked together on developing the game and in 1984 itwas offered for sale in the United States under its new name“ Scrabble ”At first , it didn t sell very well . In the first year it sold just 2250sets and by 1951it had only reached 8500 sets a year .Then , in 1952 the manager of Macy s department store in New York , JackStrauss , happened to play“ Scrabble ” while he was on holiday . He thought itwas a wonderfulgame and , when he wentback toworkafterhisholiday, he insisted2that Macy s should stock（储备）the game and make an effort (努力 ) to call thepublic s attentionto it .As a result ,“ Scrabble” became a big success in the United States and itsoon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries .1. The text is mainly about.A.“ Lexico ”B. three menC. a word gameD. Alfred Butts2. Alfred Butts invented the game“ Lexico ”.A. to make himself famousB. to make spelling simplerC. when he was out of work and looking for a jobD. when he