贵州中考英语阅读训练题及答案

　　贵州中考英语阅读训练题(一)

　　Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work incomparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals tolook after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger inactivities such as bungee jumping.

　　1. A best title for the text is ____.

　　A. Dangerous sports: what and why

　　B. The boredom of modern life

　　C. Bungee jumping: Is it really dangerous?

　　D. The need for excitement

　　2. More and more people today ____.

　　A. are trying activities such as bungee jumping

　　B. are climbing the highest mountains

　　C. are coming close to death in sports

　　D. are looking for adventures such as traveling into unknown places

　　3. In bungee jumping, you ____.

　　A. jump as high as you can

　　B. slide down a rope to the ground

　　C. attach(系) yourself to a rope and fall to the ground

　　D. fall towards the ground without a rope

　　4. People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because _____.

　　A. they have a lot of free time

　　B. they can go to hospital if they are injured

　　C. their life is short of excitement

　　D. they no longer need to hunt for food

　　5. The writer of the text has a ____ attitude towards dangerous sports.

　　A. Positive(肯定的) B. negative(否定的) C. neutral(中立的) D. nervous(紧张的)

　　贵州中考英语阅读训练题答案

　　A A C C C

　　贵州中考英语阅读训练题(二)

　　There have never been many adventurers. You van read stories about men calledadventures. But they were really businessmen. There was something they wanted----- a lady, ormoney, or a country, or honor. And so they got it. But a true adventure is different. He startswithout any special purpose. He is ready for anything he may meet.

　　There have been many half-adventurers. And they were great men. History is rich with theirstories. But each of them had a special purpose. They were not followers of true adventure.

　　In the big city of New York, Romance and Adventure are always waiting.

　　As we walk along the street, they are watching us. We look up suddenly and see a face in awindow. The face seems to interest us strangely. Or in a quiet street, we hear a cry of fear andpain coming from a house where no one lives. A car takes us to a strange door, instead of to ourown. The door opens and we are asked to enter. At every corner, eyes look toward us, or handsare raised, or fingers point. Adventure is offered.

　　But few of us are ready to accept. We are ready to do only the things we do every day. Wewish to do only the things that everyone else does. We move on; and some day we come to theend of a long quiet life. Then we begin to think. Then, when it is too late, we are sorry that wehave never known true Romance and Adventure.

　　1. In the author’s opinion, there are ____ true adventures.

　　A. many B. few C. no D. a few

　　2. In what way does the author say a true adventure is different from a businessman?

　　A. He is ready for anything he may meet.

　　B. He is not interested in money.

　　C. He enjoys excitement while a business man does not.

　　D. A true adventure is romantic, while a businessman is dull.

　　3. According to the passage, a cry of fear and pain coming from a house where noone lives in a quiet street means____.

　　A. a number B. a fight C. wealth D. adventure

　　4. The passage doesn’t mention it, but we can infer from the passage that whenmost people meet an offer of adventure, they will ____.

　　A. grow angry but curious

　　B. accept the offer

　　C. grow embarrassed and reject the offer

　　D. be frightened and cry for help.

　　5. When do most people wish that they had known romance and adventure?

　　A. When they are young.

　　B. When it involves a beautiful lady or handsome man.

　　C. When something interests them strangely.

　　D. When they reach the end of a long quiet life.

　　贵州中考英语阅读训练题答案

　　B A D C D

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