【正文】 【英語】永州市英語閱讀理解專項練習(xí)試卷一、中考英語閱讀理解1．請閱讀下面短文，從每小段所給的A、B、C 三個選項中，選出一個最佳選項。 I39。m writing this article in China, far away from my home in the United States. You might wonder what I do to remember my mom on Mother39。s Day. Well, I certainly call her to say Happy Mother39。s Day and promise that I will visit home soon. I still remember the first time I forget Mother39。s Day. When I finally figured it out, I asked, Why does mom get a special holiday? Why isn39。t there a Children39。s Day for us? My mom explained, in that way that only moms seem to be able in explain, Because every day is Children39。s Day! I knew that I had messed up. I thought about all the time and love my mom had given me. I thought about the food she had made, the toys she had brought and the long hours she had spent with me. There might not be a perfect mom, but there is mom39。s love, which can fix anything. After that day, for 364 days, I was looking forward to the next Mother39。s Day. That was the first year l forgot Mother39。s Day. It was also the last year I forgot. Are you struggling to consider what to do for your mom on Mother39。s Day? Common things are to write a message that thanks for the love she has given you, send her a card or buy her a gift. But the most important thing is DON39。T FORGET!（1）How does the writer celebrate Mother39。s Day this year? A.He calls his mom.B.He send his mom a card.C.He visits home to see his mom.（2）What might the underlined phrase figure out means? A.弄清楚B.預(yù)料到C.歸納出（3）Why did the writer begin to expect Mother39。s Day? A.Because he missed his mom far in the United States.B.Because he wanted to spend more time with his mom.C.Because he realized he had got much care from his mom.（4）What is the purpose of the passage? A.To explain why there isn39。t a Children39。s DayB.To advise us not to forget to keep our own promises.C.To remind us to remember the love mom has given us.（5）Which is the best title for the passage? A.An Interesting TalkB.An Important DayC.An Expensive Gift2．閱讀理解 Wind power is a very clean source of energy. This is how wind power works. Wind makes windmills spin （旋轉(zhuǎn)）. When the windmills spin, they make electricity. Then we can use the electricity. A lot of people think that wind power is new, but that39。s not true. For thousands of years, people have used wind to sail boats and move water. We still do those things today, but these days we mostly use wind power to make Wind power is a very popular source of energy. Most people think that we should use it more and more. First of all, it39。s clean. Windmills don39。t pollute the environment at all. Second, we can use wind power forever. After all, we will always have wind. Also, wind power is cheap, and it39。s getting even cheaper. A lot of people don39。t understand wind power very well. They believe that there are problems with wind power, but many of those problems are not real. For example, some people say that windmills are dangerous for birds. They used to be true, but it isn39。t true anymore. Old windmills killed birds because they spun very fast. New windmills spin slowly, and they aren39。t dangerous for birds. However, there are real problems with windmills. One problem is that many people think windmills are very ugly. This is a problem for people, because windmills are often in very pretty areas. Also, wind doesn39。t blow all the time, so we can39。t use wind power all the time. Finally, windmills are noisy. Wind power is being more and more mon. Right now, more than 80 countries use wind power. About percent of the world39。s power es from the wind. For some countries, that number is a lot higher. Wind power gives Denmark more than 25 percent of its electricity.（1）Why DON39。T new windmills kill birds? Because . A.birds don39。t fly near themB.they spin slowlyC.they are shorter than old windmillsD.new windmills don39。t spin（2）When did people start using wind power? A.About 25 years ago.B.About 80 years ago.C.About 500 years ago.D.Over 1,000 years ago.（3） , so we CAN39。T use wind power all the time. A.Windmills break all the timeB.We can39。t use windmills at nightC.Windmills are too expensive to use all the timeD.Wind doesn39。t blow all the time（4）What does the article say about wind power? A.Most people don39。t like it.B.It39。s getting cheaper.C.Denmark doesn39。t use it.D.It39。s getting more expensive.（5）What is the best title for the passage? A.Expensive WindmillsB.Cheap and Clean EnergyC.Popular and Clean Wind PowerD.Dangerous Birds3．閱讀下列短文，從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項 Recently I had a trip to Sydney with my parents. We visited the Wildlife Park. The Wildlife Park has lots of different animals. Some are native（當(dāng)?shù)氐模?to Australis and can only be found there. There are more than 500 animals there, including kangaroos, koalas（考拉）and crocodiles（鱷魚）. They are kept in their natural environment. I like the Wildlife Park better than a zoo. In zoos, most of the animals are in cages（籠子）. We first spent some time with the kangaroos. We could touch and feel them. It was very exciting to be so close to them. There were koalas there too. They looked very cuddly（令人想擁抱的）. Although we couldn39。t carry koalas, I could take a photo with one. It is a wonderful souvenir（紀念品） of my holiday in Sydney. The Wildlife Park has plenty of freshwater crocodiles and saltwater crocodiles. Some of them are very big and scary（嚇人的）with huge teeth! I did not want to get too close to them. There was also a bird show. The keepers（飼養(yǎng)員）showed us different species（種類）of birds. I saw an old parrot（鸚鵡）. It could talk and made a great im