【正文】 句。8．閱讀理解 Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid. About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their houses as much as possible. In 1749, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people for stopping thieves. They were like policemen and were called Bow Street Runners because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were about 120Bow Street Runners, but London had bee very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan （or London） Police Service was started with about 3, 000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses.Today, London police are quite well—paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even higher than for the others.（1）In 1700, the men who protected the streets in London were paid _______. A.a fewB.nothingC.a littleD.a lot（2）About 300 years ago, many people _______. A.wanted to leave LondonB.had big houses in LondonC.became policemenD.came to live in London（3）People didn39。t leave their houses because _______. A.they had no moneyB.they were afraid of losing moneyC.the city was not cleanD.they liked homes（4）The Bow Street Runners _______. A.stopped people from stealingB.stole moneyC.paid people for stealingD.stopped people riding horses【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要講述了倫敦警察的發(fā)展史，起初倫敦沒有警察，但隨著越來越多的人來到倫敦居住，小偷變得多了起來。Henry就花錢雇傭一些人來防止小偷，倫敦的警察就產(chǎn)生了。后來警察的數(shù)量越來越多了，報酬也越來越高了。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not ，在1700年，倫敦根本沒有警察，少數(shù)的老人來保護(hù)城市的街道，而且題目沒有報酬。故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live ，在大約300年前，倫敦變得越來越大，越來越多的人來到倫敦居住。故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as ，在300年前，倫敦的街道上有很多的小偷，所以人們都盡可能的呆在自己的家里。故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow ，在1750年，Henry Fielding開始付錢請一些人來防止小偷。他們就像今天的警察一樣，他們被叫做Bow Street Runners，因?yàn)樗麄冊贐ow Street 這個街道附近工作。故這些人是來防止小偷的。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。本文主要考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題，首先仔細(xì)閱讀文后的問題，弄清問題的大意；然后帶著問題閱讀短文，抓住關(guān)鍵信息，選擇正確答案。二、中考英語完形填空（含答案詳細(xì)解析）9．請閱讀下面短文,理解其大意，然后從每小題所給的A、B、C三個選項(xiàng)中，找出一個能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 Grass is, of course a plant which grows in the field。 a plant which some kinds of animals like to eat. When there has been plenty of 1 , the grass is green. When the weather has been dry, the grass is brown. Animals like to eat grass when it is 2 and fresh. And if the grass in one place is greener than the rest, animals 3 to eat that grass. An animal in a field may look over the fence（籬笆） into the next field, where perhaps there are no animals and grass in the field 4 greener. But if the animal could get into the field, it would find that the grass is really the same. It just seems better from a distance（遠(yuǎn)處）. So that39。s the 5 of the expression The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. We sometimes only say The grass is 6 greener on the other side. We use the expression to describe the situation — someone looks at distant things and feels they are better than the things around him. But 7 he could go to the distant place, he would find that life there is just as difficult. So don39。t always think that other people have a better situation. Just be 8 with what you have had. Enjoy and value it!1. A. rainB. snowC. sunlight2. A. greenB. brownC. yellow3. A. refuseB. preferC. agree4. A. smellsB. tastesC. looks5. A. formB. meaningC. advice6. A. seldomB. sometimesC. always7. A. whenB. becauseC. unless8. A. angryB. strictC. happy【答案】 （1）A；（2）A；（3）B；（4）C；（5）B；（6）C；（7）A；（8）C； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：人們認(rèn)為遠(yuǎn)處的草更綠，但是卻不盡然，文章通過這件事告訴我們一個道理：要滿意你所擁有的，享受并珍惜它。 （1）句意：如果一個地方雨水充足，草會更綠。rain 雨水，snow 雪，sunlight 陽光。根據(jù) the grass is green. 可知雨水充沛，故答案是A。 （2）句意：動物們喜歡吃綠色新鮮的草。green 綠色的，brown 棕色的，yellow黃色的。根據(jù) Animals like to eat grass，可知草是新鮮的是綠的。故答案是A。 （3）句意：如果一個地方的草更綠，動物會更喜歡吃那里的草。refuse拒絕，prefer更喜歡，agree 同意。根據(jù)可知，動物們會更喜歡，故答案是B。 （4）句意：田野里的動物可以越過籬笆望向另一片田野，那里沒有動物，田野里的草也看起來更綠。smells 聞起來，tastes 嘗起來，looks 看起來。根據(jù)green是一種顏色，應(yīng)該是看起來，故答案是C。 （5）句意：所以這就是那句俗語的意思。form 形式，meaning 意思，advice 建議。根據(jù)前文的敘述，可知這種現(xiàn)象正好應(yīng)了言語的意思，故答案是B。 （6）句意：別的地方的草總是看起來更綠。seldom 很少，sometimes 有時，always 總是。根據(jù)人的一般地心里得到的都不是最好的，沒有得到的總認(rèn)為是好的，所以總是認(rèn)為別的地方的草更綠。故答案是C。 （7）句意：但當(dāng)他能走到遠(yuǎn)處的草地時，他會發(fā)現(xiàn)，那邊的生活也不好過。When當(dāng)...時，because 因?yàn)?，unless 除非。根據(jù)兩句話的意思可知，這是一個時間狀語從句，應(yīng)使用when連接，故答案是A。 （8）句意：滿足你所擁有的。angry 生氣的，strict 嚴(yán)厲的，happy 開心的。be happy with，固定搭配，對……滿意，故答案是C。 【點(diǎn)評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運(yùn)用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗(yàn)證。10．完形填空 Dear teacher, I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I39。m 1 this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me. I know I 2 be very q