【正文】 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(méi)有警察，但隨著越來(lái)越多的人來(lái)到倫敦居住，小偷變得多了起來(lái)。Henry就花錢(qián)雇傭一些人來(lái)防止小偷，倫敦的警察就產(chǎn)生了。后來(lái)警察的數(shù)量越來(lái)越多了，報(bào)酬也越來(lái)越高了。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)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(méi)有警察，少數(shù)的老人來(lái)保護(hù)城市的街道，而且題目沒(méi)有報(bào)酬。故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)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(lái)越大，越來(lái)越多的人來(lái)到倫敦居住。故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)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(yǔ)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(kāi)始付錢(qián)請(qǐng)一些人來(lái)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(cè)贐ow Street 這個(gè)街道附近工作。故這些人是來(lái)防止小偷的。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】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(wèn)題，弄清問(wèn)題的大意；然后帶著問(wèn)題閱讀短文，抓住關(guān)鍵信息，選擇正確答案。二、中考英語(yǔ)完形填空（含答案詳細(xì)解析）9．閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 John suddenly jumped off the swing without even slowing down. He called out nervously, Mom, where39。s Charlie? He had just 1 he hadn39。t seen his new puppy for over an hour. John looked around the garden, behind the bushes, and under the piic table. No dog! His mother heard 2 in his voice as he called her a second time. Mom, I can39。t find Charlie! She came outside 3 . Let39。s look around the garden first. Don39。t worry. I39。m sure he39。s close by. Both son and mother were 4 now, but still no Charlie. Their calls were not pletely wasted, though. Joe, the nextdoor neighbor, and his two daughters Tania and Julie, immediately agreed to help them 5 the lost dog. But even with five people now searching the town39。s streets, they had no luck. Charlie was still 6 . Tania suggested they make posters with Charlie39。s 7 . She had done this when her own cat was lost a year earlier, she told John, and the cat was found the next day. John agreed. When they got home, he made a poster with a photo of Charlie. Then John heard a 8 and opened his bedroom door. It was Charlie. John was greeted with a big wet kiss Charlie had been 9 in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping. John had never been so 10 in his life!1. A. decidedB. forgottenC. understoodD. realized2. A. angerB. hopeC. fearD. warning3. A. activelyB. quicklyC. carelesslyD. annoyingly4. A. shoutingB. talkingC. fightingD. thinking5. A. give upB. look forC. run afterD. take care of6. A. missingB. asleepC. takeD. quiet7. A. addressB. characterC. nameD. picture8. A. messB. noiseC. voiceD. song9. A. shutB. wokeC. tiedD. saved10. A. afraidB. sillyC. happyD. proud【答案】 （1）D；（2）C；（3）B；（4）A；（5）B；（6）A；（7）D；（8）B；（9）A；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】本文講述了John尋找他認(rèn)為丟了的小狗，結(jié)果它在臥室里睡覺(jué)呢。 （1）句意： 他剛剛意識(shí)到，已經(jīng)一個(gè)多小時(shí)沒(méi)看到他的新小狗了。A決定，B忘記，C理解，D意識(shí)到，根據(jù) called out nervously 可知緊張地喊是因?yàn)橐庾R(shí)到某事發(fā)生了，故選D。 （2）句意：他第二次喊他母親時(shí)，母親聽(tīng)到了他聲音里的恐懼。A生氣，B希望，C恐懼，D禁告，根據(jù) I can39。t find Charlie可知找不到查理John害怕失去它，故選C。 （3）句意：她悄悄地出來(lái)了。A積極地，B悄悄地，C粗心地，D煩人地，根據(jù) came outside 可知出來(lái)是悄悄地，故選B。 （4）句意： 兒子和母親都在喊，但仍然沒(méi)有找到查理。 A喊，B談話(huà)，C打仗，D思考，根據(jù) Their calls可知是不斷的喊 ，故選A。 （5）句意：他們立即同意幫助他們找丟失的狗。A放棄，B尋找，C追趕，D照顧，根據(jù) searching the town39。s streets可知是尋找 ， 故選B。 （6）句意： 查理仍然找不到。A失蹤的，B睡著的，C拿，D安靜的，根據(jù) lost dog可知是丟失的 ， 故選A。 （7）句意： 塔尼亞建議他們用查理的照片做海報(bào)。A地址，B性格，C名字，D照片，根據(jù) with a photo of Charlie可知是照片，故選D。 （8）句意： 然后約翰聽(tīng)到一個(gè)聲音。A混亂，B噪音，C嗓音，D歌曲，根據(jù) opened his bedroom door ， 可知是因?yàn)槁?tīng)到聲音才去開(kāi)門(mén)，狗發(fā)出的是用抓住撓門(mén)的聲音，故是noise，故選B。 （9）句意：查理一直關(guān)在臥室里睡覺(jué)。A關(guān)，B醒來(lái)，C嘗試，D挽救，根據(jù) in the bedroom this whole time, sleeping一直在臥室里睡覺(jué)可知是關(guān)在