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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.完形填空 Want to be an astronaut? Then study hard, stay healthy and have perseverance (毅力). This is what Chinese 1 Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng said in Hong Kong SAR last week. Fei, Nie and leading engineers of Shenzhou Ⅵ visited Hong Kong SAR from November 27to 30, 2010. They talked 2 primary, secondary and college students. Kids were interested in the astronauts39。 space lives. They asked questions like Did you see 3 from space? Fei and Nie said they didn39。t see the Great Wall. 4 they felt excited when they passed over China. Young people wanted to know how the astronauts developed 5 careers (職業(yè)). How did you decide to be astronauts 6 China39。s space industry (工業(yè)) is still at the beginning? 7 a young woman. The astronauts said it was because of their love of flight and the need of the 8 . They said their love of flight could be seen from their children39。s names. Nie39。s daughter 9 Nie Tianxiang, which means flying up high. Fei39。s son is called Fei Di, which sounds like Feidie, meaning 10 . 1. A. teachersB. astronautsC. workersD. engineers2. A. onB. aboutC. withD. up3. A. the Great WallB. Changjiang RiverC. Yellow RiverD. Beijing4. A. ThenB. OrC. AndD. But5. A. themB. theyC. theirsD. their6. A. howB. whyC. whatD. when7. A. toldB. spokeC. askedD. answered8. A. moneyB. nationC. familiesD. bodies9. A. callingB. namedC. namesD. is named10. A. planeB. spaceshipC. UFOD. flying planet【答案】 (1)B;(2)C;(3)A;(4)D;(5)D;(6)D;(7)C;(8)B;(9)D;(10)C; 【解析】【分析】主要講了中國(guó)航天員費(fèi)俊龍和聶海勝是怎樣成為一名宇航員的。 (1)句意:這是中國(guó)的宇航員費(fèi)俊龍和聶海勝上周在香港SAR說(shuō)的。;;;。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知費(fèi)俊龍和聶海勝是宇航員,故選B。 (2)句意:他們和小學(xué)生、中學(xué)生和大學(xué)生交談。......上面;;;。talk with ,固定搭配,故選C。 (3)句意:他們問(wèn)像“你們從太空看見(jiàn)長(zhǎng)城了嗎”這樣的問(wèn)題。;;;。根據(jù)Fei and Nie said they didn39。t see the Great ,故選A。 (4)句意:但是當(dāng)他們經(jīng)過(guò)中國(guó)時(shí),他們感到很興奮。;;;。根據(jù)前句Fei and Nie said they didn39。t see the Great ,但是經(jīng)過(guò)中國(guó)時(shí)很興奮,前后句表示轉(zhuǎn)折,故選D。 (5)句意:年輕人想知道宇航員怎樣發(fā)展他們的職業(yè)。,賓格;,主格;,名詞性物主代詞;,形容詞修物主代詞。形容詞修物主代詞修飾名詞,careers是名詞,所以用形容詞修物主代詞their,故選D。 (6)句意:當(dāng)中國(guó)太空行業(yè)仍然在開(kāi)始時(shí),你怎樣決定成為宇航員?;;;......時(shí)候。當(dāng)宇航員工業(yè)開(kāi)始時(shí),怎樣決定成為宇航員,故選D。 (7)句意:一個(gè)年輕人問(wèn)。;;;。根據(jù)前句How did you decide to be astronauts 6 China39。s space industry (工業(yè)) is still at the beginning? 可知是年輕人問(wèn)的這個(gè)問(wèn)題,故選C。 (8)句意:航員們說(shuō)這是因?yàn)樗麄儫釔?ài)飛行和國(guó)家的需要。;;;。國(guó)家需要,所以他們決定成為一名宇航員,故選B。 (9)句意:聶的女兒別叫做聶海勝,意思是“飛得更高”。;;;。主語(yǔ)daughter是動(dòng)作name的承受者,時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí),所以用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),結(jié)構(gòu)是be+動(dòng)詞過(guò)去分詞,主語(yǔ)daughter是單數(shù),所以be用is,name的過(guò)去分詞是named,故選D。 (10)句意:費(fèi)的兒子叫“費(fèi)迪”,聽(tīng)起來(lái)像“費(fèi)迪”,意思是飛碟。;;;。飛碟就是UFO,故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查完形填空,首先通讀一遍文章,跳過(guò)缺失的單詞,再根據(jù)上下文來(lái)判斷所缺單詞的含義,最后對(duì)選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行區(qū)別,選出正確的那一項(xiàng)。10.請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Do you know that the Happy birthday to you song is the first song sung in outer space? Apollo IX astronauts 1 it on March 8, 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here is the story behind it. The song was written by two sisters from Kentury, Mildred and patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the 2 of Good morning to All in 1893. It was used as a classroom 3 . Teachers sang it each day to wele theirs students to the