2014年张静中学中考英语阅读理解及答案（26）
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Gordon Williams’s hobby may seem strange to people when they meet it for the first time. But it is a traditional craft(手艺).He builds model ships inside old bottles. Gordon has always loved ships, especially sailing ships from the old days. His interest in this hobby began many years ago when he visited a museum in Ottawa, Canada, where there was a display of model ships in bottles. Gordon thought the display was wonderful. But he wondered how the craftsman got the ship through the thin neck of the bottle. Gordon decided to find it out. He found an old master craftsman who was willing to teach him the necessary skills. First, Gordon takes an old bottle. Then he puts in a layer of putty(一层油灰),carefully shaped and painted it look like the sea. Next he builds the ship. To get the ship through the neck of the bottle, Gordon holds down the masts(桅杆).Once the ship is inside the bottle, he takes a long, thin tool to raise the masts. Gordon has completed well over one hundred models. His wish is to build bigger model ships, such as aircraft carriers. This will be more challenging, as he will have to build the ship actually inside the bottle. His hobby certainly needs time, patience and a steady hand.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上按要求作答。
61. What’s their opinion when people first meet Gordon’s hobby?
A. Useful. B. Traditional. C. Interesting. D. Unusual.
62. How did Gordon become interested in this hobby? A. He met a craftsman who would like to teach him. B. He saw a show of model ships in bottles. C. He had a journey to Canada.
D. He has collected many sailing ships.
63. For Gordon, the most difficult step that he wanted to learn was _______. A. to shape the bottle like a ship
B. to paint the layer of putty like the sea
C. to get the ship through the neck of the bottle D. to put the layer of putty into the bottle
64. Which of the following pictures shows the last step of Gordon’s work?
65. Gordon’s new plan is more challenging because he will _______. A. build a bigger model ship inside the bottle
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B. build more than one hundred ships
C. put a bigger model ship inside the bottle D. make an aircraft carrier
【主旨大意】本文介绍了Gordon William的与众不同的爱好---在瓶子里建造船模型。 题号 答案 61 62 63 64 D B C B 考查点 细节理解题 理解判断题 理解判断题 细节理解题 细节理解题 解题思路 根据文章第一段第一句 “人们第一次见到是感到奇怪” 可知Unusual为不寻常的因此选D。 根据文章第二段第二句可推测他是在看了在瓶子里的船模型展后对它产生了兴趣。 根据文章第三段的大意可判断通过瓶颈造船是最难的。因此选C。 根据文章第三段最后一句可知选B，建造桅杆。 根据文章最后一段第二句可知选A。 65 A D
In Chicago, a computerized system has been developed that controls(管理)traffic on the city’s 235 miles of seven expressways. Now one—a controller—can follow the movement of Chicago’s traffic by looking at a set of lights. The system uses electric sensors(感应器) that are built into each expressway, every half a mile. Several times a second, the computer receives information from each sensor and translates it into green, yellow or red lights on a map in the control room. A green light means traffic is moving forty-five miles an hour, yellow means thirty to forty-five miles an hour, and red means heavy traffic—cars standing still or moving less than thirty miles an hour. “See that red light near Austin Avenue?”the controller asked a visitor.“That’s a repair truck fixing the road, and the traffic has to go around it.”At the Roosevelt Road entrance to the expressway, the light kept changing from green to red and back to green again.“A lot of trucks get on the expressway there,”the controller explained.“They can’t speed up as fast as cars.”The sensors show immediately where an accident or a stopped car is blocking the traffic, and a truck is sent by radio to clear the road. The system has lowered the number of accidents by 18 percent. There are now 1.4 deaths on Chicago’s expressway for each one hundred million miles traveled, while in other parts of the county there are 2.6.
Traffic experts say that the Chicago system is the “coming thing”.Systems like Chicago’s are already in use on some expressways in Los Angeles and Houston.“Chicago has taken the lead,”said New York City’s traffic director and he added,“Chicago’s a good example.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上按要求作答。
66. The passage is mainly about ________ on expressways in Chicago.
A. the traffic control system B. the movement of the traffic C. the electric sensors D. the traffic lights
67. When the cars move under 30 miles an hour, ________ on the map in the control
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room.
A. the red light appears B. the red light turns yellow C. the yellow light appears D. the green light turns red 68. According to the passage, we may learn __________. A. some visitors are traveling on the expressway
B. there is no heavy traffic on Chicago’s expressways C. the traffic on Chicago’s expressways is well managed D. the number of accidents in the US has dropped by 18%
69.In Paragraph 2 the underlined word “it” refers to ___________.
A. the red light B. the truck that needs repairing C. the traffic D. the truck that is fixing the road 70. The writer writes the article mainly by _________.
A. giving reasons and results B. giving examples and explaining them C. describing what he thinks D. asking and answering questions
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【主旨大意】本文介绍了美国芝加哥用电脑系统如何管理城市的高速公路。 题号 答案 66 67 68 69 70
A A C D B 考查点 大意理解题 细节理解题 大意理解题 理解判断题 写法判断题 解题思路 根据文章大意可知这篇文章主要介绍了在芝加哥高速公路上的交通控制系统，因此选A。 根据文章第一段最后一句可知答案为A the red light appears. 。 根据第二段和第三段的大意可知在芝加哥高速公路的交通被很好的管理。因此选C。 根据上文可知此处it代替“the truck that is fixing the road”。 通读全文可知作者是通过举例子讲事实来写这篇文章的。 3
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