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1、2020-2021 年人教版英语阅读理解（人生百味）一、九年级中考英语阅读理解（人生百味）（含答案详细解析）1阅读理解There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the sec
2、ond in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no - it was covered with green buds and full of pro
3、mise. The third son disagreed, he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.The man then explained
4、to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the trees life.He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are - and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life - can only be measured at the
5、end, when all the seasons are up.If you give up when its winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Dont let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.（ 1） From the last paragraph we learn that we _.A. shouldn,t give up too qui
6、ckB. should love our lifeC. shouldn,t waste our timeD. should listen to the old（ 2） From the passage we can infer that _.A. The father is kind.B. The father is wise.C. The father is hard-working.D. The father is patient.（ 3） Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. Four sons looked at
7、 a pear tree at the same time.B. The first son said the tree was not beautiful.C. The youngest son said the tree was full of life and fulfillment.D. Their father said they were all right.（4） Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. A father and his four sonsC. How to judge others（
8、 5） Where can the passage be taken from?B. Four Seasons of a TreeD. Unusual journeysA. a fashion magazineB. a math bookC. the InternetD. a scientific report【答案】 （ 1） A（ 2） B（ 3） A（ 4） B（ 5） C【解析】 【分析】文章大意：父亲为了让四个儿子学会不能太快速的判断某个事物，就让他们分别在春夏秋冬去看梨树的样子。（ 1）推理判断题：根据 “Ifyou give up when its winter, you wil
9、l miss the promise of yourspring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Dont let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. 可”知我们不能太快地放弃，否则你看不到全部的乐趣，故选A。（ 2）推理判断题：结合全文大意：父亲为了让四个儿子学会不能太快速的判断某个事物，就让他们分别在春夏秋冬去看梨树的样子。果然四个孩子都只说出了自己去的那个季节的样子，可见父亲这个做法很有效果，很机智，故选B。（3）细节理解题：根据文中 “
10、Thefirst son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. 可知他们是在不同”的季节去看的梨树，故选A。（ 4）主旨大意题：根据全文大意，父亲为了让四个儿子学会不能太快速的判断某个事物，就让他们分别在春夏秋冬去看梨树的样子，四个孩子回来的时候也说出了当季的梨树样子，最后两段也多次提到季节，故选B。（5）推理判断题，这是一篇夹叙夹议的记叙文，小小故事蕴涵大道理，A 时尚杂志， B 数学书， D 科学报告，均和原文不符合，故选C。【
11、点评】这是一篇记叙文，富含人生道理，考查学生快速从中获取信息，分析问题的能力。2阅读理解I am Wilson. My sister and I spent our summer holidays with our uncle this year. He is a geologist （地质学家） and loves to collect stones.One day, he bought us two backpacks and asked us to go to the mountain with him. We walkedthe whole day. Every now and the
12、n he put stones in our backpacks. To our surprise, he also took some stones out from them. But we thought he had just found better stones.When we returned to the house, we were very tired. The backpacks were so heavy that we feltgreat relief （轻松） when we took them off. Yet our uncles backpack was ha
13、lf empty.“ Why did you give us so many stones?” we asked.“ didntI. You did,”he said. “ Youdidnt know it, but I gave you a little attitudetest today. Ilistened to every word you said. Whenever you were complaining,I added a stone to yourbackpacks. Whenever you talked about something with positive thi
14、nking, I took out a stone. Andnow look at your backpacks.”Our backpacks were full of stones.“ Your negative thoughts are just like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stonesin your backpacks. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind will be,” suncle.With great love,
15、 our uncle taught us one of the most important lessons in life the power of the attitude.（ 1） Where did Wilsons uncle ask Wilson and his sister to go?A. To the mountain.B. To the seaside.C. To the countryside.D. To the forest.（ 2） What did Wilson think when his uncle took out some stones from his ba
16、ckpack?A. He thought he said too many words on the way.B. He thought his uncle had found better stones.C. He thought his uncle wanted him to feel relaxed.D. He thought he had talked about something positive.（3） What does the underli ned word “them” refer to in the passage?A. The stones.B. The backpa
17、cks.C. The positive thoughts.D. The negative thoughts.（ 4） What can we know from the passage?A. Wilson and his sister complained too much on the way.B. Wilson and his sister did a great job for their uncle.C. Wilson and his sister enjoyed collecting stones very much.D. Wilson and his sister chose wr
18、ong backpacks to carry the stones.【答案】 （ 1） A（ 2） B（ 3） D（ 4） A【解析】 【分析】短文讲述了叔叔带作者和妹妹去山上捡石头的故事，通过这次捡石头事件，作者学到了积极态度的意义。（ 1）细节理解题。从 One day, he bought us two backpacks and asked us to go to the mountainwith him. 可知他们是去山上，故选A。（ 2）细节理解题。从 To our surprise, he also took some stones out from them. But we t
19、houghthe had just found better stones. 可知选 B。（3）词义推测题。结合句意可知them 在此处指的是消极的思想，故选D。（ 4）细节理解题。从 Our backpacks were full of stones.可知他们的背包里装满了石头，也就是他们抱怨了太多，故选 A。【点评】和考查对篇章的把握对细节的识别能力，答题时注意紧扣问题中的关键词，在文章中寻找答案。3阅读理解Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for
20、 people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50.In fact, they say by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.The findings came from a survey of more than 34
21、0, 000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone. At that time, the people were between the ages of18 and 85.The researchers asked questions about emotions, like happiness, sadness and worry.They also asked about mental （气质）or emotional stress.Arthur Stone in
22、the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.The study al
23、so showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older.However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful fo
24、r what they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about bad experiences.Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be connected with changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.The researchers also considered possibl
25、e influences like having young children, being unemployed （被解雇） or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect（影响）the levels of happiness.（ 1） Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage?（ 2） When may people have the highest level of stress?A. At the age o
26、f 20.B. At the age of 25.C. At the age of 35.（3） According to Arthur Stones idea, old people may.D. At the age of 40.（ 4） What would be the best title for this passage?A. The Younger, the HappierB. The Young Are Happier than the OldC. Getting Older Means Getting HappierD. Women Are Easier to Be Happ
27、y in Life【答案】 （ 1） A（ 2） B（ 3） D（ 4） C【解析】 【分析】文章大意：重点介绍的是老年人的幸福感问题，作者通过一个调查研究告诉我们随着年龄的增长，人们的幸福感会越来越强。（ 1）细节理解题。根据文中的语句But recent findings offer good news for older people andfor people worried about getting older.理解可知，对于老年人来说，或是担心年龄增长的人来说是个好消息，所以他们会感兴趣，故选A。（ 2）细节理解题。根据文中第三段His team found that level
28、s of stress were highest amongadults between the ages of 24 and 25. 描述可知， 24 与 25 的年轻人的压力最大，故选B。（ 3）细节理解题。根据文中语句 as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about badexperiences.可知，随着年龄的增长，人们的幸福感越来越强，对生活
29、的态度越来越积极。故选 D。（ 4）标题理解归纳题。通读全文可知，这篇短文的中心就是越老生活越满足，幸福指数越高，变老意味着变得更幸福。故选C。【点评】本文浅显易懂，层次分明，很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。4阅读理解In order to tell you what I believe, I must bring up something from my personal history.The turning point of my life was my decision
30、to give up my business job and study music. My parents, although sharing my love of music, didnt think it was a good choice that I took up music as a job. Considering my family background, this was understandable. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Spring Hill College in Mobil
31、e, and though he was much loved by his students, he didnt earn（挣钱） enough to provide for his large family. As a result of this example in the family, my parents strongly asked me to go to the college instead of a conservatory （音乐学院） of music although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time
32、 practicing.Before my graduation from Columbia, the family ran into some money problems and I felt it was my duty to leave college and take a job. That was why I took a business job, which I always think of as the wasted years. I went into it for money, for being able to help the family. Money is al
33、l I go out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by.My wish was to save enough to quit （退出） and then go to Europe to study music. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, I earned enough to make myself able to goabroad. The family got out of the trouble and . I felt li
34、ke a free man and sailed for Europe. I stayed for four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working and enjoyed every minute of it.Enjoyed is too soft a word. I walked on air. I really lived. When I broke away from business, it was against the advice of all my friends and family, but if I
35、 had stayed in business, I do not believe I would have made a success of living.（1） The writer presented his grandpas example in order to.A. show how much his grandpa was loved by his studentsB. tell to be a musician wasnt a good choice for the writerC. explain why his parents disagreed him to take
36、up music as a job D. thank his parents support for studying in the conservatory of music（ 2） How did the writer feel when he was taking his business job?A. Successful.B. Shameful.C. Hopeful.D. Painful.（ 3） Which of the following can best fill in the blank in Paragraph 4?A. my point was that business
37、 was not for me.B. my help was no longer necessary.C. I earned so much to support my family.D. I got up early to practice the violin.（4） From the underlined sentence I walked on air, it can be inferred that the writer.A. couldnt find his place in a new environmentB. couldnt make a success of livingC
38、. felt free because he was doing what he lovedD. felt pity for beginning a new life【答案】 （ 1） C（ 2） D（ 3） B（ 4） C【解析】 【分析】文章大意：文章通过爷爷的故事告诉我们为啥他的父母反对他从事音乐工作，到后来真正的做了自己喜欢做的事。（ 1）推理判断题 My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Spring Hill Collegein Mobile, and though he was much loved by
39、 his students, he didnt earn（挣钱） enough toprovide for his large family.可知，作者引用他爷爷的例子是来告诉我们从事音乐工作挣不到钱，不能够养家，从而说明他的父母不同意他从事音乐事业。故答案是C。（ 2）推理判断题，根据 That was why I took a business job, which I always think of as the wasted years. 作者经商的目的是为了帮助家人，但是对于他而言，他认为是浪费时间，因此可以推测他是痛苦的。故答案是D。（ 3）信息匹配题，根据 The family
40、got out of the trouble 可知，他的家人已经走出了困境。一开始我们就知道作者经商的目的是为了帮助家人，既然家人已经走出了困境，那么他的帮助也不再必要了。故答案是 B。（ 4）推理判断题，根据I felt like a free man and sailed for Europe. I stayed for four years,worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working and enjoyed every minute of it. 可知，作者向往自由，而 I walked on air 直译为在空中行走，没有牵挂，没有
41、认可阻拦，因此这一句话的目的是他已经感受到了自由，这样就可以做自己喜欢做的事。故答案是C。【点评】考查阅读理解，本题主要涉及到了推理判断题，推理判断题相对来说是一种比较难以掌握的题型，除了要充分理解，还必须要进行合理的推理论证在能够得到正确答案，而信息匹配题则需要先理解选项的意思，然后根据空缺处前后句的逻辑关系去取舍，最终确定答案。5阅读理解Saying no starts smallAll right then just one more piece. Words every girl has said when they are faced with the delicious chees
42、ecake. Of course, many of us know we may eat the whole thing in the end.It isnt just girls. Most of us find it hard to say no to something attractive. However, scientists now say that willpower is very important to success and a happy life.Scientists in different countries have been studying the eff
43、ects of willpower on peoples lives for a long time. The results are similar, according to an article on February 7 in the Guardian, a famous British newspaper.In one experiment, scientists told young children that they could either have a marshmallow（圆形软糖） now, or two marshmallows in 15 minutes. Wai
44、ting obviously needed more willpower. Scientists then continued studying the children as they grew up. They wanted to see if some children always had stronger willpower. They also wanted to see how having stronger willpower affected their lives.Years later, scientists found that the children who had
45、 waited for two marshmallows were all healthier, happier and richer adults. Oppositely, the children who had shown weaker willpower at that young age were more likely to be in low-paid jobs, to be overweight, to have social problems.But there is hope, Roy F Baumeister, an American social psychology
46、（心理学）professor （教授） told the Guardian. Baumeister says we can train our willpower just like we train our muscles（肌肉） . Even a little practice can strengthen （加强） our overall self-control if we doitregularly.You could start by making yourself stand up straight, speaking in complete sentences, or usinga computer mouse with the other hand. Scientists have found that people who managetochange little habits often perform much better in laborat