【题目】【贵州省安顺市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解,根据短文内容选择正确答案。

①Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.

②Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.

③We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves, or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it’s a pity if we always stay with the same people, the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences.

④When we always stay with the same people, how can we break down the barriers which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance(无知)? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes, new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).

⑤Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don’t just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That’s how we live an exciting life.

【1】 From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who .

A. is like themselves B. has a sense of humor

C. is open-minded D. lives an exciting life

2People like staying in their comfort zone because they may .

A. remain comfortable and special

B. find out more interesting things

C. be accepted easily and feel safe

D. discover differences among themselves

3The sentence “Unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.” should be

put at the beginning of __________.

A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4

4What does the underlined word“barriers” mean in Paragraph 4?

A. 联系 B. 隔阂 C. 纽带 D. 熟悉

5What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell us not to talk with strangers.

B. To introduce ways to learn about the world.

C. To explain how people communicate with foreigners.

D. To encourage us to get along with different people.

【题目】2015年江苏省苏州市中考英语试题阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was Christmas Eve. When everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn’t fall asleep. He still couldn’t think of what he wanted as a special Christmas present. He wondered how Santa Father Christmas would know what to bring him if he didn’t know himself.从第一自然段可知,他还在想着他可以得到什么圣诞礼物。他想知道如果圣诞老人不认识他又怎样知道他要什么礼物。

As he was sitting up in bed, Bunny heard a big noise on the roof(屋顶) and a sound downstairs. It was Santa Claus, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to the stairs. He hoped to take a look at the old man before Santa left for his next stop.

By the time Bunny was at the bottom of the stairs, everything was silent again. Lots of presents were put under the Christmas tree, but Santa was gone. A little disappointed(失望的), Bunny turned to climb back upstairs when he heard a cry.

“Hello,” said Bunny. “Is somebody there?”

He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of presents to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown animal with big feet and sad eyes. It also had antlers(鹿角) on its head. Bunny almost mistook it for a dog.

“Are you a reindeer?” asked Bunny.

“Yes,” replied the brown animal with antlers. “My name is Ralph.”

“And you were pulling Santa’s sled(雪橇)?”

“I was until I got air-sick,” replied Ralph. “Santa had to leave me here and go on with the other seven reindeer.”

“Isn’t it a bit unusual for a reindeer to get air-sick? I mean, isn’t flying what reindeer are famous for?”

“Not me, I’m afraid. It makes me scared. I always feel sick when it comes to flying,” replied Ralph. “But everyone wanted me to pull Santa’s sled, so when it was my turn I gave it a try. I’m afraid I just wasn’t cut out for the job. Now I’m stuck here and I don’t know how to get back to the North Pole.”

“Well, if you like, you can stay with us as a friend,” said Bunny. As he made the offer, Bunny suddenly realized the special present he wanted from Santa was a new friend!

【1】Why couldn’t Bunny fall asleep on Christmas Eve?

A. He wanted to take a close look at Santa Claus.

B. He was waiting for his special present from his father.

C. He was thinking about what present to get from Santa.

D. He was woken up by a noise on the roof of his house.

【2】The underlined phrase “cut out” probably means .

A. suitable B. famous C. ready D. bad

【3】What can we learn from the article?

A. Ralph is a brown dog with antlers.

B. Ralph is afraid of flying in the air.

C. Bunny got a sled as a Christmas present.

D. Bunny sent Ralph back to the North Pole.

【4】This article seems to tell us that .

A. Santa lives in the South Pole with his reindeer

B. Santa usually puts Christmas presents on the roofs

C. Santa uses dogs to bring children presents on Christmas Eve

D. Santa knows what presents children want without being told

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