中考英语二轮专题复习 阅读理解 新闻报道类二（含答案）

一、阅读理解（共5题）

1、 What a father had done now has been redone by his son. US video game magnate(大亨) Richard Garriott headed into space aboard a Russian rocket watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.

The Russian Soyuz TMA­13 spacecraft lifted off in clear weather from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Kazakh steppe(大草原)  just after 1 pm local time.

A video game developer from Texas, Garriott paid $ 30 million to fly into space alongside US astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov.

Garriott's father, Owen, watched the launch through telescopes on an observation platform and Garriott's girlfriend, Kelly Miller, burst into tears. “I am very happy for him. It is one of the things he really wanted to do，” Miller said as others opened  champagne to celebrate the successful launch.

 “I can see he is really enjoying it like a little kid in the candy shop , ”  Miller said.

  Space officials said the Soyuz rocket had reached orbit (轨道)  safely  and  would  dock  with  the International Space Station (ISS) in about two days.

“He made it; he made it into orbit. It is marvelous，” said Owen Garriott, a physicist who was selected as an astronaut by NASA for his scientific background. He spent 60 days in space in 1973 and another 10 days in 1983.

  After 12 days in space Garriott will return to earth with the ISS's former crew on Soyuz ,  a three­person re­entry capsule(返回舱) which has broken down on its last two flights back to earth.

1. Who are the passengers except Richard Garriott in the spacecraft?

①Owen Garriott　②Michael Fincke

③Yury Lonchakov　④Kelly Miller

A．①②　　　　　　　　B．②③

C．③④  D．①④

2. What was the reason for Richard Garriott's space travel?

A. His father used to be an excellent astronaut.

B. He planned to explore a game about the space.

C. He wanted to make his dream come true.

D. He got too much expectation from his father.

3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word  “dock” ?

A. join together  B. fly together

C. explore together  D. run together

4. Which of the following about the Soyuz spacecraft is TRUE?

A. It has been launched into space with Richard Garriott successfully.

B. Owen Garriott once was brought into the space by this spacecraft.

C. The Soyuz re­entry capsule has not made a mistake until this flight.

D. Garriott made a second attempt to fly back to earth on Soyuz.

5. In which part of the newspaper will you probably find this passage?

A. Travel.  B. Education.

C. Science.  D. Business.

2、    CBC is a well-known air company which has over twenty planes flying along 12 fixed lines all over the world. Its service is very good but some passengers are still not satisfied with it and that is why in 2007 and 2008 the company received letters of complaints from consumers or passengers who pointed out over a dozen kinds of problems which are divided in groups in the following table. Those about passengers’ things that are carried by the plane are baggage problems. Customers service refers to service work with passengers are not satisfied with. Oversales of seats are about the fact that more seats are sold and as a result the plane is too crowded to be safe. Refund problems appear when passengers fail to receive the money that should be paid back to them because of what they have lost. Fares are problems about the price of tickets.

Consumer Complaints Received by the CBC

1. About how many complaints about Credit were received by the CBC in 2007?

   A. 28.     B. 29.    C. 30.    D. 31.

2. What does the underlined word “passengers” mean?

   A. 机长      B. 空姐     C. 飞行员   D.乘客

3. Which graph shows a white part that is about Flight problems and baggage problems in 2007 together?

   A. B.  C.D.

4. From the passage we can know that _______.

   A. Customers are quite satisfied with CBC.

   B. Sometimes CBC sells more tickets than its plane’s fixed seats.

   C. CBC has more than twenty planes which fly to all the capital cities of the world.

   D. Customers can only buy tickets with ready money.

5. This passage is a/ an ___________.

   A. advertisement  B. newspaper report    C. story     D. science diary

3、 Here is a report from Xinghua Daily Newspaper. Computer games are very popular not only with the young people but also the adults. In some ways, they will take the place of (代替) the traditional games such as cards, chess and so on, because you only need a computer to play computer games. But in the past, if a man wanted to play chess, he must look for another one. In fact, computer games themselves are so interesting and exciting for us that the games can bring you happiness and excitement. They have been used in too many places such as schools, business, hospitals and so on.

Now there are many educational games for the students. They are helpful to the students. They can make the students learn more and better by changing the study ways. When the students play the educational games, they use their brains (大脑), eyes, ears and hands. The students will be active (积极的) to get knowledge while playing. But now the students shouldn’t spend too much time on the computer games. Otherwise (另外), it may affect their study.

We have gone into the computer age. And learning too much knowledge through the computer is becoming true.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1. What is the report from?

A. TV.      B. Radio.    C. Magazine.      D. Newspaper.

2. Who likes computer games?

A. Only the young.          B. Only the adults.

C. Both the young and the adults.         D. Nobody.

3. What’s the Chinese meaning of “affect”?

A. 有利        B. 改善         C. 影响        D. 处理

4. In some ways, will computer games take the place of the traditional games according to the report?

A. Yes, they will.            B. No, they won’t.

C. They won’t.           D. Sorry, we don’t know.

5. Which is TRUE about the computer games according to the passage?

A. The computer games aren’t interesting.

B. The computer games can’t bring you happiness.

C. When the students play the educational games, they only use their brains.

D. Students shouldn’t spend too much time on computer games.

4、 On May 5，2017, China’s home-made passenger aircraft (飞机）G919 completed its 90-minute first flight and landed safely back at Pudong Airport in Shanghai.

G919 is developed by COMAC, a Chinese aircraft company. It is designed to compete with Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. The first C919 aircraft can carry 168 passengers and is able to fly a distance between 4,075 and 5，555 kilometers. It，s reported that a C919 costs around 50 million dollars，less than half of a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320. Up to now, more than 570 aircrafts have been ordered from 23 customers，mostly Chinese，but also American and Thai companies or airlines. COMAG aims to take one fifth of the world’s narrow-body aircraft market and one third of the Chinese market by 2035.

The name G919 has its special meanings. The letter C stands for both “COMAC"“China”. The number 9 is pronounced as jiu in Chinese, which means “forever”. And the number 19 refers to its capacity (容量）of 190 passengers.

The large passenger aircraft is praised as “ the flower of modern industry ”. It is a symbol of the nation’s industrial and technological standards as well as the comprehensive (综合的）power. In order to realize the century dream of flying in the sky and the strategy (战略）of the nation, COMAC bears the nation’s dream and people’s trust. China considers it as a national pride.

1. G919 is produced by________.

A. Boeing     B. a Thai aircraft company

G. Airbus   D. a Chinese aircraft company

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the first C919 aircraft?

A. It can carry 190 passengers at most.  B. It can only fly a distance of 4,075 km.

G. It costs less than half of a Boeing 737.   D. It costs more than half of an Airbus A320.

3. Which picture shows COMACs aim to take the narrow-body aircraft market by 2035?

4. The letter C in C919 stands for______.

A. “company”    B. both “COMAC” and “China”

C. “customer”     D. both “cost” and “capacity”

5. The news report is written mainly to ___________.

A. introduce the design of C919

B. describe the first flight of C919

C. explain “the flower of modern industry”

D. show China’s achievements in aircraft industry

5、 阅读理解

    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

Here are three pieces of news from some newspapers of 2007.

China's astronaut will walk in space in 2008

China's next spacecraft,  Shenzhou 7,  will take three astronauts for a five-day travel in space and one of them will carry out( 进行) China's first spacewalk task in 2008. It has not been decided how long the walk will be. We believe China will make more improvement in spaceflight in the future!

Chinese parade promotes 2008 Olympics

Nearly 600 performers from Beijing had a large parade for about two hours in Hollywood to show traditional (传统的) Chinese culture( 文化) to the American public and promote(推动) the 29th Summer Olympics,  which will be held in Beijing next year.

Beijing stops selling lottery tickets to teenagers

Now lottery tickets(彩票) in Beijing can't be sold to anyone under 18 years old. The lottery sales are required to put up signs to warn the young—it is illegal (不合法的) for them to buy lottery tickets. It's China's first effort to stop the teenagers from gambling( 赌博).

(   )1. The astronauts of Shenzhou 7 will stay in space for_________.

A. 2 hours     B. 3 hours    C. 5 days      D. 7 days

(   )2. Where did the performers have a large parade?

A. In Beijing.    B. In Hollywood.    C. In Shanghai.   D. In Shenzhen.

(   )3. According to the above news,  what will happen in Beijing in 2008 ?

A. The 29th Summer Olympics will be held.

B. There will be a parade about traditional Chinese culture.

C. Shenzhou 7 will be sent up.

D. China will make its first effort to stop the teenagers under 18 buying lottery tickets.

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一、阅读理解

1、 本文是一篇新闻报道。美国电子游戏大亨Richard Garriott搭乘一架俄罗斯宇宙飞船，在父亲的目送下飞赴太空，去实现自己遨游太空的梦想。

1．解析：由第三段中的“Garriott paid $30 million to fly into space alongside US astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov”可知，应选B。

答案：B

2．解析：由第四段中的“It is one of the things he really wanted to do”可知，太空旅行是Garriott是一个梦想。因此，答案为C。

答案：C

3．解析：由语境可知，“联盟号”火箭已经安全到达轨道，并将在大约两天后与国际空间站对接。因此答案为A。

答案：A

4．解析：由第二段可知，A项正确；B项文章未提及；由倒数第一段可知，“联盟号”返回舱曾在前两次飞行中出现故障，因此C项表述错误；D项文章未提及。

答案：A

5．解析：由文章大意可知，美国电子游戏大亨Richard Garriott搭乘一架俄罗斯宇宙飞船，在父亲的目送下飞赴太空，去实现自己遨游太空的梦想。由此可推知，这篇文章可能出现在报纸的旅游版面上。故选A。

答案：A

2、 1C 2D 3C 4B 5B

3、 1D 2C 3C 4A 5D

4、 1. D 2. C 3. C 4.B 5. D

5、 1. C  2. B   3. A