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1、山西泽州县 2016 中考英语阅读理解选练（一）及答案【牛刀小试】【能力选练】 A（根据 21 世纪学生英语报改编）How long are you willing to wait for a webpage to open before you start to lose your patience? Half a minute? A few seconds? Google engineers have discovered that even 400 millisecondsas short as the blink of an eyeis too long for most Intern
2、et users.A millisecond is one thousandth of a second. People hardly notice such a small time difference, but it does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times. Without question, nobody likes to wait, said Arvind Jain, a Google engineer, Every millisecond matters.Nowadays, millions of
3、 smart-phones and computers are continually gathering and sending out information. With so many people downloading maps, sports videos, news and restaurant suggestions, you can get digital traffic jams. Meanwhile, users are expecting faster and faster service.Google found that if one website is 250
4、milliseconds slower than another website, people will visit it less often. This is why t echnology companies are now competing to be the fastest. Google said people do expect different things from different websites because they realize not all loading times are the same.For example, a person will b
5、e more patient waiting for a video to load than for a search result.Even so, four out of five online users will click away if a video takes too long to load. This makes it difficult for video websites to choose between the quality of pictures and fast loading times.Trying to get a higher speed has a
6、lways been part. of the history of the Internet. In the 1990s, when the World Wide Web first started to become popular, it was very crowded and slow; people called it the World Wide Wait. But engineers managed to fight the problem with new inventions. They laid a lot of fiber optic cables(光缆) for se
7、nding in high-speed; they improved software so it would work more smoothly; they placed computer servers all around the world to be nearer to users; all this increased speed.Nowadays we can enjoy much faster Internet. Famous search engines such as Google and Microsofts Bing usually find search resul
8、ts in less than a second. However, in order to meet the requirement of Internet users, these tycoons should never stop their st eps.26. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. The quality of pictures comes first for video websites.B. Google is 250 milliseconds slower th
9、an other websites.C. Microsofts Bing is the fastest engine in the world now.D. People are more likely to wait for loading films than maps. 27. The report from The New York Times suggests that .A. a millisecond is one thousandth of a se condB. 400 milliseconds is not so long for most Internet usersC.
10、 a millisecond has nothing to do with the Internet speedD. a millisecond really makes a difference to Internet users 28. The engineers did something to improve the speed, including .CD making software work more smoothly laying a number of fiber optic cables inside placing computer servers throughout
11、 the world developing the quality of pictures on the InternetA. B. C. D. 29. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. Internet users are willing to see more search engines set up.B. Google and Microsofts Bing should help find the searching results.C. These companies should mind their steps, or they
12、 will break down soon.D. These companies need to catch up with the developing needs of internet users.30. What can be the best title of this passage?A. Dont make me www. wait. B. Search engines work faster.C. Traffic jams keep us waiting. D. The WWW becomes popular.参考答案 26-30 B A C C C【能力选练】 B2016 中
13、考英语阅读理解分类练习：记叙文A 2-year-old boy is being described as a hero after using Face Time to save his mother after she was badly hurt.According to a report from KGUN, Laura was trying to stop a fight between two dogs when one of the dogs bit part of her middle finger almost completely off.Laura tried to ca
14、ll 911 herself, but she said her hands were too badly hurt to make the call. “I asked my daughters to call 911, but theyre four, and they were quite afraid to even touch the phone, because it was covered in my blood.” Laura told KGUN.The mother continued to lose a lot of blood and thought she would
15、go into a deep sleepuntil her 2-year-old son B entley came up with a dishcloth from the kitchen. After cleaning some of the blood off his mothers iPhone, Bentley continued to use Face Time to call Lauras friend Connie.“All I could see was his little forehead (前额). I said Hi Bentley and it was quiet for a little while. Then I heard Laura shouting.” Connie told KGUN.Connie then called 911, and Bentley unlocked the door to let firefighters into the house.Laura told KGUN she was very thankful for her little hero and had taught all of her children how to call 911 since then.【小题 1】
