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1、【英语】中考必刷题英语阅读理解题及解析一、阅读理解1阅读理解 Without music, life would be a mistake, famous German philosopher（哲学家）Friedrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some American schools have cut music classes to control budgets（预算）. For example, Chicago public sc
2、hools hurt arts education when it fired over 1, 000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important a
3、s ones like science, math and history. Thats partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isnt tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often. However, learning music is beneficial（有益的）in many
4、ways. When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth K. Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode（解码）them in their brains
5、. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time. Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music：Einstein played the violin and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing th
6、e piano. （1）Some schools in the US cut music classes, because _. A.they were too difficult to learnB.students in the US werent interested in musicC.the schools wanted to control budgetsD.there werent enough music teachers in the US（2）In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word them refer to（指代）? A
7、.Students in Chicago.B.Public schools.C.Parents in Chicago.D.Fired teachers.（3）How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage? A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.（4）Whats the writers opinion according to this passage? A.Music is as simple as it looks.B.Music classes should b
8、e cut in some schools.C.Music is a big part of our lives.D.Music isnt a very important life skill for us.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了很多地区削减了音乐课以控制预算，这是不合适的，因为音乐在许多方面都是有益的。 （1）细节题。根据some American schools have cut music classes to control budgets可知美国的一些学校停课，因为学校想控制预算，故选C。 （2）词义猜测题。根据Chicago pub
9、lic schools hurt arts education when it fired over 1, 000 teachers.10 percent of the teachers taught art or music 芝加哥公立学校解雇了1000多名教师10%的教师教授艺术或音乐，可知them指代被解雇的教师，故选D。 （3）细节题。根据 Einstein played the violin and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano 爱因斯坦拉小提琴，德国物理学家马克斯普朗克擅长弹钢琴可知文章提
10、到了2名擅长演奏音乐的科学家，故选B。 （4）推理题。根据 Music has a special connection with science as well 音乐也与科学有着特殊的联系 可知作者的观点是音乐是我们生活的一大部分，故选C。 【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题，词义猜测题，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息，词义猜测题需要根据上下文提炼相关信息锁定词意。2根据短文内容出选择正确答案。A A farmer had a brother in town who was a gardener, and his brother had a ga
11、rden full of the finest fruit trees. So his skill and his beautiful trees were famous everywhere. One day the farmer went into the town to visit his brother, and was surprised at the trees that grew quite well. Look, my brother, said the gardener. I will give you an apple tree, the best from my gard
12、en, and you, and your children, and your childrens children will enjoy it. Then the gardener called his workmen and ordered them to take up the tree and carry it to his brothers farm. They did so, and the next morning the farmer began to wonder where he should plant it. If I plant it on the hill, he
13、 said to himself, the wind might catch it and shake down the delicious fruit before it is ripe. If I plant it close to the road, passersby will see it and take away the apples-but if I plant it too near the door of my house, my children may pick the fruit. So, after he had thought the matter over, h
14、e planted the tree behind his barn （谷仓）. Time passed, but the tree had no fruit the first year, nor the second-then the farmer called his brother. When the gardener came, the farmer said angrily, You have cheated me, and given me a useless tree instead of a fruitful one. This is the third year and s
15、till it brings out nothing but leaves! The gardener laughed and said, See where the tree was planted, it has no sun or warmth. How could you expect flowers and fruit?（1）From the passage, we can see the farmer planted the apple treeA.behind his barnB.on the hillC.close to the roadD.near his house（2）The underlined word rip
