专题04 阅读理解之记叙文10篇-2023年中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题特快专递（广东专用）

2023中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题速递（广东专用）

第二期

专题04 阅读理解之记叙文10篇

（2023春·广东汕头·九年级汕头中学统考一模）After leaving school for many years, a group of students visited their teacher. All of them complained about problems and stress in their work and life.

The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large bottle of coffee and many kinds of cups—china, plastic and glass. He told them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the teacher said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking and expensive cups had been taken, but the simple and cheap ones had been left behind. Although it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the cause of your problems and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. It is just a tool to hold what we drink.”

What all of them really wanted was coffee, not the cups, but they all went for the best cups. And then they began to watch others’ cups. Life is the coffee; jobs, money and the social position are the cups. The cups we have do not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, if we only pay attention to the cup, we will fail to enjoy the coffee.

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

1．According to the passage, the graduates were not satisfied because of ________.

A．what the teacher did B．the bad coffee

C．the simple and cheap cups D．their problems and stress

2．From the passage we can know that ________.

A．the teacher gave out the cups to the graduates

B．the teacher went to get the coffee and cups from the kitchen

C．the teacher thought the jobs and money were more important

D．the teacher had the best of everything

3．The teacher provided his students with many kinds of cups because ________.

A．he wanted his students to enjoy the coffee

B．he wanted to show his big collection of different kinds of cups

C．he tried to tell the students how to understand life

D．he hoped that they could have better cups

4．According to the passage, the teacher most probably agrees that_________.

A．If you have all the best things for yourself, you will be happy

B．The fewer complaints we have about life, the happier we will be

C．We should work hard to get more money and higher social position to be happy

D．A good life doesn’t mean having more money, better jobs and higher social position

5．Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．No one chose the simple and cheap cups.

B．It’s normal for everyone to look forward to the best.

C．We should pay more attention to the cups than the coffee.

D．Try your best to make everything in your life best.

 

（2022秋·河源·九年级校考一模）In ancient times, there was a king who loved flowers. His palace was always decorated with beautiful orchids (兰花) and other flowers. As the king grew older, he knew that one day he would have to give up throne (王位). So he had to find someone to rule the country.

The other day, the king had an idea. He asked his servants to travel to every part of the country and give every person a single orchid seed. He then announced that the person who grew the most beautiful orchid would take his throne.

Everyone in the country then got their own seed. One young man named David was especially excited about the news because he had experience in growing flowers himself.

David planted his seed in a pot and put it in place where there was a lot of sunlight. He watched it carefully every day, but as hard as he tried, his flower simply would not grow.

Finally, it was time for everyone to give their flowers to the king. David took his empty pot to the palace. “Your Majesty, I am sorry to say that I could not grow an orchid, but I hope you can see that I tried my best,” he said.

The king was moved by David’s honesty. Although he did not choose David as the new king, he gave David a job as a royal court judge (法官). He believed that David’s honesty would make him the right person to make sure the justice in the country.

6．According to the king’s order, who could be the next king?

A．The man who was the smartest.

B．The man who grew the prettiest orchid.

C．The man who could find the best seed.

D．The man who was the most honest.

7．What do we know about David?

A．He told a lie to the king.

B．He failed to care for the king’s orchid.

C．He was good at growing orchids.

D．He was chosen to be the next king.

8．What does the underlined word “it” refers to in Paragraph 4?

A．The pot. B．His flower. C．The seed. D．The sunlight.

9．What can we learn from the story?

A．David was the only winner in the end.

B．It is stupid of the king to choose David as a judge.

C．It is impolite of David to give an empty pot to the palace.

D．The king believed honesty was very important for a judge.

10．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Honesty is the Best Policy B．How to Grow Orchids

C．Flowers are the Best Gifts D．It’s Very Easy to Grow Orchids

 

（2022秋·佛山·九年级校考一模）“Why do I live? Why do I wish for anything, or do anything? Is there anything in my life that will not be destroyed by my death?” Like Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian writer, many people ask these difficult questions. Tolstoy spent his whole life trying to answer these difficult questions.

As a young man, he thought people could achieve perfection if they tried hard enough, so he worked very hard to be the best in everything. He thought that he would find meaning and truth in success.

In the 1850s, Tolstoy wrote his first stories. He wrote about his life in the army. He also told stories about his childhood. These works were published, and Tolstoy became a well-known writer.

He earned the respect he always wanted. Many rich and smart men met and talked with Tolstoy. Some of them were writers like him. They talked a lot about faith (信仰) and the meaning of life, but soon Tolstoy recognized that these men were not perfect. Now he knew they could not answer his questions about faith.

So, in the 1860s, Tolstoy tried a different way to find the meaning of life. He opened a school for the children of his serfs—the people who worked on his land. These workers were very poor. He wanted to help them because he thought they were more honest than the rich people he knew.

Tolstoy learned a lot from his workers. He understood how they worked hard to support their families. He began to believe that marriage and family would give his life meaning. So in 1862, Leo Tolstoy married a young