福建省泉州市2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

福建省泉州市 2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 阅读理解 2023年福建省泉州市中考二模英语试题 IV. 阅读理解（共两节, 25小题；满分45分） 第一节阅读下面A、B、C、D四篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从题中所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分） A Jenna is an exchange student from New Zealand. She is looking for a roommate to share the apartment she rented. Take a look if you are interested in it. 46. How much will Jenna's roommate pay for the room per month? A. $174. B. $348. C. $696. D. $1392. 47. Who is suitable to be Jenna's roommate? A. A clean cook. B. A friendly student. C. A quiet waiter. D. A responsible engineer. 48. What should you do to get more information about the room? A. Call 562 533 1532. B. Meet Jenna in person. C. Search the Internet. D. Write a letter to Culver City, CA. 49. Which is easy to do for Jenna's roommate? 50. In which section of a newspaper could you find the text? A Nature. B. Culture. C. History. D. Life. B In the small villages of Kenya, Africa, most kids want to read books. But no roads lead to their homes, only miles and miles of sand. Cars and trucks are useless. So library books arrive on the backs of camels. Camels can deal with the sand and the books. Two camels, a camel driver, and a librarian walk to the villages. One camel carries about 400 pounds of books, and the other carries a tent. At each village, the librarian sets up the tent and displays the books inside. Two weeks later, the camels return with new books. Some people in the mountains and forests of northern Thailand get books in a different way. Their “libraries” are carried by elephants. These strong animals can deal with the difficult journey. Because of their size, they can carry heavy lots of books in metal boxes. The metal protects the books from the heavy rains that fall in the area. Indonesia has its own problems. This country is made up of over 17, 000 islands. Therefore, most people travel by boat, and so do their library books. A wooden library boat holds about 500 books packed in boxes. Boxes of books are left in vil