湖北省随州市广水市2022-2024年（三年）中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

湖北省随州市广水市2022-2024年（三年）中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读理解 2024年湖北省随州市广水市中考一模英语试题（含解析） 二、阅读理解(共20小题, 每小题2分, 满分40分) 第一节(共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分30分) 阅读三篇短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。 A Children’s games in ancient China During ancient times, children didn’t have smart phones, iPads or computers to entertain them. Instead, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood. Let’s take a look. Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to play a trick on him or, more commonly, others hide and one child must try to find them. Playing hide-and-seek Kites have quite a long history in China. The earliest kites weren’t made of paper. They were made of wood instead. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own style. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings is a special kind of the Beijing kite. Flying kites The most similar thing to watching a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists controlled puppets behind the screen to make them move like people and tell stories. People liked listening to the music and enjoyed the beautiful puppets. Watching shadow plays During the Qing Dynasty (1644—1911), kicking a stone ball around was a popular sport in the northern part of China, and it was often played in the winter to keep warm. Stones were carved into small balls and kicked along with feet. Kicking stone balls 16. How can hide-and-seek be played? A. One plays and others watch. B. One must cry and others laugh. C. One tries to find and others hide. D. One runs and others try to catch. 17. The game that’s like watching a film is _________. A. kicking stone balls B. flying kites C. watching shadow plays D. playing hide-and-seek 18. What does the underlined word “them” refer to? A. Artists. B. Puppets. C. People. D. Stories. 19. From the passage we