特训06 阅读理解（名校模拟 记叙文10篇）-2024年中考英语二轮热点题型归纳与变式演练（江苏专用）

特训06 阅读理解记叙文 （名校模拟10篇） （时间45分钟，满分60分） 一、阅读理解 （23-24九年级上·江苏南京·期末） People never stop looking for an explanation on what they lose and gain in life. In 1977, Bridge to Terabithia (《仙境之桥》) was published, offering a new answer. Like other boys in his class, Jesse Aarons’ dream is to become the fastest runner in fifth grade. He has been practicing all summer. But on the first day of school, a girl crosses over to the boys’ side of the playground and outruns everyone. That’s not a very good beginning for a friendship, but Jesse and Leslie Burke soon become best friends. With endless imagination and optimism, Leslie brings happiness to Jesse, who has been lonely and blue. Together, they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where they act as king and queen. Unfortunately, a terrible thing happens one morning. Jesse hurts his heart. However, this tragedy (悲剧) makes him understand the courage Leslie has given him. Having had an unhappy childhood herself, Katherine Paterson, this book’s author, would usually give her characters a lonely life. Then she would give them rising hope and happiness. But in order to create “ups and downs” and show her own ideas, the US author would take away what those characters had gained, and end the book with a deep theme. Paterson is good at showing characters’ feelings. Readers can feel the sadness when characters lose something beautiful. Paterson writes novels for teenagers, so their language is not hard for Chinese students. Why not try to read the book? 1．What kind of writing is this? A．A poster. B．An email. C．A short novel. D．A book review. 2．What do we know from Paragraph 2? A．Jesse is always optimistic. B．Leslie runs even faster than Jesse. C．Jesse dreams of being a runner in the future. D．Leslie is Jesse’s best friend from kindergarten. 3．What does the underlined word “optimism” mean in this passage? A．hopelessness B．a sense of fear C．a feeling of sadness D．a feeling that good things will happen 4．What do we know from the