中考英语阅读理解专题训练四阅读理解(1)TheWeather（选自广州）InwintertheweatherinEnglandisoftenverycold.Inspringandautumntherearesometimescolddays,buttherearealsodayswhentheweatheriswarm.Theweatherisusuallywarminsummer.Itissometimeshotinsummer,butitisnotoftenveryhot.Thereareoftencooldaysinsummer.Whenthetemperatureisover27℃,Englishpeoplesayitishot.Whenthetemperatureisabout21℃,theysayitiswarm.InthenorthofEuropeitisverycoldinwinter.InthesouthofEuropethesummerisoftenveryhot.InthesouthofSpain（1）andinNorthAfrica（2）thesummerisalwayshot.Waterfreezes（3）at0℃.Whenwaterfreezes,itchangesfromaliquid（4）intoice.Waterboils（5）at100℃.Whenwaterboils,itchangesfromaliquidintosteam（6）.Notes:（1）Spain/speIn/n.西班牙（2）Africa/`frIk/n.非洲（3）freeze/fri：z/v.结冰（4）liquid/`lIkwId/n.液体（5）boil/bIl/v.沸腾；（水）开（6）steam/sti：m/n.蒸汽1.WhatistheweatherlikeinsummerinEngland?A.Veryhot.B.Warm.C.Cool.D.BothAandC.2.Whatdoyouthink“thenorthofEurope"means?A.Apartofacountry.B.ThecapitalofEurope.C.AcountryinthenorthofEurope.D.ApartofEurope.3.Whenwaterfreezes,itchangesfrom______into_______.A.water,iceB.water,steamC.steam,iceD.ice,water4.Thewriterwantstotellussomethingabout.A.theweatherinEuropeB.theweatherinEnglandC.someknowledgeofthetemperatureD.threestatesofwater阅读理解(2)TheArtistandtheBeggar（1）(选自成都)Anartistwascominghomebytrainoneday.Hehadn’tmuchmoneybutwasverykind.Hegavehislastfewcoins（2）toabeggar,buthesawanotherone,andforgotthathedidn’thaveanymoneyinhispockets.Heaskedthemanifhelikedtohavelunchwithhim,andthebeggar,ofcourse,agreed.Sotheywentintoasmallrestaurantandhadagoodmeal.Intheend,theartistcouldnotpaythebill（3）,andthebeggarhadtodoso.Theartistfeltverysorryforit,sohesaidtothebeggar,“Comehomewithmeinataxi,myfriend.AndI’llgiveyouthemoneyforourlunch."“Oh,no!"thebeggaransweredquickly.“Ihadtopayforyourlunch,butI’mnotgoingtopayforyourtaxihome!"Notes:（1）beggar/`beg/n.乞丐（2）coin/kIn/n.硬币（3）bill/bIl/n.帐单1.Whatkindofmanwastheartist?2.Whatdidhedotothefirstbeggar?3.Whatdidtheartistforgetwhenheinvitedanotherbeggartohavelunchwithhim?4.Whopaidforthemeal?5.Whatdidtheartistwanttodoatlast?6.Whydidn’tthebeggargohomewiththeartist?阅读理解(3)ACommonLanguage（选自陇南）Thereisacommon（1）languagepopularineverycountryintheworld.Allthepeople,oldandyoung,menandwomen,mustuseit.It’severybody’ssecondlanguage.It’seasytolearn,though（2）youdon’thearit.It’ssignlanguage（3）.Whenyouwavetoafriend,youareusingsignlanguage.Whenyousmileatsomeone,youmeantobefriendly.Whenyouputupyourhandinclass,youaresaying,“Pleaseaskme.Iknowthecorrectanswer."Whenyouputyourfingerinfrontofyourmouth,youmean“Bequiet."Thedeafusesignlanguagetotalktoeachother.ThereisevenauniversityforthedeafintheUnitedStates.TherearealsoTVprogrammesforthedeafpeople.Theyusesignlanguagetotelleverybody.Notes:（1）common/`kmn/adj.共同的（2）though/u/conj.尽管（3）signlanguage手势语（4）wave/weIv/v.挥手1.E________usessignlanguage.2.Signlanguageisnotd_______,sowecanlearnit.3.Mostpeoplewhocans________usesignlanguage,too.4.Ifsomeonesmilesatyou,itmeanshe/sheisfriendlyt________you.5.Ifyoucana_______aquestion,youshouldputupyourhandfirst.6.Youputyourfingerinfrontofyourmouthifyouwantsomeonenottos_____anything.7.Thedeafcantalktoeachotherw_______signlanguage.8.SomeA______deafpeoplecanlearnsignlanguageintheuniversity.阅读理解(4)TomB...
