2011年山东省潍坊市中考英语真题及答案

Ⅳ．阅读理解(共25小题，计25分)
(一)阅读下列短文，并做每篇后的题目。从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

(A)
Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office. "The railway owes me $12, " she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. "You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me $12. "

Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. "Come into the off ice, Madam, "he said politely. "I'll check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd. "

The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. "You look sunburnt, "he said to her. "Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?"

"Yes", she answered, shyly. "The beach (海滩) was lovely. And I can swim too!"

"That's fine, "said Harry. "My little girl can't swim a bit yet. Of course, she's only three'""

"I'm four, "the child said proudly. "I'll be four and a half. "

Harry turned to the mother. " I remember your ticket, Madam, "he said. "But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?"

"Er, well"-"the woman looked at the child. "I mean ??? she hasn't started school yet. She's only four. "

"A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child's return ticket to Jersey costs' "let me see ??? $ 13. 5. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe $1. 5. The law is law, but since the fault (过错) was mine…".

The woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office.

51. The woman was angry because
A. she returned home one day later than she thought
B. the young man didn't sell her the ticket for a round trip
C. there was no ship when she arrived at the station in Jersey
D. she spent more money than she had planned

52. Harry felt worried because .
A. he didn't change the timetable in time
B. the woman was too angry with him
C. the woman didn't buy a ticket for her daughter
D. he didn't do his work carefully enough

53. Harry started talking to the little girl because .
A. he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
B. he wanted to find a way out from the little girl
C. he was in difficulty and did not know what to do
D. he wanted to show his friendliness to the little girl

54. When Harry said. "The law is law, but since the fault was mine???" "he meant that .
A. they have to follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his
B. the woman had to pay him $1. 5, and the railway would pay for the hotel
C. she should pay $1. 5, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
D. he must be strict with the woman because of the laws, though he didn't want to

55. Why did the woman leave the office without saying anything?
A. She knew she would have to pay the railway if she wanted to get back her $ 12.
B. She was going home to get the money to pay for her daughter's ticket.
C. She became even more angry with the young man and didn't want to see him.
D. She knew that it was her fault to come to ask for the $12.

(B)
Scientists are trying to make the deserts (沙漠) into good land again, They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth don't get very much rain. But they still don't become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.

56. Deserts .
A. get very little rain
B. never have any plants or animals in them
C. can all be turned into good land before long
D. both A and C

57. Small green plants are very important to dry places because .
A. they don't let the sun make the earth even drier
B. they don't let the wind blow the earth away
C. they hold the water
D. all of the above

58. Land is becoming desert little by little because
A. plants can't grow there
B. there is not enough rain
C. people haven't done what scientists wish them to do
D. scientists know little about the deserts

59. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land.
B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land,
C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow there.
D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.

60. After reading this, we learn that, .
A. plants can keep dry land from becoming desert
B. it is good to get rid of the grass in the desert
C. all places without much rain will become deserts
D. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass

(C)
认真阅读下列图表做61—65题。

Table I

Table II

Table III

61. Da Ming is waiting is Weifang for the train to visit her grandmother in Jinan. He just missed the 8: 12 train. What time will he be in Jinan earlier? (Table I )
A. At 12: 12 B. At 6: 50
C. At 15: 25 D. At 13: 30

62. Liu Ying lives in Qingdao but her office is in Weifang. She has to start working at 9: 30 in the morning, but she cannot get up before 6: 00. What train should she take so she won't be late for work? (Table I )
A. train No. 2315 B. train No. 3868
C. train No. 4369 D. train No. 5437

63. What information can we get? (Table II)
A. You can't swim. B. You can fish here.
C. You can grab here. D. You can swim here.

64. Table II also tells you not to .
A. sell fish on the right side of the bridge
B. fish from any part of the bridge
C. sell car parts beside the bridge
D. take photos here

65. You can in the restaurant. (Table III)
A. have breakfast on weekdays
B. have dinner on Tuesday
C. have something at 11: 00 p. m. on Friday
D. have lunch on Saturday

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