湖南中考英語閱讀練習1

　　When he went back home he put the sweater on, It was all right and he was pleased with it.

　　In the afternoon he went out to work in his garden. It soon began to rain, and Mr. Ford hadto run into his house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet.

　　Then his sweater started to shrink. It got smaller and smaller. Mr. Ford tried to take it off,but he couldn’t.

　　In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs. Ford laughed, “ Yousee, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

　　湖南中考英語閱讀練習題目

　　閱讀短文，然后根據文章內容判斷下列各句是否正確，對的用“T”、錯誤的用“F”表示。

　　1. Mr. Ford bought the sweater because it was very nice and cheap.

　　2. “Shrink” here means “become smaller”.

　　3. Mr. Ford was not good at buying things.

　　4. Mr. Ford put the sweater on as soon as he bought it.

　　5. Mr. Ford took off the sweater by himself.

　　湖南中考英語閱讀練習答案

　　1. T. 第1小題的句意與文章的第1自然段意思相同，所以符合短文內容。

　　2. T. 從文章的第四自然段可知shrink的意思就是become smaller。所以符合短文內容。

　　3. T. Ford先生上午買的衣服下午穿在身上被雨水打濕后就縮小變形了，由此可知Ford先生不擅長買東西。

　　4. F. 從文章中的When he went back home he put the sweater on.可知, 他是買了帶回家才穿的。所以第四小題與短文內容不相符合。

　　5. F. 從文章的最后一段可知他是在妻子的幫助下才把衣服給脫下來的。所以與短文內容不相符合。

　　湖南中考英語閱讀練習2

　　Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work foreveryone. The economy (經濟) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the oldnumber of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Somepeople have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time.Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of theworld, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. Onemachine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the citiesa day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.

　　湖南中考英語閱讀練習題目

　　1. It was _______ for people to find work before than today.

　　A. not possible B. difficult C. more difficult D. easier

　　2. If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______.

　　A. people will have no jobs B. people can still have jobs as before

　　C. 4% of the people will have jobs D. 97% of the people will have jobs

　　3. One machine can do as much work as _______.

　　A. 40% of the people B. 4% of the people in the world

　　C. 40 people D. 75,000 people

　　4. How many people outside cities go into to look for jobs each day?

　　A. 70% of the people. B. 4% of the people in the world.

　　C. More than 75,000. D. About 75,000 people.

　　5. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. Machines are taking work instead of people.

　　B. Now more people are out of work.

　　C. Machines need more money and longer holidays.

　　D. Most people want to have jobs.

　　湖南中考英語閱讀練習答案

　　1. 由短文的第一句話It has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. 可知現在找工作比以前更困難，即以前找工作比現在容易得多。所以答案選D。

　　2. 由短文的第二句話The economy of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for the people. 準確地理解了這一句話的意思就能得出正確答案為B。

　　3. 由短文的倒數第二句話One machine can often do the work of forty people.可知此題的正確答案為C。

　　4. 此題根據原文的最后一句話可直接得出答案為D。

　　5. 此題在原文中都可找到答案，而C答案與作者的觀點Machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday.不一致，所以選C。