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中考英语阅读理解总复习题(2)

中考英语阅读理解总复习题(二)

A

A long time ago. there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the

garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very beautifully.

One day the emperor heard about this little bird's beautiful voice. He asked his

guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale's voice,

he said, "Put her in a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want

to hear her. "

The tittle bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped

singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his

palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully, too. The

emperor was pleased.

Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that

time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the

emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn't sing any more.

Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most

beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each

day.

After the emperor was well，he changed a lot and became kind to his people.

From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and kindness.

( )1. Both the nightingale and the robot bird had a beautiful voice.

( )2. The emperor kept the nightingale in a golden cage in order to hear her

sing at any time.

( )3. The nightingale was very happy after she was kept in the golden cage.

( )4. The emperor was not satisfied with the robot bird at first.

( )5. The emperor learnt from the nightingale what love and kindness was.

B

In the year 2050, there will be different kinds of materials for clothes. Special

materials will keep the clothes clean for ever. They will never get dirty or wear out.

We will have less work because we won’t have to wash them. So we can save

water and money. And children won’t worry about what to wear to school every

day. They won’t go to school. They’ll stay at home in front of their computers to

study. They can wear their favorite “Saturday clothes” every day. It will be fun.

Do you think so? What do you think school clothes and school life will be like in

2050?

( )6. Maybe we wash clothes in the year 2050.