中考复习英语综合题补丁卷4阅读理解(答题时间45分钟,有答案)
（考前10节课，每节课打一个布补丁. Good luck !）
I.阅读理解：(2x15)
先阅读短文， 然后根据短文内容从文后每小题的四个选项中，选出一个能完成所给句子或回答所提问题的正确答案。

（A）（2004河北省）
Years ago, many zoos kept all kinds of animals in small cages(笼子). Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in.
Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and a little lake. The cages look like the animals' habitats
Zoos help to protect all kinds of animals. They protect animals in the zoo and they protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to help protect the animals' wild habitats.
Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths, which are related (有关联的) with Asia elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today, Scientists say that seventy- four different kinds of living things go extinct every day!
Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.

1. Zoos kept animals in small cages so that people can
A. protect them B. see them better C. feed them D. save them
2. Today, zoos keep animals
A. in bigger cages B. in the wild C. in smaller cages D. in the field
3. To protect animals, zoos
A. are trying to keep all kinds of animals B. are trying to free the animals
C. teach people more about animals D. want people to feed the animals
4. A mammoth is a kind of_ _ that has gone extinct.
A. plant B. bird C. animal D. tree
5. An animal or a plant that is going extinct __
A. no longer exists(存在) in the world B. comes into this world soon
C. becomes very dangerous D. has fewer and fewer living members

(B)（2004南京）
Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
Enough laws (法律) have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition (展览).There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.
Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

6. Australia is
A. the largest country in the world B. larger than China
C. as large as Shanghai D. not so large as China
7. Enough laws have been made to__
A．increase the population B. grow more plants
C. fight against pollution D. show wild flowers
8. Perth is_
A. the capital of Australia B. in the west of Australia
C. in the east of Australia D. the biggest city in Australia
9. In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' exhibition in
A. October B. January C. May D. July
10. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. All the big cities in Australia are seriously polluted.
B. Australia .is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.
C. We ran back to the car because w
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