中考英语复习阅读理解专项练习(共42篇)
阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容选择正确答案。
第一组（共3篇）：
（A）
（CCTV 9, October 16,2003）
CHINA launched its first manned spaceship into space at 9 yesterday morning. Yang Liwei, 38, is the first spaceman of China. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests. The ship circled the earth 14 times in about 20 hours.
CHINA will send two more astronauts into space next year. This time, they will stay up there for five to seven days testing the spaceship. Fourteen astronauts are now training for the trip. Last October, Shengzhou V made China the third nation to send a man into space.
（China Daily, April 6,2004）
THE 2008 Olympic Games will get some help from space. Next May, China will send a small satellite into space. It will watch the Olympic venues （场馆）as people build them. The satellite will also help us to keep the environment clean. It will stay in space for 5 years.
（www.yahoo.com May 2004）
根据以上三则新闻内容，选择最佳答案。
（ ）1. How many countries sent spaceship with man into space?
A. One B. Three C. Two D. Four.
（ ）2. How long did Yang Liwei stay in the space?
A. Seven days. B. Five years.
C. About five days. D. About twenty hours.
（ ）3. When will China send up a satellite into space to watch the Olympic venues?
A. In May, 2005 B. In April, 2008
C. In April, 2005 D. In May, 2008.
（ ）4. How old is Yang Liwei this year?
A. 38 B. 40 C. 39 D. 37
（ ）5. According to （根据）the news above, which is right?
A. China will send two more astronauts into space in 2006.
B. Shenzhou V was sent up into space on Oct. 15,2003.
C. China has sent a spaceship with two people into space.
D. The satellite will only help us to keep the environment clean.

（B）
Last week, 169 Junior 1 students at No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang took their first no-teacher exam. After the teacher handed out the exam paper, he left the room and never came back. A student collected in the papers when the exam ended.
“That test was not only a test of knowledge, but also a test of moral （道德）. We wanted to show students how important honesty （诚实）is, ”said Cai Wenguo, the school’s headmaster. The school says no cheating （作弊）happened in the test. Next year, it wants 80％ of its exams to be without teachers. But students have different ideas.
“I was happy and excited during the exam because my teachers trusted （信任）me, ”said Lang Yudan, a 13-year-old girl in Class 11.
“Schools must trust students a lot not to use invigilators （监考人）. But I think it is too early. Some students will cheat if there are no invigilators. And the students will not be able to ask for help when needed. ”said Hua Sha.
“I don’t like having invigilators in exams. When they walk around the classroom, they make me nervous. I would get higher marks without them in the room because I would feel more relaxed. ”Liu Qingxi said.
“I think it’s very important to have invigilators in exams. Many students want to check their answers with each other after they have finished papers. And they can also keep the classroom in order when something unusual happens. They may make me nervous, but I still think we need them. ”Shangguan Yuan said.
Not using invigilators may be a good idea. But before using it, schools must tell students the importance of honesty and try to find ways to solve something unusual in exams.
（ ）6. The passage mainly （主要地）talks about ______.
A. how to pass an exam
B. how to make students honest
C. whether there is cheating in exams
D. whether invigilators are needed in exams
（ ）7. No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang held a no-teacher exam to _______.
A. let the students have a good rest B. teach the students in a better way
C. help all the students pass the exam D. find whether the students were honest
（ ）8. From what the students have said, we kn
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