昆山市2012中考第二次质量测试英语试题及答案
二、阅读理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Did you know that a turtle（乌龟）can lay 12 eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.
Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs, they spend their whole lives in the water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim to land.
They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find their way back there is unknown
When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark. Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountain climbers. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs.
The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protects the eggs f rom harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake. You may see tiny black balls coming out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles!
26. Which sentence expresses the main idea?
A. Sea turtles have interesting life habits.
B. Sea turtles swim to shore to lay their eggs.
C. Large sea turtles lay their eggs in special ways.
D. Sea turtles enjoy staying in the sand.
27. We can conclude（推断） from this passage that _______.
A. many turtles die while swimming to shore m.91zhongkao.com
B. female turtles protect their babies
C. once turtles land, they never return to the sea
D. the job of laying eggs takes great strength
28. The writer compares turtles to climbers _______.
A. because they lay their eggs in mountain areas
B. to give you a picture of how hard they work
C. to tell you that they like to climb
D. to show that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles
B
King's Summer School is a training program for students who want to improve their English. It will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
29. When should the foreign students send their applications?
A. Before July 21, 2010 B. Before July 16, 2010
C. Before July 10, 2010 D. Before July 25, 2010
30. How much will the daily lessons cost?
A. $100 B. $200 C. $300 D. $400
31. You can most probably read the text in_______.
A. a newspaper B. a telephone book
C. a story book D. a hotel introduction
C
Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon about eighty years ago. The sailor in that
cartoon ate lots of spinach（菠菜） to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people's diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.
Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.
昆山市2012中考第二次质量测试英语试题及答案
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Did you know that a turtle（乌龟）can lay 12 eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.
Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs, they spend their whole lives in the water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim to land.
They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find their way back there is unknown
When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark. Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountain climbers. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs.
The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protects the eggs f rom harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake. You may see tiny black balls coming out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles!
26. Which sentence expresses the main idea?
A. Sea turtles have interesting life habits.
B. Sea turtles swim to shore to lay their eggs.
C. Large sea turtles lay their eggs in special ways.
D. Sea turtles enjoy staying in the sand.
27. We can conclude（推断） from this passage that _______.
A. many turtles die while swimming to shore m.91zhongkao.com
B. female turtles protect their babies
C. once turtles land, they never return to the sea
D. the job of laying eggs takes great strength
28. The writer compares turtles to climbers _______.
A. because they lay their eggs in mountain areas
B. to give you a picture of how hard they work
C. to tell you that they like to climb
D. to show that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles
B
King's Summer School is a training program for students who want to improve their English. It will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
29. When should the foreign students send their applications?
A. Before July 21, 2010 B. Before July 16, 2010
C. Before July 10, 2010 D. Before July 25, 2010
30. How much will the daily lessons cost?
A. $100 B. $200 C. $300 D. $400
31. You can most probably read the text in_______.
A. a newspaper B. a telephone book
C. a story book D. a hotel introduction
C
Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon about eighty years ago. The sailor in that
cartoon ate lots of spinach（菠菜） to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people's diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.
Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.
昆山市2012中考第二次质量测试英语试题及答案
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