平刨人物传记类中考英语阅读理解

2021年1月20日发(作者：twilight)













人物传记类中考英语阅读理解
















叶邑镇中学九年级英语组


姚胜兰




































A




Y
ou
may
never
heard
of
Ladislao
Biro,
but
you
have
certainly
heard
of
the
pen
he
invented
—
the ballpoint pen
（圆珠笔）
, or biro. Before Biro invented his pen, people wrote with
fountain pens. The ink sometimes went out. In the 1930s, Biro was a magazine editor in Budapest
in Hungary. He noticed that the inks which the magaz
ine‘s printers used dried very quickly. Biro
wondered if quick
—
drying inks could be used in pens. He came up with the idea of a tube
（管子）
of ink with a free
—
moving ball on the end. As a person wrote, the ball collected ink from the tube
and rolled it on to the paper. The pen would be cheap and could be thrown away when the ink was
used up.




Biro began to work on his invention but he soon left Europe for Buenos Aires in Argentina, a
country in South America, because of the Second World War. Biro and his brother George, who
was a chemist, began to improve the pen. In the early 1940s, Biro began to produce his new pen,
the biro. In 1944, he sold his invention to another company, which began to produce the pen for
Britain and America.




Biro was pleased that his pen was popular, but he did not get much from his invention. The
biro was later sold to the French company, Bic, which now sells twelve million pens a day. Biro
sank into obscurity in South America. His name, however, has become famous around the world.




根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

(


) 46. Biro is the name of ____________.


















A. a chemist
















B. a fountain pen





C. a company















D. a ballpoint pen
(


) 4
7. According to the passage, Biro‘s new pen was first produced in
_____________.






A. Hungary




B. France




C. Argentina







D. Britain and America
(


) 48. Which of the following can be filled in the box to show how Biro invented his new pen?








came up with an idea → worked on his invention → ? → produced his pen







A. improved his pen











B. sold his invention






C. worked as an editor











D. left for South America
(


) 4
9. The underlined part ―
sank into obscurity
‖is the closest in meaning to ―
__________
‖.







A. was very popular







B. lost a lot of money






C. lost interest in business







D. was unknown to many people
(


) 50. What does the passage mainly tell us about Biro?






A. He was a popular writer.













B. He was an important inventor.







C. He was a famous magazine editor.





D. He was a successful businessman.








参考答案

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B




Zheng He, the Columbus of the East, was a Ming dynasty explorer whom the Chinese people
are proud of.




He was born in 1371 and, 11 years later, was caught by the army of a rich young man called
Zhu Di and made to work for him. Over time the rich man saw that Zheng He was very clever and
strong and they became close friends. In 1403 Zhu Di was made the King of China and he asked
Zheng He to join his new government.




The
King
wanted
to
learn
more
about
the
world
and
show
other countries
his
power.
He
ordered
many
new ships
to
be
built
and
made
Zheng
He
their
leader.
Between
1405
and
1433,
Zheng He led seven sea trips to different parts of the world. He certainly traveled to India, Africa
and
the
Middle
East.
A

few
people
think
his
ships
may
have
even
reached
South
America
and
Australia.
Each trip lasted between two and four years and it is believed he sailed more than

50 000 km during the years of his travels. With 28 000 men and over 300 ships, such as boats for
food,
water
and
even
soldiers'
horses,
Zheng
He
led
a
fleet
(
舰队
)
whose
size
would
not
be
equaled by Europeans for over 500 years!




On
these
trips
he
brought with
him
many
Chinese
goods
like
silk
and
medicine
to
give
to
foreign kings or to sell for local goods. He returned from each trip with boats filled with expensive
things such as gold and jewellery, foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe.




It
is
a
pity
that we
may
never
learn
everything
about
Zheng
He's
travels.
After
he
died
in
1433, the new king, who believed these trips were unlucky and too expensive, had them stopped
and he burned almost all the books about Zheng
He
‘
s travels. It is only in the last 50 years that
historians have begun to carefully study the adventures of the great Zheng He.







根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。



(


) 46. Why did the Chinese King want Zheng He to sail to many different countries?








A. To bring new countries under the control of China.








B. To show the world how strong the King was.








C. To receive gifts from the kings of other countries.








D. To discover unusual animals.


(


) 47. What do we know about Zheng He from the passage?








A. He sailed to all seven continents.





B. Each of his trips lasted one year.








C. He died at the age of 62.












D. He was a successful businessman.


(


) 48. Which of the following did Zheng He NOT bring with him from China?









A. Gold.












B. Medicine.











C. Animals.









D. Silk.


(


) 49. What happened after Zheng He died?








A. He was forgotten for ever.






















B. His ships were all burned.








C. The new king wrote a book about him.








D. Sea trips to other countries were stopped.


(


) 50. In what order did the following happen?









a. Zhu Di became the King.























b. Zheng He was caught by soldiers.









c. The books about Zheng He were all burned.









d. Foreigners were brought to China.









e. Zheng He visited India.










f. New ships were built.








A. e, b, a, f, d, c




B. b, a, e, d, c, f





C. f, a, b, d, c, e




D. b, a, f, e, d, c









参考答案

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C
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8th, 1942. He went to school in a
small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school,
He went first to Oxford University to study physic, then he went to Cambridge University where
he studied cosmology. As he himself admits, he didn
‘
t work hard. He was a very lazy student, and
did very little work. However, he still got good marks.




It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started
to bump(
撞
) into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried
that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came
back. He had motor neuron disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak,
breathe
or
move without
the
help
of
a
machine.
Doctors
said
they
had
no way
to
help
him.
He
would die before he was 23.




At first, Hawking became very depressed. After a while, he began to see his life in a different
way. As he later wrote,
“
Before my illness was diagnosed(
诊断
), I had been very bored with life.
There
had
not
seemed
to
be
anything worth
doing.
But
after
I came
out
of
hospital,
I
suddenly
realized that there were a lot of worthwhile thing I could do.
”

Hawking married, found a job at
Cambridge University, And had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important
scientific research.




Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that
his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope.
“
Life is not fair.
”

He once said,
“
Y
ou just have to do the best you can in your own situation.
”









根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。



(


)46. When did Hawking first notice something was wrong with him?







A. He was sent to hospital for tests.

B. His mother made him see a doctor.







C. He was twenty.















D. He visited his family at Christmas time one year.


(


)47. What does the word







A.
可以治愈的








B.
难以确诊的







C.
常见的








D.
无法治愈的



(


)48. What do we know about Hawking from the passage ?







A. He is lazy.






























B. He can walk very well now.







C. He doesn't give up hope.



















D. He loves his family very much.


(


)49. In what order did the following happen in the text?








a. He married.








b. Something was wrong with him.








c. He became sad. d. He works at the university.








e. He was sent to hospital for tests.




f. He had an incurable illness.







A. d-a-c-f-b-e






B. b-e-c-f-d-a






C. e-d-c-f-a-b







D. b-e-f-c-a-d


(


)50. What is the best title of the passage?







A. Life is not fair.
























B. Professor Stephen Hawking.









C. A
lazy boy.



























D. Motor Neuron Disease.









参考答案

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D


Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one
of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His
books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and
the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In
1954,
life
magazine
published
a
report
about
school children
who could
not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped
to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words
with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Y
et, he drew the
pictures for most of his books.





In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote
The Cat in the Hat
. He used less than 230 words to write the book
and
even
a
six- year-old should
be
able
to
read
it.
It was
a
fun story
and
easy
to
read.
Children
loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of
The Cat in the Hat
made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book
using less than fifty words. The book is called
Green Eggs and Ham
.





In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (
普利策奖
). He was honored for the education
and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.





He died at the
age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold
worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Y
et,
his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said,
write for people.






















根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

(


) 46. Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that ____________________.





A. a writer for children was wanted











B. many children's books were interesting





C. children wanted to learn to read












D. some school children could not read


(


) 47. People like his books because the books _________________________.






A. are cheap and easy to get
















B. were written in different languages






C. are easy and interesting to read












D. were written with invented words
(


) 48. He wrote the book
The Cat in the Hat
at the age of ______.






A. 50














B. 53













C. 56













D. 87
(


) 49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?






A. Doctor Seuss wrote
Green Eggs and Ham
with over 230 words.






B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.






C.
The Cat in the Hat
was written only for six-year-old children.






D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.
(


) 50. From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________________________.






A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide






C. changed American children's way of reading

D. wrote the largest number of books in the world






参考答案

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E




Leonardo da V
inci was born on April 15,1452 in Italy. He is best
known as artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa.

However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great

inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern day

life.
Although Leonardo hated war,he invented many different machines

used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun,which was

produced and used in war many years later.




By watching the way birds fly, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his
sketched (
素描
) we can see several objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.




Leonardo spent many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed
ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.




Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat, which was unusual in those times. He
never published his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks
like writing in a mirror,starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.
We have very little of his work today
. Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings. He left
many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great
Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever
known.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

(


) 46. According to the passage, Leonardo is not only an artist but also __________.






A. an engineer










B. an inventor








C. a writer






D. a musician
(


) 47. ____________ was Leonardo's most special inventor.







A. The mirror writing
























B. The cutting machine










C. The machine gun

























D. The flying machine
(


) 48. Leonardo was strange, for example, ___________________________ .






A. he didn't eat any vegetables














B. he usually used mirror writing













C. he liked to
publish his discoveries








D. he enjoyed drawing flying machines





(


) 49. Leonardo invented some machines to










.







A. stop the war



























B. help paint pictures











C. watch the birds

























D. make good use of time
(


) 50. From the passage, we can learn that Leonardo was very







.








A. humorous












B. serious



















D. lonely









参考答案

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F


























The Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret had very different


















characters : Elizabeth was very serious and tidy; Margaret was outgoing


















and headstrong. But they kept close as sister. When had lessons at home


















with their governess Marion Crawford. Margaret was often naughty
.


















Elizabeth always protected her every time when she broke rules. When


















they grew up. Magaret has sad love stories and unhappy marriage. The


















Queen gave her a lot of help.
Margaret was one of the few people who could lose their temper with the Queen. Even as an
adult, she would sometimes shout at her. Once she threw a disbeloth at Elizabeth's face when they
had
a
picnic.
But
they
never
quarreled
for
long. To
Queen
Elizabeth,
it
was
a sadness
that
her
sister never found lasting personal happiness.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

(


) 46. What kind of person was Elizabeth like? She was ____________.






A. outgoing and tidy














B. easygoing and headstrong


C. serious and tidy
















D. serious and headstrong
(


) 47. The word






A.
服务员






B.
家庭女教师






C.
牧师







D.
管家

(


) 48. Who had an unhappy family life according to the story?







A. Elizabeth.






















B. Margaret.


C. Marion Crawford.
















D. Both Elizabeth and Margaret.
(


) 49. According to the story
, which of the following is
not
true?


A. The queen and her sister had quite different


B. Elizabeth always protected her sister


C. The sisters often fought each other


D. Elizabeth felt sorry for her sister for her unsuccessful marriage.
(


) 50. What is the main idea of the story?


A. Elizabeth was a kind person







B. The two sisters lived happily


C. Margaret had sad love stories






D. The two sisters had a very good relationship






参考答案

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BBCD

































G







Fran
kenstein
is
one
of
the
world‘s
most
famous
horror stories.
It‘s
about
a
doctor who
creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings
it to life.
But the experiment
goes wrong and the monster(
怪兽
) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by
millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of
movies.
Many
people
are
surprised
to
learn
its
writer
was
a
19-year-old
woman,
called
Mary
Shelley.





Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents
and when she was 13 she decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy
Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In
her diar
y, Mary wrote about a dream: ―I dreamt that my little baby came to life again
--- that it had
only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.‖






In
1816,
Percy
Shelley
and
19-year-old
Mary
visited
the
poet
Lord
Byron
at
his
home
in
Switzerland.
Because
of
the
bad weather
they stayed
indoors
reading
horror stories.
One
night,
Byron
asked
everyone
to write
their
own story.
Mary
thought
of
her
dream
and wrote
the story
Frankenstein.





Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people
didn‘t
think
a
19
-year- old
woman
could
write
so
well
and
believed
her
husband
was
the
real
writer.





Although famous, Shelley‘s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and
in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to
marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in1851.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

(


) 46. What do we know about the story Frankenstein?