中考阅读理解实战演练之趣味幽默篇

be easy and it would take time.

　　The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop (肉铺).

　　“I’d like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please,” she said.

　　“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale (天平).

　　“That’s just under ten pounds,” he said.

　　“That big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

　　The butcher worked out the price.

　　“At $4.99 a pound that will be $49.50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

　　“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

　　“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

　　“My doctor told me that I am over-weight and I have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”

　　1. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

　　A. She had had a heart attack.　　B. She had a problem with her health.

　　C. She was unhappy about her weight.　　D. She could not sleep well.

　　2. What did the doctor advise her to do?

　　A. To lose weight. B. To eat more meat.

　　C. To come and see him again. D. To look after her heart.

　　3. Why did Ellen Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?

　　A. She wanted to buy some for dinner.　　B. She wanted to lose weight.

　　C. Her doctor had told her to eat steak.

　　D. She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

　　4. What was Ellen Parker's real problem?

　　A. She ate too much steak.　　B. She weighed too much.

　　C. The doctor did not know.　　D. She could not walk very quickly.

　　5. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?

　　A. She might put on more weight.　　B. She might stop eating too much.

　　C. She might have a heart attack.　　D. She might go to another doctor.

　　Passage 22

　　(In court (法庭), the judge asks the boy named Henry some questions.)

　　Judge: Can you tell us how the accident happened?

　　Henry: Yes, sir. The farmer drove very fast when I met with him. His car knocked me down and hurt my arm.

　　Judge: (To the farmer) Was that right?

　　Farmer: No, sir. But it rained heavily and I couldn’t drive fast.

　　Judge: So you don’t think you knocked him down?

　　Farmer: Yes, I did. But I didn’t see him mending his bike in the middle of the road.

　　Judge: Well. Did you send him to a hospital?

　　Farmer: Yes. But the doctor said there was nothing serious to him.

　　Judge: (To Henry) Do you agree with him?

　　Henry: Yes, sir. But my left arm often hurts and I can't lift it at all.

　　Judge: Could you show us how you can lift it now?

　　Henry: Sure. (Slowly the boy lifts his arm below his nose.)

　　Judge: Poor boy! And how high could you lift it before the accident?

　　Henry: Oh, I could lift it very high like this. (Holding his left arm up over his head)

　　Judge: But I don't think there's something wrong with your arm.

　　Henry: I...I...So it is. But my lawyer (律师) tells me to do so.

　　根据上面的对话，在短文的空白处填写一个适当的词，使短文内容与对话意思相符。

It happened on a (1)_________ day. A boy named Henry was (2)_________ his bike on the road while a farmer's (3)______ knocked him down. The farmer sent him to a hospital and the doctor said nothing (4)________ happened to the boy. But his parents hoped the boy could be paid more (5)_________ for it. They asked for a lawyer's (6)_______ .The lawyer taught the boy (7)______ to say in court. Henry told the judge his arm hurt and that he couldn't (8)________ it up. The judge asked him to show it to him. He could lift it below his nose. The judge asked him how (9)_______ he could lift it before the accident. The boy (10)___________ what the lawyer said and lifted it over his head!



Passage 23

You Don't Know How to Eat It

A foolish man went to a butcher's (屠夫) shop to buy a piece of

meat.As he did not know how to cook meat, he asked the butcher to tell

him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook it. "But I

cannot remember your words," the foolish man said, "Would you please

write them down for me?" The butcher was kind enough to write them

down for him. The man went home happily with a piece of meat in his

hand and the note in his pocket. A dog followed him on the way. It

jumped at him, took the meat away from him and ran off. The foolish

man stood there not knowing what to do. Then he laughed and said,

"Never mind. You don't know how to eat it. The note is still in my

pocket."



根据短文，选择填空，将正确答案的序号填入括号内：

( )1. The man went to buy a piece of meat in a .

A. restaurant B. shop C. butcher's D. room



( )2. Why did the man ask the butcher to tell him the way to cook meat?

A.He wasn't good at cooking meat.

B. He can't cook meat very well.

C. He didn't know how to cook meat.

D. He didn't know how to eat meat.



( )3. In order to(为了)remember what the butcher said. He asked the butcher .

A. to say it once againB. to teach him ag