Charles Dickens was an English writer. He was born in 1812. He created some of the world’s best-known characters and many readers think he is the most important writer of the Victorian era (1837-1901). Some of his famous novels are Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations. Most people in his novels lived in London.
In 1824, Dickens’ father went to prison(监狱) because he couldn’t pay money to someone. In those days, a man’s wife and young children went to prison with him. Charles was 12, so he left school to work in the prison. Life was hard, and a lot of children worked in those days. Dickens’ own experience helped him to write about poor children without a mother or father. Dickens' success began with the publication (出版) of The Pickwick Papers in 1836. And his book Oliver Twist is about a boy without father. Important people were more interested in the problems of poor people after reading Dickens’ books.
Dickens’ novels are often very long and he wrote them in different parts for a newspaper each week. His novels have a lot of exciting and sad things in them. He wanted his readers to buy the newspaper every week. And the readers wanted to finish the story! Dickens’ novels are popular because many of his stories are about social(社会的) problems and family life. Dickens was successful in writing and he has been praised by other writers for his style and characters.
1.When was Charles Dickens born?
A. In 1812. B. In 1824. C. In 1836. D. In 1901.
2.Where did Dickens work when he was 12?
A. In the prison. B. At a school. C. On a farm. D. In an office.
3.Dickens’ novels are popular because_______.
A. they have a lot of exciting and sad things
B. they are about social problems and family life
C. he has been praised for his style and characters
D. he is the most important writer of the Victorian era
1.A 2.A 3.B 【解析】短文是对英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯的生平简介。他出生于1812年，创造了一些世界上最著名的人物，很多读者认为他是维多利亚时代最重要的作家（1837-1901）。他的一些著名小说有《奥利弗之恋》、《大卫·科波菲尔》和《远大前程》。他小说中的大多数人都生活在伦敦。狄更斯的小说很受欢迎，因为他的许多故事都是关于社会问题和家庭生活的。狄更斯的写作很成功，他的风...科目：初中英语 来源：牛津译林版七年级下册Unit3周检测2 题型：单选题
They work _______ a small farm _______ a river.
A. on; by B. at; on C. by; on D. in; in
A 【解析】句意：他们在河边的一个小农场工作。on the farm在农场上；by介词，在...旁边，by a river在河边。故选：A。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：人教版七年级下册英语 unit1 第4课时 练习 题型：单选题
My brother can’t sing ___________ play the guitar.
A. and B. or C. but D. only
B 【解析】句意：我的兄弟不会唱歌可弹吉他。A. and和，并且，而且。连接肯定句里并列的内容；B. or或者，表示选择，连接否定句里并列的内容；C. but但是，引出一个句子，表示转折；D. only仅仅，只。本句是一个否定句，用or连接并列的成分。故选Ｂ。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：2018年北京市中考英语题型专项复习题库：阅读理解20篇 题型：阅读单选
Do you know some great inventors and their inventions?
What factors (因素) are needed for their success?
Well, good timing for a start. You can have a great idea which the public simply doesn’t want ... yet. The Italian Giovanni Caselli invented the first fax(传真)machine in the 1860s. Although the machine was excellent, his invention quickly died a commercial(商业的) death. It was not until the 1980s that the fax became very common in every office... too late for Giovanni Caselli.
Money also helps. The Frenchman Denis Papin (1647-1712) had the idea for a steam engine (蒸汽机)almost a hundred years before the better-remembered Scotsman James Watt was even born... but he never had enough money to build one.
You also need to be patient (it took scientists nearly eighty years to develop a light bulb which actually worked)... but not too patient. In the 1870s, Elisha Gray, a professional inventor from Chicago, developed plans for a telephone. Gray saw it as no more than “a beautiful toy”. However, when he finally sent details of his invention to the Patent Office(专利局) in February， 1876, it was too late. Almost the same invention had arrived two hours earlier... and the young man who sent it, Alexander Graham Bell, will always be remembered as the inventor of the telephone.
Of course what you really need is a great idea—but if you haven’t got one, a walk in the country and careful look at nature can help. The Swiss scientist, George de Mestral, had the idea for Velcro（魔术贴）when he found his clothes covered in sticky seed pods after a walk in the country. During a similar walk in the French countryside some 250 years earlier, Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur had the idea that paper could be made from wood when he found an abandoned wasps’ nest（蜂巢）.
You also need good commercial sense. Willy Higinbotham was a scientist doing nuclear（核能的） research in the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, USA. In 1958, the public were invited to an exhibition in the Laboratory to see their work, but both parents and children were more interested in a tennis video game on the screen. Soon hundreds of people were ignoring the other exhibits to play the first ever computer game—made from a simple laboratory instrument called an “oscilloscope”. Higinbotham, however, never made money from his invention: he thought people were only interested in the game because the other exhibits were so boring!
1.How many factors do inventors need according to the passage?
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.
2.The word “ignoring” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.
A. having no idea of B. doing no good to
C. getting no chance of D. paying no attention to
3.What can you learn from the passage?
A. Giovanni Caselli invented the first fax machine in the 1980s.
B. Denis Papin afforded to build a steam engine a hundred years ago.
C. Elisha Gray missed the chance to be the inventor of the telephone.
D. George de Mestral got an idea from a walk in a French countryside.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. How to be a successful inventor
B. How to get a great idea from nature
C. How to have a good commercial sense
D. How to make money from inventions
1.C 2.D 3.C 4.A 【解析】【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了成功需要的五个因素。 1.细节理解题。句意为：根据文章内容，发明家需要几个因素？根据第一段最后提出的问题“What factors（因素） are needed for their success？”后面紧接着的五段可知一共有五个因素。故选C。 2.词义猜测题。题干意为：在最后一段“...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：2018年北京市中考英语题型专项复习题库：阅读理解20篇 题型：阅读单选
Nowadays, many teens are badly addicted to using phones. It probably won’t surprise you that teens are texting more than ever before.
Instead of sleeping, Kenny Alarcon, 16, often texts with his friends through the night. Frances Garcia, a high school senior, sends and receives about 1000 texts each day. Both Frances and Kenny wake up several times during the night to text. Kenny even sleeps with his phone under his pillow.
Dr.Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, says that it’s common for teens to be interrupted by texts while sleeping. “If they often lose sleep,” Dr.Dowdell says, “teens may become angry, or depressed. A lack of sleep can lead to weight gain and even obesity because many people turn to junk food for quick energy when they are tired.”
Some experts are worried about how texting is affecting teenagers’ lives. One concern is that students might not learn correct grammar and spelling if most of the writing they do is made up of text messages. Some people also worry that teens don’t spend enough time talking with others face-to-face, which could be hurting their relationships with friends and family. Moreover, all that texting takes away hours that could be spent studying, exercising, taking up a hobby, or just relaxing.
According to Dr. Dowdell, teens need to learn that they can and should turn off their phones sometimes. She had Kenny and Frances do an experiment. These were the rules: No phone for 48 hours. No computer or Internet either, unless it was for schoolwork.
After 48 phone-free hours, Kenny and Frances were interviewed. “Wow, it was pure torture(折磨),” Kenny joked. Kenny missed his friends, and he was sad at times. But he also felt relief from the constant texting. He spent time reading books and talking with his family, which he really enjoyed. Frances had an even happier result. “I loved it!” she said, “I was going to the gym and hanging out with friends and playing basketball. I had a wonderful experience.” Frances decided to continue the experiment for a while. “I think I’ll be so much smarter and healthier,” she explained, “everybody in the world should try it.”
1.If teens keep waking up to text while sleeping, they may _____.
A. get overweight B. become happier
C. disturb their parents D. feel more relaxed
2.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. Mistakes in teens’ text writing.
B. Time wasted on meaningless texting.
C. Worries about how texting affects teens.
D. Encouragement to teens’ talking face-to-face.
3.The writer mentions the experiment on Frances and Kenny to _____.
A. advise people what to do without phones
B. show teens can live well without phones
C. explain phones are important in teens’ lives
D. introduce how they make good use of phones
1.A 2.C 3.B 【解析】【主旨大意】本文是一篇议论文，文中主要谈到了手机对青少年的不良影响，并通过一个实验表明，离开手机，青少年也能过得很好。 1.细节理解题。题干意为：在他们睡觉时，如果青少年坚持醒来发短信，他们可能。根据第三段最后一句中“A lack of sleep can lead to weight gain and even obesity”可知，这会导...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：2018年北京市中考英语题型专项复习题库：阅读理解20篇 题型：阅读单选
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1.The company offers free hard rubbish collection service for each family _____.
A. once a week B. twice a year
C. three times a year D. once a month
2.What can be collected as hard rubbish?
A. Glass. B. Fridges. C. Clothes. D. Chemicals.
3.Before the collection day, you have to _____.
A. put at your hard rubbish into a box
B. call 5518 3555 to book the collection
C. put the hard rubbish out of your house
D. fill in the form on the company’s website
1.B 2.C 3.C 【解析】【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文，介绍的是某公司的垃圾回收业务，包括回收什么种类的垃圾，怎样联系公司以及把垃圾放在什么地方等信息。 1.B细节理解题。题干意为：该公司为每个家庭免费回收垃圾。根据第一段第二句“WM Rubbish Management Service Company collects it twice a year for fre...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：2018年徐州市中考总复习七上Unit1单元过关测试（含答案） 题型：单选题
--Excuse me __________ your grandparents like walking after supper?
--Sorry, I don't know. We don't live together.
A. are B. does
C. is D. do
D 【解析】句意：——打扰一下，你祖父母喜欢晚饭后散步吗？——对不起，我不知道，我们不住在一起。主语是your grandparents复数，like是实意动词，变疑问句在主语前加do；谓语动词用原形；故选D查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：人教版七年级下册英语 unit1 第5课时 练习 题型：单选题
I need a helper(帮手)________ the work.
A. do B. does C. to do D. doing
C 【解析】句意：我需要一个帮手做这个工作。用不定式做宾补，need sb to do sth需要某人做某事；故选C查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：2018年德州市中考英语模拟试卷与答案 题型：阅读单选
Can you write down a Chinese word being read to you? Sometimes it can be difficult when you find the word is not included in most dictionaries.
Lu Jialei, 14, from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won the CCTV Chinese Character (汉字) Spelling Contest on Oct 18th, 2013. About 160 people competed. The host read a word to the contestant, explained its meaning and gave sample sentences. The contestant was required to write down the word.
Winning the contest was a “surprise” to Lu. “I was not the smartest one,” she said. “But I paid attention to details.” To prepare for the contest, she and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days. There are more than 56,000 entries (词条) including characters, words and phrases in it. She also had a secret weapon. She studied how Chinese characters were formed.
“When others paid attention to the plot of a story, she looked at how authors use words and sentences to express themselves,” said Su Yunsheng, Lu’s Chinese teacher. Su is happy to see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language.
“Besides using something Chinese and having Chinese traditional festivals, learning to write Chinese characters is also an important part of inheriting (传承) Chinese culture,” said Su.
1.Lu Jialei was born in ________.
A. 1997 B. 1999 C. 2001 D. 2002
2. Lu Jialei studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary ________ for the contest.
A. for more than one week B. as long as one week
C. for more than half a month D. as long as half a month
3.The contestant was required to write down the word ________.
A. after the contestant read the word to the host
B. before the host read the word to the contestant
C. after the host explained its meaning and gave sample sentences
D. before the contestant explained its meaning and gave sample sentences
4.Lu Jialei’s secret weapon was that ________.
A. she paid attention to details
B. she was the smartest contestant
C. she found the beauty of Chinese language
D. she studied how Chinese characters were formed
5.From the passage we can infer ________ isn’t an important part of inheriting Chinese culture.
A. trying to write Chinese characters
B. using chopsticks when having meals
C. giving and receiving presents at Christmas
D. spending the Spring Festival with families
1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.C 【解析】 试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了2013年10月18日，CCTV汉字拼写竞赛，160人参加比赛，主持人向竞赛者说一个词并解释其意思和句子的范例，竞赛者要求写下这个词，其中Lu Jialei一个杭州外国语学校14岁的孩子，取得了冠军。 1.推理判断题。根据文中第二段Lu Jialei14岁，2013年10月18...查看答案和解析>>
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