2022年中考英语真题限时阅读系列 每日一练（9）—（泛读+精读）（含答案解析）

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 2022年中考真题限时练九 A retired carpenter from Des Moines has helped send 33 kids to college since his death in 2005. Dale Schroeder was a simple, honest man. He grew up poor and worked as a carpenter for the same company for 67 years. “Went to work every day. Worked really hard. Was frugal,” said Schroeder’s good friend Steve Nielsen. “He had church jeans and work jeans.”No one thought that he had saved up a large number of money. Schroeder never married and had no children, so before he died, he went to his lawyer with a plan for his money. “He said, ‘I never got the chance to go to college. So, I’d like to help kids go to college’,” Nielsen told CBS News. “Finally, I was curious and I said, ‘How much are we talking about, Dale ’ And he said, ‘Oh, just shy of $3 million’. I nearly fell out of my chair,” Nielsen recalled.Schroeder left special instructions for his money: send kids to college. “He wanted to help kids that were like him, and that probably would not have had a chance to go to college without his gift,” Nielsen said. Schroeder ended up paying for 33 strangers’ college money. The persons, who have named themselves “Dale’s kids”, got together earlier this month to honor the great man who changed their lives. They’re now doctors, teachers…1. Dale Schroeder was a _____.A. poor and lazy carpenterB. manager of a companyC. poor and honest fatherD. hard-working and frugal carpenter2. The sentence “I nearly fell out of my chair” shows that _____.A. Nielsen was surprised at the number of money Dale savedB. Dale was not good at making chairsC. the chair that Nielsen sat on was brokenD. Dale had an old chair3. What can we learn from the passage A. Dale was alive for 67 years.B. Dale married, but had no children.C. Dale once gave up the chance to go to college.D. “Dale’s kids” honored Dale because he changed their lives. 【词汇积累】retired adj. 退休的,退职的,退役的frugal adj. 节省的,节俭的,朴素的curious adj. 求知欲强的；稀奇古怪的honor vt. 尊敬，给以荣誉词汇运用 从“词汇积累”中选择合适的单词并用其适当形式完成下列各题。1.The retired film star lived a simple life.2.Children are always curious about all kinds of animals.3.He wanted a special day to honor his father..4.He lives a frugal life and always think about other people.【短语积累】grow up长大，成熟work as担任，以...身份而工作save up储蓄，贮存fall out of...从...掉下来end up最终处于，到头来pay for赔偿；为…付钱get together聚集，聚在一起【难句分析】1.He wanted to help kids that were like him, and that probably would not have had a chance to go to college without his gift. 分析：本句that were like him是定语从句修饰kids。动词不定式to go to college做后置定语修饰chance.2.The persons, who have named themselves “Dale’s kids”, got together earlier this month to honor the great man who changed their lives. 分析：本句主语The persons，谓语got together，who have named themselves “Dale’s kids”做非限制性定语从句，动词不定式to honor the great ... ...