专题03 阅读理解（记叙文）15篇【2025高频考点】-冲刺2025年中考英语演练（广西专用）（含答案解析）

专题03 阅读理解（记叙文）15篇【2025高频考点】-冲刺2025年中考英语演练（广西专用） （2025·广西南宁·一模）There were tubes (管子) all over my lab desk, but my experiment didn’t work. I felt hopeless. A few months earlier, when I started the project, I was confident. I believed I could make it if I worked hard enough. So I spent long hours in the lab every day. When the experiment failed, I simply worked harder. Yet here I was, working harder than ever—but not getting anywhere. I didn’t know what to do. It was late in the evening. My workmate Samuel was still in the lab, and he noticed my worried look. He came over and asked how I was doing. I told him about my problems. “Linda, I think it’s time to go home and get some sleep,” he suggested. "Taking a break is also hard work, you know,” he added with a smile. I felt kind of surprised. I had never heard anything like that. Those words opened my eyes. I no longer overworked myself in the lab. I felt less stressed and magically, my research started to progress. Our conversation helps me understand that exciting ideas hardly come from a mind under pressure. My best ideas almost always come after I have allowed my mind to relax—by singing aloud or going hiking in good weather. Part of working smarter, I realize, can be taking a break. Today, I try to educate my students with this idea. Work-life balance is not a barrier (阻碍) to excellent research. It is an important part of it. 根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。 1．How did the writer feel when she started the project A．Worried. B．Confident. C．Hopeless. 2．What did Samuel advise the writer to do A．To talk and discuss with him. B．To try harder and practise more. C．To go home and get some sleep. 3．When can the writer have her best ideas A．When she works late. B．When she relaxes her mind. C．When she is under pressure. 4．Which of the following is like the writer’s situation today A．A musician creates a song while travelling. B．A student plays basketball for a long time. C．A doctor researches all night on an illness. 5．What’s the best title of the text A．No Pain, No Gain B．Practice Makes Perfect C．Work Smarter, Not Harder （2025·广西柳州·二模）When Emma woke up, she didn’t feel very well. She had a serious headache. Although she wanted to have a rest, she had to force herself out of bed and get ready for work. Then she hurried to take an umbrella and rushed out into the pouring rain. As she walked, she fought against the bad weather. Emma’s umbrella was almost useless as it was raining cats and dogs. To make things worse, the wind blew it inside out. She was immediately wet through. “What a terrible day!” she held back her tears and said to herself. At the office, the day was as stormy as the weather. She had a mountain of tasks. Replying to endless emails and phone calls should have been very easy. But before long, she was so tired that she had to take a break. Then, just at the right time, her friend Alice came to her side. Ali ... ...