备战2026中考英语时文阅读14（含答案）

备战2026中考英语时文阅读 I.完型填空 Pang Zhongwang is an inspiring young man. Born in a small village in Hebei Province, he faced a hard life from childhood. His father has a mental illness, and his mother is disabled-these difficulties, however, never made him__1__. He held a strong belief that knowledge could change his fate. Every morning, he would start preparing breakfast for his parents, after that, he'd sit at the old desk to study. Even when the room was dark in the evening he'd read by the __2__ light of a small bulb (灯泡),never wasting a minute. Years of effort brought good results: he got top scores in his school exams and __3__a place at Tsinghua University in 2017. This news made his family, who had worried about his future, feel __4__proud. During his college life, Pang didn't forget his family, He refused extra donations (捐赠) from kind people and managed to support himself __5__scholarships (奖学金) and part-time jobs. When asked why he worked so hard, he said,“ I want to __6__ my mother's care -- she's suffered so much for me. Now, Pang is a doctoral student at Tsinghua. He __7__ keeps a strict schedule: most mornings, he goes to the lab, afternoons are for reading research papers, evenings are spent writing reports. His classmates say he's always the __8__ to arrive at the lab and the last to leave. Pang's story teaches us an important lesson,__9__difriculties we meet in life, we shouldn't lose hope__10__we stick to our goals and keep moving forward, we will finally turn our dreams into reality. 1.A.give up B. wake up C. cheer up D. hurry up 2.A. bright B. weak C. colorful D. natural 3.A. lost B. missed C. won D. refused 4. A. hardly B. probably C. suddenly D really 5.A.by B. of C. for D. about 6. A. repay B. forget C. ignore D. doubt 7.A.never B. still C. only D. even 8. A. first B. second C. third D. last 9.A.whatever B. wherever C. whenever D. whoever 10.A.If B. Though C. Unless D. Because II.阅读理解 A Recently, a public talk between Luo Yonghao and Jia Guolong has again brought attention to the Xibei restaurant chain. Their social media accounts were stopped for some time, bringing back discussions about the brand. Several months ago, Luo said online that most of Xibei's dishes were pre-made and too expensive. This led to strong talks between both sides, getting a lot of attention. More recently, Jia said that 102 Xibei stores had closed and about 4.000 workers might lose their jobs or be given different work. Many people now ask: how did this happen These talks, happening over months, bring up two important questions. First, people were talking about food safety rules and prices of pre-made dishes. This could have been a good time to make the food industry more open and clear and to improve quality. But soon, real talk was lost in online fights. People cared more about winning the argument than solving the real problems. Now, on one side, Xibei's name has been hurt, its business has become smaller, and workers face a ha ... ...