中考英语模拟训练12【枣庄新版】

中考英语模拟训练12 第二部分 阅读（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） A 读下面的文章，然后回答文章后的问题。请在21~ 25题后的横线上写上答案。 My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger, our house seems to get smaller. So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a children's home. We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use. My son was quite sad at first. Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with certain toys. As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be honest, I have not played for a while now. I am getting older, too! 21. How many people are mentioned in the passage? Who are they? _____ 22. Why do they have a yard sale? _____ 23. Do they feel happy to part with their old things? _____ 24. The writer didn't use to like playing football, did he? _____ 25. What's the main topic of the passage? _____ B 读下面的文章，根据文章意思判断下面26~30小题的正误。正确的答案写T，错误的答案写F。 For this month's Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she's not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds. I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn't use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I don't have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me." What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? "Well," she begins slowly, "you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.’’ ( )26. Candy has great changes in her life. ( )27. Candy thinks being famous isn't good at all. ( )28. Candy has become a pop star because of her hard work. ( )29. Anyone who has a lot of talent can make it to the top. ( )30. Candy has more free time now than before. C 读下面的文章，请在31~ 35每个题目标号后的横线上写上答案。 Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their school-work, and sometimes with their friends. What can the ... ...