2012年中考英语总复习：阅读理解 有答案

2012年中考英语总复习：阅读理解

On February 3rd，1949，New York Harbor（港）was an exciting place．Many people were there to greet a ship

from France．On the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars（火车车厢）filled with gifts from the people of France

阅读下列短文，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。

阅读理解（1）

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( )1．If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day，he could book（预定）one during ．

A．Pre - sale Ⅰ B．Pre – sale Ⅱ C．Pre – sale Ⅲ D．Expo Session

( )2．On March 1，2010，Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents.

She paid for them.

A．￥380 B．￥300 C．￥260 D．￥180

( )3．It cost Thomas ￥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day.He probably bought it on ．

A．April 23，2009 B．August l，2009 C．February 2，2010 D．May 20，2010

( )4．Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo．Her visit can last days．

A．one B．three C．seven D．ten

( )5．Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buy tickets only after May 1，2010．

A. morning B．afternoon C．evening D．midnight

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to the people of America．These boxcars were from the famous Merci Train（Merci：a French word meaning ―thank

you‖）．

After World War II（二战），a lot of factories，roads and farms in France had been destroyed．Many French

people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eat．In the winter of 1947，a train was sent across

the United States，stopping in cities and towns along the way．At every stop，people gave whatever they

could．Factories gave clothing and medicine．Farmers gave food．Families gave money．Even school children gave

away their pocket money．All the things were then taken to France by ship．

By 1949，the French had begun to recover（恢复）from the war．The Merci Train was their way of saying

―thank you‖ to America．French people had filled the boxcars with gifts．Most of were personal，like hand

- made toys，children’s drawings，or postcards．But the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of

the gifts．On each car，the French people had painted the pictures of all their 40 provinces．with an American eagle

on the front．The boxcars were taken to each state of America，where they were warmly greeted．

Now many of the states still keep their boxcars．Gifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some

museums．The Merci Train came out of the war，but it now reminds the world that countries can also work together

in peace．

( )6．Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd，1949 to ．

A．welcome the Merci Train B．meet their families

C．have a big party D．start a trip by ship

( )7．In 1947，a train stopped in cities across America in order to

A．give away clothing and food B．get more soldiers for the war

C．collect things to help French people D．show exhibitions from the museums

( )8．The underlined word ―them‖ in Paragraph 3 refers to（指）

A．the American people B．the French people C．the boxcars D．the gifts

( )9．The French people painted their 40 provinces and an American eagle on each boxcar because

A．they thought France was stronger than America

B．it could show the friendship between the two countries