专题01 励志故事

2023中考英语阅读理解专项练习（常考+热门话题）

专题01 励志故事

一、阅读单选

Alan Smith is blind. He teaches blind children in his country. To show the world that the blind can also do something amazing, he walked across the world’s largest salt desert, Salar de Uyuni, only with the help of a GPS.

Walking across the desert is not easy for an able-bodied person, let alone (更不用说) a blind man. Before setting off, Alan spent three years training for the journey. He studied everything he could find about the place and asked for advice from other travelers. During his journey, he only took water, food and sleeping bags. He walked about 20 kilometers a day. He showed great perseverance (毅力) and finished the 140-kilometer journey in just seven days.

The brave teacher thought his week-long journey was wonderful. He said, “The journey was quite good. There were snow storms and winds, but luckily I made it.”

1．Why did Alan cross the desert on foot?

A．To tell children a story. B．To have a wonderful journey.

C．To take a risk for money. D．To show the ability of the blind.

2．The underlined phrase “setting off” in the second paragraph probably means ________.

A．preparing a journey B．starting a journey

C．breaking a journey D．finishing a journey

3．What did Alan do during the journey?

A．He overcame all of the difficulties.

B．He asked for advice from other travelers.

C．He walked with an experienced tour guide.

D．He studied something useful about the place.

4．Which of the following can best describe Alan’s journey?

A．It is a piece of cake. B．It is between a rock and a hard place.

C．Nothing is impossible. D．Learning should be a lifelong journey.

A boy named Mickey was really good at football at a very young age. He was born to be a football player. Everyone believed he would be a star player until a bad day came to him—he got ill. At the very beginning, the illness didn’t seem very serious. So his parents thought he just met with a small problem that could happen to every child. All people around him simply thought he caught cold. Yet, after Mickey took some medicine, he got worse. Finally, the doctors found that they had to take away Mickey’s two hands and legs if they wanted to save him.

There was a hard time in his life when he had to leave his teammates. To everyone’s surprise, Mickey never said something hopeless. Though in a bad situation, he never thought about giving up. Instead, he worked hard with the artificial(人造的) hands and legs. It took him only two years to successfully find his way back into sports. That’s a really huge progress that amazed many people. He even won prizes in the world-famous competitions. It encouraged him to perform better.

On a beautiful morning, Mickey decided to start a website: mickeysrun.com to help people with similar experiences like him. Since then, many disabled people shared their experiences on the website, which encourages more people to be positive. One day, he was interviewed by a TV program to say about his story. He said, “Life may be hard for us sometimes, but believe that we have the ability to make our own life meaningful. Keep smiling! Sunshine will show up after the hard part is gone.”

5．What does Mickey do well in?

A．Football. B．Baseball. C．Basketball. D．Tennis.

6．How long did it take Mickey to come back into sports?

A．One. B．Two years. C．Three years. D．Two months.

7．Which is the correct order of Mickey’s experiences?

a. A TV program interviewed Mickey about his story.

b. Because of the illness, Mickey had to give up his two hands and legs.

c. Mickey decided to start a website to help people who suffered from disease.

d. Mickey won prizes in the world-famous competitions through his hard work.

A．d-b-c-a B．a-c-b-d C．c-a-d-b D．b-d-c-a

8．What can be inferred(推断) from the passage?

A．Mickey is a positive person in daily life.

B．Mickey started a website to share his experiences.

C．Mickey has lost the competition many times.

D．His parents thought Mickey’s illness was serious at first.

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