专题19 奇闻轶事

2023中考英语阅读理解专项练习（常考+热门话题）

专题19 奇闻轶事

一、阅读单选

（2022·湖北·武汉外国语学校（武汉实验外国语学校）模拟预测）

Stacked chairs reach new heights

    A restaurant manager, has broken the Guinness World Record (吉尼斯纪录) for chair stacking (使成叠) in Canada. In April of 2021, Jay Ehsan carefully stacked chairs on top of each other to a height of 5.2 meters. The stacking took 45 minutes. Not only did he break the record but his efforts also raised more than $1,500 to help homeless people. 

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    During a beach walk on the Grand Beach, Canada, Andrew Eaton saw a glass bottle. His first thought was to recycle it, but then he saw a note inside. It was written in French and dated January 26, 2021. Andre Huet, from Scotland, had written it and the bottle had carried it about 2,200 miles across the Atlantic. He may be surprised to find that his bottle would be picked up by someone one year later. 

A couple float their dream house

    A couple from Toronto, Canada, saw their dream house right on the beach. They bought it and then they tried to use several motorboats to push it more than 1,000 meters across Newfoundland’s Bay of Islands, which was unexpected to most people. Sadly, four hours later, the boats lost control, and Daniele and Kirk watched their dream house go down under the waves. 

1．All the news above ________.

A．happened in the same year B．took place in the same country

C．has something to do with travel D．has something to do with charity

2．It is TRUE that Jay Ehsan ________.

A．made a living by stacking chairs

B．has given a hand to people without home

C．spent more than an hour finishing the challenge

D．was confident about breaking the record before the challenge

3．The best heading for the second news would be ________.

A．A bottle travels so long B．A message matters a lot

C．A Scottish man shows creativity D．A Canadian protects environment

4．The bottle mentioned in the second news ________.

A．has a note inside written in English B．travelled across the Pacific in two years

C．may be a surprising gift to Andrew Eaton

D．must have been thrown into the sea by a Frenchman

5．It is clear that the couple from Toronto ________.

A．would like to live on the sea B．found their dream house in a busy district

C．tried something others may not usually do

D．floated their dream house across the bay successfully

（2022·黑龙江·大庆市第五十七中学模拟预测）A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.

“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.

“My cow’s ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what’s the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”

The vet looked over the cow. “She’s certainly ill,” he said, “and she needs to take some very strong medicine.”

He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, “Give her these. The pills should make her better.”

“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.

The vet gave him a tube (管子) and said, “Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it.”

The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.

“How’s your cow?” the vet asked.

“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”

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