专题27 日常点滴

2023中考英语阅读理解专项练习（常考+热门话题）

专题27 日常点滴

一、阅读单选。

（2022·浙江省宁海中学风华书院三模）When we first moved here, we didn’t have a garden. Mike and I talked about making a large vegetable garden somewhere in our yard, but we couldn’t agree on where. Before we went ahead and dug up the grass, we spent some time thinking about where it would work best. At last, we chose an old sandbox in our front yard to become our garden. 

We dreamed about a lively garden with lots of vegetables. We asked many people what we should do to turn this sandbox into a space, and then plants can grow in it. And they gave us lots of ideas. My sister was the most knowledgeable, so we listened mostly to her. At first, Mike made a wood fence and I painted it with the kids. We chose a darker color because it would fit our light grey house. 

Next, Mike dug 17 holes. Then we filled them with soil. It was still too cold to plant anything, so for days I just stared out the window at these holes. To me, it looked much too untidy. I advised filling those holes back and digging new ones. This time we ended up with 10. Much better. 

Over the next few weeks, I worked on getting everything planted in my garden. I started by planting green onions. But I was too excited and planted them too early. Right away it was clear that they weren’t going to survive. I had to give them up and try something else. Then my next door neighbor gave me red roses to put in my garden. A few days later we went to a greenhouse and came back not with green onions but peppers, tomatoes and so on. Clearly the vegetable and flower garden was slowly becoming our dream garden. Very well!

I love the way it turned out. This garden will always remind me of my sister.

1．When the writer first arrived at her new house, she ________.

A．had a large flower garden B．dug up the grass in her yard

C．talked about making a sandbox D．wanted a garden with vegetables

2．Why did the writer suggest filling the first 17 holes back?

A．Because she listened to her sister. B．Because the weather was too cold.

C．Because the garden looked like a mess. D．Because the kids could dig better ones.

3．Which one is the right order of building the garden according to the passage?

a. We built the fence and painted it. b. We collected much others’ advice. 

c. We prepared the plants that we wanted. d. We decided on the place of the garden. 

e. We dug several holes and filled them with soil.

A．b﹣d﹣a﹣e﹣c B．d﹣b﹣a﹣e﹣c

C．d﹣b﹣e﹣c﹣a D．b﹣a﹣d﹣e﹣c

4．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Why was the writer grateful to her sister? B．What did the family plant in their garden?

C．How did the family make their dream garden? D．Who spent time with the writer in the garden?

（2022·山东临沂·二模）What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is it the same all over the world? That’s an easy question. A minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, “Time is money.”

Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it. People in the US often attend meetings or read books on time management. It seems that they all want to organize their time better. People try their best to press more life out of their time.

To Americans, being on time is a way of showing respect for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late usually calls for an apology and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know that they can’t be on time. Of course, the less formal (正式的), the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example.

American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks before it. Once the time is fixed, it is almost impossible to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, people seldom call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may be different, but most people think twice about calling after 10: 00 pm.

Even Americans would agree that no one can master time. Time, like money, slips all too easily through our fingers. And time is very hard to predict. However, time is one of life’s most valuable gifts.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

5．From Paragraph 1, we can learn that ________.

A．Americans waste lots of money and time

B．people can only control 60 minutes a day

C．Americans regard time as something valuable

6．In Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4, the writer mainly tells us that ________.

A．Americans respect others’ time in daily life

B．Americans never call after ten o’clock

C．Americans visit friends without calling first

7．The underlined phrase “think twice” probably means “________”.

A．pay attention B．consider carefully C．feel relaxed

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