题型04 阅读理解

2023中考英语冲刺之题型专练（12个专题）

题型04 阅读理解

（2022·山东济南·校联考模拟预测）Public toilets around the world have a bad name for being dark, dirty and dangerous. Some public restrooms in Tokyo’s train stations don’t have hand soap inside. A kindergarten in Southern Japan stops taking children to a city park because they are afraid of the flies in the restrooms. People have long called for a change. 

Tokyo recently introduced new restrooms in two public parks. For one thing, they are brightly lit and look colourful. For another, they are transparent (透明的). This way, people who need to go to the toilet can check out the cleanness and safety of the restrooms without walking inside or touching anything. 

The new restrooms, designed by Shigeru Ban, are made out of “smart glass” that has already been used in different buildings to provide privacy when needed. When used and locked properly, the colourful glass toilet will become opaque. When the door is unlocked, it will become transparent again. 

The toilets are considered as a futuristic example of the country’s technological achievements. However, people hold different opinions about these new public toilets. 

“It will take time to get used to the idea,” said Ming Cheng, whose job is designing buildings. But he would like to give it a try. Sarah Copper white, a technology worker in Tokyo, said that although she always avoided public toilets, she was glad to use the new ones because they looked bright and clean. “I trust science, ” she said in a phone interview. 

“I don’t want to put my privacy at risk,” Sachiko Ishikawa, a 32-year-old writer and translator, said. Ms Ishikawa worried that some small mistakes might make restroom users accidentally expose (暴露) themselves. Talia Harris, a writer who has lived in Tokyo for seven years, said she did not see it as a useful way to make people feel comfortable in public restrooms. “Personally, I think this will make people feel more uncomfortable, especially for women.” Ms Harris, 29, said.

1．What do we know about the toilets in the Japanese city park?

A．They are always crowded. B．They are very dirty.

C．They have no toilet paper. D．They have no hand soap.

2．Why did Tokyo introduce new restrooms in public parks?

A．To show its technological achievements. B．To make the public parks more popular.

C．To improve the present conditions. D．To help disabled people out.

3．What does the underlined word “opaque” possibly mean in English?

A．Not able to be seen through. B．Not clean enough to be used.

C．Warm enough for people to use. D．Big enough to hold many people.

4．What does Sachiko Ishikawa think of the new public toilets?

A．They cost too much. B．They are quite amazing.

C．They make users uncomfortable. D．They cannot make people feel safe.

5．Which is the best title of the passage?

A．How do we use a public toilet B．Public toilet around the world

C．New public toilet in Tokyo D．Never use public toilet

（2022·浙江温州·统考二模）Everybody is afraid of something. That’s what more than 1,700 kids told us when we asked them about fears and scary stuff. We gave kids a list of 14 scary things and asked which one frightened them most. Here are the top 5 answers from our survey: ①Scary movies and TV shows; ②Scary dreams; ③Thunderstorms, hurricanes, and other terrible weather; ④War and terrorism*; ⑤Sounds heard at night.

It seems that not everyone is afraid of the same thing. What makes one person scared can be of no big deal for someone else. Plenty of kids said their biggest fear wasn’t on our list.

What is fear?

Fear is a feeling that everyone has — it’s programmed into all of us — and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us. We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous. The baby cries, and their mom comes over to comfort him or her, helping the baby feel safe and OK again.

Real vs. Pretend

The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it. As kids get older, they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal. So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches, he can tell himself, “Wait a minute. They’re only pretend things. I don’t need to worry about them.”

The same goes for the dark. A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out. What’s under my bed? Is that a thief I hear? With the help of a parent, kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a nightlight or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.

6．Which of the following can’t help a kid fight the fear of dark?

A．Using imaginations to think of witches.

B．Their parents coming over to comfort them.

C．Using a nightlight to see there’s nothing under the bed.

D．Shining a flashlight to see there’s nothing under the bed.

7．What does the underlined word “pretend” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Ugly. B．Usual. C．Unreal. D．Lovely

8．What is the second paragraph of the passage mainly about?

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