中考英语真题阅读（3）
中考英语真题阅读（3）


Last weekend, I took Lucy to a park, where she discovered a track with large bumps（凸块）and sharp tums. At first, I thought Lucy was able to ride her bike along the track, but she quickly found that her bike was too low to the ground and kept getting stuck on top of the bump.
Lucy looked at me with fear because she was still a biking newbie. I tried to encourage her too, but really, I was thinking—this is going to be a disaster. Not because I thought she would get hurt. More because I thought she wouldn't be able to pick up enough speed to balance, then get really discouraged, and give up quickly. I imagined her throwing her bicycle to the ground and then crying all the way home.
But I was only half right. Lucy did have a lot of trouble riding the bike. She couldn't find her balance. She fell many times. At one point, she almost started crying because younger kids were getting angry that she was slowing everyone else down. But she did not give up. She kept picking herself up and trying again. She even took the bike off the track and into the main park to practice pushing off and picking up speed on a flat ground. When she felt more confident, she came back. Then she did it over and over again until she finally reached her goal of going around the whole track without falling once. Then she didn't want to leave and everyone was cheering her on.
  This was not a day that ended in a disaster. It was a day when Lucy learned that perseverance pays off.

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1.Why was Lucy taken to the park last weekend?

A To play with other kids.

B To discover a track for fun.

C To find her speed was too slow.

D To ride her bike along the track.

解析：选D。细节理解题。At first, I thought Lucy was able to ride her bike along the track, but she quickly found that her bike was too low to the ground and kept getting stuck on top of the bump.起初，我以为露西可以沿着赛道骑车，但她很快发现她的自行车离地太低，一直卡在隆起的路面上。可知是去骑自行车，故选D。

2.What does the underlined sentence probably mean in Paragraph 2？

A Lucy would get hurt and cry all the way home.

B Lucy would fear to ride the bike and get discouraged.

C Lucy would lose balance and slow the younger kids down.

D Lucy would have trouble riding the bike and give up soon.

解析：选D。词义猜测题。I imagined her throwing her bicycle to the ground and then crying all the way home.我想象着她把自行车扔到地上，然后一路哭回家，可知意思是露西骑自行车有困难，很快就放弃了，故选D。

3.What did Lucy take the bike into the main park for？

A Being cheered on by everyone.

B Getting practice in an easier way.

C Feeling more confident and coming back.

D Reaching her goal of riding the bike at once.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段She even took the bike off the track and into the main park to practice pushing off and picking up speed on a flat ground.她甚至把自行车从跑道上带到主公园练习在平坦的地面上推开和加速，可知是为了以更简单的方式进行练习，故选B。

4.Which one is the right order of the events？ a. Lucy fell and got up lots of times. b. Lucy picked up speed on a flat ground. c. Lucy found her bike was too low for the bumps. d. Lucy rode her bike around the whole track without falling once.

A a﹣b﹣c﹣d.

B c﹣b﹣a﹣d.

C c﹣a﹣b﹣d.

D a﹣c﹣b﹣d.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段but she quickly found that her bike was too low to the ground and kept getting stuck on top of the bump但她很快发现她的自行车离地太低，一直卡在颠簸的顶部。第三段第二行She fell many times她摔了很多次；第三段中间She even took the bike off the track and into the main park to practice pushing off and picking up speed on a flat ground.她甚至把自行车从跑道上带到主公园练习在平坦的地面上推开和加速。第三段最后and over again until she finally reached her goal of going around the whole track without falling once又一次，直到她最终达到了自己的目标，在整个赛道上不摔倒一次，故选C。

5.What is the best title of the passage？

A Playing in the Park Is Fun

B Perseverance Pays off

C Don't Be Afraid of Falling

D Riding Bikes Is Art

解析：选B。主旨大意题。根据最后一段It was a day when Lucy learned that perseverance pays off.可知，这一天露西知道坚持是有回报的，故选B。