中考真题2025年江苏省盐城市阅读理解D-小王子与地理学家
The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. There
the little prince met an old gentleman who was writing a big book.
“What is that big book?” said the little prince. “What are you doing?”
“I am a geographer,” the old gentleman said to him. “And I am writing about all the seas, mountains and deserts.”
“That is interesting,” said the little prince. “So could you tell me something about your planet?”
“I couldn’t tell you,” said the geographer. “But you are a geographer!”
“Exactly,” the geographer said. “But I am not an explorer. We don’t have any explorers here.
I don’t go out to count the seas, mountains and deserts. Instead, I receive explorers from other planets in my study. I ask them questions, and I write down their answers.”
The geographer’s eyes suddenly shone with excitement.
“But you... you come from far away! You are an explorer! You shall describe your planet to me!”
“Oh, where I live,” said the little prince, “it is all so small. I have a flower on my planet.”
“We do not record flowers,” said the geographer.
“Why is that? The flower is the most beautiful thing on my planet!”
“We do not record them,” said the geographer, “because they are ephemeral.”
“What does that mean... ‘ephemeral’?”
“Geographies,” said the geographer, “are the books about eternal things. The thing that matters to us is the mountain. It doesn’t change. But your flower is different. It will not last long. It is ephemeral.”
“My flower is ephemeral,” the little prince said to himself, “and I have left her on my planet, all alone!”
That was his first moment of regret. But he took courage and asked, “What place would you advise me to visit now?”
“The planet Earth,” replied the geographer. “I promise you will like it.”
And the little prince went away, thinking of his flower.
——Adapted from The Little Prince
1.1. Where is this text most likely taken from?
A A film poster.
B A storybook.
C A travel guide.
D A news report.
解析：选B。文章出处推断。原文明确标注 “Adapted from The Little Prince”（改编自《小王子》），《小王子》是经典故事书；A 选项 “电影海报”、C 选项 “旅行指南”、D 选项 “新闻报道” 均与文本体裁（叙事对话类）不符，故选 B。
2.2. What can we learn about the geographer?
A He knows his planet well.
B He collects explorers’ experiences.
C He loves reading a large book.
D He has been to many other planets.
解析：选B。细节理解题。由原文 “Instead, I receive explorers from other planets in my study. I ask them questions, and I write down their answers.” 可知，地理学家通过接待探险家、询问并记录他们的回答来撰写书籍，即收集探险家的经历，B 选项正确；A 选项 “他非常了解自己的星球” 与原文 “I couldn’t tell you（关于自己的星球）” 矛盾；C 选项 “他喜欢读厚书” 错误，原文是 “写厚书”；D 选项 “他去过很多其他星球” 错误，原文明确说 “我不是探险家”，不会外出，故选 B。
3.3. What does the underlined word “ephemeral” mean?
A Staying the same.
B Looking beautiful.
C Lasting a short time.
D Sounding interesting.
解析：选C。词义猜测题。由地理学家的解释 “it will not last long”（它不会存在太久）可知，“ephemeral” 对应 “持续时间短” 的含义；A 选项 “保持不变” 是 “eternal”（永恒的）的含义，B 选项 “看起来美丽”、D 选项 “听起来有趣” 均与语境无关，故选 C。
4.4.What can we learn from the text?
A One flower doesn’t bring spring.
B A good book is a light to the mind.
C We should protect our home planet — Earth.
D You can find beauty even if it doesn’t last long.
解析：选D。主旨大意题。文本核心围绕小王子的花展开，花朵虽 “ephemeral”（短暂），但对小王子而言是 “最美的东西”，体现 “即便美好不持久，也依然值得珍视” 的内涵，D 选项符合；A 选项 “一花独放不是春”、B 选项 “好书是心灵的明灯”、C 选项 “保护地球家园” 均未在文本中体现，文本未涉及相关主题，故选 D。