山东省泰安市岱岳区
2019-2021年三年中考二模英语试卷分类汇编
阅读理解
山东省泰安市岱岳区2021年中考第二次模拟考试英语试卷
第三部分阅读理解（共两节;满分 40 分）
第一节阅读下列短文或图表, 从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共 15 小题;每小题2分, 满分 30 分）
A
批判精神A British man has learned the skills needed to perform Beijing Opera, making the audience （观众）enjoy his lively performance of the Monkey King.
Ghaffar Pourazar, born in Iran, said he has been a big fan of Bruce Lee since he was a chil
d and is full of interest about China. In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera performed in London by professionals（艺术家）from Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing. Ghaffar said he fell in love with the beautiful voices, colorful costumes, excellent shows and so on. So after one year, he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school.
At the age of 32, he had to learn with teenage students every day, starting from the most basic training of the legs and waist（腰）. At the time, he was mostly troubled by the dialogue in Beijing Opera. To him, it was the biggest obstacle. But he never gave up.
Four years later, he began to learn to perform the Monkey King, a traditional character from the Chine classic story Journey to the West. He said he arrived in the workroom an hour earlier than other performers and also bought books and CDs to better understand the character.
Ghaffar today is not only good at speaking Beijing dialect（方言）but has also built a fame for Beijing Opera. He once got a top international prize for performing the Monkey K
ing.
To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the United States, Britain and other countries. When he found that the language was difficult to understand, he started to translate Beijing Opera song lyrics. Ghaffar led a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the United States. He also led a 48-member team to perform in Malaysia. In the past 10 years, he has performed in more than 400 shows.
36. In the year of 1994, What did Ghaffar begin to do?
A. He began to make friends with Bruce Lee.
B. He began to take an interest in China
C. He began to learn Beijing Opera in Beijing
D. He began to act the part of the Monkey King
37. What does the underlined word "obstacle" in Paragraph3 probably mean?蛤蟆河
A. Chance B. Problem C. Topic D. Dream
38. What can be inferred from the passage about Ghaffar?
A. He is successful in performing Beijing Opera.
B. He has written some books about Beijing Opera.
C. He got a prize for translating Journey to the West.
D. He doesn't need any more members in his team.
39. In which part of a newspaper can you find this passage?
A. Sports B. Business C. Culture D. Education
B
There are more than 35, 00muums in the United States. I's impossible to visit them all, of cour, but you can choo the most important ones.
描写春天的作文The Art Institute of Chicago
六一儿童节的由来The Art Institute of Chicago was t up in 1879, and is one of the oldest and largest art muums in the United States. Its collection is encyclopedic（百科全书般的）and includes iconic（标志性的）works such as Georges Seurat's A Sundyon La Grande Jate, Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist and Grant Wood's American Gothic.
Address:111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Hours: Mon-Tue 10:30 am-5 pm; Wed-Fri10:30 am-8 pm; Sat-Sun 10:30 am-5 pm
The Field Muum of Natural History饺耳
The Field Muum of Natural History is a natural history muum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such muums in the world. The exhibitions include the earliest fossil
s（化 石）, cultures from around the world and interactive（交互式的）programming. The muum attracts up to 2 million visitors every year.
Address: 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605租房合同协议书
Hours: Mon 9 am-5 pm; Tue-Wed Clod, Thu- Sun 9 am-5 pm
The Metropolitan Muum of Art
The Metropolitan Muum of Art of New York City, was founded in 1870, and is the largest art muum in the United States. Its permanent collection includes over 2 million works. The main building is by area one of the world's largest art galleries（ 画廊）. A much smaller cond building has a rich collection of art architecture（建筑）and artifacts（文物）from medieval（中世纪的）Europe. Address: 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
Hours: Mon-Thu10 am-5:30 pm; Fri-Sat 10 am-9 pm; Sun 10am-5:30 pm
The Children's Muum of Indianapolis
The Children's Muum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's muum. Among the exhibits（展品）are a simulated（模拟的）Cretaceous dinosaur habitat（白垩纪的恐龙的栖息地）, a caroul（旋转木马）, a steam locomotive（蒸汽机车）and the glass sculpture（雕塑）Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling. The muum's focus is family learning; most exhibits are designed to allow children and families to actively take part in.
