一、中考英语阅读理解汇编
1．阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In 1845, a deadly dia struck the farms of Ireland, killing all the Lumper potato plants. In another place or time, the death of single crop species （物种） might not have been so important. But in Ireland, in 1845, people depended almost solely on the potato for food. The death of one species caud a terrible famine（饥荒）. Now, some scientists are worried that such a famine could happen again, but on a much wider scale.
Over the centuries, farmers have discovered thousands of different species of food crops. Each species has special qualities. Some can be grown in very hot or cold climates. Others are not affected by certain dias. However, you won't find many of the species in your local supermarket. To feed the ven billion people on Earth, most farmers today are growing only species of plants and farming only species of animals that are easy to produce in large numbers.
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For example, in the Philippines, there were once thousands of varieties of rice: now fewer than 100 are grown there. In China, 90 percent of the wheat varieties grown just a century ago have disappeared. Scientists believe that over the past century, we have allowed more than half of the world's food varieties to disappear.
One solution to this problem is to collect and store the eds （种子） as many different plant varieties as we can before they disappear. The idea was first suggested by Russian scientist Nikolay Vavilov. In the 1920s and 1930s, he collected around 400,000 eds from five contients. More recently, others are continuing the work he began.
In the U.S. state of Iowa, Diane Ott Whealy wanted to protect historic plant varieties, like the eds her great –grandfather brought to the U.S. from Germany more than a hundred years ago. She and her husband started a place called Heritage Farm, where people can store and trade eds.
More importantly, the people at Heritage Farm don't just store the eds; they plant them. By doing this, they are reintroducing foods into the marketplace that haven't been grown for years. The food species are not just special in terms of appearance or taste. They also offer farmers food solutions for the future, from the past.
礼服晚（1）What is this passage mainly about?
A. The need to protect different food species.
B. How to increa the number of food species.
C. The fact that many food species are dying out.
D. How to prevent food species from disappearing.
（2）Why are some scientists worried that such a famine could happen again?
A. Becau people depend on certain species of food crops.
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B. Becau the same deadly dia may attack crops again.
讲党课C. Becau the world's population is larger than that in 1845.
D. Becau farmers grow the same potatoes as tho in the past.
（3）The following ntence would best be placed at the end of ________.
Meanwhile, thousands of other species are dying out.
A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4
（4）What can we learn from the passage?
A. The dia spread very quickly and killed thousands of people in Ireland.
B. Around 80 percent of the rice varieties in the Philippines have disappeared.
C. People have been storing eds to save plane varieties for less than 100 years.
D. Heritage Farm is the first place in the U.S. for people to store and trade eds.
【答案】 （1）D
（2）A
（3）B
（4）A
【解析】【分析】主要讲了人们发现方法来阻止食物物种消失。
（1）主旨题。根据全文可知主要讲了人们发现方法来阻止食物物种消失，故选D。
（2）细节题。根据in 1845, people depended almost solely on the potato for food. The death of one species caud a terrible famine（饥荒）. Now, some scientists are worried that such a famine could happen again, but on a much wider scale.可知人们依赖单一的土豆或者食物，所以科学家担心饥荒再次来临，故选A。
（3）推断题。根据第二段However, you won't find many of the species in your local supermarket.在超市里不能发现这些物种，因为一些正在灭绝，故选B。
（4）细节题。根据But in Ireland, in 1845, people depended almost solely on the potato for food. The death of one species caud a terrible famine（饥荒）.可知疾病迅速蔓延，给爱尔兰的人们带去了饥荒，故选A。
【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题三种常考题型，细节题要注意从文中寻找答案；推断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息；主旨题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。
木瓜椰奶冻2．阅读表格，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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