2017河北省中考英語真題（閱讀理解C篇）

Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly(蝴蝶). The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis(蛹). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle(掙扎；奮斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can’t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.

When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father’s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

56. From the story we know that the butterfly can’t fly because ______.

A. it gets out by itself

B. the man feels sorry for it

C. it tries to challenge itself

D. the man helps it come out

57. Dennis’s example shows that successful people should ______.

A. overcome the difficulties

B. take up business early

C. become the leaders of tomorrow

D. sell clothes from door to door

58. The meaning of the underlined word “mature” in the passage is “________”.

A. wake up   B. give up   

C. grow up   D. bring up

59. What is the writer trying to do in this passage?

A. Describe where a butterfly comes from.

B. Encourage young people to face challenges.

C. Suggest how to become a successful businessman.

D. Explain what will happen if a person fails the exam.

60. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Successful People Have a Sense of Achievement.

B. Young People Must Develop Their Energy Actively.

C. Countries Should Continue to Become Successful.

D. Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People.

【答案】D A C B D

【解析】本文論述了挑戰(zhàn)在人生經(jīng)歷中的重要性，最終告訴人們：年輕人學會面對挑戰(zhàn)并戰(zhàn)勝挑戰(zhàn)非常重要。

56. D  細節(jié)判斷題。問題：從文章中我們知道，蝴蝶不能飛是因為_____。根據(jù)問題主句“the butterfly can’t fly”定位答案在第一段。根據(jù)文章敘述“Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly.”（人因為蝴蝶痛苦而感到遺憾，決定幫助它，人切斷繭，蝴蝶很容易的出來，但吃驚的是不能飛。）選項A. it gets out by itself它自己出來；B. the man feels sorry for it人因此感到遺憾；C. it tries to challenge itself它試圖挑戰(zhàn)自己；D. the man helps it come out人幫助它出來，結合文章語境及選項內(nèi)容可知，正確答案是D。

57. A  綜合判斷題。問題：Dennis的例子說明成功的人應該_____。根據(jù)Dennis的例子，定位答案在第二段。根據(jù)第二段結構，舉例是為了說明本段第一句的主題句，即“When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle.”（人們年輕時遇到并戰(zhàn)勝挑戰(zhàn)使他們強壯并準備面向生活，成功的人最成功之處是他們不得不掙扎。）選項A. overcome the difficulties戰(zhàn)勝困難；B. take up business early早早地開始生意；C. become the leaders of tomorrow成為明天的主人；D. sell clothes from door to door挨家挨戶的賣衣服，根據(jù)語境及選項判斷可知，選項B，C和D與文章論述不符，故正確答案是A。

58. C  語義推理題。問題：文章中劃線單詞“mature”的意思是_____。根據(jù)黑體位置定位答案需重點理解第二段，根據(jù)文章對Dennis 的敘述，上文“父親在他20歲時去世，父親的去世迫使他_____迅速?！甭?lián)系上下文及選項A. wake up起床；B. give up放棄；C. grow up成長；D. bring up提出；養(yǎng)育，可知，正確答案是C。

59. B  主旨理解題。問題：文章中作者試圖做什么？首先分析選項：A. Describe where a butterfly comes from.描述蝴蝶來自哪；B. Encourage young people to face challenges.鼓勵年輕人面對挑戰(zhàn)；C. Suggest how to become a successful businessman. 建議如何成為成功的商人；D. Explain what will happen if a person fails the exam.解釋如果一個人考試失敗將會發(fā)生什么。文章的主旨與中心句密切相關，分析文章結構可知，文章的中心句在最后一句“it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them”，故正確答案是B

60. D  主旨理解題。問題：文章最好的題目是什么？選項分析：A. Successful People Have a Sense of Achievement 成功的人有成就感；B. Young People Must Develop Their Energy Actively年輕人必須積極開發(fā)他們的能量；C. Countries Should Continue to Become Successful國家應該繼續(xù)變得成功；D. Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People年輕人人生中的挑戰(zhàn)成就最美人生，根據(jù)文章結構及中心理解，結合選項對比可知，正確答案為D。