阅读理解
济宁真题剖析
(2018·山东济宁中考)
二、阅读理解(共15小题，计30分)
阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题的最佳答案。
A
Maps are pictures of places. You must have seen a map of the world, of your home country, and even of your home city. They show us towns, cities, roads, parks, schools, hospitals, and more.
There are also many other types(类型) of maps. Each gives a special kind of information. There are street maps, tourist maps, and even maps of the air and sea.
Here is a simple road map.
16．Which is the biggest town on the map?
A．Greentown. B．Bluetown.
C．Smalltown. D．Bigtown.
17．If you drive from Smalltown to Bluetown, which is the best way to choose?
A．M3. B．M13. C．M23. D．R67.
18.What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A．Ways to choose maps.
B．Ways to read maps.
C．Some types of maps.
D．The importance of maps.
B
It’ s that time of the yeargraduation. The end of school year is nearly in sight, and it’ s an especially big deal if you’ re finishing high school or college.
One amazing 16yearold Florida girl, Grace Bush, graduated from both high school and college this week! She actually got her college diploma before her high school diploma. How did she manage to do that?
“Hard work and great attention，” she told a local TV news station, “have made me succeed in doing high school and college at the same time.” She started taking college courses when she was just 13. She would often get up at 5：30 a．m. and go to bed after 11：00 p．m.
Doing both at the same time is a huge achievement, and it has also helped her family save money. She’ s one of the 9 children, all homeschooled until the age of 13. Her father is a math professor while her mother is a parttim e history teacher in a high school. Grace Bush has earned her college degree in law, with a near perfect GPA of 3.8 and she hopes to become a lawyer one day, although her parents expect her to teach at university. By the way, she also played basketball in her college team in her spare time.
19．In what way is Grace “amazing”？
A．She is a 16yearold Florida girl.
B．She finished high school this week.
C．She worked very hard at her lessons every day.
D．She graduated from both high school and college at 16.
