2019中考英语短文语法选择、首字母、阅读优享新选（7）
一、阅读理解。
A
（2019中考科普环保类选练）
Pollution
Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.
Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution （污染）. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and polluted our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad to all living things in the world.
Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is call ed smog（烟雾）.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air.
We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.
Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.
1. Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because _______.
A. there were not any modern machines
B. there was no modern medicine
C. both A and B
D. there were not many people
2. What is the biggest problem in today’s life?
A. Water pollution B. Air pollution
C. Noise D. Pollution
3. The most serious kind of pollution is ________.
A. noise pollution B. air pollution
C. water pollution D. A, B and C
4. Factories must clean their water ________.
A. before they are thrown away
B. when they are thrown away
C. after it is thrown away
D. before it is thrown away
5. From the passage we know that ________.
A. a few years ago, there was no smog at all
B. today people don’t have to talk to each other in a loud voice
C. we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes’
D. people are making rules in order to fight pollution
参考答案CDBDD
B
阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的三个或四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
老兵
On Thanksgiving morning，I got up early to join the run in the local 5K. It was freezing so everyone was ready to run to stay warm.
On the side of the road was a man. It was obvious he was homeless, and most people pretended not to see him, I went over and talked with him. He told me that he was a veteran(军人) and had hoped he might be able to earn a few dollars to buy a Thanksgiving dinner.
It was time for the race so I told him I'd talk to him more later. I thought about this man during most of the race. He had asked me nothing, but I wanted to do something for him. But the money I had was not enough for a Thanksgiving dinner.
After the race I went back and talked with him, which attracted some strange looks from other runners. During our conversation I gave him the cash I had. Then he said something that I didn't expect. He said, “Thank you. I haven't really talked to anybody in a really long time.”
