2019中考英语阅读、首字母、短文语法选择精享新选（8）
一、阅读理解。
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（2019中考选练）
There are many reasons why I encourage people to travel, and I know that the experience will make one a better person.
I remember when I was traveling, I began to know the world better. The world is not just about me, my small town and home. Although you will meet different people from all over the world, you will realize that people are similar in their dreams, hopes and feelings. Enjoy exploring the different cultures, and you will also find that people are different in some of the things they do and how they live. Once you understand their ways, it will not be strange or scary. Often we read stories about other cultures in books. Only when we visit their areas, do we find that those stories are something wrong.
One thing you may find out is that there are problems all over the world. We can’t just get money to send to these areas and hope that will work them out. The world should get involved（干预） and help wherever there are problems. People everywhere should be given a chance. It is so easy to ignore （忽视） this if one does not travel or explore. One can look around and see that so many people have many challenges worse than ours. One can realize that sometimes our biggest problems are not that big after all.
On your journey you will meet lots of new friends. Talking to strangers and finding about their lives is a great way to spend your time. You will certainly be more confident after having to cope with problems and make many decisions along the way.
When you travel, you have to be on your own in some situations. You will surprise yourself by how well you can do that. All your special experiences could make an interesting book to read. It would be filled with all your adventures and special memories.
Traveling around and seeing so much happening in the world around us is a wonderful experience. If we could all just travel a little more and share our experiences, we would all be better people and the world would be a better place.
1.From Paragraph 2, we can learn that .
A.people around the world are the same in their hopes
B.books always tell us wrong stories about cultures
C.traveling can help us better understand the world
D.people in different places have strange living habits
2.According to Paragraph 3, we can help the areas in need by .
A.sending them money
B.offering them chances
C.looking around
D.giving them challenges
3.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A.People in the World Are Family
B.Traveling Helps One Make More Friends
C.People in the World Share One Dream
D.Traveling Makes One a Better Person
4.What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?
A.To share his travel experiences with other people.
B.To encourage more people to travel around.
C.To show how traveling can change the world.
D.To tell people how to travel around the world.
[主旨大意] 本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了旅行可以让一个人变得更好。旅行有助于更好地了解世界,发现世界上不同地方的人的不同需求,结交新朋友等。
1.C 细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知,旅行有助于我们更好地了解世界。
2.B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“People everywhere should be given a chance.”可知,我们可以通过为需要帮助的人提供机会来帮助别人。
3.D 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,文章主要论述了旅行可以让一个人变得更好。因此,最佳标题为“Traveling Makes One a Better Person”。
