2019中考英语选练（10）（阅读理解+完形填空+语法填空）
(限时:30分钟)
一、阅读理解。
A
阅读A、B、C三篇材料，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
What do you do if you don't get into your first choice of university? That's the question that faces thousands of students in Britain every year.
Many students turn to Clearing, an education agency that helps find university places for students at the last moment. If students don't have enough marks to get into their first choice of universities, Clearing tells them about places available at other universities, though they might have to study another subject.
But this year has seen a record number of students who want to study in universities. This means that there's been a fiecer competition for university places than usual. Education officials say six students competed for one place. It’s said almost 190,000 students still don't have a place in a university. That's a rise of over 46,000 students from last year.
Faced with these numbers, some students are going to be disappointed, others might be thinking of an interesting choice: studying abroad. The University of Nottingham, for example, is offering places in Ningbo, near Shanghai.
Because of the problems with university entrance, the UK's Higher Education Minister, David Willetts, encourages students to study at home or to learn one kind of skills, such as cooking, hairdressing and so on .
But some people say that rising university costs, less hope to find jobs in the future, and a drop in graduate recruitment（大学招生）mean it's the worst time to be a university student in the UK.
( ) 1. Thousands of _________ students don’t know what to do if they can’t enter their first choice of universities.
A. American B. Chinese C. Brazilian D. British
( ) 2. What does the underlined "place" mean? It means ______.
A. room B. playground C. chance D. location
( ) 3. What suggestion does David Willetts give to help solve the problems in university entrance?
A. To study abroad. B. To turn to Clearing.
C. To study at home. D. To turn to parents.
( ) 4. What is NOT the reason that makes it the worst time to be a university student in the UK?
A. British economic crisis (危机) B. Rising University costs.
C. A drop in graduate recruitment. D. less hope to find jobs in the future.
( ) 5. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Clearing, the key to university. B. University Disappointment.
C. Graduate recruitment. D. Studying abroad.
【参考答案】1—5、DCCAB
B
阅读下列短 文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and tried his best to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”
