2019中考英语阅读理解考前强化：adventurers

There have never been many adventurers. You van read stories about n called adventures. But they ere really businessn. There as sothing they anted----- a lady, or money, or a untry, or honor. And so they got it. But a true adventure is different. He starts ithout any special purpose. He is ready for anything he may et.

There have been many half-adventurers. And they ere great n. History is rich ith their stories. But each of them had a special purpose. They ere not folloers of true adventure.

In the big city of Ne York, Romance and Adventure are alays aiting.

As e alk along the street, they are atching us. We look up suddenly and see a face in a indo. The face seems to interest us strangely. Or in a quiet street, e hear a cry of fear and pain ing from a house here no one lives. A car takes us to a strange door, instead of to our on. The door opens and e are asked to enter. At every rner, eyes look toard us, or hands are raised, or fingers point. Adventure is offered.

But fe of us are ready to aept. We are ready to do only the things e do every day. We ish to do only the things that everyone else does. We move on; and so day e e to the end of a long quiet life. Then e begin to think. Then, hen it is too late, e are sorry that e have never knon true Romance and Adventure.

1. In the author’s opinion, there are ____ true adventures.

A. many B. fe C. no D. a fe

2. In hat ay does the author say a true adventure is different from a business man?

A. He is ready for anything he may et.

B. He is not interested in money.

C. He enjoys excitent hile a business man does not.

D. A true adventure is romantic, hile a businessman is dull.

3. Acrding to the passage, a cry of fear and pain ing from a house here no one lives in a quiet street ans____.

A. a number B. a fight C. ealth D. adventure

4. The passage doesn’t ntion it, but e can infer from the passage that hen most people et an offer of adventure, they ill ____.

A. gro angry but curious

B. aept the offer

C. gro embarrassed and reject the offer

D. be frightened and cry for help.

5. When do most people ish that they had knon romance and adventure?

A. When they are young.

B. When it involves a beautiful lady or handso man.

C. When sothing interests them strangely.

D. When they reach the end of a long quiet life.

The key :

3. B A D C D