2019年中考英語備考名師精品資料――閱讀理解

(14)
mark hartmann is in the third grade, but he cannot read or write. he makes loud sounds from his chair and waves his hands around his head all the time. he cannot listen for more than two minutes at a time. sometimes, he hits the other children. sometimes, he also hits his teacher. 
mark hartmann has autism(孤獨癥). his brain cannot organize(組織) and manage information clearly. he does not understand the world or the people around him.
the school principal(校長) says that the other children lose two much learning time when mark is in their classroom. she thinks mark can get a better education at a special program nearby. there, teachers know how to take care of students with autism.
but mark’s parents do not want him to go there. in fact, a law was made in 1988. it says that students with disabilities(殘疾) can be in regular(正常的) classes. this gives them the same chances for success as everyone else.
the hartmann used to live in chicago. mark went to regular classes there. mark had help from some special teachers, and the program was very good for him. “he was part of the school,” mrs. hartmann told reporters. “he also learned to hold hands with some of the children in his class.”
answer the questions.
1. how does mark act in the classroom?
  a. he cannot pay attention very well.
  b. he shouts from his chair.
  c. he hits other children.
  d. all of the above
2. paragraph 2 explains ______.
  a. autism  b. mark’s idea  c. mark’s school life
3. the 1988 law says that disabled students can have ______.
a. more chances than everyone else
b. fewer chances than everyone else
c. the same chances as everyone else
d. different chances from everyone else
5. what is good about the “special program” nearby?
  a. the teachers there know more about autism.
  b. it is close to mark’s home.
  c. mark likes the program.

(15)
trees are useful to men in three important ways: they provide them with wood and other products (產品), they give them shade (樹蔭), and they help to prevent drought and floods.
unfortunately,  in many parts of the world, men have not realized (功能) is the most important. in their eagerness (渴望) to make money form trees, some people have cut trees down in large numbers, only to find that without them they have lost the best friends they had. and besides (此外), they are usually too careless to plant and look after new trees, so the forests slowly disappear.
this doesn’t only mean that men will have fewer trees. the results are even more serious: where there are trees, their roots (根) break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in and also bind (固定) the soil, thus (因而) preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the rain falls and carrying away the rich top—soil. when all the top—soil is gone, nothing remains (剩下) but worthless desert.