1、中考英语阅读理解阅读下列短文，然后从 A、B、C 、D 四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。 阅读理解（1）ATicket Prices for Shanghai ExpoTimeTypesPre-sale（预售）Mar. 27，2009Jun. 30，2009Pre-sale Jul. 1，2009Dec. 31，2009Pre-sale Jan. 1，2010Apr. 30，2010Expo Session（期间）May. 1，2010Oct. 31，2010Peak Day Ticket（指定日门票）￥170 ￥180 ￥190 ￥200Standard Day Tic
2、ket（平日门票）￥130 ￥140 ￥150 ￥1603-Day Ticket ￥4007-Day TicketN/A（无）￥900Evening Ticket N/A ￥90()1IfJoewantedtobuythecheapestticketforPeakDay，hecouldbook（预定）oneduringAPre - sale BPre sale CPre sale DExpo Session()2OnMarch1，2010，SueboughttwoStandardDayticketsforherparents. She paid for them.A￥380 B￥300 C￥2
3、60 D￥180( )3It cost Thomas ￥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day.He probably bought it on AApril 23，2009 BAugust l，2009 CFebruary 2，2010 DMay 20，2010( )4Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo Her visit can last daysAone Bthree Cseven Dten( )5Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buy tickets on
4、ly after May 1，2010A. morning Bafternoon Cevening DmidnightB On February 3rd，1949， New York Harbor（港）was an exciting place Many people were there to greet a ship from FranceOn the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars（火车车厢）filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of AmericaThese boxc
5、ars were from the famous Merci Train（Merci：a French word meaning “thank you”）After World War II（二战），a lot of factories，roads and farms in France had been destroyedMany French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eatIn the winter of 1947，a train was sent across the United
6、States，stopping in cities and towns along the wayAt every stop，people gave whatever they couldFactories gave clothing and medicineFarmers gave foodFamilies gave moneyEven school children gave away their pocket moneyAll the things were then taken to France by shipBy 1949，the French had begun to recov
7、er（恢复）from the warThe Merci Train was their way of saying “thank you” to AmericaFrench people had filled the boxcars with giftsMost of them were personal，like hand - made toys，childrens drawings，or postcardsBut the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the giftsOn each car， the Fren
8、ch people had painted the pictures of all their 40 provinceswith an American eagle on the frontThe boxcars were taken to each state of America，where they were warmly greetedNow many of the states still keep their boxcarsGifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some museumsThe Merci Train
9、 came out of the war，but it now reminds the world that countries can also work together in peace( )6Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd，1949 to Awelcome the Merci Train Bmeet their familiesChave a big party Dstart a trip by ship( )7In 1947，a train stopped in cities across America
10、in order to Agive away clothing and food Bget more soldiers for the warCcollect things to help French people Dshow exhibitions from the museums( )8The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to（指） Athe American people Bthe French people Cthe boxcars Dthe gifts()9TheFrenchpeoplepaintedtheir40provincesandanAmericaneagleon
