文档介绍：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）
A
Ticket Prices for Shanghai Expo
Time
Types
Pre-sale（预售）Ⅰ
Mar. 27, 2009
～Jun. 30, 2009
Pre-sale Ⅱ
Jul. 1, 2009
～Dec. 31, 2009
Pre-sale Ⅲ
Jan. 1, 2010
～Apr. 30, 2010
Expo Session（期间）May. 1, 2010
～Oct. 31, 2010
Peak Day Ticket
（指定日门票）
￥170
￥180
￥190
￥200
Standard Day Ticket
（平日门票）
￥130
￥140
￥150
￥160
3-Day Ticket
N/A（无）
￥400
7-Day Ticket
￥900
Evening Ticket
N/A
￥90
（ ）1. If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day, he could book（预定）one during .
A. Pre - sale Ⅰ B. Pre – sale Ⅱ C. Pre – sale Ⅲ D. Expo Session
（ ）2. On March 1, 2010, Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents.
She paid for them.
A. ￥380 B. ￥300 C. ￥260 D. ￥180
（ ）3. It cost Thomas ￥160 to get a ticket for Standard probably bought it on .
A. April 23, 2009 B. August l, 2009 C. February 2, 2010 D. May 20, 2010
（ ）4. Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo. Her visit can last days.
A. one B. three C. seven D. ten
（ ）5. Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buy tickets only after May 1, 2010.
A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. midnight
B
On February 3rd, 1949, New York Harbor（港）was an exciting place. Many people were there to greet a ship from France. On the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars（火车车厢）filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America. These boxcars 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 destroyed. Many French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eat. In the winter of 1947, a train was sent across the United States, stopping in cities and towns along the way. At every stop, people gave whatever they could. Factories gave clothing and medicine. Farmers gave food. Families gave money. Even school children