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中考英语专项阅读理解特训（10篇） A The story of a famous scientist One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York. “Mr Einstein,” said the friend, “ it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!” “It doesn’t matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.” Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat. Once more his friend persuaded him to buy a new one. “There is no need now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known me.” 根据短文内容，回答问题。 1. Where did Albert Einstein met an old friend of his? ___________________________________________________________ 2. What did the friend want him to buy? ___________________________________________________________ 3. How about Einstein’s overcoat? ___________________________________________________________ 4. Did Einstein still wear the same old overcoat when he became a world-famous physicist? ___________________________________________________________ 5. What did Einstein say when the friend persuade once more him to buy a new overcoat? ___________________________________________________________ B How to keep the balance Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chicken. The farmers didn’t know what to do. Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help. “Kill the hawks,” the officials said, “We will even pay for them,” so the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks. The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain. How did this happen? Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn’t know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance. When people move into a new place, they often d