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江苏中考英语阅读专题练习 一 阅读理解 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面三篇短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Saturday, 17th March Today I got my dream job in New York! However, it’s far away from my home town and I’ve never visited New York before. Yesterday I took the train here and one of my workmates met me at the railway station. Then he showed me to the company. There they had a welcome party for me. Great! My company offered no living place, so I had to find somewhere to live. I stayed in a hotel while I looked for a new home. Sunday, 1st April I’ve found the perfect flat! It’s small but very nice. It’s near my office, so I can walk to work. The only problem is that it’s $1,000 a month. That’s too much for a young man like me! I’ve soon got used to the life here. I love it! There’s a supermarket nearby and some restaurants I can go to when I do not want to cook. My workmates and new neighbours are friendly. It’s April Fool’s Day today and I even played a trick on my neighbour next door. Cool! How did Daniel get to New York? What is Daniel’s flat like? A. It’s far away from his office. B. It’s quite cheap C. It’s very big. D. It’s very nice. What does Daniel NOT tell us? A. Whether he has visited New York before. B. Where he stayed before he found a flat. C. Why he had a party on April Fool’s Day. D. What his workmates and new neighbours are like. B Starting a stamp collection is easy and not very expensive. Before you start, you need to decide what kind of stamps you want to collect. Most people collect stamps that they are interested in: a certain country or an animal, a famous person or even a sport. Whatever you choose, you will find that there is a world of knowledge in stamps: you will learn about people, geography, building, history and culture. You can collect stamps from letters, ask your friends to let you have their old stamps, or you can buy used stamps. When you get a letter with a stamp on it, carefully cut out the stamp. Leave lots of