中考真题2025年四川省南充市阅读理解B-教育家伊莎贝尔生平
In 2019, a white-haired senior was awarded the Friendship Medal, the highest order of honor of China for foreigners. It was Isabel Crook. In her over a century of life, she spent more than 90 years in China and educated a large number of foreign language students for China.
In 1915, Isabel was born to a Canadian family in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1938, Isabel couldn’t wait to return to China. In 1947, she started to study the ongoing land reform (改革). A year later, she finished the study and accepted the invitation to stay in China for language teaching. From then on, Isabel started the journey of education in China.
One could hardly imagine the teaching conditions during a war. Isabel tried every way for mobile teaching. She asked her students to take small chairs so that she could give classes all over the places. She made different teaching methods to suit students’ different language levels. Without enough teaching materials, she could only collect articles from English newspapers and magazines. In spoken English teaching, Isabel asked students to watch her in a given conversation first. Since there were no tape recorders at school, she had to perform the conversation again and again.
Isabel retired in 1981, but she returned to Southwest China many times to help children from poor families. She also went to Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and other places to help with foreign language teaching. Isabel died in 2023 in Beijing.
1.1. When did Isabel start language teaching in China?
A In 1915.
B In 1938.
C In 1947.
D In 1948.
解析：选D。细节理解题。 根据文中“In 1947, she started to study the ongoing land reform (改革). A year later, she finished the study and accepted the invitation to stay in China for language teaching.”可知，1947年开始研究土地改革，一年后即1948年接受邀请留在中国进行语言教学。所以选D。
2.2. Why did Isabel ask her students to carry small chairs?
A She could give classes everywhere.
B She could protect students during the war.
C They could take a break when necessary.
D They could use chairs as teaching materials.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文中“She asked her students to take small chairs so that she could give classes all over the places.”可知，她让学生带小椅子是为了能在各个地方上课。所以选A。
3.3.What is special about Isabel’s spoken English class?
A She advised students to perform first.
B She used a tape recorder to teach.
C She showed the conversation to students.
D She asked students to role-play.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文中“In spoken English teaching, Isabel asked students to watch her in a given conversation first.”可知，在英语口语教学中，Isabel先让学生看她进行给定的对话，也就是向学生展示对话。所以选C。
4.4. Which words can best describe Isabel according to the text?
A Warm-hearted and honest.
B Hard-working and caring.
C Open-minded and strict.
D Easy-going and humorous.
解析：选B。推理判断题。从文中可知，战争时期教学条件艰苦，Isabel想尽各种办法教学，体现了她工作努力（hard - working）；她退休后多次返回中国西南地区帮助贫困家庭的孩子，还去内蒙古、宁夏等地帮助外语教学，体现了她有爱心（caring）。所以选B。
5.5. What is the text mainly about?
A The importance of English learning.
B The useful teaching methods.
C The difficulties during the war.
D The life of a great educator.
解析：选D。主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了Isabel Crook在中国的生活，包括她的出生、学习、教学经历以及退休后继续帮助贫困地区孩子等，整体是关于一位伟大教育家的生平。所以选D。