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　　【中考后】吉林2016暑假阅读理解练习及答案
　　第一部分
　　（选自2016中考模拟题中的阅读理解）。阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。
　　No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 1900s. Jazz was a new kind of music, for America and the world, and New Orleans was its birthplace.
　　Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down, and at first only blacks played it. It was hard for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they, too, were playing jazz.
　　The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans, it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago, then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s, there were many jazz musicians, both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.
　　Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented（有才能的） but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big, good-natured smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became famous, he traveled around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy, especially at the beginning.
　　Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a kid, his parents separated, and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can readily be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote, “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”  
　　1. What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?
　　A. Who invented jazz.
　　B. Where jazz was invented.
　　C. When jazz was invented.
　　D. Why jazz was invented.
　　2. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to “        ”.
　　A. Jazz pioneers.             B. New styles.
　　C. White musicians.          D. Blacsicians. 
　　3. What made Louis Armstrong become the best jazz musician?
　　A. His talent and hard work.
　　B. His family bacnd.
　　C. His good sense of humor.
　　D. His big, good-natured smiles.
　　4. Which of the following best expresses Louis Armstrong’s attitude (态度) to life?
　　A. He laughs best who laughs last.
　　B. Failure is the mother of success.
　　C. When you smile, the world smiles back.
　　D. Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
　　5. What is the passage mainly about?
　　A. The development of jazz.
　　B. The influence of jazz on Americans.
　　C. The achievements of Louis Armstrong.
　　D. The development of jazz and its best musician.
　　参考答案1—5、BCACD
　　（选自2016中考模拟题中的阅读理解）。阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。
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