中考阅读理解的阅读材料的选取一般遵循三个原则：
1.阅读文章不少于三篇，阅读量在1，000单词左右；
2.题材广泛，包括科普，社会，文化，政治，经济等；
3.体裁多样，包阔记叙文，说明文，应用文等。
中考阅读理解考查的主要内容是：
1.考查掌握所读材料的主旨和大意的能力。
此类考查主旨和大意的题大多数针对段落(或短文)的主题，主题思想，标题或目的，其主要提问方式是：
1) Which is the best title of the passage?
2) Which of the following is this passage about?
3) In this passage the writer tries to tell us that______.
4) The passage tells us that______.
5) This passage mainly talks about_______.
2.考查把握文章的事实和细节的能力。
此类考查事实和细节的题目大多数是针对文章的细节设计的，其主要提问方式是：
1) Which of the following is right?
2) Which of the following is not mentioned?
3) Which of the following is Not True in the passage?
4) Choose the right order of this passage.
5) From this passage we know ________.
3.考查根据上下文猜测生词的含义的能力。
此类猜测词义的题目要求考生根据上下文确定某一特定的词或短语的准确含义。其主要提问方式是：
1) The word “ ” in the passage probably means ________.
2) The underlined word “It” in the passage refers to _______.
3) In this story the underlined word “ ” means ________.
4) Here “it” means________.
4.考查对阅读材料全篇的逻辑关系的理解，对文章各段，各句之间的逻辑关系的理解能力。
此类题目主要考查的是句语句之间，短语短之间的逻辑关系，其主要提问方式是：
1) Many visitors come to the writer’s city to ________.
2) Some shops can be built Donfeng Square so that they may _____.
3) Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _____.
4) Why did the writer get off the train two stops before Vienna station?
5.考查依据短文内容和考生应有的常识进行推理和判断的能力。
此类题目文章中没有明确的答案，需要考生再理解全文的基础上进行推理和判断。其主要提问方式是：
1) We can guess the writer of the letter may be a ______.
2) We can infer from the text that _______.
3) From the letters we’ve learned that it’s very _____ to know something about American social customs.
4) From the story we can guess ______.
5) What would be happy if …?
6.考查推断作者意图和态度的能力。
1) How did the writer feel at Vienna station?
2) The writer writes this text to ______.
3) The writer believes that ______.
4) The writer suggests that ______.
