北京市中考英语英语阅读理解复习题(含答案)

2021年北京中考冲刺-回答问题类阅读理解专项练习（一）We need to be responsible for our environment. Being a frugal consumer(节俭的消费者) is one way to help. But, what exactly does that mean?Use It UpYou can use things up instead of wasting them. Squeeze that last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. Use the last little piece of soap. Don't throw away any bits of the biscuit at the bottom of the box.Wear It OutYou do not always need to have new things. Suppose your sneakers have broken laces, but they still fit you. Repair them and wear them longer. You don't have the latest iPhone until the old one doesn't work anymore. Then you can get a new one. Think twice before replacing something that still works.Make It DoWhen something you want is not on hand, look for something else that you already have to take its place. Suppose you are packing your lunch for tomorrow and want a butter sandwich. You are out of butter. Have a cheese sandwich instead so that you can use all of the cheese. Learn to fix broken toys instead of just throwing them away. With a little thought, you can make something do, instead of buying something new.Do WithoutThink about all those things that you would like to have. Do you really need them? How long will you really play with that new toy you saw on TV? Making the things that we want uses up your world's resources(资源). And, getting rid of the things we don't want any more takes up even more resources and space.1.Do we need to be responsible for our environment?2.How do we deal with the last little piece of soap?3.When do we need to get a new iPhone?4.What should we do when something we want is not on hand？5.What does the writer want to tell us?Keys:1.Yes.e the last little piece of soap/ Use it.3.The old one doesn't work anymore4.Look for something else that you already have to take its place.5.What we should do to be a frugal consumer , in order to be responsible for our environment.（三）This 12-year-old Girl Built a Robot to Find Plastics in the OceanAnna Du was walking along the beach when she noticed plastics there. She reached down to pick them up, and quickly realized there were many more tiny pieces than she could deal with. It seemed impossible to clean them all up.Du, 12 years old at the time, tried to solve the problem like any good scientist—first, by doing a little research. That’s how she learned that 8 million tons of plastics end up in the oceans every year.Then she got to work building something that could help solve the problem; aremote-operated vehicle(遥控潜水器), or ROV. Her ROV can move through water and find plastics on the ocean floor.The actually cool part of Du’s ROV is the detection(探测) system. She uses a camera along with three different kinds of light to find the plastics. She also uses visible(可见的) light to find unnatural colors that might make the plastics stand out.“She has a very good engineering sense to break down a problem like this and then go after it,” says engineer Casey Machado. “It sounds simple, but it’s a level of thinking that’s really amazing. ”Du started attending public events and workshops at a university when she was five years old, and so she picked up the engineering skills necessary to build her ROV. She says actually getting her ROV to move through water well was not easy. She failed many times, but she never gave up trying and testing.When asked about future plans, she mentions wanting to address the effects of climate(气候) change. “I think there are a lot of problems that could be solved with new inventions,” says Du.Du thanks her parents, who for years have taken her to student outreach activities, for supporting her interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). She says she hasbeen able to meet students and scientists there.“I know I want to be an engineer because I like building things to help solve world problems,” says Du. “But I’m not sure what kind of engineer I want to be yet.”1．What did Anna Du notice while walking along the beach?2．How old was Du when she did a little research to solve the problem?3．What can Du’s ROV do?4．Why does Du want to be an engineer in the future?5．What made Du succeed in building her ROV?Keys:1.She noticed plastics.2．At the age of 12. / When she was 12 years old.3．It can move through water and find plastics on the ocean floor.4．Because she likes building things to help solve world problems.5．Her good engineering sense to break down a problem, the engineering skills necessary to build it, her persistence(not giving up) and her parents' support.（另外答出the careful observation, the awareness of protecting the oceans也可酌情给分）（四）Huge Waves Destroying Arctic Ice Faster than ExpectedIce covers much of the Arctic Ocean（北冰洋）. Some pieces of ice are huge, like moving islands. As temperatures have increased, however, some of the ice has begun to disappear. Scientists have discovered huge waves（海浪）in the arctic waters.The waves were discovered by accident in May, 2010. Scientist Aleksey Marchenko and his students set out on a trip. They wanted to study the icy waters.On May 2, the ship traveled east and stopped next to a large chunk of ice around 50 miles from the small island of Hopen. Marchenko prepared to lead his students out onto the Ice."We were ready to go but when I went out, I discovered many cracks（裂缝）around," he remembers.He decided to move the ship deeper into the ice to keep safe. The farther in they went, he thought, the harder the ice would become. As they pushed forward, however, the ship experienced small waves, and then bigger ones. Soon, the waves broke up the ice around the ship intothousands of smaller pieces．Within an hour, Marchenko and his team saw a wave that was about 13 feet high. The ship's navigation（航行）system finally recorded the largest waves. They were more than 20 feet in height. The waves were so strong that they forced huge pieces of ice to jump up and down, breaking the ice into smaller pieces within just one hour. Scientists had never imagined that the process could happen so fast. The waves in these areas used to be small.The speed and force of the huge waves there makes it impossible to know in advance when they are coming. That could be dangerous for navigators and local communities who are unprepared for huge waves or depend on sea ice to protect them. Wildlife like polar bears and walruses that depend on sea ice to live is also in danger.Some scientists think people will soon see even bigger waves in these icy waters. As waves break up ice, the seas will become more open, and the waves will get even stronger. There are stormy times ahead.1.When did Marchenko and his students discover huge waves in the arctic waters?2.Why did Marchenko and his students set out on the trip?3.What did Marchenko decide to do to keep safe?4.How high were the largest waves recorded by the navigation system?5.What is Paragraph 7 mainly about?Keys:1.In May.2010.2.Because they wanted to study the icy waters.3.He moved the ship deeper into the ice.4.More than 20 feet.5.The damage of the huge waters to people and wildlife in Arctic.（五）When it comes to the letter grade on your test or homework, you might notice that there is no letter E. Have you ever thought about why that is so?In the A, B, C, D and F grading system, the first four letters are typically considered passing grades. An F in this system simply stands for“fail”.The word“fail”happens to start with the letter F, which seems to leave out the letter E. The fact”．Some schools have U grade for“unsatisfactory”,orI grade for “incomplete”.Even with all this said, we should also point out that E grade actually has beenused pretty commonly throughout the history of letter grades in the US.The first college in the US to use a letter grading system like the ones we use today is Mount Holyoke College. In 1897,they began to use the following grading scale:A: 95-100%(excellent) B: 85-94%(good) C: 76-84%(fair)D: 75%(barely passed) E: below 75%(failed)We can see the inclusion of E instead of F.Gradually,the letter grading system became more popular throughout the US. However, many schools decided to drop the E grade and go straight to F.There is no evidence(证据) to really support this,but one possible explanation is that teachers were worried that some students and parents might mistake E for “excellent”.Why do we have letter grades? Well,part of the reason is that they made grading simpler during a time of great change for schools. As the 20th century began,growing cities and an increase in immigration led to larger school classrooms. Most teachers at that time thought this new letter grading system was an easy,fair and clear way to grade students.Today,more and more people argue that letter grades don’t fully reflect(反映) student learning。

北京中考英语试卷英语阅读理解题分类汇编(附答案)一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷1．阅读理解One day, while I was waiting for my father, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been set free from some sort of prison(监狱) . The boy would then fall to the grass, get up, without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.At that moment, I thought to myself, "Why aren't most adults this way?" Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don't even make a second attempt. They would be so embarrassed that they would not try again if someone saw them fall. Or, because they fall, they would find a good excuse for themselves that they're not fit for it. They would end up being too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure(失败) .However, with kids, when they fall down, they don't consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a learning experience. They try again and again until they succeed. The answer must be that they have not connected "falling down" with the word "failure". What's more, they probably think to themselves that it's quite okay to fall down and that it's not wrong to do so. In other words, they allow themselves to make mistakes, so they remain energetic.I was deeply impressed by the boy's persistence(坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.（1）What did the little boy do when he fell down?A. He cried and lay on the grass.B. He asked his mother for help.C. He got up and went on running.D. He got up and stood there crying.（2）In the writer's opinion, what might the little boy regard his falling down as?A. A failure.B. A joke.C. An interesting game.D. A learning experience.（3）In the writer's opinion, why can't many adults succeed?A. Because they are afraid of being embarrassed.B. Because they can't find a good excuse.C. Because once they fail, they won't attempt again.D. Because they don't allow themselves to make mistakes.（4）The underlined word " attempt" in Paragraph 2 means .A. 尝试B. 放弃C. 面对D. 怀疑（5）What does the writer want to tell us?A. Practice makes perfect.B. Failure is the mother of success.C. All roads lead to Rome.D. Each coin has two sides.【答案】（1）C（2）D（3）C（4）A（5）B【解析】【分析】大意：本文讲述的是作者的一次观察男孩跌倒后自由奔跑所得到的启示。

阅读理解(一) 辅导的益处+书籍与成长+机器人宠物A[2019·通州一模]Have you ever helped younger children with their reading, writingor maths? Do you think it helpful for yourself? According to a studyin the US, student tutoring (辅导) wins easily over puterizedinstruction.Now the idea is spreading in Britain. Throughout this term, a group of 14-year-old teenagers at Trinity prehensive School spend an hour a week helping children at a nearby primary school with their reading. All the teenage tutors have some lessons which help them to catch up with their classmates at school. Although their intelligence (智力) is around average (平均), they have fallen behind on reading, writing and maths.Jean Bond, from Warwick University, says that the main benefit of tutoring is that it helps bui ld up the teenage tutors’ self-esteem(自尊). “The younger children e rushing up every time and wele them. It makes the teenage tutors feel important. However, in normal school lessons, they often feel unable to deal with their schoolwork. The teenage tutors need practice in reading, but if they have to do it in their own classes, they would say it is for kids and they get embarrassed(尴尬的)whenever they have to do it. They are struggling (挣扎) at school themselves, so when the younger ones can’t learn, they know exactly why.”The teenage tutors’ own reading has improved as a result of reading stories aloud to the younger children. Their view of education is changed. They have bee more sympathetic (赞同的) to their own teachers’ difficulties because they are frustrat ed (沮丧的) themselves when the younger children behave in a silly way.The younger children get special attention from their patient tutors and they speak warmly of them. “He doesn’t shout like our teachers,” says eight-year-old Jenny. Yet, her tutor Jack sees himself as a strict teacher.In the seven weeks of the experiment the teenage tutors have improved their reading and have received more recognition and feelings of worth than before. The younger children have made greatprogress in reading skills by the end of the experiment.1.According to Jean Bond, tutoring makes the teenage tutors . ( )A.get embarrassed easilyB.fail to deal with schoolworkC.feel good of themselvesD.know why they can’t learn2.What can we learn from the passage? ( )A.Student tutoring first started at schools in Britain.B.The teenage tutors are weak in their own studies at school.C.The younger children think the teenage tutors are strict with them.D.The experiment helps the younger children understand their teachers better.3.The writer’s main purpose in writing this passage is to tell .( )A.self-esteem is the key to one’s successB.children should get special attentionC.the purpose of education is changedD.teaching is a good way to learnB[2019·西城二模]Research has already suggested that opening a book may help improve brainfunction and reduce stress. Now, a team led by Joanna Sikora of the AustralianNational University is looking into the benefits of growing up around abook-filled environment; the researchers’ ne w study suggests that homes with libraries can arm children with skills that last well into adulthood.The study looked at data from 160, 000 adults from 31 countries, including the United States, Australia, Turkey and Chile. Participants(参与者) filled out surveys with the Programme for the International Assessment of petencies, which measures proficiency(水平) in three areas: literacy(读写能力), numeracy and information munication technology. People, 25 to 65 years old, were asked to tell how many books were in their house when they were 16 years old. The research team was interested in this question because home library size can be a good sign of “book-orientedsocialization”. Participants were able to choose from a given range of books that included everything fr om “10 or less” to “more than 500”.The surveys, which were taken between 2011 and 2015, showed that the average(平均的) number of books in participants’ childhood homes was 115, but that number varied widely from country to country. The average library size in Norway was 212 books, for example; in Turkey, it was 27. In all, however, it seemed that more books in the home were linked to higher proficiency in the areas tested by the survey.The effects were most marked when it came to literacy. Growing up with few books in the home resulted in below average literacy levels. Being surrounded by 80 books raised the levels to average, and literacy continued to improve until libraries reached about 350 books, at which point the literacy rates leveled off. The researchers saw similar things when it came to numeracy; the effects were not as pronounced with information munication technology tests, but skills did improve with increased numbers of books.So, what does the new study tell us? For example, an adult who grew up with hardly any books in the home, but went on to get a university degree pared to an adult who grew up with a large home library, but only had nine years of schooling. The study found that both of their literacy levels were almost the same. “So, literac y-wise, bookish childhood makes up for a good deal of educational advantage,” the study authors write.Further research is needed to decide exactly why exposure to(接触) books in childhood encourages valuable skills later in life, but the study offers further evidence to suggest that reading has a powerful effect on the mind. And home library size might be important because, as the researchers note, “Children emulate(模仿) parents who read.”4.The second paragraph is mainly about . ( )A.what the study found outB.how the study was carried outC.who were invited to the researchD.why the researchers did the study5.The phrase “leveled off” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ ”.( )A.backed to averageB.started fallingC.continued to growD.stopped rising6.The example in Paragraph 5 shows . ( )A.the disadvantage of having little school educationB.the effect of having a home library in childhoodC.the necessity of raising people’s literacy levelD.the importance of getting a university degree7.What can we learn from the passage? ( )A.The study explained why bookish childhood encouraged valuable skills.B.Adults benefit more from a home library than children.C.Home library size has little to do with numeracy level.D.Parents who love reading benefit children a lot.C[2019·西城二模]Robotic PetsI am going to predict how people are going to be with future technology in their life. I think robotic pets are going to be increasingly popular as the technology develops. At least I am going to build what I think is a strong case for this prediction.From a neurological point of view, I do not see anything in the way to people bonding(建立互信关系) fully with robotic pets. The human brain can attach(赋予) emotions to things and respond to emotional signaling. Being alive is simply not required. From how objects move, our brains infer that they are able to act with their own will and purpose. If they move in a way that cannot be explained simply as passive(被动的) movement, then they must be moving on their own. Therefore, they can connect to the emotional centers in our brains. We either fear them, or love them, or hunger for them, or whatever. We can respond emotionally with cartoon creatures, with animals, and yes, even with robots. Our brains treat things that act alive as if they are alive—no different.One of the opposite points that people often bring up is that they love the way their pets behave, not just look. This gets to AI, which has been developing at a fast pace. We have AI that can beatworld masters in chess and go. I have no doubt we can build AI to mimic(模仿) the behavior of dogs and cats, if not now then probably within a generation.So we will have no problem fully emotionally bonding with a robotic pet. But this doesn’t mean we would prefer such a pet. One argument against robotic pets is that they will be expensive pared to a live pet—but this is likely not to be true forever. Living pets need to be fed, and they need at least basic medical care, and they may need to be boarded at times. Also, people spend hundreds of dollars on pets, or thousands of dollars on pure bred species. Robotic pets will finally cost less in total than biological ones.But let’s get to the real reason people will prefer robotic pets at last. The possibilities for building in useful technology are endless. An advanced robotic pet could also serve as a defensive and alarm system. You could recharge your cell phone off their batteries. They could be a walking cell phone. They would be excellent panions for the elder, affording them more independence for longer. This in itself would be a huge cost saving—anything that keeps people out of a nursing home is cost effective.Imagination is really the only limitation, once you have the basics of a working robot. When the technology crosses a certain limit, this will be a thing. Future generations may consider keepinga living animal in your home as primitive(原始的) and cruel. They may have a point.8.Why can we bond fully with robotic pets? ( )A.They can respond to our reactions.B.They can move actively and freely.C.Our brains can treat things differently.D.Our brains can attach emotions to them.9.According to the passage, we know that . ( )A.robotic pets will be cost effective in the futureB.present AI can mimic all the behavior of live petsC.the elder prefer to have robotic pets as panionsD.the young think it primitive and cruel to keep live pets10.The writer probably agrees that . ( )A.live pets will serve us betterB.it is easier to keep live pets at homeC.technology ensures robotic pets a bright futureD.imagination limits the development of robotic pets【参考答案】ABC[主旨大意] 本文是一篇说明文,主要讲述了随着技术的发展,机器人宠物将会有更美好的未来。

中考英语《阅读理解》复习专项练习题（含答案）For almost 100 years, the Winter Olympics has been a celebration of snow and ice sports around the world. It is a special event that only happens once every four years.Although the Winter Olympics started with just five sports across nine disciplines (项目) in France in 1924, it has grown to include seven sports across 15 different disciplines and has been hosted in 12 countries across three continents (大陆). In 2022, for the first time ever in the Games’ history, Beijing will become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.China has come a long way and achieved many goals since it took part in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 1980. In this short period of time, China’s players have won medals in six of the event’s sports. Short track speed skating (短道速滑) has been an area of expertise (专长) for China.China’s love for winter sports has been growing. The Ministry of Education has set a goal of building 5,000 special schools by 2025 to improve winter sports education.The government has also been encouraging primary and middle schools to add winter sports to their subjects. Many provinces and cities have already acted on this suggestion. Classes will be set up in schools in northern China to improve interest in winter sports. In southern China, schools can work with ice rinks (溜冰场) and winter sports clubs.Beijing has already set a good example. It is reported that nearly 840,000 students in the city have begun taking winter sports lessons, including skating and skiing lessons.1．In 2022, Beijing will host the ________Winter Olympics .A．1st B．9th C．10th D．24th2．In the second paragraph, what does “ it ”refer to “________” ?A．Winter Olympics B．sports C．disciplines D．France 3．What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “ act on ”?A．对……起作用B．实施C．作用于D．立即行动4．In southern China, how do school develop winter sports?A．Build classes in schools. B．Take winter sports lessons in schools. C．Work with society groups. D．Take part in the Winter Olympics. 5．What can we learn from the text?A．More and more Chinese people like winter sports.B．There is more than one city to host the Summer and Winter Olympics.C．China only took part in the Winter Olympics nine times.D．The government encourages all schools to add winter sports to their subjects.Fast food is popular in the United States, because for under $5.00, you can usually get a good meal. And it is quick and easy to take.Now fast food changes Chinese people’s lifestyle so much. People’s life becomes better an d better. So more people in cities have money to eat outside. Some people think eating fast food means you live a modern life. The young people and kids’ favorite fast food are hamburgers, chicken and cola. You can buy them in many places. At weekends, parents like to take their children to fast food restaurants. People order their food, wait a few minutes, and take it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of restaurants and eat it in their cars or at their homes.Fast food is quick, but it has lots of fat. If you cat too much fast food for a long time, it is not good for your health. So we should eat less fast food and eat more healthy food such as fruit and vegetables.6．Why do more Chinese people in cities eat outside?A．Because they can get a good meal for under $ 5.00.B．Because their life becomes better and better.C．Because fast food is quick and easy to take.D．Because they want to live a modern life.7．What are young people and kids’ favorite fast food?A．Hamburgers, chicken and coffee.B．Hamburgers, chicken and cola.C．Hamburgers, meat and coffee.D．Hamburgers, meat and cola.8．Where does people eat their fast food?A．At fast food restaurants or out of fast food restaurants.B．Out of fast food restaurants.C．At their homes.D．At fast food restaurants.9．What does the underlined word “fat” mean in Chinese?A．肥肉B．油腻的C．肥胖的D．脂肪10．Which is NOT true?A．Parents like to take their children to fast food restaurants.B．We should eat less fast food.C．Fast food is good for people’s heal th.D．Fast food changes Chinese people’s lifestyle so much.Hip-hop dancing (街舞) is popular with many young people today. They like it because they can invent their own moves (动作). They use this dance to show their love for life. It also shows that they feel good about life, that they just want to be themselves and enjoy life, and that they are not afraid of challenges (挑战).Hip-hop dancing has a history of more than 30 years. It first began in the 1980s in the US. In early times, it was seen in New York and Los Angles. At that time, many young black people often danced to the music in the street. They used their legs, arms, heads and even shoulders to dance. Many young people still use most of these moves today.Hip-hop dancing became popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flash-dance. Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in the movie. People enjoyed their performance. They began to dance like them. Then it became popular. There are two kinds of Hip-hop dancing: new school and old school. More and more young people are learning Hip-hop dancing. People believe that it is a good way to exercise their bodies, and that it is good for their health.11．Young people like Hip-hop dancing because ________.A．it has a history of more than 20 years B．it first began in the USC．they can invent their own moves D．many young black people often dance it 12．In the 1980s, people can see hip-hop dancing ________.A．in the movies B．in the streets C．in old schools D．in new schools13．The young black people used their ________ to dance at that time.A．Legs B．heads C．arms and shoulders D．all of the above 14．Hip-hop dancing became popular all over the world because of ________.A．a movie B．its history C．its moves D．a famous dancer 15．Which of the following is true about Hip-hop dancing?A．It’s not a good way to exercise.B．It shows that young people feel bad about life.C．Young people use this dance to show their love for life.D．It shows that young people are afraid of problems.①When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.②People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Everything else seems blurry (=unclear). Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near-sighted.③People who are far-sighted(远视) suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses, too.④Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.⑤Having two good eyes is important for judging(判断) distances(距离). Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle. To prove this to yourself, look at an object out of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.16．We should look after our eyes well ________.A．only when we can see well B．only when we cannot see perfectly C．even though we can see well D．only when we know how important our eyes are17．When things far away seem unclear, one is probably ________.A．near-sighted B．far-sightedC．astigmatic D．suffering from cataracts18．Having two eyes instead of one is especially useful for ________.A．seeing at night B．seeing objects far awayC．looking over a wide area D．judging distances19．Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage?A ．B ．C ．D ．Sports play an important role in teenagers’ li ves. They help teenagers keep fit and teach them teamwork. Four teenagers from different countries talk about their sports.Li Yue ChinaI do many sports, but my favourite is table tennis. I play table tennis in aclub at the weekend and I'm quite good at it. On Saturday I teach someyounger children to play table tennis, and that’s good fun.Sophie, BritainMy sport is rugby. I play for the U15s, the team for players under the ageof 15. My team always plays a match on Saturday or Sunday, and I usuallygo to practice games three times on weekdays. It’s hard work, but it’snever boring!Ben, CanadaI love the snow and the mountains. In the holidays, I always go to themountains with my family. I go snowboarding with my sister and otheryoung people every day, and I’m getting really good. I want to be afamous snowboarder one day.Laura, AmericaI started running when I was really young. When I was 13, I joined a cluband started taking part in competitions. I have never won a race, but I’mimprov ing all the time. That’s the most important thing for me. I’ve alsomade many friends since joining the club.20．Who is good at playing table tennis?A．Li Yue. B．Sophie. C．Ben. D．Laura.21．What does Sophie always do at the weekend?A．Play a match. B．Go snowboarding.C．Go to practice games. D．Practice running in a club.22．What's the most important thing for Laura?A．Winning races. B．Enjoying the sport.C．Making friends. D．Improving all the time.Many parents think that their children’s bedrooms are too untidy. Maybe they’re right, but an untidy bedroom isn’t always a bad thing. For example, young people with untidy bedrooms are usually very creative. They are good at subjects like English, art and even at math. That can be the result when children use their heads to think about how to solve a problem.This doesn’t mean that a bedroom should always be untidy. Cleaning up a bedroom once a month, for example, is usually enough and makes people use their imagination (想象力) more. Children who have untidy bedrooms often remember details.Children should clean their own rooms because this is part of their jobs but not always theparents’. Part of growing up is learning to care for yourself and be able to make your own decisions. These children often do better in life because they’ve learned how to spend free time.Also, sometimes children will have a surprise when they clean their rooms. They may get excited when they find ¥50 under the bed or find their gifts under the quilts.It’s important for children to improve their own personality (个性) and an untidy bedroom can be part of this.23．According to the writer, children with untidy rooms _________.A．are usually very lazy B．are usually very smartC．like to use their heads D．like to clean their rooms24．According to Paragraph 3, we can infer that children who often clean rooms _________. A．will become cleaners B．have new jobs to doC．will be better persons D．may get more gifts25．The structure of the passage may be ________.A．B．C．D．26．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Who Can Help the Children Clean the Bedroom?B．What Are Children With Untidy Rooms Like?C．How Can Children Clean Their Rooms?D．Why Is an Untidy Room Helpful For Children?There was a chi ld ready to born. So one day he asked God, “They tell me you are sending meto earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”God replied. “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will tak e care of you.”But the child wasn’t sure he really wanted to go. “In heaven (天堂), I don’t do anything but sing and smile, and that’s enough for me to be happy.”“Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be happy.”“And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don’t know the language that men speak?” the child asked.God patted him on the head and said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.” “I’ve heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me?”“You angel will protect you even if it means risking her life!”At that moment there was much peace in heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard. The child knew he had to start on his journey (旅行) very soon. He asked God one more question, softly. “Oh God. if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.”God touched the child on the shoulder and answered. “You angel’s name is not hard to remember. You will simply call her mummy.”27．Who will take care of the child?A．Nobody. B．The God. C．The angel God chose. D．The God’s friend.28．How did the child feel before he came to the earth?A．Excited. B．Helpless. C．Sad. D．Surprised. 29．What will happen if the child doesn’t know the language that men speak?A．The child will teach himself to speak. B．God will teach him to speak.C．The men will teach him to speak. D．The angel Mummy will teach him to speak. 30．Where may you read this passage?A．In a newspaper. B．In a science fiction book.C．In a travel magazine. D．In a story book.31．What can we know from this passage?A．God can protect you anytime.B．The angel beside you is your mother.C．Everyone has an angel in the heaven.D．An angel is coming to the earth together with the child.There is a saying in China, “If you haven’t been to Chaozhou, you haven’t really been to Guangdong.”The Chaozhou language is different to the Mandarin（普通话）spoken in the rest of China and there is no written form（形式）of it. It is passed from generation（一代）to generation only as the spoken word.Food, art and everything else about the city also has a flavor that can’t be found in the rest of China. This makes Chaozhou a great place to experience something different and yet still very Chinese.Here are some main attractions:Guangji Bridge, which crosses the Hanjiang River in the east of the city, was the world’s first bridge that can be opened and closed.Kaiyuan Temple, this palace-like courtyard was first built in 738 AD, but the present（现有的）building, which is made of wood and stone, is about 200 years old.Memorial Arch Street（牌坊街）is the longest street of its kind in China with 23 memorial arches.Each arch has a touching story. The oldest of the arches dates back to（始于）1517 and the newest to 1785.Seafood is a main feature of Chaozhou cuisine（风味）. Duck and goose are also local favorites. For snacks try the city’s fried spring rolls or beef balls. If you end up visitin g a local family you can be sure of a cup of Gongfu tea. In the evening take in some Chaozhou opera,which began around 500 years ago.32．What can we learn about Chaozhou language?A．It is similar to the Mandarin. B．There are many written rules of it.C．It is just popular with the old generation. D．It is passed from generation to generation. 33．The underlined word “flavor” in Paragraph 3 means” in Chinese..A．味道B．香料C．特色D．像……的想法34．Besides（除……之外）seafood, local people like________ best.A．duck and goose B．duck and beef ballsC．goose and fried spring rolls D．fried spring rolls and beef balls 35．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?A．The courtyard of Kaiyuan Temple was first built in 738 AD．B．Guangji Bridge was the world’s first bridge.C．You can read 23 touching stories in Memorial Arch Street.D．Chaozhou opera began around 500 years ago.36．This passage is most probably from________.A．a travel guide B．a science book C．a news website D．a school magazineThis is Kate’s room. There is a b ig bed, a table, a computer and some chairs in it. There is a hat and some books on the table. There is a picture on the wall. Kate is in the room. She is looking at the picture. Her father and mother are in the school. They teach students English. They work hard.37．What’s in the room?A．Only a bed. B．Only a table.C．Only some chairs. D．A bed, a table, a computer and some chairs. 38．Who is at home?A．Kate’s father.B．Kate’s mother.C．Kate’s brother.D．Kate.39．What are Kate’s father and mother?A．Teachers B．Students C．Friends D．At home40．On which page can you read about animals that fly?A．Page 1. B．Page 7. C．Page 10. D．Page 13. 41．The Table of Contents may be from the book ________.A．At the Park B．At My House C．At the Zoo D．In My SchoolThe Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There are a lot to do.On New Year’s Eve, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorite dish on this day is dumplings. Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.The color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of red packets. Usually, older people give younger ones red packets. They think it brings good luck.The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy, so don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For example, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out. Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.42．What do most people do on New Year’s Eve?A．Family members gather for a big meal. B．Friends eat dumplings together.C．They borrow money from friends. D．They give each other red packets. 43．Why do people clean their houses before the Spring Festival?A．Because they enjoy being clean.B．Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.C．Because they think it will bring happiness to others.D．Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.44．Which of the following things is NOT supposed to happen during the Spring Festival? A．Returning money before the Spring Festival.B．Saying any bad words or doing anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. C．Wearing red clothes.D．Decorating houses with red paper.45．What does t he underlined phrase “running out” probably mean?A．跑出去B．打碎C．过期D．耗尽46．Which is true according to the passage?A．The Spring Festival is a time of harvest and fun.B．The Spring Festival is celebrated for one whole month.C．The Spring Festival is only celebrated in China.D．The Spring Festival is a time for families to get together.I like listening to music when I’m free. My favorite song is Another World by One Direction.I also like reading books and one of my favorites is Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling. Then I love going skating with my sister and sometimes I play tennis.—Frank Free time? I do a lot of activities and I like sports best. For example, I ride the bicycle around the neighborhood, play tennis with my brother and run around the park. Sometimes, I go swimming. I love reading, too. I usually read storybooks.—BenMy favorite activity is riding my bike in my free time. I moved to Cambridge about a year ago. A lot of people ride bikes here. So I decided to buy one. At first I just rode around the city by myself. Then I found that there was a really good biking club. So I joined it and started going out with people in the club most Saturdays.—Helen In my free time, I draw and paint. Painting is a good way to show myself. Oil painting (油画) i s my favorite. I paint flowers, trees and animals a lot. I want to be an oil painting artist when I’m older.—Michelle 47．Another World is a ________.A．book B．song C．club D．painting 48．What can we know about Ben?A．He loves sports. B．He doesn’t like read ing.C．He doesn’t have much free time.D．He is the only child in his family. 49．Now Helen usually rides her bike ________.A．to go outing B．around the city by herselfC．to work in Cambridge D．with people in the biking club50．________ wants to be an artist.A．Ben B．Helen C．Michelle D．Frank 51．Which of the following questions may the four people answer?A．When are you usually free?B．How often do you play sports?C．What’s your favorite weekend activity?D．What do you like to do in your free time?Somebody is calling for help in the water. You want to jump in and save them but that might put you in danger. What do you do?Soon this won’t be your problem anymore because a robot swimmer called Swumanoid will be on-hand to help.Scientists from Japan created this robot to swim like an Olympic athlete. They mapped the swimmer’s body and how every part moves, so the robot could swim exactly as a human does.Swumanoid can swim the backstroke (仰泳) and the front crawl (自由泳) at a speed of 0.64 meters a second, which is a third of the human world record according to the Daily Mail (每日邮报).Motomu Nakashima, the leader of the study, hopes that robots like Swumanoid can act as lifesavers in the future, helping those in trouble.Besides saving lives, Swumanoid can also be used in swimming research. It can test water resistance (阻力) and work out how people swim. The information collected is expected to help scientists find ways to improve a swimmer's skills.Unlike human swimmers, robots don’t get tired from doing the same stroke (泳姿) again and again, so they do not slow down. Thus, they can collect information more correctly.But the robot is not yet ready to take the place of lifesavers by the pool. Scientists say there are still certain things that need to be improved, such as the motors and waterproofing (防水的) design.52．Swumanoid can swim exactly as a human does because _________.A．it was created by an Olympic swimmerB．it can follow the way swimmers moveC．it can swim the way real swimmers moveD．it can help people who are drowning53．Swumanoid can collect information more efficiently because ________.A．it can do many types of strokes B．it can swim as fast as world record-holders C．it won’t feel tired and never slows down D．it doesn’t feel water resistance54．How many uses for the robot swimmers are mentioned in the passage?A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.55．The story is written to ________.A．introduce the swimming robot SwumanoidB．describe how lifeguards do their workC．show how swimming robots are builtD．explain different swimming skillsJack gets a call from his grandma on a Saturday morning. “Please come to visit me. Bring a cabbage with you.” says Grandma. “Why do you want me to bring a cabbage?” Jack asks. “You will see.” says Grandma.There are many kinds of vegetables in Jack’s garden (花园). He gets a cabbage from there. Then he goes to Grandma’s house.When Jack arrives, he sees all his cousins are there, too. They also get vegetables from their gardens. Alan opens his bag. He puts some potatoes on the table. Jane puts some carrots and onions on the table. Sam and Pat have some tomatoes.Jack plays happily (高兴地) with his cousins in Grandma’s house. Grandma washes the vegetables and cuts them into small pieces. She makes delicious pizza (披萨饼) with them. “Does anyone want some pizza?” Grandma says. “Me, Me!” all children say happily.56．Grandma asks Jack to ________.A．make pizza for dinner B．visit herC．visit his cousins D．buy some potatoes57．Jack has ________ cousins.A．two B．three C．four D．five58．Al an takes some ________ to Grandma’s house.A．potatoes B．tomatoes C．carrots D．onions 59．Which of the following is TRUE?A．Jack lives with his grandma.B．Jack’s cousins are good at cooking.C．Jack doesn’t want pizza.D．Jack gets a cabbage from his garden.60．What is the best title (最佳标题) for this passage?A．Jack’s garden B．How to make pizzaC．Grandma’s surprise (惊喜) D．Delicious pizzaKaren and her best friend Dorothy were happy because they planned to go to London on vacation this weekend. They bought their plane tickets (票) and booked (预订) the hotel twoweeks ago.The exciting weekend came. Karen and Dorothy arrived at London Heathrow Airport (机场) early on Saturday morning. They took the bus from the airport to the hotel. The hotel was great and there were a lot of trees around it. Karen and Dorothy were tired when they got to the hotel, so they had some sleep first. After about one and a half hours, they went out and took the sightseeing (观光) bus. They enjoyed the two-hour bus trip very much. After that, Karen and Dorothy went to a restaurant. They had a great dinner there. After dinner, they went back to the hotel. Karen and Dorothy were tired but they didn’t want to stay at the hotel. They took a walk around the hotel and enjoyed the night streets.On Sunday Karen and Dorothy got up early and had breakfast in a small restaurant. The exciting trip started again. They did some shopping. They visited the museums and took a lot of photos. It was a really excellent weekend!61．How did Karen and Dorothy get to London?A．By bus. B．By train. C．By plane. D．By car. 62．What did Karen and Dorothy do first when they got to the hotel?A．They slept. B．They had dinner.C．They watched TV. D．They took a shower.63．How long was the bus trip?A．One hour. B．One and a half hours.C．Two hours. D．Two and a half hours.64．What did Karen and Dorothy do on Saturday evening?A．They took photos. B．They went shopping.C．They went to the clubs. D．They walked around the hotel.65．Karen and Dorothy thought their weekend was ________.A．boring B．excellent C．scary D．lucky参考答案1．D2．A3．B4．C5．A6．B7．B8．A9．D10．C11．C12．B13．D14．A15．C16．C 17．A18．D19．A20．A21．A22．D23．C24．C25．A26．D27．C28．B29．D30．D 31．B32．D33．C34．A35．B36．A37．D38．D39．A40．D41．C42．A43．B44．B 45．D46．D47．B48．A49．D50．C51．D52．C53．C54．B55．A56．B57．C58．A 59．D60．C61．C62．A63．C64．D65．B。

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北京中考英语阅读练习题(一)More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.One day the Prince wanted to go hunt-ing with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed.When the Prince came back from hunt-ing, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Princes chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelerts jaws and head."What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side onthe floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them. "So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf.The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faith-ful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dogs grave for a few minutes.If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds peo-ple of a brave and faithful dog.1. Gelert was the dog of the Prince of ___.A. ScotlandB. EnglandC. IrelandD. Wales2. The Prince told the dog to _____ when he was leaving.A. watch the doorB. take care of his baby at homeC. welcome his friendsD. stop the strangers3. The dog was very ____ when his master came back from hunting.A. gladB. fearfulC. afraidD. tired4. The Prince was surprised to see blood on Gelerts ____.A. jawsB. pawsC. headD. Both A and C.5. The Prince never smiled again because __A. the wolf was killed by GelertB. he had buried the dog on the top of mountainC. he had killed his faithful friend GelertD. Gelert had killed his baby son北京中考英语阅读练习题答案l. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C北京中考英语阅读练习题(二)Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one day he saw an ad(广告) in a newspaper. " Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing. Good prices (价格).""This sounds like a good idea," he thought. "Ill spend a monthat Willow Farm. Ill enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. Theyll make a change from sitting by the seaside." Four days later he returned home."Whats wrong with Willow Farm?" his friend Jack asked him. " Didnt you enjoy country life?" "Country life was fine," Alan said, "but there was another problem.""Oh, what?""Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton (烤羊肉) for dinner." "Fresh meat is the best.""I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner." "Lucky you!""You dont understand," Alan said. "On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.""A different roast every day," Jack said." Let me finish," Alan said, " on the fourth day the farmer died and I didnt dare to stay for dinner!"1. Where did Alan work? He worked ___.A. on a farmB. at a schoolC. in a restaurantD. in an office in a city2. Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday?He usually spent his holiday ___.A. by the seasideB. in the countryC. in the mountainsD. on an island3. Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow Farm? Because ___.A. he lived near thereB. he had a good friend thereC. he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seasideD. he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country4. How many days did he stay on the farm?A. A few days.B. A week.C. Three days.D. Four days.5. What made Alan return so soon?A. He fell ill.B. The air there was not fresh.C. The prices were too high.D. He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner.北京中考英语阅读练习题答案1. D2. A3. C4. D5. D。

2023年北京市中考英语真题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、单项选择1．My sister enjoys singing and ________ favorite subject is music.A．his B．her C．your D．their 2．It’s a good idea to visit Beijing ________ October.A．at B．on C．in D．to 3．—Must I stay here and wait for you?—No, you ________. You can go home now.A．needn’t B．can’t C．mustn’t D．shouldn’t 4．—Which do you like ________, swimming or skating?—Swimming.A．well B．better C．best D．the best 5．—________ do you tidy your own room?—Twice a week.A．How often B．How soon C．How much D．How long 6．It was difficult to climb the mountain, ________ Sam got to the top at last.A．or B．so C．for D．but 7．—Lucy, what are you doing?—I ________ a model ship.A．make B．made C．am making D．was making 8．The Shenzhou-15 astronauts ________ to Earth safely on June 4, 2023.A．return B．returned C．will return D．have returned 9．If you go to the concert with us tomorrow, you ________ a great time there.A．have B．had C．will have D．have had 10．Eric ________ many things since he became interested in science.A．is learning B．was learning C．will learn D．has learned 11．The park is getting more and more beautiful because more kinds of flowers ________ every year.A．are planted B．were planted C．plant D．planted 12．—Lily, can you tell me ________ during the Dragon Boat Festival this year?—Sure. We ate zongzi and watched a dragon boat race.A．what you will do B．what you did C．what will you doD．what did you do二、完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

一．北京市朝阳区2015中考一模D“T he world has never been a better place to live in” says science writer Matt Ridley, “and it will keep on getting better.”Read on to see how Ridley makes his case. Right or wrong? You decide.Compared with 50 years ago, when I was just four years old, people now make nearly three times as much money, eat one third more food and expect to live one third longer. In fact, it’s hard to find any areas of the world that’s worse off now than it was then, even though the world population has more than doubled over that period.One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown much cheaper. Take one example: In 1800, a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s, the same light from a lamp took 15 minutes’work to pay for. In 1950, it was eight seconds. Today, it’s half a second. In these terms, we are 43,200 times better off than in1800.In the United St ates, rivers, lakes, seas and air are getting cleaner all the time. A car today produces less pollution traveling at full speed than a parked car did from leaks (泄漏) in 1970.Although the world population is growing, the rate (率) of increase has been falling for 50 years. Across the world, national birth rates are lower now than in 1960, and in the less developed world, the birth rate has almost halved. According to a research report from the United Nations, population will start falling once it reaches 9.2 billion in 2075. After all, there are already seven billion people on earth, and they are eating better and better.In 1970s, there were 550 billion barrels (桶) of oil reserves (储存) in the world, and in the 20 years that followed the world use d up 600 billion. So by 1990, reserves should have been overused by 50 billion barrels. Instead, it is reported there are 900 billion today. They will last for many years and people will find something in place of oil long before they run out.The more we develop, the more we can develop. The more we invent, the more inventions become possible. For 200 years, pessimists (people who believe that terrible things will happen in future) have had all the headlines—even though optimists have far more often been right. There are some reasons for pessimists. No charity (慈善机构) ever raised money by saying things are getting better. No journalist ever got the front page writing a story about how terrible things won’t happen. Don’t be a pessimist—dare to be an optimist!52. Today, providing one hour’s light costs ______.A. 6 hours’ workB. 15 minutes’ workC. 8 seconds’ workD. 0.5second’s work53. Which of the following is true, according to the passage?A. Things we used to need were much cheaper than they are today.B. The pollution today is much more serious than it was long ago.C. Population problem has nearly made the world stop developing.D. It’s not necessary to be worried about oil reserves in the world.54. What does the word “optimists” in the last paragraph mean?A. People who are brave enough to face anything terrible.B. People who can always tell good things from bad ones.C. People who have hopeful and happy feelings about life.D. People who don’t easily believe what they’re told about.55. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. N ever Give UpB. Cheer UpC. Don’t Be SadD. Think Out（D）52. D 53. D 54. C 55. B二． 2015年顺义区初三第一次模拟练习DLanguages keeps evolving（进化、发展）, and English is no exception. It is a language thatembraces(欣然接受)new words that may be cool today but gone tomorrow.There are, however, some words and phrases that have stood the test of time. OK, which has become the international standard for expressing agreement, is a good example.But why is this rather odd(奇怪的)expression so popular and so useful when we could use any number of other words to say the same thing?Writing in The Times, Allen Metcalf, author of OK: The Improbable Story of America’s Greatest Word, writes: “What OK provided that the others did not was neutrality(中性), a way to express agreement without having to offer an opinion.”For example, if someone asks you “Shall we go for a walk after lunch?”you can simply respond “OK”. There you go – no extra opinions. Just straight, plain old OK.So just where did this rather curious expression come from? The origins of OK have been widely disputed (辩论，争论). Some people have guessed that OK was the name of a person or a product.Speakers of many different language s have had their say on this question, keen to claim the term as their own.Writing an article for London’s Metro newspaper, Metcalf states: ‘O and K are present in every language of the world, as expressions that can be abbreviated(缩写) OK.” For example: French –“O qu-oui”, “yes indeed”; German –“Ohne Korrektur”, “ without correction needed”; and in Latin or Greek, “Olla kalla”, “all good”.But, does it sound a little too informal with this popular little expression?Apparently not.In a speech wh ere he stated that his election (当选) would not be aradical (激进的) result to all problems, President Obama said: “… eventhough I am president…, AI-Qaida is still a threat(威胁) and that wecannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got electedas president, suddenly everything’s going to be OK,” he said.So, there you go, straight from the president. It’s OK to say OK, and thanks to the expression’s widespread usage across the world, you can be understood anywhere.58. Using the example of Obama, the author wants to show that________.A. there is still a long way to go to defeat Al-QaidaB. Obama likes to use OK when he speaksC. OK is widely used even on formal occasionsD. the use of OK is encouraged in formal speech59. According to Allen Metcalf, OK differs from other terms to express agreement, which ofthe following opinions is true?A. It is easiest way to say.B. It doesn’t need emotion.C. It is the most commonly used.D. It doesn’t use in the formal speech.60. What is the best title for the passage?A．Why OK is OK everywhere? B．It’s OK to say OK in the world.C．Where did OK come from? D．Everything is going to be OK.8．C 59．B 60．A三．北京市燕山2015年中考一模DNo one else knew about the extra (额外的) club in Zach Nash's golf bag. It belonged to a friend, and Zach forgot it was there as he played his way to win in a junior tournament (锦标赛) this summer in Wisconsin, US.The 14-year-old accepted his medal, and celebrated with grandparents who had come from a long way to watch. But when he stopped by hisclubs country club to share the news, a professional player noticed somethingwrong. "Count your clubs," he told the teena ger.medalFifteen—one more than allowed. Zach's eyes filled with tears.If Zach had just won a basketball or a soccer game and someone had discovered an offence (违反) after the win, it would not have mattered.Bending the rules has become acceptable, if not encouraged, in many sports. It is nothing unusual for soccer players to make a turtle dive (假摔) in the hope of breaking rules.Golf is different. In a win at all costs world, the game holds itself to a higher standard.Golf isn't a game where referees (裁判) watch closely. In golf tournaments, dozens of competitors are spread across acres of land, so officials cannot hope to see each shot. Competitors call punishments on themselves.Players feel the weight of history. Golf began at least the 15th century, but it became popular as a pastime for the wealthy who seemed to always have strict rules of behavior, even when it came to shooting at each other in rights."It was a sport for gentlemen, not laborers, and gentlemen did not care about winning. They cared about doing the right thing," said Robert Simon, a golf coach at Hamilton College in New York.Honesty became a symbol of honor. When one of the game's early stars, Bobby Jones, was praised for calling a penalty on himself at the 1925 US Open. He replied, "You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank."So even the error had no effect on Zach's final score—he never used the extra club, the teenager packed up his medal and dropped it in the mail. "But this was golf, and rules are rules. I just knew what I had to do," he said.Then came another tournament. Before teeing off, Zach counted his clubs four times.52.Zach Nash returned the medal he won in the junior tournament because________.A．he was caught cheating by a playerB．he decided to follow the rules of golfC．he used another player's club by mistakeD．he made a mistake counting his final score53. Which of the following statements about golf is TRUE according to the passage?A．In golf, honor comes before win.B．Early golf players didn't care about the rules.C．Golf players usually do whatever it takes to win.D．Golf referees watch each shot and call punishments.54. The underlined phrase "teeing off" in the last paragraph probably means "____ ".A．getting started B．getting caught C．leaving D．winning 55. What is probably the best title of the passage?A．Zach's medal. B．The history of golf.C．Honesty counts in golf. D．Golf is rich men's game. 52—55 BAAC四．东城区2015届中考一模DIt is an argument that has div ided the East and the West for centuries: Are chopsticks better than the knife and fork, or vice versa? Now the winner may finally be decided, on environmental ground.Chopsticks are made from a variety of materials, but bamboo and wood chopsticksare more popular. They are usually cheaper, lower in temperature conduction and provide better sense for holding food. That’s why almost all disposable (一次性的) chopsticks are made of bamboo or wood. With cutting down 25 million fully-grown trees a year to make chopsticks, China has ranked number one among the producers. “We must change our habitsand encourag e people to take their own chopsticks when eating out,” said Mr. Bo, the owner of a forestry industry company in China. He even wentso faras to suggest that restaurants should offer metal knives and forks instead. If Mr. Bo’s suggestion is widely accepted, it would be a dark moment in chopsticks’ 4,000-year history.Chopsticks were invented in ancient China and later spread around Asia. They are not only used as eating tools but also used for cooking, stirring the fire and serving food. Koreans sometimes use metal chopsticks because of their love of barbecue (烧烤). Chinese chopsticks are longer than Korean and Japanese chopsticks in order to reach the dishes in the center of the table. There are 1.4 billion people using 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks in China every year. However, the most widespread use of disposable chopsticks is in Japan. Around a total of 24 billion pairs are used in Japan each year, which means each Japanese uses almost 200 pairs yearly. However, most of its disposable chopsticks have been imported (进口) from China, up to over90%.Today, China has to accept the truth that its forests can no longer provide enough chopsticks to feed Asian’s table habit. China is now the world’s largest importer of wood and even imports chopsticks from America. An American company said that the state’s native sweet gum and poplar wood would be perfectly used to make chopsticks. These materials do not need to be lightened with chemicals or bleach (漂白粉). The healthy materials and fairly reasonable prices of the products are appealingto Asian customers. More and more Asians start to use American-made chopsticks at their tables.Although the U.S. has a huge amount of wood, which reduces the number of trees that are cut down in Asia, changing the table habit of using disposable chopsticks still seems to be a wiser choice for chopsticks-using countries.52. According to Paragraph 2, Mr. Bo’s advice is that Chinese should ____________.A. use metal chopsticks instead of wooden onesB. plant more trees and produce fewer chopsticksC. form the habit of taking t heir own chopsticks when eating outD. change their habits and begin to use knives and forks a t home53. What do we know about chopsticks in Asia?A. Koreans mainly use chopsticks to cook food over a fire.B. Most disposable chopsticks in Japan are made in China.C. The most disposable chopsticks are used in Japan yearly.D. Chinese use the shortest chopsticks to take and serve food.54. The underlined word “appealing” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______A. normalB. necessaryC. attractiveD. surprising55. What’s the best title for the pass age?A. Time to Change the Materials for ChopsticksB. Time to Cut Down on Disposable ChopsticksC. Time to Import Disposable ChopsticksD. Time to Give UpUsing Chopsticks52-55 CＢＣＢ五．房山区2015年中考一模DHave you wondered why you have two eyes and why they are set close together on the front of your face? The reasons are simple and important.Your eyes are like two small cameras. A camera catches an image（影像）of an object and records it on film. Similarly, when you look at something, each eye takes inwhat it sees and sends this image to the back of the eyeball. Because your eyes are set close together, they see the world from about the same height but from a little different angles(角度). While your right eye sees an object a little to the right, your left eye se es the same object a bit to the left.Working as a team, the eyes send the images to your brain, then your brain puts them together and you see a single image in the centre.Seeing in stereo means seeing with two eyes working together, which is called stereoscopic sight. This allows you to see the world in 3-D. Seeing depth（深度）helps you to judge how far it is between you and the objects you see, and then adjust （调整)to the changing angle so that you can see something clearly when you move closer or farther away. If images are coming from only one eye, however, height and width（宽度）—can be perceived.So if you see with one eye, you will geta2-D image, as in a photograph.Now consider why your two eyes are on the front of your face. Think of other animals just like you. They are all hunting（猎杀）animals, like lions and tigers. This provides a field of sight about 180 degree wide, which is called binocular sight. On the other hand, anim als that are hunted have eyes on the sides of the head, which provides nearly 360-degree field of sight. However, they don’t have stereoscopicsight. It is difficult for them to judge how far a danger is.With both stereoscopic and binocularsight, humansand hunting animals share the ability to see from side to side and tojudge how far it is from other objects. If you think it would be great to have another kind of sight, perhaps with hundreds of tiny eyes like many insects(昆虫) do, think again! Each tiny insect eye sees only a tiny part. Besides, what if you needed glasses? Be glad for the eyesight that you have.52. In Paragraph 2, the writer wants to __________.A. tell us how our two eyes workB. show the importance of eyesC. compareour eyes with camerasD. suggest using two eyes properly53.The underlined word “perceived” in Paragraph 3means________.A. setB. takenC. seenD. made54. In the last paragraph, the writerthinks that “seeing in stereo” ______.A. is similar to the way a cameraworksB. is an ability humans are lucky to haveC. would be better for a wider field of sightD. helps people to have better sight than animals55. What is probably the best title for this passage?A. Seeing in StereoB. Protecting your eyesC. Treasuring your eyesD. Seeing with eyes答案：52. A 53.C 54. B 55. A六．海淀区2015中考英语一模D“You ex pect your friends to see you in a positive manner, but they also are observers of the personalities that could cause you an early death,” said Joshua Jackson, an assistant professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences.Published in the journal Psychological Science, the study shows that your personality at an early age can predict how long you will live across 75 years and that close friends are usually better than you at recognizing these traits. “Our study shows that people are able to observe and evaluate（评价）a friend’s personality exactly enough to predict early death years down the road,” Jackson said. “It suggests that people are able to see important characteristics related to health even when their friends were, for the most part, healthy and many years from death.”While other studies have shown that a person’s view of his or her own personality can be helpful in evaluating death risks, there has been little research on whether a close friend’s personality evaluation might also predict the chances of a l ong life.To explore this question, Jackson and colleagues analyzed data（数据）from a longitudinal study that in the 1930s began following a group of young people in their mid-20s. The study included wide-ranging data on participant（参与者）personalities, both self-reported and as reported by close friends.Using information from follow-up studies and searches of death certificates（证书）, Jackson and colleagues were able to record dates of death for all but a few study participants. Peer（同龄人）evaluations of personality were stronger predictors of death risks than were self-evaluations of personality.“There are two possible reasons for the advantage of peer evaluations over self- evaluations,” Jackson said. “First, friends may see something that you miss; they may have some insight that you do not. Second, because people have several friends, we are able to average the characteristics of any one friend to get a more trustworthy evaluation of personality. With self-reports, people may miss certain sides of themselves and we are not able to counteract（抵抗）that because there is only one you, only one self-report.”The study also shows some gender differences in self-evaluation: Men’s self-evaluations of personality were somewhat useful in predicting their lifespans（寿命）, whereas the self-reports of women had little predictive value.“This is one of the longe st studies in psychology,” Jackson said. “It shows how important personality is in influencing important life outcomes like health, and that information from friends can play a critical role in understanding a person’s health issues.52. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A. People’s health is related to their friends.B. Friends can predict lifespans better than us.C. An early personality evaluation helps us live longer.D. The study shows most people can live across 75 years.53. The underlined word “insight” in Paragraph 6 probably means “_______”.A. adviceB. influenceC. imaginationD.understanding54. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. People with more close friends have better personalities.B. Self-evaluations have advantages over peer evaluations.C. Men predict their lifespans more exactly than women.D. The findings are based on participants’ disease data.55. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Friends’ personality evaluations can help recognize health risks.B. Best friends play an important role in treating certain diseases.C. Psychology studies may influence personality development.D. Personality has lit tle important effect on people’s health.答案：52. B 53. D 54. C 55. A七：怀柔区 2015年中考一模DMost of us say that God, or destiny or whatever superior force that may exist in this universe （宇宙）is what makes us our future and guides us throughout our existence.I don’t claim there isn’t such a force that can guide us and take care of us, but the main element(要素) that helps us build up our future is our way of being. Our personality, our character, our way of perceiving（感知）reality and everything that surrounds us are what may bring us to the top, or opposite it, make us miserable.It’s simply your own choice if you don’t want to study, go to college or have a career. It really doesn’t matter if your parents threaten you, punish you or scold（责骂）you all the time. If you stick to be yourself and you think you know it all, then these are useless.You are the one who decides what job to have, in which city or country to live. It’s your choice and your responsibility. The moment you get hurt or something goes wrong, you blame yourself, and you start everything from the very beginning.You consider that you can’t find your place in your own country, so you risk the comfortable but modest（谦虚的）life you have with your parents and you go abroad. Maybe there will be moments when you can’t stand any more the loneliness, the strangers around you, or your job. But remember that nobody made you take that decision, so you have to take a deep breath, and then go on, as it’s very difficult to find a guilty person when you know it well that you are the only one to be blamed.If you fall in love with a man from the very first moment you set your eyes on him and you don’t want to meet somebody else, to see how they are, it’s your wish. If you get married and the marr iage ends in a year’s time, you can’t blame the rest as they all have told you to be careful and never to take hasty （轻率的）decisions.You play the Lottery each day and there are two choices: each you hit the jack pot and your life changes totally or you lose and you have to restart it from the very beginning. It’s known that if you don’t risk, you can’t win. So the best solution isalways to think over your decisions, and to see what they can represent in your future. Only afterwords is proper for you to make up your mind.You are the only architect （建筑师） of your future. The best are only workers who help you create your own dream.52. All the following build up our way of being EXCEPT __________.A. our characterB. our existenceC. our personalityD. our way of perceiving reality53. The underlined word “miserable” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “________”A. unhappyB. lonelyC. positiveD. careful54. Which of the following is NOT right according to the writer’s opinion?A. You meet difficulties when you go abroad, but you should take a deep breath and go on.B. You must think it over before you make a decision for yourself.C. You get hurt after you choose to live in another city, but you blame your parents.D. You cannot make too fast decision before you marry a person.55. What is the best title for the passage?A. Character Influences LifeB. A Good Beginning is Half DoneC. Stick to What is Right for UsD. Every Man Is the Architect of His Future答案：52-55 BACD八． 门头沟区2014~2015学年度初三一模DDo American children still learn handwriting inschool? In the age of the keyboard, some people seemto think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90%of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting.But studies have yet to answer the question of howwell they are teaching it. One of this year’s studiesfound that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Someteachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 to 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts(专家) also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility , which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency(流畅) —writing without having tothink about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.But not everyone masters these s kills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is seldom done in primary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board(大学委员会). More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay(article) on the test rather than write in cursive.52. From Paragraph 1 we can learn .A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in the teaching jobB. most teachers prefer to teach handwritingC. teachers spend little time in teaching handwritingD. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting53. Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?A. Handwriting includes two skills.B. To write in cursive is taught first.C. The letters are repeated many times.D. The students are taught by practicing a long period.54. The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means .A. easy to readB. easy to writeC. unexpectedD. unreadable55. The best title for the passage is .A. How to Improve Handwriting in SchoolB. Right or Wrong: the Death of HandwritingC. Handwriting Involves Two SkillsD. Handwriting Lessons Are on the Way Out答案：52. A 53. B 54. A 55. B九．平谷区2014-2015学年度初三统练（一）DTo stop the childhood obesity epidemic(流行), health experts have long strongly advised parents to make healthy changes to their family's lifestyle—such as eating healthily, reducing TV time, exercising and getting a good night's sleep.These behaviors have been linked to a lower risk of obesity in kids, but researchers at Ohio State University were interested in learning whether their effect might be cumulative—that is, whether families who adopted(采用) not just one but two or more of these behaviors could reduce their children's risk of obesity even further.Led by Sarah Anderson, researchers studied data on 8,550 children in a national study, and found that indeed children who practiced two healthy lifestyle behaviors were slimmer than those who adopted only one behavior, while youngsters who implemented three beneficial habits were theleast likely to be overweight."If children had all three practices, their risk(风险) of obesity was 40% lower than children who had none of the routines(常规)." Anderson says.The three behaviors that Anderson studied were eating dinner regularly with the family, limiting the amount of time in front of the TV, and getting enough sleep. The children who were least likely to be too fat ate dinner with their families six or seven times a week, slept for at least 10.5 hours each night and watched less than two hours of television per day.The findings suggest that adopting these routines can be a powerful way for families to encourage healthy weight in their children, Anderson says.In addition, says Dr. David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program, the routines are relatively easy for most families to adopt. "This is a beautifully simple study. It makes a very important point, and one that needs to be noticed time and again. These are all behaviors that are within the reach of us all."53. What does the underlined word "implemented" in Paragraph 3 probably means?A．Chose B．Supported C．Practiced D．Broke54. What can you infer from the passage?A. Anderson studied more behaviors than three.B. Dr. David Ludwig agreed for Sarah Anderson.C. It’s not easy for us all to adopt all behaviors.D. The more practices children had, the lower risk of obesity there was.55. Which might be the best title for the passage?A．Three Habits Help Kids Be Slimmer B．How to Lead a Good LifestyleC．It Is Not Easy to Be Slim D．How to Keep Kids off TV答案：53-55 C BA十．石景山区2015年初三英语一模试卷DWhen you meet someone for the first time, you will get a general idea in your mind of that person in the first moment. Your feelings about other people, however, are really just show the way that you look at yourself. Your reactions to others say more about you than they do about others. You cannot really love or hate about yourself. We are usually drawn to those who are most like us and may dislike those who have the same characters as ourselves that we dislike.Therefore, you can allow others to be the mirror to see more clearly your own feelings of self-worth. And, you can view the people you judge negatively (否定地) as mirrors to show you what you are not accepting about yourself.To live peacefully with others, you will need to learn patience. A big challenge is to let your judgment of others be a lifelong research of yourself. Your task is to consider all the decisions and judgments you make onto others carefully and to begin to see whether you can use them to help yourself and become whole.Several days ago I had a business lunch with a man who showed objectionable table manners. My first feeling was to judge him as rude. When I noticed that I was judging him, I stopped and asked myself what I was feeling. I discovered that I was nervous to be seen with someone who was eating with his mouth open and loudly blowing his nose. I was very surprised to find how much I cared about how the other people in the restaurant judged me.Remember that your judgment of someone will not serve as some kind of protective thing against you becoming like him. Just because I judge my lunch partner as rude, it does not prevent me from ever looking or acting like him. In the same way, my patience to him would not cause me to suddenly begin eating my food with my mouth open.When you get close to life in this manner, those with whom you hate very much as well as those whom you admire and love can be seen as mirrors, guiding you to discover parts of yourself that you dislike and to embrace your greatest characters you are proud of.。

2018 年北京市高级中等学校招生考试英语试卷知识运用（共 14 分）一、单项填空（共 6 分，每题 0.5 分）从下面各题所给的 A 、B 、C 、 D 个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最正确选项。

1. My brother and I like football.play it together once a week.A. IB. TheyC. WeD. You2. Happy birthday, Peter! Here ’s a giftyou.A. forB. inC. withD. from3. ——do you usually go to school, Mary? —— Bybike.A. WhenB. HowC. WhereD. Why4. Many people like pandasthey are cute.A. thoughB. ifC. whileD. because5. Igo now, or I'll miss my train.A. canB. mightC. mustD. could6. Tony isof the three boys, but he is the tallest.A. youngB. youngerC. youngestD. the youngest 7. Bill likes reading. Hepicture books with his dad every evening.A. readB. readsC. is readingD. has read8. —— Paul, what were you doing at nine last night?—— Ia movie in the cinema with my friends.A. was watchingB. watchC. have watchedD. will watch9.to play tennis when he was six years o1d.A. beginsB. will beginC. beganD. has begun10. —— Lucy, is your uncle a teacher?—— history for nearly 20 years.A. teachesB. has taughtC. is teachingD. will teach11. A new international airportin the city next year.A. completesB. is completedC. will completeD. will be completed12. —— Alice, could you tell me London?—— Sure. Last SundayA. when Mr.Smith leftC. when did Mr.Smith leaveB. when Mr.Smith will leaveD. when will Mr.Smith leaveA 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选择最正确选项。

2023年北京英语中考阅读理解真题解析2023年北京英语中考已经结束，以下是对阅读理解部分的真题解析，希望对同学们有所帮助。

Passage 1【题目】根据短文内容，回答问题。

【篇章大意】该短文说明了如何健康地使用电子设备。

【解析】短文主要介绍了使用电子设备时需要注意的几个方面。

首先，我们要保持良好的坐姿，避免长时间低头看手机或电脑屏幕导致颈部和脊椎问题。

其次，应该注意屏幕时间的控制，适当休息眼睛，避免眼睛疲劳和近视的发生。

最后，要注意使用电子设备的时间和场合，不宜在就寝前使用以保证良好的睡眠品质。

通过以上解析，我们可以得出以下问题的答案：1. What is the main topic of the passage?答案：The healthy use of electronic devices.2. What is one of the problems caused by prolonged use of electronic devices?答案：Neck and spine issues.3. Why is it important to control screen time?答案：To prevent eye fatigue and myopia.Passage 2【题目】阅读短文，选择最佳答案。

【篇章大意】该短文讲述了植树造林对环境保护和人类福祉的重要性。

【解析】短文主要强调了植树造林对环境保护和人类福祉的重要性。

植树造林不仅可以改善环境，减少空气污染，还能保护土壤、防治水土流失等。

此外，植树造林还可以提供栖息地和食物来源，保护动植物多样性，对于维护生态平衡至关重要。

通过以上解析，我们可以得出以下问题的答案：1. What is the main topic of the passage?答案：The importance of afforestation for environmental protection and human well-being.2. What is one of the benefits of afforestation mentioned in the passage?答案：Improving air quality.3. Why is afforestation important for maintaining ecological balance?答案：It helps protect biodiversity and provide habitats and food sources.。

中考英语阅读表达阅读回答问题一、A Rubbish Collector’s Work Is Never DoneBrian Kane was a rubbish collector in Denver, Colorado. Eight hours a day, five days a week, fifty weeks a year, he rode on the back of a garbage truck. At each stop, he would run to the back of buildings, then pull heavy rubbish cans to the truck. Brian never complained.Brian saw these hardships as opportunities to become strong and fit. His job was a training ground for his lifelong dream: to climb Mount Oomolangma. On his thirtieth birthday, Brian took a leave from his job and flew to Nepal to begin the long, difficult journey up Mount Qomolangma.Brian first climbed to a basecamp (大本营). He planned to bring three oxygen containers (氧气罐) with him to the top. At 29,028 feet, it would be hard to survive (存活) without extra oxygen. Over the next two months, Brian climbed to 26,000 feet, to Camp Four — the last place to rest below the top of the mountain. But when Brian saw this camp, he fell to his knees. “Rubbish!” he cried. Nearly a thousand empty oxygen containers littered the camp area. Humans had turned this beautiful, far-away place into a big rubbish pile (堆). Brian was very sad. But with a strong determination (决心) he continued to follow his dream. Two days later he stood proudly on the top of Mount Qomolangma. He had reached the “roof of the world!”Two days after this great achievement, Brian put a dozen empty oxygen containers in his pack and walked down the mountain. He smiled to himself as he realized that the work of a rubbish collector is great and never done.1．What was Brian Kane?________________________________________________________________________ 2．What was Brian’s lifelong dream?________________________________________________________________________ 3．What did Brian plan to bring to the top of Mount Qomolangma?________________________________________________________________________ 4．How did Brian feel when he saw the rubbish pile at Camp Four?________________________________________________________________________5．What do you think of Brian Kane?________________________________________________________________________二、Teens Making a DifferenceThe power of teens is making an influence. These students are showing they have a valuable talent for inspiring younger children to do their best.Tutors (辅导教师) ProgramYounger children sometimes are worried about their homework. In one Seattle after-school program, student tutors come to help. They help the children with artworks when their homework is done. The younger students are happy to get help with their homework. They are even happier to get the attention of older students.The younger students say the tutors are great role models. The student tutors say they get a great experience from working with younger children. It gives them confidence and improves their communication skills.Youth Coaches ProgramWhat’s better than a play day at school? A play day with teen coaches! Just ask the six hundred students at a Florida primary school. Each year, they spend a special day with some of high school athletes.The teens teach all kinds of athletic skills. Some children learn to play basketball while others learn to play tennis or football. The teens also take time to explain how they balance sports and schoolwork and the young listeners hang on every word the teens say!Dance Teachers ProgramWhen parents in one Boston community were asked what they wished their children could do after school, they said, “Dance!” They probably wouldn’t predict what happened next. Six teens volunteered to learn Latin dance. They wanted to teach the children in the community how to dance!The teens formed a group and began sharing the dance steps they learned. The program grew quickly. More teens became teachers and more younger children learned to dance. For the younger children, it was a chance to spend time with teen role models that they admired. Today,the program is a big success. Over three hundred children take part in the classes every year. 1．How do the younger students feel about getting help with their homework in the Tutors Program?_______________________________________________________________________________ ________2．What do the teens in the Youth Coaches Program teach?_______________________________________________________________________________ ________3．Why did six teens volunteer to learn Latin dance in the Dance Teachers Program?_______________________________________________________________________________ ________4．How many children take part in the classes every year in the Dance Teachers Program?_______________________________________________________________________________ ________5．What do you think of these programs? Why do you think so?_______________________________________________________________________________ ________三、Eating Together, SeparatelySeparate dining is common in the western culture, while in China's dining culture, whether dining at home or eating out, a grouped dining system is used in most situations.However, the coronavirus pandemic has challenged the deep-rooted Chinese dining tradition of sharing dishes together, which inspires the government, restaurants and citizens to rethink about eating customs.Standards on individual (供一人用的)dining, serving chopsticks (公筷)and two pairs of chopsticks came out on March 18. Here are the main points.●Individual diners' food should he served to customers in separate tableware.●Each shared dish should be served with a separate pair of serving chopsticks.Each diner should have two pairs of differently colored chopsticks. One is to get food from shared dishes to place into individual howls, and the other is for eating from individual bowls.The above new standards aim to protect the public health in a scientific and practical way. Over 200 companies have followed the guidelines. In order to encourage customers to follow the standards, some restaurants offer parking coupons (优惠券)to those who use serving chopsticks.According to a survey about separate dining by think tank Thinker, nearly 89% of 100,000 interviewees believe it's more hygienic (卫生的)because it reduces the risk of infection via saliva (唾液传染）.For Chinese, it is not easy to change their dining behavior, because they think the grouped dining system is a tradition. When they share the food, they are building up a close relationship among diners. Besides, it is difficult to divide Chinese dishes into separate parts.Eating separately is a break from tradition, but it is helpful to prevent diseases and improve health. People can still sit at the same table, sharing the same food and the same culture in a new way. It also encourages advanced cooking skills, which means a chance of creating something new in Chinese food.1．When did the standards on individual dining come out?_______________________________________________________2．What is the aim of the new standards?_______________________________________________________3．How do some restaurants encourage customers to use serving chopsticks?_______________________________________________________4．Why is it not easy to change Chinese dining behavior?_______________________________________________________5．According to the passage, what do you think of eating separately?_______________________________________________________四、Mechanical EngineeringDo you like to build with blocks? Have you ever wondered how planes stay in the air? Do you like to design and create new things? If you do, a career (职业) in mechanical engineering might be right for you!A mechanical engineer is responsible for coming up with and designing mechanical systems. Mechanical systems can include machine design, heating and cooling equipment, and product design.Mechanical engineers are in high need right now. There are a lot of job openings for mechanical engineers, but there aren’t enough people to fill those jobs. Because there is a high need for engineers and the work requires specialized knowledge, engineers get paid more than some other careers.To be a mechanical engineer, you need to graduate from college with a bachelor’s (学士) degree. In college, you will learn problem solving and critical thinking skills.Problem solving is very important in the field of mechanical engineering. To come up with the best solution to a problem, mechanical engineers need to think in different ways. They also need to be creative, because they may need to make something that’s never been made before. Paying attention to details (细节) is important as well. Many designs depend on a lot of little details.Mechanical engineers also need to be able to use different tools, such as calculators,high-speed cameras, and computers. There are many computer programs mechanical engineers use to create designs, run scenarios (方案), and do research.As with many other jobs, mechanical engineers should be able to meet deadlines (期限) and work well with other people. Some jobs can be done with just one person, but more often mechanical engineers work on a team to complete a project. If an engineer cannot manage his or her time well and misses a deadline, the whole team gets delayed (拖延).Some engineers work in an office, and some travel to different worksites while a machine or product is being built, so they can help solve any problems.Mechanical engineering takes a lot of thought. It is a great career for people who like to make objects and machines work, solve problems, and be creative!1．What is a mechanical engineer responsible for?__________________________________________________________2．To be a mechanical engineer, what will a student learn in college?__________________________________________________________3．How can mechanical engineers come up with the best solution to a problem?__________________________________________________________4．Why should a mechanical engineer be able to meet deadlines?__________________________________________________________5．In your opinion, which quality (品质) of mechanical engineers should students learn? Why?__________________________________________________________五、Young Kids Can Make a Big DifferenceWith the changes of their life or the environment, human being faces many different kinds of diseases. Though the diseases are very difficult to deal with, people get their ways to prevent them from developing and help others who are in need. These years, COVID(新冠状病毒)is the common topic all over the world. Every person faces it bravely and takes action actively. Ben and his classmate Anderson, led a group of students and set out to make a difference. They made their lives change a lot when the COVID hit. “We were all working hard on our study and looking for ways to volunteer in our communities,” Ben said, “Sometimes it’s hard at our age to really make a difference. Wearing a mask(口罩)is a necessary way to keep everyone healthy now. But at the beginning of this situation, buying masks is going to be difficult on poor people, so we want to do something useful to help them. And we are sure it will be better soon.”Ben and Anderson discovered the organization Mask Now TN that was giving out masks to poor people and homeless people. Their need for donations(捐赠)was great. The organization helped people in need by collecting over 10 thousand masks. Anyone who couldn’t afford to buy them get help.The two boys also encouraged high students at Independence High School to collect donations. Then they set up collection boxes. “Everyone we met in community was just so kind,” Anderson said. “We cannot thank them enough, any word can’t stand for our heart.”It took them about a month and a half to organize with Mask Now TN, but once they began accepting donations, they spent only three weeks reaching their goal of 10,000. “Finding a way to help others in need has been so meaningful for us students,” said Ben’s younger brother, Andrew,who joined them.The money from the donation was a great challenge for the kids, they learned a lot. “It may seem upsetting at first. We don’t know where to buy masks and how to manage the money. It is hard to start a project like this as a teenager,” Ben says. “Once you get over it, if you have a good idea that will truly help your community, people will understand and support you.”1．Who led a group of students and set out to make a difference?_____________________________________________________________2．What is a necessary way to keep everyone healthy?_____________________________________________________________3．How many masks did the organization collect for people in need?______________________________________________________________4．Why did the kids think the money from the donation was a great challenge?______________________________________________________________5．What do you think of the students in the passage? Why do you think so?______________________________________________________________参考答案：一、1．A rubbish collector.2．To climb Mount Qomolangma.3．Three oxygen containers.4．Very sad.5．Great/Brave/Kind/Hardworking.解析：本文是一篇记叙文。