2020年杭州拱墅 余杭 滨江区中考英语一模试卷

2020年杭州拱墅 余杭 滨江区中考英语一模试卷

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A

Welcome to the Huangshan Taiping Cableway (索道)! This

is one of Asia’s longest tourist cableways! Each cable car can carry 100 passengers and one

staff worker. The cableway is 3,709 meters long. The ride takes about eight minutes.

Here are things you must know before you take our cable car.

 Wait in a line for tickets and entry.

 You must show your ticket to enter the passenger hall.

 People who have serious illnesses should not take the cable car.

 Don’t use your mobile phone while you are in the cable car. Keep your head and

hands inside the car. For the cable car may shake during the ride, please hold the

handrail (扶手) firmly (紧的).

 If anything goes wrong, please keep calm. Ask the staff worker for help.

 Please take your personal belongings with you before you leave the cable car.

Don’t step out of the car until it stops completely.

 You are not allowed to carry explosive things or other things that are unsafe into

the cable car.

Please call our staff when you need help. Our service number is 0559-08551818.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.

16. What does the underline “explosive things” most probably mean according to the passage?

A. Dangerous things. B. Expensive things. C. Delicious things. D.

Personal things.

17. According to the passage, which of the following is allowed?

A. Stepping out of the cable car before it really stops.

B. Taking the cable when having high blood pressure. C. Taking photos with phones in the cable car during the ride.

D. Asking the staff worker for help when something goes wrong.

18. The passage above may be a(n) ____________.

A. ad B. notice C. report D.

survey

B

Clara Daly was sitting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she

heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker, “Does anyone know American Sign

Language(ASL)?”

Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button(按钮). An air hostess came by and explained the

situation, “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf,” she said. The passenger

seemed to want something, but he’s traveling alone and she couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara has been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people. She knew she’d

be able to finger spell into the man’s hand. So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of

the plane, and knelt (跪) by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed,

“How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.

When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted

to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He’s lonely and wanted to talk,” Clara said.

So for the next hour, she talked about her family and plans for the future. Cook told Clara

how he had become blind and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he

couldn’t see her, she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness,” a passenger reported.

“Clara was amazing,” an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. “You could tell

Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel(天使).”

Cook’s reply — “Best trip I’ve ever had.”

19. How did Clara Daly communicate with Tim Cook?

A. By talking to him. B. By spelling into his hand.

C. By writing on the paper. D. By showing body language.

20. Why did Tim Cook keep asking for service?

A. Because he felt hungry and thirsty. B. Because he needed someone

to talk to.

C. Because he was afraid of taking planes. D. Because he was interested in

others’ stories. 21. According to the passage, what kind of girl is Clara Daly?

A. Patient and caring. B. Honest and creative. C. Beautiful and lovely. D.

Humorous and friendly.

22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. No one knew ASL on the flight. B. Clara had studied ASL for many

years.

C. Clara came to help Cook four times. D. People on the flight spoke

highly of Clara.

C

Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time,

perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plane. So airlines offer passengers food. But it is

common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?

To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so

because they don't want to lose customers.

However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that

at high altitude (海拔) we can’t taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have

found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the