2022年广东中考考前B篇阅读专练（1）（word版，含答案）
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2022 广东中考 考前B篇阅读专练1
Passage 1 （题目来源：2020 年广东省中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
保护野生大象 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert (沙漠) elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa. Now, there are fewer than four hundred.
Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly On the one hand, the elephants’ main lake, their only water source (来源), dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans.
To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland.
However, from 2012 to 2016, poaching (偷猎) and illegal trade in the elephants increased rapidly. Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020,” said a member of MEP.
Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations (组织) have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world.
26. MEP was started to ________.
A. raise more elephants in Mali B. stop the main lake from drying up
C. discover water source for elephants D. protect the elephants’ living environment
27. What does the word “illegal” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese
A. 公平的 B. 亏损的 C. 非法的 D. 合理的
28. Eighty-three elephants were lost ________.
A. in 2012 B. in 2015 C. in 2016 D. in 2020
29. We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.
A. the number of organizations has dropped B. there is much less elephant poaching now
C. the local people keep the elephants at home D. the whole world live peacefully with elephants
30. This passage is mainly about ________.
A. the rules of using land and water B. the education of the local people
C. the work of Mali Elephant Project D. the situation of Gourma Desert elephants
Passage2（题目来源：2020 年广东省广州市中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科普：风筝在历史中的作用 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
How would you like to build a time machine Paper, sticks, glue and string are all you need.Put them together to build a kite. A kite connects you to the past.
No one knows who flew the first kite. It was probably someone in China or perhaps Indonesia.Indonesia. Indonesian fishermen hung fishhooks on kites and sent them out to sea to catch fish. Starting 2,000years ago, Chinese farmers flew kites to welcome the New Year and bring good luck to Earth.
In China, people also used kites during wartime. One Chinese story tells how soldiers put noise makers on kites and flew them at night over the enemy camp. The enemies were frightened by the noise and ran away.
About 1,300 years ago, Chinese travelers took kites to Japan. Soon kites filled the skies there.Kites reached Thailand about 700 years ago. During floods, Thai farmers flew kites over their fields They hoped the kites would drive away the clouds and stop the rain. Over time, kites flew their way out of Asia.Today, kites are a passion all over the world. Kite fans meet at festivals in many parts of the world and have great fun.
Over the years,Kites have also helped people understand the natural world.In 1749, for example, thermometers were tied to kites to measure temperatures. In 1906, cameras hanging from kites took pictures of San Francisco, California after an earthquake. The photos helped people plan what to do.
Kites also helped inventors find out how to make airplanes. The Wright brothers studied how kites flew, which helped them make the first successful airplane.
Since the ancient Chinese first set their kites into the air,people have loved flying kites. Kites give us ways to celebrate, relax and explore. So go fly a kite! Enjoy the feeling of wonder that kite flyers have felt for centuries.
31. According to the passage, in which countries were kites used to make good wishes
A. China and Japan. B. China and Thailand.
C. Japan and Indonesia. D. Thailand and Indonesia.
32. According to the Chinese story, the army used kites to___________.
A. make the enemies leave in fear B. celebrate victories during wartime
C. stop the enemies from sleeping well D. carry soldiers to fight against the enemies
33. The underlined word “passion”in Paragraph 4 means__________.
A. strong love B. useful machine C. happy dream D. common treasure
34. How does the writer develop Paragraph 5
A. By telling stories. B. By listing numbers.
C. By comparing facts. D. By giving examples.
35. What’s the purpose of this passage
A. To show people how to fly kites. B. To explain how kites are used in science.
C. To introduce the roles of kites in history. D. To discuss the difference among kites worldwide.
Passage3（题目来源：2020 年湖北武汉中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
坚持梦想 *min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Hope Matters
Reyes Guana, 42, grew up in a poor Mexican family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet.
As a boy, Guana had a good relationship with the school cleaner. He called her "Nike" because she wore Nike shoes. The boy liked how Nike made everything clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, too. "Well, it's good if you want to be a cleaner," Nike told little Guana. "But make sure you go to college."
Guana also looked up to the principal (校长) of his school. The school leader told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. "Wow, when I grow up, I want to do what you're doing," Guana told him. "Well, if you stick to your dream, you will," the principal replied.
And Guana really got there. But it was quite a long journey for him. Twenty-three years ago, he followed in Nike's footsteps and was cleaning schools. He worked at three schools to pay for his college education. He held that job for four years and then worked his way up to being a school safety monitor. After that, he worked as a teacher for a few years.
Now, as a principal, Guana never forgets where he came from. He helps students from poor families and shows respect (尊重) for every school staff member. He always invites everyone to school parties, including those who clean the floors and those who drive the school buses.
36. Guana hoped to be a cleaner because he ______.
A. was good at cleaning B. admired the cleaner "Nike" a lot
C. needed to support his poor family D. had to pay for his college education
37. Guana became a school safety monitor ______.
A. when he was nineteen B. after he worked as a teacher
C. as soon as he got enough money D. before he was named principal
38. The underlined phrase got there is closest in meaning to _____.
A. went back to "Nike" B. entered a college
C. realized one's dream D. became well-known
39. According to the writer, _____.
A. Guana should have been named principal earlier
B. a boy from a poor family can have a bright future
C. a cleaner is more important than a college student
D the cleaners and the drivers should get more respect
40. What would be another title for this passage
A. From Cleaner to Leader B. Different Jobs
C. From Failure to Success D. Relationship Works
Passage4（题目来源：2020 年湖北武汉中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
社会人文：演员的生活 8*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
When people discover that I work as a film and TV extra (临时演员), they always ask me the same questions: Emily, is it easy to get work Isn't it boring Do you get to meet famous actors Does it pay well My answers are pretty standard as well: Yes, sometimes, once in a while, and… kind of. The life of an extra is both more interesting and more boring than you might imagine.
Extras, who play the people in crowds, on streets, or in the background of indoors scenes, can come from all walks of life. Unlike many extras, I'm a trained actor. I do get real speaking roles, but work can be hard to come by if you're not a popular star. I'm registered (注册) with an agency that deals only with extras, so I get calls all the time. The agency explains who I'll be someone in a crowd, a member of a jury, a clerk and tells me where to go. Call time is usually bright and early, so I try to get to bed at a reasonable hour.
Sometimes being an extra is a "hurry up and wait" job. In my first extra role, I was one of a group of office workers who come out of a building just as a car explodes (爆炸) in the street. We waited for hours for the scene to be shot, and then went in and out of the building about fifty times, trying to act terrified by an explosion which was not real. Then we had lunch, changed clothes, and spent the afternoons as customers in a department store.
It may sound like I don’t enjoy the work, but I do. Being part of the background in a convincing (令人信服的) way is challenging, and being on a film or TV set is always fascinating. A lot of famous actors don't even notice the extras, but the ones who do make the job a lot of fun for everyone. As for the money, it's nothing compared to what the big actors make, but it pretty much pays the bills. And, as a bonus, I've beaten my high scores on all my phone games, thanks to all the time I spend sitting around, waiting for something to happen.
41. Emily gives standard answers because ______.
A. she is proud of her job B. she wants to hide her feelings
C. she thinks it's unnecessary to explain D. they are the exact answers to the questions
42. What does Emily think of her job
A. Busy. B. Enjoyable. C. Fashionable. D. Easy.
43. In line 21, another way to say as a bonus would be ______.
A. above expectation B. as a result C. in general D. after all
44. According to the passage, _____.
A. the famous actors look down upon the extras
B. being an extra is always a "hurry up and wait" job
C. Emily tells the truth about being a film and TV extra
D. those who want to be film or TV extras must be trained
45. We can infer that Emily ______.
A. often pays the bills for others B. sometimes has to get up very early
C. has beaten all the phone game players D. was in face of danger in her first extra role
Passage5（题目来源：2019 年新东方中考模拟英语试卷）
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文化教育 6*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly(蝴蝶). The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis(蛹). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle(挣扎；奋斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can’t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.
When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father’s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.
Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.
56. From the story we know that the butterfly can’t fly because ________.
A. it gets out by itself B. the man feels sorry for it
C. it tries to challenge itself D. the man helps it come out
57. Dennis’s example shows that successful people should ________.
A. overcome the difficulties B. take up business early
C. become the leaders of tomorrow D. sell clothes from door to door
58. The meaning of the underlined word “mature” in the passage is “________”.
A. wake up B. give up C. grow up D. bring up
59. What is the writer trying to do in this passage
A. Describe where a butterfly comes from.
B. Encourage young people to face challenges.
C. Suggest how to become a successful businessman.
D. Explain what will happen if a person fails the exam.
60. What is the best title for this passage
A. Successful People Have a Sense of Achievement
B. Young People Must Develop Their Energy Actively
C. Countries Should Continue to Become Successful
D. Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People
Passage6（题目来源：2018 年广东省中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科普文：海面之下 7*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
There's much to see under the sea, but you need to remember that light behaves differently in water than in air. The objects appear closer to you than they exactly are, You might find yourself reaching out to touch something and completely missing it.
Objects under water will appear larger than they would on the surface, too. Be careful not to tell any stories about the big fish that got away. That fish might not be so big after all! It's just because sometimes things can seem to be as much as about 33 percent bigger in water!
What's more, in deeper water, colors just don't seem as bright. In fact, it looks as if some colors are missing. Remember the color of an object results from the wavelengths(波长)of light that are reflected（反射）from its surface. And light is taken in as it moves down through the water.
Swimmers wear wet suits to keep warm underwater. Lets take a bright red, yellow, and blue wet suit as an example. These colors are hard to miss on the surface of water. Watch carefully the changes in color as you descend in the water. The red part now looks almost black because the red light wavelengths, the longest among these three colors, are missing. As you go down deeper, the same thing will happen to the yellow part and in the end to the blue part. Even at a place of about 6 to 9 meters underwater, you will look terrible, like a ghost( 鬼怪) ! And you have to wait for your return to the surface to enjoy the bright colors again!
You miss the object underwater when you want to touch it because .
A.your eyesight is quite poor B. you are not quick enough
C.it is not as close as it seems D.it disappears very quickly
62. The example o the wet suit is used to explain the change of of an object underwater.
A. the size B. the color C. the position D. the weight
63. The underlined word "descend" probably means in Chinese in this passage.
A.上升 B.漂浮 C.屏息 D.下潜
64. Which of the following is true
A. four-meter-long fish looks three meters long underwater.
B. The wavelengths of red light are longer than those of blue light.
C. Much water will be taken in by the swimmer deep in the water
D. You will see a ghost if you go as deep as 6 to 9 meters into the sea.
65. The best title of this passage is
A. The Standard of Color Underwater B. The Direction of Light Underwater
C. The Rightness of Color Underwater D. The Behavior of Light Underwater
Passage 7 （题目来源：2020年广东省珠海市珠海市香洲区中考英语二模试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
视力认识误区 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Has anyone ever told you that eating carrots will help you see in the dark This is just one of many incorrect beliefs you may have heard. Below, TEENS has picked out scientific explanations for three mistakes that people make about their eyes. Let's take a look.
Can eating carrots improve your eyesight
Carrots are rich in vitamin A, which helps the eyes to turn light into information for your brain. This allows people to see in darker places. However, eating more carrots won't help you see better. A certain minimum amount will help, but a large number of carrots will not give you superhuman vision.
If your parents have bad eyesight, will you have bad eyesight, too
Myopia（近视）can be passed from parents to children. A study by the American Optometric Association found that if both parents are myopic, there's a 33 to 60 percent chance that their child will be. For children who have one parent with myopia, the chance is 23 to 40 percent, and it's down to 6 to 15 percent for kids with non-myopic parents. So if your eyesight is bad, your children might still have good vision.
Do color blind people see the world in black and white
Color blindness doesn't usually mean that people see the world like an old movie. They usually can't tell certain colors apart, especially green and red. Another commonly confused pair of colors is yellow and blue. Our eyes have cone cells（视锥细胞）that sense different wavelengths of light. If these cells don't work properly, color blindness occurs. There are different levels of color blindness.Some people are only color blind in low light. However, in the most serious form of color blindness, everything is shades of gray.
1. According to the article, eating carrots .
A. stops the brain from seeing B. doesn't help you see better at all
C. will help you see clearly in the dark D. is good for your eyes to some degree
2. If both parents have myopia, their child's chance of having good eyesight is .
A. 40-67% B. 33-60% C. 23-40 D. 6-15%
3. The underline word "occurs" in this passage probably means .
A. 恶化 B. 发生 C. 改善 D. 加深
4. What is the cause of color blindness according to the text
A.Watching movies for too long. B. Getting too little exercise.
C. Cone cells not working properly. D. Changes in the wavelength of light.
5. What is the purpose of the article
A.To offer some advice on protecting your eyes.
B.To clear up some misunderstandings about our eyes.
C.To provide help for improving your vision.
D.To explain how bad eyesight and color blindness form.
Passage 8（题目来源：2021年广东省江门市中考英语模拟试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科学与生命 6 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 8
Do you want to live another 100 years or more Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.
"I think we are knocking at the door of immortality（永生）, "said Michael Zey,a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future."I think by 2075 we will see it and that's a conservative estimate（保守的估计）."
At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology（纳米技术）make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past." There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years," he said." Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years."
However, many scientists who study in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.
Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live." It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life " said Leonard Pooh,director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre." At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all."
32. By saying "we are knocking at the door of immortality", Michael Zey means .
A. they believe that there is no limit of living
B. they have got some ideas about living forever
C. they are sure to find the truth about long living
D. they are able to make people live past the present life span
33. Donald Louria's attitude towards long living is that .
A. people can only live from 120 to 180
B. it is still doubtful how long humans can live
C. it is possible for humans to live longer in the future
D. the human body is designed to last past about 120years
34. The underlined "it" in paragraph 4 refers to .
A. the conservative estimate
B. a great push
C. the idea of living from 200 to 300 years
D. the idea of living beyond the present life span
35.What would be the best title for this text
A. Living Longer or Not. B. Healthy Lifestyle and Long Living.
C. No Limit for Human Life. D. Science,Technology and Long Living.
Passage 9（题目来源：2020年广东省东莞市中考英语模拟试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
新冠病毒 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Since last December, there have been lots of COVID-19（新冠肺炎）cases both in and out of China.It's not the first time for humans to fight with Viruses. Viruses have brought big trouble to humans, because they may cause widespread disease and death.
What are they Viruses are considered to be non-living organisms（有机物）. They can infect animals, plants and humans, making them sick.They have materials like DNA and are protected by a kind of special skin.
Viruses can't reproduce（繁殖）on their own. Instead,they break in the cells（细胞）of living organisms to reproduce, spread and take over. But the basic question is, " Where did viruses first come from " Until now, no clear explanation for this question. " It is difficult to find out where viruses first came from," Ed Rybicki, a virologist at the university of Cape Town in South Africa, told Scientific American, " because viruses don't leave fossils（化石）and because it is difficult to study the ways they use to make copies of themselves within the cells they've broken in." Understanding where they came from means fully understanding the history of their hosts（宿主）-not only humans, but also plants and other animals, which is a difficult task, says Nature.
UK physicist Isaac Newton once said," Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy（傻子）." Indeed, mother nature can provide almost everything humans need if we follow her rules. But if we break the rules, she is likely to be cruel and mad at us. It is believed that the outbreak of COVID-19 is a good example. Humans try to change mother nature. They use more land to make buildings, catch some wild animals to meet their own needs. Humans gradually throw our mother nature out of balance（平衡）. For example, cutting a large number of forests leads to global（全球的）warming.
Although we don't know exactly what first caused the COVID-19 outbreak, Brian Lamacraft at Medium said it's time for people to " think carefully about our relationship with our mother nature" and " reconnect with this world and everything that we've been given". After all, according to US poet Gary Snyder, " Nature is not the place to visit. It's our home."
1. What can we learn about viruses from the article
A. They only make animals and plants sick. B. They are really small living organisms.
C. They didn't bring big trouble to humans before 2020. D. They can't reproduce on their own.
2. Why is it difficult to find out where viruses first came from
A. Because viruses leave lots of fossils.
B. Because it is difficult to study the ways they use to make copies of themselves.
C. Because they don't have DNA.
D. Because mother nature protects them.
3. The underlined word "infect" in the second paragraph probably means " ".
A.使…受伤 B.使…感染 C.使…伤心 D.使…丑陋
4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4
A. It is good for humans to change mother nature.
B. Only cutting trees leads to global warming.
C. If humans break the balance of nature, mother nature will be mad at us.
D. Humans use technology to improve their lives.
5. What is the writer's purpose in writing this article
A. To tell people viruses are easy to fight with.
B. To explain what led to the COVID-19 outbreak.
C. To advise humans to think carefully about their relationship with mother nature
D. To stop the wildlife trade around the world
Passage 10（题目来源：2020年河南省郑州市中考英语一模试卷）
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老年人记忆 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
"What's the name of the supermarket I can't remember right now." Have you ever heard your grandparents ask questions like this sometimes Usually, we think that older people's memory becomes had because their brains get weak. But now a team of scientists at the University of Tubingen in Germany has a new idea. " The human brain works slower in old age," says Michael Ramscar, the team's lead scientist, " only because it has stored more information over time." The findings are based on a series of computer tests related to learning and memory.
Scientists had the computers read a certain amount of words and learn new things each day. When the computer "read" a small amount of data（数据）, its performance on cognitive（认知）tests was similar to that of a young adult. But if the computer took in larger amounts of data, its performance was similar to that of an older adult. Often it was slower, but not because its processing ability had dropped. Rather, increased "experience" had caused the computer's database to grow, giving it more data to process-which takes more time. This is similar to how old people process information.
Imagine that one person knows just two people's birthdays and can get them right each time he or she is asked. Another person knows the birthdays of 2, 000 people , but can only match the right person to the right birthday 9 times out of 10. Can you say the first person has a better memory than the second person
"The larger the library you have in your head , the longer it usually takes to find a particular word," Benedict Carey, a science reporter for The New York Times, wrote in an article about the study.
1. Why is the poor memory of elderly people mentioned at the beginning .
A. To lead in the discussion of memory.
B. To describe the way elderly people live.
C. To express his or her care about the elderly.
D. To draw the public attention to elderly people
2. How did the scientists prove（论证）the new idea
A. By telling stories. B. By doing experiments. C. Be making surveys. D. By listing others' opinions.
3. What does the underlined word "it" refer to
A. The data. B. The brain. C. The computer. D. The information.
4. The example in Paragraph 3 shows .
A. Memorizing birthdays is easy
B. the first person has a better memory
C. Who has a better memory is uncertain
D. the second person can memorize 10% birthdays
5. What does the text mainly tell us
A. How computers process data.
B. How to improve the memory.
C. Old people can remember things easily.
D. Much information makes the brain slower.
Passage 11（题目来源：2020年河南省洛阳市中考英语模拟试卷）
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生日歌的故事 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Do you know that the "Happy Birthday to You" song is the first song sung in outer space Apollo IX astronauts sang it on March 8, 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here's the story behind it.
The song was written by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the title of"Good Morning to All" in 1893. It was used as a classroom greeting. Teachers sang it each day to welcome their students to the classroom.
The composer, Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister Patty Smith Hill wrote the original（最初的） lyrics for the song while she was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louisville, Kentucky, where Mildred also taught.
The Hill sisters copyrighted（取得版权）their song on October 16, 1893. However, it appeared without their agreement in Robert H. Coleman's songbook on March 4, 1924. The song Was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small changes in the lyrics.
In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica,
went to court （法院）over the copyright problem of the song. She was angry about the theft of the song and the failure to pay to her sisters. She won her case. The Hill family owned the rights to the melody（旋律） and had to be paid every time the song was part of a commercial（商业的）production.
The Hill sisters, who devoted their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue to earn about $2 million every year.
1. When was"Happy Birthday to You"song sung in outer space
A. On March 8, 1969. B. On March 4, 1924. C. On October 16, 1893. D. On October 18, 1934.
2. What was the song called when it was first published
A."Good Morning to You".
B."Good Morning to All".
C."Happy birthday to All".
D."Happy birthday to You".
3. What does the underlined word "theft"mean in Chinese
A.蔑视 B.污蔑 C.窥探 D.剽窃
4. Which sentence do you think is correct according to the passage
A. The song was written by three sisters from Kentucky.
B."Good Morning to All"was first used as a party greeting.
C. Patty Smith Hill was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louisville.
D. Mildred Hill went to court over the copyright problem of the song.
5. What's the best title of this passage
A. Teaching in a Kindergarten B. Lyrics for the song
C. Story of"Happy Birthday to You" D. Failure to Pay to the Sisters
Passage 12（题目来源：2020年海南省海口市中考英语模拟试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
孝顺 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
An old man lived with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The family used to eat together at the dinner table every night. The old man was elderly and his hands kept shaking. He often dropped some food onto the tablecloth. Soon his son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess.
One day, the husband said to his wife, " We must do something about my father. I've had enough of his shaking hands, and food on the tablecloth." So the husband and his wife set a small table in the corner. The old man ate alone at the corner while the rest of the family were enjoying dinner at the dinner table. Because the old man had broken a couple of bowls, his food was served in a wooden bowl. The four-year-old child watched it all in silence.
One evening before dinner, the father noticed his son playing with a piece of wood on the floor. He asked the child, "What are you making " The boy answered, " Oh, I am making two wooden bowls for you and my mother. You can use them to eat your food when I grow up." The four-year-old child smiled and went back to work.
The parents were speechless. Then their tears started to drop down their cheeks. That evening the husband took his father's hand and gently led his father back to the family table.
1. The old man's son and daughter-in-law were angry with the old man because he .
A. forgot to wash his hands before dinner B. didn't get the wooden bowl
C. often made the tablecloth dirt D. was too strict with his grandson
2. The underlined word "irritated " means " " in Chinese.
A. 恼怒的 B. 满意的 C. 惊讶的 D. 兴奋的
3. One evening before dinner, the father noticed his son .
A. repairing the dinner table B. playing with a piece of wood
C. cleaning the floor D. chatting with a wooden bowl
4. The writer wants to tell us that we should .
A. prepare wooden bowls for old man
B. treat the old and children kindly
C. teach children to be more independent
D. show respect to and look after the old
5. The best title for this passage is " ".
A. A wooden bowl
B. A beautiful tablecloth
C. A kind old man
D. A small table
Passage 13（题目来源：2020年福建省中考英语模拟试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Instead of gulping（狼吞虎咽地吃）your food, try eating more slowly. It may help you drop those unwanted pounds. The conclusion is from a new study by Japanese researchers.
The study showed that compared with people who gobbled their food, those who ate at a normal speed were 29 percent less likely to be obese（肥胖的）. But those who ate slowly were up to 42 percent less likely to be obese. In addition, slow eaters tended to be healthier and have a healthier lifestyle than those who ate quickly or at a normal speed.
"However, this study could not prove that eating speed causes or stops obesity," the researchers noted. They were led by Dr. Haruhisa Fukuda from Japan.
"Slow eating has its advantages and a few disadvantages," said Samantha Heller from New York City." On the one hand, slow eating gives our bodies time to register a sense of satisfaction and fullness, so we eat less. We are more likely to enjoy the taste of food. On the other hand, the longer some people sit in front of food, the more food they will eat," she said.
"Speed eating appears to be far more harmful. People who eat quickly, as many of us do, gulp far more food than they need. In many European countries, slow eating is a way of life," Heller said," In America, speed eating takes the lead. Thus, we need to encourage people to have a change, learn the way of slower eating from Europeans and get a true enjoyment of food."
1. The researchers who found eating slowly may help you drop pounds come from .
A. America B. Japan C. Europe D. China
2. is less likely to be obese.
A. People who eat slowly B. People who eat quickly
C. People who eat at a normal speed D. People who eat less
3. The underlined word "register" means " " in Chinese.
A. 表现出 B. 注意到 C. 反映出 D. 产生
4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true
A. Slow eaters are healthier than those who eat quickly.
B. Eating quickly can cause or stop obesity.
C. Eating quickly is harmful to us.
D. The longer you sit in front of the food, the more food you may eat.
5. What is the main idea of the passage
A. The ways of avoiding being obese.
B. The advantage of gulping food.
C. The advantage of eating slowly.
D. The ways of eating slowly.
Passage 14（题目来源：2020年广东省中山市中考英语模拟试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
If music makes you smart and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a person who is better at learning and understanding.
A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers.They found that person who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons did much better in language ability（能力）tests than without music.
The volunteers said they felt better after exercising with or without the music.But their improvement on the test doubled（加倍）after listening to the music during exercise." Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system（神经系统）and have a direct result on learning ability," said the psychologist Charles Emery. Scientists have found that music can be good for health and education.It helps relieve stress, sadness and nervousness, encourages relaxation or sleep, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
Psychologists have been using Mozart's music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders（言语能力紊乱）.Mozart is often chosen because his music is not over-exciting. A study shouted students who often exercise to Mozart's music go on to score higher marks in tests. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.
1. What does the underlined word "relieve" mean in Chinese
A. 加强 B. 减轻 C. 提高 D. 接替
2. How many great musicians are mentioned in the passage
A. Two B. There C. Four. D. Thirty-three
3. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. Students should not listen to music before exams.
B. Children are supposed to follow their parents' words.
C. Music may help student to get higher grades in tests.
D. There is no reason for children to argue with parents.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE
A. Scientists often use Mozart's music for it is really exciting.
B. Music usually makes people too excited to go to sleep.
C. Exercising without music seems to cause many negative changes.
D. Students can improve their studies greatly after exercising to music.
5. Which is the BEST title for this passage
A. Scientists suggest great music.
B. Music and exercise lead to stress.
C. Exercising to music makes you smarter.
D. Volunteers listened to Mozart's violin pieces.
Passage 15（题目来源：2020年广东省佛山市顺德区中考英语二模试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科技 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Have you ever had dreams about building a robot Or putting together a spaceship Or even seeing your face made out of chocolate Done. All you need is a 3-D printer!
The possibilities of 3-D printing seem endless. All the user has to do is to design（设计）an object on the computer and choose a material（材料）to print in. The printers print in hundreds of different materials including glass, sugar and even skin! When the user presses"print", the 3-D printer spreads the material layer（层）by layer and like magic the object is produced.
The first 3-D printer was invented in 1986 by an American, Charles Hull. But 3-D printing has only become cheap enough recently for most people to use. Designers now use 3-D printing to create unusual things. The Dutch artist Dirk Vander Kooj prints furniture made from old fridges. And doctors have used 3-D printing to print human body parts! The Telegraph reported in February that scientists from Cornell Medical College even printed a man-made ear.
But like a lot of new technologies, if 3-D printing gets into the wrong hands, it can be dangerous. In 2011 a group of four men in the US used 3-D printing to produce ATM skimmers （提款机盗刷器）. These were placed on an ATM and stole over ＄400, 000from users of the ATM. It is terrible to think that criminals like them might one day use a 3-D printer to print a gun.
But for better or for worse, 3-D printing has been put into use. In a few years, you'll probably be wondering how you could ever live without your 3-D printer!
1. invented the first 3-D printer.
A. Charles Hull B. Dirk Vander Kooj C. A doctor called CornellD. Four men in the U.S
2. What is the correct order for people to use a 3-D printer
a. Choose a proper material.
b. Press the print button.
c. The 3-D printer spreads the material.
d. Use a computer to design an object.
A. a-b-c-d B. d-a-b-c C. a-c-d-b D. d-c-b-a
3. The underlined word "criminals" in the fourth paragraph might mean in Chinese.
A. 技术员 B. 军人 C. 罪犯 D. 用户
4. According to the passage, people have NOT yet produced with a 3-D printer.
A. some furniture B. a man-made ear C. ATM skimmers D. a gun
5. What does the writer think of the 3-Dprinter
A. It is necessary only for our work.
B. It is helpful but dangerous.
C. It is too expensive for most people.
D. It is useless in our daily life.
Passage16（题目来源：2020 年山东青岛中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科普文：野生动物的回归 7*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
B
Wild beavers (河狸) are back! Experts say that the wild beaver families are doing well. The beavers are even boosting wildlife and the environment!
Over ten years ago, a family of beavers turned up in a part of the river Otter, in Devon. No one knew exactly where they came from. It was a big surprise, wild beavers hadn't lived in England for around 400 years!
In 2015, the government allowed the beavers to stay there as part of a trial (试验). They wanted to see if these animals could be reintroduced to the wild. The trial ends in February. Some scientists from the University of Exeter already say the beavers help the wildlife in the area. One scientist called it "an amazing story".
A lot of this is because of dams. Beavers build dams along the river. This creates deep pools in the riverbed and slows the water down. Scientists say this is perfect for many different types of plants and animals! Many plants are growing near the beavers. Different types of animals are also becoming more and more in the river. Beavers also help make flooding less, scientists say. The beavers' dams slow down the speed of the river, especially after heavy rain.
There are, however, some problems. Beavers gnaw (咬,啃)on trees and this can harm them. Their dams can also sometimes create floods (洪水) on people's land.
Beavers aren't the only animals that are being reintroduced to the wild! In 2019, red squirrels were brought back to an area of the Scottish Highlands. Further away, the world's rarest (罕见的) duck, the Madagascar pochard, is making a comeback. It was set free into the wild on the African island in 2019 and is doing well.
Who knows what other animals might be making a comeback
26. Which of the following best explains "boosting" in paragraph 1
A. building B. spreading C. helping D. creating
27. Why did the government want a trial first Because they wanted to ________.
A. grow more plants along the river B. build dams for the beavers in the wild
C. introduce the beavers to the wild D. see if the beavers could be reintroduced to the wild
28. What are the good things about wild beavers living on the river Otter
A. They help plants grow and make flooding less. B. They bring heavy rain and floods.
C. They gnaw on trees and harm them. D. Their dams create floods on people's land.
29. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the news story which have been reintroduced to the wild
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
30. How do you think animal lovers feel about the news
A. Embarrassed. B. Pleased. C. Tired. D. Disappointed.
参考答案：
Passage1
【答案】26. D 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D
Passage2
【答案】31. B 32. A 33. A 34. D 35. C
Passage3
【答案】36. B 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. A
Passage4
【答案】41. C 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. B
Passage5
【答案】56---60：D A C B D；
Passage6
【答案】61 C 62 B 63 D 64B 65 D
Passage 7
【答案】DABCB
Passage 8
【答案】BCDA
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【答案】DBBCC
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【答案】ABCCD
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Passage 12
【答案】CABDA
Passage 13
【答案】 BADBC
Passage 14
【答案】BACDC
Passage 15
【答案】ABCDB
Passage16
【答案】26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B
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Passage 1 （题目来源：2020 年广东省中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
保护野生大象 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert (沙漠) elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa. Now, there are fewer than four hundred.
Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly On the one hand, the elephants’ main lake, their only water source (来源), dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans.
To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland.
However, from 2012 to 2016, poaching (偷猎) and illegal trade in the elephants increased rapidly. Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020,” said a member of MEP.
Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations (组织) have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world.
26. MEP was started to ________.
A. raise more elephants in Mali B. stop the main lake from drying up
C. discover water source for elephants D. protect the elephants’ living environment
27. What does the word “illegal” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese
A. 公平的 B. 亏损的 C. 非法的 D. 合理的
28. Eighty-three elephants were lost ________.
A. in 2012 B. in 2015 C. in 2016 D. in 2020
29. We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.
A. the number of organizations has dropped B. there is much less elephant poaching now
C. the local people keep the elephants at home D. the whole world live peacefully with elephants
30. This passage is mainly about ________.
A. the rules of using land and water B. the education of the local people
C. the work of Mali Elephant Project D. the situation of Gourma Desert elephants
Passage2（题目来源：2020 年广东省广州市中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科普：风筝在历史中的作用 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
How would you like to build a time machine Paper, sticks, glue and string are all you need.Put them together to build a kite. A kite connects you to the past.
No one knows who flew the first kite. It was probably someone in China or perhaps Indonesia.Indonesia. Indonesian fishermen hung fishhooks on kites and sent them out to sea to catch fish. Starting 2,000years ago, Chinese farmers flew kites to welcome the New Year and bring good luck to Earth.
In China, people also used kites during wartime. One Chinese story tells how soldiers put noise makers on kites and flew them at night over the enemy camp. The enemies were frightened by the noise and ran away.
About 1,300 years ago, Chinese travelers took kites to Japan. Soon kites filled the skies there.Kites reached Thailand about 700 years ago. During floods, Thai farmers flew kites over their fields They hoped the kites would drive away the clouds and stop the rain. Over time, kites flew their way out of Asia.Today, kites are a passion all over the world. Kite fans meet at festivals in many parts of the world and have great fun.
Over the years,Kites have also helped people understand the natural world.In 1749, for example, thermometers were tied to kites to measure temperatures. In 1906, cameras hanging from kites took pictures of San Francisco, California after an earthquake. The photos helped people plan what to do.
Kites also helped inventors find out how to make airplanes. The Wright brothers studied how kites flew, which helped them make the first successful airplane.
Since the ancient Chinese first set their kites into the air,people have loved flying kites. Kites give us ways to celebrate, relax and explore. So go fly a kite! Enjoy the feeling of wonder that kite flyers have felt for centuries.
31. According to the passage, in which countries were kites used to make good wishes
A. China and Japan. B. China and Thailand.
C. Japan and Indonesia. D. Thailand and Indonesia.
32. According to the Chinese story, the army used kites to___________.
A. make the enemies leave in fear B. celebrate victories during wartime
C. stop the enemies from sleeping well D. carry soldiers to fight against the enemies
33. The underlined word “passion”in Paragraph 4 means__________.
A. strong love B. useful machine C. happy dream D. common treasure
34. How does the writer develop Paragraph 5
A. By telling stories. B. By listing numbers.
C. By comparing facts. D. By giving examples.
35. What’s the purpose of this passage
A. To show people how to fly kites. B. To explain how kites are used in science.
C. To introduce the roles of kites in history. D. To discuss the difference among kites worldwide.
Passage3（题目来源：2020 年湖北武汉中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
坚持梦想 *min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Hope Matters
Reyes Guana, 42, grew up in a poor Mexican family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet.
As a boy, Guana had a good relationship with the school cleaner. He called her "Nike" because she wore Nike shoes. The boy liked how Nike made everything clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, too. "Well, it's good if you want to be a cleaner," Nike told little Guana. "But make sure you go to college."
Guana also looked up to the principal (校长) of his school. The school leader told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. "Wow, when I grow up, I want to do what you're doing," Guana told him. "Well, if you stick to your dream, you will," the principal replied.
And Guana really got there. But it was quite a long journey for him. Twenty-three years ago, he followed in Nike's footsteps and was cleaning schools. He worked at three schools to pay for his college education. He held that job for four years and then worked his way up to being a school safety monitor. After that, he worked as a teacher for a few years.
Now, as a principal, Guana never forgets where he came from. He helps students from poor families and shows respect (尊重) for every school staff member. He always invites everyone to school parties, including those who clean the floors and those who drive the school buses.
36. Guana hoped to be a cleaner because he ______.
A. was good at cleaning B. admired the cleaner "Nike" a lot
C. needed to support his poor family D. had to pay for his college education
37. Guana became a school safety monitor ______.
A. when he was nineteen B. after he worked as a teacher
C. as soon as he got enough money D. before he was named principal
38. The underlined phrase got there is closest in meaning to _____.
A. went back to "Nike" B. entered a college
C. realized one's dream D. became well-known
39. According to the writer, _____.
A. Guana should have been named principal earlier
B. a boy from a poor family can have a bright future
C. a cleaner is more important than a college student
D the cleaners and the drivers should get more respect
40. What would be another title for this passage
A. From Cleaner to Leader B. Different Jobs
C. From Failure to Success D. Relationship Works
Passage4（题目来源：2020 年湖北武汉中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
社会人文：演员的生活 8*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
When people discover that I work as a film and TV extra (临时演员), they always ask me the same questions: Emily, is it easy to get work Isn't it boring Do you get to meet famous actors Does it pay well My answers are pretty standard as well: Yes, sometimes, once in a while, and… kind of. The life of an extra is both more interesting and more boring than you might imagine.
Extras, who play the people in crowds, on streets, or in the background of indoors scenes, can come from all walks of life. Unlike many extras, I'm a trained actor. I do get real speaking roles, but work can be hard to come by if you're not a popular star. I'm registered (注册) with an agency that deals only with extras, so I get calls all the time. The agency explains who I'll be someone in a crowd, a member of a jury, a clerk and tells me where to go. Call time is usually bright and early, so I try to get to bed at a reasonable hour.
Sometimes being an extra is a "hurry up and wait" job. In my first extra role, I was one of a group of office workers who come out of a building just as a car explodes (爆炸) in the street. We waited for hours for the scene to be shot, and then went in and out of the building about fifty times, trying to act terrified by an explosion which was not real. Then we had lunch, changed clothes, and spent the afternoons as customers in a department store.
It may sound like I don’t enjoy the work, but I do. Being part of the background in a convincing (令人信服的) way is challenging, and being on a film or TV set is always fascinating. A lot of famous actors don't even notice the extras, but the ones who do make the job a lot of fun for everyone. As for the money, it's nothing compared to what the big actors make, but it pretty much pays the bills. And, as a bonus, I've beaten my high scores on all my phone games, thanks to all the time I spend sitting around, waiting for something to happen.
41. Emily gives standard answers because ______.
A. she is proud of her job B. she wants to hide her feelings
C. she thinks it's unnecessary to explain D. they are the exact answers to the questions
42. What does Emily think of her job
A. Busy. B. Enjoyable. C. Fashionable. D. Easy.
43. In line 21, another way to say as a bonus would be ______.
A. above expectation B. as a result C. in general D. after all
44. According to the passage, _____.
A. the famous actors look down upon the extras
B. being an extra is always a "hurry up and wait" job
C. Emily tells the truth about being a film and TV extra
D. those who want to be film or TV extras must be trained
45. We can infer that Emily ______.
A. often pays the bills for others B. sometimes has to get up very early
C. has beaten all the phone game players D. was in face of danger in her first extra role
Passage5（题目来源：2019 年新东方中考模拟英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
文化教育 6*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly(蝴蝶). The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis(蛹). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle(挣扎；奋斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can’t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.
When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father’s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.
Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.
56. From the story we know that the butterfly can’t fly because ________.
A. it gets out by itself B. the man feels sorry for it
C. it tries to challenge itself D. the man helps it come out
57. Dennis’s example shows that successful people should ________.
A. overcome the difficulties B. take up business early
C. become the leaders of tomorrow D. sell clothes from door to door
58. The meaning of the underlined word “mature” in the passage is “________”.
A. wake up B. give up C. grow up D. bring up
59. What is the writer trying to do in this passage
A. Describe where a butterfly comes from.
B. Encourage young people to face challenges.
C. Suggest how to become a successful businessman.
D. Explain what will happen if a person fails the exam.
60. What is the best title for this passage
A. Successful People Have a Sense of Achievement
B. Young People Must Develop Their Energy Actively
C. Countries Should Continue to Become Successful
D. Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People
Passage6（题目来源：2018 年广东省中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科普文：海面之下 7*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
There's much to see under the sea, but you need to remember that light behaves differently in water than in air. The objects appear closer to you than they exactly are, You might find yourself reaching out to touch something and completely missing it.
Objects under water will appear larger than they would on the surface, too. Be careful not to tell any stories about the big fish that got away. That fish might not be so big after all! It's just because sometimes things can seem to be as much as about 33 percent bigger in water!
What's more, in deeper water, colors just don't seem as bright. In fact, it looks as if some colors are missing. Remember the color of an object results from the wavelengths(波长)of light that are reflected（反射）from its surface. And light is taken in as it moves down through the water.
Swimmers wear wet suits to keep warm underwater. Lets take a bright red, yellow, and blue wet suit as an example. These colors are hard to miss on the surface of water. Watch carefully the changes in color as you descend in the water. The red part now looks almost black because the red light wavelengths, the longest among these three colors, are missing. As you go down deeper, the same thing will happen to the yellow part and in the end to the blue part. Even at a place of about 6 to 9 meters underwater, you will look terrible, like a ghost( 鬼怪) ! And you have to wait for your return to the surface to enjoy the bright colors again!
You miss the object underwater when you want to touch it because .
A.your eyesight is quite poor B. you are not quick enough
C.it is not as close as it seems D.it disappears very quickly
62. The example o the wet suit is used to explain the change of of an object underwater.
A. the size B. the color C. the position D. the weight
63. The underlined word "descend" probably means in Chinese in this passage.
A.上升 B.漂浮 C.屏息 D.下潜
64. Which of the following is true
A. four-meter-long fish looks three meters long underwater.
B. The wavelengths of red light are longer than those of blue light.
C. Much water will be taken in by the swimmer deep in the water
D. You will see a ghost if you go as deep as 6 to 9 meters into the sea.
65. The best title of this passage is
A. The Standard of Color Underwater B. The Direction of Light Underwater
C. The Rightness of Color Underwater D. The Behavior of Light Underwater
Passage 7 （题目来源：2020年广东省珠海市珠海市香洲区中考英语二模试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
视力认识误区 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Has anyone ever told you that eating carrots will help you see in the dark This is just one of many incorrect beliefs you may have heard. Below, TEENS has picked out scientific explanations for three mistakes that people make about their eyes. Let's take a look.
Can eating carrots improve your eyesight
Carrots are rich in vitamin A, which helps the eyes to turn light into information for your brain. This allows people to see in darker places. However, eating more carrots won't help you see better. A certain minimum amount will help, but a large number of carrots will not give you superhuman vision.
If your parents have bad eyesight, will you have bad eyesight, too
Myopia（近视）can be passed from parents to children. A study by the American Optometric Association found that if both parents are myopic, there's a 33 to 60 percent chance that their child will be. For children who have one parent with myopia, the chance is 23 to 40 percent, and it's down to 6 to 15 percent for kids with non-myopic parents. So if your eyesight is bad, your children might still have good vision.
Do color blind people see the world in black and white
Color blindness doesn't usually mean that people see the world like an old movie. They usually can't tell certain colors apart, especially green and red. Another commonly confused pair of colors is yellow and blue. Our eyes have cone cells（视锥细胞）that sense different wavelengths of light. If these cells don't work properly, color blindness occurs. There are different levels of color blindness.Some people are only color blind in low light. However, in the most serious form of color blindness, everything is shades of gray.
1. According to the article, eating carrots .
A. stops the brain from seeing B. doesn't help you see better at all
C. will help you see clearly in the dark D. is good for your eyes to some degree
2. If both parents have myopia, their child's chance of having good eyesight is .
A. 40-67% B. 33-60% C. 23-40 D. 6-15%
3. The underline word "occurs" in this passage probably means .
A. 恶化 B. 发生 C. 改善 D. 加深
4. What is the cause of color blindness according to the text
A.Watching movies for too long. B. Getting too little exercise.
C. Cone cells not working properly. D. Changes in the wavelength of light.
5. What is the purpose of the article
A.To offer some advice on protecting your eyes.
B.To clear up some misunderstandings about our eyes.
C.To provide help for improving your vision.
D.To explain how bad eyesight and color blindness form.
Passage 8（题目来源：2021年广东省江门市中考英语模拟试卷）
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科学与生命 6 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 8
Do you want to live another 100 years or more Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.
"I think we are knocking at the door of immortality（永生）, "said Michael Zey,a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future."I think by 2075 we will see it and that's a conservative estimate（保守的估计）."
At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology（纳米技术）make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past." There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years," he said." Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years."
However, many scientists who study in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.
Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live." It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life " said Leonard Pooh,director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre." At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all."
32. By saying "we are knocking at the door of immortality", Michael Zey means .
A. they believe that there is no limit of living
B. they have got some ideas about living forever
C. they are sure to find the truth about long living
D. they are able to make people live past the present life span
33. Donald Louria's attitude towards long living is that .
A. people can only live from 120 to 180
B. it is still doubtful how long humans can live
C. it is possible for humans to live longer in the future
D. the human body is designed to last past about 120years
34. The underlined "it" in paragraph 4 refers to .
A. the conservative estimate
B. a great push
C. the idea of living from 200 to 300 years
D. the idea of living beyond the present life span
35.What would be the best title for this text
A. Living Longer or Not. B. Healthy Lifestyle and Long Living.
C. No Limit for Human Life. D. Science,Technology and Long Living.
Passage 9（题目来源：2020年广东省东莞市中考英语模拟试卷）
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新冠病毒 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Since last December, there have been lots of COVID-19（新冠肺炎）cases both in and out of China.It's not the first time for humans to fight with Viruses. Viruses have brought big trouble to humans, because they may cause widespread disease and death.
What are they Viruses are considered to be non-living organisms（有机物）. They can infect animals, plants and humans, making them sick.They have materials like DNA and are protected by a kind of special skin.
Viruses can't reproduce（繁殖）on their own. Instead,they break in the cells（细胞）of living organisms to reproduce, spread and take over. But the basic question is, " Where did viruses first come from " Until now, no clear explanation for this question. " It is difficult to find out where viruses first came from," Ed Rybicki, a virologist at the university of Cape Town in South Africa, told Scientific American, " because viruses don't leave fossils（化石）and because it is difficult to study the ways they use to make copies of themselves within the cells they've broken in." Understanding where they came from means fully understanding the history of their hosts（宿主）-not only humans, but also plants and other animals, which is a difficult task, says Nature.
UK physicist Isaac Newton once said," Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy（傻子）." Indeed, mother nature can provide almost everything humans need if we follow her rules. But if we break the rules, she is likely to be cruel and mad at us. It is believed that the outbreak of COVID-19 is a good example. Humans try to change mother nature. They use more land to make buildings, catch some wild animals to meet their own needs. Humans gradually throw our mother nature out of balance（平衡）. For example, cutting a large number of forests leads to global（全球的）warming.
Although we don't know exactly what first caused the COVID-19 outbreak, Brian Lamacraft at Medium said it's time for people to " think carefully about our relationship with our mother nature" and " reconnect with this world and everything that we've been given". After all, according to US poet Gary Snyder, " Nature is not the place to visit. It's our home."
1. What can we learn about viruses from the article
A. They only make animals and plants sick. B. They are really small living organisms.
C. They didn't bring big trouble to humans before 2020. D. They can't reproduce on their own.
2. Why is it difficult to find out where viruses first came from
A. Because viruses leave lots of fossils.
B. Because it is difficult to study the ways they use to make copies of themselves.
C. Because they don't have DNA.
D. Because mother nature protects them.
3. The underlined word "infect" in the second paragraph probably means " ".
A.使…受伤 B.使…感染 C.使…伤心 D.使…丑陋
4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4
A. It is good for humans to change mother nature.
B. Only cutting trees leads to global warming.
C. If humans break the balance of nature, mother nature will be mad at us.
D. Humans use technology to improve their lives.
5. What is the writer's purpose in writing this article
A. To tell people viruses are easy to fight with.
B. To explain what led to the COVID-19 outbreak.
C. To advise humans to think carefully about their relationship with mother nature
D. To stop the wildlife trade around the world
Passage 10（题目来源：2020年河南省郑州市中考英语一模试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
老年人记忆 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
"What's the name of the supermarket I can't remember right now." Have you ever heard your grandparents ask questions like this sometimes Usually, we think that older people's memory becomes had because their brains get weak. But now a team of scientists at the University of Tubingen in Germany has a new idea. " The human brain works slower in old age," says Michael Ramscar, the team's lead scientist, " only because it has stored more information over time." The findings are based on a series of computer tests related to learning and memory.
Scientists had the computers read a certain amount of words and learn new things each day. When the computer "read" a small amount of data（数据）, its performance on cognitive（认知）tests was similar to that of a young adult. But if the computer took in larger amounts of data, its performance was similar to that of an older adult. Often it was slower, but not because its processing ability had dropped. Rather, increased "experience" had caused the computer's database to grow, giving it more data to process-which takes more time. This is similar to how old people process information.
Imagine that one person knows just two people's birthdays and can get them right each time he or she is asked. Another person knows the birthdays of 2, 000 people , but can only match the right person to the right birthday 9 times out of 10. Can you say the first person has a better memory than the second person
"The larger the library you have in your head , the longer it usually takes to find a particular word," Benedict Carey, a science reporter for The New York Times, wrote in an article about the study.
1. Why is the poor memory of elderly people mentioned at the beginning .
A. To lead in the discussion of memory.
B. To describe the way elderly people live.
C. To express his or her care about the elderly.
D. To draw the public attention to elderly people
2. How did the scientists prove（论证）the new idea
A. By telling stories. B. By doing experiments. C. Be making surveys. D. By listing others' opinions.
3. What does the underlined word "it" refer to
A. The data. B. The brain. C. The computer. D. The information.
4. The example in Paragraph 3 shows .
A. Memorizing birthdays is easy
B. the first person has a better memory
C. Who has a better memory is uncertain
D. the second person can memorize 10% birthdays
5. What does the text mainly tell us
A. How computers process data.
B. How to improve the memory.
C. Old people can remember things easily.
D. Much information makes the brain slower.
Passage 11（题目来源：2020年河南省洛阳市中考英语模拟试卷）
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生日歌的故事 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Do you know that the "Happy Birthday to You" song is the first song sung in outer space Apollo IX astronauts sang it on March 8, 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here's the story behind it.
The song was written by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the title of"Good Morning to All" in 1893. It was used as a classroom greeting. Teachers sang it each day to welcome their students to the classroom.
The composer, Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister Patty Smith Hill wrote the original（最初的） lyrics for the song while she was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louisville, Kentucky, where Mildred also taught.
The Hill sisters copyrighted（取得版权）their song on October 16, 1893. However, it appeared without their agreement in Robert H. Coleman's songbook on March 4, 1924. The song Was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small changes in the lyrics.
In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica,
went to court （法院）over the copyright problem of the song. She was angry about the theft of the song and the failure to pay to her sisters. She won her case. The Hill family owned the rights to the melody（旋律） and had to be paid every time the song was part of a commercial（商业的）production.
The Hill sisters, who devoted their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue to earn about $2 million every year.
1. When was"Happy Birthday to You"song sung in outer space
A. On March 8, 1969. B. On March 4, 1924. C. On October 16, 1893. D. On October 18, 1934.
2. What was the song called when it was first published
A."Good Morning to You".
B."Good Morning to All".
C."Happy birthday to All".
D."Happy birthday to You".
3. What does the underlined word "theft"mean in Chinese
A.蔑视 B.污蔑 C.窥探 D.剽窃
4. Which sentence do you think is correct according to the passage
A. The song was written by three sisters from Kentucky.
B."Good Morning to All"was first used as a party greeting.
C. Patty Smith Hill was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louisville.
D. Mildred Hill went to court over the copyright problem of the song.
5. What's the best title of this passage
A. Teaching in a Kindergarten B. Lyrics for the song
C. Story of"Happy Birthday to You" D. Failure to Pay to the Sisters
Passage 12（题目来源：2020年海南省海口市中考英语模拟试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
孝顺 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
An old man lived with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The family used to eat together at the dinner table every night. The old man was elderly and his hands kept shaking. He often dropped some food onto the tablecloth. Soon his son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess.
One day, the husband said to his wife, " We must do something about my father. I've had enough of his shaking hands, and food on the tablecloth." So the husband and his wife set a small table in the corner. The old man ate alone at the corner while the rest of the family were enjoying dinner at the dinner table. Because the old man had broken a couple of bowls, his food was served in a wooden bowl. The four-year-old child watched it all in silence.
One evening before dinner, the father noticed his son playing with a piece of wood on the floor. He asked the child, "What are you making " The boy answered, " Oh, I am making two wooden bowls for you and my mother. You can use them to eat your food when I grow up." The four-year-old child smiled and went back to work.
The parents were speechless. Then their tears started to drop down their cheeks. That evening the husband took his father's hand and gently led his father back to the family table.
1. The old man's son and daughter-in-law were angry with the old man because he .
A. forgot to wash his hands before dinner B. didn't get the wooden bowl
C. often made the tablecloth dirt D. was too strict with his grandson
2. The underlined word "irritated " means " " in Chinese.
A. 恼怒的 B. 满意的 C. 惊讶的 D. 兴奋的
3. One evening before dinner, the father noticed his son .
A. repairing the dinner table B. playing with a piece of wood
C. cleaning the floor D. chatting with a wooden bowl
4. The writer wants to tell us that we should .
A. prepare wooden bowls for old man
B. treat the old and children kindly
C. teach children to be more independent
D. show respect to and look after the old
5. The best title for this passage is " ".
A. A wooden bowl
B. A beautiful tablecloth
C. A kind old man
D. A small table
Passage 13（题目来源：2020年福建省中考英语模拟试卷）
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7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Instead of gulping（狼吞虎咽地吃）your food, try eating more slowly. It may help you drop those unwanted pounds. The conclusion is from a new study by Japanese researchers.
The study showed that compared with people who gobbled their food, those who ate at a normal speed were 29 percent less likely to be obese（肥胖的）. But those who ate slowly were up to 42 percent less likely to be obese. In addition, slow eaters tended to be healthier and have a healthier lifestyle than those who ate quickly or at a normal speed.
"However, this study could not prove that eating speed causes or stops obesity," the researchers noted. They were led by Dr. Haruhisa Fukuda from Japan.
"Slow eating has its advantages and a few disadvantages," said Samantha Heller from New York City." On the one hand, slow eating gives our bodies time to register a sense of satisfaction and fullness, so we eat less. We are more likely to enjoy the taste of food. On the other hand, the longer some people sit in front of food, the more food they will eat," she said.
"Speed eating appears to be far more harmful. People who eat quickly, as many of us do, gulp far more food than they need. In many European countries, slow eating is a way of life," Heller said," In America, speed eating takes the lead. Thus, we need to encourage people to have a change, learn the way of slower eating from Europeans and get a true enjoyment of food."
1. The researchers who found eating slowly may help you drop pounds come from .
A. America B. Japan C. Europe D. China
2. is less likely to be obese.
A. People who eat slowly B. People who eat quickly
C. People who eat at a normal speed D. People who eat less
3. The underlined word "register" means " " in Chinese.
A. 表现出 B. 注意到 C. 反映出 D. 产生
4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true
A. Slow eaters are healthier than those who eat quickly.
B. Eating quickly can cause or stop obesity.
C. Eating quickly is harmful to us.
D. The longer you sit in front of the food, the more food you may eat.
5. What is the main idea of the passage
A. The ways of avoiding being obese.
B. The advantage of gulping food.
C. The advantage of eating slowly.
D. The ways of eating slowly.
Passage 14（题目来源：2020年广东省中山市中考英语模拟试卷）
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7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
If music makes you smart and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into a person who is better at learning and understanding.
A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers.They found that person who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons did much better in language ability（能力）tests than without music.
The volunteers said they felt better after exercising with or without the music.But their improvement on the test doubled（加倍）after listening to the music during exercise." Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system（神经系统）and have a direct result on learning ability," said the psychologist Charles Emery. Scientists have found that music can be good for health and education.It helps relieve stress, sadness and nervousness, encourages relaxation or sleep, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
Psychologists have been using Mozart's music, especially his violin pieces, to help children with speech disorders（言语能力紊乱）.Mozart is often chosen because his music is not over-exciting. A study shouted students who often exercise to Mozart's music go on to score higher marks in tests. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.
1. What does the underlined word "relieve" mean in Chinese
A. 加强 B. 减轻 C. 提高 D. 接替
2. How many great musicians are mentioned in the passage
A. Two B. There C. Four. D. Thirty-three
3. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. Students should not listen to music before exams.
B. Children are supposed to follow their parents' words.
C. Music may help student to get higher grades in tests.
D. There is no reason for children to argue with parents.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE
A. Scientists often use Mozart's music for it is really exciting.
B. Music usually makes people too excited to go to sleep.
C. Exercising without music seems to cause many negative changes.
D. Students can improve their studies greatly after exercising to music.
5. Which is the BEST title for this passage
A. Scientists suggest great music.
B. Music and exercise lead to stress.
C. Exercising to music makes you smarter.
D. Volunteers listened to Mozart's violin pieces.
Passage 15（题目来源：2020年广东省佛山市顺德区中考英语二模试卷）
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科技 7 min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
Have you ever had dreams about building a robot Or putting together a spaceship Or even seeing your face made out of chocolate Done. All you need is a 3-D printer!
The possibilities of 3-D printing seem endless. All the user has to do is to design（设计）an object on the computer and choose a material（材料）to print in. The printers print in hundreds of different materials including glass, sugar and even skin! When the user presses"print", the 3-D printer spreads the material layer（层）by layer and like magic the object is produced.
The first 3-D printer was invented in 1986 by an American, Charles Hull. But 3-D printing has only become cheap enough recently for most people to use. Designers now use 3-D printing to create unusual things. The Dutch artist Dirk Vander Kooj prints furniture made from old fridges. And doctors have used 3-D printing to print human body parts! The Telegraph reported in February that scientists from Cornell Medical College even printed a man-made ear.
But like a lot of new technologies, if 3-D printing gets into the wrong hands, it can be dangerous. In 2011 a group of four men in the US used 3-D printing to produce ATM skimmers （提款机盗刷器）. These were placed on an ATM and stole over ＄400, 000from users of the ATM. It is terrible to think that criminals like them might one day use a 3-D printer to print a gun.
But for better or for worse, 3-D printing has been put into use. In a few years, you'll probably be wondering how you could ever live without your 3-D printer!
1. invented the first 3-D printer.
A. Charles Hull B. Dirk Vander Kooj C. A doctor called CornellD. Four men in the U.S
2. What is the correct order for people to use a 3-D printer
a. Choose a proper material.
b. Press the print button.
c. The 3-D printer spreads the material.
d. Use a computer to design an object.
A. a-b-c-d B. d-a-b-c C. a-c-d-b D. d-c-b-a
3. The underlined word "criminals" in the fourth paragraph might mean in Chinese.
A. 技术员 B. 军人 C. 罪犯 D. 用户
4. According to the passage, people have NOT yet produced with a 3-D printer.
A. some furniture B. a man-made ear C. ATM skimmers D. a gun
5. What does the writer think of the 3-Dprinter
A. It is necessary only for our work.
B. It is helpful but dangerous.
C. It is too expensive for most people.
D. It is useless in our daily life.
Passage16（题目来源：2020 年山东青岛中考英语试卷）
话题 建议用时 难易度 正确率
科普文：野生动物的回归 7*min ★★★★☆ _______ / 10
B
Wild beavers (河狸) are back! Experts say that the wild beaver families are doing well. The beavers are even boosting wildlife and the environment!
Over ten years ago, a family of beavers turned up in a part of the river Otter, in Devon. No one knew exactly where they came from. It was a big surprise, wild beavers hadn't lived in England for around 400 years!
In 2015, the government allowed the beavers to stay there as part of a trial (试验). They wanted to see if these animals could be reintroduced to the wild. The trial ends in February. Some scientists from the University of Exeter already say the beavers help the wildlife in the area. One scientist called it "an amazing story".
A lot of this is because of dams. Beavers build dams along the river. This creates deep pools in the riverbed and slows the water down. Scientists say this is perfect for many different types of plants and animals! Many plants are growing near the beavers. Different types of animals are also becoming more and more in the river. Beavers also help make flooding less, scientists say. The beavers' dams slow down the speed of the river, especially after heavy rain.
There are, however, some problems. Beavers gnaw (咬,啃)on trees and this can harm them. Their dams can also sometimes create floods (洪水) on people's land.
Beavers aren't the only animals that are being reintroduced to the wild! In 2019, red squirrels were brought back to an area of the Scottish Highlands. Further away, the world's rarest (罕见的) duck, the Madagascar pochard, is making a comeback. It was set free into the wild on the African island in 2019 and is doing well.
Who knows what other animals might be making a comeback
26. Which of the following best explains "boosting" in paragraph 1
A. building B. spreading C. helping D. creating
27. Why did the government want a trial first Because they wanted to ________.
A. grow more plants along the river B. build dams for the beavers in the wild
C. introduce the beavers to the wild D. see if the beavers could be reintroduced to the wild
28. What are the good things about wild beavers living on the river Otter
A. They help plants grow and make flooding less. B. They bring heavy rain and floods.
C. They gnaw on trees and harm them. D. Their dams create floods on people's land.
29. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the news story which have been reintroduced to the wild
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
30. How do you think animal lovers feel about the news
A. Embarrassed. B. Pleased. C. Tired. D. Disappointed.
参考答案：
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【答案】26. D 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D
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【答案】31. B 32. A 33. A 34. D 35. C
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【答案】36. B 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. A
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【答案】41. C 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. B
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【答案】56---60：D A C B D；
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【答案】61 C 62 B 63 D 64B 65 D
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【答案】ABCDB
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【答案】26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B
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