2022年中考英语一轮复习阅读与完形训练六（含答案）

2022届中考英语一轮复习阅读与完形训练六
A
Now is the season for BBC Proms! This yearly event in London promises eight weeks of classical music performances.
Orchestras (管弦乐队) from around the world come to the Royal Albert Hall to bring the world a summer full of music. This year is very special. It marks the 150th anniversary of the Royal Albert Hall. It’s also the return of live audiences (现场观众), which had been prevented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Proms were founded in 1895 by Sir Henry Wood, an English conductor (指挥家). “Prom” is short for promenade concert, which is an outdoor concert where the audience is free to stroll (散步) around while the orchestra plays. The first performance was at Queen’s Hall, which was destroyed in World War II. Now it is organized by the BBC, so it has become widely known as the BBC Proms.
After watching the Proms, I realized that music, even classical music, plays a large part in our lives. It helps us take a break from our busy schedule and just enjoy the music itself, almost like a form of meditation (冥想). As a big classical music fan myself, I often listen to it with headphones when I am studying. It helps me stay focused (集中注意力的) and relaxed, even when I have pressure from exams. I would really suggest you listen to the Proms performances – or any classical music!
Answer the questions:
1. How long do the BBC Proms last
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2. Where do the BBC Proms take place
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3. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about
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4. What do people do during the Proms
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5. What does the author think about the BBC Proms
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B
Welcome home! The Shenzhou XII manned spacecraft returned to Earth on Sept 17. Carrying three Chinese astronauts – Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo – the return capsule (返回舱) touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia at 1:34 pm.
The three astronauts were found in good health. Actually, the return journey was so smooth that Tang was seen playing with a pen in the return capsule.u
However, there were dangerous and challenging parts that you might not know about the landing.
While the return capsule entered the atmosphere (大气层), the temperature of its outside could be higher than 2,000 degrees! “Real gold fears no fire,” Nie joked as they experienced this. Special materials on the outside of the capsule kept the astronauts safe inside.
More dangerously, the astronauts experienced a blackout (黑障) period, which was caused by the heating.v It means they lost radio touch with Earth for several minutes. Radar (雷达) helped people on the ground locate (定位) the capsule.
When the capsule was about 10 kilometers above the ground, it prepared to land. At the time, the capsule still traveled at 200 meters per second. That’s twice the speed of high-speed trains! It was too fast to directly land. Therefore, parachutes (降落伞) are used to soften the landing. Even so, if a chute is too big, it might turn over, just like an umbrella on windy days. So the capsule first opened a small chute before pulling out its giant main chute － as big as 1,200 square meters! They let the capsule slow down gradually.
Sept 17 was Liu Boming’s 55th birthday. He said it was his most memorable birthday. We can believe him!
Choose the answer:
1. “Be smooth” in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.
A. get over
B. go well
C. drop off
D. turn around
2. From paragraphs 4-5, we know that _____.
A. the return journey was dangerous
B. the return journey was smooth
C. there were mistakes during the return
D. the craft caught fire on the way back
3. Two parachutes were used to _____.
A. prevent one of them from failing to work
B. prevent the main parachute from turning over
C. test the speed of the spacecraft
D. slow down the spacecraft quickly
4. The return of the Shenzhou XII can be described as _____.
A. easy B. unsafe
C. hopeless D. successful
C
Master’s story
Yuhang in Hangzhou is known for making oil paper umbrellas for over 230 years. But in the 1970s, it was out of production (停产) as steel-ribbed (钢骨的) umbrellas became more popular.
In 2015, Liu Weixue gave up a well-paid job as a designer to learn from his grandfather the traditional art of making Yuhang oil paper umbrellas. “I fell in love with the art at a very young age. I want to bring it to life.” Liu said. “When it rains, someone uses the umbrella – that’s what I want to see.”
There are more than 70 steps, including making bamboo ribs (竹伞骨) and pasting (糊) papers. It takes at least a week to make an umbrella. After mastering the skills, Liu opened a studio (工作坊) and worked with local umbrella-making masters.
Liu improved the umbrellas to win the hearts of young people. As the traditional paper breaks easily, he used a thicker (更厚的) paper. In a test, his umbrellas were opened and closed 1,000 times without breaking. He uses a lighter kind of bamboo to make the ribs, so the umbrellas weigh less. As young people like hand-painted pictures, he invites painters to draw patterns (图案) on the umbrella cover.
Since online shopping is popular, Liu opened an online shop to sell umbrellas. It now has more than 80,000 followers. Still, Liu doesn’t hurry. To ensure quality (保证质量), his studio makes only 1,000 umbrellas each year.
Liu hopes the art will be passed on. He goes to local schools to teach students and shows up at events in different places to promote (推广) the art.
Young voice
Zhang Tingting, 14, Zhejiang
I took Liu’s oil paper umbrella-making class last semester. I learned the history and then the steps to make one. Finally, I gave it a try in a group! I cut the bamboo into ribs, connected them and painted the cover. The most fun part was the painting. Still, I had to be very careful, as the paper might break. I painted my favorite cartoon character from Onmyoji (《阴阳师》) on the cover. So did my group partners! We sold the beautiful umbrella and gave away the money to a school.
1. Liu Weixue learned to make Yuhang oil paper umbrellas because _____.
A. he liked the art form
B. he wanted to get a well-paid job from it
C. he learned how to make umbrellas in school
D. he had no other job
2. To sell his umbrellas to young people, Liu _____.
a. makes the umbrellas stronger
b. makes the umbrellas lighter
c. sells the umbrellas for a cheap price
d. adds hand-painted pictures to the umbrella covers
A. abc B. abd
C. acd D. bcd
3. What do we know from this story
A. Liu hopes to make more umbrellas each year.
B. Oil paper umbrellas will replace modern umbrellas.
C. Liu hopes to connect oil paper umbrellas with modern technology.
D. Liu will teach more people how to make umbrellas.
D
When you hear the word “shapeshifting” (变身), you may think of sci-fi (科幻) movies, and not the climate (气候). But that’s what animals are doing to deal with climate change.
A new study shows that some animals are gradually growing larger beaks, legs and ears. In this way they can lose heat more easily to cool themselves down as Earth gets warmer.
“A lot of the time when we talk about climate change, we ask ‘Can humans overcome this ’ or ‘What technology can solve this ’ But we should know that animals also have to adapt (适应) to these changes,” said the study’s author (作者), Sara Ryding, from Deakin University, Australia. If animals fail to control their body temperature, they can overheat and die.
In one example, the beaks of some Australian parrot species (物种) have grown 4 to 10 percent larger since 1871. The study says it’s closely related (相关的) to rising summer temperatures over the years. Similar examples include wood mice. They have longer tails. Masked shrews (假面鼩鼱) are getting longer tails and legs, and bats in warm climates have bigger wings.
Although the changes are still small, Ryding said they could be more obvious (明显的) as the days become hotter. “Body parts like ears are predicted (预计) to be bigger, so we might end up with a live-action Dumbo [big-eared elephant from a Disney cartoon] in the near future,” Ryding told BBC.
Choose the answer:
1. Animals change their shapes along with climate change to _____.
A. stay cool
B. hide themselves
C. collect heat
D. find more food
2. What is the main message from Sara Ryding
A. Human beings can stop climate change.
B. Climate change affects both people and animals.
C. Humans can adapt to climate change better than animals.
D. Many animals will die out with climate change.
3. Paragraph 4 is written to _____.
A. show how many stages animals’ shapeshifting has
B. guess other reasons for animals’ change
C. show examples of animals’ shapeshifting
D. report how many species have changed
4. What does Ryding mean in the last paragraph
A. Cartoon characters will come to life.
B. Humans will grow giant ears.
C. Humans might grow as big as elephants in the future.
D. Elephants’ ears might grow bigger in the near future.
E
Cloze
I am an officer at a government agency (机构). One day, a homeless man named Charlie drove his electric wheelchair into my office. His wheelchair was running out of 1 .
I 2 him around the office, looking for a place to charge (充电) his wheelchair. A woman noticed us and asked Charlie if his chair was dead (没电的) and 3 he had owned it.
He said he had owned it for three years. He didn’t have much money to 4 the battery, which now only 5 a charge for about 10 minutes. So he usually just pushed 6 around with his right foot.
The woman, Diane, said that her brother was also disabled and that her family had an 7 wheelchair that they weren’t using. She asked Charlie if he would 8 it. Charlie said yes.
Diane left and came back about an hour later. She asked me to unload (卸下) the new chair. Though I don’t know much about wheelchairs, I could tell that this wheelchair was 9 . It could not only move forward, but also 10 itself up.
Charlie liked it very much. But Diane told us there was one small 11 . The chair couldn’t be charged because it hadn’t been used in two years. We took it to a shop just a block away to get it working again. Before long, the wheelchair was 12 . Charlie got his new “legs” and thanked Diane for her generous gift.
1. A. air B. oil
C. water D. power
2. A. pulled B. pushed
C. drew D. threw
3. A. how much B. how many
C. how long D. how soon
4. A. charge B. replace
C. own D. buy
5. A. breaks B. digs
C. loses D. holds
6. A. himself B. itself
C. herself D. themselves
7. A. broken B. old
C. new D. small
8. A. like B. run
C. have D. do
9. A. old B. big
C. poor D. nice
10. A. light B. end
C. come D. lift
11. A. gift B. hole
C. problem D. business
12. A. repaired B. recorded
C. remade D. reviewed
参考答案
A:
1. They last for eight weeks.
2. In the Royal Albert Hall.
3. The history of the BBC Proms.
4. They stroll around while the orchestra plays.
5. They are a great way to relax.
B: BABD
C: ABD
D: ABCD
E: 1-5 DBCBD 6-10 ABADD 11-12 CA