中考英语专题复习之外刊英语阅读理解每日一练（八）(含答案)

外刊英语阅读理解每日一练（八）
Day 1
No kids left behind (P2)
Students in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan, attend class. VCG
China has solved the long-standing dropout problem
我国实现辍学学生“动态清零”
In 2018, more than 60,000 primary and middle school students dropped out of school in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture (自治县), Sichuan province. Today, the number of dropouts (辍学者) is zero, reported China Daily.
Liangshan is an example of China’s success in solving the long-standing dropout problem. The country has realized “dynamic-zero (动态清零)” dropout for primary and middle school students, Huai Jinpeng, minister (部长) of education, said in a recent conference (发布会).
Different levels of government have made great efforts (努力) to solve the problem. In Liangshan, for example, the government has set up records on all dropouts after carrying out four rounds of surveys by visiting students’ homes. The records detail (详细记录) each student’s reason for dropping out, their age, family situation and mental (心理的) and physical health conditions. As the records showed, many young people dropped out of school because they got married or started working at an early age.
With the information, local officials have taken action. Since 2019, the local government has set up checkpoints (检查站) on highways to stop dropouts from leaving. More than 5,300 students who left to find work in cities have been persuaded (说服) to return to school.
Moreover, through scholarships (奖学金) and subsidies (补助), the government has made sure that no student drops out of school due to poverty (贫穷). In the past 10 years, financial aid was given to students with financial difficulties almost 1.3 billion times in China.
Thanks to these efforts, education coverage (覆盖) at different stages (学段) in China has either reached or surpassed (超过) the average (平均) level of that in middle- and high-income countries across the world.
Choose the answer:
1. What is the education situation like in Liangshan
A. Over 60,000 students drop out of school every year.
B. The number of students in Liangshan is going down.
C. All students in Liangshan can go to university now.
D. No primary and middle school students drop out of school now.
2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about
A. What the government did to solve the dropout problem in Liangshan.
B. How to improve students’ mental and physical health in Liangshan.
C. The reasons why students used to drop out of school.
D. The difficulties that each dropout’s family faced.
3. Why did the government set up checkpoints on highways
A. To give out scholarships to students who are likely to drop out.
B. To stop dropout students from leaving their hometown.
C. To stop students from getting married at an early age.
D. To encourage young people to go to school in cities.
Day 2
Still packing a punch （P4）
Wing Chun is one of Chinese traditional martial arts. MANDARIN FILMS LIMITED
A master of Wing Chun is passing on his skills to others
梁忠威：叶准传人潜心传承咏春拳
When you think of Chinese kung fu, what first comes to your mind Maybe tai chi or Shaolin kung fu. But have you ever heard of Wing Chun (咏春拳)
Wing Chun is a traditional fist style that started in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in South China.
This kung fu style calls for quick arm movements (动作) and strong legs to win against opponents (对手) at close range (范围). To build up speed, people usually practice with a stand-in opponent－a dummy made of wood. Apart from this, Wing Chun also needs people to be flexible (灵活的) and soft while building up strength (力量) to fight back. Just like the flexible nature of bamboo!
In 2014, Wing Chun was added to the national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) list. It has also become popular worldwide through action films.
Master’s story
Ip Man (叶问, 1893-1972) was a martial artist and a grandmaster of Wing Chun. His eldest son Ip Chun (叶准) is one of the most successful Wing Chun teachers today.
In 1970, Liang Zhongwei was lucky enough to be able to learn from master Ip Chun and became one of Ip’s first batch (批) of students. To this day, the 70-year-old has been practicing Wing Chun for more than 50 years.
“My master is a cultured man. He taught me with strict attention to detail (细节),” said Liang. From then on each day Liang would practice basic (基本的) skills including the horse riding stance (扎马步) and striking a wooden dummy (木人桩) for three hours.
It’s easy for beginners to get started with simple moves. But to move to a higher level, Liang thinks the key lies in relaxing. Nervousness (紧张) makes people stiff (僵硬的). Once they calm down and are at peace, they can focus and throw a more powerful punch (出拳).
After Liang retired (退休) in the 1990s, he focused on promoting Wing Chun. He has taught more than 5,000 people in over 30 kung fu clubs across the country.
Liang encourages everyone to practice Wing Chun. He thinks learning is not just about fighting. People can take it as a hobby or as physical exercise. “People can practice Wing Chun with different goals, ” Liang said.
By WU QIAN & XIONG JIAN, 21st Century Teens
Young voices
A group of students from Zhuhai, Guangdong, have been learning Wing Chun for long. How do they like it
Gong Kaixuan, 14
At the age of 6, I watched the movie Ip Man with my parents. I was surprised by those cool kung fu moves. Then I decided to learn Wing Chun myself. What I like most about Wing Chun is the dexterity (灵活) of the hands. Every punch has to be fast, precise (精准的) and hard. After learning Wing Chun for eight years, it has influenced me not only physically but mentally (心理地). Now I don’t get angry easily. In the face of unexpected (意外的) things, I can still stay calm and peaceful.
Wu Baoying, 14
Since I was 5, I have been learning Wing Chun. Kung fu begins with virtue (德行). Practicing Wing Chun helps to improve my morals (品行). We honor the master and respect his teaching. Now I’ve moved from practicing punching to the use of weapons, like the butterfly sword (八斩刀) and the dragon pole (六点半棍). They can be heavy for a girl to handle, but I never give up and work harder to catch up with boys.
Wing Chun in films
Wing Chun has also made its way into cinema. Here’s a checklist of Wing Chun films.
Ip Man (2008)
《叶问》
It’s the first installment (部分) of the Ip Man series. Starring Donnie Yen (甄子丹), it tells the story of the legendary (传奇的) Ip Man, the first Wing Chun grandmaster to teach the art to the large public. Intense fight scenes are the series’ biggest draw.
The Grandmaster (2013)
《一代宗师》
It’s another one of the famous Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s typical movies: light on narrative (叙述), but full of elegance (优雅). By following the story of grandmaster Ip Man, the film shows a bigger picture of kung fu in the 1930s.

Choose the answer:
1. What do we know about Wing Chun
A. It is promoted by young women around the world.
B. It was created by Wing Chun’s children.
C. It is as famous as Shaolin kung fu.
D. It has typical quick arm movements.
2. Liang Zhongwei started to practice Wing Chun at the age of around _____.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40
3. According to Liang, which of the following is a good way to practice Wing Chun
A. Stay nervous and focused.
B. Always use simple moves.
C. Often ride a horse.
D. Stay relaxed and calm.
4. What is Liang’s attitude toward Wing Chun
a. People of different ages can practice Wing Chun.
b. Wing Chun is good exercise for people from all walks of life.
c. Wing Chun can be taken as a hobby.
d. Wing Chun is the best way to fight and exercise.
A. abc B. bcd C. abd D. acd
Day 3
Refreshed and cool (P5)
A view of Shougang Industrial Park VCG
Old industrial buildings have put on new looks
废旧工厂变身文旅新地标
Run-down buildings, rotted (腐烂的) doors, rusty (生锈的) machines ... this is how you might picture an old industrial site (工业场地). But many of them now have a new look in China.
Shougang Industrial Park in Shijingshan district of Beijing is now a famous and popular culture and sports site. However, it used to be a steel mill (钢铁厂) that was built in 1919. It once housed 60,000 workers and made more than 10 million tons of iron (铁) and steel. To protect the environment, however, the mill slowly reduced its production (生产) from 2005 until it closed in 2010.
With the government’s support, the old mill has been reborn. Cafes, bookstores, hotels, and offices now fill Shougang’s warehouses and blast furnaces (高炉). Self-driving cars move around the place for testing. And during the 2022 Winter Games, Olympic athletes flew down the Big Air Ramp, which is now in front of Shougang’s former (之前的) cooling towers.
Xu Zhaolin, from Beijing, visits the industrial park a lot. “It’s hard to imagine that the park used to be a steel mill,” said the 24-year-old to Teens. “It feels like you’ve come into a sci-fi game. The photos I took there look like cyberpunk (赛博朋克)!”
Like Shougang park, in recent years, many old factories and mills have been turned into cultural and tourist sites. For example, the World of Tsingtao is a beer museum inside the old factory of the Tsingtao Brewery, one of China’s largest breweries (啤酒厂). The museum has brought people closer to the long history of the brewery. Today, China is home to 194 national-level industrial heritage (遗产) sites.
Old factories and workshops across the country are like a book on the history of Chinese manufacturing (制造业). Giving new life to them through protection and development (发展) is important for driving cities’ innovation (创新) and development, noted People’s Daily.
Answer the following questions:
1. What did Shougang Industrial Park use to be
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2. Why did Shougang close in 2010
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3. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about
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4. How many national-level industrial heritage sites does China have
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5. Please translate the following sentence:
Breathing new life into them is not only a trend for cities growing in innovation but very important for bringing “new drivers of development”.
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Day 4
Flying magic monkey tech (P6)
Chinese scientists have developed high tech tools to study snub-nosed monkeys. VCG
Chinese scientists have developed new tools for counting monkeys
新技术助力秦岭金丝猴种群研究
On Qinling Mountain in Shaanxi, there are a lot of snub-nosed monkeys (金丝猴). But how do we know the exact (准确的) number
A research team from China’s Northwest University has found a way to count them, reported CCTV News. They combined drones (无人机) with thermal imaging (热成像) technology. The cameras on the drones can “see” the monkeys by detecting (探测) their body heat.
“The best time to count them is at night,” said He Gang from the research team. “During the daytime, the monkeys go everywhere to look for food. But at night, they go back home and stay in groups together. Then we can fly the drones to ‘scan (扫描)’ the area and count the bright dots on the screen.”
In the test area, the team counted the exact number of the snub-nosed monkeys for the first time – there are 502 of them! “We used to walk step by step in the forests. This method (方法) has changed our traditional way of studying wild animals,” said He.
Another research team, also from Northwest University, has used facial recognition (面部识别) technology to identify (识别) the monkeys. With cameras set up in the mountains, the AI system can learn the monkeys’ facial features and automatically (自动地) recognize the monkeys. The research team hopes to create a database (数据库) to include every monkey living on Qinling Mountain.
CHARMING WAY TO THE TOP
In Journey to the West, the Monkey King is the head of all the monkeys. But scientists find that in real life, snub-nosed monkeys don’t have a “king”. Their top leader is the head of a small family. The head is usually a strong male monkey. But they also win that position through their charm (魅力). How Scientists find that grooming (梳毛) is a good way for snub-nosed monkeys to show their charm.
Choose the answer:
1. How did the Chinese researchers count the monkeys on Qinling Mountain
A. They followed them step by step in the forests.
B. They used cameras on drones to detect them.
C. They counted their homes at night.
D. They counted the bright dots on the monkeys.
2. What did the researchers from Northwest University want to do
A. To take pictures of all the monkeys in the mountains.
B. To know the living environment of the monkeys.
C. To create a new AI system to tell different faces apart.
D. To include the monkeys on Qinling Mountain in a database.

3. What can we learn from the passage
A. Night is the best time to study animals.
B.There are 502 snub-nosed monkeys living on mountains in China.
C. Technology has improved studies of wild animals.
D. Snub-nosed monkeys are the most endangered monkeys.
Day 5
Cloze
One day, 50 people were taking part in a speech. The speaker was giving a speech about happiness. 1 , after a few hours, people gradually lost their attention. The speaker came up with an idea. He 2 his speech and asked all of the people to take part in a group activity.
He gave a single balloon (气球) to each person in the room. Each person was asked to write his or her 3 on the balloon with a black marker (记号笔). Then, all of the balloons were collected and moved to another room.
The 50 people were then let into the room and told to 4 the balloon that had their name written on it. Everyone 5 around, looking for their balloon here and there. People were bumping into and tripping (绊倒) over each other.
But even after five minutes of searching, 6 could find their own balloon.
After seeing this, the speaker asked each person to collect a balloon and try to find the person whose name was written on it. Everyone started 7 to each other and asking each other for their name. Within minutes, everyone had his or her own balloon.
“Can you see what happened ” the speaker said. “The balloons are like the 8 we want in our own lives. Everyone is 9 looking for their own happiness, not caring what happens to others. But sometimes the best way to find happiness is to 10 others. Help them find happiness and you can find your own.”
( )1.A. However B. Meanwhile C. Anyway D. Somewhat
( )2.A. changed B. stopped C. forgot D. continued
( )3.A. number B. name C. dream D. job
( )4.A. see B. buy C. find D. make
( )5.A. called B. turned C. shouted D. rushed
( )6.A. everyone B. each one C. anyone D. no one
( )7.A. talking B. looking C. offering D. giving
( )8.A. sadness B. happiness C. ending D. surprise
( )9. A. free B. sleepy C. busy D. hard
( )10. A. watch B. help C. save D. hear
参考答案：
Day 1: DAB
Day 2: DBDA
Day 3: 1. It used to be a steel mill.
2. To protect the environment.
3. What Shougang Industrial Park is like now.
4. 194.
5. 为这些工业场地注入新的活力不仅是创新城市发展的趋势，而且对于带来“新的发展动力”非常重要。
Day 4: BDC
Day 5: 1-5 ABBCD 6-10 DABCB