2022-2023学年中考英语二轮复习 任务型阅读理解专题 话题 1节日（含答案）

2023年中考一轮复习 任务型阅读理解专题
话题 1节日
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A
The most lively days of spring have come. This year, the Spring Equinox (春分), the fourth of the 24 solar terms (节气), falls on March 20. It marks the point when daytime and night equally (平均地) divide the whole day.
After this day, daytime will last longer than night. Therefore, it is not only important in China, but also in many other countries around the world. Spring Equinox Day is a public holiday in Japan. In Iran, it is called “Nowruz”, which is also known as the Iranian New Year.
The Spring Equinox is the best time for going outside, admiring flowers and flying kites in China. There are also rituals (仪式) that have been kept over centuries, such as balancing eggs. The idea is that on Spring Equinox, Earth’s axis (轴) is perpendicular (垂直的) to the sun. So Earth is supposed to be more balanced on this day. It’s usually very difficult to balance an egg because the yolk (蛋黄) is off-center. But on Spring Equinox, it is believed that there are some special gravitational (引力的) forces that can help. However, this isn’t true. If you focus long enough, you can actually balance an egg on its end any day of the year. All you need is a lot of patience.
But balancing eggs is still a fun tradition for people. In some places, people paint the eggs in many colors and hold egg-balancing competitions. Do you want to give it a try
1．When is the Spring Equinox this year
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2．Why is the Spring Equinox so important in many countries
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3．According to the passage, what can we do on Spring Equinox Day
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4．Is it easier to balance eggs on Spring Equinox Day
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5．How can we succeed balancing eggs
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B
Reading is very important. World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It encourages people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers.
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day, millions of school children can buy books at a much lower price than usual in any bookstore in England. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Young people should spend more time reading. Books can not change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading.
Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and smarter. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places in the world. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom, for example, the ways English people are living and working today can be learnt by reading.
Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day.
6．When is World Book Day
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7．What can the students do on that day in England
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8．Did people celebrate World Book Day in China
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9．Why does World Book Day set up
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10．What’s the passage mainly talking about
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C
Many Chinese people will wonder what presents to get for their moms on Mother’s Day, but not many know Mother’s Day is actually a festival from foreign countries. Mother’s Day started in America and spread to China in the 1980s. Now it is widely accepted.
Why does a foreign festival become popular in China That’s probably because traditional Chinese culture always encourages love between parents and children. For example, the story of “Taste Medicine for Mother” tells us the filial(子女的) love of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty. His mother has been sick for three years. He often stayed up at her bedside and cared for her day and night. He tasted the medicine first before she drank it. The subject of “mother love” is also repeated in many Chinese ancient poems(诗), like “Song of the Parting Son(《游子吟》)” by Meng Jiao, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. Now this touching poem is still a must in the school textbooks. Children in China grow up with the education of filial love.
On special days, people often use roses or forget-me-nots to express love. People think carnations(康乃馨) are the perfect flowers for mothers around the world, but few of them know that China has its own for mothers — the tiger lily.
Love for mothers can have different ways of expression. What matters most is love, not the festival itself. What mothers truly want is perhaps just a simple expression of love from their children.
11．When did Mother’s Day spread to China
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12．Why does Mother’s Day become popular in China
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13．How do people feel about the poem Song of the Parting Son
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14．Is tiger lily the perfect flower for mothers around the world
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15．What do mothers truly want according to the passage
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D
Need a reason to be happy Then you will be happy to know that March 20th is the International Day of happiness. The United Nations set up the International Day of happiness in 2012 to remind us that happiness is a basic human goal and right. It was celebrated for the first time in 2013. On that day, we celebrated hundreds of “Happy Heroes” — those who did so much to bring happiness to others. They helped the homeless to live a comfortable life and the poor kids to go to school.
The 2014 Day of Happiness actions asked people to share pictures of making them happy. People all over the world showed their favorite pictures on the Internet. “It’s exciting to see so many people sharing photos of what makes them happy.” Joe, a senior high school students from Canada said. The 2015 Day of happiness actions gave attention on relationships. Modern society is leaving more and more people felling lonely. On that day, thousands of people all around the world reached out to make new connections with others. They visited their neighbors, gave calls to the doctors they didn’t know very well, drove the strangers to station for free…
The theme of the 2020 Day of Happiness is “Keep Calm, Stay Wise, Be Kind”. As we face a global crisis together, let’s find positive ways to look after ourselves and each other.
16．When is the International Day of Happiness
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17．Why did the United Nations set up the International Day of Happiness
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18．How did Joe feel when he saw many people sharing photos
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19．According to the passage, more and more people are feeling happy in modern society, aren’t they
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20．What was the theme of 2020 Day of Happiness
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E
One of the most important activities of our life is sleep. World Sleep Day is the special day for sleeping. It’s organized by the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) since 2008 and it’s held on March 21st every year.
The aim of World Sleep Day is to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep. Events involving discussions, presentations of educational materials and exhibitions take place around the world and online.
Sleep quality plays a key role in people’s health. The studies show that there’re lots of advantages if we always get enough sleep. We can be smarter, thinner, healthier and more cheerful. We’ll also have better skin, better memories adn longer lives. When you lose even one hour of sleep for any reason, it will influence your performance the next day.
In general, adults are thought to need at least eight hours of sleep a night, but a recent survey found that, only 21% of them really get a full eight hours of sleep. For teenagers, a healthy amount is about eight to nine hours per night. However, about 80% of middle school students don’t get enough sleep because they have too much schoolwork to do, or sometimes they spend most of their sleeping-time on games or TV.
27% of people throughout the world have sleep problems. Now there are over 80 kinds of sleep disorders, and most people know little about their danger. So, for our good life and work, it’s necessary for us to realize the importance of sleep and try to have a good sleep.
21．How long has World Sleep Day been celebrated so far
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22．What is the purpose of World Sleep Day
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23．What will happen if we sleep one hour less than we should
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24．Why don’t most middle school students have enough sleep
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25．What suggestion will you give about our better sleep
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F
World No Tobacco (烟草) Day: Protect Our Youth
World No Tobacco Day falls on May 31st each year. It was started by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1988 to let more people know the harmful effects of smoking.
Two national smoking surveys, made by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention among junior high school students in 2014 and 2019, showed that cigarette(香烟) smokers were 2% fewer over the past five years. However, e-cigarettes have become more popular: the number of students who knew about e-cigarettes was 24.9% higher and e-cigarette smokers rose from 1.2% to 2.7%.
Researchers say that the key to smoking control is to keep children and teenagers from cigarettes and e-cigarettes. If people develop a smoking habit when they are young, they will more probably become lifetime smokers. What’s worse, those young people who don’t smoke are still often exposed to (暴露于) second-hand smoke, which is also dangerous to their health.
The 33rd World No Tobacco Day in 2020 focused on preventing young people from smoking. Smoking control researchers called on young people to stay away from cigarettes and e-cigarettes and keep a healthy lifestyle. In response, anti-smoking (反吸烟) activities, such as health lectures and speech contests, have been held in more and more junior high schools recently.
26．Which has more users than before in junior high schools, the cigarette or the e-cigarette
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27．Why are children and teenagers the key to smoking control
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28．What may harm young non-smokers
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29．What have the junior high schools done to support smoking control
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30．Why do you think World No Tobacco Day is on the day before Children’s Day
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参考答案：
1．On March 20. 2．Because after this day, daytime will last longer than night. 3．We can go outside, admire flowers, fly kites, balance eggs and so on. 4．No, it isn’t/No. 5．By focusing long enough. 6．On April 23. 7．They can buy books at a much lower price. 8．Yes, they did. 9．To encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading, and to honor great writers. 10．It’s about World Book Day and the benefits of reading. 11．In the 1980s. 12．Because traditional Chinese culture always encourages love between parents and children. 13．It is touching. 14．No (, it isn’t). 15．Just a simple expression of love from their children. 16．On March 20th. 17．To remind us that happiness is a basic human goal and right. 18．Excited. 19．No, they aren’t. 20．Keep calm, Stay wise, Be kind. 21．For fourteen years. 22．To celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep. 23．It will influence our performance the next day. 24．Because of their schoolwork and some bad habits. 25．We should have good sleep habits and enough sleep time. 26．The e-cigarette./The e-cigarette has more users than before in junior high schools. 27．Because if people develop a smoking habit when they are young, they will more probably become lifetime smokers. 28．Second-hand smoke may harm young non-smokers. 29．They have held anti-smoking activities, such as health lectures and speech contests. 30．Because children and teenagers are the key to smoking control.