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外刊精选精读 气候变化导致巧克力价格上涨。
应用文时文阅读 介绍了四种面向儿童和青少年的杂志。
记叙文时文阅读 讲述了一组由女子组成的舞狮队打破传统，克服困难，努力训练，取得成功的故事。
说明文时文阅读 讲述了中国人在风筝制作和飞行方面的悠久历史和重要贡献。
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Climate change causes chocolate price increase
气候变化导致巧克力价格上涨
我们平时吃的大多数巧克力都是用在西非种植的可可豆制成的，但今年 2 月西非遭遇严重干旱，破坏了可可树的生长，减少了可可豆的产量。可可豆是生产巧克力的主要原料，可可豆短缺意味着巧克力的价格在未来几个月将变得更贵。
West Africa was hit with a severe drought following a humid heat wave that drove temperatures to record levels in February.
Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group say the unusually hot weather was made ten times more likely because of the greenhouse gases humanity has been pumping into the atmosphere.
Shortages of cocoa have helped drive prices to record highs, and since cocoa is the main ingredient in chocolate, you can expect the prices of people's favourite chocolate treat to rise in the coming months.
Some big chocolate companies, including Cadbury and Lindt, have said they have already had to increase prices in response to the cocoa shortage.
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词汇表
severe 严重的
drought 干旱
humid 潮湿的
heat wave 热浪
drove 推动了 record levels 创纪录的水平，历史最高水平
greenhouse gases 温室气体
pumping 排放，向……注入
shortages 短缺
阅读理解：请在读完上文后，回答下列问题。
1. What natural disaster happened following hot weather in West Africa in February
2. What increased the likelihood of the unusually hot weather, according to scientists from the World Weather Attribution group
3. Name one consequence of the drought in West Africa.
4. True or False Big companies haven’t yet had to increase their prices.
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American Girl is the most popular magazine in America for girls aged 8 to 14. It’s designed to encourage the achievements and strengthen (加强) the creativity of girls. It includes articles, art, games, girl-to-girl advice and activity ideas! Baby Bug magazine is perfect for children aged from 6 months to 2 years old. It’s filled with simple stories, colorful pictures and rhymes (押韵短诗) that children and parents like sharing again and again. It also encourages children to try to read.
Creative Kids is the nation’s largest magazine for kids. The magazine is filled with games, stories, and opinions all by and for kids aged 8 through 14. The most exciting part of Creative Kids is that it is written by kids. This magazine is designed to encourage the creativity of readers and invites kids to hand in their creative work. National Geographic Kids is published by the National Geographic Society for kids between the ages of 8 and 14. You will find it fun to read it, which covers many topics, but mainly talks about geography, wildlife and science problems.
1．What is special about Creative Kids
A．It is written by kids. B．It is only for girls. C．It is filled with pictures. D．It includes games for parents.
2．Which of the following is the best one for a 1-year-old baby
A．Creative Kids. B．Baby Bug. C．American Girl. D．National Geographic Kids.
3．Who may take interest in National Geographic Kids
A．Story lovers. B．Game lovers. C．Music lovers. D．Science lovers.
4．What do American Girl and Creative Kids have in common
A．They are both filled with stories. B．They both have activity ideas.
C．They both have games. D．They are both for kids from 6 to 14.
5．What is the text mainly about
A．Games for children. B．Stories for children.
C．Clothes for children. D．Magazines for children.
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Lion dance is a popular tradition in China. Usually, this art form is practiced by men. However, there is a special lion dance team in a town of Guangzhou. It is completely made up of teenage girls and the team stands out among all the teams.
The coach, Zhang Zheliang, said that some people didn’t believe the teenage girls could do well in lion dance. They thought girls’ practicing lion dance didn’t follow the tradition. That made Zhang realize the situation for girls was difficult, but he didn’t give up. He set up a women’s team. Then he designed flags with the name “women’s team” on them and made pink lion heads.
The year 2021 saw the changes. The girls’ lion dance team got the first prize in a match in Guangzhou’s Baiyun district (区). The next year, the girls once again clinched the top prize in the junior group in the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games. They proved themselves to be excellent.
Now the team has over 20 girls from several places, from the age of 7 to 19. Li Jiawen, 17, acts as the lion head. When she wears it, she has to go up to heights of at least 1.7 meters. She shares that their success comes from hard work and training day after day.
Lion dance is not easy, especially for girls, because it needs strength (力量) and martial art movements (武术动作). But girls have their own advantages and their characters help them show the lion’s feelings and behaviors better.
Zhang said, “When the team takes the show to primary schools, more young girls become interested in lion dance. This shows ancient traditions should be passed down openly!”
6．As a traditional art form in China, lion dance _______.
A．is difficult for men B．can be practiced by teenage girls
C．is special for teenagers D．can be found only in Guangzhou
7．What’s the correct time order of the following events
①Zhang set up a women’s team.
②Some people doubted teenage girls’ ability.
③Zhang realized the difficult situation for girls.
④Zhang designed flags and made pink lion heads.
A．①③④② B．③②①④ C．②③①④ D．④①②③
8．What does the underlined word “clinched” in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A．Won. B．Chose. C．Refused. D．Missed.
9．Which of the following can be the best title (题目) for the text
A．Girls Break Tradition in Lion Dance B．Young Girls Lose Interest in Tradition
C．Men Achieve Success with Strength D．Teenagers Have Problems with Skills
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①700 years before the Wright brothers began experimenting with human flight, the Chinese had already got its secrets—with kites.
②Kites may have been invented in China as early as 500 B．C．E. While some kites were flown for fun, other kites provided key technologies for daily life. Chinese fishermen used kites to carry their lines far out to sea. Sailors used them to take a measurement of the wind.
③The Chinese craftsmen were very clever! They made their kites from bamboo and silk, and they came in all kinds of cool shapes, like 80-foot-long dragons. These kites showed off ancient China’s great technology. Their wings and tails could even move! As Chinese engineers experimented to make the kites fly even higher, they discovered the science of aerodynamics (空气动力学). They made the wings of their kites work like airfoils (机翼)—the same design used in modern planes.
④And the man-carriers were the most amazing Chinese kites. Ancient Chinese people may have made them a common sight by the 1200s. The kites were much larger than a small airplane. They were made from strong bamboo poles tied together and then covered with silk. During wars, Chinese scouts used man-carrying kites to fly high in the sky and spy on their enemies—similar to modern spy planes.
⑤In the late 1200s, the Italian businessman and explorer Marco Polo was amazed by what he saw in China, and he wrote a detailed description. When he returned to Italy, most people refused to believe him. They could not imagine that a person could fly.
⑥Centuries passed before Europeans learned the secrets—often by flying kites imported from China. In 1804, an English engineer, Sir George Cayley, built the first model airplanes. He used kites to make the wings. About 100 years later, American inventors, including the Wright brothers, also found ideas for their flight experiments by flying kites first.
10．What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us
A．How people made kites. B．When kites were invented.
C．What kites were used for. D．Where kites were invented.
11．Why are modern planes mentioned in Paragraph 3
A．To describe the popularity of ancient Chinese kites.
B．To get readers to learn about the history of Chinese kites.
C．To show the excellent skills of kite making in ancient China.
D．To tell the differences between modern planes and Chinese kites.
12．Which is the correct order of the following events
a. Sir George Cayley built the first model planes.
b. Ancient Chinese made large man-carrying kites.
c. Marco Polo told Italians about Chinese amazing kites.
d. The Wright brothers did flight experiments by flying kites first.
A．b-c-d-a B．b-c-a-d C．c-d-a-b D．c-b-a-d
13．What’s the structure of the passage
A． B． C． D．
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目录 内容
外刊精选精读 气候变化导致巧克力价格上涨。
应用文时文阅读 介绍了四种面向儿童和青少年的杂志。
记叙文时文阅读 讲述了一组由女子组成的舞狮队打破传统，克服困难，努力训练，取得成功的故事。
说明文时文阅读 讲述了中国人在风筝制作和飞行方面的悠久历史和重要贡献。
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Climate change causes chocolate price increase
气候变化导致巧克力价格上涨
我们平时吃的大多数巧克力都是用在西非种植的可可豆制成的，但今年 2 月西非遭遇严重干旱，破坏了可可树的生长，减少了可可豆的产量。可可豆是生产巧克力的主要原料，可可豆短缺意味着巧克力的价格在未来几个月将变得更贵。
West Africa was hit with a severe drought following a humid heat wave that drove temperatures to record levels in February.
Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group say the unusually hot weather was made ten times more likely because of the greenhouse gases humanity has been pumping into the atmosphere.
Shortages of cocoa have helped drive prices to record highs, and since cocoa is the main ingredient in chocolate, you can expect the prices of people's favourite chocolate treat to rise in the coming months.
Some big chocolate companies, including Cadbury and Lindt, have said they have already had to increase prices in response to the cocoa shortage.
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词汇表
severe 严重的
drought 干旱
humid 潮湿的
heat wave 热浪
drove 推动了 record levels 创纪录的水平，历史最高水平
greenhouse gases 温室气体
pumping 排放，向……注入
shortages 短缺
阅读理解：请在读完上文后，回答下列问题。
1. What natural disaster happened following hot weather in West Africa in February
2. What increased the likelihood of the unusually hot weather, according to scientists from the World Weather Attribution group
3. Name one consequence of the drought in West Africa.
4. True or False Big companies haven’t yet had to increase their prices.
答案
1. What natural disaster happened following hot weather in West Africa in February
A severe drought happened in West Africa in February following hot weather.
2. What increased the likelihood of the unusually hot weather, according to scientists from the World Weather Attribution group
According to the World Weather Attribution group, greenhouse gases increased the likelihood of the unusually hot weather.
3. Name one consequence of the drought in West Africa.
Consequences of the drought in West Africa include rising prices of cocoa, and rising prices of chocolate.
4. True or False Big companies haven’t yet had to increase their prices.
False. Some big companies have said they have already had to increase prices.
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American Girl is the most popular magazine in America for girls aged 8 to 14. It’s designed to encourage the achievements and strengthen (加强) the creativity of girls. It includes articles, art, games, girl-to-girl advice and activity ideas! Baby Bug magazine is perfect for children aged from 6 months to 2 years old. It’s filled with simple stories, colorful pictures and rhymes (押韵短诗) that children and parents like sharing again and again. It also encourages children to try to read.
Creative Kids is the nation’s largest magazine for kids. The magazine is filled with games, stories, and opinions all by and for kids aged 8 through 14. The most exciting part of Creative Kids is that it is written by kids. This magazine is designed to encourage the creativity of readers and invites kids to hand in their creative work. National Geographic Kids is published by the National Geographic Society for kids between the ages of 8 and 14. You will find it fun to read it, which covers many topics, but mainly talks about geography, wildlife and science problems.
1．What is special about Creative Kids
A．It is written by kids. B．It is only for girls. C．It is filled with pictures. D．It includes games for parents.
2．Which of the following is the best one for a 1-year-old baby
A．Creative Kids. B．Baby Bug. C．American Girl. D．National Geographic Kids.
3．Who may take interest in National Geographic Kids
A．Story lovers. B．Game lovers. C．Music lovers. D．Science lovers.
4．What do American Girl and Creative Kids have in common
A．They are both filled with stories. B．They both have activity ideas.
C．They both have games. D．They are both for kids from 6 to 14.
5．What is the text mainly about
A．Games for children. B．Stories for children.
C．Clothes for children. D．Magazines for children.
【答案】1．A 2．B 3．D 4．C 5．D
【导语】本文主要介绍了四种面向儿童和青少年的杂志。
1．细节理解题。根据“The most exciting part of Creative Kids is that it is written by kids.”可知，这本杂志最激动人心的地方在于它是由孩子们撰写的。故选A。
2．细节理解题。根据“Baby Bug magazine is perfect for children aged from 6 months to 2 years old.”可知，Baby Bug杂志非常适合6个月到2岁的儿童，1岁这个年龄段也包含在里面。故选B。
3．细节理解题。根据“You will find it fun to read it, which covers many topics, but mainly talks about geography, wildlife and science problems.”可知，这本杂志主要讨论地理、野生动物和科学问题。故选D。
4．细节理解题。根据“It includes articles, art, games, girl-to-girl advice and activity ideas!”和“The magazine is filled with games, stories, and opinions all by and for kids aged 8 through 14.”可知，这两本杂志都包含游戏方面的内容。故选C。
5．主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了四种面向儿童和青少年的杂志，D选项“适合儿童的杂志”符合题意。故选D。
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Lion dance is a popular tradition in China. Usually, this art form is practiced by men. However, there is a special lion dance team in a town of Guangzhou. It is completely made up of teenage girls and the team stands out among all the teams.
The coach, Zhang Zheliang, said that some people didn’t believe the teenage girls could do well in lion dance. They thought girls’ practicing lion dance didn’t follow the tradition. That made Zhang realize the situation for girls was difficult, but he didn’t give up. He set up a women’s team. Then he designed flags with the name “women’s team” on them and made pink lion heads.
The year 2021 saw the changes. The girls’ lion dance team got the first prize in a match in Guangzhou’s Baiyun district (区). The next year, the girls once again clinched the top prize in the junior group in the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games. They proved themselves to be excellent.
Now the team has over 20 girls from several places, from the age of 7 to 19. Li Jiawen, 17, acts as the lion head. When she wears it, she has to go up to heights of at least 1.7 meters. She shares that their success comes from hard work and training day after day.
Lion dance is not easy, especially for girls, because it needs strength (力量) and martial art movements (武术动作). But girls have their own advantages and their characters help them show the lion’s feelings and behaviors better.
Zhang said, “When the team takes the show to primary schools, more young girls become interested in lion dance. This shows ancient traditions should be passed down openly!”
6．As a traditional art form in China, lion dance _______.
A．is difficult for men B．can be practiced by teenage girls
C．is special for teenagers D．can be found only in Guangzhou
7．What’s the correct time order of the following events
①Zhang set up a women’s team.
②Some people doubted teenage girls’ ability.
③Zhang realized the difficult situation for girls.
④Zhang designed flags and made pink lion heads.
A．①③④② B．③②①④ C．②③①④ D．④①②③
8．What does the underlined word “clinched” in Paragraph 3 probably mean
A．Won. B．Chose. C．Refused. D．Missed.
9．Which of the following can be the best title (题目) for the text
A．Girls Break Tradition in Lion Dance B．Young Girls Lose Interest in Tradition
C．Men Achieve Success with Strength D．Teenagers Have Problems with Skills
【答案】6．B 7．C 8．A 9．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一组由女子组成的舞狮队打破传统，克服困难，努力训练，取得成功的故事。
6．推理判断题。根据第一段“However, there is a special lion dance team in a town of Guangzhou. It is completely made up of teenage girls and the team stands out among all the teams.”可知，在广州，一支由十几岁的女孩组成特殊的舞狮队脱颖而出；据此可推断，十几岁的女孩也可以练习舞狮。故选B。
7．细节理解题。根据第二段“The coach, Zhang Zheliang, said that some people didn’t believe the teenage girls could do well in lion dance.”可知，有些人不相信十几岁的女孩能跳好舞狮，②“有些人怀疑少女的能力。”排第一；根据第二段“They thought girls’ practicing lion dance didn’t follow the tradition. That made Zhang realize the situation for girls was difficult, but he didn’t give up.”可知，张教练意识到女孩们处境很艰难，但他没有放弃，③“张意识到了女孩们的困境。”排第二；根据第二段“He set up a women’s team.”可知，他成立了女子队，①“张成立了一支女队。”排第三；再根据第二段“Then he designed flags with the name ‘women’s team’ on them and made pink lion heads.”可知，他设计了旗帜，并制作了粉红色的狮子头，④“张设计旗帜，制作粉红狮子头。”排第四，因此顺序为②③①④。故选C。
8．词义猜测题。根据第三段“The next year, the girls once again clinched the top prize in the junior group in the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games. They proved themselves to be excellent.”可知，女孩们证明她们自己是优秀的，也就是说她们在广东省第16届运动会上，再次获得了少年组第一名；据此可推断划线单词“clinched”意为“获得”，与won同义。故选A。
9．最佳标题题。综合全文可知，本文讲述了女子舞狮队，打破传统艺术形式，努力训练，取得成功的故事；选项A“女孩们打破舞狮传统”适合作为文章的标题。故选A。
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①700 years before the Wright brothers began experimenting with human flight, the Chinese had already got its secrets—with kites.
②Kites may have been invented in China as early as 500 B．C．E. While some kites were flown for fun, other kites provided key technologies for daily life. Chinese fishermen used kites to carry their lines far out to sea. Sailors used them to take a measurement of the wind.
③The Chinese craftsmen were very clever! They made their kites from bamboo and silk, and they came in all kinds of cool shapes, like 80-foot-long dragons. These kites showed off ancient China’s great technology. Their wings and tails could even move! As Chinese engineers experimented to make the kites fly even higher, they discovered the science of aerodynamics (空气动力学). They made the wings of their kites work like airfoils (机翼)—the same design used in modern planes.
④And the man-carriers were the most amazing Chinese kites. Ancient Chinese people may have made them a common sight by the 1200s. The kites were much larger than a small airplane. They were made from strong bamboo poles tied together and then covered with silk. During wars, Chinese scouts used man-carrying kites to fly high in the sky and spy on their enemies—similar to modern spy planes.
⑤In the late 1200s, the Italian businessman and explorer Marco Polo was amazed by what he saw in China, and he wrote a detailed description. When he returned to Italy, most people refused to believe him. They could not imagine that a person could fly.
⑥Centuries passed before Europeans learned the secrets—often by flying kites imported from China. In 1804, an English engineer, Sir George Cayley, built the first model airplanes. He used kites to make the wings. About 100 years later, American inventors, including the Wright brothers, also found ideas for their flight experiments by flying kites first.
10．What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us
A．How people made kites. B．When kites were invented.
C．What kites were used for. D．Where kites were invented.
11．Why are modern planes mentioned in Paragraph 3
A．To describe the popularity of ancient Chinese kites.
B．To get readers to learn about the history of Chinese kites.
C．To show the excellent skills of kite making in ancient China.
D．To tell the differences between modern planes and Chinese kites.
12．Which is the correct order of the following events
a. Sir George Cayley built the first model planes.
b. Ancient Chinese made large man-carrying kites.
c. Marco Polo told Italians about Chinese amazing kites.
d. The Wright brothers did flight experiments by flying kites first.
A．b-c-d-a B．b-c-a-d C．c-d-a-b D．c-b-a-d
13．What’s the structure of the passage
A． B． C． D．
【答案】10．C 11．C 12．B 13．D
【导语】本文讲述了中国人在风筝制作和飞行方面的悠久历史和重要贡献，这些技术不仅用于娱乐和日常生活，还启发了后来的航空技术发展，对现代飞行器的设计产生了深远影响。
10．主旨大意题。根据“were flown for fun”、“used kites to carry their lines far out to sea.”和“used them to take a measurement of the wind.”可知，为了好玩，把鱼线带到很远的海里以及测量风，都是风筝的作用，所以此段主要讲述风筝的用途。故选C。
11．推理判断题。根据“They made the wings of their kites work like airfoils (机翼)—the same design used in modern planes.”可知，他们把风筝的翅膀做成了像机翼一样的形状——与现代飞机的设计相同，也就是说古代做风筝的技术能匹敌现代飞机的设计，由此可知中国古代制作风筝的精湛技艺。故选C。
12．细节理解题。根据“In 1804, an English engineer, Sir George Cayley, built the first model airplanes...About 100 years later, American inventors, including the Wright brothers, also found ideas for their flight experiments by flying kites first.”可知，a“乔治·凯利爵士制造了第一批模型飞机”发生在d“莱特兄弟首先用风筝做了飞行实验”之前，排除选项A和C；根据第四和第五段可知，先是古人制造了大型的载人风筝，马可·波罗在看到这种风筝，返回意大利后再告诉意大利人这种风筝，b发生在c之前。故选B。
13．篇章结构题。通读全文可知，①段引出主题——风筝，②③④段介绍了风筝在古代中国的起源和发展，⑤⑥段讲述风筝到外国的传播以及影响。故选D。
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