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阅读填空
1.(2024·江苏无锡·中考统考真题)先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。
As a country strong in math, China has many folk games filled with math wisdom. You may have played many of them before. Let’s take a look at two of them.
Luban LockLuban Lock was first created by Chinese carpenter Lu Ban about 2,000 years ago. It is said that Lu used six wooden pieces to make a toy that looks like a lock for his son. The lock has a lot to do with solid geometry (立体几何). It’s hard to separate the six pieces. However, it is usually easier to unlock a Luban Lock than to put it back together. Now, there are Luban Locks made up of nine or more pieces.
Huarong Pass Huarong Pass is a traditional Chinese block-moving puzzle. Every block is named after a character in the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, like Cao Cao, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. To succeed in the game, players have to move the blocks to get “Cao Cao” out. This is a test of one’s math knowledge, for example, of geometric area (几何面积). According to the Chinese Puzzle website, it takes at least 81 steps to set “Cao Cao” free.
Title: Two Ancient Chinese ___54___ Toys
Luban Lock > It was first created by Lu Ban about 2,000 years ago.> Lu Ban used 6 pieces of ___55___ to make a lock-like toy for his son. > It uses math knowledge such as solid geometry. > It is ___56___ to put the six pieces back together than to unlock it.
Huarong Pass > It is made up of a few blocks, and every block has the ___57___ of a character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. > Players win the game by ___58___ the blocks to set “Cao Cao” free.> It can test players’ math knowledge like geometric area.
2.(2024·江苏镇江·中考统考真题)根据短文内容在文章后表格中的空白处填入一个最恰当的词，每空一词。
Guarding the Blue Planet
Liu loves to teach people to explore the underwater world and lead them to feel the beauty of the sea. Now, he devotes himself to the voluntary work in a community called Better Blue. The volunteers in Better Blue are not only made up of diving coaches like Liu, but also pilots, lawyers, doctors and so on. All of them should have the knowledge of the sea.
Every year, 12 million tons of plastic waste flows into the ocean(海洋). Sea animals like turtles often lose their lives because of eating plastic or fishing nets. Even humans on land are influenced because the fish we eat may have harmful plastic particles in their bodies. So the community Better Blue was started in 2017. It hopes to raise marine(海洋的)protection awareness among the public, invite people to protect the endangered sea animals and encourage people to think about how to make the ocean develop in a friendly way.
Dive Against Debris is an activity organized by Better Blue to protect the ocean. The activity needs volunteers with greater diving skills. In this project, divers go into the waters and fish out rubbish, which is then separated into different groups. They do this at several fixed locations in the bay area of Shenzhen every month. The work also includes checking which rubbish often appears in the area, doing a research on why this kind of rubbish is the most and making suggestions to reduce the pollution.
Marine protected to collecting rubbish. It also includes marine protection education. On weekdays, Liu volunteers to teach children marine protection in local schools. Volunteers like him teach marine science to make children realize that land- based rubbish can also pollute the ocean. Researchers from local universities also take part in such activities.
With diving becoming popular, people are more willing to learn about marine protection. They come with their equipment, div e into the waters, get to know the underwater world and protect it.
Liu is not only a diving ___56___, but also a volunteer in Better Blue. Volunteers of Better Blue do different jobs and they are ___57___ to have the knowledge of the sea.
The introduction to Better Blue The reasons why it was started: Plastic waste flows into the ocean. Sea animals like turtles often ___58___. Fish have plastic particles that are ___59___ to humans. The ___60___ of it: To raise marine protection awareness. To invite people to protect the endangered sea animals. To encourage people to ___61___ the development of the ocean in a friendly way.
The activities held by Better Blue Dive Against Debris: Volunteers need to have greater diving skills. They fish out rubbish and separate it. Further work: ① checking the kind of the area’s ___62___ rubbish② studying why this kind of rubbish is the most③advising ___63___ the pollution
Marine protection education: Volunteers give ___64___ on marine protection. Researchers take part in marine protection education.
With the popularity of diving, people show more ___65___ in marine protection and take action.
阅读回答问题
1.(2024·江苏苏州·中考统考真题)请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
In his lovely piece of writing “Why Write ”, the writer Paul Auster shares a story about growing up as an eight-year-old in New York City. He was crazy about baseball, especially the New York Giants. The only thing he remembers about attending his first major league baseball game is that he saw his hero Willie Mays after the game. The young Auster gathered his courage and went close to his hero. “Mr. Mays,” he said, “could I please have your autograph (签名) ”
“Sure, kid, sure,” Mays replied kindly. “Have you got a pencil ”
Auster didn’t have a pencil on him, neither did his father or his mother or anyone else in his group.
Mays waited patiently, but when it became clear that no one present had anything to write with, he said, “Sorry, kid. We’ve got no pencil. I can’t give you my autograph.”
From that day on, Auster made it a habit to never leave the house without a pencil in his pocket. “It’s not that I had any special plans for that pencil,” Auster writes, “but I didn’t want to be unprepared. I had been caught empty-handed once, and I wasn’t about to let it happen again. The years have taught me this: If there’s a pencil in your pocket, there’s a good chance that one day you’ll feel like starting to use it. That’s how I became a writer.”
What is your pencil What is so important that without it you feel unprepared I know some cartoonists always carry pen and paper and some photographers always have a camera in their pockets. They are always prepared.
Pick your “pencil” and don’t leave home without it.
54. To get Willie Mays’ autograph, what did Auster need
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55. What habit did Auster form after that day
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56. What do you think of Auster’s habit Why do you think so
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2.(2024·江苏南通·中考统考真题)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Peking Opera, also called Jingju, listed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, is the most important one among hundreds of forms of local operas in China. It arose in the late 18th century and has a history of more than two hundred years.
Peking Opera which combines singing, dancing, acrobatics and martial arts is sung and recited using Beijing dialect. The music of Peking Opera plays a key role in setting the pace of the show, creating a particular atmosphere, shaping the characters, and guiding the progress of the stories,
The art form has spread to many other countries and is enjoyed all around the world. Many children in China receive training in Peking Opera classes or practise Peking Opera. However, some artists still worry that Peking Opera is challenged by new forms of entertainment like many traditional art forms. They are trying to do something for Peking Opera.
Tao Qingmei, a traditional arts scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, co-wrote the book The Marvelous Game with Guo Baochang. Guo, a film director, is a Peking Opera fan who has loved Jingju since he was a kid. It has been his long time wish to write a book on Peking Opera.
The boy on the new book cover is Guo Baochang’s grandson. Guo and his grandson are playing a game by dressing up in roles from the classic Peking Opera piece, Shuang Bei Deng, which is a comedy. Tao and Guo spent years writing the book because they wanted to make it easy and fun for everyone. They hope young people will get to know more about Peking Opera and fall in love with it.
Peking Opera is regarded as an expression of the aesthetic ideal of opera in the traditional Chinese society and remains a widely recognized element of the country’s cultural heritage. The stories performed in Peking Opera are often based on Chinese history, folklore and literary classics. They bring us a colourful world.
71. How long is the history of Peking Opera
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72. Who wrote the book The Marvelous Game
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73. Which Peking Opera piece is on the cover of the book
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74. What problem is Peking Opera facing
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75. What do you plan to do for traditional arts after reading this article (请自拟一句话作答)
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3.(2024·江苏扬州·中考统考真题)阅读短文，回答下面5个问题，将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。(每题答案不超过10 个词)
A total of 23 spotted seals(斑海豹)were put back into the waters off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 as part of China’s continuous efforts to protect endangered wildlife.
The seals were hunted and sold, but have now been saved and marked for future protection. A fishery law enforcement ship arrived at the sea area near Dalian in the morning, carrying the spotted seals. The seals were let go free one by one into the sea. They swam freely in the water, returning to their natural home.
Spotted seals are nationally protected animals in China. They are the only kind of seals that can breed(繁殖) in Chinese waters. Like migratory(迁徙的)birds, they appear around October every year in Liaodong Bay, and take the long journey back to the Northwest Pacific in May after breeding. They are often considered as the “panda of the sea”.
Thanks to China’s top-class national protection in recent years, the population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000, while the global population is between 400,000 and 600,000. Studies have shown that these 2,000 spotted seals are of great importance for the study and research on spotted seals.
To protect this rare animal and its ecological environment, the Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands were set up in 1992. In January 2002, they were included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance. Covering an area of 560,000 hectares with a coastline of about 370 kilometers, the wetlands are rich in biological resources. They have become home to nationally protected animals such as the spotted seal, finless porpoise, killer whales, false killer whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, and East Asian river dolphins.
Since 1992, researchers in Dalian have successfully saved 388 spotted seals and put 299 of them back into the wild.
56. Where were the 23 spotted seals put back into the sea
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57. What is the other name of the spotted seal
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58. With China’s protection, what has happened to the spotted seals in Chinese waters
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59. What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 5 refer to (指的是)
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60. As a student, what can you do to protect wildlife
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4.(2024·江苏徐州·中考统考真题)阅读短文，回答短文后的五个问题。
Skipping to victory
Zhou Qi is a 17-year-old student from Hangzhou. Zhejiang. Last September he broke the Guinness(吉尼斯)World Record for the most single skips in one minute, with a result of 374. The record had stood unbroken for ten years. Daisuke Mimura from Japan held it with 348 skips in 2013.
Interestingly, Zhou’s new record is not even his personal best. “My best performance was 396 times in one minute. That was done in the 2nd Primary and Secondary School Students’ Rope Skipping Championship in 2020. My coach said I had already broken the world record. It was at that time that I made up my mind to apply for the Guinness World Record,” Zhou said.
However, the road to success was far from smooth. For years, Zhou practised with a special steel rope designed for competítion. It’s light and strong. But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid(无效). After online communication with the records management team, Zhou quickly changed to a common rope recognized(认证)by the Guinness World Records. He soon got used to it.
Whatever kind of rope Zhou used, his strict training stood him in good sporting condition. Zhou has been in the school rope skipping team for seven years. He has jumped rope for about four hours each day. He would also run around the playground to improve his physical strength.
Now a high school student, Zhou said he’ll put his studies first. But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day.
注：每题答案不超过6个词。
61. When did Zhou Qi break the Guinness World Record for the most single skips
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62. What is Zhou Qi’s Guinness World Record for the most single skips
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63. Why was Zhou Qi’s first Guinness application considered invalid
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64. Which English saying will you use to describe Zhou Qi according to Paragraph 4
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65. What is Zhou Qi’s dream
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5.(2024·江苏淮安·中考统考真题)根据短文内容，回答问题(每题答案不超过8个词)。
Wheat Straw Painting(麦秆画)first appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Today, some people are still interested in it, and Zhang Li is one of them. She became interested in Wheat Straw Painting when she was 16 years old. In 2015, she set up her own workroom. Now, Zhang Li realizes that Wheat Straw Painting is what she wants to do for the rest of her life.
She collects lots of wheat straw in the countryside. She dries the straw in the sun and then cuts it by hand. Colorful straws, like red, orange and brown can be found in her artworks. “They are all natural.” Zhang Li said. Different colors make her paintings beautiful.
In order to develop Wheat Straw Painting, she came up with the idea of mixing it with other traditional Chinese art. So she spent two years learning Suzhou embroidery(苏绣)from some famous artists.
One of her greatest works is a bird among flowers. It took her the whole year to finish it. The bird’s smooth-shiny and colorful feathers are made of wheat straw, while the flowers are made of silk. “In my works, you will find paintings and embroideries mix well.” said Zhang Li.
Through great effort, Zhang Li successfully brought Wheat Straw Painting to people’s attention. She said, “What I have done is just the very beginning. There is still a long way to go.”
59. When did Zhang Li set up her own workroom
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60. Where does Zhang Li collect lots of wheat straw
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61. What makes Zhang Li’s paintings beautiful
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62. Who did Zhang Li learn Suzhou embroidery from
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63. What does Zhang Li mean by the underlined(画线的)words
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6.(2024·江苏盐城·中考统考真题)阅读并回答问题
I’m Patrick McCarthy, and you can call me Pat. This is the space where I can help you with your daily life problems. Go ahead and ask away!
Dear Patrick, Every time I look through my phone, I see someone having the time of their life. When I miss out on something fun or important that my friends are experiencing, I feel worried. How can I avoid this Sarah
Hi! Sarah,This is a big reason why so many people worry about social media’s influence on teenagers. Feeling worried and lonely as a result of looking through your phone is quite normal, even if it is unhealthy.Quite a lot of people post their pictures or videos on social media. Most of them share the best parts of their lives. You must keep in mind that they do so to share good feelings with others. It’s hard to find people sharing their bad moments, like feeling stressed about their home life or shame after failing a test.If seeing these videos and photos still causes bad feelings, stop connecting for a while. Do something that makes you pleased and relaxed. Try to read or spend some time with your family. You don’t need to impress anyone else.Pat
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
61. What kind of problems does Pat help teenagers with
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62. How does Sarah feel whenever she looks through her phone
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63. Why do most people share the best parts of their lives
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64. What should Sarah do if she still feels bad according to Pat
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65. What other advice can you give to Sarah
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7.(2024·江苏连云港·中考统考真题)阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题，每个题目的答案不超过5个单词。
A talented young band, called Esinaba, became one of the top 10 winners at a national music competition this year. The band came from Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (阿坝藏族羌族自治州), Sichuan. The band’s name means “azalea flower” in the Qiang language.
The band was formed in March last year. It is made up of six children, including lead singer Li Guoran, guitarist Zhang Ruixiang, and drummer (鼓手) Qiu Zixin, with an average (平均) age of 10.
“The original (起初的) idea of forming a band was to make music class interesting. Our goal is to make folk music popular so that this beautiful music can reach more people,” says Ha Xue, a music teacher at two local primary schools. She adds that one of the members in the band is Yu Meng xiaofeng, who plays a Qiang musical instrument made of sheepskin.
“We collected old songs of our ethnic group (民族). Many of them are not written. They are passed down by elders singing to their children,” says the teacher. “I worked with the children to turn the old songs into new pieces with modern instruments. We plan to hold a concert this year.”
66. What’s the name of the band
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67. How many members are there in the band
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68. Why did they form the band
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69. What do they plan to do this year
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70. What’s special about the band
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专题05-任务型阅读填空和阅读回答问题
之2024江苏省地级市中考英语真题分类汇编
阅读填空
1.(2024·江苏无锡·中考统考真题)先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。
As a country strong in math, China has many folk games filled with math wisdom. You may have played many of them before. Let’s take a look at two of them.
Luban LockLuban Lock was first created by Chinese carpenter Lu Ban about 2,000 years ago. It is said that Lu used six wooden pieces to make a toy that looks like a lock for his son. The lock has a lot to do with solid geometry (立体几何). It’s hard to separate the six pieces. However, it is usually easier to unlock a Luban Lock than to put it back together. Now, there are Luban Locks made up of nine or more pieces.
Huarong Pass Huarong Pass is a traditional Chinese block-moving puzzle. Every block is named after a character in the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, like Cao Cao, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. To succeed in the game, players have to move the blocks to get “Cao Cao” out. This is a test of one’s math knowledge, for example, of geometric area (几何面积). According to the Chinese Puzzle website, it takes at least 81 steps to set “Cao Cao” free.
Title: Two Ancient Chinese ___54___ Toys
Luban Lock > It was first created by Lu Ban about 2,000 years ago.> Lu Ban used 6 pieces of ___55___ to make a lock-like toy for his son. > It uses math knowledge such as solid geometry. > It is ___56___ to put the six pieces back together than to unlock it.
Huarong Pass > It is made up of a few blocks, and every block has the ___57___ of a character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. > Players win the game by ___58___ the blocks to set “Cao Cao” free.> It can test players’ math knowledge like geometric area.
【答案】
54. Folk
55. wood
56. harder
57. name
58. moving
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文主要介绍两个充满数学智慧的民间游戏——鲁班锁和华容道。
54.根据“As a country strong in math, China has many folk games filled with math wisdom. You may have played many of them before. Let’s take a look at two of them.”可知，介绍两个充满数学智慧的民间游戏，故填Folk。
55.根据“It is said that Lu used six wooden pieces to make a toy that looks like a lock for his son.”可知，据说鲁用六块木头给儿子做了一个像锁一样的玩具，故填wood。
56.根据“However, it is usually easier to unlock a Luban Lock than to put it back together.”可知，打开鲁班锁通常比把它装回去要容易，所以将这六块碎片重新拼凑起来比解开它更难，故填harder。
57.根据“Huarong Pass is a traditional Chinese block-moving puzzle. Every block is named after a character in the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms”可知，华容道是中国传统的积木拼图，每道都以《三国演义》中的人物命名，故填name。
58.根据“To succeed in the game, players have to move the blocks to get ‘Cao Cao’ out.”可知，为了在游戏中取得成功，玩家必须移动方块把“曹操”放出来，故填moving。
2.(2024·江苏镇江·中考统考真题)根据短文内容在文章后表格中的空白处填入一个最恰当的词，每空一词。
Guarding the Blue Planet
Liu loves to teach people to explore the underwater world and lead them to feel the beauty of the sea. Now, he devotes himself to the voluntary work in a community called Better Blue. The volunteers in Better Blue are not only made up of diving coaches like Liu, but also pilots, lawyers, doctors and so on. All of them should have the knowledge of the sea.
Every year, 12 million tons of plastic waste flows into the ocean(海洋). Sea animals like turtles often lose their lives because of eating plastic or fishing nets. Even humans on land are influenced because the fish we eat may have harmful plastic particles in their bodies. So the community Better Blue was started in 2017. It hopes to raise marine(海洋的)protection awareness among the public, invite people to protect the endangered sea animals and encourage people to think about how to make the ocean develop in a friendly way.
Dive Against Debris is an activity organized by Better Blue to protect the ocean. The activity needs volunteers with greater diving skills. In this project, divers go into the waters and fish out rubbish, which is then separated into different groups. They do this at several fixed locations in the bay area of Shenzhen every month. The work also includes checking which rubbish often appears in the area, doing a research on why this kind of rubbish is the most and making suggestions to reduce the pollution.
Marine protected to collecting rubbish. It also includes marine protection education. On weekdays, Liu volunteers to teach children marine protection in local schools. Volunteers like him teach marine science to make children realize that land- based rubbish can also pollute the ocean. Researchers from local universities also take part in such activities.
With diving becoming popular, people are more willing to learn about marine protection. They come with their equipment, div e into the waters, get to know the underwater world and protect it.
Liu is not only a diving ___56___, but also a volunteer in Better Blue. Volunteers of Better Blue do different jobs and they are ___57___ to have the knowledge of the sea.
The introduction to Better Blue The reasons why it was started: Plastic waste flows into the ocean. Sea animals like turtles often ___58___. Fish have plastic particles that are ___59___ to humans. The ___60___ of it: To raise marine protection awareness. To invite people to protect the endangered sea animals. To encourage people to ___61___ the development of the ocean in a friendly way.
The activities held by Better Blue Dive Against Debris: Volunteers need to have greater diving skills. They fish out rubbish and separate it. Further work: ① checking the kind of the area’s ___62___ rubbish② studying why this kind of rubbish is the most③advising ___63___ the pollution
Marine protection education: Volunteers give ___64___ on marine protection. Researchers take part in marine protection education.
With the popularity of diving, people show more ___65___ in marine protection and take action.
【答案】
56. coach/teacher
57. required/asked/expected
58. die
59. harmful
60. purposes
61. consider
62. common
63. against
64. lessons/classes/talks/speeches
65. interests/interest
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文介绍了Better Blue社区的志愿者们如何通过各种活动来保护海洋环境。
56.根据“The volunteers in Better Blue are not only made up of diving coaches like Liu, but also pilots, lawyers, doctors and so on.”和“Liu loves to teach people to explore the underwater world”可知，刘是潜水教练/老师。coach“教练”，teacher“老师”。故填coach/teacher。
57.根据“All of them should have the knowledge of the sea.”可知，Better Blue的志愿者们都需要具备海洋知识。be required/asked/expected to do在此处都符合。故填required/asked/expected。
58.根据“Sea animals like turtles often lose their lives because of eating plastic or fishing nets.”可知，像海龟这样的海洋动物经常死亡。die“死亡”，句子是一般现在时，主语是复数，动词用原形。故填die。
59.根据“Even humans on land are influenced because the fish we eat may have harmful plastic particles in their bodies.”可知，鱼体内的塑料颗粒对人类有害。harmful“有害的”，形容词作表语。故填harmful。
60.根据“It hopes to raise marine(海洋的)protection awareness among the public, invite people to protect the endangered sea animals and encourage people to think about how to make the ocean develop in a friendly way.”可知，Better Blue的目的是提高公众的海洋保护意识，邀请人们保护濒危的海洋动物，并鼓励人们考虑如何以友好的方式发展海洋。purposes“目的”，应用名词复数。故填purposes。
61.根据“encourage people to think about how to make the ocean develop in a friendly way.”可知，Better Blue鼓励人们考虑如何以友好的方式发展海洋。consider“考虑”，动词，空前有动词不定式符号to，动词用原形。故填consider。
62.根据“checking which rubbish often appears in the area”可知，志愿者们会检查该地区常见的垃圾种类。common“常见的”，形容词，作定语。故填common。
63.根据“making suggestions to reduce the pollution”可知，志愿者们会提出减少污染的建议。advise against sth“建议不要做某事、反对做某事”在此处符合语境。故填against。
64.根据“Liu volunteers to teach children marine protection in local schools.”可知，志愿者们会给孩子们上海洋保护的课/志愿者就海洋保护进行讲座。lesson/class“课程”，talk/speech“演讲”，名词应用复数。故填lessons/classes/talks/speeches。
65.根据“people are more willing to learn about marine protection”可知，随着潜水的普及，人们对海洋保护表现出更多的兴趣。interest“兴趣”，名词，使用单数或复数皆可。故填interest(s)。
阅读回答问题
1.(2024·江苏苏州·中考统考真题)请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
In his lovely piece of writing “Why Write ”, the writer Paul Auster shares a story about growing up as an eight-year-old in New York City. He was crazy about baseball, especially the New York Giants. The only thing he remembers about attending his first major league baseball game is that he saw his hero Willie Mays after the game. The young Auster gathered his courage and went close to his hero. “Mr. Mays,” he said, “could I please have your autograph (签名) ”
“Sure, kid, sure,” Mays replied kindly. “Have you got a pencil ”
Auster didn’t have a pencil on him, neither did his father or his mother or anyone else in his group.
Mays waited patiently, but when it became clear that no one present had anything to write with, he said, “Sorry, kid. We’ve got no pencil. I can’t give you my autograph.”
From that day on, Auster made it a habit to never leave the house without a pencil in his pocket. “It’s not that I had any special plans for that pencil,” Auster writes, “but I didn’t want to be unprepared. I had been caught empty-handed once, and I wasn’t about to let it happen again. The years have taught me this: If there’s a pencil in your pocket, there’s a good chance that one day you’ll feel like starting to use it. That’s how I became a writer.”
What is your pencil What is so important that without it you feel unprepared I know some cartoonists always carry pen and paper and some photographers always have a camera in their pockets. They are always prepared.
Pick your “pencil” and don’t leave home without it.
54. To get Willie Mays’ autograph, what did Auster need
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55. What habit did Auster form after that day
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56. What do you think of Auster’s habit Why do you think so
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【答案】
54. A pencil.
55. He made it a habit to never leave his house without a pencil in his pocket.
56. I think it’s helpful/it’s a good idea. Because this habit helps him get prepared/become a writer.(言之有理即可)
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文介绍了Paul Auster小时候因为没带铅笔，没能得到最喜欢的棒球运动员的签名，从此之后养成了出门带铅笔的习惯，最后成为了一名作家。
54.根据“‘Sure, kid, sure,’ Mays replied kindly. ‘Have you got a pencil ’”可知，为了得到Willie Mays的签名，Auster需要一支铅笔，故填A pencil.
55.根据“From that day on, Auster made it a habit to never leave the house without a pencil in his pocket.”可知，那天之后，Auster养成了口袋里不带铅笔绝不出门的习惯，故填He made it a habit to never leave his house without a pencil in his pocket.
56.开放性试题，答案不唯一，言之有理即可。参考答案为I think it’s helpful/it’s a good idea. Because this habit helps him get prepared/become a writer.
2.(2024·江苏南通·中考统考真题)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Peking Opera, also called Jingju, listed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, is the most important one among hundreds of forms of local operas in China. It arose in the late 18th century and has a history of more than two hundred years.
Peking Opera which combines singing, dancing, acrobatics and martial arts is sung and recited using Beijing dialect. The music of Peking Opera plays a key role in setting the pace of the show, creating a particular atmosphere, shaping the characters, and guiding the progress of the stories,
The art form has spread to many other countries and is enjoyed all around the world. Many children in China receive training in Peking Opera classes or practise Peking Opera. However, some artists still worry that Peking Opera is challenged by new forms of entertainment like many traditional art forms. They are trying to do something for Peking Opera.
Tao Qingmei, a traditional arts scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, co-wrote the book The Marvelous Game with Guo Baochang. Guo, a film director, is a Peking Opera fan who has loved Jingju since he was a kid. It has been his long time wish to write a book on Peking Opera.
The boy on the new book cover is Guo Baochang’s grandson. Guo and his grandson are playing a game by dressing up in roles from the classic Peking Opera piece, Shuang Bei Deng, which is a comedy. Tao and Guo spent years writing the book because they wanted to make it easy and fun for everyone. They hope young people will get to know more about Peking Opera and fall in love with it.
Peking Opera is regarded as an expression of the aesthetic ideal of opera in the traditional Chinese society and remains a widely recognized element of the country’s cultural heritage. The stories performed in Peking Opera are often based on Chinese history, folklore and literary classics. They bring us a colourful world.
71. How long is the history of Peking Opera
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72. Who wrote the book The Marvelous Game
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73. Which Peking Opera piece is on the cover of the book
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74. What problem is Peking Opera facing
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75. What do you plan to do for traditional arts after reading this article (请自拟一句话作答)
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【答案】
71. It has a history of more than two hundred years.
72. Tso Qingmei and Guo Boochang.
73. Shuang Bei Deng.
74. It is challenged by new forms of entertainment.
75. I plan to learn more about traditional arts and try to spread them.
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了京剧的相关信息。
71.根据“It arose in the late 18th century and has a history of more than two hundred years.”可知京剧有200多年的历史，故答案为It has a history of more than two hundred years.
72.根据“Tao Qingmei. a traditional arts scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, co-wrote the book The Marvelous Game with Guo Baochang”可知陶清梅与郭宝昌合著了《了不起的游戏：京剧文化好在哪》一书，故答案为Tso Qingmei and Guo Boochang.
73.根据“Guo and his grandson are playing a game by dressing up in roles from the classic Peking Opera piece, Shuang Bei Deng”可知封面上是经典剧目《双背凳》，故答案为Shuang Bei Deng.
74.根据“However, some artists still worry that Peking Opera is challenged by new forms of entertainment like many traditional art forms.”可知京剧受到新娱乐形式的挑战，故答案为It is challenged by new forms of entertainment.
75.开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为I plan to learn more about traditional arts and try to spread them.
3.(2024·江苏扬州·中考统考真题)阅读短文，回答下面5个问题，将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。(每题答案不超过10 个词)
A total of 23 spotted seals(斑海豹)were put back into the waters off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 as part of China’s continuous efforts to protect endangered wildlife.
The seals were hunted and sold, but have now been saved and marked for future protection. A fishery law enforcement ship arrived at the sea area near Dalian in the morning, carrying the spotted seals. The seals were let go free one by one into the sea. They swam freely in the water, returning to their natural home.
Spotted seals are nationally protected animals in China. They are the only kind of seals that can breed(繁殖) in Chinese waters. Like migratory(迁徙的)birds, they appear around October every year in Liaodong Bay, and take the long journey back to the Northwest Pacific in May after breeding. They are often considered as the “panda of the sea”.
Thanks to China’s top-class national protection in recent years, the population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000, while the global population is between 400,000 and 600,000. Studies have shown that these 2,000 spotted seals are of great importance for the study and research on spotted seals.
To protect this rare animal and its ecological environment, the Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands were set up in 1992. In January 2002, they were included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance. Covering an area of 560,000 hectares with a coastline of about 370 kilometers, the wetlands are rich in biological resources. They have become home to nationally protected animals such as the spotted seal, finless porpoise, killer whales, false killer whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, and East Asian river dolphins.
Since 1992, researchers in Dalian have successfully saved 388 spotted seals and put 299 of them back into the wild.
56. Where were the 23 spotted seals put back into the sea
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57. What is the other name of the spotted seal
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58. With China’s protection, what has happened to the spotted seals in Chinese waters
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59. What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 5 refer to (指的是)
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60. As a student, what can you do to protect wildlife
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【答案】
56. Off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province.
57. Panda of the sea.
58. The population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000.
59. The Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands.
60. We can join the local activities and raise money for groups to protect wildlife.
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了中国为保护濒危野生动物而做出的努力。
56.根据“A total of 23 spotted seals (斑海豹) were put back into the waters off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province”可知共有23只斑海豹被放回中国东北辽宁省大连市沿海水域，故填Off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province.
57.根据“They are often considered as the ‘panda of the sea’”可知它们被称为“海洋中的熊猫”，故填Panda of the sea.
58.根据“Thanks to China’s top-class national protection in recent years, the population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000”可知近年来，由于中国的国家一级保护，中国水域的斑海豹数量已达2000只左右，故填The population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000.
59.根据“the Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands were set up in 1992. In January 2002, they were included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance”可知其生态环境，辽宁大连斑海豹湿地于1992年建立，2002年1月，它们被列入《国际重要湿地名录》，故此处they指代“辽宁大连斑海豹湿地”，故填The Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands.
60.开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为We can join the local activities and raise money for groups to protect wildlife.
4.(2024·江苏徐州·中考统考真题)阅读短文，回答短文后的五个问题。
Skipping to victory
Zhou Qi is a 17-year-old student from Hangzhou. Zhejiang. Last September he broke the Guinness(吉尼斯)World Record for the most single skips in one minute, with a result of 374. The record had stood unbroken for ten years. Daisuke Mimura from Japan held it with 348 skips in 2013.
Interestingly, Zhou’s new record is not even his personal best. “My best performance was 396 times in one minute. That was done in the 2nd Primary and Secondary School Students’ Rope Skipping Championship in 2020. My coach said I had already broken the world record. It was at that time that I made up my mind to apply for the Guinness World Record,” Zhou said.
However, the road to success was far from smooth. For years, Zhou practised with a special steel rope designed for competítion. It’s light and strong. But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid(无效). After online communication with the records management team, Zhou quickly changed to a common rope recognized(认证)by the Guinness World Records. He soon got used to it.
Whatever kind of rope Zhou used, his strict training stood him in good sporting condition. Zhou has been in the school rope skipping team for seven years. He has jumped rope for about four hours each day. He would also run around the playground to improve his physical strength.
Now a high school student, Zhou said he’ll put his studies first. But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day.
注：每题答案不超过6个词。
61. When did Zhou Qi break the Guinness World Record for the most single skips
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62. What is Zhou Qi’s Guinness World Record for the most single skips
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63. Why was Zhou Qi’s first Guinness application considered invalid
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64. Which English saying will you use to describe Zhou Qi according to Paragraph 4
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65. What is Zhou Qi’s dream
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【答案】
61. In September.
62. 374.
63. Because of the rope he used.
64. Hard work pays off.
65. To beat his own record.
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文主要讲述了打破吉尼斯纪录的少年“”周琦。
61.根据“Last September he broke the Guinness World Record for the most single skips in one minute”可知，周琦在去年九月打破了吉尼斯世界纪录，故填In September.
62.根据“with a result of 374”可知，周琦的吉尼斯世界纪录是374次，故填374.
63.根据“But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid”可知，周琦第一次申请吉尼斯纪录无效是因为他使用了特殊的钢绳，故填Because of the rope he used.
64.根据第四段内容可知，周琦通过严格的训练保持了良好的运动状态，说明了努力会有回报，故填Hard work pays off.
65.根据“But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day.”可知，周琦的梦想是打破自己的纪录，故填To beat his own record.
5.(2024·江苏淮安·中考统考真题)根据短文内容，回答问题(每题答案不超过8个词)。
Wheat Straw Painting(麦秆画)first appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Today, some people are still interested in it, and Zhang Li is one of them. She became interested in Wheat Straw Painting when she was 16 years old. In 2015, she set up her own workroom. Now, Zhang Li realizes that Wheat Straw Painting is what she wants to do for the rest of her life.
She collects lots of wheat straw in the countryside. She dries the straw in the sun and then cuts it by hand. Colorful straws, like red, orange and brown can be found in her artworks. “They are all natural.” Zhang Li said. Different colors make her paintings beautiful.
In order to develop Wheat Straw Painting, she came up with the idea of mixing it with other traditional Chinese art. So she spent two years learning Suzhou embroidery(苏绣)from some famous artists.
One of her greatest works is a bird among flowers. It took her the whole year to finish it. The bird’s smooth-shiny and colorful feathers are made of wheat straw, while the flowers are made of silk. “In my works, you will find paintings and embroideries mix well.” said Zhang Li.
Through great effort, Zhang Li successfully brought Wheat Straw Painting to people’s attention. She said, “What I have done is just the very beginning. There is still a long way to go.”
59. When did Zhang Li set up her own workroom
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60. Where does Zhang Li collect lots of wheat straw
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61. What makes Zhang Li’s paintings beautiful
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62. Who did Zhang Li learn Suzhou embroidery from
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63. What does Zhang Li mean by the underlined(画线的)words
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【答案】
59. In 2015.
60. In the countryside.
61. Different colors.
62. Some famous artists.
63. She has more work to do.
【语篇导读】本文介绍了张丽对麦秆画的热爱以及她为发展麦秆画所做的努力。
59.根据“In 2015, she set up her own workroom.”可知，张丽在2015年建立了自己的工作室，故填In 2015.
60.根据“She collects lots of wheat straw in the countryside.”可知，张丽在乡下收集了很多麦秆，故填In the countryside.
61.根据“Different colors make her paintings beautiful.”可知，不同的颜色使她的画作美丽，故填Different colors.
62.根据“So she spent two years learning Suzhou embroidery(苏绣)from some famous artists.”可知，张丽向一些著名艺术家学习了苏绣，故填Some famous artists.
63.根据“What I have done is just the very beginning. There is still a long way to go.”可知，张丽认为她所做的只是一个开始，还有很长的路要走，也就是说她还有更多工作要做，故填She has more work to do.
6.(2024·江苏盐城·中考统考真题)阅读并回答问题
I’m Patrick McCarthy, and you can call me Pat. This is the space where I can help you with your daily life problems. Go ahead and ask away!
Dear Patrick, Every time I look through my phone, I see someone having the time of their life. When I miss out on something fun or important that my friends are experiencing, I feel worried. How can I avoid this Sarah
Hi! Sarah,This is a big reason why so many people worry about social media’s influence on teenagers. Feeling worried and lonely as a result of looking through your phone is quite normal, even if it is unhealthy.Quite a lot of people post their pictures or videos on social media. Most of them share the best parts of their lives. You must keep in mind that they do so to share good feelings with others. It’s hard to find people sharing their bad moments, like feeling stressed about their home life or shame after failing a test.If seeing these videos and photos still causes bad feelings, stop connecting for a while. Do something that makes you pleased and relaxed. Try to read or spend some time with your family. You don’t need to impress anyone else.Pat
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
61. What kind of problems does Pat help teenagers with
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62. How does Sarah feel whenever she looks through her phone
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63. Why do most people share the best parts of their lives
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64. What should Sarah do if she still feels bad according to Pat
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65. What other advice can you give to Sarah
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61. Daily life problems.
62. She feels worried.
63. To share good feelings with others.
64. Stop connecting for a while.
65. Relax yourself by travelling.(答案合理即可)
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文是Sarah将生活中遇到的问题讲述给Pat听，Pat给出了相应的建议。
61.根据“This is the space where I can help you with your daily life problems.”可知，解决日常生活问题，故填Daily life problems.
62.根据“Every time I look through my phone, I see someone having the time of their life. When I miss out on something fun or important that my friends are experiencing, I feel worried”可知，感到担心，故填She feels worried.
63.根据“Most of them share the best parts of their lives. You must keep in mind that they do so to share good feelings with others.”可知，这样做是为了与他人分享美好的感觉，故填To share good feelings with others.
64.根据“If seeing these videos and photos still causes bad feelings, stop connecting for a while.”可知，如果看到这些视频和照片让你感觉不好，那就暂时停止联系，故填Stop connecting for a while.
65.开放性问题，答案合理即可。参考答案为Relax yourself by travelling.
7.(2024·江苏连云港·中考统考真题)阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题，每个题目的答案不超过5个单词。
A talented young band, called Esinaba, became one of the top 10 winners at a national music competition this year. The band came from Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (阿坝藏族羌族自治州), Sichuan. The band’s name means “azalea flower” in the Qiang language.
The band was formed in March last year. It is made up of six children, including lead singer Li Guoran, guitarist Zhang Ruixiang, and drummer (鼓手) Qiu Zixin, with an average (平均) age of 10.
“The original (起初的) idea of forming a band was to make music class interesting. Our goal is to make folk music popular so that this beautiful music can reach more people,” says Ha Xue, a music teacher at two local primary schools. She adds that one of the members in the band is Yu Meng xiaofeng, who plays a Qiang musical instrument made of sheepskin.
“We collected old songs of our ethnic group (民族). Many of them are not written. They are passed down by elders singing to their children,” says the teacher. “I worked with the children to turn the old songs into new pieces with modern instruments. We plan to hold a concert this year.”
66. What’s the name of the band
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67. How many members are there in the band
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68. Why did they form the band
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69. What do they plan to do this year
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70. What’s special about the band
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【答案】
66. Esinaba.
67. Six.
68. To make music class interesting./To make folk music popular.
69. Hold a concert.
70. It makes folk music popular.
【解析】
【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了来自四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治州的乐队Esinaba。
66.根据“A talented young band, called Esinaba”可知乐队的名字是Esinaba，故填Esinaba.
67.根据“It is made up of six children”可知乐队里有六个孩子，故填Six.
68.根据“The original (起初的) idea of forming a band was to make music class interesting. Our goal is to make folk music popular”可知组建乐队的最初想法是让音乐课变得有趣，目标是让民间音乐流行起来，故填To make music class interesting./To make folk music popular.
69.根据“We plan to hold a concert this year”可知他们计划今年举办一个音乐会，故填Hold a concert.
70.开放性试题，合理即可。根据“Our goal is to make folk music popular so that this beautiful music can reach more people”可知这个乐队让民间音乐流行起来，故填It makes folk music popular.
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