北斗星-中考英語真題閱讀Topic16SocialPhenomena社會萬象

1、新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)topic sixteen social phenomena 社會萬象話說中考在中考閱讀理解中，本話題包括的題材很多，它們來自生活， 來自社會，針對這些題材要求抓住關(guān)鍵的句子和一些與考查內(nèi)容有關(guān)的問題所在，這樣便于我們解題時 “順藤摸瓜” ，找出問題的答案。 這種題型一般是對文章理解能力的考查，抓住文章的關(guān)鍵句和關(guān)鍵詞是非常重要的。解題思路：看清題干，明確把握問題指向，帶著問題讀文章，避免“回視”現(xiàn)象，提高做題的速度，提高解題質(zhì)量。走進(jìn)中考 (福建莆田 2010) i

2、n most cultures，when you meet people you know for the first time during a day，it is usual to greet them once a young woman from england went to hong kong to workwhen she first arrived， she knew little about the chinese culture of language on her way to school one day，she went to a bank to get some m

3、oney to her surprise ， the bank clerk asked her if she had had her lunchshe was surprised at such a question because in the british culture it would mean an invitation to lunch between unmarried young people it can also mean the young mans interest in dating the girl since this bank clerk was a stra

4、nger to the british woman ，she was very puzzled，and quickly answered that she had eaten already after this she went on to school and was even more surprised when one of the teachers asked her the same questionby now she understood that it could not be an invitation but was puzzled as to why they ask

5、ed itin the following days she was asked the same question again and again and she spent many hours trying to work out why so many people kept asking her thisat last she thought that these people must be concerned about(關(guān)心 ) her health she was rather thin at the time ，and she thought they must be wo

6、rrying that she was not eating well! in fact the question like that has no real meaning at all it is only a greeting 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷句子的正誤，正確的在括號內(nèi)寫“t”，錯誤的寫“f”。( ) 1 the young british woman went to hong kong for work( ) 2 the british woman went to the bank to get some money ( ) 3 the bank clerk invited the

7、young british woman to lunch( ) 4 the teachers question made the british woman happy ( ) 5 in fact the young british woman didnt know much about chinese culture解析1t 根據(jù)“ once a young woman from england. ”可知這年輕英國婦女是來香港工作的，故此句表述是正確的。2t 根據(jù)“ .she went to a bank to get some money”可知此句表述是正確的。3f 通過本文最后一句我們可

8、以了解到，在中國問別人“吃了嗎”是表問候，而不一定是真正的想請人吃飯。故此句的錯誤的。4f 根據(jù)“ after this she went on to school and was even more surprised. ”可知此句表述是錯誤的。新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)5 t 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容我們知道，這位英國婦女對中國文化不是很了解，所以對“if she had had her lunch”產(chǎn)生困惑。話題專練一chanel， the worlds oldest dog， celebrated

9、 her 21st birthday on wednesday with a certificate( 證書 ) from the guinness book of records and a visit to a dog hotel and spa(溫泉療養(yǎng)地)chanel was once a rescue( 救援 ) dog in new yorkat her birthday ，she wore an orange sweater and red eyeglasses chanel has an eye disease ， so she has to wear eyeglasses t

10、o protect her eyes from sunshinechanel is the guinness world record holder for the oldest for living dogs， said jamie panas ，a spokeswoman for guinnessshaughnessy got her pet from a shelter when the dog was six weeks oldalthough chanel could run miles in her younger days ，she now suffers from joint(

11、 關(guān)節(jié) ) problems and spends most of her days at home根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下列各題。1chanel was _ years old2chanel got a certificate from _ 3on wednesday chanel was in _4chanel wore eyeglasses in order to _5chanel is _ in the world 答案：121 twenty-one 根據(jù)短文第一句內(nèi)容可知，chanel 過21 歲生日，所以填21twenty-one。2the guinness book of recor

12、ds 根據(jù)短文第一段中介紹可知。3an orange sweater and red eyeglasses 星期三是chanel 的生日，所以它穿的是an orange sweater and red eyeglasses 。4protect her eyes 根據(jù)短文第二段內(nèi)容可知，chanel 有眼疾，所以戴眼鏡是為了保護視力，即答案是protect her eyes。5the oldest dog 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知，chanel 是世界上年齡最大的狗，所以答案是the oldest dog。二a high school student in southwest china who rai

13、sed money for people of wenchuan earthquake by selling cookies and her own watercolor paintings attended the inauguration(就職典禮) of the us new president barack obama li zizi moved in august，2008 to sichuan province，which was rocked by a terrible earthquake in mayshe now attends chengdu experimental f

14、oreign languages school( 外國語學(xué)校)，which is close to many of the hardest-hit areas 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)her family is from sichuan ，but she was born and raised in japan and was living there when the quake hitwhen the earthquake happened， li baked sugar cookies

15、 to sell at her school and sold some of her watercolor paintings she finally earned $500 to buy school supplies for children in the quake areasli also supports two children ，one in first grade and the other in third ，whose parents were forced to find work far away in order to earn money to rebuild t

16、heir homesli provides the children with pocket money and tickets to travel to see their parents because she was born and grew up abroad，li said she has a feeling of being close to obama，whom she called a miracle hes the perfect thing at the perfect moment for america ， she said根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。( ) 1 wh

17、ere was li zizi born? asichuanbjapanc americadchengdu( ) 2 why did li zizi collect money in the quake? abecause she had to raise money for finishing her studies bbecause she wanted to see her parents cbecause she must help her parents to rebuild their homesdbecause she wanted to help children in the

18、 quake areas( ) 3 the two children lost _ in the earthquake atheir parents btheir homes ctheir schools dtheir lives ( ) 4 what did li give the two children by selling cookies and watercolor paintings? asome moneybtickets cclothesda and b( ) 5 the underlined word miracle in the passage means _ a機會b奇跡

19、c渴望d理想答案：1b 根據(jù)短文中第三段的內(nèi)容可知，她出生在日本。2d 根據(jù)短文中第一、四兩段內(nèi)容可以確定她掙錢是為了幫助震區(qū)的孩子們。3b 根據(jù)短文中第四段“.，whose parents were forced to find work far away in order to earn money to rebuild their homes ”可以確定孩子在地震中失去了家園。4d 根據(jù)短文中第四段“l(fā)i provides the children with pocket money and tickets to travel to see their parents”可確定答案。5b

20、根據(jù)上下文提示可以看出是“一種特別的、幾乎不敢相信的事情”，即一種 “奇新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)跡”。三a hard-working chinese rice farmer was supporting his children，wife and his old father he worked long and hard each day ，but still he was hardly growing enough to feed his children and wifeone day

21、 he didnt work for the whole day instead，he built a small cart( 手推車 ) out of some wood that he had the next day he went to his old father and told him that the old man was no longer able to help the family his old father was only eating and taking up precious resources( 寶貴資源 )so the farmer loaded hi

22、m into the new cart and headed up a nearby mountain when he got to the top，he stopped and turned the cart to face down the mountain ，but before he could start to roll( 使 , 滾動) the cart，his father stopped him，saying，wait! son ，i can understand what you are doing，and even why you are doing it ，but ple

23、ase save the cart your son will need it 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下面句子正(t)誤(f)。( ) 1 the chinese rice farmer didnt work hard each day ( ) 2 he built the cart so that he could put more rice into it ( ) 3 his father was old and he wasnt able to work for the family( ) 4 his father understood that his son wanted to kill

24、 him ( ) 5 the words that the old man said to his son were educational( 有教育意義的 )答案：1f 根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容可知，農(nóng)夫天天很努力工作，所以是f。2f 根據(jù)短文中的內(nèi)容可以確定，農(nóng)夫做手推車不是為了裝稻米，而是為了把老人送走，所以是f。3t 根據(jù)短文中“his old father was only eating and taking up precious resources ”可知，老父親沒有勞動能力了，所以是t。4t 根據(jù)老人對兒子說的話可以看出，他知道兒子要他死，所以答案是t。5t 根據(jù)短文最后幾句話可知他是教

25、育兒子要贍養(yǎng)老人，所以答案是t。四eating 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes ， joey chestnut from california beat his world championship in this years international hot dog eating contesthe also set a new record for this traditional contest in new york，an event which dates back to the year of 1916this year，much expectation wa

26、s focused on kobayashi from japan，six times world champion between 2001 and 2006 in 2008，they shared the championship ，both eating 59 hot dogsalso attending the contest is last years female champion juliet lee，a 44-year-old former chemistry professor in china who now owns a salon in maryland(馬里蘭 )th

27、ousand of fans and tourists were attracted to this beachside event根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)( ) 1 joey chestnut had _ in 2008a44 hot dogs b58 hot dogs c59 hot dogs d68 hot dogs ( ) 2 international hot dog eating contest began in _ a1916 b2001 c2006

28、 d2008 ( ) 3 joey chestnut comes from _ajapan bchina camerica dengland ( ) 4 what did juliet lee do? aa teacherba doctor ca scientist da basketball player ( ) 5 kobayashi won _ times world champions from 2001 to 2008afive bsix cseven deight 答案：1c 根據(jù)短文中第三段“in 2008， they shared the championship，both e

29、ating 59 hot dogs”可知，在2008 年比賽中chestnut 吃了 59 個，和日本的kobayashi 并列第一。2a 根據(jù)短文第二段介紹可知，熱狗大賽開始于1916 年。3c 根據(jù)短文第一句話可以確定joey chestnut 來自美國。4a 根據(jù)短文中最后一段內(nèi)容可知juliet lee 是一名教師。5c 根據(jù)短文中第三段的內(nèi)容可知，從 2001 年到 2008 年期間， kobayashi 共取得七次冠軍。五want to spend a night in jail? and how about playing for it? a new jail in easter

30、n missouri( 密蘇里州 ) has come up with a new way to pay for mattresses( 床墊 )officials are offering the public a chance to stay overnight on its opening dayfor $50 a person or $90 a couple，people can tour the new place，learn more about jail ， and stay overnight theyll receive bed and breakfast t-shirts

31、and snacks also included is a get out of jail free cardthose who want to leave early have to give another $10all the money will be used for the jail repair fund任務(wù)一：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下列各題。1everyone can spend a night _ in missouri 2if you and your one friend want to stay overnight in the jail，you must pay _ fo

32、r it 3when you stay at jail ，you will receive _ 4if you want to leave early ，you must pay for _ again 任務(wù)二：把畫線部分譯成漢語。新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)5_ 答案：1in jail 根據(jù)短文第一、二段可知填in jail 。2$90 根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可以計算出兩個人在監(jiān)獄里過夜，要付$90。3bed and breakfast t-shirts and snacks 根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容可以確定

33、在監(jiān)獄里，可以得到bed and breakfast t-shirts and snacks 。4another $10 根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，如果想早點出來，必須再付$10。5所有收入都用作監(jiān)獄維修資金。解析略。六debenhams has produced a special kind of suit for women with a low price of $80 it is made from recycled plastic bottles the bottles in the suit are broken into pieces and then made into a sha

34、pe of polyester(滌綸) each suit uses about 50 plastic bottles the rough( 粗糙的 ) polyester feel of this suit might not attract some customers though it is good for environment debenhams says that making the jacket and trousers saves energy and gives off less co2this way can certainly cut down waste if t

35、he womens suits are popular in stores，debenhams will use this technology for mens clothing 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。( ) 1 what is the special kind of suit for women that debenhams has produced made of? acottonbpolyestercwoold leather( ) 2 how much were two suits for women? a$80b$100c$50d$160( ) 3 how many plas

36、tic bottles does each suit use? a50b80c about 50d about 70 ( ) 4 which of the following is not the advantage of the kind of suit? ait might save energybit can give off less co2cit can cut down waste dit might not attract some customers ( ) 5 the passage mainly tells us _athe recycled plastic bottles

37、 can be made into clothes bthe kind of suit must be good for our health cthe kind of suit is very popular in the world dthe technology should be spread over the world 答案：1b 根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容可知確定答案是滌綸。2d 根據(jù)第一段可知一套是$80，那么兩套就是$160。新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)3c 根據(jù)第二段中“each su

38、it uses about 50 plastic bottles”可確定答案。4d 根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容可以確定，它雖然對保護環(huán)境有好處，但不一定受人們的歡迎。5a 通讀全文可以看出本文主要是講“塑料瓶可以制成衣服”。七h(yuǎn)air is one of the first things you notice about yourself or other peoplehair is also the body part that many people try to change the most people with naturally straight hair often wish their

39、 hair were curly and curly tops want straight hair so why wasnt everyone born with the hair they wanted? scientists say a number of factors(因素 ) decided the way your hair looks hair has two parts ：the shaft( 發(fā)干 ) the part you see and the follicle( 發(fā)囊 ) the part you dont see because it is under the s

40、kinfollicles are not all alike for every person if you have curly hair，your follicle is probably very straightstraight-haired people most likely have round follicles another factor that goes into the kind of hair you have involves the hair bulbthe shaft grows from the bulb the way the bulb sits in t

41、he follicle can affect your hair，too根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。( ) 1 if you look at other people ，what will you know about at first? ahandbhaircbodydfoot( ) 2 which parts is hair made up of? ashaftbfollicle cbulbd a and b( ) 3 the way your hair looks is decided by _ ashaft bfollicles cbulb da number of factors a

42、nd follicles ( ) 4 curly-haired people probably have _ astraight follicles bround follicles ccurly follicles da and c ( ) 5 what can also change what peoples hair looks like? afirebbulbcwaterdknives答案：1b 根據(jù)短文第一段的內(nèi)容可以確定答案。2d 根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可以確定頭發(fā)是由發(fā)干和發(fā)囊兩部分組成的。3d 根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可以看出頭發(fā)關(guān)鍵在于發(fā)囊和一些其他因素。4a 根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可知，卷頭發(fā)人的

43、毛囊可能是直的。新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站- 版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)5b 根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，bulb 可能改變?nèi)说陌l(fā)型。八the astronauts used to only have freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes for meals now us scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the moon they look forward to providing astrona

44、uts or space travelers with fine dinners of fresh vegetables in the futureparagon， a company that works with nasa ，has designed the lunar oasislunar oasis is a small greenhouse it looks like a bell jar put into a 46cm-tall framethe flame is designed to protect plants while they grow on the moonthey

45、plan to send the small greenhouse into space in 2012scientists will put brassica( 蕓苔 ) seeds like a cabbage in the greenhousebecause this kind of vegetable goes from seed to flower in just 14 days ，it can complete its life cycle in just one night on the moonthe moon greenhouse has been compared to a

46、n experiment at the south polethe south pole greenhouse，now in its fifth year ，allows workers living in the coldest place on earth to have tomatoes， lettuces(萵苣 )，strawberries and herbsliving on the moon seems so far away ，but it is important that we do this research now， said jane poynter， the pres

47、ident of paragon根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。( ) 1 what didnt the astronauts use to have on the moon? afresh vegetablesbfreeze-dried powders csemi-liquid pastes dwater ( ) 2 what does the lunar oasis look like? aa ball ba bagca bell jar da bottle ( ) 3 when will they plan to send the lunar oasis to the moon? a2009

48、b2010c2020d2012( ) 4 what will the astronauts eat on the moon in 2020? atomatoesblettucescstrawberriesdall of the above ( ) 5 what does poynter do? aan astronautbthe president of paragonca president da pilot 答案：1a 根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知，到目前為止，宇航員在月球上吃不到新鮮的蔬菜。新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng) 精品資料版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)- 中國最大型、最專業(yè)的中小學(xué)教育資源門戶網(wǎng)站-

49、版權(quán)所有 新世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)2c 根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可知，“月球溫室”看起來像一個bell jar。3d 根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可知。他們計劃到2012 年把“月球綠洲”送上月球。4d 根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可以確定，到2020 年宇航員應(yīng)該能吃上一些蔬菜，即選d。5b 根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，poynter 是帕拉岡太空開發(fā)公司的董事長。九just as in face-to-face communication ，there are some basic rules of behavior( 行為 ) that should be followed on the internetthe basic rule is simple ：treat others in the same way you would want to be treated imagine how youd feel if you were in the other persons shoes for anything youre about to send ： ask yourself， would i say that to the persons face? if the answer is