閱讀單選-初中

1、閱讀理解專練河夾鎮(zhèn)初級(jí)中學(xué)王宗芬HOWmanyofyourclassmateswearglasses?Quitealot,maybe.Now,about2billion（十億）peoplearoundtheworldareshort-sighted（近視的）,accordingtoarecentreportfromtheUniversityofNewSouthWales,Australia.Whatsworse,thatnumberwillkeepgrowingandmaygetuptonearly5billionby2050.Thatmeanshalfoftheworldspopulatio

2、n（人口）willbeshort-sightedbythen.Thisismainlybecauseofpeopleslifestyles,saidthereport.Peopleusetheireyestoomuchthesedays.Theyspendalotoftimelookingattheirtelevisions,mobilephonesorlaptops（筆記本電腦）.Thereportsuggests（建議）thatpeopleshoulddomoreoutdooractivitiesandgetaneyeexaminationeachyear.OpencommunityWHE

3、NpeopleinChinesecitiesgobackhomeafterschoolorwork,theyusuallyseeguards（門衛(wèi)）atthegatesoftheircommunities（社區(qū)）.Itsagatedcommunity,whichiscommoninChina.Onlypeoplewholivetherecangoinsidefreely,andonlytheircarscanpassthroughthegates.Butopencommunitieshavealreadybecomepopularinmanycitiesofothercountries,lik

4、eParis,France,andNewYorkCity,US.Now,thingsmaychangeinChina.OnFeb21,thegovernment（政府）saidthatgatedcommunitiesshouldbeopentothepublic.Opencommunitieshavenogatesorwalls,sopeopleinthecitycanshareroads,greenareasandshops.“Peopleneedtotalkandshare.Agoodcityneedstogivepeopleenoughplacestodothis,”saidWangWe

5、iqiang,anurbanplanning（城市規(guī)劃）expertfromTongjiUniversity.Also,withmoreroadsopeningtothepublic,citiescouldhavebettertraffic,accordingtoLiHongchangfromBeijingJiaotongUniversity.However,noteveryonelikestheideaofopencommunities.Quitealotofpeoplesaytheyhavegivenmoneyfortheroadsinsidethecommunities,andtheyw

6、orrytherewillbesafetyproblemswhencommunitiesareopen.TheChinesegovernmentexplainedthatopeningthecommunitieswouldbedonestepbystepandmoreplanswouldcomeoutinthefuture.Also,theyhavebeentestingitinsomeplacesinChengdu,Sichuan,andsofarithasbeenworkingwell.EVERYafternoonat2oclock,MahalyaDaye,13,runstoastorea

7、therschool.Butthiseighth-graderatLambertonMiddleSchoolinPennsylvania,US,isnotrunningtobuysnacks.Instead,sheworksasthestorekeeperandhelpscountchangeforcustomers（顧客）.“Ididntknowthatittooksomuchwork.Iveneverreallydonesomethinglikethis,”MahalyatoldTheSentinel,alocalnewspaper.Infact,sheisoneof12volunteer

8、staff（工作人員）membersatBisonBargains,theschoolsfirststudent-runstore.ItstartedonFeb22,anditopenseachschooldayduringbreaktimefrom2to2:30pm.Itmainlysellsstationery（文具）andsnacks.Throughthis,studentsseewhatabusiness（生意）islike.ChristianIlg,14,aneighthgrader,wasreallysurprisedbyhowharditwastonotmakemistakes（

9、錯(cuò)誤）anddothetransactions（交易）.“Itskindofachallenge（戰(zhàn)）tolearnalltheinformationonthestocklistsandrememberallthepricesoftheproducts（產(chǎn)品）,”Christiantoldthenewspaper.Tohelpthemlearnaboutbusiness,theytookaclass.Theclasstaughtstudentshowtousemoneyandsomesimplebusinessrules.Theschooldidasurveyonwhatproductsstu

10、dentswouldbuyfromaschoolstore.Inthefuture,theyplantosellthingsmadebythestudentsthemselves.Forexample,studentscanselltheirhomemadepencilcases（鉛筆盒）andphoneChoosetheanswer:Mahalyarunstoastoreinherschoolto.A.buysomesnacksB.earnsomepocketmoneyC.workasavolunteerD.helpattractcustomersTheaimofhavingastudent

11、-runstoreisto.sellmorestationeryandsnackstostudentshelpstudentsseewhatabusinessisliketeachstudentstolearnfrommistakesstartaclassonhowtousemoneyinthestoreWhatdidthespecialclassteachstudents?Howtorememberthepricesofallproducts.Howtousemoneyaswellassomebusinessrules.Howtodoasurveyonstudentinterests.How

12、tomakehomemadethings.Whatisthestorymainlyabout?Itintroducestheschoolsnewprogram,astudent-runstore.Itcallsonpeopletolearnfromthestudent-runstore.Itsharesthesecretofrunningastudent-runstore.Itreportstheresultsofasurveyonthestudent-runstore.上傳自己背的古詩(shī)和成語(yǔ)。你對(duì)這樣的寒假作業(yè)有什么看法？LiuYaxuan:Isupport（支持）it.Thesedays,

13、wearelivinginaworldallabouttheInternet.Ifweusedigitaldevices（電子設(shè)備）right,wecangetalotfromthem.Thisisagreatexampleofmakinggooduseofsocialmedia（社交媒體）.Needlesstosay,ithelpsteacherscheckstudentshomeworkmorequicklyandconveniently（方便地）.Theycandoitanytimeandanywhere,andalltheyneedistheirmobilephone.Theydont

14、havetoreadpilesofpapers.Now,theycanjusttakealookatphotos.Also,itsalwayshardtocheckhomeworklikerecitingpoems（背詩(shī)）.Teachersdontneedtospendmuchtimelisteningtopoemsfacetofaceanymore.Instead,theycanjustlistentostudentsrecordings（錄音）onWeChat.Also,itcanhelpstudentsstopprocrastinating（拖延癥）.Whentheyseethatoth

15、erclassmateshavealreadyturnedintheirhomework,theywillfeelanxious（焦慮的）anddotheirhomeworkfaster.JiXiang:Idontthinkitsagoodidea.Foronething,itcanleadto（導(dǎo)致）healthproblems.Studentswilllookattheirmobilephonesforalongtime,whichwillbebadfortheireyes.Anotherthing,asweallknow,teenagerscangetaddicted（上癮的）tomob

16、ilephoneseasily.IftheyhavetohandintheirhomeworkonWeChat,theyhavemorechancestousetheirmobilephones.Italsotakestoomuchtime.Theywontfocuson（集中精力）doingtheirhomework.Andtheymaygetdistracted（分心的）andplaygamesorchatwithothers.Butevenso,theirparentswontfindoutbecausetheythinktheirkidsaredoingtherightthing.Be

17、sides,itseasiertocheat（作弊）andfeelpeerpressure（來(lái)自同伴的壓力）.Theymayuploadarecordingofthemreadingpoemsratherthanrecitingthem.Whentheyseeotherstudentsreadingmorebooksthanthem,theymaygetanxiousandloseconfidenceFirstfightforthebiggestaircraftWHATistheworldslargestaircraft?IfyousaytheA380,youneedtokeepupwitht

18、hetimes.Now,itistheAirlander10.Airlander10usedtobepartofaUSArmy（軍隊(duì)）project.Butnowitwillbeusedforbusinessandtourflights.ItwillhaveitsfirsttestflightinMarch.Theaircraftis93mlong.Recently,engineersfromHybridAirVehiclesfixedthefirstfin（尾翅）oftheship.Thefinis9x11meters.Ifyouweretolaytwofinsside-by-side,th

19、eywouldbeliketheplayingareaofatenniscourt（網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)）.Althoughitissuchabig“guy”,theaircrafthasmanyadvantagescomparedtonormalairplanes.Itcantakeoffandlandlikeahelicopter,whichmeansitdoesnotneedalongrunwaytooperate-Also,withitsspecialdesign,itcanlandonalmostanysurface（表面）,includingice,waterandindeserts.Besid

20、esusingfourengines（引擎）forpower,Airlander10useshelium（氦氣）tohelpitfly.Thisway,unlikenormalairplanes,itmakeslittlepollutionandisnotasnoisy.SomepeoplebelievetheAirlander10willbethefutureofairtravel.Intheupcomingflight,itwillstayintheairfortwoweeksatatime.Anditwilltravelatheightsofupto20,000ft（6,100m）wit

21、ha10-toncargo（貨物）.Yet,besidesitsamazingsizeanddesign,theaircrafthasattractedmoreattentionforitsappearance.Manypeoplesaidtheaircraftlookslikeahumanbottom（臀部）.Thisiswhyitsnicknameis“FlyingBum”.Doyouagreewiththis?21STChoosteheanswer:Airlander10wasmadeforinthebeginning.A.theUSarmyB.abusinessC.tourflight

22、sD.atenniscourtTheadvantagesofAirlander10include.notneedingalongrunwaytooperatebeingabletolandonalmostanysurfacefourenginestogiveitpowermakinglittlepollutionandnoiseusinglessheliumthannormalonesA.abcdB.bcdeC.abdeD.abceWhydopeoplecallAirlander10the“FlyingBum”?Becauseitcanflyashighas20,000ft（6,100m）.B

23、ecauseitcancarrya10-toncargo.Becauseitisamazinglylarge.Becauseitlookslikeahumanbottom.Thestorymainlytalksabout.thenewArmyprojectintheUStheuseofaircraftsinbusinesstheprocessofinventingthenewaircraftsomebasicinformationaboutthelargestaircraftPassinglivestestswithloveWHENIwasinschool,Icouldalwaystellwh

24、enmyclasswasabouttotakeatest.!Youcouldfeeltheanxietyintheair.Theirsmilesweretight（緊繃的）.Pencilsweretappingondesks.Afewstudentsweretryingtotelljokestorelax.Mostofuswantedtostart,sowecouldjustgetitoverwith.Everyonceinawhile,however,ateacherwouldgiveusabreakandannouncethatthetestwasgoingtobeopenbook.Rightaway,youcouldseeoursmilesreturn.Afewstudentswouldlaugh,andyouevenheardacheerortwo.Thepressure（壓力）wentaway.Aswetookoutourbooks,allofusknewthattheanswerswouldberightinfrontofus.Allwehadtodowasfindthem.Manype