遼寧省撫順市順城區(qū)2021-2023年中考一模英語試卷分類匯編：閱讀理解

遼寧省撫順市順城區(qū)2021-2023年中考一模英語試卷分類匯編

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2023年遼寧省撫順市順城區(qū)中考一模英語試題

IV.閱讀理解（共20分，每小題1分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

Passagel

FriedChopRiceCake,alsocalledLuDaGuninChinese,isoneofthemostpopularsnacksin

Beijing.ThenameofthissnackisVeryinteresting,isn,tit?Butithasnothingtodowithdonkeys

（驢）.Itisakindofcakethattastessweet,softanddelicious.WhydoChinesepeoplecallitLuDa

Gun?

Hereisastoryaboutit.ItissaidthatintheQingDynasty,EmpressDowagerCixiwastiredof

havingthesamekindoffoodeveryday.So,oneday,sheorderedachef（廚師）tocooksomething

different.Itwasreallyhardforthechefbecausehedidn,tknow

howtomeettheneedsofCixi.Afterthinkingcarefully,hemadeanewkindofcakebyusingrice

powderandredbeanpaste（糯米粉和豆沙餡）.

However,aboycametothekitchenandhedroppedthecakeintosoybeanpowder（黃豆面）

byaccident.Thechefwasveryworriedforitwastoolatetomakeanewone.Hehadtotakethecake

toEmpressDowagerCixinervously.

Tohissurprise,Cixilikedhiscakeverymuch.Sheaskedthechefwhatthenameofthecake

was.Thechefhadneverthoughtaboutthat.Suddenly,hethoughtofthenameoftheboy.44Xiao

Lur,,?Sohesaidthatthecake,snamewasLuDaGun.

Sincethen,LuDaGunhasbecomemoreandmorepopularforitsspecialtasteandfunny

name.Wouldyouliketotryit?

31.LuDaGunis.

A.acookB.akindofcakeC.anEnglishnameD.akindof

animal

32.Thecheffelthardtocooksomethingdifferentbecause.

A.aboycametothekitchenB.therewasn,tenoughfood

C.hewasn,tgoodatmakingcakesD.hedidn,tknowhowtomeettheneeds

OfCixi

33.WeneedsomethingstomakeLuDaGunEXCEPT.

A.ricepowderB.soybeanpowderC.cornpowderD.redbean

paste

34.What,stheChinesemeaningoftheunderlinedword“nervously”?

A.開心地B.緊張地C.興奮地D.自豪地

35.LiiDaGunhasbecomemoreandmorepopularforits.

A.ownerB.colorC.storyD.special

tasteandfunnyname

Passage2

Inrecentyears,peoplehavestartedanewtrend（趨勢）of“reading"booksinChina.

AccordingtoonereportonChinesepeople,sreadinghabitslastyear,around32.7percentof

Chineseadultshavethehabitoflisteningtoaudio（音頻的）books.So,justlikehavingparentsread

bedtimestoriestouswhenWewerelittle,Wearenowreadingbylistening.

Somethinkthisisgood-peoplecanfinallyputthebooksdownwhentheyread.Theycanget

awayfromtablesandchairsandreadinafunway.It,sgreat,it,sinteresting,andit,sveιycool.

'Tthinkit,sentertaining（使人愉快的）一mykidcannowIeaminafunway,"ayoungparent

said.??Idon,thavetoworryabouthimhavingbackproblemslikeIdidwhenIwasakid.And

listeningtoaudiobooksalsotakessomepressureoffhiseyes.SoI,mallforit.”

Buttherearequiteanumberofpeoplewhoholdadifferentopinion.Theysaythiscouldwork

withadults,butitmightbeabadideaforteenagers.

"Peopleneedself-controlwhenlisteningtoaudiobooks,andwedon,tseeitinteenagers,,,they

said.??Howcanweknowthatwhateveritsaysinabookcangetintotheirheadsandstaythere?How

dowemakesuretheyarelearningsomethingwhentheylisten?”

“WehavebeenreadingbooksintheOld-f?shioned（老式的）wayforthousandsofyears,,,an

elderlySCholar（學(xué)者）said.??Whynotstartlisteningforachange?

36.Whenhavepeoplestartedanewtrendof“reading“booksinChina?

AThisyear.B.Sincelastyear.C.Inrecentyears.D.Long

timeago.

37.About32.7percentofhavethehabitOflisteningtoaudiobooks.

A.studentsB.ChineseadultsC.kidsD.young

people

38.Whatdosomepeoplethinkofreadingbylistening?

A.Cool.B.Boring.C.Relaxing.D.Awful.

39.Quiteanumberofpeopleworryabout.

A.teenagers,eyes

B.teenagers5backproblems

C.ifteenagersarelearningsomethingwhentheylisten

D.anelderlyscholarwon,tchangetheold-fashionedwayofreading

40.What,sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.Readingbooksisimportant.

B.Listeningtoaudiobooksbecomespopular.

C.Readingbylisteningislikereadingbedtimestories.

D.Listeningtoaudiobookstakessomepressureoffhiseyes.

Passage3

Justuptheroadisafieldwithtwohorsesinit.Theylookthesamefromadistance.Butifyou

takeacloserlookatthetwohorses,youwillnoticesomethingveryinteresting.

Oneofthehorsesisblind.Insteadofabandoning（拋棄）thepoorhorse,hisownerhasmadea

safeandcomfortablebarn（畜棚）forhimtolivein.Ifyoustandnearbyandlisten,youwillhearthe

soundofabell.Itcomesfromthesmallerhorseinthefield.Thebellisonthehorse,shalter（籠頭）.

Ithelpstheblindhorseknowwherehisfriendis,sohecanfollow.

Asyoustandandwatchthesetwofriends,you,llseethatthesmallerhorsewiththebellis

alwayscheckingontheblindhorse,andthattheblindhorsewilllistenforthebellandthenslowly

walktowherethesmallerhorseis.Whenthesmallerhorsewiththebellreturnstothebameach

time,hewillstoptolookbackfromtimetotime.Hewantstomakesurethattheblindfriendisn't

toofarbehindtohearthebell.

Inourlife,Wegethelpfromotherswhenweareinneed.Sometimeswearetheblindhorse,

beingguidedbytheringingbellofourcompanions.Atothertimes,Wearejusttheguidehorse,

helpingotherstofindtheirway.

41.Thefirstparagraphtellsus.

A.twohorsesarethesameB.twohorsesalwaysworktogether

C.twohorsesareplayingontheroadD.thereissomethinginteresting

betweenthetwohorses

42.Fromthesecondparagraph,wecanknowtheowneroftwohorsesis.

A.meanB.poorC.kindD.rich

43.Theblindhorseknowwherehisfriendisby.

A.livingwithhisfriendB.standingnearbyhisfriend

C.hearingthesoundofabellD.workingwithhisfriendinthefield

44.Whatdoesthesmallerhorsewiththebelldowhenhereturnstothebarneachtime?

A.Hewalksfaster.

B.Helistensforthebell.

C.Helooksforfoodfortheblindhorse.

D.Healwaysstopstolookbackfromtimetotime.

45.WhatcanweIeamfromthepassage?

A.Weshouldbefriendlytoanimals.B.Helpingothersishelpingourselves.

CDon,tloseourheartwhenweareill.D.Wecanbetheguidewhenwegrow

up.

Passage4

Ifyou,relookingforanewdiningexperience,DinnerintheSkycanmakeyournextmeal

possibletoforget!

Withthehelpofac”7e（起重機(jī)），peopleareliftedabout50metersabovetheground-long

withtheirtable,cooksandwaiters.

TheideabeganinBelqiumin2006,whentwocompaniesworkedtogethertocreateaspecial

dinnerforagroupofyoungEuropeancooksandrestaurantowners.

Thedinnerwasasuccess,andtheorganizersstartedreceivingcallsfromallovertheworld,s

peoplewantedtotryitthemselves.andoffertheexperiencetoevenmorepeople.

DinnerintheSkyisnowavailableinover60countriesaroundtheworld-althoughitonlyhas

tobebookedforaspecialevent.Overtheyears,DinnerintheSkyhasarranged（籌備）morethan

5,000eventsinagreatmanycities.Alltheseeventswereunique（獨(dú)一無二的）,oneofakind.

ThestandardDinnerintheSkytablecanholdupto27people.Itweighs3.4metrictons（Di6）

andrequiresthreehourstosetup,aswellasaspacethat,slargeandstrongenoughtoholdahuge

crane.

Whilesomepeoplemightworryabouteatinghighintheair,thecompanysaysit,sverycareful

aboutsafety,andhasneverhadanaccident.

46.Dinnerintheskycanmakeyouhave.

A.aspecialeventB.anexpensivedinner

C.twocompaniesD.anewdiningexperience

47.Whichofthefollowingcanbeputinto""inthefourthparagraph?

A.ThisletthemloselotsoffriendsB.Thismadethemlazierthanbefore

C.ThisbroughtthemalotofwaitersD.Thisgavethemtheideatostarta

company

48.WhichofthefollowingisRIGHT?

A.Thecranecanbeputeverywhere.

B.DinnerintheSkyrequires2hourstosetup.

C.PeoplecanbookDinnerintheSkyforanyday.

D.DinnerintheSkyhasarrangedmorethan5,000eventsinagreatmanycities.

49.ThestandardDinnerintheSkytablecanholduptopeople.

A.6B.27C.50D.60

50.Theisthequestionthatsomepeoplemightworryabout.

A.priceB.foodC.safetyD.space

2022年遼寧省撫順市順城區(qū)中考一模英語試題

IV閱讀理解（共20分，每小題5分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

A

Day1

NowΓmhere!MymomsentmehereasshesaidIhadnothingtodoathomeduringthe

summerholidays.MydadworriedthatImighthavetroublesleepingawayfromhome.But?

decidedtohaveatry.

IlivedinaroomwithagirlcalledCatherine.Iaskedherwhyshejoinedthiscamp.Shesaid

thatshewantedtogiveherselfabreakfromtheboringschoollife,andsheheardaboutthiscamp

atschoolandthoughtitwouldbeinteresting.Shedidn,tworryaboutherselfmuch,sinceshe

believedthatOUrinStrUCtOr（指導(dǎo)員）,Ihopewecouldbecomegoodfriends.

Day2

Theinstructorwokeusupat6o,clockandaskedustogettogetherintheplaygroundin15

minutes.Catherineand1rushedtogetoutofbedandwashup.WhenWegottotheplaygroundin

lime,severalkidswerestandinginlinealready.Suddenlythefirebellrang.Wewerescared,and

justthentheinstructorappeared.Shetoldusthatwhatweheardwasafalsealarm.Atabout6:30,

weleftthecampandtookalongwalknearalake.Wewereallverytired.Whenwewentbackto

thecamp,itwasalready12o,clock.Inthedininghall,therewassomebreadonthetable.

Everyonerantoreachforit.IthinkkwasthemostdeliciouslunchIhadeverhad.

31.Theideatosendthewritertothecampwasfromher.

A.motherB.fatherC.instructorD.friend

32.Catherinejoinedthecampinorderto.

A.makefriendsB.stayhealthyC.havefunD.Ieam

something

33.WhenthewriterandCatherinegottotheplaygroundonthemorningofDay2,,

A.alltheotherkidshadleftB.thefirebellstoppedringing

C.theirinstructorwasalreadythereD.herewerealreadyseveralkidsthere

34.Howlongwasthelongwalk?

A.About5hours.B.About5andahalfhours.

C.About6hours.D.About6andahalfhours.

35.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"mean?

A.Thebed.B.Thedininghall,C.Thebread.D.The

clock.

B

Doyouknowhowmanykindsofplantsandanimalsthereareintheworld?EXPertS（專家）

believethereareover8million,butrightnowweonlyknowabout1.8million.Scientistsarefinding

newkindsailthetime.

In2009,ateamofresearchersledbyauniversityprofessor（教授）namedAustindiscovereda

newkindofanimal.TheywereinPapua,NewGuinea,studyingthewidevariety.Oneday,the

researcherswerelisteningtothesoundsoffrogs（青蛙）atnight.Suddenly,theystartedtohearsome

veryunusualsounds.Atfirst,theycouldn,ttellwherethesoundswerecomingfrom,butaftersome

timetheyrealizedtheywerecomingfromtheground.Theystartedtolookcarefullyamongthe

leaves.Theywereexpectingtofindaninsect,butwhattheyfoundsurprisedthem.Itwasareally

tinyfrog-just7mmlong!”Thisfroghasasoundthatdoesn,tsoundlikeafrogatall.Itsoundslike

aninsect,,,saidAustin.Thefrogtheydiscoveredwasthesmallestfrogintheworld.

Researchersbelievethatfrogsandinsectsareveryimportant.Theyhelptokeepour

environmentclean.Wecanalsousethemtomakenewmedicines.

Researchersallovertheworldareworkingveryhardtofindnewplantsandanimalseveryday.

However,theirjobsaregettingmoreandmoredifficult.Thisisbecauseforestswheretheseanimals

livearequicklydisappearing,andtheanimalsare,too.

36.Howmanykindsofplantsandanimalshaveweknown?

A.Almostall.B.Abitoverhalf.C.Half.D.Less

thanonequarter.

37.Austinandhisteamfoundthenewfrogwhentheywere.

A.lookingforinsectsB.studyingleaves

C.listeningtothesoundsoffrogsD.doingresearchesonthebeach

38.Thenewfrogwasspecialbecauseofits.

A.colorandageB.sizeandsoundC.colorandsizeD.sound

andage

39.Whatmakesitmoredifficulttofindnewplantsandanimals?

A.Animalsandforestsaregettingfewer.B.Fewerresearcherswanttodothejob.

C.Lessattentionispaidtothejob.D.Moreplantsandanimalshavebeen

known.

40.Thepassageismainlyabout.

A.whenthenewfrogwasfoundB.howthenewfrogwasfound

C.wheretofindnewplantsandanimalsD.whytofindnewplantsandanimals

C

JoemovedtoCanadawithhisfamilyattheageof41.Thereweremanystressfuldaysforthem

inthebeginning.SinceJoehadnojob,thesavings（存款）theybroughtwiththemwerediminishing

quickly.

Oneday,Joewentouttolookforajob.Ashewalked,hesawmanythingsonthestreetthat

peoplethrewawayonGarbage（垃圾）,washingmachinesandfridges.Joecouldnotbelievehis

eyes."Whywouldpeoplethrowawaysuchthings?”heaskedhimself.Joesawat?new,,television

anddecidedtotakeithometoseewhattheproblemwas.Sincehewastwelveyearsold,Joe,smain

hobbyhasbeenelectronics.Asateenageboy,hebegantorepairradios,TVsandsoon.

Joebroughtthetelevisionhomeandturnediton.Therewerepicturesonthescreen,butthere

wasnosound.Heopenedthebackcover.Beforelong,Joefoundtheproblem.Theloudspeaker（揚(yáng)

聲器）wasbroken.Hewentoutagain.Amongthegarbageonthestreet,hefoundatoypiano.He

carriedthepianohome.Luckilyitsloudspeakerworked.Fifteenminuteslater,JoehadaTVwith

bothpicturesandsound.

Joebegantoquestionpeopleaboutwhytheywerethrowingawayelectronics.Theanswerwas

thesamefromeveryone:gettingthemrepairedwastooexpensive.Peoplewouldratherbuynew

products.ThenJoecameupwithanideatobeginhisnewlife.

41.Theunderlinedword“diminishing“inParagraph1means“,,inChinese.

A.節(jié)省B.竊取C.增加D.減少

42.HowdidJoefeelwhenhesawthethingsthrownawaybypeople?

A.Excited.B.Surprised.C.Upset.D.Angry.

43.WhatwasJoemainlyinterestedinasateenageboy?

A.Repairingelectronics.B.Listeningtotheradio.C.Playingthepiano.D.

WatchingTV.

44.WhydidJoebringthetoypianohome?

ATosellitformoneylater.B.TDplayitforfun.C.Torepairthetelevision.D.Toputit

inhisshop.

45.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?

A.GarbageDayB.AnunusualshopC.Newcountry,newlifeD.A

creativeteenager

D

AndreaisanAmericanwriter.Shehaswrittenmorethan20books,includingherlatest

collectionofpoems,MartinRising:RequiemforaKing.

Reporter:Whatinspired（激勵）youtobecomeawriter?

Andrea:WhenIwasinsecondgrade,mydadgotmeanotebook.HesaidifIhadathought,I

Couldjustwriteitdown.Hesaiditdidn,thavetobeperfect.Sothat,swhereitstarted.Then,whenI

wasinthesixthgrade,therewasawritingcompetitionatmyschool.Myteacherenteredmeforthe

competition.Iwroteastoryaboutamanmadeoffire.Itwasamess,butmystorywon.Jfeltgood.

Reporter:Whatweresomeofyourfavoritebookswhenyouwereakid?

Andrea:OnewasTheSnowyDay.Thatwasreallythefirstmainstream（主流的）booktohave

anAfrican-Americankidasthemaincharacter.IlovedPeter,andthiskidIookedjustlikeme.I

lovedthatbook.

Reporter:You,rebothawriterandaneditor（編輯）.What,sthedifferencebetweenthetwo

jobs?

Andrea:WhenIwrite,Γmcreatingwhat,sgoingtogointhebook.WhenI,mediting,Γm

helpingotherwriterssaywhattheywanttosay.Asaneditor,Ialsopassmessagesbetweenthe

writerandtheillustrator（插圖畫家）,whousuallydonotmeeteachother.

Reporter:________________

Andrea:Writeaboutthingsthatareimportanttoyou.Believethatyoucandoit,anddon,tlet

anybodytellyouthatyoucan,t.

46.WhoencouragedAndreatostartwriting?

A.Herteacher.B.Herfather,C.Herclassmate.D.Her

mother.

47.WhenAndreawasinsixthgrade,.

A.herlifewasamessB.shereadherfavoritebook

C.shewonawritingcompetitionD.herteacheroftenhelpedwithher

studies

48.WhatcanweknowaboutTheSnowyDay?

A.Itisacollectionofpoems.B.ItwasthefirstbookAndrearead.

C.ItsheroisanAfrican-Americanboy.D.ItwaswrittenbyAndrea,steacher.

49.WhatdoesAndreathinkoftheeditor?

A.Thejobofaneditorisboring.

B.Theeditorhelpswritersdrawpictures.

C.Thejobofaneditorissimilartothatofawriter.

D.Theeditorisabridgebetweenthewriterandtheillustrator.

50.Whatisprobablythelastquestionthereporterasked?

A.Wheredoyourideascomefrom?

B.Whendoyouusuallywriteyourbooks?

C.Canyousaysomethingaboutyourlatestbook?

D.Whatadvicedoyouhaveforkidswhowanttobewriters?

2021年遼寧省撫順市順城區(qū)中考一模英語試題

IV.閱讀理解（共20分，每小題1分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

Passage1

Today,Iwanttotellyouaboutadiscoverythatwasmadenotsolongago.Takealookatthis

picture.ThisisHangSonDoong-theworld'slargestcave（洞穴）.

IfirstheardaboutthisplacewhenIsawanunbelievablevideoofitonline.

HangSonDoongisinVietnam.Itsnamemeans“MountainRiverCave.44Howbigisit?Well,

it,smorethan5kilometerslong.200metershigh,and150meterswide.Insomeplacesthecaveis

bigenoughtofitajumbojet（大型客機(jī)）inside!Thecavewascreatedbyariverwhichhaseaten

awaytheLimestone（侵蝕了石灰?guī)r）oftheAnnamiteMountains.

Howwasitdiscovered?NobodyknewaboutthisplaceuntilalocalmannamedHoKhanh

founditbyaccidentin1991.Anditwasonlyin2009thatthecavebecameintemationallyknown

afteragroupofBritishscientistswenttheretostudyit.Insidethecave,thewholeforestscoverthe

cavefloor,and300-million-year-oldfossils（化石）havebeenfoundinside.Itisamazingthatthe

caveissolargethatitevenhasitsownweathersystem（系統(tǒng)）.

Veryfewpeoplehavebeeninsidethecavealthoughithasbeenopentothepublicsince2013.

Hopefully,I,llgetthechancetogotheremyselfoneday.Itlookslikeatrulymagicplace.

31.ThewriterfirstheardaboutHangSonDoongby.

A.seeingthepictureinthemagazineB.hearingfromothers

C.listeningtotheteacherD.watchingavideoofitonline

32.ThepassagetellsUSsomethingaboutHanSongDoongEXCEPT.

A.longB.highC.wideD.deep

33.A________createdHangSongDonng.

A.travelerB.riverC.scientistD.writer

34.________yearslater,HangSongDoongbegantobecomefamousintheworld.

A.20B.18C.6D.4

35.It,samazingthatHanSonDoonghas_

A.forestsB.manyfossilsC.itsownweathersystemD.aplane

Passage2

Howdoblindpeoplegetaroundsafely?Somepeopleusespecialguidedogs.Awell-trained

dogknowshowtohelpitsownercrossbusystreetsandgetfromplacetoplace.Somepeopleuse

longwhitecanes（手杖）tohelpthemgetaround.

Guidedogsandcanesarehelpful,buttheremustbeabetterwayforblindpeopletogetaround.

AscientistinEnglandthoughtso.HisnameisWatersandhestudiesbats（蝙蟲園）.Heknowsthatbats

areabletoflyinthedark.Besides,heknowsthatbatsgobyusingsoundto“see”.Dr.Waters

wonderedifpeoplecoulddosomethingsimilar.

Batsmakesoundsastheyfly.Thesesoundstravelinwaves（波）intheair.Whenthewaveshit

anobjectsuchasatreeorhouse,theybounceback（反射回來）.Thewavestravelbacktothebat,s

ears.Abatlearnsthelocationandshapeofobjectsaroundit.

Dr.Waterstalkedtootherscientists,includingWithingtonfromAmericaandHoylefrom

Germany.Theyallworkedtogetherandinventedanewkindofcane.Theycalledita"batcane”

becausetheirideastartedwithbats.Thenewcanehasacomputerinthehandle（手柄），36

Thesoundwaveshitobjectsandechoes（回聲）back.Thiscausesthehandletomakesounds,which

humanscanhear.

Withalittletraining,apersonusingthecanecaneasilytellwhereobjectsareandcan"see”

withsound!

36.Ahelpstheblindgoacrossbusystreets.

A.batB.blackcaneC.computerD.

well-traineddog

37.Ascientistwhocomesfromthoughttherewouldbeabetterwaytohelptheblind.

A.GermanyB.EnglandC.AmericaD.France

38.Scientistscalledthisnewkindofcanea“batcane"because.

A.itlookedlikeabatB.abathadbeentrained

C.theirideabeganwithbatsD.theythoughtabatmaybringgood

lucktotheblind

39.Whichofthefollowingcanbeputin“,,inthefourthparagraph?

A.Itmakesnoisethathelpshumans

B.Itproducessomesongsthathumanscanhear

C.Itsendsouthighsoundsthathumanscannothear

D.Ittellstheblindthatthereisn,tanythingaroundthem.

40.Thebatcanemaymaketheblind,slife.

A.funnierB.moreexcitingC.moredifficultD.more

convenient

Passage3

Youmayhaveheardaboutthewomanwhospentayearlivingonjustapound（英鎊）aday.

ButinGermany,awomannamedWermerhasgivenupusingmoneycompletely.Herdecision

probablyhassomethingtodowithherexperienceasapennilessrefugee（身無分文的難民）during

theSecondWorldWar（WWII第二次世界大戰(zhàn)）.

Afterthewar,shelivedacommonlife.Sheworkedasateacherformanyyears.Buther

memoriesofWWIIalwaysstayedwithherandshedecidedtodosomethingaboutit.Shecameup

withtheideaofanexchangenetwork（網(wǎng)絡(luò)）whichallowedpeopletoexchangethingsandservices

withoutusingmoney.Eventhoughtheprogramturnedintoagreatsuccess,shewantedtodo

somethingcrazier.Soshemadethedecisiontoleaveherhomeandcloseherbankaccount（賬戶）.

Atfirstherdaughtersthoughttheirmotherhadmadeanawfulmistake.Butgradually,theyhave

gottenusedtoherunusuallifestyle.

Wermersleepsonpeople'ssofasandwearssecond-handclothespeopledon,tneedanymore.

Shopsgiveherfoodtheycan,tsell,andsheknowsshecouldalwaysgotoasoupkitchen（aplace

wherefoodisofferedtothehungryforfreeorataverylowprice）.

PeopleareinterestedinlearningmoreaboutWermer,sexperiences,soshehaswrittenseveral

booksaboutherlife.Shehasgivenawaythemoneyshemade—oftentocompletestrangers.

41.Wermerhasgivenupusingmoneybecauseofher.

A.jobB.commonlife

C.lifewithonepoundadayD.experienceduringtheSecondWorld

War

42.WhatcanwelearnaboutWermer,sexchangenetwork?

A.Shemadealotofmoneyfromit.B.Itwasnotsuccessfulinthebeginning.

C.ItwasbomoutofherWWIImemories.D.Shestarteditwiththehelpofher

daughters.

43.AtfirstWermer,sdaughtersthoughthermother'sdecisionofgivingupusingmoneywas

A.usualB.wrongC.usefulD.

interesting

44.Paragraph3describesWermer,s________.

A.unusuallifestyleB.waystotreatotherpeople

C.experienceofwritingbooksD.decisionofsettingupanexchange

network

45.Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.AdifficultdecisionB.Alifewithoutmoney

C.AwonderfulexchangeprogramD.AGermanwoman,sbooks

Passage4

Aroundtheworld,supportisgrowingforelectriccars.Carmakersareproducingmoreelectric

carsatlowerprices.SomeEuropeancountriesplantobeall-electricby2040orsooner.However,

therearealotofdifficulties,andoneofthemis:Ifcustomersbuyelectriccars,wherewillthey

charge（給...充電）them?

Publicchargingstationsarenotbuiltevenly（均勻地）aroundtheworld.Placeswithlotsof

supportfromgovernments,likeChinaandtheNetherlands（荷蘭），havethousandsofpublic

chargingstations.Butinmanyplaces,therearenotmanypublicchargingstations.That,saproblem

forpeoplewhoneedtodrivefurtherthan200milesorso.

Thissituationworriesmanypotential（潛在的）electriccarowners.t4IfIcan,tcharge,there,s

nowayformetochooseanelectricCarJsaysSolie,whoworksfarfromhishome.

Mr.Romano,theCEOofChargePointsaysworkplacesshouldhavearound2.5charging

stationsforeveryworkerandstoresneedoneforeveιy20electriccars,uHighwaysneedoneevery

50to75miles,,,hesays.

Luckily,carmakersandgovernmentsaretryingtoCIoSethegap.Thenumberofcharging

stationsgrewby72percenttomorethan322,000lastyear,theInternationalEnergyAgencysays.

SomecountriesinEuropearebuilding400fast-chargingstations.

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