中考英语阅读理解七选五20天集训

中考英语阅读理解七选五20天集训

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Haveyouevertriedtowriteapoem?It'seasierthanyoumight

think.Justpickupapenandbeginpracticing.Herearethestepsto

writeapoem.

Chooseyourtopic.1.Somepeoplecanstartwriting

poemswithoutreallydecidingwhattowriteabout;whentheirpenor

pencilhitsthepaper,thewordsjustflow(畅流).Mostpeople,ontheotherhand,needatopicand

asabeginner,thisisthebestwaytostart.It'seasiertowriteagoodpoemaboutsomethingyou

knowwelloryouhaveexperienced.

Freewriteforfiveminutesaboutyourtopic.Thengobackandreadit.Areanywordsor

expressionsespeciallygood?2.Forexample,ifyouaredescribingsomething(abird),

writedowndescriptivewordsaboutit(looks,colors),andthekindofstoryyouwouldliketotell

about(thebirdfelloutofatree).Ifyouarewritingaboutaneventinyourlife,writedownyour

feelingsandthoughtsofthatevent.

Writeyourpoem.Remember,apoemdoesnJthavetorhyme(押韵).3.Butit

shouldshowyourfeelingsofthetopic.Anditshouldsoundnicetoyou.

Haveafriendreadyourpoemaloudtoyou.

4.Ifnot,gobackandrewritethepartsyoudon'tlike.

5.Readittoothers.Readitaloudtoyourself.Putitsomewhereifyouwant.

A.Doyoulikethewayitsounds?

B.Mark(作记号)themandusetheminyourpoem.

C.Enjoyyourpoem.

D.Whatwouldyoulikeyourpoemtobeabout?

E.Itdoesn'thavetousesentences,either.

F.It'sveryeasytowriteapoem.

G.Readyourpoemsloudlywhenyouarefree.

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HiGrace,

How'sitgoing?SorryIhaven'temailedforawhile,butIhadsomuchtodo!

Ihadtoldyouaboutmydecisiontotakeupasport.IknewIwasn*tfitandIwantedtoget

someexercise.Butthatwasn'ttheonlyreasonthatIdecidedtodoasport.Studentswhoplay

sportsdobetteratschool.1.Exercisealsohelpslearningandmemory（记忆）.

2.First,Itriedsoccer.IhadplayedabitofsoccerbeforeandIthoughtit

wouldn'tbetoobad.IknewIcouldn'tnmforverylongwithoutfeelingtired.Onthefirstday,I

wasabletonmforthefirsttenminutes,butthenIwassotiredthatIcouldn'tevenkicktheball!

Then,Itriedvolleyball.3,IwasabletonmforthefirsttwentyminutesandI

wasn*ttheslowestrunnerintheteam!Afterafewweeks.1couldrunfasterandlonger.Iwas

doingbetterandfeelingbetter.4.MaybeI'mnotateamsportpersonafterall!

Finally,Itriedkungfu（功夫）.It'sagreatsportthatexercisesthebodyandthemind.You

learntofollowinstructionscarefullyanddowhatyouareaskedtodo.Thisisthefightsportfor

me!5.Ifeelsoconfidentthat1evenshowedsomemovestotheclasslastweek!Can

youbelieveit?

Ihopeyou'reOK!Writeandletmeknowwhatyou'vebeendoing!

Byefornow!

Kristie

A.Igotveryexcitedaboutthesoccer.

B.ButIcouldn'tdecideonasport.

C.Runninghelpsmetokeepfit.

D.Thingswereabitbetterthistime.

E.ThenIfoundvolleyballterriblyboring.

F.Theyaremoreconfidentandlessstressed.

GIpracticetwiceaweekandIhaven'tmissedaclass.

答案

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1.D【解析】根据上句"Chooseyourtopic.选择你的主题。”，再结合备选项可知D项也是关

于主题的，故选D。

2.B［解析］根据上两句"Thengobackandreadit.Areanywordsorexpressionsespeciallygood?

然后返回去阅读，看看是否有特别好的语言和表达方式？”，再结合备选项可知B项符合上

下文语境，故选B。

3.E【解析】根据上句"Remember,apoemdoesn'lhavetorhyme（押韵）.记住，一首诗不一

定要押韵。”，再结合备选项可知E项“它也不必用句子。”符合上下文语境，故选E。

4.A【解析】根据上句"Haveafriendreadyourpoemaloudtoyou.让你的朋友把你的诗大声

朗读给你听”可知此处和听有关，再结合备选项可知A项符合上下文语境，故选A。

5.C【解析】根据后句“Readittoothers.把你的诗读给其他人听。”结合备选项可知C项符

合上下文语境，故选C。

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FBDEG

Day2

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Recently,averysimplequestionbecamewidelyspreadonline:WhatChinashouldbeproud

of?1._______

Lanlan,whoserealnameisNegarKordi,isfromCanada.ShecametoChinafiveyearsago

andisastudentatNingboUniversity.Nowshehas120,000fansontheInternetandthenumberis

stillgrowing.

LanlanlovesChinaandChinese.2.Andthat'swhysheissowellreceivedamong

Chinesenetfriends.ThefollowingisChinainhereyes.

“Itistheeasiestcountryinwhichtofindajob.Ifyouarenottoolazy,itisreallyvery

simpletofindajobinChina.Ibelievethere*remorejobchancesherethaninanyothercountryin

theworld.”

"3.About400millionChinesearestudyingEnglish.Iftheycanspeakgood

Englishinthefuture,ChinawillhavethegreatestnumberofEnglishspeakersofanynon-English

speakingcountry.”

“ThespeedofChinesetrainsisfast.FromNingbotoBeijing,thetrainruns1,365

kilometersforsevenhoursandtheticketfareisonly595yuan.”

“Itspublicsecurityisgreat.4.Ihavetravelledinmanycountries,andIthinkChina

reallyisverysafe.”

uTherearemuchmorethingsChinashouldbeproudof.ManyChinesepeopleoften

criticize（批评）China.Atfirst.Ibelievedthattheydidn'tlikeChinaorthattheylovedWestern

countries.Butlater,IrealizedthattheyjustsetaveryhighstandardforChina.5.China

mustbemuchbetterthanothercountries.w

A.Theforeignlanguagelevelissurprising.

B.Thiscountryof1.4billionpeoplemakesmefeelsafe.

C.AforeigngirllivinginChinagaveaverytouchinganswer.

D.Theybelievethatit'snotenoughtobenumberoneintheworld.

E.ShebelievesChinawillbethestrongestcountryintheworldinfuture.

F.ShethinksthatpollutioninChinaisveryseriously.

GShewillnevercometoChinaagain.

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Jackplantedseveralorangetreesinhisgardenfiveyearsago.Yesterdayheandhismother

wenttopickoranges.Thewomanworkedforthewholedayandwasverytired.Whenshe

climbedupthetree,shefelltothegroundandbrokeoneofherlegs.l.

“Gotothetowntoborrowsomemoneyfromyouruncle,“saidtheoldwoman."I'msure

hewillhelpus.”

Jackhadtogotoseehisuncle,anownerofadrugstore.Whenhegotthere,hisunclehung

outatthelocalpub.2.Afterthemanknewwhathappenedtohissister,helentone

thousanddollarstoJack.3.Hisunclegavehimanotherfivedollarsandsaid,

'Takeabus,Jack,tenyou'11soongethome.’

ButJackwouldn,tspendthefivedollars.Onhiswayhome,threeyoungmenstoppedhim

whilehewasgoingthroughaforest.4.Atlasttheycaughthim,searchedallhis

pocketsandfoundonlyfivedollars.

5andasked,“Whydidyouriskyourlifeforonlyfivedollars?

“Ithoughtyouwantedtorobmeoftheonethousanddollarsinmyshoe!”answeredJack.

A.TheywantedtorobJack

B.Oneoftheyoungmenwassurprised

C.Jackwasworriedaboutit

D.Theyoungmanhidthemoneyinoneofhisshoes

E.Sohewaiteduntilhisuncle

cameback

答案

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i.c【解析】本题的逻辑关系为顺序关系：提出问题，前后呼应。根据文章第一句中关键

词averysimplequestion及选项C的关键词averytouchinganswer可知答案。

2.E【解析】本题的逻辑关系为因果关系：从因到果。根据前后句中的关键词Lanlan,that'

swhy,she可知空格处需要一个表示原因的句子，且主语为Lanlan或she。故选E。

3.A【解析】本题的逻辑关系为解释关系：从后句的关键词English及选项A中的关键词

Theforeignlanguage可知答案。

4.B【解析】本题的逻辑关系为解释关系：根据前一句中的关键词security及选项B中的

关键词safe可知答案。

5.D【解析】本题的逻辑关系为解释关系和因果关系：D选项承前启后，既是对前面句

子的解释，又是后面结果句的原因。根据本段第二句的关键词ManyChinesepeople

及选项D中的关键词They可知答案。

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1—5CEDAB

Day3

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Sometimes,youfeeldownorunhappy.1.Soifyou'rehavingabaddayandneeda

boost,thenhelpisjustaclickaway.

Awebsiteistryingtoofferpeoplepositive（积极的）messagesfromstrangerstocheerthem

up.2.Peoplecanpresenttheirpositivethoughtsandfeelingstothosewhoareinlow

spiritshere.

Thewebsite,,letspeoplepostvideosofthemselvesblowing

kissesandleavingpositiveandencouragingmessagestoliftvisitorsspirits.

3.Anditisconsideredtohelpmanypeopleoutwhentheyfeellow.Thewellknown

artistwholivesinSanFranciscosaidhecameupwiththeideawhenheandhisfriendLauren

werehavingoneofthosebaddays.

“Wetriedtobecomecheerful,butnoneoftheusualmethodsseemedtobeworking.Not

music.Notfood.Whatwehopedwassomethingpositive,honestandgood.Sowithonlyacamera

andwork-freeweekend,wecreated'TheNicestPlaceOnTheInternet.heexplainedonhis

website.

Oneuserofthesite,JosephMeehan,27,fromBirmingham,said,"It'safunandexciting

website.IvisiteveryonceinawhilewhenI'mmissingmyfriendsorfamily.4.Itmay

evenstopthemfromdoingsomethingstupid.Youcanalsopostyourvideotothewebsite,and

theyaddittotheseries.It?sveryeasytosharethelove.”

Mr.Lamisnowworkingonanewproject.5.Theideaisthatstrangerssendan

audio（声音）diarybyleavingavoicemailandthenanyonecanlistentoit.

A.ThewebsitewascreatedbyJeffLam.

B.Itannouncestobe“thenicestplaceontheInternet”.

C.Wedon'tlikeitmostoftime.

D.Don'tthinklikethat.

E.Theprojectallowspeopletoleavepositivevoicemailsforstrangers.

F.Anditishardtocomebacktoyourhighspirit.

G.Ithinkitcouldreallybehelpfultopeoplethatarefeelingdownorsad.

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Playingbadmintoncanbeafantasticsport._J_What'smore,playingbadmintonhasmany

healthbenefitsfbryourentirebody.

Buildastrongbody

Yougettorunupanddownthecourt.Youjumpuphighandbenddownlowwhenplaying.

Yourmovementhastobeflexible,withgoodhand-eyecoordination（协调）.Themovementsgive

yourlegsgoodexercise.Atthesametime,swingingtheracketexercisesyourarms,shoulders,

stomachandback,.Beforeyouknowit,yourentirebodywillbenefitfrombetter

coordination.2.

Haveagoodheart

Playingbadmintoncanactuallyloweryourbloodpressure,andreduceyourchancesofheart

diseases.3.Yourbodywillbebetterdefendedagainstenlargedarteries（动脉）thatcancause

deadlyheartattacks.Whetheryouaresufferingfromhighbloodpressureorsimplytryingit,

playingbadmintonisagreatsport.

Enjoyacolorfulsociallife

Gymsoftenhostleagues,tournaments,andparties.4Sodon,tjustwatchatelevision

programaboutlosingfat.Getoutthereandsocializeinanorganizedbadmintonleague.

Makeaslimfigure

5Hundredsofunwantedfatcanbeburnedoffwithallofthephysicalmovements

involvedwiththesport.Whetheryouareonthesandatthelocalbeach,orinsideagym,playing

badmintoncanbeanenjoyableweightlossexercise.

A.Youcanevengrowstrongerandmoreattractive.

B.Playingthegame,youcanmakeyourheartstronger.

C.Youcanfindabadmintoncourtinpublicparksorsomegyms.

D.Topeopleofdifferentagesitisalsoaneasylightexercise.

E.It'simportanttodrinkplentyofwaterwhenplayingthesport.

F.Theyprovidechancesforyoutomeetfriends,orotherpeoplewithsimilarinterests.

G.Ofcourse,oneofthemostwelcomebenefitsofplayingbadmintonisalwaysquickweightloss.

答案

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1.F【解析】根据上句"Sometimes,youfeeldownorunhappy."可知该句跟情绪低落有关，

分析所给选项可知F项符合。故选F。

2.B【解析】根据下句"Peoplecanpresenttheirpositivethoughtsandfeelingslothosewhoare

inlowspiritshere.在这里，人们能够给这些情绪低落的人们展现他们积极的思想和情

绪。”和前句引出该网站可知B项"它宣称是‘网上最美好的地方”符合上下文语境。

故选Bo

3.A【解析】根据本段最后一句中的"ThewellknownartistwholivesinSanFranciscosaidhe

cameupwiththeidea...一个住在旧金山的著名画家说他想出的这个主意....”可知该

句是为了引出建立网站的人。故选A。

4.G【解析】分析该段可以看出是一个用户在表达自己的感受，他认为该网站具有积极的

作用，结合备用选项可知，G项符合前后语境。故选G。

5.E【解析】根据下句”...byleavingavoicemailandthenanyonecanlistentoit”可知该句

应引出“语音信箱”。故选E。

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1D2A3B4F5G

Day4

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£❾HowCanIFightLaziness?

Lazypeoplewillneverachieveanythinginlife.However,laziness

、icanbedefeatedonceafewchangeshavebeenmadeinyourmind.

跟惰性说

<ByeBye1.Manypeoplelacksleepconstantly,sincetheystayuptoo

lateandgetuptooearlytoprepareforwork.Thesepeoplehavelittlemotivationoncetheyarrive

home.Lazinessworkshandinhandwithalackofmotivationandatendencytoputoffthings.By

adjustingyoursleepscheduletoprovideafewmorehoursofmeaningfulrest,youcanfight

lazinessthroughouttheday.

Anotherwaytofightlazinessistochangeyourmindfrompassivetoactive.Somepeople

treattheirlivesasiftheywerepushedfromtasktotask.Otherstakeamoreproactiveapproach,

viewingeachtaskasachallengetheymustovercomealone.2.

Somepeoplefightlazinessbyremovingthetemptationsthatsurroundthem.Atelevisionin

thelivingroommayprovideentertainment,butwatchingtoomuchTVoftencontributesto

laziness.3.Completeafewtasksandrewardyourselfwithwhatyouenjoy,suchasagood

dinnerorafilm.

Lazinesscanalsobealastingproblemathome.Couplesandchildrenmayallhavedifferent

energylevels,butlazinesscanbespreadifnotbeingdealtwithimmediately.4.Bethefirst

tocollectandwashdishesafterameal.Othersinthehomemayeventuallyfollowyourexample

andpracticetheirowntask.Itisdifficulttopracticelazinesswhenyouaresurroundedby

motivatedpeople.5.Enoughexerciseandabalanceddietcanhelpyoutodevelopa

healthylifestyle,thusenablingyoutohavemoreenergyandhelpliftyourspirits.

A.Tofightfamilylaziness,setanexample.

B.Knowinghowtofightlazinessisimportant.

C.Onewaytofightlazinessistogetenoughsleep.

D.Finally,takingexerciseregularlycanhelpyoufightlaziness.

E.Withstrongdetermination,youwillbeabletoachieveyourgoal.

F.Lazinesssetsinwhenyounolongerfeelinchargeofyourownlife.

G.Createarewardsystemforyourself,justasparentsdofbrthechildren.

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Peopleallovertheworlddoshoppinginsupermarkets.Whodecideswhatyoubuyinthe

supermarkets?1.__________________

Whenyougointothesupermarket,youseeshelvesfullofthings.2.You

pullashoppingcartandputthethingsyouchooseinit.

Ifyouhearsoftandslowmusic,youmaywalkslowly.Ifyouhearfastandloudmusic,

youmaywalkquickly.3.Youwalkslowlyandhavemoretimetochoosethings.

Supposeyougotothemeatdepartmentfirst.4.Thecheapermeatisatthe

otherendofthemeatdepartment,awayfromwherethecustomersenter.Youhavetowalkbyall

theexpensivemeatbeforeyoufindthecheaperone.5..

Thal'ssomeknowledgeofsupermarketscience.Manysupermarketsusesuchknowledge

tomakecustomersstaylongerandbuymore.

A.Maybeyouwillbuysomeoftheexpensivemeatinsteadofthecheapermeat.

B.Youwalkbetweentheshelves.

C.That'swhythesupermarketplaysslowandsoftmusic.

D.Themanagerofthesupermarketknowswherethecustomersenterthemeatdepartment.

E.Doyoudecideorthesupermarketsdecide?

F.Youmayfeelalittletiredtofindthecheapestmeat.

G.Youshouldlearnsomeknowledgeofsupermarketscience.

答案

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1.C【解析】根据后句“Manypeoplelacksleepconstantly,sincetheystayuptoolateandgetup

tooearlytoprepareforwork.可知前句与睡眠相关。再结合下段第一句"Anotherway

tofightlazinessisto...w可知前面应是提到一种克服惰性的方法。故选C。

2.B【解析】根据前句"Otherstakeamoreproactiveapproach…”和下段第一句"Somepeople

fightlaziness…”可知知道如何克服惰性很重要。故选B。

3.G【解析】根据后句“Completeafewtasksandrewardyourselfwithwhatyouenjoy..."可

知前句的方法和奖励有关。故选G。

4.A【解析】根据后两句"Bethefirsttocollectandwashdishesafterameal.Othersinthehome

mayeventuallyfollowyourexample...”可知前句和树立榜样有关。故选A。

5.D【解析】根据后句"Enoughexerciseandabalanceddietcanhelp...”可知前句和锻炼或

均衡饮食有关。结合所给选项可知D项符合语境，故选D。

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EBCDA

Day5

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Yourbraincontrolseverythingyoudo.Itmakesitpossiblefbryouto

think,learn,createandfeel;toblink（眨眼）andbreatheandfbryourheart

tobeat-thisfantasticcontrolcenterisyourbrain.1.

Canthissmallgreyorgan（器官），whichweighslessthanoneandahalfkilos,reallydoso

much?Amazingly,yourbraincontainsabout100billionneurons（神经元）——itwouldtakeyou

over3,000yearstocountthemall.2.Yourneuronscreateandsendmoremessagesthanall

thephonesintheworld.Andalthoughoneneuroncreatesonlyalittleelectricity,allyourneurons

togethercanproduceenoughelectricitytopoweralightbulb（灯泡）.

Soexactlyhowfastdoesyourbrainwork?3.Neuronsinyourskinsendthis

informationtoyourbrainataspeedofmorethan240kilometersperhour.Yourbrainthenuses

otherneuronstosendthemessagebacktoyourfoottoshakethebeeoffquickly.4.No

computerhasyourbrain'sunbelievableabilitytodealwiththeamountofinformationcoming

fromyoureyes,earsandothersensoryorgans.

Buthowdoesyourbrainallowyoutolearnthingsthatyouwilluseinthefuture?The

structure（结构）ofyourbrainchangeseverytimeyouhaveanewthought,rememberorlearn

something.5.How?Asyoupractice,yourbrainsends“bikeriding”messagesagainand

again.Soon,theactionsarelearntandyouareabletorideabikeeasilyfromthenon.

A.Well,imaginethis:abeelandsonyourfoot.

B.Therefore,itisnotsurprisingtoseethatsomebodywithaverage

intelligence（智力）canhaveexcellentperformancesinsomefields.

C.Believeitornot,theactivityinyourbrainneverstops.

D.Itissoamazingthatafamousscientistoncecalledit“themostcomplex（复

杂）thingwehaveyetdiscoveredinouruniverse,,.

E.Thebrainisthebossofthebody.

F.Theseneuronscansendthisinformationatmorethan320kilometersper

hour.

G.Forexample,ridingabikeseemsimpossibleatfirst,butsoonyouareable

todoit.

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Youhavebeenthinkingaboutitallweek.Itkeptyouawakelastnight.Now,asyouwalkto

thefrontoftheclass,yourthroatisdryandyourstomachfeelsfunny1..However,by

makingasmallpreparationsandrehearing（预演）carefully,youcanbeapublicspeakingstar,too.

2..Beingexcitedaboutyourtopicisnecessaryforallthegoodspeeches,soit's

importanttochoosecarefully.Ifyouenjoyyourtopic,youraudience（观众）will,too.Evenifyou

aregivenatopic,trytofindsomethingaboutitthatitisexcitingorfunny.

Nextdosomeresearch.Don'tjustresearchyourtopic.3..Ifyoucan,studyvideosofa

greatspeakertoseehowtheymove,speak,andpause（停顿）.Copyingtheirstylewillhelpyouto

writeagreatspeech.

Afterresearching,it'stimetowriteyourspeech.Duringthisstage,thinkofyouraudienceall

thetime.4..Ithelpsyourelaxifyouknowthatyouraudienceisenjoyingyourspeech.

Finally,rehearse.Youreallyneedtorehearsealot.Measureyourspeechwithawatch,and

practiceinfrontofamirror（镜子）.5..Ifyouhavefollowedallthesesteps,youshould

bereadyforyouraudience.Goodluck!

A.Youareaverysuccessfulspeaker.

B.Researchsomegreatspeakersaswell.

C.Entertainingyouraudienceisimportant.

D.Startbychoosingatopicthatyouareinterestedin.

E.Researchisveryimportantforwritingagreatspeech.

F.Manystudentsfinditdifficulttogiveapublicspeech.

G.Youcancheckyourhandmovementandfacialexpression.

答案

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I.D【解析】根据本段首句"Yourbraincontrolseverythingyoudo.”可知本段与人脑神奇

的功能相关。结合备选项可知D项与前句衔接，故选D。

2.C【解析】根据前句“Amazingly,yourbraincontainsabout100billionneurons（神经元）...”

及后面涉及到的“神经系统传递的信息量之大”可知人脑不停地在运作，故选C。

3.A【解析】根据前句的问题"Soexactlyhowfastdoesyourbrainwork?"及后句"人脑通

过其他的神经元给脚部传输信息，然后快速地把蜜蜂赶走”可知此处以蜜蜂趴在人的

脚上为例来证实人脑的工作速度有多快。结合备选项可知A项与后句衔接，故选A。

4.F［解析］根据后句"Nocomputerhasyourbrainsunbelievableabilitytodealwith...w可

知本句与传输信息的能力相关。结合备选项可知F项与后句衔接，故选F。

5.G【解析】根据后句"Asyoupractice,yourbrainsends'bikeriding*messagesagainand

again.可知本句与骑自行车相关。结合备选项可知G项与后文衔接，故选G。

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FDBCG

Day6

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Learningalanguageiseasy.Evenachildcandoit.Mostadultswho

arelearningasecondlanguagewoulddisagreewiththeabovesentences.For

them,learningalanguageisaverydifficulttask.1.

Languagelearningisdifferentfromotherkindsoflearning.2.However,somepeople

whoaresuccessfullanguagelearnersfinditdifficulttosucceedinotherfields.3.For

example,readasmuchasyoucaninthenewlanguage;practicespeakingthelanguageeveryday;

livewithpeoplewhospeakthelanguageyouwanttolearn;don,ttranslate—trytothinkinthe

newlanguage;learnasachildwouldlearn一playwithlanguageandsoon.

4.Languagelearningresearchshowsthatsuccessfullanguagelearnersaresimilarin

manyways.Firstofall,successfullanguagelearnersareindependent（独立的）learners.Secondly,

successfullanguagelearningisactivelearning.5.

Whatkindoflanguagelearnerareyou?Ifyouareasuccessfullanguagelearner,youhave

probablybeenlearningindependently,actively,andpurposefully.

A.Finally,successfullanguagelearnersarelearnerswithapurpose（目的）.

B.Theyneedhundredsofhourstostudyandpractice,andthatwillnotmean

everyadultlanguagelearnercanbesuccessful.

C.Butwhatdoesasuccessfullanguagelearnerdo?

D.PeoplelearnEnglishbecausetheywanttoreadnewspapersandmagazines

inEnglish.

E.Somepeoplewhoareveryintelligentandsuccessfulintheirfieldsfindit

difficulttosucceedinlanguagelearning.

F.Childrenmustlearnhowtolearnatschool.

GLanguageteachersoftenofferadvicetolanguagelearners.

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March20thisWorldWaterDayeveryyear.AccordingtoareportfromtheUnitedNations,

morethanhalfoftheworld'smajorrivershaveseriouswaterlossandarepolluted.

TheYellowRiver,theworld'sfifthlongestriver,wateredsomeoftheoldestfarmsonearth.

Butnowithasaseriousproblem.IInmostofthepast35years,itdidn'treachthesea.

TheNileinEgypt,running6,650km,isthelongestriverintheworld.2Nowitisdown

to2billionm'orso.Australia'sMurrayRiverreachestheseaonlyeveryotheryear.Onefifthof

America'sRioGrandehasnowater,either.

3

Mostlyit'sdamming（筑坝）andglobalwarmingthatmakeriversdry.

4Nowabout45,000ofthemlieacrosstheworld'srivers.Theyholdbackaround

15%oftheworld'sfreshwaterfromrunningtothesea.

Globalwarmingismakingthingsworse.Warmerweathertakeswateraway.Theglacier（冰

J11）arebecomingsmaller.5Globalwarminghashadcertaineffectsonwatersources（源头）.

Droughts（干旱）happeningaroundtheworldmakepeoplepaymoreattentiontothisfact.

A.Damsholdwatertoirrigate（灌溉）fieldsandmakepower.

B.ThesourceoftheYellowRiverisdryingupbecauseofit.

C.Itusedtocarry32billionm*ofwaterayear.

D.Howdoesithappen?

E.Factoriespourwastewaterintoriversdirectly.

F.ItssourceonQinghai-TibetPlateauisdryingup.

从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文，其中有一项为多余选项。

答案

Passage1

1.B【解析】根据上句"Forthem,learningalanguageisaverydifficulttask.对于他们来说,

学习一门语言是一项很艰难的任务。”可知此处讲的应该和具体表现的难度有关，故

选B»

2.E【解析】根据后句"However,somepeoplewhoaresuccessfullanguagelearnersfindit

difficulttosucceedinotherfields.然而有些很成功的语言学者发现想在其他领域取得

成功却很困难中的转折可知此处表示的意思应该和此句相反，故选E。

3.G【解析】根据本段第一句"Languagelearningisdifferentfromotherkindsoflearning.

语言学习不同于其他方面的学习。”及后文均是讲语言学习的方法，结合备选项可知

G项符合上下文语境，故选G。

4.C【解析】根据下句"Languagelearningresearchshowsthatsuccessfullanguagelearners

aresimilarinmanyways.语言学习调查报告显示很多成功的语言学者在很多方面都

很相似。”可知此处应是提问关于成功语言学习者的学习方法，结合备选项可知C项

符合上下文语境，故选C。

5.A【解析】根据前面的“Firstofall首先”及“Secondly第二"，可知此处应是表示顺序

的词，结合备选项可知A项符合上下文语境，故选A。

Passage2

文章大意：每年的3月20日是世界水日。根据美国的一个报道，世界上有一半多的主要河

流严重缺水或被污染。黄河，世界上第五大河，在过去的35年里，就没有流到大海里。同

意,埃及的尼罗河，世界上最长的河流，由原来每年的32000000000平方米的流量降低到

2000000000.等等。是说明原因造成这样的现象？