天津市英语中考复习专项训练：阅读理解（三） 说明议论类（II ）卷

第 1 页 共 19 页 天津市英语中考复习专项训练 阅读理解 三 天津市英语中考复习专项训练 阅读理解 三 说明议论类 说明议论类 IIII 卷 卷 一 一 阅读理解阅读理解 共共 1010 题 共题 共 8282 分分 1 8 分 阅读短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 There are some easy things you can do to protect the earth Plant flowers grass or trees Whenever you visit a park or beach take away what you take there Keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin 垃圾桶 Turn off the lights and TV set when you leave the room This can save a lot of electricity Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth You can save some water by not letting it run Also use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper Give your old books and magazines to a library instead of throwing them away Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away Use both sides of paper Stop pouring dirty water into the rivers or lakes nearby Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth You don t have to wait until Earth Day to do these things Make every day Earth Day If everyone makes a contribution 贡献 to protecting the environment the earth will become much more beautiful 1 The writer tells us A to throw rubbish into a dustbin B to save water by letting it run while brushing our teeth C to throw our old clothes away D to pour dirty water into the rivers 第 2 页 共 19 页 2 We can not to save water A use both sides of paper B give old books to a library C use a paper cup D pick up waste paper at school 3 Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the writer A Plant flowers grass or trees B Turn off the lights when you leave the room C Give your old clothes to the poor children D We have to wait until Earth Day to do these things 4 From the above we know that this passage is A a letter B a novel C a proposal 倡议书 D an advertisement 5 What s the best title for the passage A Save Water and Electricity B Protect the Earth C Make Better Use of Old Things D Save Money 2 8 分 阅读理解 The Internet is shaping our lives We already have online shopping services and mobile payment 第 3 页 共 19 页 However this is just a start The world s leading technology companies are planning to build smarter online communities They discussed this at the World Internet Conference 会议 which was held in Wuzhen The development of artificial intelligence AI was a hot topic at the conference If a machine can learn and solve problems as humans do it can be called AI The company Alibaba uses AI technology in its unmanned supermarket in Wuzhen There is no salesperson in the supermarkets just a computer on a desk that says please smile If you smile it gives you a lower price for your goods The bigger you smile the lower the price will be Payment is done through your Alipay account 支付宝账户 When you first enter the supermarket the supermarket s AI examines your face and connects you to your account There is also AI that can read lips 嘴唇 Sougou brought its lip reading system to the conference It examines your mouth s movements and turns them into voice or messages This could be very useful when you are trying to talk to someone on your phone in a noisy place Police could also use the technology to help them find criminals by lip reading recordings from video cameras Another type of AI focuses on understanding human feelings Microsoft chatbox XiaoIce can not only provide useful information but also chat with people like a real friend XiaoIce has Wechat account After following the account users can start talking with her She knows when to comfort you or tell jokes She keeps improving herself by talking with users These technologies are being put into wider use We may see a smarter world and better life in the near future 1 The underlined phrase artificial intelligence AI probably means A 信息技术 B 人工智能 C 人脸识别 D 三维动画 2 At the conference the leading technology companies discussed how to 第 4 页 共 19 页 A catch criminals with AI B use AI in the supermarkets C put the new technologies into use D set up smarter online communities 3 Who will most probably be interested in XiaoIce A Teenagers who feel lonely B Salespeople who work in a noisy shop C Shop owners who want to save money D Customers who have left their wallets at home 4 What s the best title for this passage A Building a Smart Future B Developing Artificial Intelligence C Shopping in Unmanned Supermarkets D Communicating with Microsoft Chatbox 3 6 分 阅读理解 Every country has its favorite food Italians like to eat pizza Indians like to eat hot food Japanese like to eat fish Often they don t cook it In England one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop They put it in paper bags and take it home or to their workplace Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road The world s favorite food is American fast food If you go to some important cities in the world you can find people eating hamburgers and chips Fish and chips and Chinese take away food are very popular in England But they are less popular in the USA they eat take away food too like chicken But the most popular kind of take away food is the hamburger It looks like bread with meat in it Ham 火 腿 is a kind of pork but 第 5 页 共 19 页 the hamburger does not have any pork in it The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious They are also popular in England and Australia 1 Italians like to eat A dumplings B pizza C hot food D fish 2 Fish and chips are very popular in A England B Australia C the USA D Canada 3 In different countries people eat food A different B the same C the different D same 4 The hamburger does not have any in it A beef B pork C fish D chips 第 6 页 共 19 页 5 Hamburger is a kind of A meat B drink C food D vegetable 4 8 分 阅读理解 On November 18th 1908 three men went up in a balloon They started early in London The headman was Auguste Gaudron and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way Soon they heard the sea below them They were carrying the usual rope and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box This could hold water Or it could be empty So they were able to change its weight They were also carrying some bags of sand After the sun rose the balloon went higher It went up to 3 000 meters and the air was very cold The water in the balloon became ice Snow fell past the men s basket and they could see more snow on the ground There was also some snow on the balloon and that made it very heavy It began to go down towards the ground The men tried to throw out some more sand but it was hard They tried to break the icy sand with their knives but it was not easy The work was slow and they were still falling so they had to drop some whole bags of sand One of them fell on an icy lake below and made a black hole in the ice At last they pulled the box into the basket It was still snowing so they climbed to get away from the snow They rose to 5 100 meters Everything became icy They were so cold that they decided to land They came down in Poland heavily but safely They had traveled 1 797 kilometers from London 1 The metal box was used for A changing weight 第 7 页 共 19 页 B carrying ropes of the basket C keeping drinking water D carrying the bags of sand 2 When the balloon went up higher A they saw the sun go down B the temperature of the balloon began to fall C they could see a black hole on the ground D they made a hole in the basket with their knives 3 The balloon landed A in a foreign country B on a lake C in London D on the sea 4 The three men had to land because A they were very hungry B they had not enough sand C they pulled the box into the basket D they felt too cold 5 10 分 What is color Why do some of the things around us look red some green others blue Colors are really made by deflected 反射 light We see color because most of the things reflect light In the same way if something is green it reflects most of the green light If something reflects all light it is white If it doesn t reflect any light it is black 第 8 页 共 19 页 Some of the light is reflected and some is taken in 吸引 and turned into 变成 heat 热能 The darker the color is the less light is reflected the more light is taken in So dark colored clothes are warmer in the sun than light colored clothes 1 When something reflects light we can A see its color B see its heat C not see its color D see nothing 2 Something looks white because it reflects A some light B no light C all light D most light 3 the dark colored clothes are warm because is taken in A more light B less light C more color D less color 4 In summer make people feel cool A dark colored clothes B red colored clothes C green colored clothes D light colored clothes 第 9 页 共 19 页 5 What s the best title 标题 of this passage 短文 A Dark color B Color C Heat D Clothes 6 8 分 It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot 点 on the eyes Here is an interesting experiment that can make something disappear when one eye is open Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it L on the left and R on the right First hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye And now as you move the card slowly towards you you ll find the letter L disappearing But if you move the card nearer to your face the letter will be seen again Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed you ll find the letter R disappearing Why does the letter disappear It is because there is a blind spot on the eye When the image of the letter falls on the blind spot it won t be seen That is why either of the letters disappears 1 The writer of the passage thinks that there is a blind spot on the eye A few people know B no one knows C most people know D all the people know 2 In which order should you do the experiment Hold the card Move the card nearer Close your right eye Write two English letters Look at the letter R Make a card 第 10 页 共 19 页 A B C D 3 The passage mainly tells us A how to find the blind spot B an interesting experiment C where the blind spot is D there is blind spot on the eye 7 8 分 阅读理解 Frogs are animals that can live not only in water but also on land There are about 5 000 kinds of frogs on the earth The earliest frogs lived about 190 million years ago and the frogs today still look the same Here are some fun things that frogs Frogs are very good at jumping The other large animals can t eat them because they can jump very high Using their big strong legs most frogs can jump over 20 times their own length It is like a person jumping over about 30 48meters The Australian Rocket Frog can even jump over 2m which is 50 times its body length 5 5cm That might be the reason why frogs are called the best jumpers on the earth Some frogs can be very big The biggest kind of frog is the Goliath Frog in West Africa Its body can be about 30cm long about the size of a large cat The Gold Frog and the Poison Frog are the smallest frogs in the world They are less than 1cm long The Poison Frog is very small but it is not weak at all It is dangerous Any animal that eats it will die very soon 第 11 页 共 19 页 1 There are kinds of frogs on the earth A 30 B 50 C 190 D 5 000 2 According to the passage the frogs A can live only in water B can eat other animals C can jump very high D are big and dangerous 3 The Poison Frog is one of the frogs on the earth A smallest B biggest C strongest D weakest 4 What does the underlined word times mean in Chinese A 时间 B 倍数 C 时代 D 次数 8 8 分 阅读下列短文 从下面每小题的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 Wu Dajing won China s first gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang He broke 第 12 页 共 19 页 world record in men s 500m short track speed skating 短道速滑 on 22 February World No 1 Wu proved his ability in the event He broke the world record twice The young man won the gold medal with a time of 39 584 seconds It raised our spirits His performance was so perfect that even the other athletes showed respect for him I carried a lot of pressure into the final today after what we went through previously I am just so proud of myself to bring out myself best in the race said Wu He won a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia I really want to say Thank you to my teacher I just followed what she had told me before the final I will still work hard and do better in the following races Later Wu and his teammates added another silver medal in the men s 5 000m team relay bringing the Chinese delegation its ninth overall medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang Wu Dajing was born in Jiamusi in the north of China in 1994 He started short track training at the age of 10 He used to train in Jiangsu and Jilin He has become the most competitive athlete in the world and the hope for China 1 According to the passage how many Olympic medals have Wu got by himself in total A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 2 The underlined word It in Paragraph 2 refers to A the 2018 Winter Olympics B Wu s ability in the event C the men s 500m short track speed skating D winning the gold medal 3 Which of the following is NOT true about Wu Dajing in 2018 Winter Olympics 第 13 页 共 19 页 A He broke the world record twice B He won a silver medal by himself C He was under great stress in the final D He has done his best in the competition 4 The passage is probably from A an advertisement B a science fiction C a news report D a poster 9 10 分 Have you ever wanted to travel back in time What about traveling into the future There s an easy way to do it One way you can make a time travel journey is by writing a letter to your future self to be opened in the future To your future self the letter will be a visit from the past What can be gained by writing a letter to yourself Depends on how good your letter is You have the chance to say something to your future self What would you want to communicate You ll be able to talk to yourself 5 10 15 years down the road There may be instructions for your future self or you may have goals that you will want to check up on There are a lot of things you could include in your letter or letters to yourself The more you include the better the letter will be to you Be creative with what you put in your letter Include a picture of yourself or family to show the period from which the letter came You can store your letter in many different ways You can give your letter to a friend or family member to keep and mail to you If you can get others to take part have them write letters to themselves as well and ask someone to be the letter holder until it s time to send the letters You can also use a service online to store your letter and e mail it to you 1 How can you travel into the future 第 14 页 共 19 页 A By traveling back in time B By paying a visit to the future C By opening a letter from the past D By writing a letter to your future self 2 If you want to gain more in the future you should A have the chance to say something to your future self B talk to yourself 5 10 15 years down the road C write more about instructions for your future self D include as many things as possible in your letter 3 Why do you put a picture in your letter A To check up on your goals B To share your feelings with your family C To show the time when the letter was written D To find out your thoughts and feelings now 10 8 分 阅读理解 If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent 聪明的 person A team of scientists from Ohio State University did tests on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart problems following operation 手术 They found that people who exercised while listening to The Four Seasons did much better on language ability tests than without music Facts suggest that exercise improve the learning ability of people with heart problems said the scientist Charles Emery who led the study And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding We just wanted to put the two results together he added 第 15 页 共 19 页 The volunteers said they felt better after exercising with or without the music But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise Scientists have shown it is true that music can be good for health It helps cut down stress sadness and nervousness And it also wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts In medical fields music is used widely for patients who have had headaches before and after operation The Four Seasons was used because of its soft tempo 节拍 and better results in earlier resear