2020年中考英语试卷汇编阅读理解CD篇

1、2020 中考理科阅读理解CD篇、浙江省201 9年初中毕业学业考试 （湖州市）CA myth is something that is not correct, but many people believe. There are alot ofmyths about the human brain.One of the biggest myths is that we only use 10 percent of our brains. The next part ofthe myth is that if we can learn to use the rest of our brain

2、s, then wellbe much smarter.Peoplesay this all the time, but its absolutely not true! The truth is that although we dontknow everything about the human brain, we know that eachthink the 10 percentpart of it has an important function（功能）.Modern scientistsmyth ridiculous （ 荒谬的）.The other most popular

3、myth isabout being rightbrained or leftbrained.According to this myth, peoplewho use the right side oftheir brains aremore artistic andcreative. People who use theleft side of theirbrains are betterat math and science. This is aspopularas the 10 percent myth,and its also wrong.In 2013, a study at an

4、 A7rrericanuniversityexamined the rightbrainand left brain相等地）.”pay attention.myth. According to the study, we use both sides of our brains equally （Its true that we use different parts of our brains for different things. We use our leftside for language more, and our right side when we need toBut t

5、here is no evidence （证据）that creative people use the right side more or that scientific people use the left side more.Weve talked about myths, so lets look at a few interesting facts about thebrain. Firstof all, the brain feels no pain. Second, about75 percent of the brainis madeof water. Itsalso th

6、e fattest organ in your body. Heres another interestingfact about the brain. Aroundthe time you turn 18 years old, it stops growing.The underlined word This 1fParagraph 3 refers to.A. the left brain mythB. the right brain and left brain mythC. the use of human brainsD. the study of an American unive

7、rsityAccording to the facts mentioned in the passage, may use the left brainmore.A. Robert, who is learning EnglishB. Kate, who is drawing picturesC. Jenny, who is designing clothesD. Jacob, who is doing researchWhich of the following is TRUE about the human brain?It is growing all life long.by arti

8、sts.C. Some parts of it are not used at all.made of water.The right side is used moreD. Three quarters of it isThe passage mainly tells aboutA. the growing of the brainB. different functions of thebrainC. right brain and left brainD. myths and facts about the brainPopulations of white-tailed deer （白

9、尾鹿）aregrowing rapidly in many parts ofthe United States. As populations grow, food becomes a problem. Many deer die ofhunger.Others grow up small and unhealthy. In search of food. hungry deer move closer to wherehumans live. They eat farm crops, vegetables and even trees. Besides,increased numbers o

10、fdeer near roads can cause traffic accidents.People admire the grace and fast speed of deer. Most people dont want these animals tobe hungry and ill. Should people take action to control the growing deer populations?Should People Take Direct Action?Many people think that hunting （打猎）is the best way

11、to control the animalpopulations. Wildlife managers will see if theres enough food in an area and decide its carrying capacity （容量）.Then hunters with licenses are sent to help controlthe number of deer. Hunting is usually not allowed in cities or suburbs, however.Some people have the idea to catch t

12、he deer and move them to other places. But thismethod is expensive and requires finding another place that can accept the deerwithoutbreaking the balance of ecosystem.Scientists are also working to develop chemicals to control the birth rate in deerpopulations. But this plan works for only one year

13、at a time.Should People Take Indirect Action?Some suggest bringing in natural enemies of deer, such as wolves, lions and bears, toareas with too many deer. But these animals could also hurt dogs, cats, and even humans. Other communities have built tall fences （篱笆）around areas tokeep out the deer. Ho

14、wever, this is impossible for farmers.Some people are against any kind of action. They support leaving the deer alone.Animal populationsin an area naturally go up and down over time. Doing nothingmeans thatsome deer will die of hunger or illness.But finally,the population willreach a size withinthe

15、carrying capacity of theenvironment. So, let nature go itsown way.According to the passage, increased numbers of deer can bring to people in the area.A. water pollutionB. traffic accidentsC. serious illnessesD. growing populationsWhich of the following is the best to fill in the in the passage?Shoul

16、d People Do Nothing?Should People Protect the Deer?Should People Take Special Action?Should People Drive the Deer Away?The writer most probably agrees that.farmers can build fences to keep the deer outpeople should leave the deer alone in the wildhunting is the best way to control the deer populatio

17、nsits great to catch the deer and move them to other placesThe writer organizes this passage by.C. giving opinionsA. telling storiesB. using numbersD. describing scenes 2020 中考理科2020 中考理科D. have the spoons in India二、浙江省衢州市 2019年中考英语试卷CThe world has a plastics problem. And not just with bottles. Stra

18、ws （吸管）,toothbrushes, toys all kinds of plastics are placed in landfills. There are 5 billion tons of plastic waste in the world. Landfills have a large part of it. By 2050, they could have 13 billion tons.Much of plastic rubbish finds its way into the ocean. Scientists say 165 million tons of plast

19、ic pieces are floating around out there. And most plastic wont disappear itself. It will remain in the ocean forever. Whales get caught in plastic fishing nets. Birds die because of eating plastic straws and bottle caps. It endangers ocean life. Plastic rubbish even ends up in the food we eat.Govern

20、ments are realizing that recycling may not be enough. They are taking more actions. Though it is hard work, it is still a solvable problem. In Britain, people are not allowed to use plastic bags except in hospitals. Scotland and several coastal cities in the US stop people from using plastic straws

21、as well. The US alone throws away some500 million plasticstraws a day. Thats enough to circle the Earthtwice. Saying no to a plastic straw is an easy way to make a big difference,DianaLofflin who started HYPERLINK said. Do we really want to pass on to our children a world harmed by plastic?People ha

22、ve found some tasty ways to reduce waste. A company in India made the first-ever spoon that people can eat. You dont have to eat the spoon. You can throw it away. It decomposes （ 分解）in just a few days. David Edwards, a scientist at Harvard University, designed an eatable bag which can protectthe foo

23、d or drinkinside. It is a delicious replacement for plastic ones.（1） According to the writer, birds die because they.eat bottle caps and strawsget caught in fishing netsfeed on ocean animalsThe underlined word endangers in Paragraph 2 probably means. TOC o 1-5 h z A. bringsBlosesC.harmsD.savesThe pu

24、rpose of the passage is mainly roduce some ways to recycle wastetell readers about the problem with plasticscompare air pollution and plastic pollutiondescribe how the US is reducing plastic wasteFrom the passage, we can tell that the plastics problem.is too big for people to solvecan be solve

25、d by recycling alonecan be solved, but it wont be easywill have to be solved by future scientistsDTexting while driving is against the law in 47 states. But what about texting while walking? A 2018 study reported that more than 2, 500 people in the US ended up in hospitals resulting from using a mob

26、ile device (设备)while walking.Hawaii passed a law making it illegal(违法的)to text or look down at a mobiledevice while crossing the street, it is the first state with a law like this. Do people think more places should accept such a law? The LA Times did a survey. Here are some replies they received.Re

27、na Jose, 26, New YorkWhich is more important, texting or safety? If you are looking at your phone while walking, you might not see a car come or traffic lights turn red. It can be very dangerous. For example, in Japan, one person fell into a lake and another got her leg stuck in a hole, because both

28、 had their mind on their phone. Weshould make texting while crossing the street illegal in more cities.Andy Selvam, 55, CaliforniaPeople do many things that cause injury to themselves but are not illegal, such as climbing mountains, driving cars, swimming and so on. People might get hurt from textin

29、g and walking if theyre not paying attention. But 1 still think they should have a choice.Bob Madigan, 45, OregonAs humans, we can make our own decisions. Im not saying its safe, but we dont need the government to babysit us. If we want to learn to make smart decisions, the government needs to stop

30、telling us what to do. After all, this is a free country.Andrew Black, 34, AlaskaThis law is a good idea compare this protection with seat belts. If this law is passed all over the USA, people will be worried. But is there really a way to please everyone? This would not be for fun. It would be safe

31、and good for all Americans.According to the passage, in, it is against the law if people text while crossing the street.A. AlaskaB. CaliforniahC. HawaiiD. New YorkThe LA Times did the survey most probably to.A. win the hearts of more readersencourage more states to pass the lawask readers if they ag

32、ree with texting while drivinglearn about peoples opinions on texting while walkingIn Renas reply, she showed the danger of texting while walking by.A. using numbersB. givingexamplesC. askingquestionsD. telling storiesWhich of the following is Andrew Blacks opinion?Texting is more important than saf

33、ety.The law would help to keep Americans safe.Its easy to please everyone when passing a law.Whether to text or not while walking is peoples own choice.三、浙江省绍兴市 2019年中考英语试卷CA zero-waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zero-waste store is about providing a kind of everyday

34、and pleasant-looking zero-waste products to help people start on a zero-waste life journey.Zero waste or danshari was first suggested by a French womancalled Bea Johnson. Her idea is: live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different kinds of ways to save the environment such as stopping

35、the use of one-off objects;giving unwanted things to others or giving them away to organizations like the Red Cross.Yu Yuan, 27, is deeply interested in this idea. She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to buy things without thinking about them carefully unt

36、il she saw a video about zero waste, in which a family of four placed the rubbish they produced every year in a jar (罐).After watchingthe video, Yu wanted to experience this zero-waste lifestyle with her boyfriend.A zero-waste life follows the 6R rule-Refuse Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycleand Rot. Ov

37、er August-October when Yu followed the rule of zero waste 6R, she and2020 中考理科D. Joining the coupleher boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish.Now, the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing, where they use wood products to take the place of plastic ones and cloth bags printe

38、d with environmentally friendly logos. Most products sold in the store can be reused. The store also has second-hand books and CDs/DVDs with, ideas to make the best of the used things.Those who once experienced the non-waste lifestyle have slowly changed their ideas, says Ya, The zero-waste lifestyl

39、e is not for ascetics (苦行僧).It is just around us at our finger-tips. Yu expects some of her friends to join her on the road to zero waste.Bea Johnson suggests that people should.try to produce no rubbish in lifeshare objects with othershelp their friends live comfortablywork hard for the Red CrossWe

40、 can see from the passage that Yu Yuan.offers plastic bags in her storeis influenced by the 6R ruleoften buys things she doesnt needlikes listening to CDs very muchWhat Yu Yuan says in the last paragraph probably means that.lots of people doubt the zero-waste lifestyleshe feels it hard to continue h

41、er lifestyleher friends have followed her lifestylethe zero-waste lifestyle is not difficult to liveWhich of the following is the best title for the passage?Opening up a second-hand storeRecycling wasteSaving the environment2020 中考理科DTo help Japanese companies better deal with the increasing number

42、of foreigners visiting the country, Panasonic has created a megaphone （扩音器）whichis able to smartly translate Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean.Panasonic namedthe product Megahonyaku. It is a term for the Japanese words for megaphone and translate, which actually makes g lot of sense because

43、its a megaphone that can translate Japanese into several other languages in real time. Whena user speaks Japanese into the megaphone, it recognizes （辨认）and translates what is being said immediately, and outputs the words in English,Chinese or Korean.It sounds amazing, and seeing it in action is wond

44、erful,but Megahonyaku isnot good enough. It cannot translate everything you say, as it only stores 300 common expressions, like The train has been put off or Watch your step. However, the Japanese company behind Megahonyaku promises to add new expressions regularly, which users can get on the Intern

45、et.The machine was designed to be used in places like transport stations, airports and places of interest where quick and exact announcements are needed most. Around 30 Japanese organizations, including the police and guides, have been trying out Megahonyaku for about one year, but Panasonic says it

46、 will come onto the market on December 20th. Instead of selling these speech translators, Panasonic plans on renting （ 出租）them out for less than $183 a month on a three-year agreement, and offering users future improvements and necessary services.Panasonic has also said that it may add support for o

47、ther languages, like Russian, depending on customers needs. Megahonyaku also includes a touch screen that allows users to choose the language they need their speech translated into.Panasonic has produced Megahonyaku so that.guides can translate Chinese into Japanese fasterJapanese companies can rece

48、ive foreigners betterforeigners can talk with the Japanese freelythe Japanese can learn other languages easilyThe third paragraph is mainly about the of Megahonyaku.A. inventionB. importanceC. disadvantageD. historyIt can be learnt from Paragraph 4 that Megahonyaku.may be popular with the policeis w

49、idely used in private homeswill be sold on December 20thstores about 30 foreign languagesAccording to the passage, Panasonic will in the future.sell Megahonyaku to foreign visitorsbring down the price of Megahonyakuchange the screen of Megahonyakuimprove Megahonyaku regularly四、浙江省2019年初中毕业学业考试 （温州市）

50、阅读下面短文，第 26-39小题从所给的 A、B C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，第 40小题 在答题纸规定区域作答。Many objects in the universe are invisible*,but they send radio waves. The radio telescope*thus appeared,and it isconsidered one of the greatest inventions in the twentiethcentury. Reber built theworlds first radio telescope in 1937. Ryle and

51、 Hewish developed radio telescope systemsfor the location of weak radio sources, and they shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974.A radio telescope is usually made up of:One or more antennas to collect the radio waves. Most antennas are made in the shape of a dish to collect and reflect, the radi

52、o waves to the sub-reflector, in the same way as a curved mirrorfocuses visible light to one point.A receiver and amplifier to receive the radio waves from the sub-reflector, and make these weak radio waves strong enough to be recorded and turned into electronic signals.To make an amplifier sensitiv

53、eenough, it is usually cooled to,very low temperatures (e. g. as low as -270C).A recorder to keep a record of the electronic signals. Most :radio telescopes today keep the signals to the computers memory disk for astronomers to analyze later.Radio wavelengths are much longer than those of visible li

54、ght, and the radio waves from deep space are always weak. To catch Radio wavelengths are much longer than those of visible light, and the radio waves from deep space are always weak. To catchthese waves, radio telescopes usually have huge antennas. The sizes of most antennas in use today are around5

55、0 to 300 metres in diameter. The antenna of FASTin Guizhou, China, the latest and largest radio telescopein the world, is 500 metres in diameter, as large as the size of 30 football fields.To avoid interferences , and keep the telescopes sensitive, radio telescopesare built in places where thereare

56、no human radio waves or electronic signals. For example, FAST is 5 kilometres away from the closest villageand 25 kilometres awayfrom the nearest town.Radio telescopes create pictures of the sky, not in visible light, but in radio waves. This is extremely useful, because there are objects that cant

57、be seen, objects that we wouldnt even know without radio telescopes.Radio telescopes help collect from the universeA. lightB. objects C. radio wavesD. visiblesignalsMost antennas of radio telescopes are madein the shape of a dish to . A. make the antennas strong enough B. increase the number of radi

58、o wavesturn radio waves into electronic signalsfocus radio waves on the sub-reflectorThe underlined word interferences in the passage refers to .the noises made by villagers and animalsthe sounds from the radios and televisionsthe people who go to Guizhou to watch FAST workthe radio waves and electr

59、onic signals from humansWhat have we done with the help of radio telescopes?We have received pictures of deep space.We have discovered unknown lives in the universe.We have found some unknown objects in the universe.We have turned the radio waves from space into light.DI live in Mentone, a quiet, si

60、mple, restful place, where the rich never come.I met Theophile Magnan, aretired, rich, old man from Lyons yesterday. in the Hotel des Anglais. Theophile looked sad and dreamy,and didnt talk with anybody else. which brought me back to the past.A long time ago, Francois Millet. Claude, Carl and I were