中考英语复习-九年级短文阅读2

1、中考英语复习-九年级短文阅读2Believe in YourselfThese days, short videos, TV programs and young idols are all over the place. They keep trying to tell us what the “greatest fashion is. At the same time, they put a lot of pressure on teenagers. Often, teenagers use fashion to make friends and get likes. However, s

2、ometimes some teenagers pick out others that arent wearing the best clothes and shoes and laugh at them. This is where fashion anxiety comes from.Dr.Jensen, a professor from Western Illinois University, says there are some signs that a child might have fashion anxiety. They become picky about what c

3、lothes they wear and what clothes they will buy.Dr. Mary Bousted, an educator, said, “It can be just from a look that a child receives. Schools should be places where all children feel that they are the same, but it is pretty much impossible to be like that. It is difficult for schools to protect th

4、eir pupils from the influences of society/ What Not to Wear, atelevision show, sets a terrible example. Each week two designers go on the street and tell someone how bad he or she looks. Then they tell this person how to look “better”. People are angry about the show. A comment got many likes, Z1 th

5、ink everyone wants to be beautiful. But the designers think they are the only people who understand what being beautiful is. Thats the problem !/zWhy wait for someone to tell you what being beautiful is? If you are able to wear something with confidence, you are already a very fashionable person.The

6、 Highway to MotuoMotuo lies in the south of the Himalayas in Tibet. It is known as the Natural Museum of Tibet. It is home to different kinds of mountains, rivers, waterfalls, plants and animals. Its special geographic location makes it a beautiful place, but at the same time, one of the hardest pla

7、ces to reach. It was the last county in China without a highway.The construction of the highway to Motuo started in the 1960s. However; it was not completed until over 50 years later. In 2013, the Motuo Highway was finally opened.The highway is 117 kilometers long. To make it safer, the two-way high

8、way is open in only one direction every other day. Although it doesnt seem like a very well-built highway, it is still considered a mega engineering project. Why is that?In this area, earthquakes and heavy rains happen very often. There could be falling rocks or even landslides. People must build ma

9、ny walls and nets to protect the highway.Another challenge is the snow. Large amounts of snow can sometimes destroy forests, rocks and roads. As a result, the construction of the highway to Motuo was stopped several times. To solve this problem, people built a tunnel （隧道）that goes through the snowy

10、mountain area. Finally Motuo is no longer shut off to the world.The highway is not only a way to connect Motuo to the outside world, but also a great chance for us to see how our country takes care of people in the far mountain areas. At the same time, it teaches us the Chinese spirit of “never givi

11、ng up.The Best Way to Protect Red PandasHave you seen a red panda before? What about a video of it? Some time ago, a video about a red panda getting into a hotel room was popular online. The person who took the video seemed happy to finally have the chance to closely play with this cute animal. Howe

12、ver; experts warned that the cute things it did could actually be dangerous to humans!The red pandas back is brown. Its belly and legs are dark brown or black. There are fewer than 10,000 red pandas in the world. The number is expected to continue to fall. They are endangered animals.They face many

13、dangers, including less bamboo to eat, fewer places to stay, and animal trade. Over half of red panda deaths connect directly to human activity.When red pandas walk into humans places, it usually means they have nowhere to go. Naturally, they like to hide in the woods. So for them, it is not a norma

14、l thing to walk around near humans. It means that they are influenced by us humans too much!For humans, it is dangerous to play with wild animals like red pandas. You may think that a red panda looks cute when it is standing like humans or lying down and showing its belly, but these are actually sig

15、ns that it is very scared. It may attack you in order to protect itself and hurt you badly.We all know that men and nature should live in harmony. But if people think of wild animals as pets or “friends”, there must be someone trying to catch them, keep them or use them to make money. The best way t

16、o protect either wild animals or ourselves is to keep distance.Science GrandmaWu Yuren, a 72-year-old retired professor of physics from Tongji University, has caught much attention on Douyin for her efforts to the popularization of science.Wu has already been engaged in science popularization for 16

17、 years. However, science popularization is never an easy task. Translating difficult physics principles into easy-to-understand language requires both a deep knowledge of physics and a strong ability to express and show the principles with experiments. And it is even more difficult to teach science

18、to children.To help solve these problems, Wu and her team turned to short-form videos three years ago. In the videos, Wu shows people interesting physics experiments. To her surprise, her videos are popular with people of all ages. So far, Wus popular science videos have attracted over 1 million fan

19、s on the Internet.In her videos, Wu often wears a multifunctional vest, which has many pockets all over. Like Doraemons pocket, her pockets are full of magical toys, such as water bottles, coins and glasses. She uses them as teaching tools. She is always able to make use of these everyday objects to

20、 explain complex phenomena found in the field of physics.“Physics is very interesting. I hope to tell teachers and kids how to teach or learn physics/ she said. As long as more and more people can realize the beauty of physics and enjoy endless fun in the world of science, she feels that all of her

21、efforts are worthwhile.The More Space, the Better You ReadHave you ever tried to pick out the face of a friend in a group photo? Sometimes it is hard, especially when everyone crowds together. It can also be hard to read a passage when the letters are too close together. In fact, a new study shows t

22、hat spacing the letters farther apart can help a person read faster and gain a better understanding of a text.A group of scientists at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England wanted to see how much help an increase in the spacing between letters would provide. They chose 59 students between 11 and 15 years old. The kids came from schools in three cities in England. 32 of them had dyslexia; 27 did not. A crowded text was especially difficult for people with dyslexia to read. Each student read two passages out loud and t