中考英语阅读理解复习3

Passage28

WhatdoNapoleon,ClintonandWangNanhaveincommon?Theyareall

left-handed.

Today,about15%ofthenumberofpeopleisleft-handed.Butwhyarepeople

left-handed?Theansweristhewaythebrain（大脑）works.Thebrainhastwo

halves——therighthalfcontrolstheleftsideofthebody,andtheleftcontrolstheright

sideofthebody.Soright-handedpeoplehaveastrongleft-brainandleft-handed

peoplehaveastrongrightbrain.

Thetwohalvesofhebrainareaboutthesamesize.Buteachsidecontrols

differentthings.Theleftsidecontrolslanguage,mathandlogical（逻辑的）.When

youremembernewwords,orwhenyouputthingsinorder,youuseyourleftside.

Therightsideofthebraincontrolsyourloveofart,colorsandmusic.Itisalso

goodatrecognizing（识另ll）faces.

Thisdoesnotmeanthatallartistsareleft-handedandallaccountants（会计）are

right-handed.Someright-handershaveastrongrightbrain,andsomeleft-handers

haveastrongleft-brain.

l.Thephrase“incommon^^inthefirstsentencemeans.

A.thesameB.differentC.strangeD.interesting

2.Peoplewhoareright-handedorleft-handedaremostlydecidedby.

A.theirparentsB.theirminds

C.thewaythebrainworksD.thewaytheheadworks

3.Eachsideofthebrain.

A.likesmusicandmathB.controlsdifferentthings

C.controlsthesamethingD.hastwohalves

4.Whenyouaresinging,youareusingyour.

A.logicthinkingB.heartC.leftbrainD.rightbrain

Passage29

Beforeyouuseyournewmicrowaveoven,readtheinstructionscarefully.Each

ovenhasitsowncontrolpanel（控制板），butmostmicrowaveovensoperateina

similarway.Lookatthecontrolpanelshownhere.Itshowsthetimeatthetopofthe

panel.Underthetimearethedifferentfunctions（功能）.Youcanpress（按）Defrost,

Cook,Clock,orPower.YoucanalsowarmfoodbypressingReheatTimes.

Underthefunctionsarethenumbers.Thesenumbersareshownasontelephone,

fromzerothroughnine.Youcanpressthenumberstosetthecookingtimeinseconds

orminutes.UnderthenumbersareStartandClear.

Amicrowaveovenwillautomatically（自动的）cookonHIGH（powerlevel10）

unlessyouenteralowerpowerlevel.Suppose（假设）youwanttocookaservingof

broccolifortwominutesandforty-fivesecondsonMEDIUMpower（level5）.First,

pressthenumbers2,4and5（twominutes,forty-fiveseconds）.ThenpressPower.

Next,pressthenumber5.Atlast,pressStarttobegincooking.Ifyoumakeamistake,

pressClear.Thiswillclearthedisplayandallowyoutostartoveragain.

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l.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

2.Whatfunctionsdoesamicrowaveovenhave?

3.Howwouldyoucookgreenbeansfortwominutesandthirtysecondsatpower

level7?

4.Whatisthelastfunctionyoupresseachtimeyousetthecontrols?

5.Whatdoes“Clear"allowyoutodowhenyoupressit?

Passage30

Nooneknowswhywesleep,butit'scertainthatweneedto.Peoplewhoare

preventedfromsleepingbegintosufferobviouseffectsafterafewdays-theythink

lessclearly,andtheyfallasleepduringtheworkinghours.

Therearenorulesaboutsleep.Generallyspeaking,grown-upssleepabout7and

ahalfhourseachnightandprobablymorethan60percentgetbetweensevenand

eighthours.Butperhapseightpercentarequitehappywith5hoursorless,andfour

percentorsofindthattheywanttenhoursormore.Ifyoufeelallright,you're

probablygettingenoughsleep.Theimportantthingisnottoworryhowmuchother

peopleget-theirneedsmaybedifferent.Exercisedoesn'tseemtoincreasetheneed

forsleep—officeworkers,forexample,sleepforaboutaslongaspeopledoing

physicallyactivework.

Childrensleepmorethangrown-ups-perhaps14to18hourssoonafterbirth,

goingdowntogrown-uplevelsbyearlyteenage（青少年）.Sleeppatternsalsotend

（倾向）tobedifferentintheoldpeople,whomaysleeplessatnightthantheydid

whenyounger,findsleepgettingmorebroken,andoftenmakeitaruletosleep

duringthedaytime.

l.Somepeoplecan'tthinkclearlybecause.

A.theyhavebadmemoryB.theyfeelsleepyduringtheworkinghours

C.theydon'thaveenoughsleepD.theyarecertaintobekeptfromgoingtobed

2.Whetheryouhavegotenoughsleepisjudged（判断）by.

A.howmanyhoursyouhavesleptB.howmanyhoursyouneedtosleep

C.ifyoudoexerciseandphysicalworkD.ifyoufeelfreshenergetic

3.Accordingtothepassage,aboyof14yearsoldsleeps.

A.aslonghoursasagrown-up

B.muchlongerhoursthanagrown-up

C.for14hourseachnight

D.forlessthan8hourseachnight

4.WhichofthefollowingisTrue?

A.A11grown-upsmuchhaveatleasteight-hoursleep.

B.Mostofgrown-upssleepforsevenoreighthours.

C.Quiteafewpeopleneedonly5hoursorlessforthemtosleep.

D.Nogrown-upssleepmorethantenhours.

Passage31

Somepeoplewanttobesentintospaceaftertheirdeath,otherswanttoliedeep

underthesea.Butmostpeoplewanttogointothefreezer（冷藏库）.Theseare

believersincryogenics（低温冷冻学）.

Nowsomediseasescan*tbecured,buttheymaybecuredsometimeinthefuture.

Sosomepeoplehopethattheirbodiescanbefrozenaftertheydie.Whenacureis

found,warmuphisorherbody,bringitbacktolifeandtakethecure.Oncethebody

isfrozen,itiskeptinliquidnitrogen（液态氮）atatemperatureof328degreesbelow

zero.

Now