2021湖南省长沙市中考英语复习之真题阅读词块与阅读练习（二）

2021中考英语复习之真题阅读词块与阅读练习（二）

2020年邵阳市初中学业水平考试试题卷

目录内容

第一部分中考真题试做

第二部分真题词块解析

第三部分阅读练习

-：真题试做

OnJune9th,1870,CharlesDickensdiedattheageof58.Thenextday,

aheadlineinTheNewYorkTimesread:"DeathoftheGreatNovelist…Will

BeRememberedbythePeople---

Theheadlinewasnotoverstating（夸大）thepopularityofDickens.

Eventoday,theBritishnovelistislovedbyreadersallovertheworld.

Dickenscreatedsomeunforgettablecharacters.Youmusthaveheardofor

evenreadsomeofhisnovels:OliverTwist,AChristmasCarolandATale

ofTwoCities.ATaleofTwoCitieshassoldmorethan200millioncopies.

Since1897,therehavebeenmorethan300filmandTVadaptations（改

编版本）ofDickens，works.AChristmasCarolalonehashadnearly50.

NatalieMcknightisaliteratureprofessor（文学教投）whostudies

Dickensandhisworks.Sheexplainswhythenovelisthasremainedso

popular.Oneimportantreason,shesays,isthatDickenswrotefromhis

heart.Hetriedhardtoproduceemotionaleffects（情感效果）amonghis

readers.Inhisworks,hepaidspecialattentiontothe"littleman"at

thebottomofsocietyintheUK,whichdeeplymirroredthesocialreality

atthattime.AChristmasCarol,forexample,waswrittentomakeevery

readerthinkabouthowtheycouldmakeadifferencetotheirsociety.

Peoplealwaysenjoyworksthatmakethemlaugh,cryandthink.Manyother

19"-centurynovelistswroteentertaining(娱乐的)works.However,few

ofthemworkedashardasDickenstotouchthereadersdeeply.

Dickenswroteaboutsituationsandemotionsthatstillinterestpeople

today.Heusedhispentofightsocialinequalityandgavevoicetothe

poor.Hisworksledtomanyimportantsocialchanges.Readersalwaysenjoy

seeingpoorpeopleriseandsucceed.

Thisyearmarksthe150thyearofDickens，death.It，sanotherchance

torememberthisgreatwriter.Willyoureadorre-readsomeofhisfamous

works?

26.WhatisParagraph(段落)2mainlyabout?

A.PersonalityofDickens.B.AppearanceofDickens.C.Popularityof

Dickens.

27.Asanovelist,whyhasDickensremainedsopopular?

A.Hewroteforfun.

B.Hewrotefromhisheart.

C.Hemainlywrotefortheupperclass.

28.WhenpeoplereadDickensnovels,theycould.

①meetthe,littleman”atthebottomofsocietyintheUK

②knowaboutthesocialrealityatthattime

(3)notbeinfluencedbytheworksatall

(4)thinkabouthowtomakeadifferencetotheirsociety

A.①②③B.②③④C.①②④

29.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"inequality"meaninParagraph4?

A.不平等B.不现实C.不稳定

30.Thepurposeofwritingthistextisprobablyto.

A.introduceCharlesDickens，lifeanddeath

B.encouragereaderstoreadorre-readCharlesDickens，works

C.presentthesimilaritiesbetweenCharlesDickensandotherwriters

【参考答案】26.C27.B28.C29.A30.B

二：词块梳理

overstating

英/.euve'steit/H/.ouver'steit/

vt.夸张；夸大的叙述

双语例句

1Well,that'soverstatingit.

好吧，这有点夸张了。

2.Shewashardlyoverstatingthecase.

她几乎没有言过其实。

3.1thinkyou'reoverstatingthecase.

我认为你把情况夸大了。

adaptation

/.aedaep'teifn/H/.aedaep'teifn/

n.适应；改编；改编本，改写本

双语例句

1Thisrecipeisanadaptationofanoldfavourite.

这个食谱是一个传统名食谱的改编。

2.Mostliving

creaturesarecapableofadaptationwhencompelledtodoso.

大多数生物在为情势所迫时都能适应。

3.BranaghwontwoawardsforhisscreenadaptationofShakespe

are'sHenrytheFifth.

布拉纳因他对莎士比亚的《亨利五世》的荧幕改编而获了两次奖。

professor

英/pra'feser/美/pra'feser/

n.教授；教师；公开表示信仰的人

双语例句

1Hisgrandfatherwasaprofessor.

他爷爷曾是位教授。

2.1hadmetProfessorLownbefore.

我以前见过劳恩教授。

3.Helookedlikeanuttyprofessor.

他看上去像个古怪的的教授。

effect

英/i'fekt/美/i'fekt/

n.影响；效果；作用

vt.产生；达到目的

Wewarnedthem,buttonoeffect.

我们曾告诫过他们，但没起任何作用。

Herwordshadamagicaleffectonus.

她的话对我们有一种魔力般的作用。

Theeffecthasprovedhardtoreproduce.

这种效果经证实很难再造。

entertaining

/.enteteinir]/美/,entar'teinw/

adj.令人愉快的

v.款待（entertain的ing形式）

双语例句

1Shewasalwayssofunnyandentertaining.

她总是那么风趣，令人愉快。

2.Thepoolareaisperfectforentertaining.

游泳池一带最适合娱乐。

3.I'vehadmyfillofentertainingforoneweek.

我已足足享受了一周的娱乐活动。

三：阅读练习

Haveyoueverseenasolarpanel（太阳能电池板）inyourneighborhood?

Solarpanelstakeenergyfromthesunandturnitintoelectricity.Over

thepasttenyears,thepriceofsolarpanelshasgonedowngreatly.In

manypartsoftheworld,solarenergyisnowthecheapestformof

electricity.Moreandmorepeoplehavestartedusingsolarenergytopower

（给..供电）theirhomes.

However,solarpanelsalsohavetheirproblems.Theystopworkingat

nightandonrainydays.Isitpossibletomakethemproduceelectricity

allofthetime?

ScientistsatSuzhouUniversity,China,haveinventedanewsolar

panelnow.Itcanproduceelectricitynotonlyfromsolarenergybutalso

fromfallingrain.Whenaraindropfallsonthesolarpanelandthenrolls

（滚动）down,itcreatesfriction（摩擦力）onthesurfaceofthepanel,

whichcanthenbeturnedintoelectricity.

SunBaoquanisoneoftheinventors.uOurnewinventioncanproduce

electricityinanyweatherduringtheday,“hesays."Itcanevenprovide

electricityatnightifthereisrain.”

Thesolarpanel,however,doesnotmakemuchelectricityfromfalling

rain.SoSunBaoquanisstillworkinghardtoimproveit.Thescientist

alsowantstomakesolarpanelsmoreflexible,whichareassoftas

clothing.

Thefieldofsolarenergyisdevelopingfast.Scientistsaroundthe

worldhavebeenimprovingsolarpanels.Somehavebeenworkingonways

tojoinsolarpanelsandwindpowertogether.Somehavebeentryingto

usesunlighttoproduceliquidandgasfuels（液体和气体燃料）.

31.Whichenergyisnowthecheapestformofelectricityinmanyparts

oftheworld?

A.Solarenergy.B.Waterenergy.C.Windenergy.

32.Whatisoneoftheproblemsofcommonsolarpanels?

A.Thepriceofthemisrising.

B.Theycan'tworkallofthetime.

C.Theycanhardlypowerpeople