江苏省常州市金坛区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

江苏省常州市金坛区

2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编

阅读理解

2023年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题

三、阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分）

Pleaseusetheequipment（设备）inthisgyminasafeandresponsiblewayatalltimesand

rememberthesepoints.

*Properclothingandshoesforexerciseshouldbeworn.

*Donotuseanyequipmentifyouaredrunk.

*Nofoodordrinks（exceptwater）.Nosmoking.

*Donotusetheequipmentshortlyafterhavingeaten.

*Donotwearjewelryduringyourworkouts.

*Pleasefollowanyinstructionsthatarcincludedwitheachpieceofequipment.

*Weightliftingshouldbedonewithafriendortrainer.

*Donotlean（倚靠）ontheequipment.Keepyourhandsawayfromanymovingparts.

*Pleasereportfaults（故障）togymstaff.

*Carryamobilephonewhenexercisingtocallforhelpincaseofdifficultyoremergency（紧

急）.

*Pleasereturnallequipmenttoitsplaceandwipedownequipmentafteruse.

"Childrenunder18mustbeaccompaniedbyanadult.

TopreventCOVID-19.pleaserememberthesepoints:

*Temperaturewillbetakenbeforemembersandguestsareallowedtoenterthegym.

*Keep1.5metersofdistancefromotherpeople.

*Wearyourmask.

*Washyourbandsoften.

23.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Wearingjewelryisallowed.

B.Keeponemetreofdistancefromotherpeople.

C.Smokingisnotallowed.

D.Usetheequipmentanytimeyoulike.

24.What'sthepurposeofcarryingamobilephonewhenexercising?

A.Toknowthetimespentonexercise.

B.Toplaygamestokilltime.

C.Togethelpwhenmeetinganyproblem.

D.Toavoidmissingimportantphones.

25.What'sthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Studyskills.B.Safetytips.C.Howtorelax.D.Whichsporttochoose.

B

Someofthechildren'sdreamsabouttheNeverlandweresimilar.Thiswasbecausetheywere

allinthesamefamilyandtheyhadallheardthesamestoriesfromtheirmother.Manystories

talkedaboutaboynamedPeterPan.PeterPanlivedintheNeverlandwiththefairies（小精灵）and

hecouldfly.WendyespeciallybelievedinPeterPan.

nPeterPanmustbeanoldmannow,“jokedMrs.Darling.

"No.mom!"criedWendy."Peterwillnevergrowup.Hewillalwaysbeaboyaboutthesame

ageandheightasme!"

Mr.DarlinglaughedwhenWendyspokeaboutPeterPan.HedidnotbelieveinPeterPanor

theNeverland."NanaprobablymadethechildrenbelieveinPeterPan.I'msurethatWendywill

soonforgetaboutPeterPan!"Mr.Darlingtoldhiswife.

ButPeterPandidnotwantthechildrentoforgethim.Sothatsamenighthecametothe

Darlings'house.HewhispereddreamsoftheNeverlandintotheirearswhiletheyweresleeping.

WendyhadawonderfuldreamabouttheNeverlandthatnight.

ThenextdayWendysawthatthewindowwasopenandknewthatPeterPanhadcometo

visit."Look!"sheyelledtohermother.nTherearetreeleavesonthefloorandheforgottoclean

hisshoes!"1

"HowcouldPeterPancomeintothehousewithoutfirstknockingatthedoor?"askedher

mother."Thedoorisalwayslocked."

nHeflewinthroughourwindow!Goupstairsandlook!Thetreeleavesarenexttothe

window!nMrs.DarlingdidnotwanttotellWendythattheNeverlandandPeterPanwerejusta

dreamandmakeherdaughtersad.Soshewalkedupstairsafterbreakfastandexaminedsomeof

theleaves.Shewassurprisedtosecthattheydidn'tlookliketheleavesthatgrewonthetreesnext

tothehouse!

—TakenfromPeterPan

26.WheredidPeterPanliveaccordingtothepassage?

A.England.B.TheNeverland.C.Awoodenhouse.D.Mr.Darling'shome.

27.WhydidPeterPancometotheDarlings,housethatnight?

A.BecausebewantedtobringsometreeleavestoWendy.B.Becausehedidnotwantthe

childrentoforgethim.C.Becausehewassohungrythathewantedtofindsomefood.D.Because

hewouldliketomakethechildrensleepbetter.28.Whatcanweinfer（推断）fromthepassage?

A.PeterPanwasanoldmanallchildrenliked.

B.MrDarlingdidn'tbelieveinPeterPanortheNeverland.

C.MaybeMrs.DarlingbelievedinPeterPanintheend.

D.TheNeverlandandPeterPanwerejustadream.

C

ItissaidthatThomasEdisonusedtochasethetwilight（追求模糊状态）momentsbetween

wakefulnessandsleep.Supposedly,heusedtofallasleepinachair,holdingtwoballsinhishands.

Ashenoddedoff,theballsfelldown.Theresultingnoisewokehimup.Then,hecouldwrite

downhisinventiveideasbeforehefellintoadeepsleepandforgotthem.Thisinspiredanew

study.

ResearcherstestedEdison'smethodofencouragingcreativitywith103healthypeople.

Volunteerscametothelabtosolveanumberproblem.Theywereaskedtochangesomenumbers

intoashortersequence（序歹U）.Theyweretoldtofollowtwosimplerules.However,whatthe

volunteersweren'ttoldwasthattherewasaneasytricktofinishthistask.Thesecondnumberin

thesequencewouldalwaysbethecorrectfinalnumber.

Afterdoingthistask60times,volunteersgota20-minutebreak.Volunteersheldthesimilar

ballsthatEdisonusedasHalarmclocks".Theresearcherstoldthemtorestorsleepiftheywanted

to.Allthewhile,theirbrainwaveswerekepttrackof（品艮踪）.Morethanhalfofthevolunteers

stayedawake.Twenty-fourfellasleepandstayedinthestage（阶段）ofsleepcalledN1.Fourteen

othersprogressedtoN2,adeeperstageofsleep.

Aftertheirrest,volunteersreturnedtotheirnumberproblem.PeoplewhoreachedtheNI

stageofsleepwere2.7timesaslikelytodiscoverthehiddentrickaspeoplewhostayedawake

andwere5.8timesaslikelytodiscoverthetrickaspeoplewhofellintoadeepersleepstage.

"Suchobvious（明显的）differencesinsuchexperimentsarcnotcommon,°saidDelphine

Oudiette,ascientist.HWewerequitesurprisedattheresults,andmoreworkisneededtoshowthe

connectionbetweenNIandcreativity.HInterestingly,accordingtotheresultoftheexperiment,

peoplemaybeabletolearntotakeadvantageofthattwilightstageofsleepUndoubtedly.Edison

issuchagreatperson、butthereisnoneedtopaytoomuchattentiontoEdison'shabit.Heisalso

saidtohaveconsideredsleep"atotalwasteoftime'1.

29.WhydidEdisonchasethetwilightmomentsbetweenwakefulnessandsleep?

A.Tofallasleepfaster.B.Tohaveinventiveideas.

C.Tokeephealthy.D.Tobedifferent.

30.Howmanyvolunteersstayedawakeaftertheresearcherstoldthemtorestorsleep?

A.65B.24C.14D.51

31.Whowasthemostlikelytodiscoverthehiddentrickinthetest?

A.Volunteerswhostayedawake.

B.VolunteerswhoprogressedtoN2.

C.VolunteerswhoreachedtheNIstageofsleep.

D.Allthevolunteerswhotookpartinthestudy.

32.Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?

A.It'snecessarytopaymuchattentiontoThomasEdison'shabit.

B.Chasingthetwilightmomentsprovedtobetrue.

C.ToshowtheconnectionbetweenNIandcreativity,thereisstillalongwaytogo.

D.DelphineOudietteissureoftheconnectionbetweenN1andcreativity.

D

Tonight,ourfamilywasgoingouttoplayunderthefullmoon.

Wefirststartedgoingonfullmoonwalksforourselves,becausemyhusbandToddandI,

lovedthemandweneededtheselittledosesofmoonlighttostayhappyandtofunction（起作用）

insociety.Butafterwebecameparents,wedidthisforourchildren.WewantedSierraandBryce

toseethatthereismuchmagicinthenaturalworldandthatmostofitisaccessible（可达至U的）to

anyone.Wealsowantedtoshowthemthatitwasnotnecessarytotravelfarfromhometohavean

adventure,learn,andexperiencesomethingnew.Nearlyeverymonth,ourfamilywentintothe

nightto"play"bythefullmoon.

Oncewearrivedatourlocationthatevening,SierraandIstoodholdinghands,waitingto

cheerthefullmooninitsrising.Athinsliveroftheapricot（杏黄色）moonpokedabovetheshape

oftheBlueMountainRidge.Everyonestoodupandwatcheditsrising.Moreofthemooncame

outuntilitturnedintoabrilliantorangesphere.ToddexplainedtoSierraandBrycethatthemoon

makesnolightofitsown,butsimplyactslikeamirror,reflecting（反射）thesunlightbacktous

longafterthesunhassunkbelowthehorizon（地平线）.

MDoesthemoon'sfacechange?MBryccasked.Itoldhimthatthemoonrotateswiththeearth,

butitdoesnotspinonitsaxis（轴）liketheearthdoes.Thesamesideofthemoonisalwaysfacing

theearth.Weneverseetheotherside,thefarsideofthemoon.Sierrasaidthatthemoonlooked

largerandcloserwhenitwasrising.Iexplainedthatitisanopticalillusion（视错觉）becauseitis

soclosetothehorizonthatthemoontricksoureyesintocomparingitwithnearbyobjectsto

createtheimpressionofincreasedsize.

MuchoftheknowledgethatToddandIsharedwiththekidshadbeenlearnedfromourpast

lifeexperiences.Ifwedidnothavetheknowledgetoexplainandeducate,welookeditup,cither

beforehand（提前）toimprovetheexperience,orafterwards.together,afterwewonderedandcame

upwithalistofquestions.

Opportunities（机会）toexploremagicalexperiencesandlearningisrightinyour

neighbourhood.Sometimesallittakesisgoingoutdoorsandlookingupattheheavens.

33.Howoftendoesthewritergotoplayunderthefullmoonwithhisfamily?

A.Onceayear.B.Onceamonth.C.Onceaweek.D.Everyday.

34.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"rotate'1inParagraph4mostprobablymean?

A.Circle.B.Float.C.Rise.D.Drop.

35.Themoonlookslargerandcloserwhenrisingbecause.

A.thedistancefromtheearthisbecomingshorter

B.theothersideofitneverfacestheearth

C.itdoesnotspinonitsaxisliketheearthdoes

D.comparingitwithnearbyobjectscreatesanillusion

36.Whichofthefollowingopinionsmaythewritersupport?

A.Nevertravelfarfromhometohaveanadventure.

B.Travelfarfromhometohaveanadventuremoreoften.

C.Goodlearningopportunitiesarejustaroundthecomer.

D.Thereismuchmoremagicinbooksandmostofitisaccessibletoanyone.

四、还原句子（共4小题：每小题1.5分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的八个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mostpeopleenjoylisteningtomusic.Butifyouaskyourclassmateswhatkindofmusicthey

like,youmaygetmanydifferentanswers.37Whatdothesedifferencessayabout

people?ResearchersfromCambridgeUniversitytriedtoanswerthequestions.Theysurveyed350,

000peoplefrom50differentcountries.38

Outgoingpeople,forexample,preferrhythmicmusicanddanceablemusic.Peoplewho

enjoycountrymusicareshowntobemoreseriousabouttheirwork.Oneoftheresultsisquite

interesting.Theresearcherspredicted（预测）thatpeoplewhowereundertoomuchstressshould

likeeithersadmusictoexpresstheirfeelingsorrhythmicmusictoimprovetheirmoods.Butit

turnedoutthatthesepeoplelikedneither.39Perhapsithelpsreducetheirstress.

Theresearchersalsofoundthatclimatesmightinfluencepeople'smusicalpreferences（偏爱）

andpersonality.Peopleinwarmerclimatespreferdanceablemusic.Theyaremoreoutgoing.This

maybearesultoflongerdaylighthoursandwarmerevenings.

Ofcourse,nothingisclear-cut（确切的）.40TheCambridgestudyshowsusthat

peopleofdifferentculturesaremoresimilarthanwethink.

“Peoplemaybedividedbygeography,languageandculture,9,saidDr.DavidGreenberg,the

leadingresearcher.nButifanoutgoingpersoninonepartoftheworldlikesthesamemusicas

outgoingpeopleelsewhere,thenwecansaythatmusicisreallylikeapowerfulbridge.n

A.Doyouenjoylisteningtomusic?

B.Infact,theypreferloudandpowerfulmusic.

C.Toomuchstressmakespeopleinabadmood.

D.Wemaynotgrouppeoplejustbytheirmusicaltastes.

E.Whydodifferentpeoplehavedifferentmusicalpreferences?

F.Then,theydiscoveredsomeconnectionsbetweenmusicalpreferencesandpersonality.

2022年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题

三、阅读理解（共14小题;每小题2分，满分28分）

A

MynameisTonyFontes.IamanativeCalifornian.In1979IwentdivingattheGreat

BarrierReefforthefirsttime.Iwassoamazedbytheexperiencethat1decidedtostayin

AustraliaForthepast42years,1havelivedatAirlieBeach.Itsasmallseasidecommunityinthe

heartoftheGreatBarrierReef.

Asadiveinstructor（教练），Ispendmuchofmytimeunderwater.Throughcareful

observation.Ihavenotedheartbreakingchangesintheenvironment.Oneofthemistheincrease

incoralbleaching（珊瑚白化）.Thisseriousproblemhappenswhenthegreenandbrowncoral

reefs（礁）losetheircolorsandturnwhite.Intheearly1980s,bleachingwasnotaseriousproblem.

Bythemid-1990s,itwashappeningeachsummer.Thelate1990sandearly2000sbroughtsome

ofthelargestbleachingeventsonrecord.Youcouldevenseethebleachedcoralfromtheair.

Unlikebefore,thesemorerecentbleachingeventshaveresultedinthedeathofthecoral.

Coralbleachingandmanyotherdangerouschangesarebeingcausedbyclimatechange,

especiallyglobalwarming.Itoftentakestenyearsfbracoralreeftofullyrecover.However,more

bleachingeventsaretakingplaceeachyear.Il'shardtosaywhetherthebleachedcoralwillever

recover.Iftheworld'scoralreefsaretosurvive,wemustkeeptheglobalincreaseinocean

temperaturebelowtwodegreesCelsius.Weneedtoreduceouremissions（排放）ofcarbondioxide

andpaymoreattentiontothehealthofouroceans.Allofuscandosomethingtosavethecoral.

Takeactionnow.It*sgoingtobebardtoexplaintoourkidshowwelostthebeautifulGreat

Barrier.

23.Theunderlinedword''heartbreaking'1canbereplaced（代替）by.

A.veysadB.veryincrustingC.veryexcitingD.veryimportant

24.WhatisthemainideaofParagraph2?

A.Theincreaseincoralbleaching.B.Thecauseofcoralbleaching.

C.ThechangesintheenvironmentD.Thebeautyofcoralbleaching

25.Whatdoesthewritermainlywanttosay?

A.Itisdifficultforustosavethecoral.

B.Itisimportantforustothecoral.

C.Itisimpossibleforustoimprovethesituation.

D.ItisdangerousforustoliveontheEarth.

B

LastAugust,JoeandMaryMahoneybeganlookingatcollegesfortheir17-year-olddaughter,

Maureen,Withachecklistofcriteria（衡量标准，尺度）inhand,theDallasfamilylookedaround

thecountryvisitinghalfadozenschools.Theylookedforauniversitythatofferedtheteenager

intendedmajor（主修科目）,onelocatednearalargecity,andacampus（大学校园）wheretheir

daughterwouldbesafe.

“Thesafetyproblemisabigone,^^saysJoeMahoney,whoquicklydiscoveredhewasn*t

aloneinhisworries.Oncampustoursotherparentsvoicedsimilarworries,andthesamequestion

wasalwaysasked:Whataboutcrime?Batwhencollegeofficialsalwaysgavethesameanswer-

"That'snotaproblemhere.'*—Mahoneybeganto（eeluneasy.

"Nocrimewhatsoever?”comments（评论）Mahoneytoday."Ijustdon'tbelieveitl*In1999

theU.S.DepartmentofEducationhadreportsofnearly400,0（）0seriouscrimesonoraroundour

campuses.'Parentsneedtounderstandthattimeshavechanged?*saysDavidNichols,authorof

CreatingaSafeCampus."Campuscrimemirrors（反映）therestofthecountry.1*

Butgettingexactinformationisn'teasy.Collegesmustreportcrimestatistics（统计数字）

bylaw,butsomeholdbackforfearofbadpublicity（名声），leaving（hehonestoneslooking

dangerous."Thetruthmaynotalwaysbeserious/1warnsS.DanielCarterofSecurityonCampus,

Inc.,thecountry'sleadingcampussafetywatchdog（监视）group.

Tohelpconcerned（关注的）parents,Carterpromisedtovisitcampusesandtalktoexperts

aroundthecountrytofindoutmajorcrimeproblemsandeffectivesolutions（解决方法）.

26.TheMahoneysvisitedquiteafewcollegeslastAugust.

A.toexpresstheopinionsofmanyparents

B.tochoosearightonefortheirdaughter

C.tocheckthecostofcollegeeducation

D.tofindarightonenearalargecity

27.Itisoftendifficulttogetcorrectinformationoncampuscrimebecausesomecolleges

A.receivetoomanyvisitorsB.mirrortherestofthecountry

C.hidethetruthofcampuscrimeD.havetoomanywatchdoggroups

28.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A.Exactcampuscrimestatistics.B.Crimesonoraroundcampuses.

C.Effectivesolutionstocampuscrime.DConcernsaboutkids'campussafety.

C

Octopuses（章鱼）arekindoflikealiens.Theyareamazinginmanyways.Theyhavethree

heartsTheycanwalk,Theycanswim,andTheycandrivethemselvesforwardathighspeed.They

canchangecolourandcopywhatotheranimalsdo.Theyevenknowhowtoopenscrew-topjars

（带螺旋盖的罐子）andhowtousetools!

Octopusesaremollusks（软体动物）.Butunlikemanyothermollusks,theydon'thaveashell

Thisallowsthemtopassthroughtinyspaces.Althoughoctopusesmainlyeatsmallfish,theyare

abletoattackandkillsmallsharks.Theymakethesharksunabletobreathebycoveringtheirgill

（锡）openings.

Onethingthatmakesoctopusesseemlikealiensistheirblueblood.Itismuchbetterat

transportingoxygenincoldandlow-oxygenconditions（likethedeepsea）thanourredblood

Octopusesloseenergyeasily.Thismayhelpexplaintheiroutstandingintelligence:Theycan*t

chaseaftertheirprey（猎物）foralongtime.Theymustuseclevertricks.

Asahunter,anoctopusbringsispreyundercontrolthroughtheuseofapowerfulpoison

（毒）.Thesmallertheoctopus,thestrongerthepoison.Theten-centimeter-longblue-ringed

octopusissopoisonousthatitcaneasilykillagrownman.Octopusesthemselvescanbedelicious

preytomanydifferentanimalsinthevast（辽阔的）ocean,butTheyarecleverenoughtoknow

howtokeepthemselvessafe-manyofthetimes.Withtheircolourchangingskin,octopusescan

easily"hide"themselvesorflashalarmingcolourstofrightentheirenemiesaway.Ifthatdoesn't

work,theoctopuswillreleaseacloudofdarkinkandquicklyescape.

Perhapsthemostamazingpartofanoctopusisitsarms.Theycanturninanydirection.The

armsaretoocomplextobecontrolledfromacentralbrain.Instead,theyworkalmost

independently.Anoctopusgivesinstructionsandbelievesthattheywillbecarriedout.Thismeans

thattheanimaldoesn'thaveaverygoodideaofwhereitsarmsare.Theycan'tworkouttheshape

ofsomethingbyfeelingitlikewecan.

29.Whatcanoctopusesdo?

a.walkandswimb.driveforwardathighspeed

c.changecolourandopenthejarsd.copypeople'saction

A.abcB.abdC.acdD.bed

30.Whatcolourisoctopuses'blood?

A.Red.B.Green.C.Blue.D.Black.

31.WhydoOctopusesflashalarmingcolours?

A.Becausetheywanttohidethemselves.

B.Becausetheywanttomakethemselvesbeautiful.

C.Becausetheywanttokeepthemselvessafe.

D.Becausetheywanttoshowtheirclevertricks.

32.Whichofthefollowingsentencesistrue?

A.Octopusesaremolluskswithshells.

B.Octopusescankillsmallsharksbycoveringtheirgillopenings.

C.Thebiggeroctopuseshavestrongerpoisonthan

D.Octopuses*armsareeasytobecontrolled.

AlongtimeagotheMongolsruled（统治）China.TheHanswantedtoforcetheMongols

backtoMongolia,buttheycouldnotfindawaytoorganizetheirarmy.Everywheretheywent,the

Mongolswatchedclosely.

Worstofall,theMongolsforcedeverytwentiethChinesefamilytogivesheltertoone

Mongolsoldier.

ZhuYuanzhangwasaherooftheHanpeople.Hewantedtooverthrow（推翻）theMongols.

Hehadalreadyledseveraluprisings（暴动），buthebadbeendefeated.Hewastalkingonedayto

hisadviserLiuBowen.

"It'snearlytimefortheMid-autumnFestival,nhesaid."Westillhaven*tbeenabletodrive

theMongolsaway.Tmveryunhappyaboutit.”

LiuBowendidnotreply.Hewasthinkingaboutmooncakes.Peoplewouldexchangemoon

cakesattheMid-autumnFestival.

ZhuYuanzhangcontinued,"TheMongolswillbewatchingeverymovewemake.Theywill

beinthehouseswhenwegotogreetourfriends.Theywilllistentoeverythingwesay.Howcan

weorganizeourarmy?Howcanweoverthrowthem?"HelookedatLiuBowen,“Whyaren*tyou

speaking?^^heasked.

“Mooncakes,'*saidLiuBowen."That'stheanswer.Mooncakes."

“Ithinkyou*vegonemad,"saidZhuYuanzhang,"Howcancakesbetheanswertoaproblem

likethis?"

“DoyouthinkthattheMongolswillobjectifwegiveourfriendsmooncakes?"

“Ofcoursenot,“saidZhu,nWedoiteveryyear.They'requiteusedtoit.”

"IhaveanideaforpassinginformationwithouttheMongolsknowinganythingaboutit；'said

LiuBowen.''Wellputamessageintoeachcaketellingpeoplewhentoattack.'1

ZhuYuanzhangwasdelighted.nWhatagoodidea!”hesaid."TheMongolswillnever

suspectanything."

TheirpeopleworkedveryhardtomakemooncakesfortheHanpeople.Intoeachmooncake

theyputalittlepieceofpaper.Thenitwaswrappedinwaxedpapersothatitwouldnotbe

spoiled.

WhentheHanpeoplereceivedtheirmooncakes,theysoonlearnedthetimeanddateofthe

attack.TheMongolssuspectednothing.

Atlastthenightoftheattackcame.ThepeopleinthecityroseupandkilledtheMongol

soldierslivingintheirhouses.TheHanpeoplewonandtheYuanDynastywasoverthrown.Atlast

theMingDynastywassetupin1368.

33.Whocameupwiththeideaforpassinginformationbymooncakes?

A.TheHanpeople.B.Thearmycommander.C.ZhuYuanzhang.D.LiuBowen.

34.Whichofthefollowingsentenceistrue?

A.AlltheChinesefamilieshavetogivesheltertotheMongolsoldiers.

B.Alittlepieceofpaperwasputintoeachmooncaketopassinformation.

C.TheMongolssuspectedsomethingatfirst,

D.TheMongolswereusedtogivingcakesattheMid-autumnFestival.

35.Pleaseputtheeventsbelowintoacorrectorder.

a.TheMongolsruledChinaharshly.

b.Peoplelearnedtheinformationabouttheattack.

c.LiuBowenthoughtofanideatoorganizethearmy.

d.TheMingDynastywassetup.

e.Themooncakeswerebakedwithalittlepieceslippedintoeachone.

f.ZhuYuanzhangledsomeuprisingsbutwasdefeated.

g.PeopleroseupandkilledtheMongolsoldiers.

A.acgfbedB.acgfebdC.afcebgdD.afcbegd

36.Whichcouldbethebesttitlefbrthepassage?

A.HowtheMoonCakesSavedChina

B.HowtheHanPeopleExchangedtheMoonCakes

C.HowtheMongolsRuledChina

D.HowtheYuanDynastyWasSetup

四、还原句子（共4小题：每小题L5分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的八个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mostpeopleenjoylisteningtomusic.Butifyouaskyourclassmateswhatkindofmusicthey

like,youmaygetmanydifferentanswers.37Whatdothesedifferencessayabout

people?ResearchersfromCambridgeUniversitytriedtoanswerthequestions.Theysurveyed350,

000peoplefrom50differentcountries.38

Outgoingpeople,forexample,preferrhythmicmusicanddanceablemusic.Peoplewho

enjoycountrymusicareshowntobemoreseriousabouttheirwork.Oneoftheresultsisquite

interesting.Theresearcherspredicted（预测）thatpeoplewhowereundertoomuchstressshould

likeeithersadmusictoexpresstheirfeelingsorrhythmicmusictoimprovetheirmoods.Butit

turnedoutthatthesepeoplelikedneither.39Perhapsithelpsreducetheirstress.

Theresearchersalsofoundthatclimatesmightinfluencepeople'smusicalpreferences（偏爱）

andpersonality.Peopleinwarmerclimatespreferdanceablemusic.Theyaremoreoutgoing.This

maybearesultoflongerdaylighthoursandwarmerevenings.

Ofcourse,nothingisclear-cut（确切的）.40TheCambridgestudyshowsusthat

peopleofdifferentculturesaremoresimilarthanwethink.

“Peoplemaybedividedbygeography,languageandculture,“saidDr.DavidGreenberg,the

leadingresearcher."Butifanoutgoingpersoninonepartoftheworldlikesthesamemusicas

outgoingpeopleelsewhere,thenwecansaythatmusicisreallylikeapowerfulbridge."

A.Doyouenjoylisteningtomusic?

B.Infact,theypreferloudandpowerfulmusic.

C.Toomuchstressmakespeopleinabadmood.

D.Wemaynotgrouppeoplejustbytheirmusicaltastes.

E.Whydodifferentpeoplehavedifferentmusicalpreferences?

F.Then.theydiscoveredsomeconnectionsbetweenmusicalpreferencesandpersonality.

2021年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题

三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）

A

AsAI（人工智能）develops,thedifferencesbetweenhumansandmachinesarebecoming

unclear.Robotscanbeassmartashumansanddosomeofthesamethingswecando.Whatdoesit

meantobehumans?WehaveaskedourselvesthisquestionsincetheappearanceofALThe

developmentofAIhasmadethisquestionevenmorecomplicated（复杂的）.

In2017,arobotcalledSophiawasmadeaSaudiArabiancitizen.Norobothadanationality

before.Itwasthefirst.Thathasraisedquestionsaboutwhetherrobotsshouldhavethesamerights

ashumansinthefuture.

Ofcourse,AIisstillfarawayfrombeingabletohavefeelingslikehumans.Thequestionabout

whetherAIwillhaverightsornotisabitsillyatthemoment.ButallofusshouldnoticethatAlcan

learnfromthethingshumansteachit-forbetterorworse.

Forinstance,in2016,MicrosoftintroducedTay—acomputerprogrammethatcouldhold

conversationswithpeoplethroughsocialmedia.Taylearnedhowtotalkwithhumansbyreading

thethingstheywroteonline.Withinlessthan24hours,Taywentfromwritingpoliterepliesto

makingrudecomments（评论）.Itlearnedto“say"theserudethingsfromrealhumans.

Inthefuture,wewillberequiredtoprogrammeAIwithasenseofethics（伦理学）and

moralit