专题03 阅读理解之说明文15篇-冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（深圳专用）

冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（深圳专用）

专题03阅读理解之说明文15篇

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级校联考期中）

Themascotsofthe19thAsianGames—Lianlian,Congcong,andChcnchcn-havemadetheirglobaldebut（亮

相）.Theywelcomeeveryonetojoinintheeventwiththeirenthusiasmandhospitalitywhileexpressingthesporting

spiritofthe19thAsianGainestotheworld.

ThethreeroboticfiguresrepresentthreedifferentfacetsofHangzhou'srichheritage.Lianlianisamirrorofthe

WestLake,CongcongshowstheArchaeologicalRuinsofLiangzhuCity,whileChenchencharacterizestheBeijing-

IlangzhouGrandCanal.

ThemascotLianliantakesonthecolourofnature,green,asitsmaintonetorepresenttheWestLake,whichis

afreshwaterlakeinHangzhouCity,ZhejiangProvince.Thepopularscenicspotisfamousforitspicture-likescenery,

amazingbuildings,andcco-friendlyenvironment.Therearcsmallislands,temples,pagodas（佛塔）andgardens

showingthequalitiesoftraditionalChinesebuildings.

AsasymbolofHangzhou,theWestLakekeepsimpressiveviewsandhistoricrelicsthathaveinfluencedmany

poetsandpaintersthroughoutChinesehistory.ItwaslistedasaUNESCOWorldHeritageSitein2011.Surrounded

byplentyoftrees,variousplantsandflowers,theWestLakeattractsalargenumberofvisitorseveryyear.Inparticular,

thebloominglotusflowersofsummerofferanunbelievablepicture-likescene.ThemascotLianliaifsnamecomes

fromthebeautifullotusleavesfoundthere.Also,thelotusisasymbolofpurity,noblenessandpeaceinChinese

culture.

Lianlian'slotusleaf-shapedcaplookslikescenicviewof（heWestLake.I（spure,livelyandelegantimageshow

agraceful,harmoniousandopenmindset—aspiritthemascotaimstoexpress.

1.WhatcolouristhemaintoneofLianlian?

A.Yellow.B.Pink.C.Green.D.Blue.

2.Whencanvisitorsseethelotusflowers?

A.Inspring.B.Insummer.C.Inautumn.D.Inwinter.

3.Whatcanwelearnabout（heWestLakefromParagraphs3and4?

A.ItisasaltwaterlakeinHangzhouCity,ZhejiangRrovince.

B.Itsviewsandhistoricrelicshaveaffectedsingersanddancers.

C.Itisknownforitsmodemtemples,pagodasandgardens.

D.IlbecameaUNESCOWorldHeritagetwelveyearsago.

4.WhatspiritdoesLianlianexpress?

A.Agraceful,enthusiasticandpureattitude.B.Agraceful,nobleandpeacefulattitude.

C.Agraceful,harmoniousandopenattitude.D.Agraceful,livelyandelegantattitude.

5.Whatwillthearticleprobablytalkaboutinthefollowingparagraphs?

A.Introductiontothesportingspiritsofthe19thAsianGames.

B.IntroductiontootherfacetsofHangzhou'srichheritage.

C.IntroductiontotheArchaeologicalRuinsofLiangzhuCity.

D.IntroductiontoCongcongandChenchenindetail.

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级万科城实验学校校考期中）Whenyouthinkofthesea,youmaynotthinkof

Xinjiang.Inthepublicimpression,Xinjiangisoftenrememberedassomewherefarfromtheseawithlonghoursof

sunlight,avastGobidesert,andmountainswithanextremelydryclimate,unsuitableforseafoodproductionclueto

themassiveamountofwaterrequired.

However,Xinjiangnowwelcomesabigharvestoflocal“scafbod"，suchasshrimpandcrabs.Themost

importantthingforaquaticproducts（水J”品）iswaler.Xinjianghasmanyriversandlakeswithwalerfromthemelting

snowandglaciers（冰川）oftheTianshanMountains.tlWiththemountainsontheside,thereisnoindustrialpollution

andagriculturalpollution,whichkeepsthewatercleanandfavorsthegrowthofthesaidLiChunyu,thehead

technicianofthelocaltroutfarm.

Also,landinXinjianghasalotofsalt.Thisisnotgoodfbrgrowingcrops.But“oneman's（rashisanotherman's

treasure”.Thelandmakestheundergroundwatersalty.Peopleturnthesaltywaterinto“man-madeseawater”.They

thenuseittoraiseseafish,shrimpandcrabs.

Manypeopleareworriedaboutthesafetyofseafoodbecauseofthenuclear-contaminatedwater（核污染水）.

Someevenfeeldesperate（绝望的）sincetheymaynolongerenjoyanyseafood.Luckily,according（otheDepartment

ofAgriculture,in2022,thetotaloutputvalueofXinjiang'sfisheryindustryreached4.2billionyuan（$580million）,

anincreaseof921millionyuancomparedto2019.Now,someofXinjiang's"seafdod“goestomanycitiesinChina.

ItalsogoestocountriesinSoutheastAsia.ItturnsoutthatXinjiang's"seafbod”isbecominganewandfavorable

choiceforseafoodlovers.

6.WhyisthepublicimpressionofXinjiangmentionedinParagraph1?

A.Tointroduce（heclimateandlocationofXinjiang.

B.Toleadintherealsituationoflocal“seafbocTinXinjiang.

C.TodescribetheseafoodindustryinChina.

D.ToexplainthereasonwhyXinjianghaspoorseafoodproduction.

7.Whichwordcanreplacetheunderlinedword"trash”inParagraph3?

A.Wealth.B.Pleasure.C.Garbage.D.Possessions.

8.WhichofthefollowingmakesitpossibletoraiseseafishinXinjiang?

①waterfrommeltingsnowandglaciers②theseawaterfromtheunderground

©thesaltintheland④lesspollution

A.B.®@@C.②③④D.①②④

9.Whatcanwcinferfromthelastparagraph?

A.Xinjiang'sseafoodindustry:sdevelopingbetter.

B.Peoplearepleasedwiththecurrentsafetyofseafood.

C.Xinjiang's"seafbod“remainstobetheonlychoiceforseafoodlovers.

D.Therearemanydifferenttypesofseafoodforpeopletochoose.

10.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Xinjiang'sharvestofseafbodbringsgoodnewstoseafbodlovers.

B.Thenuclear-contaminatedwaterhascausedalotofpollution.

C.ThetouristindustryinXinjiangiswell-developed.

D.PeoplegivedifferentopinionsonXinjiang'sharvestofscafcod.

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级校联考期中FOLLOWINGhis“Reflection"exhibitionin2012,Chinesedesigner

HanJiayingwillopenhisnewexhibitionattheHeXiangningArtMuseuminNanshanDistrictonSaturday.

Theexhibition,titled“HanJiaying'sDesignA-Z,“willshowcase（展示）Han'sworks,includinggraphicdesign,

installationsandphotography.Hisnewworksfromthepasttenyearswillbespotlighted（特别关注）,andhis

continuouspracticewithcharacters,objectsandformswillalsobefeaturedthroughalargenumbercfmanuscripts

（手稿）.

RecreatingChinesecharactersisthekeypartofHan'sdesign.Duringhisschooldays,hebeganusingChinese

characterstoexpresshiscreativestyle.Hisearlyposterssystematicallypresentedhisevolvingperspectiveson

Chinesecharacters.

HanisamemberoftheAGIandavisitingprofessorattheCityDesignSchooloftheCentralAcademyofFine

Arts.BominTianjinin1961.HanstudiedattheXi'anAcademyofFineArtsin1982andtaughtattheXi'an

PolytechnicUniversityin1986.

HehaswontheDesignforAsiaAwards'GrandAwardGoldMedalandwasnamedoneofForbes'2015China's

MostInfluentialDesigners.Heisdedicated（致力于）todesigningexperimentswithgraphicsandtext,andhisworks

arccollectedbyinternationalartinstitutionsliketheVictoriaandAlbertMuseum,theMuseumftirKunstund

GcwcrbcHamburg,andtheMuseumfurGestaltungZurich.

Dates;28Oct.-17Dee.

Hours:9:30a.m.-5p.m.,closedMondays

Venue:HeXiangningArtMuseum,NanshanDistrict

Metro:Line1toOCTStation,ExitC

11.Whenwill"HanJiaying'sDesignA-Z"end?

A.On18October.B.On28October.C.On17December.D.On27December.

12.WhatisthemostimportantpartofHan'sdesign?

A.Usingcreativestyles.B.Repeatingoldcharacters.

C.Creatingclassicalcharacters.D.RecreatingChinesecharacters.

13.Whatcanweleamaboutfrom（helasttwoparagraphs?

A.Han^birthday.B.Han'sfamily.C.Han'shonours.D.Han'sdream.

14.HowlongwillHan'snewexhibitionbeopenon30October?

A.For0hours.B.For6.5hours.C.For7.5hours.D.For8.5hours.

15.Whereisthepassageprobably:akenfrom?

A.Astorybook.B.Anewspaper.C.Atravelguide.D.Afashionmagazine.

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级深圳市高级中学校考期中）With（henewregulationsandrulesonafter-school

（raining,manyinstitutions（机构）arelookingfornewwaystotransform.InShenzhen,EnglishAIstudyroomhas

becomeapopularchoiceandformedanewtrend.

EnglishAIstudyroomisacompleteEnglishlearningplatformwithdifferentprojects.Unlikercgu'arinstitutions,

EnglishAIstudyroomnotonlyofferssharedstudyroomsbutalsoprovidesvariouscreativeandusefulstudyprojects.

First,AIsharedstudyroomisoneofthemainprojectsofEnglishAIstudyroom.ItusesAItechnologytooffer

learnersapersonalizedplanandAItutoring（辅导）.Moreover,learnerscanchatandshareideaswitheachother

inthestudyroom,whichhelpsthemimprovetheirEnglishskillstogether.

EnglishAIstudyroomhasalsointroducedabilingualreadingroomwherestudentscanreadcurrentnewsin

bothChineseandEnglish.Thisplatformincludeswell-knownarticles（hatcanhelpstudentsimprovetheirreading

skillsandlearnaboutdifferentcultures.TheplatformalsoallowsstudentstotranslatearticlesbetweenChineseand

English,makingiteasyforthemtounderstandandlearn.

Furthermore,EnglishAIstudyroomofferswordcards,Englishlibrary,bilingualstudycamps,andother

interestingprojects.TheseprojectsassistlearnerswiththeirEnglishandprovidethemwithmorepracticalservices

aswell.Forexample,wordcardscanhelplearnersmemorize（记忆）vocabulary,Englishlibraryoffersawide

rangeofreadingmaterials,andbilingualstudycampsprovideactivitiesandculturalexchangeopportunities.

EnglishAIstudyroompresentsafreshandcreativewayforinstitutionstotransformtheireducationalpractices.

ItsappearancemeetsthevariousneedsofEnglishlearnersandprovideseducationalinstitutionswithspaceforgrowth,

whichhopefully,isbecominganewtrend.

16.WhatisthedifferencebetweenEnglishAIstudyroomandregularinstitutions?

A.1（offersopportunitiesforstudyingathome.

B.Itprovidescreativeandusefulstudyprojects.

C.IthasAItechnologyloreaddailyEnglishnews.

D.Itprovidespersonalizedtutoring.

17.WhatcanlearnersdointheAIsharedstudyroom?

A.ImprovetheirChineselanguageskills.

B.EnteraiibraiyofEnglishbooks.

C.Receivelessonsfromhumanteachers.

D.Chatandshareideaswithotherleamers.

18.Whatisthemeaningof“bilingual”inparagraph4?

A.Astudyproject.B.Translatingarticles.

C.Abletousetwolanguages.D.Readingcurrentnews.

19.WhichofthefollowingprojectsisNOTmentionedinthispassage?

A.Wordcardsformemorizingvocabulary.

B.AnEnglishlibrarywithreadingmaterials.

C.Yogaclassesforphysicalexercise.

D.Bilingualstudycampsforactivitiesandculturalexchange.

20.Accordingtothelastparagraph,whatdocstheEnglishAIstudyroomprovideforinstitutions?

A.Growthopportunities

B.Culturalexchangeopportunities

C.Practicalservices

D.AItechnologyfortutoring

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级统考期中）JIUQUANSATELLITELAUNCHCENTER,ChinaChinasendsoff

itsyoungesl-everteamfbritsspacestationonThursday.Itispartofthecountry'splantoputastronautsonthemoon

before2030.

TheChinaMannedSpaceAgencysaidtheaverage（平均的）ageofthethree-memberteamistheyoungest

sincethelaunchofthespacestation.Theiraverageageis38,statemediaChinaDailysaid.Thethreeastronautsarc

TangHongbo,andJiangXinlin.Theywillreplaceateamthathasbeenonthestationforsixmonths.Thenewteam

willperformexperimentsinspacemedicine,spacetechnology（设备）insideandoutsidethestation.

In2022,theChinesegovernmentbuiltitsownspacestationafteritwasnotpermittedtojointheU.S.led

InternationalSpaceStation.TheAmericansworried（hattheChinesespaceprogramwasunderthecontrolofthe

People'sLiberationArmy.

China'sfirstmannedspacemission（任务）in2003madeit（hethirdcountryaftertheformerSovietUnionand

（heU.S.topulapersonintospaceusingitsownresources.

AlthoughtheAmericanspaceprogramisbelievedtobefaraheadofChinaatthistime,Chinahasmadesome

importantsteps.Theyincludebringingbacksamples（样本）fromthemoon'ssurfacefbrthefirsttimeandlanding

avehicle（运载工具）,meanwhile,aimstoputastronautsbackonthemoon'ssurfacebytheendof2025.

Inadditiontotheirmoonprograms,（hetwocountrieshavealsoindependently（独立地）landedvehicleson

Mars.AndChinaplanstofollowtheU.S.inlandingaspacecraftonanasteroid（行星）.

21.WhendoesChinaplantoputastronautsonthemoon?

A.Before2030.B.Before2025.C.Before2040.D.Before2050.

22.Whatcanwelearnaboutthethreeastronauts?

A.Theystayedatthestationforsixmonths.

B.Theywilldoexperimentsindifferentareas.

C.Theyaretheyoungestastronautsattheageof38.

D.Theywillusetheequipmenttorepairthestation.

23.WhydidChinabuilditsownspacestation?

A.ChinawascontrolledbytheAmericanspaceprogram.

B.ChinawantedtochallengetheUSinspaceexploration.

C.ChinawantedtohavecontroloverAmericanspaceprogram.

D.ChinawasnotallowedtojointheInternationalSpaceStation.

24.WhichisthemainideaofParagraph5?

A.Chinalandsavehicleonthefarsideofthemoon.

B.Chinabringsbacksamplesfromthemoon'ssurface.

C.Chinahastakenimportantstepsinspaceexploration.

D.Chinaputastronautsonthemoon'ssurfacebefore2030.

25.WhathaveboththeU.S.andChinaachievedintheirspaceprograms?

A.TheylandedvehiclesonMarsindependently.

B.TheybuiltajointInternationalSpaceStation.

C.Theylandedaspacecraftonanasteroid.

D.Theylaunchedtheirfirstmannedspacemissions.

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级万科城实验学校校联考期中）Manypeoplespendmorethanfourhoursperday

onWeChat,anditisredefining（重新定义）theword"friend”.Doesfriendingsomeoneonsocialmedia（社交媒体）

makehimorheryourfriendinreallife?

RobinDunbar,aprofessoratOxfordUniversity,foundthatonly15,ofthe150Facebookfriendstheaverage

userhas,couldbecountedasactualfriendsandonlyfiveasclosefriends.WeChatmayshowasimilarpattern.

Thosewithwhomyouattendedacoursetogether,lookedforthesamepart-timejobandwenttoapartytakeup

mostofyourWeChatfriends.Inchatrecords,theonlymessagemaybeasystemnotice,44Youhaveaccepted

somebody'sfriendrequest”.Sometimeswhenseeingsomephotossharedon“Moments"，youevenneedseveral

minutestothinkaboutwhenyoubecamefriends.Also,youmaybeannoyedbymassmessages（群发信息）sentfrom

yourunfamiliar4lfriendsn.

Youwouldhavethoughtaboutunfriendingthistypeof4tfriends''andsortoutyourconnections.Butactually

youdidnotdothatasyouweretaughtthatsocialnetworking（建立关系网）isvaluabletoone'ssuccess.Besides,it

wouldbereallyembarrassingiftheyfoundthatyouhaveunfriendedthemalready.Then,youkeepincreasingyour

“fHends“onsocialmediaandclick“like”onsomepicturesthatyouarenotreallyinterestedin.Butthefactisthat

deepemotional（情绪的）connectionsdonotcomewiththeincreasingnumberofyourfriendsonsocialmedia.

Ifthenumberofyourfriendsreaches150onsocialmedia,maintaining（保持）theserelationshipscanbedifficult

foryou,andsometimeswillevenmakeyouanxious.AccordingtoRobinDunbar,150isthelimitofihenumberof

peoplewithwhomonecanmaintainstablesocialrelationshipsonline.

26.WhatcanweleanifromRobinDunbar'sfindingsinParagraph2?

A.AFacebookuserhasabout250friendsonaverage.

B.Mostofthesocialmediafriendscanbeactualfriends.

C.Amongoursocialmediafriends,onlyafewpeoplematter.

D.Only15peopleofapersonsFacebookfriendscanbeclosefriends.

27.WhatdoesParagraph3tellusaboutmostWeChatfriends?

A.Peoplehavedeepemotionalconnectionswiththem.

B.Peoplebenefitagreatdealfromtheirmassmessages.

C.Peoplebecomefriendswith（hematimportantevents.

D.Peopleseldomchatwiththemafteracceptingfriendrequests.

28.WhatdoestheunderlinedwordinParagraph4referto?

A.RemovingunfamiliarfriendsonWeChat.

B.BuildinguptieswithyourWeChatfriends.

C.Clicking“like"onpicturespostedonMoments.

D.Keepingincreasingyourfriendsonsocialmedia.

29.Whatcanweinferfrom（helast2paragraphs?

A.1（isdifficuk（omaintainstablerelationshipswithanxiouspeople.

B.Ifwearegoodatnetworkingwithpeople,wewillcertainlysucceed.

C.Weshouldmakefriendswithmoresuccessfulpeopleonsocialmedia.

D.Makingmorefriendsonlinemaynotmakeusmoreemotionallyconnected.

30.Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.WaystoDevelopEmotionalConnectionswithPeople

B.TheLimitoftheNumberofFriendsPeopleCanHave

C.HowManyFriendsPeopleCanHaveonSocialMedia

D.RobinDunbar'sSuggestionsonMakingFriendsOnline

(2023上•广东深圳•九年级万科城实验学校校联考期中)Thankstothehardworkofcompanieslike

California-basedOrbitalAssemblyCorporation(OAC),spacetourismiswellonitswaytocomingtrue.Now,the

companyisworkingtoprovideachanceforspacevisitorsto“getoutoftheworld“bycheckingintotheworld'sfirst

(ruehotelinlowEarthorbit(轨道).

TheVoyagerSpaceStation(VSS)willbemacleupoftworings.Theinsidecirclewillbefittedwithspacecraft

stationsforguestswhile(heoutsideringwillhousetherooms,restaarants,bars,gymsandscientificresearchlabs.

ThehotelwhichispoweredbytheSunwilltravelathighspeedtocreateartificial(人造的)gravity,providingtourists

withacomfortablestay.Whencompleted,itwillhaveroomsfbrupto400people.

Thoughtheideaisattractive,makingVSSarealitywillcosttimeandmoney.MovingtheVSStospacewill

costthousandsofmillionsofdollars.However,OACbelievesthattheywillrecoupthemoneybyasking$5million

perpersonfbreach3--daystay.Thoughthecostmayseemtoohigh,itischeapcomparedtothe55millionitcosts

tostayontheISS(InternationalSpaceStation).Besides,guestsattheVSSwillbelivinginthegreatestconditions

(环境).

“You'regoingtohavethetopcooks/,OCACEOJohnBlincowtoldtheWashingtonPost."There5!!betwo

showseverynightaswell.''VisitorswillalsobeabletotakepartintheactivitiesthatarenotpossibleonEarthsuch

asspacewalkswhichallowvisitorstoadmireviewsoftheEarthandspace.

Ifeverythinggoesaccordingtoplan,thecompanyplanstostartworkin2026andwelcomethefirstvisitorsin

2027.

31.WhatdoweknowabouttheVoyagerSpaceStation?

A.Itwillbepoweredbyelectricity.B.1(willbemadeupoftwosquares.

C.Itcanproviderelaxinglivingconditions.D.ItcantravelfasttogetawayfromEarth'sgravity.

32.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“recoup-inParagraph3probablymean?

A.Payoff.B.Giveaway.C.Getback.D.Useup.

33.WhichofihefollowingslalemenlsisTRUEaccordingto（hepassage?

A.Moving（heVSStospacewillcostmuchmoney.

B.TherewillbelabsintheinsidecircleoftheVSS.

C.TheVSSplanstowelcomethefirstvisitorsin2026.

D.TheVSSwillhaveroomsfornolessthan400people.

34.WhyarcJohnBlincow'swordsmentionedinParagraph4?

A.TospeakhighlyofthehardworkofISS.B.Toshowthehigh-endserviceoftheVSS.

C.Tostresstheimportanceofexploringspace.D.Todescribewhatlifewillbelikeinthefuture.

35.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.1（costslotsoflimeandmoneytotraveltospace.

B.Travellingtospacehaslongbeenhumans'dream.

C.Spacetourismhasbeenwelcomedsinceitsbeginning.

D.Theworld'sfirstspacehotelhopestowelcomevisitors.

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级统考期中）FuLeisFamilyLettersisabookofletterswrittenbyChinesetranslator

andwriterFuLeitohiseldersonFuCong,whoisafamouspianist.Between1954and1966,FuCongspentalotof

timeawayfromhometrainingasapianoplayer.Asaresult,writinglettersbecameFuLei'susualwayof

coimnunicatingwithhiselderson.FuMin,FuLei'syoungersonedited（编辑）（helettersandihebookwaspublished

in1981.

Thebookdisplays（展示）FuLei'sfamilytraditionandvalue.ToFuLei,thepurposeofeducationofaperson,

istomakethatpersonuseful（osociety.FuLeipraisedhissonFuCongafterwinningapianocompetition.FuLei

wrote,“Wcarchappybecauseyoumakeyourcountryproud.IamsoexcitedwhenIthinkaboutyourfuture.You

willmakegreatprogressandservemorepeople,encouragethemandhealthem.”

Inthefamilyletters,FuCongwasalsoadvisedtoreadfamousChinesetexts.Whenreadingthesebooks,Fu

Congwastoldtolinkideasandfeelingstogether,forthatwouldhelphimbecomeabetterperson.

ToFuLei,learningtobeagoodpersoncomesbeforeanyacademic（学术的）training.In1954,FuLeiwrote.

“Everyoneshouldbeagoodpersonbeforebecominganexpertinanyarea.Otherwise,thatpersonwillnotachieve

much,nomatterhowknowledgeableheorsheis.”

FuLei'sFamilyLettershasagreatinfluenceonpeopleinChina.Thebookhelpsmanyyoungstudents

understandhowtheyshouldlivetheirlives.

36.WhoeditedFuLei'sfamilyletters?

A.FuCong.B.FuMin.C.FuLei.D.Atranslator.

37.WhatcanwelearnfromFuLei'sFamilyLetters?

A.Peopleinthe1950scommunicatedwitheachotherbybooks.

B.Praisingchildrenaftertakingpaninacompetitionisimportant.

C.It'sdifficultfbrparentstomaketheirchildrenwelleducated.

D.FuLei'sfamilytraditionandvalueareshowninthebook.

38.WhatdidFuLeithinkofTuCeng、future?

A.Itwouldbehopeful.B.Itwouldbedoubtful.

C.Itwouldbedifficult.D.Itwouldbeinteresting.

39.WhywasFuCongadvisedtoreadfamousChinesetexts?

A.Tobearicherman.B.Togetmoregoodideas.C.Tohelpmorepeople.D.To

becomeabetterperson.

40.Wherecanweprobablyreadthepassage?

A.Inatravelguide.B.Inacomicbook.C.Inanewspaper.D.Inafashion

magazine.

（2023上•广东深圳•九年级深圳市桂园中学校联考期中）China'sbiggestsolar-powereddrone（太阳能无

人机）,Qimingxing-50orMorningStar5（）,finisheditsfirsttestflightinSeptember,2022.Thedronewasbuiltby

theAviationIndustr）?CorporationofChina（AVIC,中国航空工业集团有限公司）.

Droneshavebeenusedforquiteafewyearsnow.Therearedifferentwaysofincreasingtheflyingtime.However,

allthesemethodsbecomelessusefulcomparedwiththeunlimited（无限的）powerprovidedbytheSun.That'swhy

researchershavebeenworkingtomakesolar-powcrcddronesthatcannotonlystayintheairforlongerbutalso

performmoretaskswhileinthesky.

In2018,Chinatestedthefirstversion（版本）ofMorningStar,whichwas91feetwide.Madefromaspecial

kindofplastic,thedronewassolight,weighingonly41pounds.Comparedwithit,theMorningStar5（）ismuch

largerandhasawingspan（翼展）of164feet.

OnSeptember3,MorningStar50tookofffromanairportinYulinCityintheShanxiprovinceinnorthwest

Chinaandlandedback26minuteslaterafterasmoothflight.Stafftoldsomelocalreportersthatallflightsystems

workednormally.Thisisagoodstartforfutureflightsofthesolar-powereddronethatcouldlastformanydaysor

evenmonthsatatime.

IntheUS,AirbushasbeentestingtheZephyrsolar-powereddronesforthepastfewyears.Itslatestversion,the

ZephyrS,cameclosetobreakingtherecordforthelongestflight.Itstayedintheairfbr64days.Unluckily,thedrone

fellontothegroundonlyafewhoursbeforeitwouldhavesetanewrecord.

41.Whichoneisanadvantageofsolar-powereddronesresearcherswant?

A.They'recheaperthanothers.B.Theycanflyinbadweather.

C.Theyflyatahigherspeed.D.Theycanslayin（heairforlonger.

42.WhatmadethefirstversionofMorningStarlight?

A.Itslook.B.Itsmaterial.

C.Thepowerituses.D.Thetasksitperforms.

43.WhatcanwcknowaboutZephyrS?

A.Itfailedtolandsmoothly.B.Itflewforonlyafewhours.

C.ItsetanewrecordintheUS.D.Ithadbeentestedformanyyears.

44.What'sthemainpurposeofthetext?

A.Tocomparedifferentdrones.B.Toreportadrone'stestflight.

C.Todiscussdrones5future.D.TotellIheimportanceofdrones.

45.WhichoneofthefollowingstatementisTRUE?

A.Theflyingtimeofdronespoweredbynuclearisthelongest.

B.Solar-powereddronescanonlyperformonetaskatatimewhileinthesky.

C.MorningStarlandedsmoothlyaftera26-minuteflight.

D.TheZephyrSfinallysetanewrecord.

（2023卜.•广东深圳•九年级深圳第三高中校考期中）FromAI-madejokestoHarryPotterfashionvideos,AI

canbeusedtomakefunnystuff.Butcanitbeasfunnyasahuman?Andifitcan,willittaketheplaceofcomedy

writersinthefuture?That'ssomethingperfbnnershavebeenlookingatinthisyear'sEdinburghFestivalFringe（爱

「堡边缘艺术节）,runningfromAug4to28.

AnyonecanputonashowattheFestival,andthisyearevenrobotsweregettinginontheact.Oneofthe

Festival'sbigshowsevenusedasmallrobottocomeupwithjokesfromaudiencesuggestions,whichwerethen

peribrmedbyhumans.Theresultscouldbeveryfimny,butsometimestheyweren'tfiinnyatall.Thatwaspartofthe

point,explainedPiotrMirowski,theshow'sco-maker.

Comedian（喜剧演员）PierreNovcllicsaidthatitwilltakealongtimeforAItogetgoodatcreatingcomedy.

“ComedyisiheIa