1、2013年中考英语精品复习资料 阅读理解篇（七）说明文（31）Here are some advice on listeningMaybe they can help you in one way or another_Before you start listening to something，dont get excited or nervousYou need to relaxThis will help you with your listening_The first sentence tells a lot about the whole passageFor example，i
2、f，at the beginning，you hear“Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves，but some people say its not a good ideaOur reporter says”，you know you will hear a piece of news，not a childrens story，or a science report_When youre listening，try to
3、 do some thinkingFor example，you can think of the following questions：What happened? When，where and how? What was the result and what did the speaker want to tell us?In this way，you may understand the passage better_Its important for you to remember some important factsFor example，if the passage is
4、a science report，you should try to remember its findings，and how the scientists got their resultsThis is also helpful to your listening61下面方框中的句子，分别是上文每段空白处的内容，请选择出内容和顺序相符的一项Lister to important facts Relax yourselfThink when youre listening Listen carefully to the first sentence A B C D62What do you
5、 need to do before you start listening to something? AGet nervous BRelax CGet excited DTalk63Listen carefully to the first sentence to learn _ about the whole passage Aa lot Ba little Cnothing Dall64Try to do some thinking _ Abefore youre listening Bafter youre listening Cwhen youre listening Dwhen
6、youre reading65Whats the writers purpose of this passage? AThe writer wants you to relax BThe writer wants you to do some thinking CThe writer wants you to listen carefully DThe writer wants to help improve your listening（32）There was heavy snow and windy weather in Chicago on Monday，and there was a
7、lso heavy rain on the west coast of the United Statesespecially in and around the city of San FranciscoThings were no better on the other side of the world in Australiathere was quite heavy rain in the state of Queensland，with 475mm of rain failing in just five daysIn south-west Europe，there was mor
8、e hot，sunny weather with the town of Jerez de la Frontera in the South of Spain the hottest placeThe temperature was 30 degrees，the warmest so far this yearIt wasnt all good news in Europe，howeverThere was heavy snow in the Balkans，and parts of north-eastern Italy on Monday and TuesdayThings are get
9、ting a little better in the city of Irkutsk，in eastern Siberia，however；the temperature went above zero degrees for the first time since last November35It is reported that most of the states and cities had bad weather except _ Athe south of Spain Bthe north-east of Italy CSan Francisco Dthe parts of
10、Australia36Why does the report say that it wasnt all good news in Europe? AThe temperature was low in Irkutsk BIt snowed heavily in the Balkans CThere was heavy rain in parts of Italy DIt was quite cold in eastern Siberia37Which of the following places probably had the biggest amount of rain(雨量)? AS
11、an Francisco BQueensland CChicago DJerez de la Frontera38What do you think the reading above is? AGeography in the world BThe world environment CThe weather in Europe DThe world weather report（33）Blue LagoonIceland Icelanda country in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circleprobably isnt the first
12、place you think of for a perfect beach holidayBut every year，thousands of people take off their clothes and swim at the Blue Lagoon，a beach near the Arctic Circle and just 45 km from the capital city，ReykjavikThe air temperature can be as low as minus 10 degrees：but the water comes from underground
13、and is naturally hotthe usual water temperature is between 35 and 40 degreesIts like taking a hot bath in the open air!London BridgeUSA! The earliest London Bridge actually isnt in London at all. and it doesnt even pass over a river! American businessman Robert P McCulloch bought the bridge for $2.5
14、 million in 1968 and moved itstone by stoneacross the Atlantic OceanHe rebuilt it in Lake Havasu City，Arizonaa small town in the middle of the desert，where the temperature is often more than 40 degreesNowadays，thousands of tourists come to see the bridge，and there is an English village with waterspo
15、rts facilities，shops and restaurantsThe Guggenheim Museums There are not one but five Guggenheim MuseumsSolomon R Guggenheim opened the first collection of modern art in New York in 1959Another museum opened in Italy，and then，in 1997，two more Guggenheims opened：one in Berlin and the other in the Bas
16、que city of Bilbao，in the north-west of SpainIt is now one of Spains biggest tourist attractions，and every year hundreds of thousands of people come to see the paintings and other works of artThe newest Guggenheim museum is the Virtual Museum-the worlds biggest Internet art gallery(美术馆)72What degree
17、s is the usual water temperature of the Blue Lagoon?73How much did McCulloch pay for the bridge?74Where will you go if you want to enjoy paintings and other works of art?75Which place is the hottest in the text?（34）Imagine this：a television screen has the size and thickness of a piece of paperYou ca
18、rry it around in your pocket and take it out when you want to watch a showImagine a guitar so tiny that you cant see it with the human eye，but you can hear sound when its strings are pulled Nanotechnology(纳米技术) is the science that deals with doing things in a very small way，and it is being studied a
19、nd developed all over the worldMany scientists say nanotechnology will produce the next industrial revolution(工业革命) Perhaps nanotechnology will have the biggest influence on medical scienceImagine nanobots(纳米机器人) in medicineThousands or even millions of tiny machines can be sent into the human body
20、with specific tasksFor example，they can be designed to find and destroy cancer cells or viruses(病毒)Other machines may stay in the human body for ever to heap organs(器官) that are not working properly When could all of these happen? Scientists predict that most of these are possible in the next 30 yea
21、rsThousands of scientists around the world are working on these micro-machinesNanotechnology is just around the corner61The two examples in Paragraph I are used to _Aintroduce the smallest television Bintroduce a new kind of guitarCintroduce the topic of the passage Dshow how small the world is62Nan
22、otechnology _Awill cause an industrial revolution Bdeals with things in old waysChas studied the whole world Dwas developed many years ago63The underlined word“they”in the third paragraph refers to(指代)“_”Ascientists Bhuman bodies Cspecific tasks Dtiny machines64The tiny machines _ Aare too small to
23、be repaired Bcan be put in a human body to kill viruses Cmay not work well in a human body Dcan take the place of human organs65The underlined phrase“around the corner”in the last sentence means“_”Afar away Bat present Cin the near future Dimpossible（35）It is said that all dreams serve a purpose(目的)
24、While there is no agreement among scientists about why we dream，there are many ideas about the different kinds of dreams we have One common kind of dream is the repeating dream，in which the same story is repeated again and again，often for many months or even yearsSome believe these are a sign people
25、 have a problemin their life and once that problem is gone then the dream will stopOthers think they are a way to help people remember something very Important Another well-known kind of dream is the nightmareThe pictures and stories in such dreams make people very afraid and dreamers usually rememb
26、er them far more clearly than normal dreamsThe cause of such dreams may be seeing something terrifying such as a car accident or some deadly snakesOthers think such dreams may be trying to make a person pay attention to something that is dangerous in their life Daydreams happen during wake-time when
27、 we forget where we are or what we are doing and find ourselves in a made-up story or unreal worldWe often daydream when we are doing something that is not interesting or excitingThey help us think about our future Lucid dreams are the most funThese happen when dreamers suddenly understand that they
28、 are dreamingInstead of waking up，they stay in the dream and are able to control what happens in the dream as if they are making a movie51The underlined word“they”(in paragraph 2) refers to “_” Adreams Bproblems Cdreamers Dscientists52The underlined word“terrifying”(in paragraph 3)is closest in mean
29、ing to“_” Afrightening Binteresting Cdisappointing Damazing53When might a person daydream? ADuring a very interesting movie BWhile playing at a fun park CWhile listening to an uninteresting talk DWhen making a movie54How do we know if we are lucid dreaming? AWe can remember the dream very clearly BW
30、e can control what happens in the dream CWe think that the dream is like a movie DWe feel very nervous after we wake up55What is the best title of the passage? ADaydreaming of You BEnjoy Your Dream CWhat Dreams Mean DWhere Dreams Go（36）To protect the environment，most supermarkets in China will stop
31、providing free plastic bagsIf you dont want to pay money to buy them，youll have to bring yore own shopping bagWhat kind of bags will be the best to bring? Students in Kunming Xinying Middle School have some good ideasRecently fifty-four students of the school held an activity in which they made thei
32、r own environmentally-friendly shopping bagsMost students used old clothes to make their bagsThey painted pictures like the Olympic rings on themBut Wang Shuncheng，a Junior 2 boy，chose a different material(材料)He made his bag with old newspaperIs a newspaper bag strong enough to hold shopping? Wang s
33、ays it is，“No problemI put six bottles of water in the bag，”he said“Its strong enough!” Chen Lisi，a girl，had a more traditional way to make her bagshe wove(编织) a bamboo bagIt was not an easy jobWith her grandfathers helpChen spent a whole afternoon making itShe also wove wool(毛线)flowers on the bag M
34、aking bags was not all the students didThey had another job：to persuade their parents and relatives to use environmentally-friendly shopping bags instead of plastic onesThe school will show the bags so that shops and stores can get some ideas from the students work61From the passage we know that _ A
35、plastic bags have not been used in supermarkets for some time Bplastic bags cannot be bought from most supermarkets Cmost supermarkets will stop providing free plastic bags Dpeople must bring their own bags when they do shopping in supermarkets62Besides the plastic bags，_ other kinds of bags are men
36、tioned in the passage Atwo Bthree C. four Dfive63The main purpose of the activity is _ Ato teach the students how to make more shopping bags Bto get the students to learn to do things by themselves Cto give the students an environmental protection lesson Dto get their parents and relatives to use en
37、vironmentally-friendly shopping bags64The underlined word“persuade”in the last paragraph probably means _ A劝说 B指导 C命令 D监督65The school will show the bags in order to _ Aencourage the students Bmake some money Cget some work for the students Dgive some ideas to shops and stores（31）61-65CBACD（32）35-38ABBD（33）72Between 35 and 40 degrees. 73$ 2.5 million74To the Guggenheim Museums. 75Arizona.（34）61-65CADBC（35）51-55AACBC（36）61-65CBCAD 第 - 8 - 页 共 8 页
