1、2021中考英语复习之真题阅读词块与阅读练习（二十）2019年湖南省湘潭市中考英语试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一：真题试做When he was nine years old，an American bey called Milo Cress had a question：How many plastic straws（吸管）do Americans use every day？ He quickly leaned there wasnt a simple answerThe boy tried to find it out himselfThrough
2、 lots of research，Cress found out that Americans use about 500 milion straws every dayIn hopes of cuting down plastic waste，he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011 Cress started the project in his hometown Burlington Vermont He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink o
3、rder It was a simple change However， it would save moneyAnd by doing that， the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent For the year that followed， Cress tried to spread his proicct across the United States More and more restaurants agreed to join They stop providing the customer wit
4、h a straw unless he or she asks for one Last April， Seattle became the first American city to completely ban plastic straws After his project became popular， Cress took his findings on the road He has spoken to tens of thousands of students around the worid He wants to encourage more people to say n
5、o to plastic straws Focusing on straws is one simple step we all could take，Cress saysAnd it makes me feel that I， as a kid， could make a difference， too（1）Cress found out that Americans use straws every dayA about 50 millionB abou 500 millionC about 10 million（2）Cress founded the Be Straw Free proj
6、ect in order to A save moneyB become popularC cut down plastic waste（3）Which American city first completely banned plastic straws？ A BurlingtonB New YorkC Seattle（4）What does the sentence Cress took his findings on the roadmean？ A Cress took a walk on the roadBCress spread his project sround the wor
7、ldC Cress was doing his research all the time（5）According to the last paragraph， Cress thinks Ahe could be famousBhe has made much money through his projectC he could also do something meaningful although he is a child二：词块梳理straws美/strz/n. 作物 稻草；吸管（straw的复数形式）双语例句1.Thenhereplacedthepaperwith paraffi
8、n-coatedManilapaperso thatstrawsdo notbecome soggy.后来他用涂上石蜡的马尼拉纸代替了普通纸，这样吸管就不会被弄湿。2.Errorsare likestraws uponthesurface;ifyouwant tofind apearl,youhave todive underit.错误就像浮在水面的稻草；如果你要想寻找珍珠，你就得潜到它的下面。3.Wedrew straws forwhowentfirst.我们抽签决定谁先去。simple英/smpl/adj. 简单的；单纯的；天真的n. 笨蛋；愚蠢的行为；出身低微者n. (Simple)人名
9、；(法)桑普勒比较级 simpler最高级 simplest双语例句1.Thepoemusessimplelanguage.这首诗用语简单。2.The answeris really quitesimple.实际上答案相当简单。3.Thismachineis verysimpleto use.这台机器操作非常简单。plastic 英/plstk/n. 塑料；塑料学；信用卡adj. 塑料制的；人造的，不自然的；（物质、材料）可塑的；产生立体感的；塑性的；有创造力的；适应环境变化的复数 plastics双语例句1.Clayisa plasticsubstance.黏土是可塑物质。2.Hemakes
10、 plasticreusablemoulds.他制作可再次使用的塑料模子。3.Plastictendstodiscolourwith age.塑料久而久之便会退色。drink英/drk/v. 喝，饮；喝酒；把喝完，干杯；（比喻）陶醉于；（非正式）吸收（水分）；（酒）喝起来有某种滋味；举杯庆贺n. 酒；饮料；一杯（饮料或酒）；饮，喝酒，贪杯，酗酒复数 drinks第三人称单数 drinks现在分词 drinking过去式 drank过去分词 drunk双语例句1.Thisdrinktasteslikesherry.这种酒味道像雪利酒。2.What wouldyoulike todrink?你想喝
11、点什么？3.Thiswateris unfit todrink.这水不宜饮用。follow英/fl/vt. 跟随；遵循；追求；密切注意，注视；注意；倾听vi. 跟随；接着n. 跟随；追随过去式 followed过去分词 followed现在分词 following第三人称单数 follows双语例句1.Shesignalledhimto follow.她示意他跟她走。2.Hemotioned forusto followhim.他示意我们跟他走。3.If youlead,Ill follow.你领头，我跟着。三. 阅读练习A man once visited a temple that was
12、 still being builtHe saw a sculptor making a sculpture（雕塑）As he watched the man work on the sculpture，he noticed that there was a similar sculpture lying nearby He felt very strange and asked the sculptor，Why are you making two same sculptures？Do you need two to put in different places？ No，the man s
13、aid without looking up，We need only one，but the first one became damaged before I could finish it，so Im making a new one The visitor picked up the damaged sculpture and examined itBut he couldnt find anything wrong with it Where is the damage？he asked There is a scratch（擦痕）on the sculptures nosethe
14、sculptor said while continuing his work The man then asked，Where are you going to place the sculpture？ The sculptor replied that it would be placed on a 20foothigh platform（平台）If the sculpture is up that high， who is going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose？the man asked The sculptor stop
15、pead his work，looked up at the man and said，I will know it The sculptor chose to stick to a high standard of excellence in his work Even if other people didnt notice it，it mattered to him that his work should be of the best quality This is an attitude we should all work hard to keep（1）Why did the vi
16、sitor feel strange at first？ ABecausc he could take one of the sculpturesBBecause the sculptor was making two same sculpturesCBecause he thought the sculptor needed two sculptures（2）The underlined word damaged in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to AbrokenBfallen 倒下的Cbeaten 被打败的；被打了的（3）What was wro
17、ng with the first sculptures nose？ AIt was too bigBThere was a scratch on itCThere was nothing wrong with it（4）Where would the sculpture be placed？ AOutside the templeBAt the sculptors homeCOn a 20foothigh platform（5）From the story，we know that Athe sculptor was very serious about his workBthe sculptor always made two sculpturesCthe sculptor didnt mind the danage
