1、河北省唐山市路南区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编阅读理解2023年河北省唐山市路南区中考二模英语试卷VII阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读A、B、C、D四篇材料, 然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。AA livestreaming platform(直播平台) once tried to broadcast classroom situations live(现场直播) including students having classes or self-studying. It raised a heated discussion. Here are
2、some students opinions.Student A: I agree with it. When I watched the videos, I saw some adults said, It reminds me of my school life and The way they focus on studying is so wonderful. I want to go back to my school time. It is true that we should have our privacy(隐私) but the livestreaming show rem
3、inds adults of their wonderful memories of school. Its a good thing.Student B: I support the idea. Students parents can see what they are doing at school. It will help them know their children better. Whats more, I think if students know they are on a live show, they will behave themselves. Teachers
4、 will try to make their classes more interesting.Student C: In my opinion, its bad to show students performances in the classroom on the internet. It violates (侵犯) their privacy. Not only can the parents of these kids watch it on their computers or mobile phones, but also other people in society. It
5、s dangerous, because some people may make use of the videos in a bad way and hurt these studentsStudent D: This act doesnt respect students. Through the live broadcast, people across the country can see the students acts without those students even knowing about it. If it is an open class and the sc
6、hool has got the students permission (允许), it will be fine. But now it seems that the platform is directly putting the videos on the Internet without permission. This will make the students uncomfortable.51. How many students clearly support the livestream?A. OneB. TwoC. ThreeD. Four52. With the liv
7、estream, Student B thinks that _.A. students will value their school life more B. teachers dont need to monitor the classroomC. parents will know their kids better D. students might study under pressure53. What right(权利) does Student D think livestreaming violates?A. The right to be equalB. The righ
8、t of educationC. The right to express oneself freely. D. The right of privacyBThere was once a company in the United States said that it would offer a large amount or money to anyone who could find a white marigold(金盏花). Most marigolds are either golden or brown. It is very hard to find a white oneT
9、wenty years later, the company received a letter from an old woman. She sent 100 white marigold seeds along with the letter。The woman was a fan of flowers. Her father worked in a flower shop and she learned many skills from him. When she first heard the companys offer 20 years ago, she got very exci
10、ted. She thought she could grow her own white marigolds. But her children doubted her. She knew nothing about seed genetics(遗传学) after all. So her dream of growing white marigolds was just that a dream.Still, she didnt give up and worked to make it happen. She planted some common marigolc seeds and
11、took good care of them. A year later, when the marigolds bloomed, she chose one of the faintest (颜色最浅的) flowers and took its seeds. She planted these seeds and waited another year for them to bloom.Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, her life changed. Her husband died, her children
12、 moved away, and many other things happened. But her wish to grow white marigolds remained strong in her heart.Finally, after 20 years, she went out to her garden and found a marigold that was just as white as the snow.54. What did the womans family think of her decision?A. Her children didnt believ
13、e in her. B. They researched marigolds themselvesC. They helped her learn seed genetics. D. Her husband stopped her from growing flower55. How did she grow the white marigolds?A. By changing the marigold seeds genesB. By growing the seeds in different seasonsC. By choosing lightly-colored flowers se
14、edsD. By painting the golden and brown flowers white56. What does Paragraph 5 tell us?A. The womans life was full of sadnessB. It was hard for the woman to achieve her dreamC. The woman cared about money more than her familyD. The woman stuck to her dream no matter how life changedCOn the first day
15、of school, children can be very nervous. However, sometimes parents are more nervous than the students themselves. A new British survey shows that one in three parents are worried that their children will not make friends when they start schoolThe survey was carried out by Action for Children, an or
16、ganization in the UK. They questioned more than 2000 parents and found that parents are more likely to care about their childrens ability to make friends than their lessons. 33% of the parents put not making friends on top of the list of their worries about their children, while just 11% of the pare
17、nts said their main worry is that their children will not be able to keep up with the schoolworkEveryone needs friends. They can bring happiness and hope in our lives. However, the ability to make friends is different from person to person. To some people, making fiends is easy and to others its ver
18、y difficult. We all have the ability to make friends. Unluckily, many people never reach their potential(潜力). Making friends is a skill, and the first step in developing that skill is to know how to get along with others.Its natural for some children to feel nervous if they dont know how to get on w
19、ell with others in a new environment. However, parents and teachers should help them learn some basic social skills such as sharing, helping, teamwork and communication.Its necessary for parents to teach their child to know the importance of having friends. Let him or her know having hundreds of onl
20、ine friends is not the same as having a friend he or she can connect and be with in person every day.57. The survey made by Action for Children shows that _.A. less than 2000 parents were questionedB. 11% of the students cant keep up with the schoolworkC. parents care more about lessons of their chi
21、ldren than friends makingD. 33% of the parents are most worried about their childrens making friends58. What is the first thing to make friends?A. To be yourselfB. To learn to get on with othersC. To help others do somethingD. To know the importance of having friends59. Which of the following statem
22、ents is NOT basic social skills?A. Read an interesting bookB. Finish a project together with othersC. Give a hand to those in needD. Share your traveling experience with others60. The best title of the passage may be _.A. Making Friends for ChildrenB. The Importance of Making FriendsC. Dont Be Nervo
23、us in SchoolD. Making Friends: True or FalseDWhat can trees tell us about climate(气候) change? Quite a lot, actually! But to understand what the trees tell us, we first have to understand the difference between weather and climate。Weather is a specific(具体的)event like a rainstorm or hot day that happe
24、ns over a short period of time. Weather can be tracked(追踪) within hours or days. Climate is the weather conditions in a place over a long period of time (30 years or more)Scientists at the National Weather Service have been keeping track of weather in the United States since 1891. But trees can keep
25、 a much longer record of Earths climate. In fact, trees can live for hundreds and sometimes even thousands of years。One way that scientists use trees to learn about past climate is by studying a trees rings. If youve ever seen a tree stump(树桩), you probably noticed that the top of the stump had some
26、 rings。These rings can tell us how old the tree is, and what the weather was like during each year of the trees life. The light-colored rings represent wood that grew in the spring and early summer, while the dark rings represent wood that grew in the late summer and fall. One light ring and one dar
27、k ring represents one year of the trees life.Because trees are sensitive to local climate conditions, such as rain and temperature, they give scientists some information about that areas local climate in the past. For example, tree rings usually grow wider in warm, wet years and they are thinner in
28、years when it is cold and dry. If the tree has experienced difficult conditions, such as a drought(干旱), the tree might hardly grow at all in those years.61. Paragraph 2 is developed mainly by _.A. making comparisons B. telling stories C. showing causes D. following the time order62. Dark rings would
29、 appear when the tree grew in _.A. springB. early summer C. fallD. late winter63. The underlined part are sensitive to in the last paragraph means _.A. get used toB. are easily influenced byC. help to protectD. make a big difference to64. Which picture shows the rings in dry seasons?A BC D65. What i
30、s the text mainly about?A. The life of a tree B. Tree rings and seasonsC. The need to plant treesD. Trees and climate change2022年河北省唐山市路南区中考二模英语试卷三、阅读单选“Have you finished your lesson, George?” said Mr. Prentice to his son, who had laid aside his book and was busy making a large paper kite.“No, fathe
31、r,” replied George, hanging down his head.“Why not, my son?”“Because it is so difficult, father. I am sure that I shall never learn it. Besides, I could not remember it after I had learned it, my memory is so bad.”“If I promise you a holiday on the thirtieth of the month after next, do you think you
32、 would forget the date?”“No, I am pretty sure that I should not.”“You are very good at skating, and flying a kite, and playing a ball, arent you?” “Yes, father.”“And yet you cannot learn your lesson! My dear boy, you are deceiving（欺骗）yourself. You can learn as well as anyone, if you will only try.”“
33、But have I not tried, father?” asked George.“Well, try again. Come, for this afternoon lay aside that kite you are making, and give another effort to get your lesson ready. To show you that it only requires perseverance, I will tell you a story:One of the dullest boys at a village school, more than
34、thirty years ago, went up to repeat his lesson one morning, and, as usual, did not know it. “Go to your seat!” said the teacher angrily.“If you dont pay more attention to your lessons, you will never be fit for anything.” The poor boy went back to his seat.“It is of no use. I cannot learn.” he said
35、in a low voice to the boy who sat near him. “You must try hard,” replied the kind-hearted boy.“I have tried, but it is of no use, I may just as well give up at once.” “Try again, Henry!”The boy got courage from these two words. Soon, to his surprise and pleasure, the whole lesson was remembered!”“An
36、d was it you, father?” asked his son, looking up into the face of his kind parent. “Yes, my child. That dull boy was your own father in his early years.”“Then I will try again.” said George.“I learned the lesson, father!” replied the boy, “I can say every word of it.” “Did you find it hard work?”“No
37、t so very hard, after I had once made up my mind that I would learn it.”“May you never forget this lesson, my son!” said Mr. Prentice, “You now get the secret of success. It lies in never stopping to think about a task being difficult or tiresome, but in going on, with a fixed determination to succe
38、ed.”21The meaning of the underlined word perseverance is _.Athe quality of continuing tryingBthe quality of being brave enoughCthinking about what will happen nextDthinking about whats the best thing to do22According to the passage, we can see Mr. Prentice _.Awas encouraged by his teacherBwas a top
39、student at firstCis always impatient with his sonDis a kind and wise father23Which can be the best title for the passage?AA dull boy.BTry again.CA strict father.DFinish your lesson.Everybody has a brain, but not many people know how the brain works. Some people believe that the brain is like the har
40、d disk of a computer. We use it to store filespictures, language (words, texts, sounds) and so on. Others compare the brain to a huge cupboard with lots of shelves and boxes in it. We put information into these boxes and hope to find it again later.The brain is not A computer disk, And it isnt a cup
41、board. Look at the picture here. It looks a bit like weeds（杂草）in a garden, doesnt it? The picture actually shows a childs neocortexa part of the brain that controls sight and hearing. You can guess what happensmore “weeds” grow as the child gets older. Scientists call these neuronal（神经元的）networks. T
42、he networks grow around our neurons. -What makes them grow? Learning! “Learning is brain change,” says Professor James Zull from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA“Without learning, nothing changes in the brain. For every new word you learn in your English lesson, every problem you solv
43、e in maths, every new song you learn to sing, a neuronal network grows in your brain and the brain changes.”The more neuronal networks we grow, the better we can think and the better we remember. You may wonder if there is anything you can do to make the networks in your brain grow better. Professor
44、 Zull says yes, there is. He says that brain change is strongest when a) you are interested in and like what you are learning, b) you are in control of what you learn and c) you get challenging tasks that make you think hard. Understanding a challenging task makes you feel good and develops your bra
45、in.24Whats the main idea of the first paragraph?AThe braina fantastic computer.BWhat people believe about the brain.CHow to make your brain stronger.DOur braina growing system.25What can we learn from the passage 2?ALearning makes our neuronal networks grow.BSeeing a challenging task develops our br
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