北京市英语中考模拟试题专项阅读理解C篇大全含答案文档格式.docx

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Wheredidthatnumbercomefrom?

ElevenandTwelve

ThereasonbehindthechangeinnumbernamingisthatelevencomesfromtheGermantermainlif,whichtranslatesto“oneleft”.Twelvefollowsthesamerule.Itcomesfromtwalif—“twoleft”.Whyteenisusedinsteadofliffor13through19?

Thereissomethingsadlylostinhistory.

911forUSEmergency（急救）Calls

Earlyphonesdidn’tusephonenumbers—theoperatorhadtoconnectyourcallbyhand—andthisledtotheneedforanemergencycode（信号）.Butlaterphonenumbersbecamepopular,thatchanged.In1967,911waschosenasthenationwideemergencycallbecauseitwaseasytorememberandcouldbequicklydialed（拨）onthephone.

MilesinaMarathon（马拉松）

ThestorybeganwithanancientGreeksoldiercarryingmessagefromabattlefield（战场）inMarathontoAthens.ThemodernmarathonwasbornasaflagshipeventinthefirstOlympicGames,in1896,withadistance（距离）ofabout25miles（40km）,aslongasthedistancefromMarathontoAthens.Butraceorganizersforthe1908OlympicGamesinLondonwantedtoaddsomethingspecial.TheracebeganatWindsorCastleandendedatWhiteCityStadium,withrunnersfinishingonlyafterpassingtheroyal（皇室的）box.Thedistancewasmiles（42.1km）.Andsince1924thisdistancehasbeenkeptinmarathon.

28DaysinFebruary

BeforeusingtheGregoriancalendarthatweusetoday,oneofthefirstRomancalendarshadonly304daysandtenmonths（MarchthroughDecember）,withsixmonthsof30daysandfourof31days.ThesecondkingofRomeimprovedtheoldcalendar.Headded50daysforJanuaryandFebruary.Tomakethenewmonthslonger,hetookonedayfromeachofthe30-daymonths,making56daystodividebetweenJanuaryandFebruary（or28dayseach）.LaterJanuarywasgivenonemoredaytoaddupto355daysayear,butFebruarystillhad28days.That’showitbecametheshortestmonthanditstayedthatwayeversince.

48.Whichlanguagedoelevenandtwelvecomefrom?

A.English.B.German.C.French.D.Russian.

49.Whenwasthenumber911chosenforUSemergencycalls?

A.In1896.B.In1908.C.In1924.D.In1967.

50.ThemarathondistancewasmadelongeratLondonOlympicGamesbecause______.

A.theBritishwasalittleweakinmaths

B.theBritishdidn’tliketheGreekstory

C.theBritishlovedtheroyalfamilyverymuch

D.theBritishwantedtomaketheracedifferent

51.Howmanydayswerethereineachmonthafterthekingimprovedtheoldcalendar?

A.28,29or31.B.28,30or31.C.28,29or30.D.29,30or31.

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Comets（彗星）arepartsofoursolarsystem（太阳系）.Liketheplanets,theygoaroundthesun.

Butcometsarenotmadeofsolidrocklikeplanets.Acometisaballofdust,stones,andice.Manypeoplecallcometsdirtysnowballs.

The“snowball”maybeonlyafewmilesacross.Butwhenthesunheatsthe“snowball,”muchofitischangedtogases.Thegasesspreadoutandformthecomet’shead,whichmaybethousandsofmilesacross.

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Acometmovesfastinitstriparoundthesun.Butwhenweseeit,thecometdoesnotseemtomove.That’sbecauseitissofaraway.Themoonmovesfast,butwhenyoulookatit,youcan’tseeanymotion.That’sbecausethemoonisfaraway.

Socometsdonotrushacrossthesky.Youcannotseeanymotion.Butifyoulooknightafternight,youcanseethatacometchangespositionamongthestars.Ifyouwatchthemoonnightafternight,you’llseethatitalsochangesposition.

Eachyearastronomersdiscovernewcomets.Someofthemareseenonly

once.Theymakeonetriparoundthesunandthengowayoutintospace.Thesun’sgravity（重力、引力）cannotholdthem.

Othercomets,likeHalley,keepreturning.Theyhavebeencapturedbythesun.Halley’searliestvisitwasprobably3,000yearsago.Itmaykeepreturningforanother3,000years.

Buteverytimeacometgoesaroundthesun,thecometlosespartofitself.Gasesanddustarepulledoutofthecomet.That’swhyHalleyisnowdimmerthanitusedtobe.Nexttimeitvisitsus,in2062,itmaybeevendimmer.Eachvisititmaygetdimmeranddimmer,untilitfinallydisappears.

54.Whatisthispassagemostlyabout?

A.Cometsandthesun.B.Whycometsarelikesnowballs.

C.Whodiscoveredthefirstcomet.D.Factsaboutcomets.

55.Accordingtothepassage,somecometshavebeen“capturedbythesun.”Whatdoestheunderlinedphrasemean?

A.Thecometsarerushingintothesun.B.Thecometshavebeenbrightenedbythesun.

C.Thecometsarestuckinthesun’sgravity.D.Thecometshavebeenburnedbythesun’sheat.

56.Howdoestheauthorhelpthereaderunderstandwhatacometlookslike?

A.Bytellingaboutafamousone.B.Byexplaininghowfarawayitis.

C.Bydescribinghowfastitmoves.D.Bydescribingitasadirtysnowball.

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