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中考阅读理解实战演练之社会文化篇

SectionIV社会文化篇

Passage32

　　Formostpeople,theword“fashion”means“clothes”.Butpeoplemayaskthequestion,“Whatclothesareinfashion?

”Andtheyusetheadjective（形容词）“fashionable”inthesameway:

“Shewaswearingafashionablecolor.”

　　Butofcoursetherearefashionsinmanythings,notonlyinclothes.Therearefashionsinholidays,inrestaurants,infilmsandbooks.Thereareevenfashionsinschoolsubjects,jobs…andinlanguages.

　　Fashionschangeastimegoes.Ifyoulookatpicturesofpeopleorthingsfromthepast,youwillseethatfashionshavealwayschanged.AnEnglishhouseof1750wasdifferentfromhisgrandsonin1860.

　　Todayfashionschangeveryquickly.Someofthisisnatural（自然的）.Wehearaboutthingsmuchmorequicklythaninthepast.Newspapers,radios,telephonesandtelevisionsendinformationfromonecountrytoanotherinafewhours.

　　Newfashionsmeanthatpeoplewillbuynewthings,soyouseethereismoneyinfashion.

　　1.Fromthispassageweknowthat“fashion”means_________.

　　A.clothesB.manythingsC.mostofthepopularthingsD.everything

　　2.Whichofthefollowingthingsisfashionabletoday?

　　A.SurfingontheInternetB.HavingafamilydinneronNewYear’sDay

　　C.LearningtosingsongsontheradioD.Doingmorningexercisesatschool.

　　3.Todayfashionschangeveryquicklybecause_______.

　　A.Peoplereadnewspaperseveryday　B.radiossendinformationfromonecountrytoanother

　　C.newthingsthatpeoplelikeareoftenshownonTV

　　D.peoplequicklylearnwhatishappeningintheworld

　　4.“Thereismoneyinfashion.”means________.

　　A.clothesareexpensiveB.moneycomesfromfashion

　　C.peoplelikenewthingsD.therearenofashionswithoutmoney

　　Passage33

　　FirstFrenchman:

Ionceheardsomeoneshout,"Lookout,"Iputmyheadoutofawindowandabasin（盆）ofwaterfellonme.Itseemsthat"Lookout"maymean"don‘tlookout."

　　SecondFrenchman:

OnceIwasonashipandheardthecaptain（船长）shout,"Allhandsondeck,"Iputmyhandsonthedeckandsomeonewalkedonthem.

　　ThirdFrenchman:

IoncevisitedanEnglishfriendearlyinthemorningandthemaidwhocametothedoorandsaid,"He’snotupyet.Comebackinhalfanhour,"WhenIwentagainforhim,shesaid,"He‘snotdownyet."

　　"Ifhe’snotupandhe’snotdown,whereishe?

"Iasked.

　　Shesaid,"He’sstillinbed.WhenIsay‘He’snotup’Imean‘hehasnotyetgotup’.WhenIsay‘He’snotdown’Imean‘hehasnotyetcomedownstairs,’"

　　1."Lookout"heremeans“_______”.

　　A.putyourheadoutofthewindowandlookB.Takecare

　　C.I’mgoingtopourthewaterD.Helpme

　　2."Allhandsondeck"means“_______”.

　　A.Allthesailorsgather（集合）ondeckB.Giveyourhandstome

　　C.PutyourrighthandandlefthandondeckD.Shakeyourhandswithme

　　3.Whenthemaidsaid,“He’snotupyet.”Shemeantthat_______.

　　A.hehasnotgrownupyetB.hehasnotyetgotup

　　C.hehasnotwokeupyetD.hehasnotyetcomeupstairs

　　4.WhenthethirdFrenchmanwentback,theEnglishfriend_______.

　　A.waswashinghisfaceB.washavinghisbreakfast

　　C.wasstillinanupstairsroomD.wasreadinganewspaper

　　5.Whichdoyouthinkisthebesttitleforthisarticle?

　　A.ThreeFrenchmenandtheirEnglishFriendsB.TheEnglishLanguage

　　C.ThreeFrenchStoriesD.WhataLanguage!

　　Passage34

　　Newspapersareveryimportantinourdailylife.Manypeoplebegintheirdaybyreadingthepaper.Inthiswaytheylearnwhatisgoingonintheworld.Sometimes,however,theydidn‘thavethetimetoreadthenewscarefullyandmustbepleasedwithaquicklookatthefrontpage.Atothertimestheymaybeinsuchahurrythattheyhavetimeonlytohaveaquicklookattheheadlines（标题）.

　　Therearenewspaperstopleaseeveryreader.Inbigcitiestherearemanytypeswithseveraldifferenteditionseveryday.Insometownstherearefewernewspapersandperhapsonlyoneeditioneachday.Insomeplacesthepaperisprintedweekly.

　　Mostpapershaveseveraleditions,especiallyonSundayswhentheeditionislargerthanusual.Therearebesidesthefrontpagewiththemostimportantnews,thesportsnews,theamusement（娱乐）page,abusinesspageandsoon.

　　1.Peoplereadnewspaperto_______.

　　A.learnaboutthemostimportantnewsB.bepleased

　　C.getsomeinformationD.learnaboutwhatevertheywant

　　2.Readingtheheadlines,peoplecanknow_______.

　　A.whatthepassagesareaboutB.whatisgoingon

　　C.aboutthemostimportantnewsD.aboutsports

　　3.Inbigcitiesnewspapersareusuallyprinted_______.

　　A.dailyB.weeklyC.monthlyD.yearly

　　4.Mostpapershave_______onSundaysthanusual.

　　A.moretypesB.morepagesC.lesstypesD.lesspages

　　5.Ifyouwanttoseeafilm,you’dbetterread_______inanewspaper.

　　A.thebusinesspageB.thefrontpage

　　C.thesportspageD.theamusementpage

　　Passage35

　　ThisdictionarytellsyouaboutEnglishwordsandhowtousetheminreading,writingandspeakingEnglish.Itnotonlygivesthemeaningofwords,itcanalsohelpyouwithspelling,wordbuilding,grammarandpronunciation.

　　Touseyourdictionarycorrectly,youneedtounderstandhowthedictionaryworks.Atthefrontofthebook,youwillfindsomeexercisestohelpyoumakethemostuseofyourdictionary.

　　Ifyoulookuptheword“colour”,youwillfindtwospellingsforthisword.“Colour”isusedinBritishEnglish,while“color”isusedinAmericanEnglish.Whensuchathinghappens,thedictionaryshowsitwiththeword“BrE”forBritishEnglishand“AmE”forAmericanEnglish.

　　Thedictionaryalsohelpsyoupronouncewordscorrectly.Itusesaspecialalphabet（特殊字母表）toshowpronunciation.Ifyouturntotheinsidebackface,youwillseeallthephoneticletters（音标）withsomewordstoshowyouhowtheyarepronounced.Justhavealookthispagewhenyou’renotsurehowtosayaword.

　　Themostimportantreasonforusingadictionaryistofindoutthemeaningofaword—itsDEFINITION.

　　Inthisdictionary,thedefinitionshavebeenwrittenusingonly2000words.Thismeansthatthedefinitionsofeventhemostdifficultwordsaresimplyexplained（简单解释）andeasytounderstand.

　　Whenawordhasmorethanonemeaning,readallthemeaningsuntilyoufindtheonethatcorrectlytellstheuseofthewordyouarelookingfor.

　　Mostofthewordsinthisdictionarycanbeusedbypeopleinallpartsoftheworld.

　　1.Thisdictionarycannothelpyouwith_____.

　　A.singingB.grammarC.spellingD.pronunciation

　　2.____ofthewordsinthedictionaryhavetwospellings.

　　A.AllB.OneC.FewD.Some

　　3.TheAmEspellingoftheChineseword“颜色”inthisdictionaryis______.

　　A.colourB.collarC.colorD.corner

　　4.Thephoneticalphabethelpsyoueachwordcorrectly.

　　A.understandB.writeC.sayD.know

　　5.TheChinesemeaningof“definition”hereis______.

　　A.词性B.词条C.词义D.词库

　　6.Howmanywordsarethereinthisdictionary？

_________.

　　A.TwothousandB.OnethousandC.OnehundredD.Wedon’tknow

　　7.Thedictionaryexplains______.

　　A.someofthedifficultwordsB.allthewordsinasimpleway

　　C.alltheeasywordsD.thewordsoftwomeanings

　　Passage36

　　TheWinterOlympicsisalsocalledtheWhiteOlympics.Atthistime,manycolorfulstampsarepublished（发行）tomark（标志）thegreatGames.ThefirststampsmarkingtheopeningcameoutonJanuary25,1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOlympics.Fromthenon,publishingstampsduringtheWhiteOlympicsbecamearule（规定）.

　　Duringthe4thWinterOlympicGamesagroupofstampswerepublishedinGermanyinNovember1936.ThefiveringsofOlympicsweredrawnonthefrontofthesportswear.ItwasthefirsttimethattheringsappearedonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics.

　　Inthe1950’s,thestampsofthiskindbecamemorecolorful.WhentheWhiteOlympicscame,thehostcountries（东道主）aswellasthenon-hostcountriespublishedstampstomarkthoseGames.ChinaalsopublishedfourstampsinFebruary1980,whentheChinesesportsmenbegantotakepartintheWhiteOlympics.

　　JapanistheonlyAsiancountrythathaseverheldtheWhiteOlympics.Altogether14,500millionstampsweresoldtocollectmoneyforthissportsmeeting.

　　Differentkindsofsportsweredrawnonthesesmallstamps.Peoplecanenjoythebeautyofthewonderfulmovementsofsomesportsmen.

　　1.TheWhiteOlympicsandtheWinterOlympics_______.

　　A.arethesamethingB.aredifferentgames

　　C.arenotheldinwinterD.areheldinsummer

　　2.TheworldmadeitaruletopublishstampstomarkthegreatworldGames______.

　　A.aftertheyear1936B.afterthe3rdWinterOlympics

　　C.beforethe3rdWhiteOlympicsD.beforetheyear1932

　　3.TheWinterOlympicsisheldonce________.

　　A.everytwoyearsB.everythreeyears　　C.everyfouryearsD.everyfiveyears

　　4.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

　　A.OnlythehostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

　　B.Onlythenon-hostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

　　C.AllthecountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

　　D.Japancan’tpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

　　5.WhatmayappearonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics?

　　A.Basketball.B.Tabletennis.C.Football.D.Skating.

　　Passage37

　　In1998,WorldCupFootballMatchheldinFrancetookupanewrule.Insteadoftheusualblackandwhiteball,acolorfulballwasusedinthegame.Thenewballwasmadeupof32piecesofthreecolors:

red,blueandwhite.Interestinglyenough,theFrenchnationalflaghappenedtobeinthreecolors,too.Besides,32teamstookpartinthecomingWorldCup.Butearlyfootballwasmadeupofeightpiecesofleath