北京中学考试英语真题阅读CD篇.docx

1、北京中学考试英语真题阅读CD篇2017北京中考 CBuying Is Doing?How important is shopping to you? How much time do you spend buying things? And how much time do you spend organizing these things in your home? In the future, how much time will you spend in movie theaters, at amusement parks, at shopping malls, or at conven

2、ience stores? When you add it all up, you will probably see you spend a lot of your life consuming（消费）things. Consuming products is not necessarily bad. However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.Imagine that you have a week off from school. You dont have to go to cl

3、ass. However, in this week, you cannot spend any money - no shopping, no movies, no eating out. How would you spend your time? What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend. Perhaps you would help a child read. Or you might spend time with your family.Whe

4、n we look back, it is likely that non-consuming experiences like these will be our most important memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive. They dont come in a package. You makethe experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experie

5、nce. The experience changes with the reader, the child, and the book. Similarly, when you have a conversation with afriend, you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot beexperienced or recreated by anyone else. However, if you watch a movie with a

6、friend, you will each have apackage experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you.The environment we live in encourages us to have packaged experiences. We feel that we must consumebecause we believe that buying is doing. However, we can start a personal revolution

7、（ 变革） againstconsumerism. How? By consuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatestsatisfaction. Then we can organize our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences.49. If consuming products takes too much time, we should _.A. spend less money B. think about i

8、t carefullyC. organize our things D. go to convenience stores50. According to the passage, the writer believes that _.A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming lessB. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfactionC. the environment seldom influences our shopping choicesD. consuming experien

9、ces will be our most important memories51. What is the writers main purpose in writing this passage?A. To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time.B. To encourage people to have more active experiences.C. To explain reasons behind peoples shopping behavior.D. To share his personal experience i

10、n consuming products.D篇 Say youre sitting around with some friends playing video games and someone mentions a game that happens to be one of your favorites. “Oh, that games easy. So not worth the time,” one of your friends says.The others agree. Although you enjoy the game quite a lot, not wanting t

11、o argue with them, you go along with the crowd.You have just experienced what is commonly referred to as peer pressure（同伴压力）, also called peer influence. You will adopt a certain type of behavior, dress, or attitude in order to be accepted as part of a group of your “peers”. As a teen, you are likel

12、y to have experienced the effect of peer pressure in a number of different areas.We are all influenced by our peers at any age. For teens, as school and other activities take you away from home, you may spend more time with your friends than with your family. As you become more independent, your pee

13、rs naturally play a greater role in your life.According to Dr. Casey from Cornell University, teens are very quick and accurate in making decisions on their own and in situations where they have time to think. However, when they make decisions in the heat of the moment or in social situations, their

14、 decisions are often influenced by factors like peers. In a recent study, teen volunteers played a video driving game, either alone or with friends watching. The researchers discovered that the number of risks teens took more than doubled when their friends were watching, compared with when they pla

15、yed alone. This shows that teens may find it more difficult to controlrisky behavior when their friends are around, or in situations where they are extremely angry.Just as people can influence us to make unwise choices, they can also influence us to make good ones. Ateen might join in a volunteer pr

16、oject because his or her friends are doing it, or get good grades because hisor her friends think getting good grades is important. In fact, friends often encourage each other to study, ortry out for sports.While we are always influenced by those around us, the decision to act or not is up to us. So

17、 when it comes to decision making, the choice is up to you.52. According to the passage, Dr. Casey probably agrees that teens _.A. like to play driving games with their friendsB. prefer situations where they have time to thinkC. may take more risks when their friends are aroundD. are slow in making

18、decisions when they are on their own53. The words “in the heat of the moment” in Paragraph 4 probably mean “_”.A. when teens avoid possible risks B. when teens trust their judgmentC. when teens lose control over their anger D. when teens give consideration to situations54. What can we learn from the

19、 passage?A. Teens are eager to be different from their peers.B. Peer pressure has effects on both teens and adults.C. Peer pressure does more harm than good to teens.D. Tees think it challenging to get good grades at school.55. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Peer P

20、ressure: Is It Necessary to Deal with It?B. Peer Pressure: Is It Possible to Get Away from It?C. Peer Pressure: Its Benefits to Teens and Friend MakingD. Peer Pressure: Its Influence on Teens and Decision Making 49BAB 52CCBD2016北京中考 CAre You Right Handed or Left Handed？Which hand do you use when wri

21、te？About 8to 15percent of people are left handedThey often have to use tools that are designed for righthanded peopleSo it is difficult for lefthanders to use most toolsIf you are right handed，try this experiment：Take a knife with your left hand and try cutting a potato into piecesDont be surprised

22、if you feel awkward（别扭的）In the past，people thought it was strange to use the left handYoung students looked down upon their lefthanded classmatesSome children were even punished for using their left hand to writeBut these days parents and teachers have accepted thatIn almost every school in the worl

23、d，lefthanded students can use their left hand to writeWhat causes people to be left handed or right handed？Experts have searched long and hard on thisThey conclude（得出结论） that lefthanded people are left handed for the same reason that righthanded people are right handedOne out of every ten people jus

24、t is a lefthanderIts simply like the color of our eyessome people have brown eyes，while some others have black eyesHowever，may researchers think that lefthanders and righthanders are different in some aspectsRighthanders are more talkative and outgoing than lefthandersMany righthanded people underst

25、and spoken words betterFor example，after they listen to directions to a supermarket，they can find it easilyRighthanders are good at organizing people，tooThey are also better basketball guardsJust ask Yao MingResearch shows that lefthanders are creative and artisticMany famous performers，like Jim Car

26、rey and Paul McCartney，are left handedMany lefthanders learn better visually（在视觉方面）In art，both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were left handedIn music，Ludwig van Beethoven was left handedIn science，you find Newton and EinsteinThe lefthanded people are also really good at tennis and other single

27、sportsIf you prefer one hand，but you are still good at writing with the other，you are mixedResearch shows mixedhanders can remember everyday things better than other peopleWhat did you eat for lunch two weeks ago？If youre mixed handed，you can probably remember49If righthanders cut up potatoes with t

28、here left hand，they will Aget hurt Bgive up cutting Cfeel awkward Dchange their tools50What is Paragraph 2mainly about？ ACauses of being left handed BEncouragement to lefthandersCPunishment for using the left hand DChanges in opinions on lefthanders51According to the passage，righthanders Alearn bett

29、er visually Bare good organizersCare better at single sports Dgive clear directions to others52From the passage，we can learn that lefthanders Amay be more talkative and outgoingBare ordinary people like righthandersCmight remember everyday things betterDno longer need to use righthanded tools DShoul

30、d Children Be Allowed to Get Bored？Children need time to stand and stareThey should be allowed to get bored so that they can develop their ability to be creativeChildren are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the timeHowever，research shows that it may hamper the development of th

31、eir imagination，while boredom can give them opportunities to develop creativityBoredom is often linked with loneliness，but a writer named Meera Syal said boredom had helped here in developing her mindShe told researchers about her childhoodHaving few things to do，Syal often talked with her neighbors

32、She also tried to do things like learning to bake cakesBut importantly，I thought and wrote a lot，because I was bored，Syal saidShe kept a diary，filling here time with short stories and poems she made upGrayson Perry，an artist，grew up in a family with little moneyHe enjoyed himself by making up stories，drawing pictures for his stories and reading many books i