1、江苏译林版苏州九年级中考一模阅读整理C篇2021年江苏译林版苏州九年级中考一模阅读整理C篇学校:_姓名:_班级:_考号:_一、阅读单选Deciding what to wear in the morning is a challenge for some people.We often worry about what others will think of us because of our clothes. But researchers are beginning to think that our clothing has an equally powerful effect on
2、how we see ourselves.Scientists Adam Galinsky and Hajo Adams report that there is science behind our style. In their research,Galinsky and Adams had some participants(参与者)wear white lab coats similar to the ones scientists or doctors wear. Other participants wore their normal clothes. The participan
3、ts took a test that surveyed their ability to pay attention. In the experiment,participants saw cards with different-colored words on them. They had to say the color of the word they saw,not the word itself. The people wearing the white lab coats said the correct color of the word more often.Galinsk
4、y and Adams think that the white coats made the participants feel more confident and careful. The researchers also believe that other kinds of symbolic clothes can influence the behavior of the people wearing them. A police officers uniform or a judges robe,for example,increases the wearers feelings
5、 of power or confidence. And in workplaces that have a dress code,symbolic clothes may also affect how well employees do their jobs.Fashion blogger Jessica Quirk believes that our clothes greatly affect how we feel about ourselves. According to Quirk,There is joy and luck and confidence in what we w
6、ear. On her blog called What I wore, Quirk posts a photo of what shes wearing every day. She says that people should pay more attention to what they wear. For example,we should choose a look that makes us feel more creative and happy. One way to do this at work is to dress up for the exciting job we
7、 want, she says,not the boring job we have. Another way is to wear special clothes that mean something to us. For example,Quirk wears one special pair of shoes to all her important meetings. They are her lucky shoes.As Quirk points out-and as researchers have discovered-our clothes are like our seco
8、nd skin. The clothes we wear can affect our behavior. They can also tell the world something about us,without us having to say a word.1What do you think Paragraph 2 is mostly about?ADescrbing an experiment. BThe opinions of a blogger.CA record of two scientists. DAdvice from two scientists.2What hap
9、pened in Galinsky and Adams experiment? Put the steps into the correct order.a. participants looked at the words each written in a different color.b. the researchers counted the correct items.c. the participants said the colors,not the words.d. the researchers gave some participants white coats to w
10、ear.Ad,c,a,b Bd,a,c,b Cb,a,c,d Db,c,a,d3What is the main idea of the passage?AThe clothes we wear can affect how we feel.BThe clothes we wear should be symbolic.CThe clothes we wear make us feel more powerful.DThe clothes we wear can affect what others think of us. There are two ways of driving in t
11、he world: if the drivers seat is on the left and cars travel on the right side of the road, it is called left-hand driving, as it is in China, while the other way of driving is called right-hand driving, as it is in Britain. Nowadays, around 65% of the worlds population drives on the right of the ro
12、ad, while the rest is used to driving on the left.Though no one knows the exact reasons, it seems likely that people in ancient times travelled on the left of the road. Roman coins show pictures of horsemen passing on each others right. And right-hand people generally got on a horse from the animals
13、 left. Obviously, its safer to do this at the left side of the road, and it makes sense(行得通)for the horse to be ridden on the left.A change happened in the late 1700s. When Napoleon(拿破仑)conquered(攻占)nations, he forced them to travel on the right side of the road, which spread left-hand driving throu
14、ghout Europe. However, Britain still stuck with the right-hand driving rule and countries which were part of the British Empire were made to follow. This is why India, Australia and the former British colonies(前英国殖民地)in Africa continue to drive on the left. One exception(例外)is Egypt, as that country
15、 was defeated(打败)by Napoleon before becoming part of the British Empire.Some countries changed sides until modern times. Sweden only moved to driving on the right in 1967 and Iceland changed the following year. Ghana changed sides in 1974. On September 7, 2009, Samoa became the third country ever to
16、 change from left-to-right-hand driving for the reason that it made it easier to import(进口) cheap cars from right-hand driving Japan, Australia and New Zealand.So if you want to travel to another country or go on business, make sure you know whether it is left-or right-hand driving to avoid unnecess
17、ary troubles.4Which picture shows the correct driving in Britain?A B C D5Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ASweden changed to drive on the right in 1974.BPeople drive on the left side of the road in Egypt.CPeople have known the exact reasons for driving on the left.DNapoleon he
18、lped with the spread of left-hand driving.6What is the writers purpose for writing this passage?ATo explain the advantages of the two ways of driving.BTo introduce the development of the two ways of driving.CTo complain about the change of the two ways of driving.DTo compare the differences of the t
19、wo ways of driving.There is an old story about a king and his daughter. The king asked his daughter how much she loved him. She said that she loved him as much as she loved salt. Her answer made the king sad. Salt is a simple thing, and it is very common. So the king thought his daughter didnt care
20、about him. But the king was wrong. Salt might be common, but it is very important. Throughout history, salt has caused wars. So why do people care so much about salt?Salt has many uses. Our bodies need salt. If we dont have enough, our body cant work properly. We put salt on icy roads to make them s
21、afe. We also use salt to produce other products. Products like paper, glass, rubber and soap depend on salt. But for many years, salts most important job was preserving(保存)food.Like other living things, most bacteria(细菌)that cause food to spoil need water to survive. Salt absorbs large amounts of wa
22、ter, so most bacteria cannot live in a salty environment. As a result, salt has the ability to preserve almost anything. For much of human history, this ability has made salt treasured. Every ancient culture from Egypt to China depended on salt. Even today, we compare hardworking, useful people to s
23、alt by calling them the salt of the earth.For centuries, salt was also hard to get. The combination(组合)of usefulness and rarity made it extremely expensive. Since almost everyone needed salt, the salt trade was an important business. Salt could even be used like money. In fact, the word salary(工资)co
24、mes from the word salt. And valuable people are still described as being worth their salt. Today, salt is easy to get. It is no longer expensive, but it is still both important and useful.7In the first paragraph, the writer is trying to make readers .Abecome interested in the old story Bunderstand t
25、he importance of saltCfall in love with salt Dunderstand the daughters love to salt8Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?ASalt is very common, but it has many uses.BSalt was so valuable that it was once used like money.CAlthough salt is cheap now, its still important and usefu
26、lDWe can use salt to produce all the products we need.9Whats the meaning of the underlined word rarity?Athe quality of being rare Bthe quality of being importantCthe quality of being common Dthe quality of being usefulColoring is an activity that children worldwide have long enjoyed. With a picture
27、already made for them, kids simply chose a crayon,pencil or marker of their favorite color and fill it in. Today, it also becomes more and more popular among teenagers and even adults, who are enjoying relaxing hours of coloring. In December, five of the top ten best-selling books in the United Stat
28、es were coloring books.They are fun,but are coloring books good for you?The good feedback(反馈)from customers is encouraging. Trina Lucida, a popular artist creating coloring books, says that many of her customers are buying the coloring books for others who are sick or going through a hard time. She
29、adds that the big idea behind her latest book is to encourage people to do something creative.Lucida is right,according to Allan Rohan,a psychology(心理学)professor. Many customers think of coloring books as a new creative stage, he said in an interview,but whats more important is that people spend tim
30、e coloring in order to reduce stress after a long day. Research shows that coloring can reduce stress by guiding people to focus on(专注)one simple task. When a person is filling in a flower with a light purple color,he focuses on the flower and forgets about all his troubles in life.Experts add that
31、coloring may relieve a certain kind of pain. Doing the coloring helps people relax their mind and calm down. Also,coloring helps peoples brain in a healthy way. The shape of the drawing makes one side of the brain active, while the color of the drawing improves the other. Coloring can bring out your
32、 imagination and take you back to your childhood. Interesting,isnt it?Its very relaxing, said Susan Jackson,a big fan of Lucidas coloring books. Coloring frees my mind. And its not just to try to fill blank(空白的)pages. The pictures make me happy and there is just something about them. So Im saving the pictures I like best to the very end.10Trina Lucida wants her coloring books to .Aencourage people to be creative
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