河大版备战中考初中英语专项训练阅读理解科普环保类II 卷.docx

1、河大版备战中考初中英语专项训练阅读理解科普环保类II 卷河大版2020年备战中考初中英语专项训练阅读理解（科普环保类）（II ）卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 阅读理解 (共5题；共52分)1. （10分） (2019杭州模拟) 阅读理解 Using iPads to Make Learning FunPaper, pencil, whiteboard, textbook are the tools you need if you want to go to school. But recently, you can add another one to the list: an iPad

2、. Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos, but it is also being used to make learning fun.Scientists now know that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves, so recently software developers have made iPad applications(应用程序) that look li

3、ke video games, but have strong educational content. One of the best examples of this new form of teaching application is Futaba, game in which up to four children try to recognize a spinning旋转的）object, and then identify what it is. The game can be used to teach English, math, foreign languages, or

4、just about anything, and students love it. Teachers can even make their own questions. The important thing is that children enjoy the game, and dont even realize how much they are learning! So the next time you have to choose between making your child study or letting them play game, just rememberth

5、ey could do both at the same time!（1） What can be added to the school thing list according to the passage? A . An ipad.B . An English textbook.C . A pencil.D . A whiteboard.（2） What does the underlined word tablet probably mean in Chinese in this passage? A . 药片B . 掌上电脑C . 牌匾D . 桌子（3） Futaba is _. A

6、 . an old kind of classroomB . a new outdoor activityC . a new educational applicationD . a very old tool of teaching（4） Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A . Scientists think that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves.B . Futaba can only be used to teach language

7、s.C . Teachers can make their own questions usingD . The writer thinks children can study and have fun playing games at the same time.2. （12分） 阅读理解 When on the go or traveling, a Disposable(一次性) Toothbrush might be just the product for you, Typically, a Disposable Toothbrush is made out of a plastic

8、 material, with toothpaste already on the brush head. Just add water while you are using it. In some new Disposable Toothbrush models, the toothpaste comes automatically(自动地) as you squeeze (挤) the handle of the toothbrush.Colgate has upped the competition in the Disposable Toothbrush market by crea

9、ting a Disposable Toothbrush that you can use at your desk at work, in your car, or after eating at a restaurant. This toothbrush is called the Colgate Wisp, and is about the size of an index finger. The toothbrush can get to those places that are hard to reach just like a regular toothbrush. No wat

10、er is necessary when using this toothbrush, making it very useful and convenient. A pack of four of the Colgate Wisps run at about $2.99. If you are one of those people that like to brush your teeth throughout the day but hate the hassle of carrying a toothbrush and toothpaste around, this is perfec

11、t!G is a website that allows different people to share their thoughts and experiences on a certain product. The website gives a general review on the Colgate Wisp，and following the review, people are able to share their first-hand feelings with readers. This is helpful if you are interested in purch

12、asing the Wisp. Visit their website here: .However, people throw them away after using them only once. It is a kind of waste and is very bad for the environment. If you travel to Beijing， remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with

13、 these disposable goods.（1） What do you need to do when you use a typical Disposable Toothbrush? A . Use my index finger.B . Add water to the toothbrush.C . Brush my teeth three times,D . Buy it from gadgets. .（2） What does the underlined word hassle in Paragraph 2 mean? A . Trouble.B . Habit.C . Ti

14、me.D . Idea.（3） What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph? A . We should try to avoid using the disposable goods.B . Hotels in Beijing dont like the disposable goods.C . Travelers like the disposable goods very much.D . The disposable goods are made out of plastics.（4） What is the b

15、est title for the passage? A . Environment protectionB . The Disposable ToothbrushC . Colgate WispD . G3. （10分） 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。DDo you know a kind of bird called tawny owl? Where does it come from? It comes from Finland (芬兰). What color is it? It is brown. Are all the tawny owls brown? No. Tawny owls

16、 come in two colors: pale gray and brown. And in Finland, it often snowed in winter. Many tawny owls were pale gray. But as the Finnish (芬兰的)winters get warmer, there are more brown ones. Why is that?The University of Helsinki team tries to study tawny owls. They find that tawny owls get the color f

17、rom their parents. The gray owls could get food easily in the snow in the past. But now the winter is warmer. There is little snow so the brown owls can live well, too. The number of the owls is getting bigger.The leader of the team, Dr Patrick Karell, said that the birds change their color to meet

18、the weather. We are sure the weather change can do something to the animals.（1） Tawny owls come in two colors: .A . pale gray and blackB . pale gray and brownC . blue and brownD . yellow and brown（2） What was the weather like in Finland in the past?A . It was warm.B . It was windy.C . It was snowy.D

19、 . It was rainy.（3） What does the underlined word “meet” mean?A . To see and talk with sb.B . To change something to suit different conditions.C . Tb suffer from sth.D . To fight against sth.（4） Which of the following is WRONG?A . The tawny owl comes from Finland.B . In Finland, it was cold in winte

20、r.C . There is little snow so the brown owls can live well.D . There is little snow so the gray owls can live well.4. （10分） 阅读理解(A)News One: 29 October, 2015The government of China plans to end its one-child per family policy(政策) and instead let families have two children. The plan was announced Thu

21、rsday after high-level meetings in Beijing.China，which has the largest population，made the one-child policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children.News Two: 05 October

22、, 2015The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Swedens Nobel Prize committee (委员会) says the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China.William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine averme

23、ctin. The Nobel committee praised their work on what it calls a novel therapy. The treatment fights disease caused by parasites（寄生虫）.The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou. She discovered artemisinin. Artemisinin is a drug that has greatly made the number of people who

24、die from malaria(疟疾) smaller.News Three: 09 December, 2015Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009.Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday. However, the main group of oil producing countries has been unable to reduce

25、the oil production.（1） How long did Chinas one-child policy last? A . 38 years.B . 35 years.C . 25 years.D . 65 years.（2） Who got the Nobel Prize for medicine?A . Tu Youyou from China.B . William Campbell from Ireland.C . William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan.D . William Campbel

26、l from Ireland, Satoshi Omura from Japan and Tu Youyou from China.（3） What is the price of Brent crude oil on Tuesday? A . $40 a barrel.B . Over $40 a barrel.C . Less than $40 a barrel.D . Less than￥40 a barrel.（4） What can we know from News Three? A . There is only one kind oil on the world market.

27、B . Main oil producing countries will produce less oil.C . Oil prices on Tuesday are the lowest in history.D . Main oil producing countries will still produce as much oil as before.（5） Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A . The oil prices are the lowest in 2009.B . The arte

28、misinin has saved lots of lives.C . There are the most people in China in the world.D . Not many Chinese couples can have two children in China in the past few years.5. （10分） Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking ri

29、ght at you!Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.In the first one, Baker sat behind unknow

30、ing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when h

31、e questioned the subjects, almostall of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they werent. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared