2018年中考英语押题卷(四)

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A

This is a tale of two friends ---

one is blind, the other has no arms. On their own, the two are “disabled”. But

together, they are a powerful team that has changed part of their village in North China’s Hebei Province into a rich,

green forest. Meet 53-year-old Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi!

Their story began in 2000, when Haixia, who was already blind in his right eye, lost his left one after an illness.

Wenqi lost his arms in an accident when he was just three. Neither

could find a job, so the two decided to team up. They rented some poor land and began to plant trees. In return, the local

officials

paid

them

a

small

fee.

Haixia

and

Wenqi

never

imagined

that

they

would

end

up

creating

an

environmental

paradise. Their forest now has over 10,000 trees, hundreds of birds and many other wild animals. In addition, it saves the

village from river flooding during the rainy season. When the friends work together, they focus on their strengths not

their disabilities.

Their day begins at 7 a.m. when the sightless Haixia carries Wenqi across the river to get to their worksite. Since

they cannot afford to buy young trees to plant, the two use branches from existing trees. Haixia climbs to the tree-top and

with Wenqi’s direction, selects the perfect b

ranch. He then digs a hole and carefully plants it. Finally Wenqi waters the

area. Though hard-

working, the men don’t make much money. But as Wenqi puts it, “We stand on our own feet, so the

fruits of our work taste sweeter.”

Neither Haixia nor Wenqi cares about money. Together, they already have everything

they need --- a perfect pair of eyes, two strong hands, and the best friendship in the world!

1. Why did Haixia and Wenqi start working together

needed someone to help him.

B. They both needed a way to make money.

wanted to improve the environment. D. They were required to do so by local officials.

2. Haixia and Wenqi’s forest has helped the village by_____.

A. stopping floods in the rainy season

B. increasing the number of tourists

C. making the villagers richer

D. providing more farmland

3. Why do Haixia and Wenqi plant tree branches

A. They are easy to get.

B. They do not cost money.

C. They can grow very quickly.

D. They are preferred by animals.

4. In paragrap

h 5, when Wenqi says “We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter”, he means that

“______”.

A. they hope to make the forest even better B. the fruits from their trees are very sweet

C. they are proud not to depend on others D. they are able to do any difficult work

5. What can we learn from this story

A. Never give up and you will succeed.

B. We should help the disabled to work.

C. Try your best when facing difficulties. D. We can achieve more with teamwork.

B

Shadow puppet play(

皮影戏

), also called “shadow play”, is a traditional Chinese art of storytelling. Dramas were

played out in screen or walls for thousands of years to entertain(

娱乐

) and instruct. It was very popular in many

parts of China during the Tang (618

—

907) and Song (960

—

1279) periods. Shadow puppets are made of hard leather(

皮

革

). The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colors and put

on a stick. Different colors are used to show good and bad of person in the drama. Some puppets have movable arms

legs . They’re reflected(

反射，映出

) on the white screen through the light. During a shadow puppet play, the players

stand behind a white screen with lights behind it The audience sit in front of the screen. The players hold the puppets

very close to the screen so the audience can see the puppets shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do

the voices of the different roles. Now with TV and films, shadow puppets plays are not as popular as before. But the

basic principle(

愿望

) and ways of shadow performance played an important leading role in the invention of the modern

movie

and

the

development

of

the

movies

and

cartoons.

Nowadays,

the

Chinese

shadow

puppet

plays

have

been

collected by the museums of many countries in the world. It is the treasure in the world culture and art family.

(

)6. Shadow puppet play was very popular _______.

A. through the Tang and Song periods

B. before the Tang and Song periods

C. after the Tang and Song periods

D. between the year 907 and the year 960

(

)7. _______ do the voices of the different roles.

A. The puppets

B. The inventors

C. The players

D. The screen

(

)8. The underlined word “audience” might mean _______ in the passage.

A.

艺人

B.

观众

C.

木偶

D.

皮影

(

)9. According to the passage, which of the following in NOT true?

A. Shadow play is an art of storytelling to entertain and instruct

B. The colors of each shadow puppet don’t have any meaning

C. Shadow play is important for the development of cartoons

D. Shadow play is regarded as the development in the world culture

(

)10. The best title for the passage may be _______.

A. The Making of Shadow Puppets

B. History of Chinese Shadow Play

C. How to Put on a Shadow Play

D. Shadow Play --- A Traditional Chinese Art

C

We

can’t

remember

clearly

since

when

we

started

to

take

our

mobiles

to

a

dinner

table

．

This

happens

a

lot

，

especially

when

we

eat

out

．

Once

a

dish

comes

，

instead

of

lifting

our

chopsticks

，

we

take

out

our

mobiles

and

click

．

Later

，

we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat

，

waiting to be “liked”

．

Then we check our mobiles from time to

time during the meal

，

to see whether we get“liked”or not

．

We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal

．

Does that sound familiar to you

？

Do you do that often

？

If not

，

how do you feel when others do that when having dinner

with you

？

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good

．

Spending time taking photos of food makes

the food less pleasant

．

To test this

，

some researchers did an experiment

．

Some people were asked to take photos before

they could enjoy food

．

As a result

，

it showed that the more photos they took

，

．

，

why not stop taking photos and just

enjoy the food in front of you

？

Besides

the

scientific

result

，

there

are

also

some

other

bad

influences

of

taking

photos

of

food

before

meals

．

After

posting the photos onto the Internet

，

one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times

．

“Does

everyone like my photos

？

I hope a lot of people like them!” It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the

time

，

even when you are with real people

．

So< /p>

，

next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends

，

how about

not taking photos of food

？

Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you

．

Trust me

，

it will

be a wonderful time

．

the passage

，

what happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays

？

A. People talk about their Weibo or WeChat

．

B. People learn from each other how to cook dishes

．

C. People like taking photos with friends or families

．

D. People take photos of food and post them before eating

．

of the following can be put in the

_____in Paragraph 3

？

A.

the less cheerful they became

B. the less delicious the food seemed to them

C. the more interested they were in the food

D

．

the more “liked” they got on

Weibo or Wechat

does the fourth paragraph talk about

？

A. The reasons for checking your mobiles

．

B. The ways of posting the photos onto the Internet

．

C. The tips

（提示）

of making others like your photos on the Weibo

．

D. Some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals

．

of the following is the writer’s opinion

？

A. We take out our mobiles and click when a dish comes

．

B. We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal

．

C. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant

．

D. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food

．

can we learn from the passage

？

A. Take photos of food in order to have a wonderful life

．

B. Take photos of delicious food and share them with others

．

C. Remember to have dinner with our family and friends at home

．

D. Enjoy the life with people around us instead of taking photos of food

．

D

Environment is becoming more serious. Watching news about the environment on TV can make people feel terrible.

T

he

problems

seem

so

big

that

it’s

difficult

to

imagine

how

persons

can

do

anything

about

them.

Rebecca

Hosking,

however, thought differently.

Rebecca is a wildlife camera woman and she was filming a documentary for the BBC in the Pacific Ocean when she

saw something that made her cry for quite lot of dead birds that had died because they had eaten some plastic(

塑料

) that

is thrown into the sea each year. Beaches that used to be beautiful were covered with plastic toys, bottles, pens---every

plastic thing you can think of.

Rebecca decided she had to do something. Back at home she thought about what she could do to help do with the

problem of throwaway plastic. In her hometown of Modbury, she asked local shop owners to stop using plastic bags in

their c bags are used everywhere in the UK . The numbers are amazing. The UK uses nearly 17, 000, 000,

000 plastic bags each year. And the bags can take a very long time to break down because they are chemical(

化学物

)

rather than natural, so each year the sea and the environment become more and more Rebecca’s surprise, the

shop owners agreed and Modbury became the first no-using plastic bag town in the UK. Instead, shops offered cotton

bags or paper bags. Other towns around UK followed Modbury’s example and no more use plastic bags. It won’t deal

with all of the world’s environment problems but it shows that there is something we can do and that one person can

make a big change with a strong enough decision.

16. From the first paragraph we may know ________.

A. People are clever enough to do something about the environment