江苏省常州市金坛区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

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江苏省常州市金坛区
2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编
阅读理解
2023年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题
三、阅读理解（共14小题；每小题2分, 满分28分）
Please use the equipment（设备）in this gym in a safe and responsible way at all times and remember these points.
*Proper clothing and shoes for exercise should be worn.
*Do not use any equipment if you are drunk.
* No food or drinks(except water ). No smoking.
*Do not use the equipment shortly after having eaten.
*Do not wear jewelry during your workouts.
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* Weight lifting should be done with a friend or trainer.
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*Carry a mobile phone when exercising to call for help in case of difficulty or emergency（紧急）.
*Please return all equipment to its place and wipe down equipment after use.
*Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
To prevent COVID -19. please remember these points:
* Temperature will be taken before members and guests are allowed to enter the gym.
*Keep 1. 5 meters of distance from other people.
*Wear your mask.
*Wash your bands often.
23. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Wearing jewelry is allowed.
B. Keep one metre of distance from other people.
C. Smoking is not allowed.
D. Use the equipment any time you like.
24. What's the purpose of carrying a mobile phone when exercising?
A. To know the time spent on exercise.
B. To play games to kill time.
C. To get help when meeting any problem.
D. To avoid missing important phones.
25. What's the passage mainly about?
A. Study skills. B. Safety tips. C. How to relax. D. Which sport to choose.
B
Some of the children's dreams about the Neverland were similar. This was because they were all in the same family and they had all heard the same stories from their mother. Many stories talked about a boy named Peter Pan. Peter Pan lived in the Neverland with the fairies（小精灵）and he could fly. Wendy especially believed in Peter Pan.
"Peter Pan must be an old man now, " joked Mrs. Darling.
"No. mom!"cried Wendy. "Peter will never grow up. He will always be a boy about the same age and height as me!"
Mr. Darling laughed when Wendy spoke about Peter Pan. He did not believe in Peter Pan or the Neverland. "Nana probably made the children believe in Peter Pan. I'm sure that Wendy will soon forget about Peter Pan!"Mr. Darling told his wife.
But Peter Pan did not want the children to forget him. So that same night he came to the Darlings' house. He whispered dreams of the Neverland into their ears while they were sleeping. Wendy had a wonderful dream about the Neverland that night.
The next day Wendy saw that the window was open and knew that Peter Pan had come to visit. "Look!"she yelled to her mother. "There are tree leaves on the floor and he forgot to clean his shoes!"
"How could Peter Pan come into the house without first knocking at the door?" asked her mother. "The door is always locked. "
"He flew in through our window! Go upstairs and look! The tree leaves are next to the window!"Mrs. Darling did not want to tell Wendy that the Neverland and Peter Pan were just a dream and make her daughter sad. So she walked upstairs after breakfast and examined some of the leaves. She was surprised to sec that they didn't look like the leaves that grew on the trees next to the house!
---Taken from Peter Pan
26. Where did Peter Pan live according to the passage?
A. England. B. The Neverland. C. A wooden house. D. Mr. Darling's home.
27. Why did Peter Pan come to the Darlings' house that night?
A. Because be wanted to bring some tree leaves to Wendy. B. Because he did not want the children to forget him. C. Because he was so hungry that he wanted to find some food. D. Because he would like to make the children sleep better. 28. What can we infer（推断）from the passage？
A. Peter Pan was an old man all children liked.
B. Mr Darling didn't believe in Peter Pan or the Neverland.
C. Maybe Mrs. Darling believed in Peter Pan in the end.
D. The Neverland and Peter Pan were just a dream.
C
It is said that Thomas Edison used to chase the twilight（追求模糊状态）moments between wakefulness and sleep. Supposedly, he used to fall asleep in a chair, holding two balls in his hands. As he nodded off, the balls fell down. The resulting noise woke him up. Then, he could write down his inventive ideas before he fell into a deep sleep and forgot them. This inspired a new study.
Researchers tested Edison's method of encouraging creativity with 103 healthy people. Volunteers came to the lab to solve a number problem. They were asked to change some numbers into a shorter sequence（序列）. They were told to follow two simple rules. However, what the volunteers weren't told was that there was an easy trick to finish this task. The second number in the sequence would always be the correct final number.
After doing this task 60 times, volunteers got a 20-minute break. Volunteers held the similar balls that Edison used as "alarm clocks". The researchers told them to rest or sleep if they wanted to. All the while, their brain waves were kept track of （跟踪）. More than half of the volunteers stayed awake. Twenty-four fell asleep and stayed in the stage（阶段） of sleep called N1. Fourteen others progressed to N2, a deeper stage of sleep.
After their rest, volunteers returned to their number problem. People who reached the NI stage of sleep were 2. 7 times as likely to discover the hidden trick as people who stayed awake and were 5. 8 times as likely to discover the trick as people who fell into a deeper sleep stage.
"Such obvious（明显的）differences in such experiments arc not common, " said Delphine Oudiette, a scientist. "We were quite surprised at the results, and more work is needed to show the connection between NI and creativity. "Interestingly, according to the result of the experiment, people may be able to learn to take advantage of that twilight stage of sleep Undoubtedly. Edison is such a great person、but there is no need to pay too much attention to Edison's habit. He is also said to have considered sleep "a total waste of time".
29. Why did Edison chase the twilight moments between wakefulness and sleep?
A. To fall asleep faster. B. To have inventive ideas.
C. To keep healthy. D. To be different.
30. How many volunteers stayed awake after the researchers told them to rest or sleep?
A. 65 B. 24 C. 14 D. 51
31. Who was the most likely to discover the hidden trick in the test?
A. Volunteers who stayed awake.
B. Volunteers who progressed to N2.
C. Volunteers who reached the N1 stage of sleep.
D. All the volunteers who took part in the study.
32. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. It's necessary to pay much attention to Thomas Edison's habit.
B. Chasing the twilight moments proved to be true.
C. To show the connection between NI and creativity, there is still a long way to go.
D. Delphine Oudiette is sure of the connection between Nl and creativity.
D
Tonight, our family was going out to play under the full moon.
We first started going on full moon walks for ourselves, because my husband Todd and I, loved them and we needed these little doses of moonlight to stay happy and to function（起作用）in society. But after we became parents, we did this for our children. We wanted Sierra and Bryce to see that there is much magic in the natural world and that most of it is accessible（可达到的）to anyone. We also wanted to show them that it was not necessary to travel far from home to have an adventure, learn, and experience something new. Nearly every month, our family went into the night to "play" by the full moon.
Once we arrived at our location that evening, Sierra and I stood holding hands, waiting to cheer the full moon in its rising. A thin sliver of the apricot（杏黄色）moon poked above the shape of the Blue Mountain Ridge. Everyone stood up and watched its rising. More of the moon came out until it turned into a brilliant orange sphere. Todd explained to Sicrra and Bryce that the moon makes no light of its own, but simply acts like a mirror, reflecting（反射）the sunlight back to us long after the sun has sunk below the horizon（地平线）.
"Does the moon's face change?"Brycc asked. I told him that the moon rotates with the earth, but it does not spin on its axis（轴）like the earth does. The same side of the moon is always facing the earth. We never see the other side, the far side of the moon. Sierra said that the moon looked larger and closer when it was rising. I explained that it is an optical illusion（视错觉）because it is so close to the horizon that the moon tricks our eyes into comparing it with nearby objects to create the impression of increased size.
Much of the knowledge that Todd and I shared with the kids had been learned from our past life experiences. If we did not have the knowledge to explain and educate. we looked it up, cither beforehand（提前）to improve the experience. or afterwards. together, after we wondered and came up with a list of questions.
Opportunities（机会）to explore magical experiences and learning is right in your neighbourhood. Sometimes all it takes is going outdoors and looking up at the heavens.
33. How often does the writer go to play under the full moon with his family?
A. Once a year. B. Once a month. C. Once a week. D. Every day.
34. What does the underlined word "rotate" in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A. Circle. B. Float. C. Rise. D. Drop.
35. The moon looks larger and closer when rising because________________.
A. the distance from the earth is becoming shorter
B. the other side of it never faces the earth
C. it does not spin on its axis like the earth does
D. comparing it with nearby objects creates an illusion
36. Which of the following opinions may the writer support?
A. Never travel far from home to have an adventure.
B. Travel far from home to have an adventure more often.
C. Good learning opportunities are just around the comer.
D. There is much more magic in books and most of it is accessible to anyone.
四、还原句子（共4小题：每小题1. 5分, 满分6分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的八个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Most people enjoy listening to music. But if you ask your classmates what kind of music they like, you may get many different answers. 37 ________ What do these differences say about people? Researchers from Cambridge University tried to answer the questions. They surveyed 350, 000 people from 50 different countries. 38___________
Outgoing people, for example, prefer rhythmic music and danceable music. People who enjoy country music are shown to be more serious about their work. One of the results is quite interesting. The researchers predicted（预测）that people who were under too much stress should like either sad music to express their feelings or rhythmic music to improve their moods. But it turned out that these people liked neither. 39 ________ Perhaps it helps reduce their stress.
The researchers also found that climates might influence people's musical preferences（偏爱）and personality. People in warmer climates prefer danceable music. They are more outgoing. This may be a result of longer daylight hours and warmer evenings.
Of course, nothing is clear-cut（确切的）. 40 _________ The Cambridge study shows us that people of different cultures are more similar than we think.
"People may be divided by geography, language and culture, ”said Dr. David Greenberg, the leading researcher. "But if an outgoing person in one part of the world likes the same music as outgoing people elsewhere, then we can say that music is really like a powerful bridge. "
A. Do you enjoy listening to music?
B. In fact, they prefer loud and powerful music.
C. Too much stress makes people in a bad mood.
D. We may not group people just by their musical tastes.
E. Why do different people have different musical preferences?
F. Then. they discovered some connections between musical preferences and personality.

2022年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题
三、阅读理解（共14小题;每小题2分, 满分 28分）
A
My name is Tony Fontes. I am a native Californian. In 1979 I went diving at the Great Barrier Reef for the first time. I was so amazed by the experience that 1 decided to stay in Australia For the past 42 years, 1 have lived at Airlie Beach. It's a small seaside community in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef.
As a dive instructor （教练），I spend much of my time underwater. Through careful observation, I have noted heartbreaking changes in the environment. One of them is the increase in coral bleaching （珊瑚白化）.This serious problem happens when the green and brown coral reefs（礁）lose their colors and turn white. In the early 1980s, bleaching was not a serious problem. By the mid-1990s, it was happening each summer. The late 1990s and early 2000s brought some of the largest bleaching events on record. You could even see the bleached coral from the air. Unlike before, these more recent bleaching events have resulted in the death of the coral.
Coral bleaching and many other dangerous changes are being caused by climate change, especially global warming. It often takes ten years for a coral reef to fully recover. However, more bleaching events are taking place each year. Il's hard to say whether the bleached coral will ever recover. If the world's coral reefs are to survive, we must keep the global increase in ocean temperature below two degrees Celsius. We need to reduce our emissions（排放）of carbon dioxide and pay more attention to the health of our oceans. All of us can do something to save the coral. Take action now. It's going to be bard to explain to our kids how we lost the beautiful Great Barrier.
23. The underlined word "heartbreaking" can be replaced （代替）by _____________.
A. vey sad B. very incrusting C. very exciting D. very important
24. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. The increase in coral bleaching. B. The cause of coral bleaching.
C. The changes in the environment D. The beauty of coral bleaching
25. What does the writer mainly want to say?
A. It is difficult for us to save the coral.
B. It is important for us to the coral.
C. It is impossible for us to improve the situation.
D. It is dangerous for us to live on the Earth.
B
Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen, With a checklist of criteria （衡量标准，尺度）in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They looked for a university that offered the teenager intended major （主修科目）,one located near a large city, and a campus （大学校园）where their daughter would be safe.
" The safety problem is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn't alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar worries, and the same question was always asked: What about crime? Bat when college officials always gave the same answer—"That's not a problem here." —Mahoney began to （eel uneasy.
" No crime whatsoever? " comments （评论）Mahoney today. "I just don't believe it1' In 1999 the U.S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. ''Parents need to understand that times have changed?* says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. "Campus crime mirrors （反映）the rest of the country.1'
But getting exact information isn't easy. Colleges must report crime statistics （统计数字）by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity （名声），leaving （he honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be serious/1 warns S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the country's leading campus safety watchdog （监视）group.
To help concerned （关注的）parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime problems and effective solutions （解决方法）.
26. The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August _________________.
A. to express the opinions of many parents
B. to choose a right one for their daughter
C. to check the cost of college education
D. to find a right one near a large city
27. It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some colleges _________.
A. receive too many visitors B. mirror the rest of the country
C. hide the truth of campus crime D. have too many watchdog groups
28. What is the text mainly about?
A. Exact campus crime statistics. B. Crimes on or around campuses.
C. Effective solutions to campus crime. D Concerns about kids' campus safety.
C
Octopuses（章鱼）are kind of like aliens. They are amazing in many ways. They have three hearts They can walk, They can swim, and They can drive themselves forward at high speed. They can change colour and copy what other animals do. They even know how to open screw-top jars（带螺旋盖的罐子） and how to use tools!
Octopuses are mollusks（软体动物）. But unlike many other mollusks, they don't have a shell This allows them to pass through tiny spaces. Although octopuses mainly eat small fish, they are able to attack and kill small sharks. They make the sharks unable to breathe by covering their gill（锡）openings.
One thing that makes octopuses seem like aliens is their blue blood. It is much better at transporting oxygen in cold and low-oxygen conditions (like the deep sea)than our red blood Octopuses lose energy easily. This may help explain their outstanding intelligence: They can't chase after their prey（猎物） for a long time. They must use clever tricks.
As a hunter, an octopus brings is prey under control through the use of a powerful poison（毒）. The smaller the octopus, the stronger the poison. The ten-centimeter-long blue-ringed octopus is so poisonous that it can easily kill a grown man. Octopuses themselves can be delicious prey to many different animals in the vast（辽阔的）ocean, but They are clever enough to know how to keep themselves safe--many of the times. With their colour changing skin, octopuses can easily "hide" themselves or flash alarming colours to frighten their enemies away. If that doesn't work, the octopus will release a cloud of dark ink and quickly escape.
Perhaps the most amazing part of an octopus is its arms. They can turn in any direction. The arms are too complex to be controlled from a central brain. Instead, they work almost independently. An octopus gives instructions and believes that they will be carried out. This means that the animal doesn't have a very good idea of where its arms are. They can't work out the shape of something by feeling it like we can.
29. What can octopuses do?
a. walk and swim b. drive forward at high speed
c. change colour and open the jars d. copy people's action
A. abc B. abd C. acd D. bcd
30. What colour is octopuses' blood?
A. Red. B. Green. C. Blue. D. Black.
31. Why do Octopuses flash alarming colours?
A. Because they want to hide themselves.
B. Because they want to make themselves beautiful.
C. Because they want to keep themselves safe.
D. Because they want to show their clever tricks.
32. Which of the following sentences is true?
A. Octopuses are mollusks with shells.
B. Octopuses can kill small sharks by covering their gill openings.
C. The bigger octopuses have stronger poison than
D. Octopuses' arms are easy to be controlled.
D
A long time ago the Mongols ruled （统治）China. The Hans wanted to force the Mongols back to Mongolia, but they could not find a way to organize their army. Everywhere they went, the Mongols watched closely.
Worst of all, the Mongols forced every twentieth Chinese family to give shelter to one Mongol soldier.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a hero of the Han people. He wanted to overthrow（推翻）the Mongols. He had already led several uprisings （暴动），but he bad been defeated. He was talking one day to his adviser Liu Bowen.
"It's nearly time for the Mid-autumn Festival, " he said. "We still haven't been able to drive the Mongols away. I’m very unhappy about it. "
Liu Bowen did not reply. He was thinking about moon cakes. People would exchange moon cakes at the Mid-autumn Festival.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "The Mongols will be watching every move we make. They will be in the houses when we go to greet our friends. They will listen to everything we say. How can we organize our army? How can we overthrow them?" He looked at Liu Bowen, “Why aren't you speaking?” he asked.
“Moon cakes, " said Liu Bowen. "That's the answer. Moon cakes."
“I think you've gone mad, " said Zhu Yuanzhang, "How can cakes be the answer to a problem like this?"
" Do you think that the Mongols will object if we give our friends moon cakes?"
" Of course not,” said Zhu, "We do it every year. They're quite used to it."
"I have an idea for passing information without the Mongols knowing anything about it；' said Liu Bowen. "We'll put a message into each cake telling people when to attack."
Zhu Yuanzhang was delighted. "What a good idea!” he said. “The Mongols will never suspect anything. "
Their people worked very hard to make moon cakes for the Han people. Into each moon cake they put a little piece of paper. Then it was wrapped in waxed paper so that it would not be spoiled.
When the Han people received their moon cakes, they soon learned the time and date of the attack. The Mongols suspected nothing.
At last the night of the attack came. The people in the city rose up and killed the Mongol soldiers living in their houses. The Han people won and the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown. At last the Ming Dynasty was set up in 1368.
33. Who came up with the idea for passing information by moon cakes?
A. The Han people. B. The army commander. C. Zhu Yuanzhang. D. Liu Bowen.
34. Which of the following sentence is true?
A. All the Chinese families have to give shelter to the Mongol soldiers.
B. A little piece of paper was put into each moon cake to pass information.
C. The Mongols suspected something at first,
D. The Mongols were used to giving cakes at the Mid-autumn Festival.
35. Please put the events below into a correct order.
a. The Mongols ruled China harshly.
b. People learned the information about the attack.
c. Liu Bowen thought of an idea to organize the army.
d. The Ming Dynasty was set up.
e. The moon cakes were baked with a little piece slipped into each one.
f. Zhu Yuanzhang led some uprisings but was defeated.
g. People rose up and killed the Mongol soldiers.
A. acgfbed B. acgfebd C. afcebgd D. afcbegd
36. Which could be the best title for the passage?
A. How the Moon Cakes Saved China
B. How the Han People Exchanged the Moon Cakes
C. How the Mongols Ruled China
D. How the Yuan Dynasty Was Set up
四、还原句子（共4小题：每小题1. 5分, 满分6分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给的八个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Most people enjoy listening to music. But if you ask your classmates what kind of music they like, you may get many different answers. 37 ________ What do these differences say about people? Researchers from Cambridge University tried to answer the questions. They surveyed 350, 000 people from 50 different countries. 38___________
Outgoing people, for example, prefer rhythmic music and danceable music. People who enjoy country music are shown to be more serious about their work. One of the results is quite interesting. The researchers predicted（预测）that people who were under too much stress should like either sad music to express their feelings or rhythmic music to improve their moods. But it turned out that these people liked neither. 39 ________ Perhaps it helps reduce their stress.
The researchers also found that climates might influence people's musical preferences（偏爱）and personality. People in warmer climates prefer danceable music. They are more outgoing. This may be a result of longer daylight hours and warmer evenings.
Of course, nothing is clear-cut（确切的）. 40 _________ The Cambridge study shows us that people of different cultures are more similar than we think.
"People may be divided by geography, language and culture, ”said Dr. David Greenberg, the leading researcher. "But if an outgoing person in one part of the world likes the same music as outgoing people elsewhere, then we can say that music is really like a powerful bridge. "
A. Do you enjoy listening to music?
B. In fact, they prefer loud and powerful music.
C. Too much stress makes people in a bad mood.
D. We may not group people just by their musical tastes.
E. Why do different people have different musical preferences?
F. Then. they discovered some connections between musical preferences and personality.

2021年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题
三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）
A
As AI (人工智能) develops, the differences between humans and machines are becoming unclear. Robots can be as smart as humans and do some of the same things we can do. What does it mean to be humans? We have asked ourselves this question since the appearance of AI. The development of AI has made this question even more complicated (复杂的).
In 2017, a robot called Sophia was made a Saudi Arabian citizen. No robot had a nationality before. It was the first. That has raised questions about whether robots should have the same rights as humans in the future.
Of course, AI is still far away from being able to have feelings like humans. The question about whether AI will have rights or not is a bit silly at the moment. But all of us should notice that AI can learn from the things humans teach it—for better or worse.
For instance, in 2016, Microsoft introduced Tay— a computer programme that could hold conversations with people through social media. Tay learned how to talk with humans by reading the things they wrote online. Within less than 24 hours, Tay went from writing polite replies to making rude comments (评论). It learned to “say” these rude things from real humans.
In the future, we will be required to programme AI with a sense of ethics (伦理学) and morality (道德) — one of the things that make us different from any other animal on Earth. AI can do many of the same things we do, such as driving cars or ordering food. But it cannot tell the differences between right and wrong. It cannot feel sadness or joy. It cannot tell beauty. And that is what truly makes us humans so special.
23. Sophia is different from other robots because it ________.
A. looks like a human B. is the first AI robot C. has a nationality D. can talk with humans
24. The writer wants to show that ________ with the example of Tay.
A. AI can tell the differences between right and wrong
B. AI usually learns bad things very quickly
C. AI should have the same rights as humans
D. AI can learn from things humans teach it
25. What is the main idea of the fifth paragraph?
A. AI is still different from humans.
B. AI has become quite similar to humans.
C. AI technology has developed really well.
D. AI can develop ethics and morality on its own.
B
What would you choose as your university major (专业)? Perhaps some of you would choose archaeology(考古), even though it’s somewhat unpopular. Zhong Fangrong ranked fourth among Hunan province’s liberal arts (文科) students on the 2020 national college entrance exam, or gaokao. She decided to major in archaeology at Peking University.
This made news on social media. Many people were surprised by her decision and questioned her, saying that she was wasting her grades by choosing a major with few job opportunities.
However, Liu Zhiyan from the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology (文物考古研究院) said people who have questioned Zhong’s choice have a poor understanding of archaeology. After graduation, Zhong can work at public museums or archaeology research institutes, or she can work for private archaeological companies, Liu said. These are common choices for young people who major in archeology.
Actually, archaeology might have a brighter future than you might think. President Xi Jinping said several times that greater importance should be placed on archaeological research.
Archaeological findings show the origin (起源) and evolution (演变) of the Chinese civilization (文明) and can strengthen (加强) people’s confidence in Chinese culture, Xi said. Xi also noted that our country needs more archaeologists, especially younger ones.
Gu Yunong, a senior archaeology student at Peking University, has found the subject to be very meaningful. “For people like me, it allows us to travel between the past and the present,” Gu told TEENS. “Archaeology has made my life more meaningful.”
26. What’s Zhong Fangrong’s decision?
A. Studying art at Peking University.
B. Wasting her grades by choosing a major with few job opportunities.
C. Choosing archaeology as her university major
D. Ranking fourth among Hunan province’s liberal arts students in gaokao.
27. What does the underlined word “opportunities” mean in paragraph 2?
A. 方法 B. 经历 C. 经验 D. 机会
28. Zhong Fangrong can work in the following places after graduation except ________.
A. public museums B. archaeology research institutes
C. private archaeological companies D. private libraries
C
With celebrations marking the New Year spreading from the Chinese mainland to nearly all parts of the world in recent years, we have decided to add our own color to the event by holding the global (全球的) online competition — Share Your Chinese New Year! Chinaculture.org invites you to share your stories, pictures and videos about Chinese New Year.
Who
Anyone who is interested in Chinese culture and has stories to share.
What
Articles, photographs and videos are all welcome, with the theme Chinese New Year in My Eyes. The work must be original (原创的).
·Articles: 800-word limit
·Photographs: Photographs must be in digital format (数字格式). Images (影像) should be no larger than 5MB and either JPEG or JPG files. The words must be complete, accurate (精确的) and should provide enough details. Watermarks are not acceptable.
•Videos: All videos must be no more than 3 minutes in length and be no larger than 500MB, and they must be submitted (提交) in mp4 format. There is no requirement on the style of the video.
When
•Submission deadline (截止时间): Jan 27-Mar 5
•Judging (评定) period: Mar 6- Mar 26
•Award announcement: late March
How
•Please submit your work, or a YouTube link to your video to:
contest@chinadailv.com.cn
•You can also submit your work directly to
http://bbs.chinadaiIy.com.cn/thread-1329752-l-l.html
Where
Your stories will be posted on China’s most influential English-language Web portal, Chinadaily.com.cn. Millions of readers will read your stories on the China Daily Website and its English BBS.
About the judgment
Winners will be selected (挑选) by a group of experts made up of cultural scholars (学者) members of the China Photographers Association and foreign experts at China Daily (40%), as well as online votes cast (60%).
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100 Honorable Mentions: 150 RMB
29. After you submit your work, you will know the result in ________.
A. at least 18 days B. at least 25 days C. at most 58 days D. at most 68 days
30. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The competition is held all over the world.
B. People can read your story in the China Daily newspaper.
C. All the work to take part in the competition must be created by yourself.
D. Three forms are welcome if you want to take part in the competition.
31. Who will play the most important role in the process of judging?
A. Netizens.(网民) B. Members of the China Photographers Association.
C. Cultural scholars. D. Foreign experts at China Daily.
D
Dorothy and her friends were worried to get out of the forest as soon as they could, so they hurried along the yellow brick road. It was not long before they came to a wide river.
"What can we do now?" Dorothy exclaimed. "There isn't a tree tall enough to fall across this river. "
"There's no problem, "the Scarecrow (稻草人)said. "The Tin Woodman will use his axe to build a raft (木筏) . "
And this is what the Tin Woodman did. And while he was busy making the raft, Dorothy found some wild fruit and nuts, which she ate hungrily. Then, because it was taking the Tin Woodman a long time to finish the raft, Dorothy lay down and went t sleep.
The night passed without any problems, and the next morning the raft was ready. Dorothy sat in the middle with Toto. The Lion stood at one end and nearly sank (下沉)it because he was so big and heavy. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman stood at the other end They both had long poles (杆子)that they used to push the raft through the water.
At first all went well but then the river became so deep that the poles could not touch the bottom.
The Tin Woodman said, "If we cannot stay near the land and the yellow brick road, the Wicked Witch of the West will use her magic and put a spell (咒语)on us. "
"And then we won't meet the Wizard, and I won't get any brains, " the Scarecrow said.
"And I won't get a heart, "the Tin Woodman said.
"And I won't get any courage, "the Lion said.
"And I'll never get home to Kansas, " Dorothy said. "we must do something"
The Scarecrow was able to push the raft to the river bank. Dorothy, Toto, the Lion and the Tin
Woodman got off. Before the Scarecrow could get off however, the raft moved away from the river band and carried the Scarecrow down the river.
Dorothy said, "Perhaps we'll met the raft further down the river. The most important thing now is to get back to the yellow brick road and continue on our way to the City of Emeralds. "
The Lion and the Tin Woodman agreed, and they set off along the river bank. It was not long before they saw the Scarecrow. He was holding onto the pole in the middle of the river. There was no sight of the raft.
32. What probably happened to Dorothy and her friends before the passage?
A. They had a good time in the forest. B. They met danger in a forest.
C. They met the Wizard. D. Their dream came true.
33. Who wants to get a heart?
A. Dorothy B. The Scarecrow C. The Lion D. The Tin Woodman
34. Which is the correct order of the things below?
①They had long poles to push the raft through the water.
②Dorothy found some wild fruit and nuts.
③The Scarecrow was holding onto the pole in the middle of the river.
④The Tin Woodman began to build a raft.
A. ③②④① B. ④②①③ C. ②④①③ D. ④①③②
35. What can we infer from this passage7?
A. The Woodman didn't want the Scarecrow to go on with them.
B. The Wicked Witch of the West helped the Scarecrow in the end.
C. They hoped to meet Wizard in the City of Emeralds,
D. The Scarecrow wanted to meet the wizard by himself.

答案：
2023年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题
23．C 24．C 25．B

【导语】本文是一家健身房的安全守则。
23．细节理解题。根据“No smoking.”可知，抽烟不被允许。故选C。
24．细节理解题。根据“Carry a mobile phone when exercising to call for help in case of difficulty or emergency (紧急).”可知，锻炼时带手机是为了在遇到任何问题的时候得到帮助。故选C。
25．主旨大意题。根据“Please use the equipment (设备) in this gym in a safe and responsible way at all times and remember these points.”可知，本文主要是关于健身房的一些安全提示。故选B。
26．B 27．B 28．B

【导语】本文节选自《彼得·潘》，讲述了达林一家对“彼得·潘”这个人物和故事的不同态度，达林先生不相信彼得潘和梦幻岛，觉得孩子们会忘记他的，而彼得·潘不想让孩子们忘记他，所以晚上到达林家，悄悄对他们说着梦幻岛的故事。
26．细节理解题。根据“Peter Pan lived in the Neverland with the fairies (小精灵) and he could fly.”可知，他住在梦幻岛，故选B。
27．细节理解题。根据“But Peter Pan did not want the children to forget him. So that same night he came to the Darlings’ house. ”可知，因为他不想让孩子们忘记他。故选B。
28．细节理解题。根据“Mr. Darling laughed when Wendy spoke about Peter Pan. He did not believe in Peter Pan or the Neverland.”可知，当温迪谈到彼得·潘时，达林先生笑了。他不相信彼得潘和梦幻岛，故选B。
29．B 30．A 31．C 32．C

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了研究人员通过复现爱迪生的方法发现，在打盹后马上醒来能促进人的创造力。
29．细节理解题。根据第一段“The resulting noise woke him up. Then, he could write down his inventive ideas before he fell into a deep sleep and forgot them.”可知小球落地的声音会使他醒来，随后，在熟睡以致忘记发明性的想法之前，他会把它们写下来。所以爱迪生追求模糊状态是因为这种状态下会产生发明性的想法，故选B。
30．细节理解题。根据第二段“Researchers tested Edison's method of encouraging creativity with 103 healthy people.”和第三段“More than half of the volunteers stayed awake.”可知研究者用103名健康的人进行测试，超过一半的人保持清醒的状态，故选A。
31．细节理解题。根据第四段“People who reached the N1 stage of sleep were 2.7 times as likely to discover the hidden trick as people who stayed awake and were 5. 8 times as likely to discover the trick as people who fell into a deeper sleep stage.”可知，到达N1阶段的人发现隐蔽窍门的可能性是保持清醒状态的人的2.7倍，是进入熟睡阶段的人的5.8倍。故选C。
32．推断判断题。根据最后一段“Edison is such a great person, but there is no need to pay too much attention to Edison's habit. He is also said to have considered sleep “a total waste of time”.可知我们没有必要太多地关注爱迪生的习惯，故排除A项；“We were quite surprised at the results, and more work is needed to show the connection between N1 and creativity.” 可知，对于测试的结果是研究者意想不到的，想要证明创造性和N1阶段之间的联系还有更多的工作要做；故排除B和D项，故选C。
33．B 34．A 35．D 36．C

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者一家要在满月的时候出去玩的事情，告诉我们探索神奇体验和学习的机会就在你的附近。有时所需要的就是去户外，抬头仰望天空。
33．细节理解题。根据“Nearly every month, our family went into the night to ‘play’ by the full moon.”可知，作者一个月和家人在满月下玩一次。故选B。
34．词句猜测题。根据“but it does not spin on its axis (轴) like the earth does.”可知，但月球不像地球那样绕轴旋转，所以“rotates”意为Circle“旋转”，故选A。
35．细节理解题。根据“I explained that it is an optical illusion (视错觉) because it is so close to the horizon that the moon tricks our eyes into comparing it with nearby objects to create the impression of increased size.”可知，这是一种视错觉，因为它离地平线太近了，月亮欺骗我们的眼睛，让我们将它与附近的物体进行比较，以产生增大的印象。故选D。
36．观点态度题。根据“Opportunities (机会) to explore magical experiences and learning is right in your neighbourhood. Sometimes all it takes is going outdoors and looking up at the heavens.”可知，作者认为探索神奇体验和学习的机会就在你的附近。所以选项C“良好的学习机会就在身边”符合题意，故选C。
37．E 38．F 39．B 40．D

【导语】本文是一篇说明文。这篇文章研究了音乐偏好与人的性格和环境的关系，通过调查50个国家的350,000人，发现不同类型的音乐与人的性格和工作态度有关，同时气候也会影响人们的音乐偏好。研究表明，音乐是一种强大的桥梁，能够跨越地理、语言和文化的差异，让人们更加相似。
37．根据“What do these differences say about people?”和“Researchers from Cambridge University tried to answer the questions.”可知，下文是在回答“这些问题”，因此空处也是在提问，询问差异产生的原因，选项E“为什么不同的人有不同的音乐偏好？”符合语境，故选E。
38．根据“Outgoing people, for example, prefer rhythmic music and danceable music.”可知，下文举例的都是音乐偏好和个性之间的关系，因此空处说的也是音乐偏好和个性这间的联系，选项F“然后，他们发现了音乐偏好和个性之间的一些联系”符合语境，故选F。
39．根据“The researchers predicted that people who were under too much stress should like either sad music to express their feelings or rhythmic music to improve their moods. But it burned out that these people liked neither.”可知，研究人员预测压力过大的人应该喜欢悲伤的音乐来表达他们的感受，或者有节奏的音乐来改善他们的情绪，但事实却与之相反，所以他们应该喜欢更轻快的音乐，选项B“事实上，他们更喜欢响亮而有力的音乐”符合语境，故选B。
40．根据“Of course, nothing is clear-cut”和“The Cambridge study shows us that people of different cultures are more similar than we think”可知，这里说明不同文化的人也会更加相似，一切都不是一刀切的分类，所以不能只凭借音乐品味来分类人群，选项D“我们可能不会仅仅根据音乐品味对人们进行分组”符合语境，故选D。

2022年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题
23．A    24．A    25．B

【导语】本文主要是作者通过自己的观察发现气候的变化导致了珊瑚白化的日益严重，因此建议人们要减少二氧化碳排放，呼吁人们拯救珊瑚。
23．词义猜测题。根据“Through careful observation, I have noted heartbreaking changes in the environment. One of them is the increase in coral bleaching”可知，作者发现了周围环境发生的心碎变化，例如珊瑚白化的增加，所以heartbreaking可以用very sad代替，故选A。
24．主旨大意题。根据“The late 1990s and early 2000s brought some of the largest bleaching events on record. You could even see the bleached coral from the air.”以及整段的内容可知，第2段讲述了珊瑚白化的增加这一严重的问题，故选A。
25．主旨大意题。根据“All of us can do something to save the coral. Take action now”可知，作者想告诉我们保护珊瑚的重要性，故选B。
26．B    27．C    28．D

【导语】本文主要介绍了许多人为了孩子的安全去考查想要去的大学。但是获得真实的信息是不容易的。根据法律大学要上报发生在他们校园里的犯罪行为，但一些大学因为害怕自己的公众形象被毁，就故意隐瞒不报，只剩下了一些老老实实的大学把发生在自己的校园的犯罪上报。
26．细节理解题。根据“Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen”可知，是为女儿选择一所大学，故选B。
27．细节理解题。根据“Colleges must report crime statistics（统计数字）by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity”可知，获取正确的校园犯罪信息往往是困难的，因为一些大学隐藏了校园犯罪的真相，故选C。
28．主旨大意题。本文由Joe and Mary Mahoney为女儿选择大学来引出大学安全的这个问题，这也是大多数父母共同关心的问题，故选D。
29．A    30．C    31．C    32．B

【导语】本文主要介绍了章鱼这种软体动物。
29．细节理解题。根据“They can walk. They can swim, and they can drive themselves forward at high speed. They can change colour”以及“They even know how to open screw-top jars”可知，它们可以走，可以游泳，可以推动自己在高速前进，可以改变颜色，甚至知道如何打开旋盖罐，故选A。
30．细节理解题。根据“One thing that makes octopuses seem like aliens is their blue blood”可知，血液是蓝色的，故选C。
31．细节理解题。根据“but they are clever enough to know how to keep themselves safe many of the times. With their colour changing skin, octopuses can easily “hide” themselves or flash alarming colours to frighten their enemies away”可知，因为它们想让自己安全，故选C。
32．推理判断题。根据“Although octopuses mainly eat small fish, they are able to attack and kill small sharks. They make the sharks unable to breathe by covering their gill（锡）openings”可知，通过遮住鲨鱼的鳃口，使鲨鱼无法呼吸的方式杀死鲨鱼，B表述正确，故选B。
33．D    34．B    35．C    36．A

【导语】本文主要讲述了刘伯温帮助朱元璋想出用月饼传递消息来消灭蒙元大军的故事。
33．细节理解题。根据““I have an idea for passing information without the Mongols knowing anything about it,”said Liu Bowen”可知，是刘伯温想出的这个办法，故选D。
34．推理判断题。根据“Into each moon cake they put a little piece of paper”可知，每块月饼里都放了一个小纸条来传递消息，B表述正确，故选B。
35．细节理解题。根据“A long time ago the Mongols ruled（统治）China”可知，蒙古人严厉地统治着中国，a放在第一位。根据“He had already led several uprisings（暴动）, but he had been defeated”可知，朱元璋已经领导过几次起义，但都失败了，f放在第二位，排除A和B选项。根据“I have an idea for passing information without the Mongols knowing anything about it”可知，刘伯温想出用月饼传递消息的办法，所以c放在第三位，排除D选项，故选C。
36．最佳标题题。本文主要讲述了刘伯温通过月饼传递消息打败了蒙元大军的故事，所以最适合本文的标题是“月饼如何拯救中国”，故选A。
37．B    38．E    39．C    40．F

【导语】本文主要讲述了Gladys Kalema保护野生动物的善行义举。
37．根据“One day when she was at her piano, a monkey climbed up to join her”以及“It also planted the seeds of a dream in her mind”可知，这个画面是她难忘的童年记忆，也在她心中播下了梦想的种子，B选项“这成了她童年最难忘的时刻”符合，故选B。
38．根据“Since then, Kalema has never stopped protecting for wild animals”可知，此处应是描述某段时间，所以后面用since then表示“从那时起”，E选项“那是30年前的事了”符合，故选E。
39．根据“Slowly, their attitude towards these wild animals began to change”可知，他们对待野生动物的态度发生了改变，从原来的捕猎者转变为保护者，C选项“现在，许多捕猎野生动物的人都成了野生动物的保护者”符合，故选C。
40．根据“You can learn from Kalema and start by getting to the root of the problem”可知，向她学习，从根源上解决保护环境的问题，F选项“你想帮助保护你所在地区的野生动物吗”符合，故选F。

2021年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题
23．C 24．D 25．A

【分析】本文介绍了为什么人工智能能做和人类一样的很多事情，但是人也是特殊的存在，与人工智能有本质的不同。
23．细节理解题。根据“In 2017, a robot called Sophia was made a Saudi Arabian citizen. No robot had a nationality before. It was the first.”可知，索菲亚不同于其他机器人，因为它有国籍。故选C。
24．细节理解题。根据“For instance, in 2016, Microsoft introduced Tay — a computer programme that could hold conversations with people through social media. Tay learned how to talk with humans by reading the things they wrote online.”可知，作者想用Tay的例子来说明人工智能可以从人类教给它的东西中学到东西。故选D。
25．主旨大意题。根据“But it cannot tell the differences between right and wrong. It cannot feel sadness or joy. It cannot tell beauty. And that is what truly makes us humans so special.”可知，这段介绍了人工智能仍然不同于人类。故选A。
26．C 27．D 28．D

【分析】本文主要讲述了钟芳蓉高考成绩在湖南省文科排名第四，但是她却选择了北京大学考古专业，这一决定在社会上引起了广泛热议，人们认为考古专业就业面窄，于是一些专家和这个专业的学生给出了解释。
26．细节理解题。根据“She decided to major in archaeology at Peking University.”可知，钟芳蓉决定选择考古学作为她的大学专业。故选C。
27．词义猜测题。根据“Many people were surprised by her decision and questioned her”可知，很多人质疑钟芳蓉的决定，由此推断，钟芳蓉选择的专业应该是就业机会少，所以“opportunities”的意思是“机会”。故选D。
28．细节理解题。根据“After graduation, Zhong can work at public museums or archaeology research institutes, or she can work for private archaeological companies, Liu said.”可知，刘志彦说钟芳蓉毕业后可以在公共博物馆或考古研究机构工作，也可以在私营考古公司工作，由此可知，钟芳蓉毕业后不能在私人图书馆工作。故选D。
29．C 30．B 31．A

【分析】本文是一则启事或广告，主要介绍由Chinaculture.org举办的名为Share Your Chinese New Year的网络作品征集大赛，文中详细介绍了有关的竞赛时间、内容要求及奖项奖金的设置内容等。
29．细节计算题。根据文中when的部分“Award announcement: late March”可知提交的截止日期是1月27日-3月5日；而奖项公告为3月下旬，计算一下，最多58天就可以知道比赛结果了。故选C。
30．细节理解题。根据文中where的部分“Your stories will be posted on China’s most influential English-language Web portal, Chinadaily.com.cn.”可知，人们可以在中国日报网站上阅读到你的故事，故选B。
31．细节理解题。根据文中About the judgment的部分“as well as online votes cast (60%).”可知，网民的投票最重要，故选A。
32．B 33．D 34．B 35．C

【分析】文章讲述的是Dorothy和他的朋友们想尽快走出森林，但是遇到一条宽宽的河流，他们想办法做木筏渡河，但是后来有回到岸上的故事。
32．推理判断题。根据文中“Dorothy and her friends were worried to get out of the forest as soon as they could, so they hurried along the yellow brick road.”可知，他们想尽快的走出森林可能是因为他们之前在森林里遇到了危险，所以不想再待在森林里，故选B。
33．细节理解题。根据文中“And I won’t get a heart,” the Tin Woodman said.可知，是Tin Woodman想得到一颗心脏，故选D。
34．细节理解题。根据文中“And this is what the Tin Woodman did. And while he was busy making the raft, Dorothy found some wild fruit and nuts, which she ate hungrily.”可知，在Tin木匠开始造木筏的时候，Dorothy发现了一些野生水果和坚果，然后经过一夜之后第二天早上木筏做好了，他们准备出发，所以这里是序号④和②，由文中“The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman stood at the other end They both had long poles (杆子)that they used to push the raft through the water. ”稻草人和Tin木匠站在另一端，他们都有长杆，用来把木筏推过水面。可知这里是序号①；后来他们又回到了岸上，根据文中“Before the Scarecrow could get off however, the raft moved away from the river band and carried the Scarecrow down the river.”可知，在稻草人还没来得及下船，木筏就离开了河边，把稻草人带到了河边，也就是序号③，所以事情的发展顺序是4-2-1-3，故选B。
35．推理判断题。根据文中The Tin Woodman said, “If we cannot stay near the land and the yellow brick road, the Wicked Witch of the West will use her magic and put a spell (咒语)on us.” “And then we won’t meet the Wizard, and I won’t get any brains,” the Scarecrow said. “And I won’t get a heart,” the Tin Woodman said. “And I won’t get any courage,” the Lion said. “And I’ll never get home to Kansas,” Dorothy said. “we must do something” The Scarecrow was able to push the raft to the river bank.可知，他们是希望能够遇到Wizard，故选C。