西师大版2020年备战中考初中英语专项训练—阅读理解（科普环保类）B卷

第 1 页 共 10 页 西师大版 2020 年备战中考初中英语专项训练 阅读理解 科普环保类 B 卷 姓名 班级 成绩 一 阅读理解 共 5 题 共 52 分 1 10 分 阅读下列短文 从下面每小题的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 Sheridan is a town in Indiana USA There are lots of trees near the public schools in the town Their leaves turn sunlight into energy In Sheridan the Sun not just provides energy for plants It keeps schools running too The schools use solar panels 太阳能电池板 to turn sunlight into energy The science behind solar energy is not new But Sheridan Community Schools is the first school district 学区 in Indiana to be completely solar powered The district finished putting in solar panels for all three of its schools in 2016 Some of the panels can turn to follow the Sun across the sky In 2008 fewer than 1 000 schools used solar power By 2014 there were 3 727 schools with solar panels in the USA These numbers come from a report by The Solar Foundation Roxie Brown a programme director there said that the number of schools with solar panels has continued to go up since 2014 Solar energy has some advantages over other energy sources 来源 Sunlight is a renewable source which means it won t run out Solar panels don t harm the environment Also sunlight is free So by using solar power schools can save money on energy costs Brown thinks more schools should run on solar energy The Sun is Earth s energy source she says We re trying to make it the energy source for our houses cars and schools too But using solar energy isn t always easy Solar panels can be expensive to put in The panels also take up space But for many schools going solar is worth it 1 What does the underlined word It in Paragraph 2 refer to A A plant 第 2 页 共 10 页 B The Sun C A district D The solar panel 2 Sheridan Community Schools put in solar panels A in 2008 B for all its schools C with the help of The solar Foundation D together with other 1 000 schools in the USA 3 According to Roxie Brown the number of schools with solar panels A has risen B has fallen C is too small D is large enough 4 What does the underlined word renewable in Paragraph 5 mean in Chinese A 可开发的 B 可替代的 C 可再生的 D 可加工的 2 12 分 2019 山东模拟 阅读下列短文 从每题 A B C D 四个选项中 选出一个能回答所提问题 或完成所给句子的最佳答案 Do animals have a culture What do we mean by culture Lately social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans or if some animals have a culture too When we speak of culture we mean a way of life a group of people have in common Culture includes the beliefs and 第 3 页 共 10 页 attitudes we learn It is the patterns of behavior that help people to live together It is also the patterns of behavior that make one group of people different from another group Our culture lets us make up for having lost out strength claws long teeth and other defenses Instead we use tools cooperate with one another and communicate with language But these aspects of human behavior or culture can also be found in the lives of certain animals Animals can make tools for example We used to think that the ability to use tools was the dividing line between human beings and other animals Lately however we have found that this is not the case Chimpanzees 非洲小猩猩 can not only use tools but actually make tools themselves Animals can also share knowledge with each other and use their own language to communicate So it may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear as we used to think 1 Choose the statement that best expresses the main idea A A chimpanzee can learn to use sign language to make sentences B Other animals can invent tools C Knowledge and communication are no longer signs of only human behavior D The line dividing human culture from animal culture is not as clear as we might think 2 Culture refers to A book language of behavior we learn B the patterns of behavior we learn C traditional ideas D people s good habits 3 A chimpanzee s use of tools means A animals are the same as human beings B animals can be as clever as human beings C the dividing line between culture and animal culture no longer exists 第 4 页 共 10 页 D animals may have a culture like our own 4 Which of the following statement is true A The ability to use language separates human beings B We can be certain that animals have a culture too C Social scientists doubt if animals have a culture too D Some traditional ideas about the difference between human beings and animals may be wrong 5 The first sentence of the second paragraph Our culture lets 7us make up for having lost our strength claws long teeth and other defenses means A as a result of our culture we have lost our strength claws long teeth and other defenses B our culture has enabled us even better though we have lost our strength claws long teeth and other defenses C our culture has brought back to us strength claws long teeth and other defenses that we have lost D our culture asks that we lose our strength claws long teeth and other defenses which animals still have 3 10 分 2018 泰安 阅读理解 Some scientists say that animals in the ocean are increasingly threatened 威胁 by noise pollution caused by human beings The noise that influences sea animals comes from a number of human activities It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions 爆炸 ocean drilling 第 5 页 共 10 页 and ship engines Such noises are added to natural sounds These sounds include the breaking of ice fields underwater earthquakes and sounds made by animals themselves Decibels 分贝 measured in water are different from those measured on land A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears In water a decibel level of one hundred and ninety five would have the same effect 效果 Some scientists have proposed setting a noise limit 限度 of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales 鲸鱼 A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing This seriously affected the whales ability to exchange information and find their way Some of the whales even died The explosions had caused their ears to bleed Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds object to a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals However many scientists suspect that noise is a greater danger than they believed It s time for them to take action to help ocean animals 1 Which of the following is not caused by human beings A The noise of industrial underwater explosions B The noise of ocean drilling C The sound of underwater earthquakes D The noise of ship engines 2 What does the second paragraph mainly tell us A The same noise measures differently on land and in the ocean B Different places may have different types of noises C The noises can cause humans to lose hearing 第 6 页 共 10 页 D There are different kinds of natural sounds in the ocean 3 Which of the following statements is TRUE A Powerful underwater explosions aren t harmful to whales ears B Many researchers are against the noise limit of 120 decibels C Noises cannot cause whales death D The noise limit of 120 decibels would hardly influence the industrial research 4 According to the passage we can infer that scientists will probably A work hard to cut down natural sounds B stop industrial and scientific research in oceans C try their best to make no noise D protect ocean animals from harmful noises 4 10 分 请根据短文内容 完成下列任务 This is a home of the future a smart home where technology can do almost everything Imagine we are in the year 2050 the computer wakes Tom up in themorning as usual In front of him is a to do list of the important events for the day and it is provided by the computer too According to Tom s request the computer serves a list of possible dishes All the dishes are nice As Tom eats breakfast the computer reminds him to reply to Lucy Before Tom finishes his next bite Lucy s computer receives the message Then Tom goes to the supermarket The store s system checks his car when he drives to the pickup area and greets him by name Good morning Tom Your order is in Case4 Thank you for shopping When Tom removes his order from Case 4 all trades are completed automatically 自动地 over the information superhighway That is the money is electronically paid into the bank Soon after arriving at the office Tom reads another message from Lucy telling him that she will go to dinner with him The smart home can also do many other things Find things like keys and mobile phones 第 7 页 共 10 页 打开或关闭 machines and lights with your voice Clean your home from clothes to buildings automatically Record everything and everyone entering and leaving the house Take care of each member of the family young or old With the development of technology the smart home will come true in the future It is sure to play an important part in our life 1 Does Tom need to take money with him while shopping Why 2 请将 处画线部分句子改为被动语态 3 根据汉语提示 完成 处所缺信息 4 Tom knows somebody visited his home because the smart home can 5 请将 处画线部分英语译成汉语 5 10 分 阅读理解 Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier Now when you go to a certain shopping mall you can enjoy its free Wi Fi there When you want to take a taxi you can book one with your phone In fact all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010 Generally a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning save money and resources and make our life convenient How smart can a city be Here are great examples that we can learn from 第 8 页 共 10 页 In 2009 Dubuque became the first smart city in the US The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water me tens They can detect 探测 water waste and leakage 泄漏 and send data to let the house owner know The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas In this way people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times The government organized a research team and provided an App 应用程序 that collects data on almost everything light temperature and the movements of cars and people Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers 1 The underlined word convenient is closest in meaning to A useful B normal C suitable D easy 2 Compared with traditional water meters smart water meters do better in A cleaning water B supplying water C saving water D producing water 3 The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects 方面 EXCEPT A business B health care C traffic controlling 第 9 页 共 10 页 D public transportation 4 What s the main idea of the passage A Digital technologies help improve city planning B Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter C Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander D Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities 第 10 页 共 10 页 参考答案 一 阅读理解 共 5 题 共 52 分 1 答案 略 2 答案 略 3 答案 略 4 答案 略 5 答案 略