Day 1-2021年中考英语考前抢分练之阅读理解专练（杭州专用）

Day 1 A Recently, my daughter found something at the back of a cupboard. She described it: “It’s a box, about the same size and weight as a brick (砖). It’s made of plastic and has buttons (按钮) with numbers on.” She hoped it was a machine for travelling through time! She was wrong— it was my first mobile phone! Finding my old phone made me think about how fast things change. Everyday objects used by one generation are unknown in the next generation. Here are some examples. This small, rectangular box is made of plastic. There are two small wheels inside. Around the wheels there is a brown tape. This tape moved from one wheel to the other. It was used for recording or playing music. We also listened to music on records. These are large, flat, round things and people play them on a record player. My record player was more modern than this one. This gramophone is a very early record player. It is made of wood and metal. My grandparents used one for playing records. This thing is made o