专题02 阅读理解-冲刺2022年中考英语必考题型终极押题（深圳专用）

2022年中考英语必考题型终极押题（深圳专用）-阅读理解 （2022·广东·深圳市南山区华侨城中学一模）The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington hosts a six-month celebration on Wednesday of the 50th anniversary(周年纪念日) of the arrival of two giant pandas, celebrating the close cooperation between China and the United States in panda exchanges and protection. “We are going to have six months of celebrations both online and at the zoo. People can come to see the babies and the mom and dad,” Brandie Smith, director of the national zoo said. Annalisa Meyer, the zoo’s director of communications, said the zoo will hold online events, as well as on-site(现场的) events on April 8. Also on April 16, from 9 am to 2 pm, visitors can enjoy lion dance shows, panda-shaped Bao buns(包子) and calligraphy(书法) shows. They also can speak with the zoo’s scientists who study giant panda biology. The first pandas from China in the US—Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing—arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo on April 16, 1972. In 1972, then US president Richard Nixon and