河北省石家庄市高新区2020-2022年三年中考一模英语试题分类汇编：阅读理解

河北省石家庄市高新区2020-2022年三年中考一模英语试题分类汇编 阅读理解 2022年河北省石家庄市高新区中考一模英语试题 VIII.阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，计30分) A Edinburgh is the world's "festival city". The city holds 12 festivals throughout the year, half of which are celebrated during the summer holiday. Hundreds of people visit the Scottish capital during the summer. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the largest book festival in the world. It began in 1983 and takes place every year in Charlotte Square Gardens in the center of Edinburgh. There are over 700 events for children and adults. You can meet many authors, talk to them, ask them to sign a book or listen to them talk about their stories. Music lovers come to the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival to enjoy musical performances all over the city. Artists perform street theater, dance and circus (马戏)shows in amazing costumes (戏装). Everyone can enjoy the music and dance performances. 51．Which is the world's festival city? A．Paris. B．Rome. C．Berlin. D．Edinburgh. 52．Where is the Charlotte Square Gardens? A．In the center of Edinburgh. B．In the countryside of Edinburgh. C．In the capital of England. D．In the street theater of Edinburgh. 53．What can you do during the book festival? A．Watch circus shows. B．Meet authors. C．Enjoy music and dance performances. D．Meet musicians. B A company in Beijing announced that it had successfully bred(繁殖) China’s first cloned(克隆) cat, reports China Science and Technology Daily.           “The kitten named Garlic(大蒜) was born on July 21, 2019, in a laboratory(实验室) of the biotechnology company Sinogene. It was born from an embryo (胚胎) carried by a surrogate(代孕) mother,” said Wang Jidong, the CEO of Sinogene."Garlic has been verified(证实的) as a cloned cat by a third-party verification organization, and is currently in a good condition."               The birth of the kitten is the result of a cloning program that began last August. Chen Dayuan, a researcher from the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the technolo