山东省临沂市兰陵县2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读表达

山东省临沂市兰陵县 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读表达 2023年山东省临沂市兰陵县中考一模英语试题 四、阅读表达(共5小题, 计10分) In the late 1960s, when Li Zhenxia was 5, she liked oil-paper umbrellas and dreamed of buy- ing a beautiful, red oil-paper umbrella in a store next to her grandmother's house. It was too ex-pensive for her family to afford one at the time. When she was 10, she saw a young bridegroom(新郎) pass by her house on his way to pickup his bride. He and his friends were carrying six red oil-paper umbrellas, and the image touched her heart. When she was in high school, her physics teacher would arrive with an oil-paper umbrella every time it rained. She and the teacher became good friends. In 1996, Li's dream of oil-paper umbrellas came true when she started learning how to make them by herself. Two years later, she produced her first one. Of course, it was red. Today, Li is a boss and has her own stores. She enjoys talking to her customers and passing on her skills to her students. “The oil-paper umbrella is like my lover; it has been with me my whole life and always makes me feel better, ”the 58-year-old said. Li's store in Datong ancient town in Chishui City, Guizhou Province—a town where there is a lot of rain—welcomes many visitors who buy her umbrellas to model in photos, decorate their homes or add to collections, and sometimes even to use for catwalks at shows and performances. Production involves over a hundred individual steps, from cutting the bamboo and threading(穿线) the pieces together, to pasting the paper shade, drying it in the sun and brushing it with oil. The whole process is complicated and takes between 15 days and several months, depending on the umbrella's design, and all the work is done by hand. One of her regulars, a 38-year-old woman surnamed Cai, has bought eight oil-paper umbrellas from Li since 2016. She uses them on rainy and sunny days, matching them with her outfits. “It is a classic item with great cultural meaning. I don't use ordinary umbrellas anymore, ”C