内蒙古包头市2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

内蒙古包头市 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读理解 2023年内蒙古包头市中考一模英语试题 二、阅读单选 Children’s Games in Ancient China During ancient times, children didn’t have a smart phone, iPad or computer to have fun. Instead, they came up with some interesting games to play in their childhood. Let’s take a look: Flying kitesKites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood. Now in China, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite, each of which has its own characteristic. Hide-and-seekHide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to tease him or, more commonly, participants（参与者）hide and one child must try to find them. Watching shadow playsThe closest thing to watching a film or television during ancient times was watching a shadow play. People control puppets behind the screen while singing with music to tell a story. Shadow play was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）in 2006. Setting off firecrackersFirecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that people burnt bamboo joints to make it blast（爆炸）to drive away the beast named Nian in ancient China. Firecrackers are still set off during the Spring Festival to symbolize hope and luck. 16．What were the earliest kites made of? A．Bamboo. B．Paper. C．Silk. D．Wood. 17．Which ancient game is similar to modern film watching? A．Flying kites. B．Hide-and-seek. C．Watching shadow plays. D．Setting off frerackers. 18．What can we know from the passage? A．Hide-and-seek is a traditional game popular all over China. B．Guangzhou kite is one of the three most famous kites in China now. C．Firecrackers are still set off during the Spring Festival to make a sound. D．Shadow play was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2016. My brother and I were driving home together and started talking. Because of the carelessness, my brother took a wron