专题04 阅读理解之说明文10篇-2023年中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题特快专递（深圳专用）

2023深圳市中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题速递 第五期 专题04 阅读理解之说明文10篇 （2023·广东深圳·统考二模） Wangfujing Bookstore lies in one of the busiest areas of the capital Beijing. It has welcomed an unchanging stream of customers since the beginning of the Spring Festival in January, 2023. Reading areas have been filled with people. Some of them are willing to just sit on the ground to read since seats are always full. The bookstore’s data show that it received more than 100,000 customers in January. It is a sharp increase compared with December 2022. Other bookstores in the city, and even around the country, have also seen huge amounts of readers return since the beginning of the year. During the Spring Festival, more than 160 bookstores in Beijing sold over 20 million yuan worth of books. Bookstore chain brand Zhongshuge’s branch in Shenzhen’s Baoan district also enjoyed an increase in both customer flow (客流量) and book sales in the first two months of the year. Compared with the same period in 2019, the number of customers increased by 50 percent. “A spring of physical (实体的) bookstores in China is coming soon,” an experienced manager says. Many physical bookstore managers in Shanghai told the Global Times that book sales and the number of customers in these past two months have been much better than those in the previous two years. 2023 is set to be a very promising year for physical bookstores, according to Cao Yu, the general manager of Shenzhen bookstore. He said that in recent weeks his bookstore has had a full schedule of offline events, such as book signings. 1．When did the number of customers increase in Wangfujing Bookstore according to Paragraph 1? A．In January 2022. B．In December 2022. C．In January 2023. D．In December 2021. 2．What do we know from Paragraphs 1—2? A．No readers want to sit on the ground in Wangfujing Bookstore. B．Wangfujing Bookstore had over 100,000 customers in January. C．Other bookstores were not open to readers at the very beginning of this year. D．The number of readers in