江苏省镇江市2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：阅读填空

江苏省镇江市 2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 阅读填空 2023年江苏省镇江市中考二模英语试卷 六、阅读填空 (共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) It’s midnight and the room is dark and quiet. You are struggling to fall asleep when you hear some strange sounds from upstairs or somewhere in the building—tapping or even marbles（弹珠）dropping and bouncing on the floor! Are there ghosts making noise? Luckily, science can explain. Andy Piacsek, a scientist with the US Acoustical Society, told the sounds could change as they spread through buildings, meaning the early sound could be very different from the final noise of “marbles”. “Plumbing（管路系统）is a good cause,” Andy suggested. When water floods through a pipe, it compresses（压缩）the air in the pipe and creates the first sound of a dropped marble. As the water flows away, the sound it makes grows more loudly, which may be similar to the sound of a dropped marble bouncing on the floor. Another possible cause is a common phenomenon（现象）in physics—objects become larger when heated and smaller when cooled. During the day when the temperature rises, buildings take in heat. At night, the air inside a building’s pipes becomes cold. The warm and cold air within buildings leads to strange sounds. However, knowing such sounds can be explained by science does not usually stop us from being scared. When scared, we may have an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and even a blank mind. 阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的短文，每空一词。 At midnight, you may hear strange sounds from upstairs or somewhere in the building. When scared, you may have a 56 heart rate, rapid breathing and even a blank mind. Scientists explain that there are many reasons for the problem. The sounds could 57 as they spread through buildings. When water floods through a pipe, it compresses the air 58 and creates the sound like marbles dropping. As the water flows away, it makes 59 sounds. There is a common phenomenon in Physics—objects expand when heated and contract when cooled. The mixture of the warm and cold air within