贵州省贵阳市云岩区2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

贵州省贵阳市云岩区 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读理解 2023年贵州省贵阳市云岩区中考一模英语试题 三、 阅读理解（共两节, 满分 34 分） 第一节（共 12 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 24 分） 阅读下面三个语篇, 从每篇所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中, 选出最佳选项。 A Biodiversity Conservation in China China has always paid high attention to biodiversity conservation (生物多样性保护). And years of efforts have paid off. ★Protected areas Protected area system Since the first nature reserve (保护区) was set up in 1956, China has developed close to 10, 000 protected areas. That’s about 18% of China’s total land area. ★Populations of some endangered animals in China 17. When was the first nature reserve set up? A. In 1980. B. In 1981. C. In 1956. 18. The population of wild giant pandas has increased _________ after years of efforts of China. A. 4393 B. 750 C. 100 19. From the last part, we learn that China is trying to ______________. A. cut down air pollution B. develop protected areas C. record weather conditions 20. The passage probably belongs to ___________ of a newspaper. A. Health and Life B. History and Culture C. Nature and Environment B Chinese New Year Painting, or nianhua in Chinese, is a kind of traditional painting put up on walls and windows during the Spring Festival. Its bright colors and different subjects show the Chinese great expectation for happiness and wealth. Chinese New Year Painting is an old handicraft. Its original (最初的) form was a picture of a door god during the Tang Dynasty. Later, more subjects such as the kitchen god, women and babies were included. As the Chinese New Year arrives, every family puts up its New Year paintings in order to say goodbye to the past and welcome the future. One of the most famous woodblock New Year paintings comes from Yangjiabu of Shandong Province. It covers all kinds of themes and forms. They reflect people’s everyday lives. As time went by, people found New Year paintings old-fashioned. Besides, they considered the door god too scary to hang in their homes. They wanted something more artistic. So in the middle of t