2023年河南省周口市项城市中考英语三模试卷

2023年河南省周口市项城市中考英语三模试卷 四、阅读理解(共40分)阅读下面四篇语言材料,然后按要求做趣。 11.(10分) Science you'll laugh at You might know the Nobel prize,but do you know the Ig Nobel prize?People set it up in 1991.It actually has nothing to do with the Nobel prize but its name It's an award for "science achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think".There are many prizes for new and funny studies of 2022.Here are some of our favorites: Safety engineering prize:moose crash test dummy Crash dummies(碰撞试验假人模型)are models of people..We use them to test how safe people are in a car crash.Now a man has come up with a moose (crash dummy.In Sweden,there are lots of wild moose Every day around 13 moose there get hit by cars,said the dummy creator Magnus Gens So he used 116 rubber (plates and steel to make the dummy.It lets car engineers test how cars can be safer when these crashes happen. Economics prize:success goes to the luckiest Do you think hard work is the only way to be successful?Well,these winning scientists say that while hard work and education are very important,luck really does make a difference.Using a math model,they studied 1,000 people's lives over 40 years.They found that average (people may be more successful than very smart and hardworking people if they can be in the right place at the right time. Medicine prize:ice cream helps reduce pain Cancer patients(瘺症患者)often get bad sores on their mouths and tongues because of treatments.The sores can make it hard to eat food.Scientists found that sucking on ice cream helps So the doctors give people,especially children,ice cream Now a study of 74 patients shows that ice-cream really does help! 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 (1)What can we know about the Ig Nobel prize from the text? A.It is part of the Nobel prize. B.It is an award set up in the year 1991. C.It is about science achievements that only make people laugh. D.It is about science achievements that can never make people think (2)How many moose get hit by cars in Sweden every day? A.