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2024年辽宁省初中学业水平考试
英语冲关测试卷(五)
(试卷满分90分 考试时间90分钟)
第一部分 选 择 题 ( 共 5 0 分 )
一、阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分;满分40分)
第一节 阅读下面语言材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
( )1.How many questions are there in this quiz?
A.3. B.4. C.5. D.6.
( )2.Which question is about your care when your friend is ill?
A.Do you help your friend when he is in trouble?
B.Do you often visit your friend when he is ill?
C.Do you like to give gifts to your friends?
D.Does your friend like to visit you?
( )3.What kind is the person who gets 10-12 points?
A.Selfish. B.Kind. C.Patient. D.Careful.
( )4.What is the advice for the person who gets 0-6 points?
A.Everyone wants to make friends with you.
B.Don't be afraid to share your friend's trouble.
C.Friendship is important to everyone.
D.You can't communicate with your friend.
B
In Western countries,some people think the number 13 brings bad luck.In the past,a lot of tall buildings didn't even have a 13th floor.However,there aren't really any other numbers that are
special in this way in the West.
There are superstitions (迷信) about some numbers in China as well.For example,the number“4”is said to be unlucky because it sounds like the Chinese word for“death”.But that's
just one small example of China's obsession with numbers.
When I first came here,I was surprised to see that many websites had numbers in their names instead of letters.I soon found that this is actually a matter of convenience,as Chinese characters cannot be used for website addresses.They can only use numbers or the letters of the Roman
alphabet.
In pinyin,the telecom company China Unicom is called Zhongguo Liantong. If the company used their pinyin name for their website address,it would be quite long.So instead,they use their customer service hotline number -10010.com.This is easier to type and remember.
In addition,the pronunciations of some n