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2024年初中英语中考最新时文阅读训练
专题11趣味生活
阅读理解
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A paper bicycle helmet
纸制自行车头盔
A paper bicycle helmet that folds to one tenth of the size of a normal helmet has won a prize.
Isis Shiffer, a student, won the £ 30,000 Dyson design prize for her “EcoHelmet”. The helmet is designed to be cheap, priced around £ 5,for people renting bikes. Miss Shiffer saw the need for a cheap, light-weight helmet for users of the many bike rental schemes around the world. The helmet has a coating(涂层) that makes it stay in the rain for up to three hours. The helmet is made out of paper as it is designed to be recyclable, unlike normal bike helmets which are made out of materials which cannot be recycled.
Tests at Imperial College show that her invention is just as good at protecting the head as normal helmets. When the helmet is unfolded, it is similar to te size of a normal helmet.
The helmet is not planned for long life, so Isis Shiffer hopes to make a sign that will show when the helmet has passed its useful life.
1. What kind of people are the paper helmets designed for?
A.People who need to go to school.
B. People who rent bikes.
C.People who love bikes.
D. People who love helmets.
2. What do we know about the paper helmet?
A. It is cheap but weak.
B. It is light but useless.
C. It is cheap and light.
D. It is heavy and expensive.
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The paper helmet cannot stay in the rain for more than an hour.
B. Most normal bike helmets are designed to be recyclable.
C. The paper helmet can't protect the head as well as normal helmets.
D. The paper helmet is similar to the size of a normal helmet when unfolded.
重点句型及难句分析:
The helmet has a coating that makes it stay in the rain for up to three hours.句意:这种头盔有一层涂层,可以让它在雨中维持长达三个小时.
that makes it stay in the rain for up to three hours是定语从句,修饰a coating;make sb./sth. do 意为“使某人/某物做”.
1.B 根据第二段中的“The helmet is designed to be cheap, priced around £ 5, for people renting bikes.”可知,这种纸制头盔是为租自行车的人设计的.故