江苏省盐城市滨海县2022-2024年（三年）中考一模英语试题汇编：阅读理解

江苏省盐城市滨海县2022-2024年（三年）中考一模英语试题汇编 阅读理解 2024年江苏省盐城市滨海县等2地九年级一模英语试题 四、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，计40分) (一) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A In this experiment(实验), you will see whether salt has any effect on the way water freezes(冷冻). 41. How many kinds of things are needed to do the experiment? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 42. What are the differences among the three cups? A. Cup 1 has the most water at first. B. The ice in Cup 3 is softer than that in Cup 2. C. There are different spoons of salt in each cup. D. The cups are put into the fridge at different time. 43. What does this experiment show? A. Salty water is easy to freeze. B. Salt can be used to make ice. C. Salt can help stop water freezing. D. Salt makes no difference to the ice. B We can see circles, squares and triangles everywhere in our daily life. Have you thought about their meanings in films? Much like colors, different shapes can show different features of characters in the scenes. Circles represent things that are soft and natural. The round shape reminds us of things that appear in nature, like the sun, raindrops and so on. We can also connect circles with beautiful eyes, babies'round faces……All these things make us feel happy and warm. This is why so many cartoon characters’bodies——heroes, good people——are round in shape, because circles represent goodness, happiness and friendliness. Squares show things that are unnatural or man-made, or things that are boring or old-fashioned. In the cartoon film Up, Carl has a square face and wears square glasses, while Russell, an 8-year-old boy with a round face,always wears round medals. These shapes show the characters' personalities.Carl is stubborn(固执的) and lonely, while Russell is lovely and full of energy. The angriest shape is the triangle. Every kid who draws a monster with sharp teeth draws a row of triangles, don't they? That's because the shape represe