专题03-2 阅读理解之说明文-【好题汇编】三年（2022-2024）中考英语真题分类汇编（江苏专用）

专题03-2 阅读理解之说明文 1 (2024·江苏苏州·中考统考真题B篇) A recent TV series To the Wonder has become China’s breakout TV hit of the year. It has also won praise at a film festival abroad. To the Wonder is based on the award-winning novel of Li Juan, My Altay, and is directed by Teng Congcong. It is very poetic and filled with beautiful wisdom. The TV drama follows the journey of Li Wenxiu. She once wished to leave Altay, an area in Northern Xinjiang. After failing to realize her dream in the capital of Xinjiang, Li has to move back to her hometown and tries to find a new direction for herself. At first, Li finds it hard to understand her neighbours’ traditional way of thinking. Under the influence of her mother Zhang Fengxia, Li starts to see the place and its people in a new light. Later, she comes to understand their lifestyle and respect for nature. Fans describe watching the drama as an experience in the wonderland. “It’s like breathing in fresh air or lying under the sun,” said one fan. “It is a unique drama, very different from the usual Chinese series. A must-watch if you want to discover the beauty of the grassland and life there,” another fan said. “People enjoy the wonderful view of Altay. But the key to the success of the series lies in its ability to connect with the viewers on a human level,” said Teng Congcong. “In the drama, everyone communicates sincerely. Even if I disagree with you, I sincerely respect you. In fact, this is a very important part of human nature—the love for truth, goodness and beauty.” 14. To the Wonder is the name of _______. A. a foreign drama B. a famous film C. a TV series D. a beautiful poem 15. Why does Li Wenxiu come back to Altay? A. To look after her mother. B. To find herself a new direction. C. To help the local people. D. To enjoy its beautiful view. 16. The underlined word “unique” has the closest meaning to _______. A. serious B. common C. special D. strange 17. What is the key to the success of To the Wonder according to Director Teng? A. Its sincere respect for nature. B. The beautiful wisdom of the writer. C. The lifestyle of the local people. D. Its sincere connection with viewers. 2 (2024·江苏苏州·中考统考真题C篇)China has become the world’s largest producer and market of EVs (电车). According to a report, 9.58 million Chinese-made EVs were produced and 9.49 million were sold in 2023. Among the total sales, 1.2 million EVs were exported (出口). The Chinese government has been encouraging EVs as part of its effort for green, high-quality development. As a result, China’s EV industry develops very quickly. At Auto (汽车) China 2004, BYD was the only company showing EVs there. At Auto China 2024, there were 278 different EV models on show, including BYD, SAIC, Geely, Li Auto, Nio, Xpeng and other brands (品牌). China’s EV industry is now facing both challenges and chances. It’s reported that 71% of EV brands cut prices in 2023. EV makers without the ability of innovation (创新) will face growing risks. In order to be both green and smart, Chinese EV makers are trying hard to improve technologies like battery qualities and AI support. At the same time, the government is adding even more charging points (充电站). On the other hand, more Chinese people are aware of the environmental problems. It is encouraging more buyers to choose EVs. EVs are the way of the future. In an ideal world, everyone benefits from innovation and green transport. Some might get there sooner than others, and will gain greater rewards. It is very likely that China will hold the lead. 18. How many Chinese-made EVs were sold in China in 2023? A. 8.38 million. B. 9.49 million. C. 9.58 million. D. 8.29 million. 19. What is the purpose of Paragraph 2? A. To introduce different EV brands in China. B. To give some information about Auto China. C. To show the development of China’s EV industry. D. To advise people to buy Chinese-made EVs. 20. EV makers can most probably reduce growing risks by ______. A. improving innovation ability B. winning the government’s support C. adding more charging points D. dealing with environmental problems 21. What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) towards the future of China’s EV industry? A. Uncertain. B. Hopeful. C. Doubtful. D. Worried. 3 (2024·江苏无锡·中考统考真题D篇) A theory of emotion Two scientists called Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer developed the two-factor theory of emotion in 1962. They said that emotions are formed in two parts. First, the body has a physical response to a threat and then the mind considers the physical response as an emotion, which is then felt by the person. For example, imagine you are walking through a forest and you see a bear. Seeing it would probably start a physical response, such as your heart beating very fast and sweat breaking out. Your mind then decides that this is fear, which you feel as an emotion. A new study has suggested that the key to reducing feelings of anger is not venting (letting the angry emotions out) but doing calming activities such as yoga or meditation. The study was published in March by Sophie Kjaervik and Brad Bushman from Ohio State University in the US. They wanted to explore the popular theory that venting (expressing) anger is a good way of reducing it. Examples of venting anger include shouting or hitting something like a cushion, so that you let go of the emotion and therefore don’t feel it any more. The pair looked at 154 other studies on anger. These involved 10, 189 people, and included a variety of ages and backgrounds. In their study, Kjaervik and Bushman define anger as “an emotional response (反应) to a real or imagined threat (威胁)”. They used a theory of emotion (情绪假说) that says emotions are partly felt in your body and partly in your mind. The scientists looked at the other studies to see how different activities influenced anger. They found that activities such as running or boxing—which are often thought to be good for dealing with anger—weren’t very good at reducing it. In fact, some of these activities actually made it worse because they increased physical responses in the body that are linked to feeling angry. For example, they made people’s hearts beat faster. However, activities that decreased physical responses in the body did help to reduce feelings of anger. These included activities that slow the heart rate, such as deep breathing, meditation and yoga. Bushman says activities that increase physical responses may be good for heart health but are “definitely not the best way to reduce anger”. The team found jogging was most likely to increase anger. However, some heart-rate increasing activities—like ball games and team sports—could reduce anger. 34. What is the main finding of the new study? A. A new method of venting anger. B. A new method of reducing anger. C. Good activities to vent anger. D. Good activities to reduce anger. 35. What can we learn about calming activities? A. They can reduce feelings of anger. B. They can increase the heart rate. C. They are good for mind health. D. They are good for heart health. 36. According to Schachter and Singer’s theory, what happens first if you see a snake and feel afraid? A. You get the feeling of fear. B. You get the feeling of calm. C. Your heart beats fast. D. Your heart beats slowly. 37. The following sentence can best be put at the end of ________. They think this shows that fun or playful activities help to reduce negative feelings. A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4 4 (2024·江苏扬州·中考统考真题C篇) Chinese culture has great attraction for people both at home and abroad. We have seen many people from around the world express their love for Chinese culture in different forms. A growing number of foreigners have even chosen to live in China for its culture. Interested in Chinese classical literature, Canadian artist Brandon Collins-Green or Lin Buran in Chinese expresses his understanding of A Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin and Chinese poems through thousands of paintings. Often painting throughout the night, he has created more than 4,200 works. Living alone in the center of Nanchang, he has come a long way since he first came here in 2015 to study ancient Chinese literature. Brandon loves learning about the lifestyle of ancient Chinese people. “So far, I have read the novel three times, translated most of its poems, songs, lantern riddles (谜语), and dialogues into English, and completed over 1 million words of articles and 2,000 related paintings during my PhD studies,” said Brandon with pride and satisfaction. Timur Kuvatov, director-general and editor-in-chief of the Kazakhstan Today News Agency, is a Chinese kung fu fan. He has won kung fu championships a lot of times and also served as a coach for the Kazakhstan kung fu team. “Chinese kung fu is a treasure of Chinese culture. It is not just a sport but also reflects the Chinese way of dealing with people, their understanding of life, nature, and the world,” he said. Vincent Cazeneuve, known as Wensen Qi in Chinese, is a French artist devoted to lacquer (漆器) creation. He came to live in Chongqing in 2009. His works have been shown in art institutions both in and outside of China, and his fans have even collected some of them. What is the charm of Chinese culture that attracts these people? It lies in its richness and openness. Also its cultural background differences make foreigners curious about the lifestyles, way of thinking, and values of the country. 38. What has Brandon done to express his love for Chinese culture? A. He has created many famous Chinese poems. B. He has decided to move to China with his friends. C. He has written thousands of Chinese lantern riddles. D. He has translated part of Cao Xueqin’s novel into English. 39. As to Chinese culture, what is Timur Kuvatov interested in? A. Kung fu. B. Paintings. C. Literature. D. Lacquer creation. 40. What does the writer express through the stories of Brandon, Timur and Vincent? A. Chinese names are more attractive to foreigners. B. The influence of Chinese art proves greater abroad. C. Chinese culture is getting popular around the world. D. China is an ideal country for people from abroad to live. 41. What can be the best title for the passage? A. New look of traditional Chinese culture B. Charm of Chinese culture in foreigners’ eyes C. Development of Chinese culture in the West D. Culture differences between the East and West 5 (2024·江苏扬州·中考统考真题D篇)Think about how much time you spent outside last week. Really “outside.” Walking from the car into the mall doesn’t count. Now think about how much time you spent indoors—on the Internet or playing video games or watching TV. You may say, “I play inside more than outside and I like to play games on the computer.” If so, it’s likely that you spent more time inside four walls than outside in fresh air. Kids today spend two fewer hours per week on sports and outdoor activities than kids did 20 years ago. That’s according to a University of Michigan study. Non-moving activities are more popular. The costs “include overweight, greater stress, higher rates of physical and emotional illness and less joy…,” says Richard Louv, writer of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Play is important, even for adults. Outdoor activity betters your senses. The next time you sit down to message your friends, take note of your senses during and after your texting. Then do the same experiment after you’ve done something outside. You will find being outdoors brings the senses to life. “Hiking, exploring, and fishing help hone all of your senses,” says Betsy Keller. She’s a professor of exercise and sports sciences at Ithaca College in New York. “Smell, sight... all of your senses are in use when you’re outside.” Outdoor play frees your mind. Are you stressed out? Having trouble devoting your mind to what you’re doing? Too much time indoors — away from the natural world — may be a cause. Louv uses a term to describe the set of problems caused by too much time indoors: nature deficit disorder. He says, “I use it to describe the price we pay for being so separated from nature.” Spending time outdoors brings you closer to the environment. When you’re out, breathe in fresh air, hear the leaves crackle underfoot and search cool birds and plants in the woods. It can help you feel more connected to the natural world. No woods nearby? Nature can be found right outside your back door or in your local park. So the next time you sit down to spend quality time with a video game, consider treating yourself to a little outdoor play instead. 42. How does the writer first introduce the topic of outdoor play? A. By presenting the results of a recent study. B. By introducing different kinds of outdoor play. C. By inviting the reader to think about his or her own case. D. By telling the reader outdoor play is good for body and mind. 43. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5? A. Outdoor play helps form relationships. B. Just getting outdoors does wonders. C. Nature can remind us of life beyond our worries. D. The outdoors is the best place to practise physical skills. 44. Which word is closest to the meaning of “hone” in Paragraph 6? A. improve B. limit C. produce D. organize 45. Which of the following is a good way to enjoy outdoor play? A. Walking from your car into the mall. B. Spending your quality time with TV drama series. C. Playing a video game of making sandcastles by the beach. D. Watching in your local park how fast the clouds are moving. 6 (2024·江苏连云港·中考统考真题C篇) If you grew up in an unusual family and felt limited by heavy thoughts, how would you change your life story? In the book Educated, the US writer Tara Westover shows us how she deals with hard times. The book talks about Westover’s life. Her father had a junkyard (废品场) in Idaho, US. It’s a very small mountain village. Tara and her brothers and sisters worked every day. Before she turned 17, she had never traveled outside. None of the kids in her family had ever been to a school or a hospital. As she got older, she felt that she needed to get away from this uncomfortable situation. Luckily, Westover’s older brother taught her to read. With hard work, Westover went to college on a scholarship, and later got a PhD (博士学位) in History at Cambridge University. Education changed her, her life, her way of thinking and even her luck. After reading the book, I come to feel the deepest thanks for my own family, and the education I got. Education allows girls like Westover to fly like birds toward their own goals. It allows us to get a different view, find new experiences, better understand others and explore the wider world. I wish for all of us to be like free and powerful birds, growing and changing through challenges and difficulties. 33. What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1? A. To attract readers’ interest. B. To collect Westover’s opinion. C. To show how to deal with hard times. D. To explain how to change one’s life story. 34. What can we learn about Westover’s life from paragraph 2? A. Her brother got a PhD in History. B. She changed her life with hard work. C. Her life in the village was comfortable. D. She left the small village in childhood. 35. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. Directions of birds’ flying. B. The ways of thinking. C. Experiences of girls’ growing. D. The power of education. 36. What is the text? A. A news report. B. A book review. C. A science fiction. D. A reading plan. 7 (2024·江苏连云港·中考统考真题D篇)As we know, eating vegetables is good for us. Why do some people like them but others don’t? A new study has found that other people’s likes and dislikes could be a reason. According to the research, people who eat vegetables and show a clear dislike for them can influence others. People may make facial expressions (面部表情) when eating. How does it affect a person watching them? A team of scientists in the UK did a study. They asked more than 200 young women to watch videos of other adults eating broccoli (西兰花). The people in the videos had different expressions while eating. They would smile, seem neutral (neither happy nor sad), or look disgusted. The study found that when people in the videos look disgusted while eating broccoli, people watching them began to like broccoli less. The opposite was not true, however. When someone had a smile while eating broccoli, people watching them did not like broccoli more. By watching others, humans learn which behaviors will be good for them. Scientists believe that people might avoid food that looks terrible. In this way, people can protect themselves from eating something bad or dangerous. The research focused only on adults, but the team believe that the results could also work for children. This means, if children see their parents not enjoying certain foods, including vegetables, they might not want to eat them either. How does the behavior of adults influence children’s choices of food? The team said they hope to understand more about it. This could help find ways to encourage children to eat more healthy foods. 37. What does the underlined word “disgusted” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Excited. B. Amazed. C. Unhappy. D. Untidy. 38. What’s the result of the study? A. People may prefer the food others like. B. Children dislike eating certain vegetables. C. Young women are easily affected by others. D. People may not choose the food others dislike. 39. The team may do further study on ________. A. the safety of children’s food B. the wish to understand children C. the influences of parents’ behavior D. the ways to produce healthy foods 40. What is the best title of the text? A. Videos affect choices of food B. Studies on vegetables help a lot C. Expressions prevent possible dangers D. Opinions on vegetables influence others 8 (2023·江苏苏州·中考统考真题B篇) Confucianism(儒家思想)has been followed by Chinese people for more than two thousand years. To help people understand how to behave towards others, Confucianism teaches the Five Constants(五常). These are ren, yi, li, zhi and xin. They are general virtues(美德)around the world. The most important two are ren and li. Ren is the feeling of care and love we should have for others. Confucius explained ren could best be understood as loving others. He is famous for teaching people “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”. It is quite similar to what is known in the West as the Golden Rule(treat others as you wish to be treated). While the meaning of ren is easy to understand, li is a little harder to express. It can be thought of as duty or even respect. Generally, li is the way we should connect with people in our everyday life. In Confucian writings, discussions about li include the proper way to drink tea and how to remember ancestors(祖先). While ren is mostly about our opinions and feelings, li is about how we express our opinions and feelings towards others and towards the world around us. Perhaps the most well-known Confucian virtue is xiao. This is the duty children have to their parents. Xiao means loving, respecting, obeying and taking care of one’s parents in their old age. In Confucianism, xiao is important for a harmonious(和谐的)society: Without it, the whole world would fall into a mess. 14. Which are the most important of the Five Constants? A. Ren and yi. B. Ren and li. C. Li and xin. D. Yi and zhi. 15. What is the best Chinese for the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? A. 博学于文，约之以礼。 B. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。 C. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 D. 君子和而不同，小人同而不和。 16. Which of the following is an example of li? A. Building a peaceful society. B. Taking care of one’s children. C. Obeying rules for drinking tea. D. Learning all through one’s life. 17. What does the passage mainly tell us about Confucianism? A. Its general virtues. B. Its long history. C. Its new challenges. D. Its golden rules. 9 (2023·江苏苏州·中考统考真题C篇)Teenagers need eight to ten hours of sleep per night. However, in adolescence(青春期)changes to the body’s sleep cycle make it difficult for teens to fall asleep early. Many cannot fall asleep until 10:30 p.m. or even later and most of them will feel sleepy if they have to get up too early. Scientists recommend that both middle and high schools begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Later school start times support the natural needs of teenagers and increase their sleeping time. Here are some other benefits of later school start times: More time for a healthy breakfast When running late in the mornings, students are likely to go without breakfast. With an empty stomach, one finds it difficult to focus(集中)in class. When they are always in a hurry, students may form unhealthy eating habits. With extra time before going to school, students can eat a well-balanced breakfast and focus more on learning. Fewer behavioral(行为的)problems Teens experience mood changes as a common result of this special period of life. Less sleep may cause worries, stress and unhappiness. When they get enough sleep, students are calm and peaceful and their moods do not change suddenly. They’re less likely to feel worried, unhappy or get angry. For parents, children with more sleep are easier to live with. Better performance(表现)in study Sleep loss hurts attention, memory and brain development. Students with less sleep have difficulty paying attention in class and are likely to have lower grades. Students with enough sleep can be more energetic during the day and more willing to learn. They are also less likely to fall asleep in class and more able to understand what they learn. In conclusion, starting school later helps students get a better night’s sleep. It improves their chances of eating, behaving and performing better. 18. According to the passage, what may cause teenagers to stay up? A. Their low grades. B. Their empty stomachs. C. Their body’s sleep cycle. D. Their heavy homework. 19. How can sleep loss influence students’ study? A. It gives them much energy. B. It does harm to the brain. C. It saves more time for study. D. It improves their memory. 20. What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A. To explain reasons for students’ stress. B. To describe bad habits caused by sleep loss. C. To discuss scientists’ research on healthy food. D. To introduce benefits of later school start times. 21. In which part of the website can you probably find this passage? A. Education. B. Fashion. C. Sports. D. Technology. 10 (2023·江苏无锡·中考统考真题D篇) Pet parrots that are allowed to make video calls to other birds show signs of feeling less isolated, according to scientists. The study, which involved giving the birds a computer that they could use to make video calls, found that they began to engage in more social behaviors including preening, singing and playing. The birds were given a choice of which “friend” to call on a touchscreen computer and the study showed that the parrots that called other birds most often were the most popular choices. Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, of the University of Glasgow and a co-author of the study, said that video calls had helped many people feel less isolated in the last few years. She added, “There are 20 million parrots living in people’s homes in the USA, and we wanted to explore whether those birds might benefit(受益)from video calling too. If we gave them the chance to call other parrots, would they choose to do so, and would the experience benefit the parrots and their caregivers?” Their study of 18 pet parrots suggested that there were, indeed, benefits for the birds. In the wild, many species of parrots live in large groups, but as pets they are, kept alone or in a small group. Living alone can cause birds, to develop mental problems, which include rocking, walking back and forth, or self-harming behaviors such as feather-plucking. The parrots first learned to ring a bell and then touch a photo of another bird on the screen of a computer to make a call to that bird, with the help of their owners. In total the birds made 147 calls to each other during the study, while owners took detailed notes on the birds’ behavior and the researchers later reviewed the video footage. Jennifer Cunha of Northeastern University said that the parrots “seemed to know” that they were communicating with other birds. “All the bird owners in the study said they valued the experience, and would want to continue using the system with their parrots in the future,” she said. “I was quite surprised at so many different behaviors,” said Hirskyj-Douglas. “Some would sing, some would play around and go upside down, others would want to show another bird their toys.” 34. The main purpose of the study is to find out _______. A. if parrots can learn to make video calls B. if parrots can benefit from video calling C. why parrots can have so many benefits D. why parrots can develop mental problems 35. What can we learn about the pet parrots? A. Their way to communicate is singing. B. Most of them used to live in large groups. C. The most popular ones made most calls. D. They can make video calls by themselves. 36. Which word has the closest meaning to “isolated”? A. amazed B. calm C. scared D. lonely 37. The following paragraph can best go after _______. Video calling could reproduce some of the social benefits of living in a group, according to Rébecca Kleinberger, of Northeastern University and first author of the study. A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4 11 (2023·江苏常州·中考统考真题B篇)Sending astronauts to Mars is a big challenge. Astronauts will have to take everything they need, including food, air and water. The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars. Six astronauts on an eight-month trip to Mars will need at least 18,000 kilograms of water for drinking and washing. They’ll also need water to protect themselves from space rays which can pass right through spaceship walls and harm astronauts’ living cells. But a layer of water placed around the ship can stop the harm. That’s a lot of water. And sending water into space is too expensive. It costs $33,000 to send one cup of water to Mars. The more you take, the more it costs. We have the technology to get to Mars, but the problem is that it’s too expensive. But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem. Instead of building a heavy spaceship and packing it full of stuff(物料), why not use the stuff as part of the spaceship? Imagine a spaceship that blows up like a balloon. Inside, the walls have pockets like a big honeycomb(蜂巢). These hold lots of plastic bags filled with water, dried food and algae(水藻). All these make hard walls and great radiation(辐射)protection. And stopping radiation doesn’t influence the food or water itself—it’s safe to eat and drink. And what if the same water could be reused again and again? Flynn and his team call their packed-pocket idea Water Walls. Making oxygen and taking away CO2—the waste gas you breathe out—is another problem in space. “Water Walls will take away CO2 the same way it’s done here on our Earth—with living plants,” Flynn says. Living plants take in CO2 to make their food, and give off oxygen. “Plants are hard to grow in a spacecraft, so we use algae,” he says. Algae are tiny plants that live in water. The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO2 and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe. Flynn thinks his onboard recycling system has many advantages. He hopes it will help make flying to Mars a reality very soon. 26. What does the underlined phrase “packing a spaceship” in paragraph 1 most probably mean? A. repairing things in a spaceship B. recycling things in a spaceship C. checking things in a spaceship D. putting things into a spaceship 27. What is the advantage of Flynn’s system? A. Cost is saved. B. Travelling time is saved. C. Plastic bags are saved. D. Food is saved. 28. What is one purpose of Flynn’s idea of Water Walls? A. To prevent space rays during the space trip. B. To make the whole spaceship stronger. C. To control the temperature in the spaceship. D. To produce water in the spaceship. 29. Why are algae put in the plastic bags? A. To prevent water from being polluted. B. To serve as food for astronauts. C. To provide oxygen for astronauts. D. To help other plants grow in a spaceship. 12 (2023·江苏常州·中考统考真题C篇) When Singaporean Tong Weiqiang watched Hong Kong wuxia dramas more than 10 years ago, he was greatly impressed. He then pioneered a local movement to support hanfu, or traditional Chinese clothes, and started the Han Cultural Society of Singapore in 2012 to attract more fans. “Many people in our cultural society first learned about hanfu from these Chinese wuxia dramas,” he told China Daily. In recent years, with the increased popularity of Chinese culture through dramas and online literature, wuxia-related content has started to regain popularity with viewers all over the world, including those in Southeast Asia, According to China Daily, Wuxiaworld, a web novel site started by Chinese-American Lai Jingping in 2014, attracts millions of page views per day from users in more than 100 countries. One reason for its popularity is that wuxia works bring them fresh new experiences. The economies(经济)of many Southeast Asian countries are based on agriculture. As China Daily mentioned, what really interests them is the different lifestyles of wuxia heroes they have never experienced. New thoughts and ideas in wuxia works also help it go a step further abroad. Unlike traditional wuxia, the modern form of wuxia which has gained popularity in Southeast Asia is a broader idea that includes xianxia and xuanhuan. But there’s one thing that never changes-its core(核心)spirit. Mixing the Chinese characters “wu” and “xia”, these works always keep the spirit of the Chinese heroes fighting against social injustice(不公正)and beating bad people, noted the Interact Kungfu website. “Although wuxia is a special part of Chinese culture, the core spirit of pursuing(追求)freedom and justice is generally accepted by people all over the world,” Lily Lee, president of You-Cloud which operates AppGrowing, told China Daily. 30. Why does the writer tell the story of Tong Weiqiang? A. To provide the background. B. To raise up the question. C. To lead into the main topic. D. To introduce the main character. 31. Which of the following is one reason for wuxia’s popularity? A. People’s wishes to change others’ lifestyles. B. The economic conditions of different countries. C. The differences between xianxia and xuanhuan. D. The acceptance of wuxia's core spirit across the world. 32. What is the best title of this article? A. A Wide World of Wuxia B. A Special Part of Wuxia C. The Core Spirit of Wuxia D. The New Meaning of Wuxia 13 (2023·江苏常州·中考统考真题D篇)Scientists who study happiness have evidence(证据)to show that being kind to others can result in happiness. Acts as simple as buying a cup of coffee for someone can lift a person’s mood, for example. Everyday life is full of chances for such actions, yet people do not always make the most of them. In studies, behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley and I examined a possible explanation: people who do kind acts underestimate(低估)how much the ones receiving kindness value their behavior. In the experiments(实验), about 1, 000 people were asked to do some actions to make someone else feel good. We asked both the person performing(执行)the kind act and the one receiving it to answer some questions. The performers were asked to report their own experience and to guess how the receivers might feel. We wanted to understand how valuable people considered these acts to be, so both the performer and receiver had to rate(评分)how “big” the act seemed. In all cases, we compared the performer’s expectations of the receiver’s mood with the receiver’s actual(实际的)experience. For one, both performers and receivers experienced more positive(积极的)moods. For another, the receivers felt much better than the kind performers expected. The receivers also rated these acts as “bigger” than the people performing them did. At first, we studied acts of the kindness done for familiar people, such as friends, classmates or family. But we found that performers underestimated their positive influences on strangers as well. In one experiment, performers in a public park gave away hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day to people that just happened to be nearby. Again, the kind act brought more happiness than the performers expected. These findings suggest that what might seem small could matter a great deal to the person we do it for. Considering these warm actions can improve our own mood and brighten the day of another person, why not choose kindness when we can? 33. What did the receivers do in the experiments? A. They showed kindness to others. B. They guessed the performers’ feelings. C. They rated how valuable the performers’ act of kindness was. D. They compared the performers’ expectations with their actual results. 34. What is paragraph 5 mainly about? A. Different purposes of the research. B. More evidence for the research results. C Possible influences of the research findings. D. Another explanation of the research methods. 35. What is the writer’s attitude(态度)towards showing kindness to others? A. Supportive. B. Unclear. C. Doubtful. D. Uninterested. 36. What is the main idea of this article? A. Being kind can reduce one’s happiness as expected. B. Kindness can have unexpectedly positive influences. C. Choosing kindness is more difficult than expected. D. Showing kindness is more valuable than receiving it. 14 (2023·江苏镇江·中考统考真题A篇) The nose helps us a lot. It tells us when dinner is almost ready and leads the way to sweet cakes. It also tells us to keep away from bad smells. But do you know the interesting facts about something that smells bad? Fish You might have noticed that fish smell unpleasant sometimes. Fish from the ocean smell the strongest. These saltwater fish have a chemical(化学物质)called TMAO. While we prepare fish for cooking, TMAO is already changing into other things. One is called TMA. It smells super smelly. Usually, before cooks make saltwater fish a dish, they wash fish. And most of the TMA can be washed away. Cooks also add lemon to make the fish less smelly. Feet Foot sweat(脚汗)itself does not have a bad smell at first. But it has food and water that the bacteria(细菌)need. With them, the bacteria give off some smell. Most shoes often keep sweat in them. That makes shoes and socks warm and wet—a place where bacteria can grow. Different types of bacteria give off different smells. That’s why feet may smell like bad vegetables, smelly eggs or other smelly things. Eggs Many things smell terrible when they go bad. But a bad egg gives off the most famous bad smell of all and draws people’s attention. When an egg goes bad, the bacteria help to change the sulfur(硫)in its white part into sulfur and hydrogen(硫化氢). And it smells really bad. The nose just warns us away from it because too much sulfur and hydrogen will harm our health. 26. How does the writer tell readers that something smells bad in the passage? A. By showing forms. B. By listing numbers. C. By drawing pictures. D. By giving examples. 27. What can you learn from the passage? A. Different bacteria produce the same smell. B. A smelly egg gives off sulfur and hydrogen. C. Dry shoes and socks can help bacteria grow. D. Lemon increases the bad smell of saltwater fish. 28. Which part of a magazine is the passage most probably taken from? A. Word History. B. Cooking Tips. C. Travel Guide. D. Fun Facts. 15 (2023·江苏镇江·中考统考真题B篇)Bicycles have long been a kind of transport in China. In the past, only a small group of people thought cycling a sport. Now more and more people discover the joy of it. ________ Riders share their favourite routes and health tips about cycling on some apps like Xiaohongshu or Sina Weibo. On Xiaohongshu, there are more than 2.5 million posts(帖子)about cycling, and on Weibo, the topic about cycling has been viewed more than 700 million times. A bicycle company says the sales in one of its stores rose 20% to 30%, compared to the same period a year earlier. Cycling activities are also welcomed. According to the Chinese Cycling Association, at least 20 million people have joined in the sport. People turn to cycling as more people care about their health and their demand for outdoor exercise becomes stronger. For people who have begun cycling, the sport seems to provide a good way to run away from the busy city life. It also gives them a stronger sense of being part of the natural environment. Though the sport cycling sometimes costs a lot, many cyclists think spending money on their own bodies is more valuable than on other items. More people take part in cycling as cities in China are also planning to build more cycle-only lanes(车道). Several years ago, Beijing started building the city’s first cycle-only lane. Since its opening, the lane has seen a larger daily traffic flow. Such lanes are also being built in some other cities. 29. Which of the following sentences is the most suitable for the blank(空格)in Paragraph 2? A. Cycling has a long history. B. Cycling becomes a hot topic. C. Cycling costs a lot of money. D. Cycling brings several advantages. 30. The underlined word “demand” in Paragraph 3 means ________. A. need B. plan C. design D. talent 31. What’s the purpose of this passage? A. It advises cities to build cycling lanes. B. It shows the sales of cycling are going up. C. It introduces cycling is becoming popular. D. It recommends good cycling routes to people. 16 (2023·江苏南通·中考统考真题B篇)The Drama Festival will run in and outside China from June 20 to July 7. Sixty-five works will be put on both in theaters and online. “The festival is all about imagination connecting drama with the latest technology,” says Liu Chang, manager of the festival, who is also a drama director. Technology has improved design, performances and so on. Artists like Liu aren’t sure if the new technology can take drama to the future. A Chinese play directed by Meng Jinghui, inspired(赋予灵感)by the two-part drama Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, will be on as the opening play of the festival. In the first half of the play, Meng introduces the story to 400 real audiences(观众)sitting in the Fengchao Theater in Beijing. The second half of the play will have more audiences, who use their cellphones, computers and headsets to be part of the play online. Zhang Zhouxiang is a director full of imagination. His work, inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, will be shown from June 30 to July 2. Supported by AI, audiences can explore the fictitious scene, similar to the feeling in the real world, as the painting describes. “The stage(舞台)design is done by AI, which is like an assistant realizing the ideas of me and my team,” says Liu, “Now I try to use the latest technology, such as ChatGPT, to write the script, and I am still working on it because the language model is difficult to understand.” Now technology is playing a more and more important role. Many artists want to use it to improve drama. They are very interested in the relationship between people and the latest technology, especially when connected in drama—a scene to dream. 34. Which of the following is true according to this passage? A. Liu doubts whether technology can greatly improve drama. B. Meng’s two-part drama Faust will be on at the opening. C. Audiences can explore the scene of Liu’s work by AI. D. Liu has managed to write the script by ChatGPT. 35. What does the underlined word “fictitious” mean in Paragraph 3? A. colorful B. unreal C. fantastic D. boring 36. What is the structure of this passage?(1=Paragraph 1, 2-Paragraph 2…) A. B. C. D. 37. What is the best title of this passage? A. A drama festival B. Human imagination C. Drama of the future D. AI-assisted technology 17 (2023·江苏南通·中考统考真题C篇)Climate change(气候变化)has brought a serious warning to the living areas of the Siberian crane, increasing the need to better protect the birds and their migratory channels(迁徙路径), an expert said. The Siberian crane breeds(繁殖)in northeast Siberia in Russia and flies to Poyang Lake for the winter in East China’s Jiangxi Province. About 95 percent of the birds spend the season in Poyang. Qian Fawen, a research professor from the National Bird Banding Center of China, said that Poyang’s water levels decide whether it is suitable for the birds to live there. However, climate change has made the levels change often. “In some years, the lake experiences floods; in others, it experiences droughts. Both of these situations create food shortages in the cranes’ living area,” he said. The Siberian crane is listed as seriously endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. “We need to protect their living area, which is mainly wetland, so that we can protect them,” Qian said. In the recently announced National Action Plan for the Protection of Bird Migration Channels(2021-35), 1, 140 places in China were considered as important breeding grounds, wintering grounds and staying stops, including Poyang and the Yellow River wetland in Ningxia. The plan said that the government should watch and count the number of migratory birds and pay farmers for losses caused by the birds. Since China joined the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1992, it has designated(指定)202,600 hectares of wetland as Wetlands of International Importance. They store and clean water, keep all kinds of living things, help store floods and prevent droughts. According to a plan announced by the central government in October, by 2025, China will have protected 55 percent of its wetlands. After the Wetlands Protection Law, the nation’s first law to protect wetlands, was introduced on June 1, 2022, complete protection was strengthened. The law clearly explained what the government should do and introduced strict punishment for people who destroy wetland areas. It limits building at important national wetlands and it doesn’t allow harmful activities, including using them as farmlands, leaving wastewater everywhere, harvesting and fishing too much. Key nature reserve management offices in China have reported more birds wintering in the nation’s wetlands, including some new rare kinds. ___▲_ 38. What can we learn from Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 4? A. About 95 percent of the Siberian cranes spend their winter in Poyang Lake. B. Climate change has little influence on the Siberian cranes’ living area in Poyang. C. The Siberian cranes will live in Poyang all year round if the wetland is protected. D. Water levels decide that Poyang Lake isn’t suitable for the Siberian cranes to live. 39. Which of the following behaviors is right at important wetlands? ①building houses ②making farmlands ③limiting fishing ④leaving wastewater ⑤watching birds A. ①③ B. ②④ C. ③⑤ D. ②⑤ 40. What does this passage mainly tell us? A. The problem the Siberian cranes face and the ways people protect wetlands. B. The reason why the Siberian cranes migrate and the place they usually stay in. C. The importance of protecting the Siberian cranes and the result it will lead to. D. The loss of wetlands and the actions that have already been taken to help them. 41. What will the writer probably continue to write in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 8? A. People have done something to protect wetlands. B. The number of the birds has increased in wetlands. C. Experts will go on to do other research on wetlands. D. The government will make more laws to protect wetlands. 18 (2023·江苏扬州·中考统考真题B篇)What would happen if you tried to blow a soap(肥皂)bubble in below-freezing weather? Would it freeze and fall to the ground? Would you have to hit it with a stone to break it? These questions came into my mind one cold winter day. It was too cold to play in the snow, but it was a perfect time to experiment with blowing frozen bubbles. To blow frozen bubbles, I had to wait until the air outside was very cold. For this activity, that meant 10 degrees below 0 Fahrenheit or colder. I didn’t have the bubble things that come in a bottle, so I used dish-washing soap. Adding a drop of glycerin made the soap work even better. I chose a place out of the wind, and blew bubbles the same way I always do. I watched to see what would happen. Here’s what I learned. If the temperature is low enough, the skin of the bubble frosts(结霜)over, becoming cloudy instead of clear. And what about those rainbow swirls(漩涡状物体)that you see in soap bubbles? The rainbow colors stay even(均匀的)when the bubbles frost, but they don’t spin anymore. The bubbles still float in the air. They don’t fall to the ground any faster than they would on a warm summer day. When these frozen bubbles break, they don’t turn into tiny drops of soap as summer bubbles do. They turn into shiny rainbow pieces and fly slowly to the ground. Sometimes a frozen bubble will roll across the snow without breaking. If it breaks, it may leave a strong bubble skin on the ground. Leave the bubble alone and it may stay there for a long time. Sometimes I could catch a bubble and hold it until the heat of my hand made it pop. I learned one other thing about blowing frozen bubbles. It’s so much fun. I want to try it again next year! 34. How does the writer begin the passage? A. By comparing two types of bubbles. B. By describing the freezing cold weather. C. By asking some questions about the subject. D. By presenting the tools needed to do the experiment. 35. What is this passage mainly about? A. Making soap that can work even better. B. Making bubbles that will stay longer. C. Inventing a new kind of soap that makes clearer bubbles. D. Finding out what happens to bubbles in freezing temperatures. 36. According to the passage, what will happen if you blow frozen soap bubbles? A. Cold enough, the skin of the bubbles will stay clear. B. When the bubbles frost, the rainbow colors will spin faster. C. A frozen bubble may roll across the snow without breaking. D. When these frozen bubbles break, they turn into tiny drops of soap. 37. What is the best title for the passage? A. A science club B. Broken bubbles C. A happy child D. Frozen bubbles 19 (2023·江苏扬州·中考统考真题D篇)The scientific method is used for simple experiments that students may do in the classroom or very difficult experiments that scientists are doing all over the world. It is a way of thinking that helps you to avoid drawing incorrect conclusions. There are usually four steps in the scientific method, including observation(观察), hypothesis(假设), experiment, and conclusion. The steps may not always be completed in the same order, but the first step is usually observation and asking a question about your observation. For example, you had a sick stomach, and ate a candy bar. An hour later, you observed that you felt much better. Here, you can ask a question, such as, “What makes a sick stomach feel better?” The second step is to state a possible answer to the question, or a hypothesis, such as “” A good hypothesis includes three things: The explanation for the observations, it is able to be tested, and it will usually predict new outcomes or conclusions. The third step is the experiment, to test the hypothesis. An experiment is a test which will either challenge or support the hypothesis. The hypothesis will then be true or false. The final step is to think about what happened when you tested the hypothesis and draw a conclusion. The conclusion will either clearly support the hypothesis or it will not. If the results support the hypothesis, a conclusion can be written and you can share it with the rest of the world. If it does not support the hypothesis, you may choose to change the hypothesis or write a new one based on what was learned during the experiment. 42. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the passage? A. How do the four basic steps in the scientific method work? B. What makes a good hypothesis based on the observation? C. The conclusion will always clearly support the hypothesis. D. Learning the scientific method may help students succeed in science. 43. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 3? A. A candy bar makes a sick stomach feel better. B. It was the medicine you took an hour earlier that made you feel better. C. Eat a candy bar again, and see what happens to your sick stomach. D. Ask people if eating a candy bar has made a sick stomach feel better. 44. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to(指的是)? A. The hypothesis. B. The conclusion. C. The question. D. The observation. 45. Which of the following sentences about the experiment is TRUE? A. An experiment is a test to always support the hypothesis. B. An experiment does not have to be part of the scientific method. C. An experiment is a test to either challenge or support a hypothesis. D. An experiment is only used when scientists are trying to prove a hypothesis. 20 (2023·江苏泰州·中考统考真题B篇) B Poems from Tang and Song dynasties, operas from Yuan dynasty, and novels from Ming and Qing dynasties are very famous in China’s history. Today, I’d like to recommend Song of Autumn, one of the poems by Liu Yuxi(772-842), a famous poet and writer in the mid Tang dynasty. Just as shown in the first line of the poem, most ancient poets liked to describe autumn as a sad time, but in this poem the season appears differently. In Liu’s eyes, autumn, full of life and hope, is even better than spring morning. He describes the bright scene of a crane riding the clouds and flying into the blue sky. With his poems paying special attention to expressing personal feelings, as well as the daily life of common people, Liu wrote poems with beautiful music-like words. You may feel it in this poem. Though being translated thoughtfully by experienced Xu Yuanchong, the poem still reads not so beautifully as that in Chinese. I personally think that English is sometimes not so powerful as Chinese. Here is another example, in Liu’s essay An Eulogium on a Humble Cell(《陋室铭》), with less than 100 words, he shows a lively picture of his humble cell. However, it also shows how he was pleased with the poor and simple life. People may find it strange that one can feel happy living in such a humble cell. Learning from his famous sentence, “be fragrant because of my virtues”(斯是陋室, 惟吾德馨), I think to be a respectable man is more important than to live in big houses, to wear beautiful clothes, to enjoy delicious food, and even to gain knowledge. 31. Which dynasty is the poem Song of Autumn written in? A. Song. B. Yuan. C. Ming. D. Tang. 32. How was autumn in Liu’s eyes at that time? A. He thought it was a sad time. B. He thought that autumn was rather cloudy. C. He thought Spring was better. D. He thought autumn was a hopeful season. 33. Which of the following is the feature of Liu Yuxi’s works according to the passage? A. Expressing personal feelings. B. Describing daily life of young people. C. Picturing blue sky and a crane. D. Writing songs according to music. 34. How did Liu feel about living in a humble cell in the writer’s opinion? A. Strange. B. Unhappy. C. Satisfied. D. Lonely. 35. Influenced by Liu Yuxi, which of the following does the writer think is the most important? A. To be a respectable man. B. To live in a big house. C. To wear beautiful clothes. D. To gain more knowledge. 21 (2023·江苏泰州·中考统考真题C篇) Now, primary students learn cooking at school. It has been discussed by teachers and parents. Some think that it is a useful skill for students, while others think it’s a waste of time, some even think it’s just a show. But do they really understand cooking? It’s been said that good cooking is an art form. The truth is that it’s much more than that. Then talking about different foods from all around the world, or cultures and histories of dishes, students are connected to the world and learning history and culture in a new field. Then learning cooking, students measure(称量)materials from time to time, or find oil and water don’t usually mix. Students are also learning maths and science in practice. The importance of failures in making food is as much as successes. Li Mei, 11, was crazy about the yummy cakes made by her father and wanted to make one on her own. But when taking her cake out, she was frustrated(沮丧的)to find that the cake was hard and black at the bottom. Her father told her when he was 13, he tried to make cakes, but wasted boxes of eggs. Then together with Father, Li Mei found out what had gone wrong and succeeded in making one. Li Mei learned in the failure of cooking, and could be braver to face failures. Apart from the practical skills, cooking builds character. It encourages kids to work with others. It also encourages them to be open to foods they might not have tried. Though being good to our health, carrots were hated by 12-year-old Xiao Lei. But he started to love them after he made a salad with them. By cooking, students put down their phones and work together with family members in the kitchen. By cooking, students form the habit of doing labor work. As a part of labor education, cooking is a way to teach kids vital 21st century skills, such as creativity, teamwork and so on. If these skills aren’t taught to today’s students, they might hardly survive in the future. 36. What does the writer think of “learning cooking” in primary schools? A. It needs better understanding. B. It’s just a useful skill for students. C. It’s really a waste of time. D. It must be canceled as a show. 37. What’s the relationship between cooking and other subjects according to the passage? A. B. C. D. 38. What does the writer think of failure in cooking? A. Cooking can help people avoid failure. B. There is no failure without success. C. Failure is as important as success. D. Cooking is sure to be failure at last. 39. Why does the writer mention the change of Xiao Lei? A. To show us carrots are good for our health. B. To encourage kids to work with others. C. To educate kids to be open to different foods. D. To teach us how to make a salad with carrots. 40. What does the underlined word vital in the last paragraph mean? A. Necessary. B. Difficult. C. Creative. D. Simple. 22 (2023·江苏泰州·中考统考真题D篇) I love snakes, while my mother does not. Lots of people who are afraid of snakes have never seen one. Neither has my mother. So where does the fear come from? To find out the answer, scientists put pictures with snakes, pandas, cats, flowers and many other things in front of a group of people of all ages, even babies. People found snakes faster than flowers. It wasn’t just snakes. They found “black faces”, another example, spiders(蜘蛛), faster than “safe” things like flowers. It seems we find things that might be dangerous to us faster. Maybe we are born to be afraid of them. Scientists also found people learned to fear snakes faster. Why did they fear snakes? Most of them said that in their experiences, they were influenced by the scared voice and faces of those who met snakes, but wasn’t bitten by snakes. After all, if we had to be bitten by a snake to learn that it’s dangerous, we might learn our lesson too late. So why is it important whether we are afraid of snakes or not? It may not matter much to us, but it is really very important to snakes. People protect animals they like, not animals they fear. Snakes may not be as cute as pandas, but they’re just of the same importance to the environment. Snakes eat insects and mice that are pests(害虫)to humans. Snakes are also food for other animals, so, when we kill snakes, we’re breaking the balance. How can we reduce our fears to give snakes a chance? Scientists did a study recently. Some volunteer students went on a field trip. With the help of safety tips, everyone could safely touch and hold a snake. It turns out that snakes aren’t so bad when you know the way to stay with them. Most people who were afraid of snakes before the field trip weren’t afraid afterwards. In fact, snakes even became some students’ favorite animal. Hmm, maybe I should take my mom on the next field trip. 41. In the writer’s opinion, what are “black faces”? A. Things make people feel dangerous. B. Faces of animals in the picture. C. Things that have black faces. D. Faces of people in danger. 42. What does the writer mean by saying “we might learn our lesson too late” in the third paragraph? A. We might never see any snakes. B. We are not in danger any longer. C. We might not fear snakes any more. D. We might already be killed by snakes. 43. How do the scientists help people reduce the fear of snakes? A. By teaching people skills of killing snakes. B. By driving snakes away through a field trip. C. By teaching them the right way to stay with them. D. By giving snakes a chance to show they are good. 44. What can we learn from scientists after reading the passage? A. Don’t be afraid and find chances in danger. B. Always remember to give people safety tips. C. Face failures bravely and never give up trying. D. Find problems and do research to solve them. 45. Which fits the scientists’ idea best? People 1._______ So people are afraid of snakes and they 2.______ So snakes aren’t protected by people though they 3._______ People learn to fear snakes from others’ experiences. a. are born to fear snakes b. need to be protected c. don’t protect animals they fear A. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b B. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c C. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b D. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c 23 (2023·江苏宿迁·中考统考真题C篇)Family is very important for everyone, no matter where you are from. So in both East and West, people have festivals to celebrate family reunions(团聚). These festivals include the Mid-Autumn Festival in China and Thanksgiving Day in the US. How are they celebrated and what are the differences? Let’s take a look. Sharing the moonlight The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. It’s on the 15th day of the eighth month of Chinese lunar calendar. In ancient China, the day was considered as a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables and grain(谷物)had been collected from the fields. All the family got together and had a big dinner. They ate a special festival food-moon cakes and enjoyed the full moon. On that day, the moon is full. The full moon is a symbol for family reunions which mean tuanyuan in Chinese. Now people also celebrate the festival by getting together and having a big dinner. When it gets dark, people look up at the full moon, eating moon cakes and missing friends and relatives who are far from home. “We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart!” wrote Su Shi, a famous Song Dynasty poet. Showing thanks Thanksgiving Day is one of the biggest holidays in the US. It’s on the fourth Thursday of November. People visit their friends and relatives to remind themselves that they are lucky to have happiness, health and family and also to have a roof over their heads. In 1621, about 100 English people took a ship, the Mayflower, and arrived in the northeastern US. The winter there was very cold and life was hard. As the American Indians helped them a lot, the English people asked them to have a big meal with then in order to express their thanks. The celebration lasted for three days. Today, people usually have a family meal on Thanksgiving Day. They enjoy delicious food such as pumpkin scorn and a big, golden turkey. There are other traditions on the day. For example, the turkey has a V-shaped bone in the breast. It’s called a wishbone. After roasting(烤), two persons each take one end of the bone. They make a wish and then pull it. If one gets the larger part of the bone, he or she will get good luck. The most important part of Thanksgiving Day is to say “thanks”— this is the spirit of the holiday. People also like to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. 38. Why did people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient China? A. Because people could eat moon cakes. B. Because people enjoyed the full moon. C. Because people could get together with relatives. D. Because people had a good harvest from the fields. 39. What does the underlined part “to have a roof over their heads” in the passage probably mean? A. To have somewhere to live. B. To have food to eat. C. To have friends to talk to. D. To have clothes to wear. 40. What is the spirit of Thanksgiving Day? A. To pull the bone. B. To play American football. C. To say “thanks”. D. To watch the Parade. 41. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. The background to the two festivals. B. The introduction to the two festivals. C. The activities of the two festivals. D. The customs of the two festivals. 24 (2023·江苏徐州·中考统考真题B篇)Poems play with sounds, words, and grammar. That makes poems difficult to write but very interesting to read. They use colours, feelings, experiences, and images to paint a picture in your mind. Let’s have a look at the following Chinese classical poem: On the Stork Tower By Wang Zhihuan The sun along the mountain bows, The Yellow River seawards flows, You can enjoy a grander sight, If you climb to a greater height, Translated by Xu Yuanchong In Chinese classical poems, the form is very important: the correct number of lines and the number of words in each line. Poems often follow special models of rhythm(节奏)and rhyme. However, modern poets begin to reject traditional forms and structures(结构)for poems in the 20th century. As a result, most poems today are written in free style, with lines of different lengths. Today many Chinese people are becoming more interested in reading poems, no matter in what language they are written. Translations can be good, but being able to read in the original(最初的)language is best. 34. What do the first two lines of the poem On the Stork Tower show? A. Love. B. Sights. C. History. D. Feelings. 35. What does the underlined word “reject” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Throw away. B. Carry on. C. Agree with. D. Take up. 36. What does the writer of the passage probably believe? A. It is much easier to write classical poems than modern poems. B. People should develop the habit of painting pictures after reading poems. C. Chinese classical poems should follow free style with lines of different lengths. D. No matter how well a poem is translated, some of the spirit of the original work is lost. 25 (2023·江苏徐州·中考统考真题C篇) You stand in a garden. A low noise reaches your ears. You see a small insect flying near your head. You turn to look, and it flies out of sight. There it is again! You move slowly. You can see yellow and black stripes on it. Is it a bee? It lands on a flower, and you take a closer look. Bees fold(折叠)their wings onto their backs when they stop flying. But this insect’s wings reach out like a fly’s. That’s because it is a fly—a flower fly. Many flower flies look like bees. This helps keep them safe from animals that may want to eat them. Insects with yellow and black stripes usually have stingers(刺). Insect eaters, such as some birds and frogs, need to get stung only once to know that stripes mean trouble. Flower flies can’t sting, but insect eaters see the stripes and leave the flies alone. Flower flies spend most of their time looking for food. Like bees, flower flies eat pollen(花粉)and nectar(花蜜). This makes them easy to find in a garden full of flowers. They are helpful garden insects just like bees. Adult flower flies move pollen from one flower to another, which helps some flowers grow into fruit. Flower flies can stay in one place while flying. Most insects move forward when they fly. But flower flies can twist their wings, much like hummingbirds do. Twisting keeps them in one place, so they can remain over flowers, leaves, or even you! 37. In which part of a magazine can we probably see this passage? A. Nature. B. Culture. C. Fashion. D. Health. 38. In which way are bees and flower flies different? A. The food that they eat. B. The colour of their stripes. C. The way they help garden flowers grow. D. The shape of wings when they stop flying. 39. What does the underlined phrase “leave the flies alone” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Make friends with the flies. B. Eat the flies up. C. Keep away from the flies. D. Invite the flies in. 40. What might the writer of the passage agree with? A. People usually prefer bees to flower flies. B. People sometimes mistake flower flies for bees. C. People should stop birds eating bees and flower flies. D. People should have beautiful gardens in their neighbourhood. 26 (2023·江苏淮安·中考统考真题D篇)Most of us cannot imagine modern life without social media(社交媒体). We use it almost every day in order to keep up with what is happening in our friends’ lives, or find out the latest information. Although it has a bad influence if we don’t use it properly, social media has done more good than harm. The greatest advantage is that we can connect with people much more easily. We are still able to keep in touch with our friends if they are far away. With social media, friendship goes beyond geography. We are able to find friends old and new. Also, it makes it easier for us to make friends, especially for those who are afraid of making friends face to face. Are you shy? If yes, social media has probably helped. Social media is also ideal for making yourself heard. Anyone with a voice can express it. Anyone with a talent is free to show it. Everyone is the new content creator. Moreover, anyone with a smartphone and the Internet can be a reporter. As a result, it has become much faster to cover the news than ever before. Social media, on the other hand, can make us less confident sometimes. A 2021 study published by the Public Library of Science, found that the more a person uses social media, the sadder he feels about his own life. One reason for this is that people around us put colourful information and perfect pictures online in order to show off their best moment. So we often get a distorted sense of how wonderful their lives are compared to our own. Social media does not cause sadness; it simply provides another tool for us to use. Is it good or bad? Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says, “What is interesting is the power and influence of social media ... We must try to use social media in a good way.” After all, you decide how you use this powerful tool. 37. What is the greatest advantage of social media according to the passage? A. Expressing our voices freely. B. Showing our talents to others. C. Recording the best side of our life. D. Connecting with people more easily. 38. What does the word “distorted” probably mean in Paragraph 4? A. clear B. different C. incorrect D. simple 39. Which picture shows the structure(结构)of the passage?(①=Paragraph 1, ...) A. B. C. D. 40. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Social Media: Our Friend Or Enemy? B. Social Media: To Use Or Not To Use? C. Social Media: Connecting The World D. Social Media: Making Yourself Heard 27 (2023·江苏盐城·中考统考真题C篇)A team of Chinese scientists and climbers reached the top of Qomolangma at about 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23. It’s the second time since last year for the science expedition(考察)team to reach the top. The team was made up of 13 Chinese scientists and climbers. They set off at a height of 8,300 metres for the top at about 3 a.m. After more than 8 hours of hard climbing, they arrived at the 8,830-metre weather station. After fixing steel ropes, changing batteries and putting in wind speed and direction sensors(传感器), they finished improving the world’s highest automated(自动化的)weather station, which was setup by Chinese scientists last year. Besides, they collected ice-snow samples on the top for further research. The weather station records temperatures, wind speeds and other key data for studying climate change. Climate scientists have found that global warming has had a large influence on the glacier number on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(青藏高原). Over the last fifty years, the temperature on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has risen about 0.5℃ every ten years. Studying the ecosystem(生态系统)of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will help scientists have a better understanding of the influence of climate change, and help scientists and the government make proper decisions. Since the mid-20th century, China has sent different research expedition teams to Qomolangma. But because of limited resources and technologies, many key scientific questions are still unanswered, such as whether global warming can melt the ice at the top of Qomolangma, and how ecosystem can change as height increases to extremity. 27. How many times has the Chinese science expedition team reached the top since last year? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Four times. 28. Which paragraph best describes the picture below? A. Paragraph 1. B. Paragraph 2. C. Paragraph 3. D. Paragraph 4. 29. What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about? A. The way of scientists studying climate change. B. The effort of government to solve climate change. C. The influence of climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. D. The importance of studying ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 30. What can we know from the passage? A. The team set of fat a height of 8,830 metres for the top at about 3 a.m. B. The team collected rock samples on the top for further research. C. China has setup the world's highest automated weather station so far. D. All the key scientific questions have been answered up to now. 28 (2023·江苏连云港·中考统考真题D篇) Many of us have seen rainbows in the sky once the sun starts shining again after it rains. For us to see a rainbow, the conditions need to be just right. We need some water drops in the air, like rain or even fog, and we need the sun to be behind us and quite low to the ground. This is because a rainbow is created by light passing through water drops. The light that comes from the sun seems white to us. But the white light we see is made up of a mix of different colors. When the light goes through a raindrop, these colors can separate out. Each of the colors in the rainbow has a different “wavelength”(波长). Raindrops look like little balls. When light hits one of these little balls of water, the light can change direction. We call this “refraction”(折射). Each of the different wavelengths is refracted differently. If the light hits the raindrop at the right place, the refraction separates the wavelengths out into their different colors. We are taught there are seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. But this isn’t exactly true. Blue and green are next to each other in the rainbow, which is why we can see turquoise(a mix of blue and green). Brown is a mix of red and green. But they aren’t next to each other in the rainbow, so we don’t see them mix to make brown. We would never see black and white in a rainbow. Black is what we see when there’s no light at all. On the other hand, white is a mix of all the colors together. When light is refracted by raindrops, it separates the white light out, meaning it is no longer white. 37. We can see a rainbow under the right conditions because ________. A. the raindrops are like little balls B. the light goes through raindrops C. the sunshine seems to be colorful D. the weather is foggy after it rains 38. According to the passage, what can we know about the colors in the rainbow? A. They can become brown or black. B. There are only seven colors in all. C. They mix to make the white light. D. Their own places can be changed. 39. Which part of a magazine may this passage be taken from? A. Science. B. Health. C. Culture. D. Fashion. 40. What’s the best title for the passage? A. How are the colors received in the rainbow? B. When can the colors turn blue in the rainbow? C. Which colors aren’t covered with light in the rainbow? D. Why can’t we find white, black and brown in the rainbow? 29 (2022·江苏南京·中考统考真题A篇)Money always flows between people. When money moves from one person to another, it’s known as an exchange or transaction. Here are the main ways it happens. 26. Which of the following is “earning”? A. Getting money by working. B. Spending money on clothes. C. Offering money to the poor. D. Giving money to the government. 27. You bought a piece of art. Hopefully you can sell it and make some money in the future. What is it called? A. Donating. B. Taxation. C. Borrowing and lending. D. Investing. 28. What’s the purpose of the passage? A. To help charities raise money. B. To introduce ways money moves. C. To give instructions to spend money. D. To recommend methods of investing. 30 (2022·江苏南京·中考统考真题B篇)Here is an experiment to find out how blowing into bottles can make musical notes(音). Blow gently across all the bottles in turn. Do different levels of water make different notes? 29. How can you see the water levels more clearly? A. By adding food dye. B. By pouring more water, C. By blowing into bottles. D. By resting bottles on lips. 30.What produce a note according to the experiment? A. The level of the water. B. The size of the glass bottle. C. The vibration of the air in the bottle. D. The amount of the food dye in the water. 31.What does the writer want to tell us through this experiment? A. Science things are easy to make. B. Fixed times are necessary for notes. C. Musical notes are difficult to change. D. Labs are important for experiments. 31 (2022·江苏苏州·中考统考真题C篇)All aboard! Let’s take a ride on the world’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway(青藏铁路). Sit back and enjoy the journey. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime. We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China. Keep your eyes open as we race through this beautiful land. You might see a rare Tibetan antelope(藏羚羊)from your window. Before we begin our journey, let’s learn about this amazing railway. It’s truly one of the great engineering wonders of the 21st century. When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records, including the world’s highest railway at 5,072 metres above sea level, the world’s highest tunnel(隧道)at 4,905 metres, and the longest tunnel ever built on permafrost(冻土). As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Soon there will only be 50 to 60 percent of the oxygen which we are used to breathing. But don’t be afraid. Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems. One system spreads oxygen throughout the train at all times. And each passenger can also get a personal oxygen mask just like those used in planes. Here are a few more things to think about as our train leaves the station. The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First, the high altitude(海拔)made the task difficult because there was no enough oxygen. Second, much of the railway runs across permafrost, a type of ground that keeps changing as the weather warms and cools. Finally, the railway goes through some of the most sensitive ecology(敏感的生态环境)in China. Great care was necessary to make sure of the smallest possible influence on nature. All three challenges were met, making our trip possible. All aboard! The train to Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes. 18. Where are the passengers? A. On a bus. B. On a train. C. On a ship. D. On a plane. 19. How does the text show the railway is amazing in paragraph 3? A. By telling a story. B. By using a designer’s words. C. By introducing its world records. D. By comparing the present with the past. 20. How many oxygen systems are there in each rail car? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 21. Which of the following increased the difficulty of building the railway? A. The changing ground. B. The polluted air. C. The dangerous animals. D. The hot weather. 32 (2022·江苏无锡·中考统考真题B篇) Studying is not always the most interesting task within your day, but it is a necessary one. Even though it is required, everyone has got bored at one time or another while studying. Although this is a common problem, here are some tips for you to keep boredom away while you are studying. Find a suitable place to study. Make sure you are in a place that is free of distraction(分心). Distractions will actually cause you to become more bored because you are reminded of the things you could be doing other than studying. Make a ▲ plan. Plan first. List what you need to get completed and how long you need to complete it. If you know when you can go back to play sports or talk to your friends, you will be more likely to fix your attention on studies. Mix up your topics. Change up the topics that you are studying. Mix up what you study every half an hour to an hour or so to avoid boredom. For example study history for 45 minutes, maths for 45 minutes, and English for 45 minutes. Make sure you don’t spend all your time on one subject. Take notes as you go. Take a notebook out and write down important notes while you are reading an article in a textbook. Not only will it help keep you engaged, you will also be learning more because you process the information once as you read it and then again as you synthesize the information to write down. 28. Which part of a magazine is the passage most probably taken from? A. Study. B. Health. C. Science. D. Culture. 29. Which word is the most suitable for ? A. trip B. time C. business D. lunch 30. The passage is mainly about ________. A. how to learn different subjects B. how to study without getting bored C. how to read an article in a text book D. how to choose a proper place to study 33 (2022·江苏无锡·中考统考真题D篇) Have you ever watched a show about the wild? A shark(鲨鱼)eats a seal! Lions run down a gazelle! Is all nature like that? All about eating and blood? Or is that just what keeps our eyes glued to the TV screen? Let’s look at sonic living things who work with each other instead of ripping each other apart. When a lion kills a gazelle, it wants to eat as much as it can and maybe share the rest with its family. There are some living things that will take small pieces of another living thing’s body. Parasitism is when one living thing gets its energy from another living thing, does not give anything back, and hurts the thing it’s taking things from. Now let’s get a little nicer. Sometimes a living thing will live off the body of another living thing without hurting it. They do not steal anything. They do not bite. Commensalism is when two living things live together and one gets good things out of it while the other is not hurt by it. Have you seen a picture of a whale(鲸)with rocky white things stuck to its skin? Those are barnacles(藤壶). They attach themselves to the whale, so nothing will try to eat them and they can eat things that float by. Now let’s get really nice. While sharks are biting and lions are fighting, are there any animals that just get along? Yes! Actually, there are many. Mutualism is when two living things work together and both get good things out of it. Bees and flowers are the most common example. Without flowers, bees could not make honey. Without bees, flowers could not make new seeds. It’s win-win for these two. There are lots of animals that get along. Birds will live on the backs of zebras and eat the ticks that are drinking the zebra’s blood. The bird gets food. The zebra gets its ticks taken away. In some of these cases, one animal could not live without the other. We use the word “Symbiotic(共生的)” for all of these kinds of relationships. Sometimes it’s good for one and bad for the other. Sometimes it’s just good for one. Sometimes it’s even good for both. So, it is nice to know that there are some living things out there that are finding ways to live together. We could pay attention to the animals that do not always make it on TV. 34. The writer mentioned a TV show about the wild in Paragraph 1 to _______. A. tell a story B. solve a mystery C. Introduce a subjec D. discuss a programme 35. Which of the following best describes the relationship between bees and flowers? A. Neighbours. B. Friends. C. Strangers. D. Partners. 36. How does the writer develop the passage? A. By showing pictures. B. By giving examples. C. By presenting reasons. D. By drawing conclusions. 37. What can we infer from the passage? A. The world of living things remains to be explored. B. More actions should be taken to protect living things. C. TV programmes about living things require to be improved. D. More money will be spent on documentaries about living things. 34 (2022·江苏常州·中考统考真题C篇)Researchers are using an underwater drone(无人机)to get information on carbon dioxide(CO₂)levels in the ocean. It is believed to be the first time that such a device(装置)has been used purposely to test CO₂ levels. The device, which the team also calls a glider, is designed to go down to 1,000 meters in deep ocean areas and can operate for weeks at a time. The purpose of the research is to provide scientists with data(数据)about how climate change is influencing the ocean’s chemistry. The self-swimming drone was placed in the Gulf of Alaska this spring. Reporters from The Associated Press recently joined researchers on a boat in Alaska’s Resurrection Bay to see the drone in action. The team says the project could be a major step forward in measuring(测量)the environmental health of oceans. The scientists are most interested in levels of ocean acidification(酸性). This happens when CO₂ emissions(排放)in the air make their way into the ocean. Ocean acidification can harm or kill some kinds of sea life. Scientists have connected CO₂ emissions with global(全球)warming caused by human activities. In a way, oceans have given humans a helping hand by taking in(吸收)some of the CO₂. If there were no oceans’ uptake, there would be much more CO₂ in the air. This would trap more of the sun’s heat and further warm the Earth. “But the problem now is that the ocean is changing its chemistry because of this uptake,” said team member Claudine Hauri. One of the best ways to measure ocean acidification is to collect CO₂ measurements. Until now, these collections were mostly done from ships or with devices floating at the ocean surface or on the ocean floor. 30. What is probably this passage? A. An advertisement. B. Part of a news report. C. Part of a science fiction. D. A text from a chemistry textbook. 31. What do we know about a glider? A. It must be used together with floating devices. B. It is used to measure ocean acidification. C. It is used to stop CO₂ from entering the ocean. D. It is used to measure CO₂ levels in the air. 32. What does the underlined word “uptake” in Paragraph 6 most probably mean? A. The act of covering an area. B. The act of slowing something down. C. The act of taking something in. D. The act of killing or harming something. 33. What is troubling the scientists? A. The underwater drone can’t swim by itself. B. The drone can only last one week at a time. C. Oceans are stopping taking in CO₂ from the air. D. Too much CO₂ is making its way into oceans. 35 (2022·江苏常州·中考统考真题D篇)Being sad or in a low mood is a normal(正常的)part of life. Many people feel down from time to time. For example, when people face challenging events in their lives, such as financial(经济的)difficulty or major changes, it’s common to feel down. But in most cases the bad feelings slowly disappear. As for depression(抑郁症), however, the bad mood lasts for weeks, months, or even longer because it is a mental(精神的)illness. As the World Health Organization(WHO)noted, depression is a mood disorder. It shows in different ways, including loss of interest in normal activities and feelings of low self-worth. It often lasts for a long time and greatly harms a person’s ability at work or school or in the daily life. People with depression usually don’t like to talk about their problems with others. More seriously, depression may even lead to the act of killing oneself. “Depression is not just a bout(一阵)of sadness or a sign of weakness, and you can’t just simply stop feeling depressed.” said the health news website www. mayoclinie. com. But depression is not a person’s problem. It’s also more common than most people think. It is hurting about 280 million people around the world, according to WHO. Though depression is worrying, we don’t have to be afraid of it. Depression can be treated by getting professional(专业的)help, taking medicine or a mixed treatment of both. In fact, when you begin to feel the danger of depression, you can try to deal with it early by yourself. Listening to music, doing some sports and drawing some pictures might help you feel better. Another useful way is talk therapy. When we are attacked by a low mood, having a conversation with others is of great help. Being honest about how we feel does not make us weak, it makes us human. 34. Who is most probably experiencing depression? A. Lily, who is going to have an important exam and hasn’t slept well for 3 days. B. May, who dislikes her new school and has complained to her parents 3 times. C. Ben, who thinks life worthless and has cried alone over 3 times a week in the past month. D. Tom, who finds subjects hard and has talked to his teacher about it 3 times this week. 35. What does the writer think of depression? A. Normal and nothing serious. B. Uncommon although harmful. C. Unavoidable and untreatable. D. Treatable although worrying. 36. What’s the passage mainly about? A. Knowledge of depression. B. Ways of treating depression. C. Reasons for depression. D. Results of depression. 36 (2022·江苏镇江·中考统考真题C篇)Over 5 million shared bikes in China are using services offered by Beidou Navigation Satellite System(北斗卫星导航系统). These shared bikes all use Beidou based positioning chips(芯片). The chips have high qualities. They can deal with information accurately and quickly. They feature low power consumption. They provide a better user experience and easier management for the local companies. Now, several new models of shared electric bikes with Beidou-based chips have also started to be produced and put into market. Besides positioning and navigation, the chips will help users and bike companies record user speed and battery condition of an electric bike. The possible crimes during the bike using will also be recorded. In fact, years ago, shared bike companies began to use positioning chips which worked well with both GPS and Beidou services. After the Beidou system became fully in use in the summer of 2020, shared bike companies started installing Beidou-based chips on more bikes in more areas. The latest chips which are popular with bike companies are smaller and have more advantages over the old types. Since 2000, a total of 59 Beidou satellites have been lifted from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. After the final satellite was lifted in 2020, the system was completed and started providing global services. Beidou Satellite System is designed and developed by China and it is one of four global navigation networks, along with the United States’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo. According to a research in 2022, by the end of 2021the total value connected with satellite navigation and positioning services in China was 469 billion yuan, a 16.3-percent increase year-on-year. More than 500,000 Chinese people now work at around 14.000 China’s companies and organizations doing business connected with Beidou and other satellite navigation and positioning services. 32. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2? A. The history of shared bikes. B. The qualities of shared bikes. C. The advantages of Beidou-based chips. D. The producers of Beidou-based chips. 33. What does the underlined word “installing” mean in Paragraph 3? A. putting away B. putting off C. putting through D. putting in 34. How does the writer prove the value of satellite navigation and positioning services in Paragraph 5? A. By explaining reasons B. By listing numbers. C. By comparing conditions. D. By introducing backgrounds. 35. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Technology Shapes the Future of the Products B. Users Needs Drive the Growth of the Products C. Competition Lifts the Quality of the Products D. Service Increases the Sales of the Products 37 (2022·江苏南通·中考统考真题A篇) Thirty-Six Stratagems(计谋), which show our ancient Chinese wisdom, are our ancient culture treasure. And many of these stratagems can still be put into practice in many fields, such as war, politics, business and even daily life. The following are four of them. Let’s enjoy the charm of our traditional culture. Stratagem One When a thief is in your house, you’d better shut your doors at once in order to prevent him from running away. Why? For our ancient Chinese, there are two reasons. First, if you let your enemy run away, he will come back. Second, once your enemy succeeds in running away, it is dangerous for you to chase him. Stratagem Two This stratagem is from a poem by Du Fu, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty. A line in the poem reads: “To shoot the man on horse-back, shoot his horse first; To catch the robbers, capture their leader first.” In a war if you want to beat the enemy, attack the leader first. Once the leader is caught, their forces will break down and fall into chaos. Stratagem Three Chinese always believe that tigers are more powerful when they are in the mountains. Once they leave mountains, they will become less powerful. And there are a few Chinese sayings linking tigers with mountains. The stratagem advises you not to directly attack an enemy in his own area. Instead, you should try to make him leave his place first, making him lose the geographical advantage. In this way, your enemy will be beaten easily. Stratagem Four Experienced fishers all know how to prevent a hooked fish breaking the line. Move the fish line from side to side to gradually make the fish calm down and get tired, and then you can catch it easily. In the same way, once your enemy is trapped, he will often struggle, trying to run away. Leave him the false feeling that he still has a chance to run away. When he gets tired and loses his guard, you can capture him with less difficulty. 31. Which of the following describes Stratagem Two? A. Shutting the door to catch the thief. B. Catching your enemy’s leader first. C. Letting the enemy off to catch him later. D. Tricking the tiger out of the mountain. 32. From the stratagems above, we know that ________. A. it is wise for you to attack enemies in their own places B. it is impossible for people to make others lose their guard C. it is dangerous to give your enemies a chance to run away D. it is better to shoot the man on horse-back first not the horse 33. Where can we probably read Thirty-Six Stratagems? A. In a guide book. B. In an art book. C. In a science book. D. In a classical book. 38 (2022·江苏南通·中考统考真题B篇)Many Chinese primary and middle-school students can’t do housework today and do not take such work seriously. As a result, some are unable to cook or wash their own clothes when they enter college. The Ministry of Education has recently released the new curriculum standard(新课程标准)for housework education for students from Grade 1 to Grade 9, making it an independent course that students must take at least once a week. The new standard requires students in Grade 1-2 to learn to sweep the floor, Grade 3-4 to learn to plant cabbages, and Grade 5-6 to master the skills of cooking two to three dishes. Students in junior middle schools will learn to repair simple electrical machines. This new standard has been widely welcomed by the public. Wang: We all know the importance of housework education. However, at home, some students are unable to do the simplest housework, as their parents insist they should devote themselves to study. Some of them gradually grow to be unwilling to do any kind of housework. Housework education is supposed to raise students’ interest in labor, help them experience different kinds of housework and, most importantly, correct their attitudes toward labor. The housework course will become an important step to develop and improve personalities of students. Li: In order for students to develop in an all-round way, it’s absolutely necessary to add the housework course to school curriculums, which aims to encourage students in primary and secondary schools to progressively learn and love housework. It is important to make the housework class interesting, so that the students will really gain some practical skills. For this reason, schools should add professional(专业的)teachers to give the classes, instead of adding this new stress on parents and other teachers who are already busy with their daily work. Zhang: Some people think it’s unnecessary to waste time on learning housework. If you want to have a meal, you can order food online, and for electrical machine repairs, you can ask for specialized help. However, people with the basic skills for daily life can go much more confidently and smoothly through everyday life. It is the first step in encouraging young students to develop a healthy concept(观念)of labor and to be able to take care of themselves in daily life. 34. Which of the following is true according to the new curriculum standard? A. Students in Grade 1-2 should learn to plant cabbages. B. Students in Grade 5-6 should learn to cook 2-3 dishes. C. Students in Grade 3-4 can repair simple electrical machines. D. Students should take the housework course at least twice a week. 35. According to Wang, why can’t some students do any basic housework? A. Because students don’t realize the importance of labor. B. Because housework can’t improve students’ personalities. C. Because housework classes are not interesting as expected. D. Because their parents require them to spend more time on study. 36. Which of the following opinions comes from Li? A. Ordering food online is a good way for students to save time. B. Non-professional teachers should help give housework classes. C. Students get useful skills and confidence through housework classes. D. Teachers of the housework course are expected to make classes interesting. 37. The passage mainly wants to tell us ________. A. the importance of the housework course B. the new stress on both teachers and parents C. different opinions on the housework course D. the concept of the new curriculum standard 39 (2022·江苏南通·中考统考真题C篇)Technology and sustainability(可持续性)are two driving forces in the world today. For the agriculture department, sustainable agriculture technology must be the new trend, and farmers should follow it. The following sustainable agriculture technologies are necessary. Smart irrigation Crops need water—that’s needless to say. However, how they get water is another story. With smart irrigation technology, water can be put to good use. New irrigation systems with smart technology can report soil moisture(湿度)and temperature in real time. These new technologies help farmers properly take care of crops in a more efficient way. For example, most crops have specific requirements for temperature and moisture. The new irrigation systems can show farmers whether they need to make changes for their crops’ growing environments. In this way, they may help reduce the waste of water. Drones Drones’ abilities get them a place on this list. They can do a lot and most importantly, they can make the boring and tiring farm work much easier. These devices have high-definition cameras that take pictures and videos. Through wireless control, just at home farmers can fly the drones over the fields and check on crops. If one area of crops isn’t doing well, farmers can quickly record the details and then spray chemicals with the help of the drones. Data and software Data is rich in this tech-driven world. Farming and data working together can greatly change the way farmers plant, harvest and water. As computers gather information, they report it all back to a central system. So when farmers learn in which area crop health needs to improve, they can use water and fertilizer(肥料)more efficiently, causing less waste. The three technologies are helpful for farmers to save costs, labor and energy. And they can contribute to the final goal of agricultural sustainability—that is to improve the environment. As these new technologies continue to develop, we are sure to have a cleaner environment. Sustainable agricultural technology is the future—and it will change the game. 38. According to the passage, smart irrigation can _______. A. make full use of every drop of rain B. decide crops’ growing environment C. help farmers water the crops when necessary D. support the growth and harvest of crops efficiently 39. From “Drones” part, we can learn that _______. A. drones can help provide water and fertilizer B. drones help farm work in a more efficient way C. farmers can fly in their drones to check on crops D. farmers can record the details about their drones 40. What is the final goal of agricultural sustainability? A. To help us have a better environment. B. To make farmers work more efficiently. C. To raise the production of crops quickly. D. To reduce farmers’ boring and tiring work. 41. The passage is mainly to _______. A. think highly of the agriculture department B. make sustainable agriculture technologies better C. change farmers’ misunderstanding of agriculture technologies D. stress the importance of sustainable technologies in agriculture 40 (2022·江苏南通·中考统考真题D篇) As Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blew a lifelike puppy out of molten maltose(溶化的麦芽糖)in just minutes, kids looked carefully at him with great surprise, thinking he was a magician. Xiong Chuanfa has been working on blowing sugar figurines, a Chinese traditional folk art with a history of over 600 years, for more than twenty years. In this special art form, the artist heats the syrup(糖浆)to a certain temperature, pulls off a small amount, makes it into a ball with an open center, presses the open area together and stretches it to form a tube. Then he blows air into the tube and makes it into different shapes. The traditional folk art has been listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产). Every morning, Xiong prepares the molten syrup and drives to start his “magic show” around his city. “Many people, particularly kids, are attracted by this sugar art. After all, the ancient art is gradually disappearing,” Xiong said. Simon, from Australia, was attracted by a sugar Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Xiong’s stall. Simon couldn’t resist trying to make one himself. However, he couldn’t get the wanted shape though he tried several times. “It looks simple, but actually it’s very difficult to master the skill,” he said. Thanks to Xiong’s helping hand, Siunon finally saw a horse gradually taking shape. “Can’t believe I’ve done this,” he said, expressing his excitement at how a pot of sugar syrup has been turned into something “truly amazing”. Xiong said that blowing sugar figurines can date back to the Ming Dynasty and that his family ha$$ 专题03-2 阅读理解之说明文 1 (2024·江苏苏州·中考统考真题B篇) A recent TV series To the Wonder has become China’s breakout TV hit of the year. It has also won praise at a film festival abroad. To the Wonder is based on the award-winning novel of Li Juan, My Altay, and is directed by Teng Congcong. It is very poetic and filled with beautiful wisdom. The TV drama follows the journey of Li Wenxiu. She once wished to leave Altay, an area in Northern Xinjiang. After failing to realize her dream in the capital of Xinjiang, Li has to move back to her hometown and tries to find a new direction for herself. At first, Li finds it hard to understand her neighbours’ traditional way of thinking. Under the influence of her mother Zhang Fengxia, Li starts to see the place and its people in a new light. Later, she comes to understand their lifestyle and respect for nature. Fans describe watching the drama as an experience in the wonderland. “It’s like breathing in fresh air or lying under the sun,” said one fan. “It is a unique drama, very different from the usual Chinese series. A must-watch if you want to discover the beauty of the grassland and life there,” another fan said. “People enjoy the wonderful view of Altay. But the key to the success of the series lies in its ability to connect with the viewers on a human level,” said Teng Congcong. “In the drama, everyone communicates sincerely. Even if I disagree with you, I sincerely respect you. In fact, this is a very important part of human nature—the love for truth, goodness and beauty.” 14. To the Wonder is the name of _______. A. a foreign drama B. a famous film C. a TV series D. a beautiful poem 15. Why does Li Wenxiu come back to Altay? A. To look after her mother. B. To find herself a new direction. C. To help the local people. D. To enjoy its beautiful view. 16. The underlined word “unique” has the closest meaning to _______. A. serious B. common C. special D. strange 17. What is the key to the success of To the Wonder according to Director Teng? A. Its sincere respect for nature. B. The beautiful wisdom of the writer. C. The lifestyle of the local people. D. Its sincere connection with viewers. 【答案】14. C 15. B 16. C 17. D 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了一部电视剧《我的阿勒泰》的故事梗概及粉丝对其的评价和这部剧成功的原因。 14.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“A recent TV series To the Wonder has become China’s breakout TV hit of the year.”可知，它是一部电视连续剧，故选C。 15.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Li has to move back to her hometown and tries to find a new direction for herself.”可知，她回到阿勒泰是为了试图给自己找个新方向，故选B。 16.【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“very different from the usual Chinese series”可知，这部剧与通常的电视剧非常不同，因此它是独特的，故划线单词表示“独特的”，用special近义，故选C。 17.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“But the key to the success of the series lies in its ability to connect with the viewers on a human level,”可知，这部电视剧成功的关键在于它能够在人类的层面上与观众建立联系，故选D。 2 (2024·江苏苏州·中考统考真题C篇)China has become the world’s largest producer and market of EVs (电车). According to a report, 9.58 million Chinese-made EVs were produced and 9.49 million were sold in 2023. Among the total sales, 1.2 million EVs were exported (出口). The Chinese government has been encouraging EVs as part of its effort for green, high-quality development. As a result, China’s EV industry develops very quickly. At Auto (汽车) China 2004, BYD was the only company showing EVs there. At Auto China 2024, there were 278 different EV models on show, including BYD, SAIC, Geely, Li Auto, Nio, Xpeng and other brands (品牌). China’s EV industry is now facing both challenges and chances. It’s reported that 71% of EV brands cut prices in 2023. EV makers without the ability of innovation (创新) will face growing risks. In order to be both green and smart, Chinese EV makers are trying hard to improve technologies like battery qualities and AI support. At the same time, the government is adding even more charging points (充电站). On the other hand, more Chinese people are aware of the environmental problems. It is encouraging more buyers to choose EVs. EVs are the way of the future. In an ideal world, everyone benefits from innovation and green transport. Some might get there sooner than others, and will gain greater rewards. It is very likely that China will hold the lead. 18. How many Chinese-made EVs were sold in China in 2023? A. 8.38 million. B. 9.49 million. C. 9.58 million. D. 8.29 million. 19. What is the purpose of Paragraph 2? A. To introduce different EV brands in China. B. To give some information about Auto China. C. To show the development of China’s EV industry. D. To advise people to buy Chinese-made EVs. 20. EV makers can most probably reduce growing risks by ______. A. improving innovation ability B. winning the government’s support C. adding more charging points D. dealing with environmental problems 21. What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) towards the future of China’s EV industry? A. Uncertain. B. Hopeful. C. Doubtful. D. Worried. 【答案】18. D 19. C 20. A 21. B 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文介绍了中国在电动汽车行业的发展以及面临的机遇和挑战。 18.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“According to a report, 9.58 million Chinese-made EVs were produced and 9.49 million were sold in 2023. Among the total sales, 1.2 million EVs were exported (出口).”可知，2023年中国制造的电动汽车销量为949万辆，其中包括出口120万辆，故在国内销售了829万辆，故选D。 19.【答案】C 【解析】主旨大意题。根据“At Auto (汽车) China 2004, BYD was the only company showing EVs there. At Auto China 2024, there were 278 different EV models on show”可知，2004年的汽车展上只有一家展示电动汽车的品牌，但是到了2024年有了多家品牌，文章第二段的内容表明了中国电车行业的发展，故选C。 20.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。根据“EV makers without the ability of innovation (创新) will face growing risks”可知，没有创新能力的电动汽车制造商将面临越来越大的风险，故可知电动汽车制造商可以通过提高创新能力来降低风险，故选A。 21.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段“EVs are the way of the future…It is very likely that China will hold the lead.”可知，作者认为电动汽车行业大有可为，且中国在未来会居于领先地位，故可知作者对中国电动汽车行业的未来是充满希望的，故选B。 3 (2024·江苏无锡·中考统考真题D篇) A theory of emotion Two scientists called Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer developed the two-factor theory of emotion in 1962. They said that emotions are formed in two parts. First, the body has a physical response to a threat and then the mind considers the physical response as an emotion, which is then felt by the person. For example, imagine you are walking through a forest and you see a bear. Seeing it would probably start a physical response, such as your heart beating very fast and sweat breaking out. Your mind then decides that this is fear, which you feel as an emotion. A new study has suggested that the key to reducing feelings of anger is not venting (letting the angry emotions out) but doing calming activities such as yoga or meditation. The study was published in March by Sophie Kjaervik and Brad Bushman from Ohio State University in the US. They wanted to explore the popular theory that venting (expressing) anger is a good way of reducing it. Examples of venting anger include shouting or hitting something like a cushion, so that you let go of the emotion and therefore don’t feel it any more. The pair looked at 154 other studies on anger. These involved 10, 189 people, and included a variety of ages and backgrounds. In their study, Kjaervik and Bushman define anger as “an emotional response (反应) to a real or imagined threat (威胁)”. They used a theory of emotion (情绪假说) that says emotions are partly felt in your body and partly in your mind. The scientists looked at the other studies to see how different activities influenced anger. They found that activities such as running or boxing—which are often thought to be good for dealing with anger—weren’t very good at reducing it. In fact, some of these activities actually made it worse because they increased physical responses in the body that are linked to feeling angry. For example, they made people’s hearts beat faster. However, activities that decreased physical responses in the body did help to reduce feelings of anger. These included activities that slow the heart rate, such as deep breathing, meditation and yoga. Bushman says activities that increase physical responses may be good for heart health but are “definitely not the best way to reduce anger”. The team found jogging was most likely to increase anger. However, some heart-rate increasing activities—like ball games and team sports—could reduce anger. 34. What is the main finding of the new study? A. A new method of venting anger. B. A new method of reducing anger. C. Good activities to vent anger. D. Good activities to reduce anger. 35. What can we learn about calming activities? A. They can reduce feelings of anger. B. They can increase the heart rate. C. They are good for mind health. D. They are good for heart health. 36. According to Schachter and Singer’s theory, what happens first if you see a snake and feel afraid? A. You get the feeling of fear. B. You get the feeling of calm. C. Your heart beats fast. D. Your heart beats slowly. 37. The following sentence can best be put at the end of ________. They think this shows that fun or playful activities help to reduce negative feelings. A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4 【答案】34. D 35. A 36. C 37. D 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文主要介绍了关于情绪的两因素理论，以及一项新的研究发现，即减少愤怒感觉的关键不是发泄，而是做一些如瑜伽或冥想等平静的活动。 34.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段“A new study has suggested that the key to reducing feelings of anger is not venting (letting the angry emotions out) but doing calming activities such as yoga or meditation.”可知，新的研究发现，减少愤怒感觉的关键不是发泄，而是做一些如瑜伽或冥想等平静的活动，故这项新的研究主要发现了一些可以减少愤怒的好的活动，故选D。 35.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段“However, activities that decreased physical responses in the body did help to reduce feelings of anger. These included activities that slow the heart rate, such as deep breathing, meditation and yoga.”可知，那些能够减少身体反应的活动，即深呼吸、冥想和瑜伽等平静的活动有助于减少愤怒感觉，故选A。 36.【答案】C 【解析】推理判断题。根据“For example, imagine you are walking through a forest and you see a bear. Seeing it would probably start a physical response, such as your heart beating very fast and sweat breaking out.”可知，文章指出，当我们看到一只熊时，我们的身体可能会做出反应，比如心跳得很快，出汗。故可知当我们看到一条蛇并感到害怕时，我们心跳也会加快，故选C。 37.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据第四段“However, some heart-rate increasing activities—like ball games and team sports—could reduce anger.”可知，团队发现一些增加心率的活动，如球类运动和团队运动，可能会减少愤怒。这表明有趣的活动有助于减少负面情绪。故这句话可以放在第四自然段的结尾，故选D。 4 (2024·江苏扬州·中考统考真题C篇) Chinese culture has great attraction for people both at home and abroad. We have seen many people from around the world express their love for Chinese culture in different forms. A growing number of foreigners have even chosen to live in China for its culture. Interested in Chinese classical literature, Canadian artist Brandon Collins-Green or Lin Buran in Chinese expresses his understanding of A Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin and Chinese poems through thousands of paintings. Often painting throughout the night, he has created more than 4,200 works. Living alone in the center of Nanchang, he has come a long way since he first came here in 2015 to study ancient Chinese literature. Brandon loves learning about the lifestyle of ancient Chinese people. “So far, I have read the novel three times, translated most of its poems, songs, lantern riddles (谜语), and dialogues into English, and completed over 1 million words of articles and 2,000 related paintings during my PhD studies,” said Brandon with pride and satisfaction. Timur Kuvatov, director-general and editor-in-chief of the Kazakhstan Today News Agency, is a Chinese kung fu fan. He has won kung fu championships a lot of times and also served as a coach for the Kazakhstan kung fu team. “Chinese kung fu is a treasure of Chinese culture. It is not just a sport but also reflects the Chinese way of dealing with people, their understanding of life, nature, and the world,” he said. Vincent Cazeneuve, known as Wensen Qi in Chinese, is a French artist devoted to lacquer (漆器) creation. He came to live in Chongqing in 2009. His works have been shown in art institutions both in and outside of China, and his fans have even collected some of them. What is the charm of Chinese culture that attracts these people? It lies in its richness and openness. Also its cultural background differences make foreigners curious about the lifestyles, way of thinking, and values of the country. 38. What has Brandon done to express his love for Chinese culture? A. He has created many famous Chinese poems. B. He has decided to move to China with his friends. C. He has written thousands of Chinese lantern riddles. D. He has translated part of Cao Xueqin’s novel into English. 39. As to Chinese culture, what is Timur Kuvatov interested in? A. Kung fu. B. Paintings. C. Literature. D. Lacquer creation. 40. What does the writer express through the stories of Brandon, Timur and Vincent? A. Chinese names are more attractive to foreigners. B. The influence of Chinese art proves greater abroad. C. Chinese culture is getting popular around the world. D. China is an ideal country for people from abroad to live. 41. What can be the best title for the passage? A. New look of traditional Chinese culture B. Charm of Chinese culture in foreigners’ eyes C. Development of Chinese culture in the West D. Culture differences between the East and West 【答案】38. D 39. A 40. C 41. B 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了现在越来越多的外国人对中国文化感兴趣。 38.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“I have read the novel three times, translated most of its poems, songs, lantern riddles (谜语), and dialogues into English”可知他把曹雪芹的《红楼梦》中的大部分诗歌、歌曲、灯谜和对话翻译成了英语，故选D。 39.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Timur Kuvatov, director-general and editor-in-chief of the Kazakhstan Today News Agency, is a Chinese kung fu fan”可知他对中国功夫感兴趣，故选A。 40.【答案】C 【解析】推理判断题。根据“We have seen many people from around the world express their love for Chinese culture in different forms”以及“What is the charm of Chinese culture that attracts these people?”并结合文章内容可知作者描述了这三个人对中国文化的喜爱，说明中国文化现在变得越来越受欢迎，故选C。 41.【答案】B 【解析】主旨大意题(最佳标题)。本文主要介绍了现在越来越多的外国人对中国文化感兴趣，以选项B“外国人眼中的中国文化魅力”为标题最合适，故选B。 5 (2024·江苏扬州·中考统考真题D篇)Think about how much time you spent outside last week. Really “outside.” Walking from the car into the mall doesn’t count. Now think about how much time you spent indoors—on the Internet or playing video games or watching TV. You may say, “I play inside more than outside and I like to play games on the computer.” If so, it’s likely that you spent more time inside four walls than outside in fresh air. Kids today spend two fewer hours per week on sports and outdoor activities than kids did 20 years ago. That’s according to a University of Michigan study. Non-moving activities are more popular. The costs “include overweight, greater stress, higher rates of physical and emotional illness and less joy…,” says Richard Louv, writer of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Play is important, even for adults. Outdoor activity betters your senses. The next time you sit down to message your friends, take note of your senses during and after your texting. Then do the same experiment after you’ve done something outside. You will find being outdoors brings the senses to life. “Hiking, exploring, and fishing help hone all of your senses,” says Betsy Keller. She’s a professor of exercise and sports sciences at Ithaca College in New York. “Smell, sight... all of your senses are in use when you’re outside.” Outdoor play frees your mind. Are you stressed out? Having trouble devoting your mind to what you’re doing? Too much time indoors — away from the natural world — may be a cause. Louv uses a term to describe the set of problems caused by too much time indoors: nature deficit disorder. He says, “I use it to describe the price we pay for being so separated from nature.” Spending time outdoors brings you closer to the environment. When you’re out, breathe in fresh air, hear the leaves crackle underfoot and search cool birds and plants in the woods. It can help you feel more connected to the natural world. No woods nearby? Nature can be found right outside your back door or in your local park. So the next time you sit down to spend quality time with a video game, consider treating yourself to a little outdoor play instead. 42. How does the writer first introduce the topic of outdoor play? A. By presenting the results of a recent study. B. By introducing different kinds of outdoor play. C. By inviting the reader to think about his or her own case. D. By telling the reader outdoor play is good for body and mind. 43. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5? A. Outdoor play helps form relationships. B. Just getting outdoors does wonders. C. Nature can remind us of life beyond our worries. D. The outdoors is the best place to practise physical skills. 44. Which word is closest to the meaning of “hone” in Paragraph 6? A. improve B. limit C. produce D. organize 45. Which of the following is a good way to enjoy outdoor play? A. Walking from your car into the mall. B. Spending your quality time with TV drama series. C. Playing a video game of making sandcastles by the beach. D. Watching in your local park how fast the clouds are moving. 【答案】42. C 43. B 44. A 45. D 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了户外运动的好处。 42.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Think about how much time you spent outside last week”可知作者通过让读者思 考自己在户外待了多长时间来引出话题，故选C。 43.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据“Play is important, even for adults”以及“Outdoor activity betters your senses.”并结合下文内容可知玩很重要，所以此处引出户外运动的好处，选项B“只是到户外就有神奇的效果”符合语境，故选B。 44.【答案】A 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“You will find being outdoors brings the senses to life. ‘Hiking, exploring, and fishing help hone all of your senses’”可知户外活动给生活带来了感官，徒步旅行、探险和钓鱼有助于磨练你的所有感官，故此处划线部分和improve意义相近，故选A。 45.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据“Nature can be found right outside your back door or in your local park.”可知大自然就在你的后门外或你当地的公园里，所以在你当地的公园里观察云朵移动的速度有多快，这是享受户外运动的好方式，故选D。 6 (2024·江苏连云港·中考统考真题C篇) If you grew up in an unusual family and felt limited by heavy thoughts, how would you change your life story? In the book Educated, the US writer Tara Westover shows us how she deals with hard times. The book talks about Westover’s life. Her father had a junkyard (废品场) in Idaho, US. It’s a very small mountain village. Tara and her brothers and sisters worked every day. Before she turned 17, she had never traveled outside. None of the kids in her family had ever been to a school or a hospital. As she got older, she felt that she needed to get away from this uncomfortable situation. Luckily, Westover’s older brother taught her to read. With hard work, Westover went to college on a scholarship, and later got a PhD (博士学位) in History at Cambridge University. Education changed her, her life, her way of thinking and even her luck. After reading the book, I come to feel the deepest thanks for my own family, and the education I got. Education allows girls like Westover to fly like birds toward their own goals. It allows us to get a different view, find new experiences, better understand others and explore the wider world. I wish for all of us to be like free and powerful birds, growing and changing through challenges and difficulties. 33. What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1? A. To attract readers’ interest. B. To collect Westover’s opinion. C. To show how to deal with hard times. D. To explain how to change one’s life story. 34. What can we learn about Westover’s life from paragraph 2? A. Her brother got a PhD in History. B. She changed her life with hard work. C. Her life in the village was comfortable. D. She left the small village in childhood. 35. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. Directions of birds’ flying. B. The ways of thinking. C. Experiences of girls’ growing. D. The power of education. 36. What is the text? A. A news report. B. A book review. C. A science fiction. D. A reading plan. 【答案】33. A 34. B 35. D 36. B 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要讲述了美国作家Tara Westover在她的书中展示了她是如何应对困难的，并介绍了作者读完这本书之后的感想。 33.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。根据“If you grew up in an unusual family and felt limited by heavy thoughts, how would you change your life story? In the book Educated, the US writer Tara Westover shows us how she deals with hard times.”可知第一段引出了本文的话题，故第一段的目的是吸引读者的兴趣，故选A。 34.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据“With hard work, Westover went to college on a scholarship, and later got a PhD (博士学位) in History at Cambridge University”可知通过努力学习，Westover获得奖学金上了大学，后来在剑桥大学获得了历史博士学位，所以她通过努力改变了自己的生活，故选B。 35.【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题。根据“Education changed her, her life, her way of thinking and even her luck...”可知最后一段主要介绍了教育的力量，故选D。 36.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。本文主要介绍了美国作家Tara Westover在她的书中展示了她是如何应对困难的，并介绍了作者读完这本书之后的感想，故本文是一个书评，故选B。 7 (2024·江苏连云港·中考统考真题D篇)As we know, eating vegetables is good for us. Why do some people like them but others don’t? A new study has found that other people’s likes and dislikes could be a reason. According to the research, people who eat vegetables and show a clear dislike for them can influence others. People may make facial expressions (面部表情) when eating. How does it affect a person watching them? A team of scientists in the UK did a study. They asked more than 200 young women to watch videos of other adults eating broccoli (西兰花). The people in the videos had different expressions while eating. They would smile, seem neutral (neither happy nor sad), or look disgusted. The study found that when people in the videos look disgusted while eating broccoli, people watching them began to like broccoli less. The opposite was not true, however. When someone had a smile while eating broccoli, people watching them did not like broccoli more. By watching others, humans learn which behaviors will be good for them. Scientists believe that people might avoid food that looks terrible. In this way, people can protect themselves from eating something bad or dangerous. The research focused only on adults, but the team believe that the results could also work for children. This means, if children see their parents not enjoying certain foods, including vegetables, they might not want to eat them either. How does the behavior of adults influence children’s choices of food? The team said they hope to understand more about it. This could help find ways to encourage children to eat more healthy foods. 37. What does the underlined word “disgusted” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Excited. B. Amazed. C. Unhappy. D. Untidy. 38. What’s the result of the study? A. People may prefer the food others like. B. Children dislike eating certain vegetables. C. Young women are easily affected by others. D. People may not choose the food others dislike. 39. The team may do further study on _________. A. the safety of children’s food B. the wish to understand children C. the influences of parents’ behavior D. the ways to produce healthy foods 40. What is the best title of the text? A. Videos affect choices of food B. Studies on vegetables help a lot C. Expressions prevent possible dangers D. Opinions on vegetables influence others 【答案】37. C 38. D 39. C 40. D 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文主要介绍了吃蔬菜并表现出不喜欢蔬菜的人会对别人造成影响，由此可以帮助专家找到鼓励年轻人多吃对他们健康有益的食物的方法。 37.【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“They would smile, seem neutral (neither happy nor sad), or look disgusted.”可知他们会微笑，看起来很中立(既不高兴也不悲伤)，或者看起来很厌恶，故此处划线部分和unhappy意义相近，故选C。 38.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据“The study found that when people in the videos look disgusted while eating broccoli, people watching them began to like broccoli less”可知研究发现，当视频中的人在吃西兰花时看起来很恶心时，观看视频的人开始不喜欢西兰花，即人们可能不会选择别人不喜欢的食物，故选D。 39.【答案】C 【解析】推理判断题。根据“How does the behavior of adults influence children’s choices of food? The team said they hope to understand more about it”可知成年人的行为如何影响儿童对食物的选择，该团队表示，他们希望了解更多，所以会继续研究父母行为的影响，故选C。 40.【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题(最佳标题)。本文主要介绍了吃蔬菜并表现出不喜欢蔬菜的人会对别人造成影响，由此可以帮助专家找到鼓励年轻人多吃对他们健康有益的食物的方法，以选项D“对蔬菜的看法影响他人”为标题最合适，故选D。 8 (2023·江苏苏州·中考统考真题B篇) Confucianism(儒家思想)has been followed by Chinese people for more than two thousand years. To help people understand how to behave towards others, Confucianism teaches the Five Constants(五常). These are ren, yi, li, zhi and xin. They are general virtues(美德)around the world. The most important two are ren and li. Ren is the feeling of care and love we should have for others. Confucius explained ren could best be understood as loving others. He is famous for teaching people “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”. It is quite similar to what is known in the West as the Golden Rule(treat others as you wish to be treated). While the meaning of ren is easy to understand, li is a little harder to express. It can be thought of as duty or even respect. Generally, li is the way we should connect with people in our everyday life. In Confucian writings, discussions about li include the proper way to drink tea and how to remember ancestors(祖先). While ren is mostly about our opinions and feelings, li is about how we express our opinions and feelings towards others and towards the world around us. Perhaps the most well-known Confucian virtue is xiao. This is the duty children have to their parents. Xiao means loving, respecting, obeying and taking care of one’s parents in their old age. In Confucianism, xiao is important for a harmonious(和谐的)society: Without it, the whole world would fall into a mess. 14. Which are the most important of the Five Constants? A. Ren and yi. B. Ren and li. C. Li and xin. D. Yi and zhi. 15. What is the best Chinese for the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? A. 博学于文，约之以礼。 B. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。 C. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 D. 君子和而不同，小人同而不和。 16. Which of the following is an example of li? A. Building a peaceful society. B. Taking care of one’s children. C. Obeying rules for drinking tea. D. Learning all through one’s life. 17. What does the passage mainly tell us about Confucianism? A. Its general virtues. B. Its long history. C. Its new challenges. D. Its golden rules. 【答案】14. B 15. C 16. C 17. A 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了儒家思想中的传统美德。 14.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“The most important two are ren and li.”可知最重要的是仁和礼，故选B。 15.【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“It is quite similar to what is known in the West as the Golden Rule(treat others as you wish to be treated)”可知，划线句子“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”和“按照你希望被对待的方式对待他人”意义相近，即己所不欲勿施于人，故选C。 16.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“ discussions about li include the proper way to drink tea and how to remember ancestors ”可知关于礼的讨论包括正确的喝茶方式和如何缅怀祖先，故选C。 17.【答案】A 【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了儒家思想的传统美德，故选A。 9 (2023·江苏苏州·中考统考真题C篇)Teenagers need eight to ten hours of sleep per night. However, in adolescence(青春期)changes to the body’s sleep cycle make it difficult for teens to fall asleep early. Many cannot fall asleep until 10:30 p.m. or even later and most of them will feel sleepy if they have to get up too early. Scientists recommend that both middle and high schools begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Later school start times support the natural needs of teenagers and increase their sleeping time. Here are some other benefits of later school start times: More time for a healthy breakfast When running late in the mornings, students are likely to go without breakfast. With an empty stomach, one finds it difficult to focus(集中)in class. When they are always in a hurry, students may form unhealthy eating habits. With extra time before going to school, students can eat a well-balanced breakfast and focus more on learning. Fewer behavioral(行为的)problems Teens experience mood changes as a common result of this special period of life. Less sleep may cause worries, stress and unhappiness. When they get enough sleep, students are calm and peaceful and their moods do not change suddenly. They’re less likely to feel worried, unhappy or get angry. For parents, children with more sleep are easier to live with. Better performance(表现)in study Sleep loss hurts attention, memory and brain development. Students with less sleep have difficulty paying attention in class and are likely to have lower grades. Students with enough sleep can be more energetic during the day and more willing to learn. They are also less likely to fall asleep in class and more able to understand what they learn. In conclusion, starting school later helps students get a better night’s sleep. It improves their chances of eating, behaving and performing better. 18. According to the passage, what may cause teenagers to stay up? A. Their low grades. B. Their empty stomachs. C. Their body’s sleep cycle. D. Their heavy homework. 19. How can sleep loss influence students’ study? A. It gives them much energy. B. It does harm to the brain. C. It saves more time for study. D. It improves their memory. 20. What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A. To explain reasons for students’ stress. B. To describe bad habits caused by sleep loss. C. To discuss scientists’ research on healthy food. D. To introduce benefits of later school start times. 21. In which part of the website can you probably find this passage? A. Education. B. Fashion. C. Sports. D. Technology. 【答案】18. C 19. B 20. D 21. A 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文讲述了推迟学生上学时间的一些好处。 18.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“However, in adolescence changes to the body’s sleep cycle make it difficult for teens to fall asleep early.”可知青少年身体睡眠周期的变化是他们难以入睡，故选C。 19.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Sleep loss hurts attention, memory and brain development. Students with less sleep have difficulty paying attention in class and are likely to have lower grades.”可知睡眠不足会影响大脑发育，故选B。 20.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据“In conclusion, starting school later helps students get a better night’s sleep. It improves their chances of eating, behaving and performing better.”可知本文讲述了推迟学生上学时间的一些好处，故选D。 21.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。通读全文可知本文讲述了推迟学生上学时间的一些好处，是关于学生教育的，最有可能在“教育网站”看到这篇文章，故选A。 10 (2023·江苏无锡·中考统考真题D篇) Pet parrots that are allowed to make video calls to other birds show signs of feeling less isolated, according to scientists. The study, which involved giving the birds a computer that they could use to make video calls, found that they began to engage in more social behaviors including preening, singing and playing. The birds were given a choice of which “friend” to call on a touchscreen computer and the study showed that the parrots that called other birds most often were the most popular choices. Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, of the University of Glasgow and a co-author of the study, said that video calls had helped many people feel less isolated in the last few years. She added, “There are 20 million parrots living in people’s homes in the USA, and we wanted to explore whether those birds might benefit(受益)from video calling too. If we gave them the chance to call other parrots, would they choose to do so, and would the experience benefit the parrots and their caregivers?” Their study of 18 pet parrots suggested that there were, indeed, benefits for the birds. In the wild, many species of parrots live in large groups, but as pets they are, kept alone or in a small group. Living alone can cause birds, to develop mental problems, which include rocking, walking back and forth, or self-harming behaviors such as feather-plucking. The parrots first learned to ring a bell and then touch a photo of another bird on the screen of a computer to make a call to that bird, with the help of their owners. In total the birds made 147 calls to each other during the study, while owners took detailed notes on the birds’ behavior and the researchers later reviewed the video footage. Jennifer Cunha of Northeastern University said that the parrots “seemed to know” that they were communicating with other birds. “All the bird owners in the study said they valued the experience, and would want to continue using the system with their parrots in the future,” she said. “I was quite surprised at so many different behaviors,” said Hirskyj-Douglas. “Some would sing, some would play around and go upside down, others would want to show another bird their toys.” 34. The main purpose of the study is to find out _______. A. if parrots can learn to make video calls B. if parrots can benefit from video calling C. why parrots can have so many benefits D. why parrots can develop mental problems 35. What can we learn about the pet parrots? A. Their way to communicate is singing. B. Most of them used to live in large groups. C. The most popular ones made most calls. D. They can make video calls by themselves. 36. Which word has the closest meaning to “isolated”? A. amazed B. calm C. scared D. lonely 37. The following paragraph can best go after _______. Video calling could reproduce some of the social benefits of living in a group, according to Rébecca Kleinberger, of Northeastern University and first author of the study. A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 4 【答案】34. B 35. C 36. D 37. D 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文主要介绍了研究人员使用视频通话帮助宠物鹦鹉摆脱孤独。 34.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“There are 20 million parrots living in people’s homes in the USA, and we wanted to explore whether those birds might benefit(受益)from video calling too.”可知，在美国，有2000万只鹦鹉生活在人们的家中，我们想探索一下这些鹦鹉是否也能从视频通话中受益。由此可知，这项研究的主要目的是找出鹦鹉是否能从视频通话中受益，故选B。 35.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“the study showed that the parrots that called other birds most often were the most popular choices”可知，研究表明，最常叫其他鸟类的鹦鹉是最受欢迎的选择。由此可知，最受欢迎的打了最多的电话，故选C。 36.【答案】D 【解析】词义猜测题。分析“Pet parrots that are allowed to make video calls to other birds show signs of feeling less isolated”可知，被允许与其他鸟类进行视频通话的宠物鹦鹉显示出感觉不那么孤立的迹象，此处isolated的意思是“孤立的”，故选D。 37.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。分析“Video calling could reproduce some of the social benefits of living in a group, according to Rébecca Kleinberger, of Northeastern University and first author of the study.东北大学的丽贝卡·克莱因伯格是这项研究的第一作者，她表示视频通话可以再现群体生活的一些社会效益。”可知，本句介绍的是该研究中视频通话的效益，与第四段结尾“Living alone can cause birds, to develop mental problems, which include rocking, walking back and forth, or self-harming behaviors such as feather-plucking.”语境相符，逻辑相连，故选D。 11 (2023·江苏常州·中考统考真题B篇)Sending astronauts to Mars is a big challenge. Astronauts will have to take everything they need, including food, air and water. The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars. Six astronauts on an eight-month trip to Mars will need at least 18,000 kilograms of water for drinking and washing. They’ll also need water to protect themselves from space rays which can pass right through spaceship walls and harm astronauts’ living cells. But a layer of water placed around the ship can stop the harm. That’s a lot of water. And sending water into space is too expensive. It costs $33,000 to send one cup of water to Mars. The more you take, the more it costs. We have the technology to get to Mars, but the problem is that it’s too expensive. But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem. Instead of building a heavy spaceship and packing it full of stuff(物料), why not use the stuff as part of the spaceship? Imagine a spaceship that blows up like a balloon. Inside, the walls have pockets like a big honeycomb(蜂巢). These hold lots of plastic bags filled with water, dried food and algae(水藻). All these make hard walls and great radiation(辐射)protection. And stopping radiation doesn’t influence the food or water itself—it’s safe to eat and drink. And what if the same water could be reused again and again? Flynn and his team call their packed-pocket idea Water Walls. Making oxygen and taking away CO2—the waste gas you breathe out—is another problem in space. “Water Walls will take away CO2 the same way it’s done here on our Earth—with living plants,” Flynn says. Living plants take in CO2 to make their food, and give off oxygen. “Plants are hard to grow in a spacecraft, so we use algae,” he says. Algae are tiny plants that live in water. The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO2 and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe. Flynn thinks his onboard recycling system has many advantages. He hopes it will help make flying to Mars a reality very soon. 26. What does the underlined phrase “packing a spaceship” in paragraph 1 most probably mean? A. repairing things in a spaceship B. recycling things in a spaceship C. checking things in a spaceship D. putting things into a spaceship 27. What is the advantage of Flynn’s system? A. Cost is saved. B. Travelling time is saved. C. Plastic bags are saved. D. Food is saved. 28. What is one purpose of Flynn’s idea of Water Walls? A. To prevent space rays during the space trip. B. To make the whole spaceship stronger. C. To control the temperature in the spaceship. D. To produce water in the spaceship. 29. Why are algae put in the plastic bags? A. To prevent water from being polluted. B. To serve as food for astronauts. C. To provide oxygen for astronauts. D. To help other plants grow in a spaceship. 【答案】26. D 27. A 28. A 29. C 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了美国国家航空航天局的工程师弗林为了解决宇航员在太空中生活而存在的一些问题，提出了把生活用品作为宇宙飞船的一部分。 26.【答案】D 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“The room inside the spaceship is too limited to hold many things. So packing a spaceship is a huge challenge for a trip to Mars.”可知，宇宙飞船里的空间太有限了，放不下很多东西，因此，把东西放进宇宙飞船对火星之旅来说是一个巨大的挑战。故此处划线部分packing a spaceship意为“把东西放进宇宙飞船里”，故选D。 27.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“but the problem is that it’s too expensive”以及“But Flynn, an engineer at NASA, thinks he has a way of solving the problem.”可知，他的系统的好处是没有那么贵，即节省了费用，故选A。 28.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“All these make hard walls and great radiation(辐射)protection.”可知，水墙概念的目的之一就是阻止巨大的辐射，故选A。 29.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“The algae will live in bags in the walls too, fed by human waste and sunlight, eating up CO2 and making oxygen for the astronauts to breathe.”可知，藻类吸收二氧化碳，并为宇航员呼吸制造氧气，故选C。 12 (2023·江苏常州·中考统考真题C篇) When Singaporean Tong Weiqiang watched Hong Kong wuxia dramas more than 10 years ago, he was greatly impressed. He then pioneered a local movement to support hanfu, or traditional Chinese clothes, and started the Han Cultural Society of Singapore in 2012 to attract more fans. “Many people in our cultural society first learned about hanfu from these Chinese wuxia dramas,” he told China Daily. In recent years, with the increased popularity of Chinese culture through dramas and online literature, wuxia-related content has started to regain popularity with viewers all over the world, including those in Southeast Asia, According to China Daily, Wuxiaworld, a web novel site started by Chinese-American Lai Jingping in 2014, attracts millions of page views per day from users in more than 100 countries. One reason for its popularity is that wuxia works bring them fresh new experiences. The economies(经济)of many Southeast Asian countries are based on agriculture. As China Daily mentioned, what really interests them is the different lifestyles of wuxia heroes they have never experienced. New thoughts and ideas in wuxia works also help it go a step further abroad. Unlike traditional wuxia, the modern form of wuxia which has gained popularity in Southeast Asia is a broader idea that includes xianxia and xuanhuan. But there’s one thing that never changes-its core(核心)spirit. Mixing the Chinese characters “wu” and “xia”, these works always keep the spirit of the Chinese heroes fighting against social injustice(不公正)and beating bad people, noted the Interact Kungfu website. “Although wuxia is a special part of Chinese culture, the core spirit of pursuing(追求)freedom and justice is generally accepted by people all over the world,” Lily Lee, president of You-Cloud which operates AppGrowing, told China Daily. 30. Why does the writer tell the story of Tong Weiqiang? A. To provide the background. B. To raise up the question. C. To lead into the main topic. D. To introduce the main character. 31. Which of the following is one reason for wuxia’s popularity? A. People’s wishes to change others’ lifestyles. B. The economic conditions of different countries. C. The differences between xianxia and xuanhuan. D. The acceptance of wuxia's core spirit across the world. 32. What is the best title of this article? A. A Wide World of Wuxia B. A Special Part of Wuxia C. The Core Spirit of Wuxia D. The New Meaning of Wuxia 【答案】30. C 31. D 32. A 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要讲述了中国武侠的新思想、新理念以及中国武侠在全世界受到欢迎。 30.【答案】C 【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，通过例举“Tong Weiqiang”，引出本文要谈论的话题：中国武侠，故选C。 31.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Although wuxia is a special part of Chinese culture, the core spirit of pursuing(追求)freedom and justice is generally accepted by people all over the world”可知，武侠的核心精神被全世界所接受，故选D。 32.【答案】A 【解析】主旨大意题(最佳标题)。根据全文内容以及“New thoughts and ideas in wuxia works also help it go a step further abroad.”可知，本文主要讲述了中国武侠的新思想、新理念以及中国武侠在全世界受到欢迎，故选A。 13 (2023·江苏常州·中考统考真题D篇)Scientists who study happiness have evidence(证据)to show that being kind to others can result in happiness. Acts as simple as buying a cup of coffee for someone can lift a person’s mood, for example. Everyday life is full of chances for such actions, yet people do not always make the most of them. In studies, behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley and I examined a possible explanation: people who do kind acts underestimate(低估)how much the ones receiving kindness value their behavior. In the experiments(实验), about 1, 000 people were asked to do some actions to make someone else feel good. We asked both the person performing(执行)the kind act and the one receiving it to answer some questions. The performers were asked to report their own experience and to guess how the receivers might feel. We wanted to understand how valuable people considered these acts to be, so both the performer and receiver had to rate(评分)how “big” the act seemed. In all cases, we compared the performer’s expectations of the receiver’s mood with the receiver’s actual(实际的)experience. For one, both performers and receivers experienced more positive(积极的)moods. For another, the receivers felt much better than the kind performers expected. The receivers also rated these acts as “bigger” than the people performing them did. At first, we studied acts of the kindness done for familiar people, such as friends, classmates or family. But we found that performers underestimated their positive influences on strangers as well. In one experiment, performers in a public park gave away hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day to people that just happened to be nearby. Again, the kind act brought more happiness than the performers expected. These findings suggest that what might seem small could matter a great deal to the person we do it for. Considering these warm actions can improve our own mood and brighten the day of another person, why not choose kindness when we can? 33. What did the receivers do in the experiments? A. They showed kindness to others. B. They guessed the performers’ feelings. C. They rated how valuable the performers’ act of kindness was. D. They compared the performers’ expectations with their actual results. 34. What is paragraph 5 mainly about? A. Different purposes of the research. B. More evidence for the research results. C Possible influences of the research findings. D. Another explanation of the research methods. 35. What is the writer’s attitude(态度)towards showing kindness to others? A. Supportive. B. Unclear. C. Doubtful. D. Uninterested. 36. What is the main idea of this article? A. Being kind can reduce one’s happiness as expected. B. Kindness can have unexpectedly positive influences. C. Choosing kindness is more difficult than expected. D. Showing kindness is more valuable than receiving it. 【答案】33. C 34. B 35. A 36. B 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了研究表明，善良会产生意想不到的积极影响。 33.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“both the performer and receiver had to rate(评分)how ‘big’ the act seemed”可知接受者都必须对善意行为的程度进行评分，故选C。 34.【答案】B 【解析】主旨大意题。根据“At first, we studied acts of the kindness done for familiar people...the kind act brought more happiness than the performers expected.”可知本段主要介绍了一些证明研究结果的更多证据，故选B。 35.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。根据“why not choose kindness when we can?”可知作者建议我们要选择善良，所以作者对于对别人友善的行为是支持的，故选A。 36.【答案】B 【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了研究表明，善良会产生意想不到的积极影响，故选B。 14 (2023·江苏镇江·中考统考真题A篇) The nose helps us a lot. It tells us when dinner is almost ready and leads the way to sweet cakes. It also tells us to keep away from bad smells. But do you know the interesting facts about something that smells bad? Fish You might have noticed that fish smell unpleasant sometimes. Fish from the ocean smell the strongest. These saltwater fish have a chemical(化学物质)called TMAO. While we prepare fish for cooking, TMAO is already changing into other things. One is called TMA. It smells super smelly. Usually, before cooks make saltwater fish a dish, they wash fish. And most of the TMA can be washed away. Cooks also add lemon to make the fish less smelly. Feet Foot sweat(脚汗)itself does not have a bad smell at first. But it has food and water that the bacteria(细菌)need. With them, the bacteria give off some smell. Most shoes often keep sweat in them. That makes shoes and socks warm and wet—a place where bacteria can grow. Different types of bacteria give off different smells. That’s why feet may smell like bad vegetables, smelly eggs or other smelly things. Eggs Many things smell terrible when they go bad. But a bad egg gives off the most famous bad smell of all and draws people’s attention. When an egg goes bad, the bacteria help to change the sulfur(硫)in its white part into sulfur and hydrogen(硫化氢). And it smells really bad. The nose just warns us away from it because too much sulfur and hydrogen will harm our health. 26. How does the writer tell readers that something smells bad in the passage? A. By showing forms. B. By listing numbers. C. By drawing pictures. D. By giving examples. 27. What can you learn from the passage? A. Different bacteria produce the same smell. B. A smelly egg gives off sulfur and hydrogen. C. Dry shoes and socks can help bacteria grow. D. Lemon increases the bad smell of saltwater fish. 28. Which part of a magazine is the passage most probably taken from? A. Word History. B. Cooking Tips. C. Travel Guide. D. Fun Facts. 【答案】26. D 27. B 28. D 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文介绍了一些关于闻起来很难闻的东西的有趣事实。 26.【答案】 【解析】推理判断题。根据“But do you know the interesting facts about something that smells bad?”可知，文章第一段介绍本文主题，一些闻起来很难闻的东西的有趣事实，接下来作者列举了鱼、脚以及变质的鸡蛋的味道，故作者通过举例子的方式介绍文章内容，故选D。 27.【答案】 【解析】细节理解题。根据“When an egg goes bad, the bacteria help to change the sulfur(硫)in its white part into sulfur and hydrogen(硫化氢).”可知，臭鸡蛋会释放出硫和氢，故选B。 28.【答案】 【解析】推理判断题。根据“But do you know the interesting facts about something that smells bad?”及全文可知，本文介绍了一些关于闻起来很难闻的东西的有趣事实，故文章可能来源于“Fun Facts”版块，故选D。 15 (2023·江苏镇江·中考统考真题B篇)Bicycles have long been a kind of transport in China. In the past, only a small group of people thought cycling a sport. Now more and more people discover the joy of it. ________ Riders share their favourite routes and health tips about cycling on some apps like Xiaohongshu or Sina Weibo. On Xiaohongshu, there are more than 2.5 million posts(帖子)about cycling, and on Weibo, the topic about cycling has been viewed more than 700 million times. A bicycle company says the sales in one of its stores rose 20% to 30%, compared to the same period a year earlier. Cycling activities are also welcomed. According to the Chinese Cycling Association, at least 20 million people have joined in the sport. People turn to cycling as more people care about their health and their demand for outdoor exercise becomes stronger. For people who have begun cycling, the sport seems to provide a good way to run away from the busy city life. It also gives them a stronger sense of being part of the natural environment. Though the sport cycling sometimes costs a lot, many cyclists think spending money on their own bodies is more valuable than on other items. More people take part in cycling as cities in China are also planning to build more cycle-only lanes(车道). Several years ago, Beijing started building the city’s first cycle-only lane. Since its opening, the lane has seen a larger daily traffic flow. Such lanes are also being built in some other cities. 29. Which of the following sentences is the most suitable for the blank(空格)in Paragraph 2? A. Cycling has a long history. B. Cycling becomes a hot topic. C. Cycling costs a lot of money. D. Cycling brings several advantages. 30. The underlined word “demand” in Paragraph 3 means ________. A. need B. plan C. design D. talent 31. What’s the purpose of this passage? A. It advises cities to build cycling lanes. B. It shows the sales of cycling are going up. C. It introduces cycling is becoming popular. D. It recommends good cycling routes to people. 【答案】29. B 30. A 31. C 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了随着越来越多的人关心自己的健康，他们对户外运动的需求也越来越强烈，人们开始骑自行车，骑自行车变得越来越受欢迎。 29.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据“On Xiaohongshu, there are more than 2.5 million posts(帖子)about cycling...”可知本段主要介绍了骑自行车非常受欢迎，选项B“骑自行车成热门话题”符合语境，故选B。 30.【答案】A 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“People turn to cycling as more people care about their health and their demand for outdoor exercise becomes stronger”可知随着越来越多的人关心自己的健康，他们对户外运动的需求也越来越强烈，人们开始骑自行车，故此处划线部分意为“需求”，和need意义相近，故选A。 31.【答案】C 【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了随着越来越多的人关心自己的健康，他们对户外运动的需求也越来越强烈，人们开始骑自行车，骑自行车变得越来越受欢迎，故选C。 16 (2023·江苏南通·中考统考真题B篇)The Drama Festival will run in and outside China from June 20 to July 7. Sixty-five works will be put on both in theaters and online. “The festival is all about imagination connecting drama with the latest technology,” says Liu Chang, manager of the festival, who is also a drama director. Technology has improved design, performances and so on. Artists like Liu aren’t sure if the new technology can take drama to the future. A Chinese play directed by Meng Jinghui, inspired(赋予灵感)by the two-part drama Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, will be on as the opening play of the festival. In the first half of the play, Meng introduces the story to 400 real audiences(观众)sitting in the Fengchao Theater in Beijing. The second half of the play will have more audiences, who use their cellphones, computers and headsets to be part of the play online. Zhang Zhouxiang is a director full of imagination. His work, inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, will be shown from June 30 to July 2. Supported by AI, audiences can explore the fictitious scene, similar to the feeling in the real world, as the painting describes. “The stage(舞台)design is done by AI, which is like an assistant realizing the ideas of me and my team,” says Liu, “Now I try to use the latest technology, such as ChatGPT, to write the script, and I am still working on it because the language model is difficult to understand.” Now technology is playing a more and more important role. Many artists want to use it to improve drama. They are very interested in the relationship between people and the latest technology, especially when connected in drama—a scene to dream. 34. Which of the following is true according to this passage? A. Liu doubts whether technology can greatly improve drama. B. Meng’s two-part drama Faust will be on at the opening. C. Audiences can explore the scene of Liu’s work by AI. D. Liu has managed to write the script by ChatGPT. 35. What does the underlined word “fictitious” mean in Paragraph 3? A. colorful B. unreal C. fantastic D. boring 36. What is the structure of this passage?(1=Paragraph 1, 2-Paragraph 2…) A. B. C. D. 37. What is the best title of this passage? A. A drama festival B. Human imagination C. Drama of the future D. AI-assisted technology 【答案】34. A 35. B 36. A 37. D 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍AI在戏剧节中的运用。 34.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Artists like Liu aren’t sure if the new technology can take drama to the future.”可知刘不确定科技是否能把戏剧带向未来，故选A。 35.【答案】B 词义猜测题。根据“Supported by AI, audiences can explore the fictitious scene, similar to the feeling in the real world, as the painting describes.”可知描述的场景与真实世界的感受类似，说明“fictitious scene”表示并非真实的场景，故选B。 36.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题(篇章结构)。第一段引出文章话题戏剧节中AI的运用；第二，三，四段介绍Meng Jinghui，Zhang Zhouxiang和Liu Chang介绍AI在此次作品和戏剧节中的运用；第五段总结全文。故文章结构是总分总的结构，故选A。 37.【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题(最佳标题)。本文主要介绍AI在戏剧节中的运用。D项“AI辅助的科技”符合题意，故选D。 17 (2023·江苏南通·中考统考真题C篇)Climate change(气候变化)has brought a serious warning to the living areas of the Siberian crane, increasing the need to better protect the birds and their migratory channels(迁徙路径), an expert said. The Siberian crane breeds(繁殖)in northeast Siberia in Russia and flies to Poyang Lake for the winter in East China’s Jiangxi Province. About 95 percent of the birds spend the season in Poyang. Qian Fawen, a research professor from the National Bird Banding Center of China, said that Poyang’s water levels decide whether it is suitable for the birds to live there. However, climate change has made the levels change often. “In some years, the lake experiences floods; in others, it experiences droughts. Both of these situations create food shortages in the cranes’ living area,” he said. The Siberian crane is listed as seriously endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. “We need to protect their living area, which is mainly wetland, so that we can protect them,” Qian said. In the recently announced National Action Plan for the Protection of Bird Migration Channels(2021-35), 1, 140 places in China were considered as important breeding grounds, wintering grounds and staying stops, including Poyang and the Yellow River wetland in Ningxia. The plan said that the government should watch and count the number of migratory birds and pay farmers for losses caused by the birds. Since China joined the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1992, it has designated(指定)202,600 hectares of wetland as Wetlands of International Importance. They store and clean water, keep all kinds of living things, help store floods and prevent droughts. According to a plan announced by the central government in October, by 2025, China will have protected 55 percent of its wetlands. After the Wetlands Protection Law, the nation’s first law to protect wetlands, was introduced on June 1, 2022, complete protection was strengthened. The law clearly explained what the government should do and introduced strict punishment for people who destroy wetland areas. It limits building at important national wetlands and it doesn’t allow harmful activities, including using them as farmlands, leaving wastewater everywhere, harvesting and fishing too much. Key nature reserve management offices in China have reported more birds wintering in the nation’s wetlands, including some new rare kinds. ___▲_ 38. What can we learn from Paragraph 2 to Paragraph 4? A. About 95 percent of the Siberian cranes spend their winter in Poyang Lake. B. Climate change has little influence on the Siberian cranes’ living area in Poyang. C. The Siberian cranes will live in Poyang all year round if the wetland is protected. D. Water levels decide that Poyang Lake isn’t suitable for the Siberian cranes to live. 39. Which of the following behaviors is right at important wetlands? ①building houses ②making farmlands ③limiting fishing ④leaving wastewater ⑤watching birds A. ①③ B. ②④ C. ③⑤ D. ②⑤ 40. What does this passage mainly tell us? A. The problem the Siberian cranes face and the ways people protect wetlands. B. The reason why the Siberian cranes migrate and the place they usually stay in. C. The importance of protecting the Siberian cranes and the result it will lead to. D. The loss of wetlands and the actions that have already been taken to help them. 41. What will the writer probably continue to write in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 8? A. People have done something to protect wetlands. B. The number of the birds has increased in wetlands. C. Experts will go on to do other research on wetlands. D. The government will make more laws to protect wetlands. 【答案】38. A 39. C 40. A 41. B 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了西伯利亚鹤面临的问题以及人们保护湿地的方式。 38.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“About 95 percent of the birds spend the season in Poyang.”可知大约95%的鸟类在鄱阳湖度过冬天，故选A。 39.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“the government should watch and count the number of migratory birds”可知政府应该观察和统计候鸟的数量，即⑤；根据“ it doesn’t allow harmful activities, including using them as farmlands, leaving wastewater everywhere, harvesting and fishing too much.”可知不允许过度捕捞，即要限制捕捞，即③，故选C。 40.【答案】A 【解析】主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了西伯利亚鹤面临的问题以及人们保护湿地的方式，故选A。 41.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据“Key nature reserve management offices in China have reported more birds wintering in the nation’s wetlands, including some new rare kinds”可知中国主要自然保护区管理办公室报告称，有更多的鸟类在中国湿地越冬，其中包括一些新的稀有物种，可见湿地的鸟类数量在增加，选项B“湿地中的鸟类数量有所增加”符合语境，故选B。 18 (2023·江苏扬州·中考统考真题B篇)What would happen if you tried to blow a soap(肥皂)bubble in below-freezing weather? Would it freeze and fall to the ground? Would you have to hit it with a stone to break it? These questions came into my mind one cold winter day. It was too cold to play in the snow, but it was a perfect time to experiment with blowing frozen bubbles. To blow frozen bubbles, I had to wait until the air outside was very cold. For this activity, that meant 10 degrees below 0 Fahrenheit or colder. I didn’t have the bubble things that come in a bottle, so I used dish-washing soap. Adding a drop of glycerin made the soap work even better. I chose a place out of the wind, and blew bubbles the same way I always do. I watched to see what would happen. Here’s what I learned. If the temperature is low enough, the skin of the bubble frosts(结霜)over, becoming cloudy instead of clear. And what about those rainbow swirls(漩涡状物体)that you see in soap bubbles? The rainbow colors stay even(均匀的)when the bubbles frost, but they don’t spin anymore. The bubbles still float in the air. They don’t fall to the ground any faster than they would on a warm summer day. When these frozen bubbles break, they don’t turn into tiny drops of soap as summer bubbles do. They turn into shiny rainbow pieces and fly slowly to the ground. Sometimes a frozen bubble will roll across the snow without breaking. If it breaks, it may leave a strong bubble skin on the ground. Leave the bubble alone and it may stay there for a long time. Sometimes I could catch a bubble and hold it until the heat of my hand made it pop. I learned one other thing about blowing frozen bubbles. It’s so much fun. I want to try it again next year! 34. How does the writer begin the passage? A. By comparing two types of bubbles. B. By describing the freezing cold weather. C. By asking some questions about the subject. D. By presenting the tools needed to do the experiment. 35. What is this passage mainly about? A. Making soap that can work even better. B. Making bubbles that will stay longer. C. Inventing a new kind of soap that makes clearer bubbles. D. Finding out what happens to bubbles in freezing temperatures. 36. According to the passage, what will happen if you blow frozen soap bubbles? A. Cold enough, the skin of the bubbles will stay clear. B. When the bubbles frost, the rainbow colors will spin faster. C. A frozen bubble may roll across the snow without breaking. D. When these frozen bubbles break, they turn into tiny drops of soap. 37. What is the best title for the passage? A. A science club B. Broken bubbles C. A happy child D. Frozen bubbles 【答案】34. C 35. D 36. C 37. D 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍作者为了查明在低于冰点的天气里吹肥皂泡会发生什么而做了一个实验。 34.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“What would happen if you tried to blow a soap(肥皂)bubble in below-freezing weather...”可知作者通过几个问题引出文章的话题，故选C。 35.【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了作者为了查明在低于冰点的天气里吹肥皂泡会发生什么，作者做了一个实验，故选D。 36.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Sometimes a frozen bubble will roll across the snow without breaking”可知冰冻的气泡会在雪地上滚动而不破裂，故选C。 37.【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题(最佳标题)。本文主要介绍了作者为了查明在低于冰点的天气里吹肥皂泡会发生什么，作者做了一个实验，故文章以“冻结的气泡”为标题最合适，故选D。 19 (2023·江苏扬州·中考统考真题D篇)The scientific method is used for simple experiments that students may do in the classroom or very difficult experiments that scientists are doing all over the world. It is a way of thinking that helps you to avoid drawing incorrect conclusions. There are usually four steps in the scientific method, including observation(观察), hypothesis(假设), experiment, and conclusion. The steps may not always be completed in the same order, but the first step is usually observation and asking a question about your observation. For example, you had a sick stomach, and ate a candy bar. An hour later, you observed that you felt much better. Here, you can ask a question, such as, “What makes a sick stomach feel better?” The second step is to state a possible answer to the question, or a hypothesis, such as “” A good hypothesis includes three things: The explanation for the observations, it is able to be tested, and it will usually predict new outcomes or conclusions. The third step is the experiment, to test the hypothesis. An experiment is a test which will either challenge or support the hypothesis. The hypothesis will then be true or false. The final step is to think about what happened when you tested the hypothesis and draw a conclusion. The conclusion will either clearly support the hypothesis or it will not. If the results support the hypothesis, a conclusion can be written and you can share it with the rest of the world. If it does not support the hypothesis, you may choose to change the hypothesis or write a new one based on what was learned during the experiment. 42. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the passage? A. How do the four basic steps in the scientific method work? B. What makes a good hypothesis based on the observation? C. The conclusion will always clearly support the hypothesis. D. Learning the scientific method may help students succeed in science. 43. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 3? A. A candy bar makes a sick stomach feel better. B. It was the medicine you took an hour earlier that made you feel better. C. Eat a candy bar again, and see what happens to your sick stomach. D. Ask people if eating a candy bar has made a sick stomach feel better. 44. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to(指的是)? A. The hypothesis. B. The conclusion. C. The question. D. The observation. 45. Which of the following sentences about the experiment is TRUE? A. An experiment is a test to always support the hypothesis. B. An experiment does not have to be part of the scientific method. C. An experiment is a test to either challenge or support a hypothesis. D. An experiment is only used when scientists are trying to prove a hypothesis. 【答案】42. A 43. A 44. B 45. C 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了基本科学方法包括四个步骤：观察、假设、实验和结论。 42.【答案】A 【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了基本科学方法包括四个步骤：观察、假设、实验和结论。选项A“科学方法的四个基本步骤是如何工作的”最能表达出文章主旨，故选A。 43.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。根据“A good hypothesis includes three things: The explanation for the observations, it is able to be tested, and it will usually predict new outcomes or conclusions.(一个好的假设包括三件事：对观察结果的解释，它能够被检验，它通常会预测新的结果或结论)”可知A选项“一块糖能让恶心的胃感觉好一点”是一个好的假设，是一个解释，且能够被检验，故选A。 44.【答案】B 【解析】词义猜测题(代词的指代)。根据“The conclusion will either clearly support the hypothesis or it will not.”可知此处“it”指代前面的“The conclusion”，表示“结论要么明确地支持假设，要么结论不支持假设”，故选B。 45.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“An experiment is a test which will either challenge or support the hypothesis.”可知实验是一种挑战或支持假设的测试，故选C。 20 (2023·江苏泰州·中考统考真题B篇) B Poems from Tang and Song dynasties, operas from Yuan dynasty, and novels from Ming and Qing dynasties are very famous in China’s history. Today, I’d like to recommend Song of Autumn, one of the poems by Liu Yuxi(772-842), a famous poet and writer in the mid Tang dynasty. Just as shown in the first line of the poem, most ancient poets liked to describe autumn as a sad time, but in this poem the season appears differently. In Liu’s eyes, autumn, full of life and hope, is even better than spring morning. He describes the bright scene of a crane riding the clouds and flying into the blue sky. With his poems paying special attention to expressing personal feelings, as well as the daily life of common people, Liu wrote poems with beautiful music-like words. You may feel it in this poem. Though being translated thoughtfully by experienced Xu Yuanchong, the poem still reads not so beautifully as that in Chinese. I personally think that English is sometimes not so powerful as Chinese. Here is another example, in Liu’s essay An Eulogium on a Humble Cell(《陋室铭》), with less than 100 words, he shows a lively picture of his humble cell. However, it also shows how he was pleased with the poor and simple life. People may find it strange that one can feel happy living in such a humble cell. Learning from his famous sentence, “be fragrant because of my virtues”(斯是陋室, 惟吾德馨), I think to be a respectable man is more important than to live in big houses, to wear beautiful clothes, to enjoy delicious food, and even to gain knowledge. 31. Which dynasty is the poem Song of Autumn written in? A. Song. B. Yuan. C. Ming. D. Tang. 32. How was autumn in Liu’s eyes at that time? A. He thought it was a sad time. B. He thought that autumn was rather cloudy. C. He thought Spring was better. D. He thought autumn was a hopeful season. 33. Which of the following is the feature of Liu Yuxi’s works according to the passage? A. Expressing personal feelings. B. Describing daily life of young people. C. Picturing blue sky and a crane. D. Writing songs according to music. 34. How did Liu feel about living in a humble cell in the writer’s opinion? A. Strange. B. Unhappy. C. Satisfied. D. Lonely. 35. Influenced by Liu Yuxi, which of the following does the writer think is the most important? A. To be a respectable man. B. To live in a big house. C. To wear beautiful clothes. D. To gain more knowledge. 【答案】31. D 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. A 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文介绍了著名诗人刘禹锡的两首诗歌——《秋词》和《陋室铭》，从诗歌中展现出刘禹锡的个人特色以及作者的感悟。 31.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Today, I’d like to recommend Song of Autumn, one of the poems by Liu Yuxi(772-842), a famous poet and writer in the mid Tang dynasty.”可知，《秋词》是唐代诗人刘禹锡写的，故选D。 32.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“In Liu’s eyes, autumn, full of life and hope, is even better than spring morning.”可 知，在刘的眼中，充满生机和希望的秋天甚至比春天的早晨还要美好，故选D。 33.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“With his poems paying special attention to expressing personal feelings, as well as the daily life of common people, Liu wrote poems with beautiful music-like words.”可知，他的诗特别 注重表达个人情感，以及普通人的日常生活，他的诗用优美的音乐般的词语，故选A。 34.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“However, it also shows how he was pleased with the poor and simple life.”可知， 《陋室铭》显示了他是如何满足于贫穷和简单的生活，故选C。 35.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“I think to be a respectable man is more important than to live in big houses, to wear beautiful clothes, to enjoy delicious food, and even to gain knowledge.”可知，作者认为做一个受人尊 敬的人比住大房子，穿漂亮的衣服，享受美味的食物，甚至获得知识更重要，故选A。 21 (2023·江苏泰州·中考统考真题C篇) Now, primary students learn cooking at school. It has been discussed by teachers and parents. Some think that it is a useful skill for students, while others think it’s a waste of time, some even think it’s just a show. But do they really understand cooking? It’s been said that good cooking is an art form. The truth is that it’s much more than that. Then talking about different foods from all around the world, or cultures and histories of dishes, students are connected to the world and learning history and culture in a new field. Then learning cooking, students measure(称量)materials from time to time, or find oil and water don’t usually mix. Students are also learning maths and science in practice. The importance of failures in making food is as much as successes. Li Mei, 11, was crazy about the yummy cakes made by her father and wanted to make one on her own. But when taking her cake out, she was frustrated(沮丧的)to find that the cake was hard and black at the bottom. Her father told her when he was 13, he tried to make cakes, but wasted boxes of eggs. Then together with Father, Li Mei found out what had gone wrong and succeeded in making one. Li Mei learned in the failure of cooking, and could be braver to face failures. Apart from the practical skills, cooking builds character. It encourages kids to work with others. It also encourages them to be open to foods they might not have tried. Though being good to our health, carrots were hated by 12-year-old Xiao Lei. But he started to love them after he made a salad with them. By cooking, students put down their phones and work together with family members in the kitchen. By cooking, students form the habit of doing labor work. As a part of labor education, cooking is a way to teach kids vital 21st century skills, such as creativity, teamwork and so on. If these skills aren’t taught to today’s students, they might hardly survive in the future. 36. What does the writer think of “learning cooking” in primary schools? A. It needs better understanding. B. It’s just a useful skill for students. C. It’s really a waste of time. D. It must be canceled as a show. 37. What’s the relationship between cooking and other subjects according to the passage? A. B. C. D. 38. What does the writer think of failure in cooking? A. Cooking can help people avoid failure. B. There is no failure without success. C. Failure is as important as success. D. Cooking is sure to be failure at last. 39. Why does the writer mention the change of Xiao Lei? A. To show us carrots are good for our health. B. To encourage kids to work with others. C. To educate kids to be open to different foods. D. To teach us how to make a salad with carrots. 40. What does the underlined word vital in the last paragraph mean? A. Necessary. B. Difficult. C. Creative. D. Simple. 【答案】36. A 37. D 38. C 39. C 40. A 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文介绍了烹饪对学生的好处。 36.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。根据“Some think that it is a useful skill for students, while others think it’s a waste of time, some even think it’s just a show. But do they really understand cooking?”和“It’s been said that good cooking is an art form. The truth is that it’s much more than that.”可知，作者认为烹饪远远不止是一种技能、不是浪费时间以及不是一种表演，事实远不止这些。所以作者认为学习烹饪需要更好的理解，故选A。 37.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据“As a part of labor education, cooking is a way...”可知，烹饪是劳动教育的一部分，排除AB；结合“Students are also learning maths and science in practice.”可知，学生们也在实践中学习数学和科学，所以劳动教育和其他学科是相关的，故选D。 38.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“The importance of failures in making food is as much as successes.”可知，在制作食物的过程中，失败和成功同样重要，故选C。 39.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“It also encourages them to be open to foods they might not have tried. Though being good to our health, carrots were hated by 12-year-old Xiao Lei. But he started to love them after he made a salad with them.”可知，烹饪鼓励学生们对自己可能没有尝试过的食物持开放态度。虽然胡萝卜对我们的健康有好处，但12岁的小雷却讨厌胡萝卜。但在用它们做沙拉后，他开始喜欢上了它们，故选C。 40.【答案】A 【解析】词义猜测题。分析“As a part of labor education, cooking is a way to teach kids vital 21st century skills, such as creativity, teamwork and so on.”可知，作为劳动教育的一部分，烹饪是教给孩子们21世纪重要技能的一种方式，比如创造力、团队合作等等。此处vital的意思是“重要的”，故选A。 22 (2023·江苏泰州·中考统考真题D篇) I love snakes, while my mother does not. Lots of people who are afraid of snakes have never seen one. Neither has my mother. So where does the fear come from? To find out the answer, scientists put pictures with snakes, pandas, cats, flowers and many other things in front of a group of people of all ages, even babies. People found snakes faster than flowers. It wasn’t just snakes. They found “black faces”, another example, spiders(蜘蛛), faster than “safe” things like flowers. It seems we find things that might be dangerous to us faster. Maybe we are born to be afraid of them. Scientists also found people learned to fear snakes faster. Why did they fear snakes? Most of them said that in their experiences, they were influenced by the scared voice and faces of those who met snakes, but wasn’t bitten by snakes. After all, if we had to be bitten by a snake to learn that it’s dangerous, we might learn our lesson too late. So why is it important whether we are afraid of snakes or not? It may not matter much to us, but it is really very important to snakes. People protect animals they like, not animals they fear. Snakes may not be as cute as pandas, but they’re just of the same importance to the environment. Snakes eat insects and mice that are pests(害虫)to humans. Snakes are also food for other animals, so, when we kill snakes, we’re breaking the balance. How can we reduce our fears to give snakes a chance? Scientists did a study recently. Some volunteer students went on a field trip. With the help of safety tips, everyone could safely touch and hold a snake. It turns out that snakes aren’t so bad when you know the way to stay with them. Most people who were afraid of snakes before the field trip weren’t afraid afterwards. In fact, snakes even became some students’ favorite animal. Hmm, maybe I should take my mom on the next field trip. 41. In the writer’s opinion, what are “black faces”? A. Things make people feel dangerous. B. Faces of animals in the picture. C. Things that have black faces. D. Faces of people in danger. 42. What does the writer mean by saying “we might learn our lesson too late” in the third paragraph? A. We might never see any snakes. B. We are not in danger any longer. C. We might not fear snakes any more. D. We might already be killed by snakes. 43. How do the scientists help people reduce the fear of snakes? A. By teaching people skills of killing snakes. B. By driving snakes away through a field trip. C. By teaching them the right way to stay with them. D. By giving snakes a chance to show they are good. 44. What can we learn from scientists after reading the passage? A. Don’t be afraid and find chances in danger. B. Always remember to give people safety tips. C. Face failures bravely and never give up trying. D. Find problems and do research to solve them. 45. Which fits the scientists’ idea best? People 1._______ So people are afraid of snakes and they 2.______ So snakes aren’t protected by people though they 3._______ People learn to fear snakes from others’ experiences. a. are born to fear snakes b. need to be protected c. don’t protect animals they fear A. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b B. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c C. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b D. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c 【答案】41. A 42. D 43. C 44. D 45. C 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍人们害怕蛇是有一定依据的，但是蛇和其他动物一样在生态中同等重要，作者打算带妈妈去实地考察一下，减少妈妈对蛇的恐惧。 41.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“They found ‘black faces’, another example, spiders(蜘蛛), faster than “safe” things like flowers. It seems we find things that might be dangerous to us faster.”可知，他们发现“黑脸”，另一个例子，蜘蛛，比“安全”的东西，比如花，要快。似乎我们能更快地发现可能对我们有害的东西。所以作者说的“黑脸”指的是让人感到危险的东西，故选A。 42.【答案】D 【解析】词义猜测题。分析“After all, if we had to be bitten by a snake to learn that it’s dangerous, we might learn our lesson too late.”可知，如果我们被蛇咬了才知道它是危险的，我们可能吸取教训太晚了。如果太晚了可能我们可能已经被蛇咬死了，故选D。 43.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“With the help of safety tips, everyone could safely touch and hold a snake. It turns out that snakes aren’t so bad when you know the way to stay with them.”可知，在安全提示的帮助下，每个人都可以安全地触摸和握住蛇。事实证明，当你知道如何与蛇相处时，蛇并不是那么糟糕，故选C。 44.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。本文介绍人们害怕蛇这一问题，科学家为了找到答案进行研究，并给出解决办法，故选D。 45.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Maybe we are born to be afraid of them.”可知，也许我们生来就害怕它们，所以1对应a，排除AB；根据“People protect animals they like, not animals they fear.”可知，人们保护他们喜欢的动物，而不是他们害怕的动物，所以2对应c，排除D，故选C。 23 (2023·江苏宿迁·中考统考真题C篇)Family is very important for everyone, no matter where you are from. So in both East and West, people have festivals to celebrate family reunions(团聚). These festivals include the Mid-Autumn Festival in China and Thanksgiving Day in the US. How are they celebrated and what are the differences? Let’s take a look. Sharing the moonlight The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. It’s on the 15th day of the eighth month of Chinese lunar calendar. In ancient China, the day was considered as a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables and grain(谷物)had been collected from the fields. All the family got together and had a big dinner. They ate a special festival food-moon cakes and enjoyed the full moon. On that day, the moon is full. The full moon is a symbol for family reunions which mean tuanyuan in Chinese. Now people also celebrate the festival by getting together and having a big dinner. When it gets dark, people look up at the full moon, eating moon cakes and missing friends and relatives who are far from home. “We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart!” wrote Su Shi, a famous Song Dynasty poet. Showing thanks Thanksgiving Day is one of the biggest holidays in the US. It’s on the fourth Thursday of November. People visit their friends and relatives to remind themselves that they are lucky to have happiness, health and family and also to have a roof over their heads. In 1621, about 100 English people took a ship, the Mayflower, and arrived in the northeastern US. The winter there was very cold and life was hard. As the American Indians helped them a lot, the English people asked them to have a big meal with then in order to express their thanks. The celebration lasted for three days. Today, people usually have a family meal on Thanksgiving Day. They enjoy delicious food such as pumpkin scorn and a big, golden turkey. There are other traditions on the day. For example, the turkey has a V-shaped bone in the breast. It’s called a wishbone. After roasting(烤), two persons each take one end of the bone. They make a wish and then pull it. If one gets the larger part of the bone, he or she will get good luck. The most important part of Thanksgiving Day is to say “thanks”— this is the spirit of the holiday. People also like to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. 38. Why did people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient China? A. Because people could eat moon cakes. B. Because people enjoyed the full moon. C. Because people could get together with relatives. D. Because people had a good harvest from the fields. 39. What does the underlined part “to have a roof over their heads” in the passage probably mean? A. To have somewhere to live. B. To have food to eat. C. To have friends to talk to. D. To have clothes to wear. 40. What is the spirit of Thanksgiving Day? A. To pull the bone. B. To play American football. C. To say “thanks”. D. To watch the Parade. 41. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. The background to the two festivals. B. The introduction to the two festivals. C. The activities of the two festivals. D. The customs of the two festivals. 【答案】38. D 39. A 40. C 41. B 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文主要介绍中国和美国庆祝家庭团聚的两个节日——中秋节和感恩节。 38.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“In ancient China, the day was considered as a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables and grain(谷物)had been collected from the fields.”可知，在中国古代，这一天被认为是丰收的节日，因为水果、蔬菜和谷物已经从田地里收集起来了，故选D。 39.【答案】A 【解析】词义猜测题。分析“People visit their friends and relatives to remind themselves that they are lucky to have happiness, health and family and also to have a roof over their heads.”可知，人们拜访他们的朋友和亲戚来提醒自己，他们是幸运的，拥有幸福，健康和家庭，也有一个屋顶在他们的头上。“have a roof over their heads”的意思是“有地方住”，故选A。 40.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“The most important part of Thanksgiving Day is to say ‘thanks’— this is the spirit of the holiday.”可知，感恩节最重要的部分是说“谢谢”——这是这个节日的精神，故选C。 41.【答案】B 【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍中国和美国庆祝家庭团聚的两个节日——中秋节和感恩节，故选B。 24 (2023·江苏徐州·中考统考真题B篇)Poems play with sounds, words, and grammar. That makes poems difficult to write but very interesting to read. They use colours, feelings, experiences, and images to paint a picture in your mind. Let’s have a look at the following Chinese classical poem: On the Stork Tower By Wang Zhihuan The sun along the mountain bows, The Yellow River seawards flows, You can enjoy a grander sight, If you climb to a greater height, Translated by Xu Yuanchong In Chinese classical poems, the form is very important: the correct number of lines and the number of words in each line. Poems often follow special models of rhythm(节奏)and rhyme. However, modern poets begin to reject traditional forms and structures(结构)for poems in the 20th century. As a result, most poems today are written in free style, with lines of different lengths. Today many Chinese people are becoming more interested in reading poems, no matter in what language they are written. Translations can be good, but being able to read in the original(最初的)language is best. 34. What do the first two lines of the poem On the Stork Tower show? A. Love. B. Sights. C. History. D. Feelings. 35. What does the underlined word “reject” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Throw away. B. Carry on. C. Agree with. D. Take up. 36. What does the writer of the passage probably believe? A. It is much easier to write classical poems than modern poems. B. People should develop the habit of painting pictures after reading poems. C. Chinese classical poems should follow free style with lines of different lengths. D. No matter how well a poem is translated, some of the spirit of the original work is lost. 【答案】34. B 35. A 36. D 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文介绍了古诗和现代诗歌的特点。 34.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据“The sun along the mountain bows, The Yellow River seawards flows”可知，《登鹳雀楼》的前两行；白日依山尽，黄河入海流，介绍了美丽的景色，故选B。 35.【答案】A 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“In Chinese classical poems, the form is very important: the correct number of lines and the number of words in each line. Poems often follow special models of rhythm(节奏)and rhyme.”和“As a result, most poems today are written in free style, with lines of different lengths.”可知，古代的诗歌形式是固定的，遵循特殊的节奏和韵律模式，而现代的诗歌都是自由式的，每一行诗长短不一。故可知现代诗人拒绝传统的诗歌形式和结构，划线部分意为“拒绝，抛弃”，与Throw away表达的意思相近，故选A。 36.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据“Translations can be good, but being able to read in the original(最初的)language is best.”可知，虽然诗歌翻译过来很好，但是最好还是阅读原文，可推知作者认为一首诗翻译得再好，也会失去原作的一些精神，故选D。 25 (2023·江苏徐州·中考统考真题C篇) You stand in a garden. A low noise reaches your ears. You see a small insect flying near your head. You turn to look, and it flies out of sight. There it is again! You move slowly. You can see yellow and black stripes on it. Is it a bee? It lands on a flower, and you take a closer look. Bees fold(折叠)their wings onto their backs when they stop flying. But this insect’s wings reach out like a fly’s. That’s because it is a fly—a flower fly. Many flower flies look like bees. This helps keep them safe from animals that may want to eat them. Insects with yellow and black stripes usually have stingers(刺). Insect eaters, such as some birds and frogs, need to get stung only once to know that stripes mean trouble. Flower flies can’t sting, but insect eaters see the stripes and leave the flies alone. Flower flies spend most of their time looking for food. Like bees, flower flies eat pollen(花粉)and nectar(花蜜). This makes them easy to find in a garden full of flowers. They are helpful garden insects just like bees. Adult flower flies move pollen from one flower to another, which helps some flowers grow into fruit. Flower flies can stay in one place while flying. Most insects move forward when they fly. But flower flies can twist their wings, much like hummingbirds do. Twisting keeps them in one place, so they can remain over flowers, leaves, or even you! 37. In which part of a magazine can we probably see this passage? A. Nature. B. Culture. C. Fashion. D. Health. 38. In which way are bees and flower flies different? A. The food that they eat. B. The colour of their stripes. C. The way they help garden flowers grow. D. The shape of wings when they stop flying. 39. What does the underlined phrase “leave the flies alone” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Make friends with the flies. B. Eat the flies up. C. Keep away from the flies. D. Invite the flies in. 40. What might the writer of the passage agree with? A. People usually prefer bees to flower flies. B. People sometimes mistake flower flies for bees. C. People should stop birds eating bees and flower flies. D. People should have beautiful gardens in their neighbourhood. 【答案】37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。短文介绍了花蝇的外观、生理构造及生活习性等。 37.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了花蝇的相关知识，应该在杂志的“自然”部分看到此文章，故选A。 38.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Bees fold(折叠)their wings onto their backs when they stop flying. But this insect’s wings reach out like a fly’s. That’s because it is a fly—a flower fly.”可知，蜜蜂停止飞行时把翅膀叠在背上，但花蝇的翅膀却是伸出来。故两者的不同之处在于停止飞行时翅膀的形状，故选D。 39.【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“Insect eaters, such as some birds and frogs, need to get stung only once to know that stripes mean trouble. Flower flies can’t sting, but insect eaters see the stripes and leave the flies alone.”可知，带有黄色和黑色条纹的昆虫通常有刺，花蝇身上有黄黑条纹，虽然它身上没有刺，但是一些以昆虫为食的动物看到花蝇身上的条纹就会远离花蝇，故划线部分意为“远离花蝇”，故选C。 40.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据“Is it a bee? It lands on a flower, and you take a closer look.”及“Many flower flies look like bees.”可知，花蝇的外观和生活习性与蜜蜂有些相似，所以人们有时会把花蝇误认为蜜蜂，故选B。 26 (2023·江苏淮安·中考统考真题D篇)Most of us cannot imagine modern life without social media(社交媒体). We use it almost every day in order to keep up with what is happening in our friends’ lives, or find out the latest information. Although it has a bad influence if we don’t use it properly, social media has done more good than harm. The greatest advantage is that we can connect with people much more easily. We are still able to keep in touch with our friends if they are far away. With social media, friendship goes beyond geography. We are able to find friends old and new. Also, it makes it easier for us to make friends, especially for those who are afraid of making friends face to face. Are you shy? If yes, social media has probably helped. Social media is also ideal for making yourself heard. Anyone with a voice can express it. Anyone with a talent is free to show it. Everyone is the new content creator. Moreover, anyone with a smartphone and the Internet can be a reporter. As a result, it has become much faster to cover the news than ever before. Social media, on the other hand, can make us less confident sometimes. A 2021 study published by the Public Library of Science, found that the more a person uses social media, the sadder he feels about his own life. One reason for this is that people around us put colourful information and perfect pictures online in order to show off their best moment. So we often get a distorted sense of how wonderful their lives are compared to our own. Social media does not cause sadness; it simply provides another tool for us to use. Is it good or bad? Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says, “What is interesting is the power and influence of social media ... We must try to use social media in a good way.” After all, you decide how you use this powerful tool. 37. What is the greatest advantage of social media according to the passage? A. Expressing our voices freely. B. Showing our talents to others. C. Recording the best side of our life. D. Connecting with people more easily. 38. What does the word “distorted” probably mean in Paragraph 4? A. clear B. different C. incorrect D. simple 39. Which picture shows the structure(结构)of the passage?(①=Paragraph 1, ...) A. B. C. D. 40. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Social Media: Our Friend Or Enemy? B. Social Media: To Use Or Not To Use? C. Social Media: Connecting The World D. Social Media: Making Yourself Heard 【答案】37. D 38. C 39. B 40. A 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了社交媒体的利弊。 37.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“The greatest advantage is that we can connect with people much more easily.”可知最大的优点是我们可以更容易地与人联系，故选D。 38.【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“One reason for this is that people around us put colourful information and perfect pictures online in order to show off their best moment. So we often get a distorted sense of how wonderful their lives are compared to our own.”可知我们周围的人把丰富多彩的信息和完美的图片放在网上，以展示他们最美好的时刻，因此，我们经常会有不正确的感觉，与我们自己的生活相比，他们的生活是多么美好，故此处划线部分意为“不正确的”，和incorrect意义相近，故选C。 39.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题(篇章结构)。本文第一段引出话题；第二第三段介绍了社交媒体的好处；第四段介绍了社交媒体的弊端；第五段进行了总结，选项B符合文章结构，故选B。 40.【答案】A 【解析】主旨大意题(最佳标题)。本文主要介绍了社交媒体的利弊，以选项A“社交媒体：我们的朋友还是敌人？”为标题最合适，故选A。 27 (2023·江苏盐城·中考统考真题C篇)A team of Chinese scientists and climbers reached the top of Qomolangma at about 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23. It’s the second time since last year for the science expedition(考察)team to reach the top. The team was made up of 13 Chinese scientists and climbers. They set off at a height of 8,300 metres for the top at about 3 a.m. After more than 8 hours of hard climbing, they arrived at the 8,830-metre weather station. After fixing steel ropes, changing batteries and putting in wind speed and direction sensors(传感器), they finished improving the world’s highest automated(自动化的)weather station, which was setup by Chinese scientists last year. Besides, they collected ice-snow samples on the top for further research. The weather station records temperatures, wind speeds and other key data for studying climate change. Climate scientists have found that global warming has had a large influence on the glacier number on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(青藏高原). Over the last fifty years, the temperature on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has risen about 0.5℃ every ten years. Studying the ecosystem(生态系统)of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will help scientists have a better understanding of the influence of climate change, and help scientists and the government make proper decisions. Since the mid-20th century, China has sent different research expedition teams to Qomolangma. But because of limited resources and technologies, many key scientific questions are still unanswered, such as whether global warming can melt the ice at the top of Qomolangma, and how ecosystem can change as height increases to extremity. 27. How many times has the Chinese science expedition team reached the top since last year? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Four times. 28. Which paragraph best describes the picture below? A. Paragraph 1. B. Paragraph 2. C. Paragraph 3. D. Paragraph 4. 29. What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about? A. The way of scientists studying climate change. B. The effort of government to solve climate change. C. The influence of climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. D. The importance of studying ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 30. What can we know from the passage? A. The team set of fat a height of 8,830 metres for the top at about 3 a.m. B. The team collected rock samples on the top for further research. C. China has setup the world's highest automated weather station so far. D. All the key scientific questions have been answered up to now. 【答案】27. B 28. B 29. D 30. C 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要讲述了中国科学家利用气象站去研究珠穆朗玛峰的气候变化情况以及全球变暖对青藏高原的影响。 27.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“ It’s the second time since last year for the science expedition(考察)team to reach the top.”可知，自去年以来，中国科学考察队登顶了两次，故选B。 28.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题题。根据图片的展示可知，图片展示的是科学家和登山者到达气象站的情况，与第二段表达的内容一致，故选B。 29.【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题。根据“Over the last fifty years, the temperature on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has risen about 0.5℃ every ten years. Studying the ecosystem(生态系统)of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will help scientists have a better understanding of the influence of climate change, and help scientists and the government make proper decisions.”可知，本段主要是介绍研究青藏高原的生态系统的重要性，故选D。 30.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“After fixing steel ropes, changing batteries and putting in wind speed and direction sensors(传感器), they finished improving the world’s highest automated(自动化的)weather station, which was setup by Chinese scientists last year.”可知，到目前为止，中国已经建立了世界上最高的自动化气象站，故选C。 28 (2023·江苏连云港·中考统考真题D篇) Many of us have seen rainbows in the sky once the sun starts shining again after it rains. For us to see a rainbow, the conditions need to be just right. We need some water drops in the air, like rain or even fog, and we need the sun to be behind us and quite low to the ground. This is because a rainbow is created by light passing through water drops. The light that comes from the sun seems white to us. But the white light we see is made up of a mix of different colors. When the light goes through a raindrop, these colors can separate out. Each of the colors in the rainbow has a different “wavelength”(波长). Raindrops look like little balls. When light hits one of these little balls of water, the light can change direction. We call this “refraction”(折射). Each of the different wavelengths is refracted differently. If the light hits the raindrop at the right place, the refraction separates the wavelengths out into their different colors. We are taught there are seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. But this isn’t exactly true. Blue and green are next to each other in the rainbow, which is why we can see turquoise(a mix of blue and green). Brown is a mix of red and green. But they aren’t next to each other in the rainbow, so we don’t see them mix to make brown. We would never see black and white in a rainbow. Black is what we see when there’s no light at all. On the other hand, white is a mix of all the colors together. When light is refracted by raindrops, it separates the white light out, meaning it is no longer white. 37. We can see a rainbow under the right conditions because ________. A. the raindrops are like little balls B. the light goes through raindrops C. the sunshine seems to be colorful D. the weather is foggy after it rains 38. According to the passage, what can we know about the colors in the rainbow? A. They can become brown or black. B. There are only seven colors in all. C. They mix to make the white light. D. Their own places can be changed. 39. Which part of a magazine may this passage be taken from? A. Science. B. Health. C. Culture. D. Fashion. 40. What’s the best title for the passage? A. How are the colors received in the rainbow? B. When can the colors turn blue in the rainbow? C. Which colors aren’t covered with light in the rainbow? D. Why can’t we find white, black and brown in the rainbow? 【答案】37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D 【语篇导读】本文为说明文。文章主要介绍了彩虹的形成以及对彩虹颜色知识的科普。 37.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“This is because a rainbow is created by light passing through water drops.”可知因为光线穿过了雨滴，在合适的条件下，我们可以看到彩虹，故选B。 38.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据“When light is refracted by raindrops, it separates the white light out, meaning it is no longer white.”(当光线被雨滴折射时，它将白光分离出来，这意味着它不再是白色的)可知彩虹的颜色混合在一起发出白光，故选C。 39.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。根据全文可知，本文主要介绍了彩虹的形成以及对彩虹颜色知识的科普，所以文章应该来自杂志的科学部分，故选A。 40.【答案】D 【解析】主旨大意题(最佳标题)。根据“We are taught there are seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. But this isn’t exactly true...But they aren’t next to each other in the rainbow, so we don’t see them mix to make brown.”和“We would never see black and white in a rainbow. ”可知，我们被教导有七种颜色：红、橙、黄、绿、蓝、靛和紫，但是我们在彩虹中看不见白色，黑色和棕色，所以D选项符合，故选D。 29 (2022·江苏南京·中考统考真题A篇)Money always flows between people. When money moves from one person to another, it’s known as an exchange or transaction. Here are the main ways it happens. 26. Which of the following is “earning”? A. Getting money by working. B. Spending money on clothes. C. Offering money to the poor. D. Giving money to the government. 27. You bought a piece of art. Hopefully you can sell it and make some money in the future. What is it called? A. Donating. B. Taxation. C. Borrowing and lending. D. Investing. 28. What’s the purpose of the passage? A. To help charities raise money. B. To introduce ways money moves. C. To give instructions to spend money. D. To recommend methods of investing. 【答案】26. A 27. D 28. B 【语篇导读】本文为说明文。短文介绍了钱在人与人之间流动的主要方式。 26.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据Earning栏目“Most people earn money by doing a job that somebody pays them for”中的earn money by doing a job=getting money by working，故选A。 27.【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据Investing栏目中的“Investing is when someone spends money on something to make more money from it in the end(投资是指某人把钱花在某件事上，最终从中赚更多的钱)”可知：You bought a piece of art. Hopefully you can sell it and make some money in the future.(你买了一件艺术品。希望你将来能卖掉它赚些钱)，这叫做投资，故选D。 28.【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。本文写作的目的是介绍钱在人与人之间流动的主要方式，故选B。 30 (2022·江苏南京·中考统考真题B篇)Here is an experiment to find out how blowing into bottles can make musical notes(音). Blow gently across all the bottles in turn. Do different levels of water make different notes? 29. How can you see the water levels more clearly? A. By adding food dye. B. By pouring more water, C. By blowing into bottles. D. By resting bottles on lips. 30.What produce a note according to the experiment? A. The level of the water. B. The size of the glass bottle. C. The vibration of the air in the bottle. D. The amount of the food dye in the water. 31.What does the writer want to tell us through this experiment? A. Science things are easy to make. B. Fixed times are necessary for notes. C. Musical notes are difficult to change. D. Labs are important for experiments. 【答案】29. A 30. C 31. A 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文介绍了吹瓶子是如何产生音符的一个科学实验。 29.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“You could add food dye to the water, so that you can see the levels more easily.(你可以在水中加入食用染料，这样你就可以更容易地看到水位)”可知选A。 30.【答案】C 【解析】推理判断题。根据“What’s going on”的叙述可知：音符的产生是通过瓶子里空气的振动发出的，故选C。 31.【答案】A 【解析】推理判断题。本文展示了科学实验的一种简单方法，通过向装着水位不同的玻璃瓶中吹气来产生音符。作者可能想鼓励读者探索科学并尝试简单的实验方法，故选A。 笔者注：网上所提供的31题的答案为B。 31 (2022·江苏苏州·中考统考真题C篇)All aboard! Let’s take a ride on the world’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway(青藏铁路). Sit back and enjoy the journey. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime. We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China. Keep your eyes open as we race through this beautiful land. You might see a rare Tibetan antelope(藏羚羊)from your window. Before we begin our journey, let’s learn about this amazing railway. It’s truly one of the great engineering wonders of the 21st century. When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records, including the world’s highest railway at 5,072 metres above sea level, the world’s highest tunnel(隧道)at 4,905 metres, and the longest tunnel ever built on permafrost(冻土). As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Soon there will only be 50 to 60 percent of the oxygen which we are used to breathing. But don’t be afraid. Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems. One system spreads oxygen throughout the train at all times. And each passenger can also get a personal oxygen mask just like those used in planes. Here are a few more things to think about as our train leaves the station. The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First, the high altitude(海拔)made the task difficult because there was no enough oxygen. Second, much of the railway runs across permafrost, a type of ground that keeps changing as the weather warms and cools. Finally, the railway goes through some of the most sensitive ecology(敏感的生态环境)in China. Great care was necessary to make sure of the smallest possible influence on nature. All three challenges were met, making our trip possible. All aboard! The train to Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes. 18. Where are the passengers? A. On a bus. B. On a train. C. On a ship. D. On a plane. 19. How does the text show the railway is amazing in paragraph 3? A. By telling a story. B. By using a designer’s words. C. By introducing its world records. D. By comparing the present with the past. 20. How many oxygen systems are there in each rail car? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 21. Which of the following increased the difficulty of building the railway? A. The changing ground. B. The polluted air. C. The dangerous animals. D. The hot weather. 【答案】18. B 19. C 20. B 21. A 【语篇导读】本篇为说明文。短文主要介绍了21世纪伟大的工程奇迹之一——青藏铁路。 11. 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China”可知，乘客现在在火车站，故选B。 12. 【答案】C 【解析】推理判断题。根据“When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records” 以及“The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First..., Second,...Finally...”可知，第三段是通过介绍它的世界纪录来展示它的惊人之处的， 故选C。 13. 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据“Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems”可知，每节车厢都有两个独立的氧气系统，故选B。 14. 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据“First, the high altitude(海拔)made the task difficult because there was no enough ox$$