话题5 自然生态与环保-【一战成名新中考】2025河南中考英语中考必考知识点专题特训

话题5  自然生态与环保

Passage 1

【重难点拨】

1. traffic noise__________________

2. cause problems__________________

3. by doing sth.__________________

4. air pollution__________________

5. have a hard time(in)doing sth.__________________

7. noise pollution__________________

Scientists from Spain and the Netherlands did a study and discovered that road traffic noise near schools could cause problems for children.

In the study, Maria Foraster and her team from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health worked with 2,680 children aged 7-10 at 38 schools in Barcelona, Spain. They tested the children's thinking and memory skills by giving them four computer tests over a year. There searchers looked at the noise both inside and outside the schools. They also estimated(估算) the noise levels at the children's homes. Air pollution, people's home locations , and other related factors were also considered.

The results showed that children in noisy schools had a hard time remembering and paying attention to things compared to children in quiet schools. When children were inside the classroom, changing traffic noise was an even bigger problem for them than just loud traffic noise. And no connection was found between noise at home and children's learning abilities.

One limitation(限制) of the study was that the researchers did not study the noise levels from the past, which might have influenced the test scores. However, 98% of the children had been in the same school for at least a year, and the noise levels did not usually change very fast.

This study is important because many children worldwide are exposed to(遭受)traffic noise in schools. 'The researchers advised that more tests should be done in other places to see if the results are the same for different groups of children. If the answer is yes, this discovery might

change the future rules about noise pollution near schools.

1. 细节归纳What can we know from Paragraph 2? Check and choose the right answer.______

a. The results of the study.                   b. The researchers of the study.

c. How the study was made.                  d. Where the study was carried out.

A. a, b, c    B. a, b, d   C. b, c, d   D. a, c, d

2. What kind of noise does more harm to children according to the study?________

A. Just loud traffic noise.        B. Changing traffic noise.

C. Noise from their neighbors.    D. Noise from their classmates.

3.What can we probably infer from Paragraph 4?________

A. The study is of great importance.

B. The study has considered all factors.

C. The study has room for improvement.

D. The study fits most children in the world.

4. 写作意图What's the purpose of the text?________

A. To ask governments to make rules about noise pollution.

B. To argue against the building of schools near busy roads.

C. To tell readers about the influences of traffic noise on adults.

D. To introduce a study on the influences of traffic noise on children.

5. 写作思路What's the order of writing the text?________

A. Introduction→Methods→Findings→imitation→Meanings.

B. Introduction→Limitation→Methods→Findings→Meanings.

C. Meanings→Introduction→Findings→Limitation→Methods.

D. Meanings→Findings→Limitation→Introduction→Methods.

Passage 2

【重难点拨】

1. do good to__________________

2. offer sth. to sb./offer sb. sth.__________________

3. come up with__________________

4. throw around__________________

5. with one’s help__________________

6. at least__________________

7. stop sb./sth from doing sth.__________________

Recycling is good for the environment. It can also do good to a community in surprising ways. Brian, a 15-year-old boy, knows this well. In 2020, he started a community recycling program to offer help to football clubs in his hometown, Wyre. It now has 3,000 participants(参与者).

When Brian was 11, he played football with Fleetwood Town F. C. The club was new and needed money to travel to Premier League(英超联赛). Brian came up with a plan. “There were bottles always thrown around the road,” he said. “In Wyre, these can be collected for money.” With his father’s help, Brian started a bottle drive. Since then, Brian’s recycling effort has raised 35,000 and helped at least 20 local youth groups. It has also stopped more than 200,000 bottles from littering the roadside and polluting Wyre’s lakes and rivers. “It’s kept our community a lot cleaner. ” he says.

In 2023, Brian won The Duke of Edinburgh’s Prize for young heroes. The prize goes to kids and teenagers working to help others and protecting Planet Earth. “I’m happy to know that all these clubs and kids around the community are benefiting(受益)”, Brian says, when asked about all he’s finished with his cleanup effort.

Brian believes everyone can—and should—be of service. “Just do a little bit to help make the world a little bit of a better place,” he says. “Be creative”, he adds. “Have an idea and build on it.”

1. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to? ________

A. The environment.          B. Brian’s hometown.  

C. The football club.          D. The recycling program.

2. How many youth groups has Brian helped? ________

A. At least 20.   B. At least 3,000.   C. At least 35,000.   D. At least 200,000.

3. 细节排序What is the right order of the following facts? ________

a.  Brian came up with a plan to raise money.

b.  Brian started a bottle drive with his father’s help.