山东省临沂市中考英语专项复习训练：阅读表达

山东省临沂市中考英语专项复习训练：阅读表达

阅读表达

Test 1 A

More and more foreigners have come to China. A foreign teacher named Jack stayed in China and wrote something about his experiences. Now let's share his experiences in China：

During my five years in China, I have had the chance to travel all over China and see some interesting things. I not only have seen many places of interest, such as the Great Wall in Beijing, the home of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province, and the city of Xi'an, I've also seen beautiful gardens in Suzhou, Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou Province, and wonderful beaches in Dalian and Qingdao. Huangguoshu Waterfall is the most beautiful place I've ever seen. I've also met many friendly people around China. They included students in middle schools I visited in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Province, and Guizhou. All of my experiences were wonderful. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．What is Jack?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．How long has Jack been in China?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．What has Jack had the chance to do?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Where has Jack seen wonderful beaches?

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which was published in the “Literary Translation News”．

His 30 Poetries were selected(选) as teaching materials by foreign universities. In 1994, British publishing company Penguin published Xu Yuanchong's 300 China's Immortal Poems(《中国不朽诗三百首》). That was the first time that the publishing company publishes a Chinese translation. Apart from(除……之外) translating the classical Chinese poetry into foreign languages, Xu Yuanchong also translated many of the British and French classics into Chinese. Xu was awarded the “Lifetime achievements in translation” from the Translators Association of China (TAC) in 2019.

Now, at the age of 96, Xu is still working hard at translating. He said, “I start my work at 3：30 in the morning because I like doing what I like.” 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．What is Xu Yuanchong famous for? (no more than 8 words)

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Who had great influence on Xu Yuanchong? (no more than 6 words) ___________________________________________________________________ 3．When did Xu Yuanchong translate his first work? (no more than 3 words) ___________________________________________________________________ 4．What was selected as teaching materials by foreign universities? (no more than 5 words)

___________________________________________________________________ 5．Why is Xu Yuanchong still working hard at translating? (no more than 8 words)

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D

Although many people read online, books have not gone out of fashion. In Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, lucky passengers may find books somewhere on the underground.

The Fair, an online publishing company, has put 10，000 books on the underground, planes and taxis to make people more interested in reading. This project is called “Mobook”．

“Mobook” gets its idea from “Books on the Underground”， a community project in London. The purpose of “Books on the Underground” is to encourage people to read more. Zhang Wei, the CEO of the Fair also wanted to do something in China. He sent an e-mail to Ms Cordelia Oxley, the leader of “Books on the Underground”， describing his plan and explaining the rulers of “Mobook”. The leader replied to him in just two hours, saying that she thought the idea was great and she would offer help if needed.

But “Mobook” project is a little different from that in London. It has its own online system. People who want to donate books must give their information online. QR code stickers(二维码标签) are then sent to their addresses. The book owners should stick them on the books before donating books and readers can know where the books are from with the help of QR codes.

“Mobook” is a hot topic. Now thousands of bookworms have already taken part in the project. Zhang Wei said, “I am happy to see more and more

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people share their views(观点) about the books online and enjoy the happiness that reading brings to them.” 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．How many books has the Fair put on the underground, planes and taxis? ___________________________________________________________________ 2．What's the purpose of “Books on the Underground”？

___________________________________________________________________ 3．Did Ms Cordelia Oxley support Zhang Wei?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Where should the book owners stick the QR code stickers?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．According to Zhang Wei, how can people share their views about the books? ___________________________________________________________________

Test 2 A

In ancient China, it was common that the eldest son should look after the parents. But Confucius' elder brother was disabled, so Confucius(孔子) had to take care of his mother till she died in 535 BC. One of his teachings was that a person should feel or express great sadness for their parents' death for three years. The reason was that they looked after the child completely until it was three. Filial piety(孝道) is very important in Confucius' thought.

After he had finished mourning(守孝) for his mother, he began to teach and got followers around him. How many students did Confucius get? We are not

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sure. It is believed that 72 of them were very famous. Some of his students came from poor families, others were from rich families. He thought everyone should have a right to receive education.

Confucius lived in a time of being unstable(不稳定的), so many of his teachings were connected to social harmony(和谐). He thought, in a family, parents should behave like parents, caring for the young, while children should behave like children, knowing how to look after the old. If such relationships are remained, a country will be peaceful and a family will be harmonious(和睦的)．

“Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.” “When one's parents are alive, one should not go far away.”

These sayings, together with many others, were beautifully written in Chinese ancient texts. They have been learned by Chinese people over the centuries.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．How long should a person mourn for his parents' death according to the passage?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Did Confucius have only 72 students?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．What was Confucius' idea about receiving education?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Why were many of his teachings connected to social harmony?

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5．Where were many of Confucius' sayings written?

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B

A girl riding a bike hit and scratched(刮) a parked expensive car by accident when she was busily looking at a road sign. That poor girl was Zhang Yu, an 18-year-old college student from Yunnan Province. Instead of running away, she decided to wait for the owner of the car. She made that decision just because she wanted to say sorry for the accident.

Zhang Yu was scared when Song Ming, the owner of the car, saw her standing beside his car. Knowing that she had waited in the hot sun for an hour and that she was from a poor family, he was deeply moved. He told her that she didn't need to pay any money for the scratched part of the car. Hearing the words, Zhang Yu bowed at once and thanked Song Ming sincerely.

The heartwarming moment didn't end there. Li Qiang was boss of the factory where Song Ming worked. After hearing what had happened, he was also deeply moved. He told the story to his workers and announced, “It is great that Song Ming didn't ask Zhang Yu to pay, and I would like to help her to complete her college education.”

During the following three years, Zhang Yu made great efforts to study and took an active part in different activities to develop her abilities with the help of Li Qiang. By the time she left college, she had been an excellent student. Having competed with many others, she got a job at Li Qiang's factory. That excited her most.

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One good turn deserves another. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．Where was Zhang Yu from?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Why did Zhang Yu make the decision to wait?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．How did Zhang Yu feel when Song Ming saw her?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Who helped Zhang Yu complete her college education?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What made Zhang Yu excited most?

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C

These days, a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular. People who go there can not only enjoy their meals, but also can enjoy playing computer games and have fun with their family and friends online. uWink is the restaurant's name. It is in Los Angeles, and it's about fun and food.

In uWink, there are no waiters or waitresses around you. The screens have replaced(取代) them. You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners(送餐人) will bring it to the tables. You can also play video games with the people at the next table. The screens can show music videos, movies and so on. But mainly they are used to show video games.

It's an interactive(互动的) restaurant where you will control your meal and

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your fun. The service is fast and the runners know clearly where to go. There will be no waiting for a waiter, and no misunderstandings(误解) in the kitchen. Different kinds of food are served at any time of day. uWink is a place which hosts “room games”， where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same time.

The owner of the restaurant hopes that uWink can make it easy for people to be interactive, have fun and enjoy a delicious meal. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．Where is the restaurant uWink?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．How can you order the food in uWink?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．Why is the service fast in uWink?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．When is the food served in uWink?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What do you like doing best if you are in uWink? And why?

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D

Amy was a pupil in Grade Three. She was often teased(奚落) at school because she had cerebral palsy(脑瘫). That always made her feel lonely.

One evening, knowing that things were not going well at school. Amy's mother wanted to cheer her up. “There's a Christmas wish competition at the

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local radio station.” she said. “Write a letter to Santa Claus and you might win a prize. Why not have a try？” Amy's eyes shone bright.

At the radio station, letters poured in for the Christmas wish competition. Lee Tobin, the manager, read Amy's letter carefully.

Dear Santa Claus，

My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy. And my Christmas wish is one day without teasing.

—Love, Amy

Lee's heart hurt when he read the letter. So he called up the local newspaper. He thought it would be good for the whole city to hear about this special little girl and her unusual Christmas wish. Soon people knew Amy's story by reading newspapers. Every day Amy got letters filled with holiday greetings and words of encouragement. Teachers and students talked together about how teasing can make others feel. Now Amy is active and outgoing because nobody teases her anymore. By daring to make such a simple wish, Amy got what she wanted. And her story tells us that we should face our problems bravely and solve them. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．Where was Amy often teased?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Who advised Amy to write to Santa Claus?

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3．What was Amy's Christmas wish?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．How did people know Amy's story?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．Why is Amy active and outgoing now?

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Test 3 A

Have you seen advertisements about hair care products?

The models(模特) have shining hair like jewels(珠宝). But now making hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US makes it possible.

The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them into diamonds(钻石). Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology. The work will take about 7 months. In the end, Beethoven's long hair will become three shining diamonds.

Since the great musician died in 1827 you may wonder where they got Beethoven's hair. A man called John Reznikoff gave the hair to the company. He holds the Guinness World Record for the latest and most valuable collection of celebrity(名人) hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total, the collection is

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worth over five million dollars.

Though it sounds unbelievable, diamonds made with hair are for the families to remember the dead. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．What does the company of LifeGem do?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．How did the company get Beethoven's hair?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．John Reznikoff doesn't collect Albert Einstein's hair, does he?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．How long will the work take?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What are the diamonds made with hair for?

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B

Stanford is a world famous university on the west

coast of the U．S. It was built by Stanford and his wife in memory of their only son who died of a strange disease.

Tourists are often surprised at the beauty of Stanford. Among the green trees, buildings with yellow walls and red tops make up a beautiful picture. Many tourists wonder why yellow and red were chosen. That's because they were the favorites of Mrs Stanford.

The Big Church is the most important building in Stanford. It stands at

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the centre. It was built by Mrs Stanford to remember her husband who devoted(贡献) himself to the university. There, students and teachers can communicate with God and hold great activities, such as concerts and celebrations.

The tallest building in Stanford is Hoover Tower, which is the landmark of the university. A man named Hoover had done a lot for the university. The things he once used can be seen on the first floor. On the top of the tower, tourists can have a good look at the whole campus(校园)．

As one of the world top universities, Stanford has many subjects that stand among the top ones in the world. And computer science has been the first for many years. If you want to study computer in a university abroad, maybe it is your best choice.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．Why did Mr. and Mrs. Stanford build the university?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．What colour did Mrs. Stanford like best?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Where can visitors see the whole campus of Stanford?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What does “it” in the last sentence of the passage refer to?

___________________________________________________________________

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C

Long long ago, there was a man living in a village

with his wife and two children. They had a hen. It laid a golden egg every day. The man sold the golden egg and the family lived a rich and comfortable life.

But the man was very greedy(贪婪的). He wanted to get all the golden eggs from his hen at a time. So, he thought hard every day about how to achieve it and he got a plan at last. He decided to kill the hen and get all the eggs. He didn't want to tell his wife about the plan because he wanted to give her a big surprise. He was so excited about his great plan. He even started to sing when he thought of the plan.

The next day when the hen laid a golden egg, the man couldn't wait to take knife and cut its body open. However, there was nothing but blood all around. There weren't any eggs at all. He was very sad because he would not get even one egg now.

Their life used to be comfortable with one egg a day, but now their life changed a lot.

How silly he was! 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．How many children did the man have?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Had the man's family lived a comfortable life before he killed the hen? ___________________________________________________________________

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3．Why did the man kill the hen?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．What did the man get from the hen at last?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What do you think of the man in the passage?

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Test 4 A

Pollution inside homes and other buildings kills

more than 4 million people each year. Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood－powered or coal-powered stoves.

One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun. Crosby Menzies, a solar power expert in a South African company, described his latest solar cooker called the “Sol－4”. “It is four square meters of mirrors, six to eight meters in length. It is quite a large cooker.”

The “Sol－4” works by reflecting(反射) light from the sun off large mirrors. The mirrors direct(把……对准) the light at a cooking pan. Then the light heats the pan with solar energy. Within two minutes, the pan is hot enough to cook sausages and onions. In just four minutes, water can be boiled. That is as fast as cooking with natural gas or electricity.

The cooker is also much “friendlier” than other models because people do not have to stand in the sun to use it. And people can prepare meals without

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having to collect firewood or spend money on coal. Such people would be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke.

At present, the cooker only works when the sun is shining. But engineers are working on a way to make it work without sunlight.

Each cooker costs about $2，000, which is a large amount of money for most Africans. To solve that problem, Crosby Menzies has created a non－governmental organization called Solar Cookers for Africa. It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．What is “Sol－4”？

___________________________________________________________________ 2．How long do you need to boil the water by using a “Sol－4”？

___________________________________________________________________ 3．Where is “Sol－4” mainly used according to the passage?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．How much is a “Sol－4”？

___________________________________________________________________ 5．Do you want to have your own “Sol－4”？Why or why not?

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B

The Silk Road is a historically important

international trade line between China and the

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Mediterranean(地中海). It began during the Western Han Dynasty and has been a bridge between East and West for over 2，000 years.

The ancient road started from Chang'an(Xi'an) and ended in Eastern Europe, near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6，500 kilometers long and went across one－fourth of the planet.

The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron went to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food like carrots.

The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was more than an ancient international trade line. Besides trade, knowledge about arts, science and literature, as well as crafts and technologies was shared across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.

Today, China is trying to build the “21st Century Marine(海洋的) Silk Road”. With the help of APEC held in Beijing in November 2019, the dream of One Road(the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and “21st Century Marine Silk Road”) (“一带一路”) is coming true. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．When did the Silk Road begin?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Where did the ancient road end?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．How long was the ancient Silk Road?

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___________________________________________________________________ 4．What did it use to carry from the west along this road?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What do you think of the “21st Century Marine Silk Road”？

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C

I was a schoolgirl in Grade 7 when Danny came to my

school and became one of my classmates. He was handsome with blond hair, so many girls in my class liked him very much. Every day, his parents picked him up in an old car. We all

realized he was from a poor family. I had a poor family as well, but I just hid it from everyone. I was afraid the kids in my class would leave me if they knew the truth.

One day, our teacher, Mr. Sims, announced that we would have a field trip. We decided to go to an amusement park. My classmates were excited. I sat back and looked at them, knowing that my parents did not have the money to send me. To my surprise, Danny stood up and said simply, “I won't go with you. My dad hurt his back and lost his job. I am not asking my parents for money.”

“Danny, I'm very proud of you for understanding the situation that your parents are in.” Mr. Sims replied. “But the trip is at the end of the month; we have plenty of time to raise money for it.” While walking home from school that day, I noticed three boys talking with Danny. I was a little worried that they were giving him a hard time. But as I got closer, I found they were discussing

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how to raise money for the trip. By standing up and admitting(承认) he was poor, Danny changed my life. I no longer felt I had to lie about my family's situation. As for Danny, I will remember his courage and honesty forever. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．Why did many girls like Danny in the class?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Where did the students decide to go for the field trip?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．What was the matter with Danny's father?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Did the three boys fight with Danny after school?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What did the writer learn from Danny?

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Test 5 A

Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can't talk with

words but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.

Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don't study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals(哺乳动物), not fish, but they swim together in a school.

Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information.

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They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “Welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.

They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because the sounds are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.

Sometimes people catch dolphins for a large aquarium(An aquarium is a zoo for fish). People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don't like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.

There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody's life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don't like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．How can dolphins talk?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．What is a school of dolphins?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．Where do dolphins make more sounds?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．How does a dolphin feel in an aquarium?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．What can dolphins do for people?

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In the USA, each year, students take part in a

kind of competition called the Science Olympiad. It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others. My best event is forestry(林学)．

The big day had come at last! First, I went to watch the tower building competition. That's when students build small towers and put heavy things on top of it. They hope they can hold them up. One of my schoolmates was putting things on her tower. She was nervous, and in the end it was too heavy for her tower to hold it—it broke! I felt bad for her.

After lunch, I helped some teammates with their events. One was geography, and the other was history. I don't know about those things, so I just watched my teammates do most of the work.

At last, it was time for my favorite event—forestry. The rules were easy. We had to look at more than 40 different kinds of leaves and find out which plants they were from. We also had to answer most of the questions about the uses of each leaf. I knew almost all of the leaves and could answer most of the questions. I had spent more than a month studying on the Internet to get ready. In the end, it was time for the awards(颁奖). I was nervous, because the forestry awards were last. We won second place in the whole state! A nice man gave me a medal and smiled at me. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．What is the Science Olympiad?

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___________________________________________________________________ 2．Is forestry the author's(作者的) best event?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．Why did the author feel bad for the first event?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Where did the author prepare for his event?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．Which prize did the author's team win, the second or the last?

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C

There was a little boy whose name was Peter. He lived in a village close to the sea. The villagers built sea walls to keep sea water from the doors of the houses. But once the sea walls almost put the village in great danger.

One day, Peter was walking on his way back home along the sea wall when it began to rain. All of a sudden, he saw a hole in the wall, from which the sea water was running. Peter shouted for help because he knew the hole meant that the sea was making its way through the sea wall, but no answer came. He realized he should do something else as quickly as possible, or the sea water could be pouring over the whole village. He started to rush towards his village. At the same time, the rain became heavier and heavier.

It was getting dark, but Peter rushed on and on. He felt cold and hungry. In the rainstorm, he fell down over and over again. Many times he thought about giving up, but he fought on. He remembered his father's words, “Lots of

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strong men have made every effort to build the walls which can keep the village safe from danger. The sea walls are really important.”

Finally, when the boy's father saw him, Peter had been black and blue all over. The boy told the villagers what had happened to the sea wall. They repaired it in time. “Thank God! He saved the village，” they praised Peter. All the villagers called him “Peter the Guard” from then on. Peter's parents were really proud of him!

根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1．Where did Peter live?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．What did Peter do first after he saw a hole in the wall?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．How did Peter feel when he rushed on and on?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Who told Peter about the importance of the sea walls?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．Why did the villagers call Peter “Peter the Guard”？

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D

A 108－year－old Message in a Bottle

On November 30，1906，George Bidder dropped

a bottle from a boat into the North Sea. The weighted

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glass bottle sank almost to the sea floor, and then it moved slowly for 108 years and 138 days.

Its journey ended when Marianne Winkler found the bottle in 2019. Winkler was then on vacation on Amrum Island. She picked up the bottle when it was washed up onto the beach. She saw a piece of paper inside, but didn't break it open. she should tell that the bottle was old, so she didn't want to damage it.

Finally she got the piece of paper out of the bottle. She found that the paper was actually a postcard. On the back of the card was this massage: The Marine Biological Association(海洋生物学协会) would pay a shilling(先令) for the bottle. A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Great Britain before the early 1970s.

Winkler filled out the card and posted it. The association was surprised to get a postcard addressed to George Bidder, the president of the association from 1939 to 1945. The workers of the association searched

on the Internet to find a shilling. They found one and sent it to Winkler as a reward.

The message in the bottle was the oldest ever re－discovered. For this reason Marianne Winkler got a place in “Guinness World Records(吉尼斯世界纪录)”. She broke the record for the oldest message in a bottle.

Winkler's bottle was not the only one Bidder sent to sea. Between 1904 and 1906, he sent away more than one thousand bottles. He placed postcards inside them. The bottles were part of a research project to map currents(洋流)

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in the North Sea. This was the best method at that time. But whether the association could get the bottles back depended on the people who found them. The association reported that about 55 percent of the bottles were returned. They added that the experiment was a success as it showed the east－to－west flow of the North Sea's currents. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1．How long did the weighted glass bottle move in the sea?

___________________________________________________________________ 2．Did Marianne Winkler find the bottle in 2019?

___________________________________________________________________ 3．What was in the bottle?

___________________________________________________________________ 4．Who was George Bidder?

___________________________________________________________________ 5．Why did Bidder drop bottles into the sea?

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参

Test 1

A 1.He is a foreign teacher. 2. For five years.

3. He has had the chance to travel all over China and see some interesting things. 4. In Dalian and Qingdao. 5. Yes, he has.

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B 1.50 cups of warm porridge. 2．Sixty.

3．He shared the order with his workmates. 4．No, he wasn't.

5. I felt warm and moved. (答案不唯一)

C 1.Translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. 2．His mother and uncle Xiong Shiyi. 3．In 1939.

4．Xu Yuanchong's 30 Poetries.

5．Because he likes doing what he likes./Because it's his favorite./Because translating is what he likes doing. D 1.(There are) 10，000 books.

2．The purpose is to encourage people to read more. 3．Yes, she did. 4．On the books.

5．They share them online/on the Internet.

Test 2

A 1.For three years. 2．No, he didn't.

3．Everyone (should) have a right to receive education. 4．Because he lived in a time of being unstable. 5．In Chinese ancient texts. B 1.Yunnan Province.

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2．Because she wanted to say sorry for the accident. 3．She felt scared. 4．Li Qiang.

5．Getting the job at Li Qiang's factory. C 1.In Los Angeles./In America./In USA.

2．(You can order the food you want) By touching the screen (in front of you)． 3．Because the runners know clearly where to go./Because there will be no waiting for a waiter, and no misunderstandings in the kitchen. 4．(Different kinds of food are served) At any time of day.

5．Enjoying delicious meals/Playing computer games/Having fun with family and friends on the Internet/Playing video games/Listening to music/Watching movies/Having video game competitions.(写出其中一点，并说明理由即可。) D 1.At school. 2.Amy's mother. 3．Without teasing. 4.Newspapers. 5．Because nobody teases her anymore.

Test 3 A

1．The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them into diamonds.

2．A man called John Reznikoff gave the hair to the company. 3．Yes, he does.

4．The work will take about 7 months./About 7 months.

5．(The) Diamonds made with hair are for the families to remember the dead./To

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remember the dead.

B

1．Because they wanted to remember their only son. 2．She preferred yellow and red (to other colours)．

3．It tells us the Big Church is the most important building in Stanford. 4．On the top of Hoover Tower/the tower.

5．It refers to Stanford/computer in Stanford/ the university.

C

1．Two children. 2．Yes, they had.

3．Because he was very greedy./He wanted to get all the golden eggs from his hen at a time. 4．Nothing.

5．He was greedy and silly./Greedy and silly.

Test 4 A

1．It's a kind of solar cooker. 2．In just four minutes. 3．In Africa. 4．About $2，000.

5．Yes. Because it can reduce the number of deaths caused by harmful smoke./No. Because it's too expensive. (答案不唯一，合理就算正确)

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1．During the Western Han Dynasty. 2．In Eastern Europe.

3．About 6，500 kilometers long./Across one-fourth of the earth. 4．Glass, gems and food.

5．Important/Useful/It can share the knowledge...(开放式答题)

C

1．Because he was handsome.

2．To an amusement park./An amusement park. 3．He hurt his back./He lost his job. 4．No, they didn't./No.

5．His courage and honesty./(The)Courage and honesty.

Test 5 A

1．They talk with sounds. 2．A group. 3．Under water. 4．Sad and lonely.

5．They help people./They save someone's life./They bring good luck. (开放式答题)

B

1．It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others. 2．Yes, it is.

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3．Because one of his schoolmates failed in the tower building competition. 4．On the Internet. 5．The second.

C

1．He lived in a village close to the sea. 2．He shouted for help. 3．He felt cold and hungry. 4．His father./Peter's father.

5．Because he saved the village/villagers.

D

1．For 108 years and 138 days. 2．Yes, she did.

3．A piece of paper which was actually a postcard.

4．The president of the Marine Biological Association from 1939 to 1945. 5．Because the bottles were part of a research project to map currents in the North Sea.

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