书城教材教辅江苏省13大市中考试题精编·英语
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第57章 扬州市2010年初中毕业、升学考试(2)

D.He's unlucky in life.

33.From the passage we can learn that.

A.Snoopy has a successful master

B.Snoopy is a lucky dog in love

C.Snoopy is a success as a writer

D.Snoopy can teach us life lessons

B

Beijing (China Daily):Many said she would never make it,butTeenager Jessica Watson surprised all when she completed her23,000mile journey,and sailed into Sydney Harbor,on May 15,2010.

The Australian 16yearold girl took off on her nonstop triparound the world,on October 18,2009.Jessica was all alone on her30footlong pink yacht(快艇),“Ella's Pink Boat”.She had to fightagainst strong winds,waves as high as mountains,and loneliness,in order to prove young people can realize their dreams,whateverthey might be.

Ms.Watson said the toughest times were when she had to fight against bad weather liketerrible storms.Though she met with many great difficulties,she managed to keep herselfcalm,keep her boat afloat,and complete her journey around the world.

After she became the world's youngest person to sail around the World,Jessica Watsonattracted the attention and won the admiration of the whole world.She has become rich andfamous.She has a nationwide book tour coming up,for her“True Spirit:The Aussie GirlWho Took on the World”book as well as other souvenir sales.

But it isn't fair to say Jessica Watson did it just for public attention and money.She isclearly in love with the ocean,and she said that even after lonely months at sea,she was notwilling to leave the pink yacht that had become“more than a home”.

34.How long did Jessica's journey last?

A.Five months.

B.Six months.

C.Less than seven months.

D.More than seven months.

35.Jessica sailed around the world in order to.

A.write a book about herself

B.become rich and famous

C.win the world's admiration

D.prove young people can realize their dreams

36.The toughest times of her journey were.

A.when she had to be calm

B.when terrible weather came

C.when she saw high mountains

D.when she was very lonely

37.Which of the following can NOT describe Jessica's sailing around the world?

A.She was happy to leave her pink yacht.

B.Her sailing was nonstop.

C.She completed her sailing alone.

D.She is the youngest to sail around the world.

C

America is a mobile society.Friendships between Americans can be close and real,yetdisappear soon.They don't feel hurt.If the same two people meet again,even years later,they pick up the friendship.This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand.

Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings,extending(延伸) deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand.Although Americans treat friendswarmly in their personal everyday lives,they don't show their politeness to them if itrequires a great deal of time.But in China,we are usually generous with our time.We,ashosts,will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend.We may takedays off from our work to act as guides to our friends.It is opposite in America.Americanscan not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans.They willprobably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels.And theyexpect the visitors will phone them from there.Once the visitors arrive at their homes,thewelcome will be full,warm and real.

For Americans,it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes thanto restaurants,except for business matters.Americans are ready to receive us foreigners attheir homes,share their holidays,and their home life.So accept their hospitality(好客) athome and enjoy your visit in America!

38.The underlined phrase“pick up”in Paragraph 1 may mean“____________”.

A.keep out

B.give up

C.pay no attention to

D.continue

39.Which of the following is the typical(典型的) way of American hospitality?

A.Treating friends at home.

B.Taking days off to be with friends.

C.Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D.Sharing everything they have.

40.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.Americans are always generous with their time.

B.Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C.Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D.Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

41.This passage is most probably written for.

A.American students

B.Chinese students

C.Chinese visitors to America

D.American visitors to China

D

Rubbish is a major kind of environmental pollution.Each person produces about twokilograms of rubbish in our homes a day.And this is only a small part of all the rubbish weproduce.We also create waste in industry.

Have you wondered what happens to the rubbish? Most of it is buried(填埋) in landfillsor burned.Less than 25% of our waste is recycled(回收利用).

A landfill(垃圾填埋厂) is carefully designed and it is built into or on top of the ground.

Rubbish buried in landfills is cut off from the surrounding environment (groundwater,air,rain,etc).

One problem with landfills is that they cover a lot of land space.If they are not wellbuilt,there is a high risk of polluting the land and water.Some people also say that landfillsremove materials for ever.As a result,the materials that can be reused are wasted.