第一篇【材料】
请阅读下面短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出一个最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
High-speed trains,Alipay(支付宝),shared bikes and online payment are seen as the new Four Great Achievements of China by young foreigners,according to a video survey by the Silk Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University. In the video,young people from20countries along Belt and Road Routes(一带一路) were asked to name great inventions that had influenced their lives in China.The following is what they said from4young people of them:
1.【题目内容】
What does Justin think of the high-speed railways in China according to his words?
A.Fast and tidy.
B.Convenient and wonderful.
C.Cheap and amazing.
2.【题目内容】
What do"A"and"B"refer to(指)in Yala's words?
A.Two bikes.
B.Two riders.
C.Two places.
3.【题目内容】
What does the underlined phrase"be in a tough spot"mean?
A.Get into trouble.
B.Lose your way.
C.Stay in silence.
4.【题目内容】
Which of the following is TRUE according to the above information?
A.Bicycle-sharing system provides bikes for free.
B.There're no high-speed railways in Romania now.
C.Zhi Fu Bao is the only way of paying for things.
5.【题目内容】
What conclusion(结论)can we draw about the new four great achievements?
A.They were created by young foreign people.
B.They are the signs that China is improving rapidly.
C.They were brought to the countries along Belt and Road Routes.
第二篇【材料】
B
Using iPads to Make Learning Fun
Paper,pencil,whiteboard,textbook are the tools you need if you want to go to school.But recently,you can add another one to the list:an iPad.
Because the popular Apple tablet is not only useful for searching the Internet and watching videos,but it is also being used to make learning fun.
Scientists now know that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves,so recently software developers have made iPad applications(应用程序)that look like video games,but have strong educatio
nal content.One of the best examples of this new form of teaching application is Futaba,a game in which up to four children try to recognize a spinning(旋转的)object,and then identify what it is.The game can be used to teach English,math,foreign languages,or just about anything,and students love it.Teachers can even make their own questions.The important thing is that children enjoy the game,and don't even realize how much they are learning!
So the next time you have to choose between making your child study or letting them play game,just remember—they could do both at the same time!
1.【题目内容】
What can be added to the school thing list according to the passage?
A.An ipad.
B.An English textbook.
C.A pencil.
D.A whiteboard.
2.【题目内容】
What does the underlined word"tablet"probably mean in Chinese in this passage?
A.药片
B.掌上电脑
C.牌匾
D.桌子
3.【题目内容】
Futaba is_______.
A.an old kind of classroom
B.a new outdoor activity
C.a new educational application
D.a very old tool of teaching
4.【题目内容】
How many children can take part in one Futaba game at a time?
A.7
B.6
C.5
D.4
5.【题目内容】
Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.Scientists think that we learn better when we are enjoying ourselves.
B.Futaba can only be used to teach languages.
C.Teachers can make their own questions using.
D.The writer thinks children can study and have fun playing games at the same time.
第三篇【材料】
C
"Growing up,Einstein saw his father struggle to support the family and move the family for different jobs,Einstein had to move between schools and it was challenging for him to catch up with his new class."
This story about the struggles of famous scientists can't be found in your science textbook,but a new study suggested maybe it should be.
In the study,4029th-and10th-grade students from four New York City high schools in low-income areas were divided into three groups.The students read some 800-word stories about Albert Einstein and Marie Curie.The control group read a regular science textbook description about their great achievements.Another group read about the scientists'personal struggles,like Einstein's running away from Nazi Germany.The third group read about the scientists'intellectual struggles, as they tried differe
nt experiments—and failed.
As it turned out,the students who had read about scientists'struggles,whether personal or intellectual,had higher grades than students who had read about achievements.Those who weren't getting good grades to begin with gained the most. Those in the control group not only didn't see a grade increase,they had lower grades
than the grading before the study began.
"We think that struggle stories showed scientists'weaknesses."the researchers write,"which creates a sense of connection between the students and scientists.And that may make it easier for students to see them as role models."
"When kids think Einstein is a talent who is untouchable,then they believe they will never get there,"said lead researcher Xiaodong Lin-Siegler,PhD.
If we want to educate a future generation of great scientists,we can start by changing the way we talk about the great scientists of the past.An800-word story about scientists'failures,not just their achievements,in science textbooks will make it happen.
1.【题目内容】
What does the article mainly talk about?
A.Learning about struggles of scientists may help students succeed in science.
B.Reading stories of scientists'achievements will help educate future scientists.
C.Science textbooks should describe scientists failures instead of their achievements.
D.Stories of scientists'struggles may make students see scientists as being untouchable.
2.【题目内容】
From Paragraph4,we can know that_______.
A.those good at science achieved most from this exercise
B.the control group had lower grades than the other two groups
C.the students'grades in the control group remained the same
D.the students in the third group had the highest grades
3.【题目内容】
What's the main idea for Paragraphs5and6?
A.Findings of the study.
B.Explanations from the researchers.
C.Process of the study.
D.Suggestions from the researchers.
中考成绩
4.【题目内容】
In the study,which of the following would the third group probably read?
A.Einstein won many awards in his life,including the1921Nobel Prize in physics.
B.Going to college was hard for Curie because at that time women were not allowed to attend school.So,Curie had to study at secret classes.
C.By the time she reached college,Curie was able to understand five languages that top scientists spoke at that time.
D.Often working hour after hour and day after day,Curie devoted herself to solving challenging problems and learning from her mistakes.
第四篇【材料】
D
There was a kingdom long,long ago.It was ruled by king who loved riddles.Once a year the king mad a new riddle.He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.
There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom.Everyone agreed that he baked the finest breads.The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse,he could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.
One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone."I will give a prize to the person who can solve my riddle,"the king said."Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest horses."He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard."Make this line shorter without erasing(清除)any part of it,
"the king challenged.
People came from far and wide.They looked at the line and squinted at it.They even put their noses to the ground and scratched their heads.
"How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?"the people in the crowd asked each other.Some of them tried.The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it.The farmer poured wat er over the line to make it disappear.None of these efforts worked,and the people went home disappointed. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.
A week passed,and nobody had any new ideas.Then one day the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour(面粉).
Your Majesty,the baker said to the king,"I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it".Then the baker opened his bag of flour.He poured out a line of flour right next to the king's line.The line the baker made was longer than the king's line.
"Now,good king,"the baker smiled,"your line is shorter."
The people were amazed.The king laughed and clapped his hands."You have won the prize.I will give
you a horse of your choice."
The baker was excited.Now he could sell his breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.
1.【题目内容】
What was the baker's problem at the beginning of the story?
A.He couldn't make fine breads.
B.He needed money to open more stores.
C.He didn't have enough flour to make more breads.
D.He had difficulty selling breads all over the kingdom.
2.【题目内容】
The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both_______.
B.poured water over the line
C.kicked dirt over the line
D.put their noses to the ground
3.【题目内容】
The baker smiled because_______.
A.he was glad to see he king
B.he wanted to make the king happy
C.he felt sure that he solved the riddle
D.he sold a lot of breads to the villagers
4.【题目内容】
This story shows that the king liked_______.
< be rich
< train horses
< eat breads
< have fun
5.【题目内容】
Who tells this story?
A.The king.
B.The farmer and the dressmaker.
C.The baker.
D.Someone who is not a character in the story.