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1、 中考备考阅读话题练习：科普知识与现代技术一、阅读理解（共 20 小题；共 40 分）AHave you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certainshopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book onewith your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart
2、 city.The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city isa city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money andresources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that wecan l
3、earn from.In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to takethe place of traditional water meters. They can detect( 探测) water waste and leakage( 泄漏) and senddata to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electrici
4、ty andnatural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby busstop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times
5、. The government organized a research team and provided an App( 应用程序) that collects data on almosteverything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near asupermarket provides immediate information on special offers.1. According to the passage, which of the followi
6、ng is RIGHT?A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.D. A smart city is still an idea and hasnt come into being.2. The underlined word convenient is the closest in meaning t
7、o.A. usefulB. normalC. suitableD. easy.3. Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better inA. cleaning waterC. saving waterB. supplying waterD. producing water4. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects(方面) EXCEPT.A. businessB. health careC. traffic cont
8、rollingD. public transportation5. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Digital technologies help improve city planning. B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.D. Spain and the US take the leading position in buildin
9、g smart cities.BIf your pen broke at school today, what would you do? You would go to a shop andbuy a new one. What if you could simply print out a real, working pen with your 3-D printer withoutleaving your room?Ten years ago people could only see 3-D printing in science fiction movies. But now 3-D
10、 printingis here and its bringing big changes.Unlike normal printing that can only copy a 2-D picture with ink. 3-D printing can build almostanything made from material. The printer layers( 分层) the material in different shapes to create theobject you want to be copied.The 3-D printer has been used t
11、o make many different things. People have made cups, cars andeven an airplane with it.Doctors have been using 3-D printers for several years. Peoples nervous systems have beenprinted out in 3-D form in medical research. Some body parts have been printed and used in hospital. Several months ago, doct
12、ors used a 3-D printer to rebuild the face of a person who had a bad accident.In the future, it is expected that the printer will make human organs to save more lives.However there are drawbacks to the printer. At the moment, printing can be quite slow and itsstill rather expensive. The average(平均的
13、) price of a household printer is around $1,700, notincluding the cost of the materials.But as the technology develops, it shouldnt be long before disadvantages are improved. Onlytime will tell where this new technology will take us.6. People could see 3-D printing inA. large high schoolten years ag
14、o.B. science fiction moviesC. digital camera shop7. People still cant make a(n)A. airplanewith a 3-D printer so far.B. faceC. organ8. What does the underlined word drawbacks mean?A. 不足B. 趋势C. 优点9. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The normal printer can build 3-D objects you want.B. No nervous syste
15、ms are printed out in 3-D form. C. The 3-D printing can be cheaper and faster in the future.10. Whats the best title of the passage?A. The Disadvantages of 3-D PrintingB. The Changes Brought by 3-D PrintingC. The Rapid Development of ScienceCDo you want to keep away from colds? You must say, Of cour
16、se. Now, first, please put on ahappy face.A new study shows that happy and relaxing people seem to fall ill less often than those unhappypeople. Its possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, said the researcher SheldonCohen from New York University(大学). In an earlier study, Cohen fou
17、nd that cheerful and livelypeople caught coughs and colds less often. Peoples feelings seemed to affect their health. In this study,Cohen interviewed(采访) 193 adults(成人) every day for two weeks. During the interviews, thepeople told researchers that the doctors asked them to stay alone in a room for
18、six days because of thecold.The results showed the people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illnesswere less serious and lasted for a shorter time. Cohen believes that when people have good feelings,their body may make a chemical, and it can help fight illnesses and diseases
19、. So if you are worried about your health, look on the bright side more often. Just as the old sayinggoes, A coin has two sides.11. What does the underlined word researcher mean in Chinese?A. 工程师B. 经理C. 研究者D. 哲学家12. What did the study find?A. Happy people never fell ill.B. Peoples feelings didnt aff
20、ect their health.C. Happy and lively people had less serious illnesses.D. People with good feelings became ill more easily.13. According to Cohen, which of the following can help fight illnesses and diseases?A. Sleeping.B. Laughing.C. Eating.D. Worrying.14. Where can you read the passage?A. In the n
21、ewspaper.B. In a storybook.D. In an opera.C. In a novel.15. What does the sentence A coin has two sides. mean?A. A coin has left and right side.B. A coin has front and back side.C. A thing usually has bad and good sides. D. The coins front side is better than the back side.D1. The Dream. It is every
22、ones dream to work at home or not work at all. You can plan your ownhours and work when you want to. There is no more rush hour and no hours that people waste whenthey get to and from a job every day.2. The Fact. The fact is that this dream can be attained. You can stay at home, work when youwant to
23、 and make money when you need to. There are plenty of opportunities for you to make moneyat home, just by using your computer and the Internet.3. Start Today! Educate yourself, look closely into all the opportunities and decide on whatworks best for you. It will not happen during one night, but you
24、can make the decision today and startto make it happen today.4. How Could You Do It? Do you have a blog or a personal website like millions of other people?Are you using it to make money? Most of these blog and website owners are not. But you can do that!5. When you have your computer and the Intern
25、et working for you, your businesseswill be working for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You will make money while you sleep,travel or do whatever you want to do all day long.6. Get Going! There are many ways you can make money with your computer. And you canbegin your stay-at-home businesses w
26、ith just a little money. What are you waiting for? 16. In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?A. SpotsB. NewsC. CultureD. Business17. What does the underlined word “attained”m eiann ?Point 2A. BrokenB. RealizedC. LostD. Destroyed18. Whats the best title for Point 5?A.
27、 Sleep 24 Hours a DayB. Make Money Every MomentD. Travel Around the WorldC. Play All Day Long19. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. People need a lot of money to start a stay-at-homeB. People can even use their blogs to make moneyC. People can plan their own time when the
28、y work atD. People can make the best decision and start to make20. How is the passage organized?A. By using famous peoples wordsB. By giving reasons onlyC. By showing a topic and giving solutionsD. By telling old stories二、阅读与表达(混合式)（共 10 小题；共 10 分） A3D printers have been around us for some time. The
29、re is a lot you can do and imagewith a 3D printer. A company in China has recently used 3D printers to make ten full-sized houses in just 24 hours.These houses are printed with special ink that has been made from industrialconstruction waste. The using of cheap materials makes it possible to print e
30、ach house under $5000.The CEO of the company says: . He plans to set up 100 recycling factories across China,changing waste into cost-effective ink for 3D printers. However, at present, multi-storey 3D printed building are not allowed in China. So, its important that the 3D printing technologywill b
31、e widely used to build any time soon. Maybe there is still a long way to go.任务一：从下列 A-D 中选择合适的句子补全至文中-处。A. They are both environment-friendly and cost-effective.B. Now add building a house in a day to the list.C. He also hopes his printers can be used to build tall buildings.D. And each of the house
32、s covers an area of 200 square meters.21. 22. 23. 24. 任务二：选择题。25. According to the passage, which of the following is TURE?A. Each of the printed housed costs at least 5000 dollars.B. Theres no limit in China to print tall building with 3D printers.C. The 10 full-sized houses are printed out of recy
33、cled materials.D. 3D printers will soon came into common use to build houses.BDo you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo? If you dont, you are out! Weibomeans microblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write amicroblog. Why? Microblog started in the USA. It came
34、 to China in 2009 and it has developed very fast. In 2011,the number of Chinese micro-bloggers grew to 300 million. For many microblog users, itis a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds ofinformation, including news, daily life, pictures, music an
35、d so on. Many stars and famous people alsowrite microblogs and share good things with their fans. It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. For example, when the bigearthquake and tsunami(海啸) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like Salt can protect people fromradiation were hot on microb
36、logs. Later people realized it was just a rumor(谣言).In a word, microhlog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people.任务一：从下列 A-D 中选择合适的句子补全至文中-处。A. It soon caused a crazy buying of salt.B. However, this can also lead to problems and even cause panic.C. Because every message on a microblog is less
37、 than 140 words.D. Now more and more people are interested in writing microblogs.26. 27. 28. 29. 任务二：选择题。30. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Writing a microblog needs much time.B. Microblog appeared in China only one year ago but it has developed rapidly.C. As a popular thing, microblog has its ad
38、vantages and disadvantages. D. More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA.三、补全短文（共 5 小题；共 5 分）Now people think that 31.is very important to communicate with others, so radio,telephone and television are widely used all over the world. When you turn on the ra
39、dio, you canlisten. But when you use telephone, not only can you listen to others but also you can chat32.34.35.them. 33., you cant see the other one at all. Television is even(good)than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it, but you(can)take part in what you see. Perhaps in the near fu
40、ture, another new kind of phone willcome into wider use in our daily life.答案一、阅读理解1. A2. D3. C4. B5. B6. B7. C8. A9. C 10. B11. C 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. C二、阅读与表达(混合式)21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. C三、补全短文31. it32. with33. However34. better35. cant