江蘇省常州市2021年中考一模英語試卷分類匯編：閱讀理解

江蘇省常州市

2021年中考一模英語試卷分類匯編

閱讀理解

2021年江蘇省常州市金壇區(qū)中考一模英語試題

三、閱讀理解（共13小題；每小題2分，滿分26分）

A

AsAI（人工智能）develops,thedifferencesbetweenhumansandmachinesarebecoming

unclear.Robotscanbeassmartashumansanddosomeofthesamethingswecando.Whatdoes

itmeantobehumans?WehaveaskedourselvesthisquestionsincetheappearanceofALThe

developmentofAIhasmadethisquestionevenmorecomplicated（復(fù)雜的）.

In2017,arobotcalledSophiawasmadeaSaudiArabiancitizen.Norobothadanationality

before.Itwasthefirst.Thathasraisedquestionsaboutwhetherrobotsshouldhavethesamerights

ashumansinthefuture.

Ofcourse,AIisstillfarawayfrombeingabletohavefeelingslikehumans.Thequestion

aboutwhetherAIwillhaverightsornotisabitsillyatthemoment.Butallofusshouldnotice

thatAIcanlearnfromthethingshumansteachit—forbetterorworse.

Forinstance,in2016,MicrosoftintroducedTa-acomputerprogrammethatcouldhold

conversationswithpeoplethroughsocialmedia.Taylearnedhowtotalkwithhumansbyreading

thethingstheywroteonline.Withinlessthan24hours,Taywentfromwritingpoliterepliesto

makingrudecomments（評論）.Itlearnedtofctsay^^theserudethingsfromrealhumans.

Inthefuture,wewillberequiredtoprogrammeAIwithasenseofethics（倫理學(xué)）and

morality（道德）一oneofthethingsthatmakeusdifferentfromanyotheranimalonEarth.AIcan

domanyofthesamethingswedo,suchasdrivingcarsororderingfood.Butitcannottellthe

differencesbetweenrightandwrong.Itcannotfeelsadnessorjoy.Itcannottellbeauty.Andthatis

whattrulymakesushumanssospecial.

23.Sophiaisdifferentfromotherrobotsbecauseit.

A.lookslikeahumanB.isthefirstAIrobotC.hasanationalityD.cantalk

withhumans

24.ThewriterwantstoshowthatwiththeexampleofTay.

A.AIcantellthedifferencesbetweenrightandwrong

B.AIusuallylearnsbadthingsveryquickly

C.AIshouldhavethesamerightsashumans

D.AIcanlearnfromthingshumansteachit

25.Whatisthemainideaofthefifthparagraph?

A.AIisstilldifferentfromhumans.

B.AIhasbecomequitesimilartohumans.

C.AItechnologyhasdevelopedreallywell.

D.AIcandevelopethicsandmoralityonitsown.

B

Whatwouldyouchooseasyouruniversitymajor（專業(yè)）?Perhapssomeofyouwouldchoose

archaeology（考古），eventhoughifssomewhatunpopular.ZhongFangrongrankedfourthamong

Hunanprovince'sliberalarts（文科）studentsonthe2020nationalcollegeentranceexam,or

gaokao.ShedecidedtomajorinarchaeologyatPekingUniversity.

Thismadenewsonsocialmedia.Manypeopleweresurprisedbyherdecisionandquestioned

her,sayingthatshewaswastinghergradesbychoosingamajorwithfewjobopportunities.

However,LiuZhiyanfromtheSichuanProvincialInstituteofCulturalHeritageand

Archaeology（文物考古研究院）saidpeoplewhohavequestionedZhong'schoicehaveapoor

understandingofarchaeology.Aftergraduation,Zhongcanworkatpublicmuseumsor

archaeologyresearchinstitutes,orshecanworkforprivatearchaeologicalcompanies,Liusaid.

Thesearecommonchoicesforyoungpeoplewhomajorinarcheology.

Actually,archaeologymighthaveabrighterfuturethanyoumightthink.PresidentXiJinping

saidseveraltimesthatgreaterimportanceshouldbeplacedonarchaeologicalresearch.

Archaeologicalfindingsshowtheorigin（起源）andevolution（演變）oftheChinese

civilization（文明）andcanstrengthen（力口強(qiáng)）people'sconfidenceinChineseculture,Xisaid.Xi

alsonotedthatourcountryneedsmorearchaeologists,especiallyyoungerones.

GuYunong,aseniorarchaeologystudentatPekingUniversity,hasfoundthesubjecttobe

verymeaningful."Forpeoplelikeme,itallowsustotravelbetweenthepastandthepresent,Gu

toldTEENS."Archaeologyhasmademylifemoremeaningful.,,

26.What'sZhongFangrong'sdecision?

A.StudyingartatPekingUniversity.

B.Wastinghergradesbychoosingamajorwithfewjobopportunities.

C.Choosingarchaeologyasheruniversitymajor.

D.RankingfourthamongHunanprovince'sliberalartsstudentsingaokao.

27.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“opportunities“meaninparagraph2?

A.方法B.經(jīng)歷C.經(jīng)驗(yàn)D.機(jī)會

28.ZhongFangrongcanworkinthefollowingplacesaftergraduationexcept.

A.publicmuseumsB.archaeologyresearchinstitutes

C.privatearchaeologicalcompaniesD.privatelibraries

C

WithcelebrationsmarkingtheNewYearspreadingfromtheChinesemainlandtonearlyall

partsoftheworldin.recentyears,wehavedecidedtoaddourowncolortotheeventbyholding

theglobal（全球的）onlinecompetition—ShareYourChineseNewYear!Cinvites

youtoshareyourstories,picturesandvideosaboutChineseNewYear.

Who

AnyonewhoisinterestedinChinesecultureandhasstoriestoshare.

What

Articles,photographsandvideosareallwelcome,withthethemeChineseNewYearinMy

Eyes.Theworkmustbeoriginal（原倉的）.

?Articles:800-wordlimit

?Photographs:Photographsmustbeindigitalformat（數(shù)字格式）.Images（影像）shouldbeno

largerthan5MBandeitherJPEGorJPGfiles.Thewordsmustbecomplete,accurate（精確的）

andshouldprovideenoughdetails.Watermarksarenotacceptable.

?Videos:Allvideosmustbenomorethan3minutesinlengthandbenolargerthan500MB,

andtheymustbesubmitted（提交）inmp4format.Thereisnorequirementonthestyleofthe

video.

When

?Submissiondeadline（截止時(shí)間）：Jan27-Mar5

?Judging（評定）period:Mar6-Mar26

?Awardannouncement:lateMarch

How

?Pleasesubmityourwork,oraYouTubelinktoyourvideoto:

contesC@

?Youcanalsosubmityourworkdirectlyto

http:〃.cc/thread-132975291.html

Where

YourstorieswillbepostedonChina'smostinfluentialEnglish-languageWebportal,

C.MillionsofreaderswillreadyourstoriesontheChinaDailyWebsiteandits

EnglishBBS.

Aboutthejudgment

Winnerswillbeselected（挑選）byagroupofexpertsmadeupofculturalscholars（學(xué)者）,

membersoftheChinaPhotographersAssociationandforeignexpertsatChinaDaily（40%）,as

wellasonlinevotescast（60%）.

AwardsandPrizes

3FirstPrizes:3,000RMB;Certificateofhonor

6SecondPrizes:2,000RMB;Certificateofhonor

18ThirdPrizes:1,000RMB;Certificateofhonor

100HonorableMentions:150RMB

29.Afteryousubmityourwork,youwillknowtheresultin.

A.atleast18daysB.atleast25daysC.atmost58daysD.atmost68days

30.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thecompetitionisheldallovertheworld.

B.PeoplecanreadyourstoryintheChinaDailynewspaper.

C.Alltheworktotakepartinthecompetitionmustbecreatedbyyourself.

D.Threeformsarewelcomeifyouwanttotakepartinthecompetition.

31.Whowillplaythemostimportantroleintheprocessofjudging?

A.Netizens.（網(wǎng)民）B.MembersoftheChinaPhotographersAssociation.

C.Culturalscholars.D.ForeignexpertsatChinaDaily.

Dorothyandherfriendswereworriedtogetoutoftheforestassoonastheycould,sothey

hurriedalongtheyellowbrickroad.Itwasnotlongbeforetheycametoawideriver.

“Whatcanwedonow?”Dorothyexclaimed."Thereisn'tatreetallenoughtofallacrossthis

river.^^

“There'snoproblem,theScarecrow（稻草人）said."TheTinWoodmanwillusehisaxeto

buildaraft（木筏）

AndthisiswhattheTinWoodmandid.Andwhilehewasbusymakingtheraft,Dorothy

foundsomewildfruitandnuts,whichsheatehungrily.Then,becauseitwastakingtheTin

Woodmanalongtimetofinishtheraft,Dorothylaydownandwenttosleep.

Thenightpassedwithoutanyproblems,andthenextmorningtheraftwasready.Dorothysat

inthemiddlewithToto.TheLionstoodatoneendandnearlysank（下沉）itbecausehewasso

bigandheavy.TheScarecrowandtheTinWoodmanstoodattheotherend.Theybothhadlong

poles（桿子）thattheyusedtopushtheraftthroughthewaterO

Atfirstallwentwell,butthentheriverbecamesodeepthatthepolescouldnottouchthe

bottom.TheTinWoodmansaid,“Ifwecannotstaynearthelandandtheyellowbrickroad,the

WickedWitchoftheWestwillusehermagicandputaspell（咒語）onus.”

“Andthenwewon*tmeettheWizard,andIwon*tgetanybrains,“theScarecrowsaid.

“AndIwon'tgetaheart,theTinWoodmansaid.

“AndIwon'tgetanycourage,theLionsaid.

“AndFilnevergethometoKansas,"Dorothysaid."Wemustdosomething.”

TheScarecrowwasabletopushtherafttotheriverbank.Dorothy,Toto,theLion,andthe

TinWoodmangotoff.BeforetheScarecrowcouldgetoff,however,theraftmovedawayfromthe

riverbankandcarriedtheScarecrowdowntheriver.

Dorothysaid,"Perhapswe'llmeettheraftfurtherdowntheriver.Themostimportantthing

nowistogetbacktotheyellowbrickroadandcontinueonourwaytotheCityofEmeralds.,,

TheLionandtheTinWoodmanagreed,andtheysetoffalongtheriverbank.Itwasnotlong

beforetheysawtheScarecrow.Hewasholdingontothepoleinthemiddleoftheriver.Therewas

nosightoftheraft.

32.WhatprobablyhappenedtoDorothyandherfriendsbeforethepassage?

A.Theyhadagoodtimeintheforest.B.Theymetdangerinaforest.

C.TheymettheWizard.D.Theirdreamcametrue.

33.Whowantedtogetaheart?

A.Dorothy.B.TheScarecrow.C.TheLion.D.TheTinWoodman.

34.Whichisthecorrectorderofthethingsbelow?

?Theyhadlongpolestopushtheraftthroughthewater.

②Dorothyfoundsomewildfruitandnuts.

③TheScarecrowwasholdingontothepoleinthemiddleoftheriver.

@TheTinWoodmanbegantobuildaraft.

A.③②④①B.④②①③C.②?①③D.④①③②

35.Whatcanweinferfromthispassage?

A.TheWoodmandidn'twanttheScarecrowtogoonwiththem.

B.TheWickedWitchoftheWesthelpedtheScarecrowintheend.

C.TheyhopedtomeettheWizardintheCityofEmeralds.

D.TheScarecrowwantedtomeettheWizardbyhimself.

答案：

23-25CDA26-28CDD29-31CBA32-35BDBC

常州市武進(jìn)區(qū)2021年中考英語一模試卷

三、閱讀理解（共13小題;每小題2分，滿分26分）

閱讀下面的短文，從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

A

“Iwouldprefernohousetolivein,ratherthannonoodlestoeat.^^ThisoldChinesesaying

representstheenthusiasm（熱愛）ofChinesepeoplefbrnoodles.Chinaisthehomelandofnoodles,

andthe

earliestrecordofnoodlesinChinashowstheyhaveahistoryof4,000years.Nowadays,Chinese

people

eatnoodlesasastaplefood（主食），snack,orasadeliciousdishinafeast（盛宴）.

Becauseofthedifferentmethodsofpreparationandtheuseofdifferentingredients,there

areover

1,000typesofnoodle,eachwithlocalcharacteristics.

Zhajiangmian

ZhajiangmianisaBeijingspecialtymadeupofwheatnoodlesinsoybeansauceand

vegetablessuchascan*otsandslicedcucumbers.Thesauceisusuallymadebycooking

groundporkorbeefmixedwithfermentedsoybeanpaste.Itcanbeorderedinmost

restaurantsservingBeijing-stylefoodandsnacks.

BiangbiangNoodles

Biangbiangnoodles,alsoknownasbeltnoodlesbecauseoftheirbroadnessand

length,areaspecialtyofShanxiProvince.Thenoodlesareusuallytoppedwith

vegetablesandherbssuchasspringonions,garlic,leeks,coriander,Sichuanpeppercorns,

andchili.

Therearetwostoriesabouttheorigin（起源）oftheunusualnoodles:onesaysthatthename

coming

fromthesoundofhandmadenoodlesbeingstretched（拉升）andflapped（拍打），andtheother

onesays

thatthewordbiangbiangwasinventedbyaChineseemperor.

HotDryNoodles

HotdrynoodlesareatraditionalChinesedishoriginatedfromWuhan.Thenoodles

arecookedinamixtureofwaterandsesameoil,cooled,tossedandwarmedinthe

samemixturerightbeforeserving.

Theprocessbringsinadeliciousservingofnoodleswhicharecoveredwithastrongsesame

flavor

Althoughcommonlyconsideredasabreakfastdish,itcanalsobeeatenasanaftemoonsnackor

alight

dinner.ThisinexpensiveandsimpledishhasbeenatraditioninWuhanforabout50yearsandis

still

consideredtobethemostpopulardishinthearea.

23.Whatdoestheunderlinedword^ingredicnts^probablymean?

A.配料B.工序C.溫度D.器皿

24.FromthepassagewecanknowChinesenoodles.

A.havemorethan50typesB.originated4500yearsago

C.areoneofthemostpopularfoodsinChina.Daremainlyservedinbreakfastand

lunch

25.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.ZhangJiangmianrepresentsShanxistyle

B.Hotdi*ynoodlesisusuallycoldwhenserved

CLoudsoundcanbeheardwhenpeoplemakeBiangbiangnoodles

D.Biangbiangnoodlesisthebroadestofthethreetypesofnoodlesabove

B

Ifapersonlostanarm,howcouldheorshestillplaybasketball,oreven港

beabletodribble（運(yùn)球）likeStephenCurry（斯蒂芬?庫里）docs?ZhangJiacheng

13-year-oldChineseboy,hasimpressedeveryonebydoingjustthat.

Recently,afewshortvideoshavebeenpostedonline.TheyshowZhangplayingbasketball

withonly

onehand.Bothhisstrongwillandexcellentbasketballskillshavebeenspokenhighlyofbythe

public.

“It'sthepowerofbasketball.Soimpressiveandencouraging!”anetizenwrote.

Zhanglosthisrightarminanaccidentwhenhewasonlyfiveyearsold.Itwasatragedy（悲

?。ゝor

suchalittlekid.Backthen,evendressinghimselfwashardenoughfortheboy.Buthehasnever

givenin

tohisfate.

Zhangfirstfoundhisloveforbasketballin2018.Thesportthenbecamehisloveand

dream

Everyday,heplaysbasketballafterschoolwithhisfriendsnomatterwhattheweatherislike.

Within

Justtwoyears,hebrokethreebasketballs.

NowZhangcountsanumberofbasketballstarsamonghismillionsoffans.Belowhis

posts,CBA?s

all-timeleadingscorerYiJianlianwortthat“theheartisalwaysthestrongestpartofthebody”.

AsabigfanofCurry,Zhangevendrewtheattentionofhishero's.Inamessagetothe

teenageron

socialmedia,theNBAsuperstarsaid:"Keepdoingit.Don'tletanyonetellyouthatyoucan,t.^^

Theboysdreamisbig-tobeaprofessional（職業(yè)的）basketballplayer.Nodoubt,hemust

haveheard

Manyt4youcan^s^frompeoplewhodon'tbelieveinthepowerofdreams."Giveitup,orgiveita

try-1

choosethelatter（后者），“Zhangsaid.

26.WhatcanweknowaboutZhangaccordingtothepassage?

A.HeisafanofYiJianlian.B.Hehashadhisownmillionsoffans

C.Helosthisrightarmin2018D.HeoncemetwithStephenCurry.

27.Whydidthewritertakemanybasketballstarsmessagesasexamplesinthepassage?

A.ToshowZhangisanexcellentbasketballplayer.

B.ToshowZhanghasthebestlefthandintheworld

CTopraiseZhang'shardworkandencouragehim

D.Todrawtheattentionofbasketballstarsandfans

28.Whatcanweknowfromthelastparagraph?

A.Zhangissuretobeaprofessionalbasketballplayer.

B.Zhangdoesn'tbelieveinthepowerofdreams

C.NobodybelievesZhang'sdreamwillcometrue

D.Zhanghasdecidedtoinsistonhisdream

C

Laterthatevening,asTomwasoutwalkingandenjoyingthewarmsummerair,hemetaboy,

aboy,

tallerthanTom.Hewasdressedwell,wearingwhatseemedtobenewclothing.Heevenwore

shoe.

Tomsuddenlyfeltalittleembarrassed（尷尬的）abouthisownclothing.

Neitherboyspoke.

Theysimplystared（0J）ateachotherandbegantowalkinacircle,neverlookingaway

fromthe

other'sface.

Tomfelthehadtoteachthisboyalesson,sohesaid:"Icouldmakeyoucry!Z]”

“No,youcouldn't!”"Could!'"'Couldn't''"Could!'"'Could!Ok,try!”

Tomjustlookedathimsilentlyforamomentandthensaid:"Icouldmakeyoucrylikea

littlegirl.,H4Thendoit!Youthinkyou'resostrong!□”

“Iam!I'msostrongIcouldbeatyouwithonehandtiedbehindmyback!,,

'Tmwaitingforyoutostoptalkingandstartfighting!Ithinkyou'reafraid.^^

'Tmnot.,,4€Youare!'"Tmnot,”"Youare!”

Theybegantopusheachotherwiththeirshoulders,againmovinginacircle.

Andthensuddenlytheywerefightingontheground,hittingandkickingeachother,and

pullinghair.

ButsoonTomwasontopofthenewboyhittinghimwithhisfists.

“Haveyouhadenough?”heasked.

Theboytriedtogetaway.Hewascryingangrily.

“Haveyouhadenough?^^

□Thenthenewboysaid,"OK,stop!□”

Tomgotoffofhimandstartedtowalkaway,butassoonasheturned,theboythrewarock

andhit

Tomintheback.

TheboyranawaybutTomfollowedhimhomeandwaiteduntiltheboysmothercameout

andledat

Tomtogoaway。

WhenTomamvedathishome,hehadtoenterthroughhisbedroomwindowbecausehewas

lateand

hedidn'twanthisAuntPollytoseehim.Buthisauntwaswaitingforhim.

SidhadtoldheraboutTom'safternoon.

29.Whydidthetwoboyshaveafight?

A.BecausethetallboywantedtobeatTomB.BecausetheboywastallerthanTom

C.BecausethetallboyworebetterthanTomDBecauseTomjustwantedtobeat

someone

30.Whatwastheendofthefighting

A.TomwonBThetallboywon.C.NeitherwonD.Wedon'tknow

31.Whoaremuchclosertoeachotheraccordingtothepassage?

A.Tomandtheboy.B.TomandSidC.TomandPollyD.SidandPolly

D

You'rewalkingdownthestreet,mindingyourownbusinesswhenastrangerpassesyouby.

Hedoesn*t

sayanythingatall,buthedoesgiveyouthesmallest,briefestsmile.Inamomentandalmost

unwillingly,

youYedoingthesamething.Youjustcanthelpit;nomatterhowyouwerefeeling,youcaughthis

smile.

Forsomeunexplainablereason,whenweseesomeonesfacelightupwithnothingbutjoy,we

just

can'tstopourselvesdoingthesamething.

InhonorofWorldSmileDay（thefirstFridayinOctober）,it'stimewegotrealanswersto

thismatter.

Issmilingcontagious（感染性的）？

Well,accordingtoastudyintheTrendsinCognitiveSciencesjournal,theanswercould

wellbeyes.

Aspartoftheresearch,socialpsychologists（心理學(xué)家）PaulaNiedenthalandAdrienneWood

lookedinto

whyweoftencopythefacialexpressionsofpeoplewhenwetalktothem.

Interestinglyenough,oneoftheconclusionswasthatwe“tryon^theemotions（感情）of

otherswhen

wearecommunicatingwiththem,So,forexample,whenafriendstellsussomegoodnewsand

looks

happy,wemayunconsciously（無意識土也）showthesameemotionthroughourfacialexpression.

Indoing

so,wehaveachancetofeelandunderstandtheiremotions.

Sothereasonwesmilewhensomeonesmilesatusisthatwewanttofeelthesamewayas

thatperson.

Itisthroughthissmallsocialactthatwe'reabletohaveadeeplevelofcommunicationwiththe

people

aroundus.

However,thisisnotthecaseforeveryoneOutthere.Duringtheresearch,thepsychologists

notethat

thosewithcertaindiseases,whocantcopyothers*expressions,oftenhaveaproblemwiththis

levelof

communication,althoughtheycanknowwhensomeoneissmilingatthem,theyarenot

alwaysableto

offerthesameexpressionback.

32.Thefirstparagraphservesasan.

A.explanationB.exampleC.introductionD.opinion

33.Whydowesmilewhenweseesomeoneelsesmile?

A.Becausewecanthelpit

BBecausewewanttofeelthesmilingpersonsemotions

C.Becausewewanttobeunderstoodbythepeoplearoundus

D.Becauseweareabletoofferthesameexpressionback

34.Whichcouldbethebesttitleforthispassage?

A.WhyshouldwesmileB.WhatishappeningonWorldSmile

Day

C.WhyissmilingcontagiousD.Doyouknowhowtosmile?

35.Wemaymostprobablyfindthispassageinthepartofawebsite.

A.scienceB.lifeC.cultureD.entertainment

答案：

ACDBCDCADCBCA

江蘇省漂陽市2020~2021學(xué)年九年級中考一模英語試題

三、閱讀理解（共13小題；每小題2分，滿分26分）

閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在

答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

A

Whetheryouhavetenminutesoranhourtopractiseeachday,you'llfindmanylearning

materialstohelpyoumakeprogressandimproveyourlanguageskills.Allthematerialsonthe

LeamEnglishwebsitearedesignedforself-studytosupportyourlearning.

Takeouronlineleveltest:StartbytakingourfreeEnglishgrammarandvocabularytestto

helpyoufindyourlevel.Allthematerialsare/%/ed（用標(biāo)簽標(biāo)明）withtheleveltomakeit

easiertofindmaterialsfitforyou.

ExploreourSkillssection:InourSkillssectionyoucanfindself-studylessonstopractise

yourlistening,readingandwritingskills.Therearedifferenttypesoftextsandrecordings（錄

音）,allwithexercisesthatpractisetheskillsyouneed.Chooseyourlevelandthenchoosea

lesson!

ReadourMagazinesection:Areyoulookingforsomethingquicktoread?OurMagazine

sectionhasshortinterestingarticlesforyoutoread.

WatchaYouTubevideo:OurVideosectionhasYouTubevideosaboutmanykindsoftopics.

Tomakethemeasierfbryoutounderstand,wehavepreparedpreparationactivitiestoteachthe

difficultvocabularyandwealsohaveawrittencopyoftheactivitiessoyoucanreadtohelpyou

understand.Whenyou'vewatchedthevideo,youcandotheexercisestocheckyour

understanding.

Playagamewithafriend:Ifyouwanttoplayaquickonlinegameandpractiseyour

Englishvocabularyatthesametime,haveagoatWordshake.Seehowmanypointsyoucangetin

threeminutes!YoucanplayagamewithfriendsandcompareyourpointstoseewhoseEnglish

vocabularyisimprovingthemost.

23.WhoaremostinterestedintheLearnenglishwebsite?

A.Englishteacherswhowanttoimprovetheirteachingskills

B.ParentswhoarehelpingtheirchildrenwithEnglish

C.AnyonewhoislearningEnglishbythemselvesD.StudentswhoarelearningEnglish

inschools

24.Inwhichsectioncanyoufindmaterialstoimproveyourwriting?

A.SkillsB.MagazineC.VideoD.

Wordshake

25.Whathasbeendonetomakeiteasiertounderstandthevideos?

A.ProvidingreadingexercisesB.Designingsomewarm-upactivities

C.TakingnoteswhilewatchingD.Offeringvideosofdifferentlevels

B

Thebestpieceofadvicethatmydadhasgivenmeisthis:Yougetout

ofitwhatyouputintoit.Atfirst,Ihadnoideawhatitmeant.Butthe

olderIget,themoreIunderstandthemeaningofhiswords.

ThefirsttimeIheardthisadvicewasinhighschool.Atthattime,I

enteredanEnglishspeechcompetition.Mygrammarandwritingwereexcellent,butIcouldn't

expressmyIdeasclearlyandfluently.SoIalwaysstayeduplatepracticingit.Oneday,Iwasso

tiredthatIwantedtogiveup.MyfathercametomeandkindlyremindedmethatYagetoutofit

what/putintoit.Hesaid,“Thepointisn'ttowinthecompetition,Kaley.Thepointistolearnto

workhardatsomething.That'swhatyouYegettingoutofit.^Afterlisteningtohiswords,Icleared

mymindandconcentratedonpractice.Althoughonlywonthirdplace,IhadnoregretsbecauseI

learntmoreintheprocessofpreparation.

ThesecondtimehiswordshadaninfluenceonmewaswhenIenteredthecollege.Imajored

例（主修）mathwhilemyfavouritewashistory.Ihadahardtimeworkingoutdifferentmath

problems.IforcedmyselftolearnasmuchasIcouldfromsuchacomplicated（復(fù)雜的）subject,

whichmademeupseteveryday.Atthattime,myfather'swordscameintomymindand

encouragedmetokeepgoing.EvenifIhadnointerestinthesubject,itcouldstillteachme

somethingvaluableInbadsituations,mydad'sadvicetranslatedto“youcaneitherbemiserable

（痛苦的）,oryoucanbemiserablebutlearnsomething”,andthankfully,Ichosethelatter.

WhatIunderstandnowisthat,fromaveryyoungage,mydadhasbeenteachingmetosee

thevalueineverythingandtrytosmileateverything.4tYougetoutofitwhatyouputintoit”is

somethingmyfatherhassaidamilliontimes-andEllalwayskeepitinmind.

26.Whatdoestheunderlinedphraseuconcentratedon”inParagraph2probablymean?

A.GaveupB.LookedforC.GotusedtoD.Paid

attentionto

27.WhywasKaleyunhappyatcollege

A.BecauseshealwaysfailedinhersubjectsB.Becauseshehadtoomuchhomework

todo

C.Becauseshemajoredinasubjectshedidn'tlike

D.Becauseshelivedinaschoolthatwasfarawayfromhome

28.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Kaley'sfatherwasapatientandwisemanB.Kaleymadelittleefforttostudyat

college

C.KaleyfeltsadabouttheresultofherEnglishcompetition

D.Kaley'sfatheralwaysgotangrywhenshewantedtogiveup.

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