中考英语一轮复习阅读与完形填空训练十二

中考英语一轮复习阅读与完形填空训练十二

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India'sCOVID-19situationisworseningasthepandemicisgettingoutofcontrolinthecountry.

AsofApril28,Indiahadrecordedarecordhighof17,997,267COVID-19cases,withdeathtoll

reachingatotalof201,187,accordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization.

Anincreasingnumberofdeadbodiesmeansincinerators（焚烧炉）areoverloaded.Sincewaiting

timescanbeaslongas12hours,somepeoplehavechosentobumtheirfamilymembers9bodies

themselves,ChinaDailyreported.

India'shealthsystem（系统）isalsofacingabreakdownwhiledealingwiththelargeincreaseof

infections（感染）.BothpublicandprivatehospitalsarerunningoutofbedsforCOVID-19patients.

HospitalsinNewDelhi,thecapital,areingreatneedofmedicalsupplies（医疗用品），suchas

medicineandmedicaloxygen（氧气）,Xinhuareported.

Thecountryhasbeenstruggling（挣扎）todealwithanewvariant（变种）ofthevirus.However,

otherfactorshavealsomadethesituationworse.Publicholidayshavebeencelebratedinrecent

weeks,butmanypeoplewhowerepresentdidn'twearmasksorfollowsocialdistancingrules,

accordingtoCGTN.

Withapopulationof1.3billionpeople,India'ssituationbringsanewchallengetoglobalepidemic

preventionandcontrol."TherewillbealargeroutbreakinthenearfutureinIndia,“ZhangWenhong,

aChinesemedicalexpert,wroteinablogentry.

Countriesaroundtheworldhaveshownconcern（关注）.China,GermanyandPakistanhave

announcedthattheyarewillingtohelpIndiawithneededmedicalsupplies.OnApril26,theChinese

embassyinSriLankasaidthat800oxygenconcentrators（制氧机）hadbeenairliftedfromHong

KongtoNewDelhiand10,000morewillbeprovidedinaweek.

Choosetheanswer:

1.WhatproblemdoesIndiaface?

a.Ashortageofmasks.

b.Anewvariantofthevirus.

c.Ashortageofmedicaloxygen.

d.Pressurefromothercountries.

A.abB.beC.acD.bd

2.Ifsomethingisoverloaded,it.

A.hasstoppedworking

B.isnolongerneeded

C.takeslesstimetofinishtasks

D.hasbeengivenmoreworkthanitcanhandle

3.Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A.AnewvariantofCOVID-19inIndia.

B.ApredictionofanotherCOVID-19outbreakinIndia.

C.HowserioustheCOVID-19pandemichasbecomeinIndia.

D.WhatIndiaisdoingtodealwithincreasingCOVID-19cases.

B

You'veprobablyseenthisfamouspaintingofatsunami（海啸）before.IfscalledTheGreatWave

offKanagawa（《神奈川冲浪里》）andisprobablythebest-knownexampleofukiyo-e（浮世绘）art.

Itisoneofover100ukiyo-eworksthatwereondisplayattheTodayArtMuseuminBeijingfrom

March12toMay6.

Ukiyomeans"floatingworld“inJapanese.Itreferstothelifestylethatrichbusinessmenenjoyedas

theybenefitedfromTokyo'seconomicgrowthintheEdoperiod（1600s-1860s）.Theukiyo-estyleof

paintingwasverypopularamongthesepeople.Thewoodblockprintingmethodwasusedtocreate

thepaintings,allowingthemtobeprintedmanytimes.

Ukiyo-ewasdifferentfrommostJapaneseartatthetime.Foronething,itwasmorecolorfuland

complex（复杂的），asJapaneseailtendedtofocusmoreonsimpleblack-and-whiteimages.The

paintingsoftenfeaturedunusualangles（角度）aswell.InTheGreatWave,forexample,alargeship

isintheforeground（前景），withasmallershipinthebackandMountFujievenfartheraway,giving

asenseofdepth.

Asfortheirthemes,thepaintingsoftenfeaturednaturalscenery,knownas64flower-and-bird

pictures”.However,famouskabuki（歌舞伎）actorsandfemalebeautieswerealsopopularlypainted.

Somepaintingsevenshowedwell-knownwarriors（武士）andmonsters,aswellasheroesfrom

Chinesestories,suchasRomanceofTheThreeKingdoms（《三国演义》），andJapanesestories,such

asTaleofGenji（《源氏物语》）.

Ukiyo-epaintingswerenotonlypopularinJapan,butalsoinfluencedWesternpainters,especially

Impressionist（印象派画家）andpost-impressionistpainterslikeEdgarDegas,ClaudeMonetand

VincentvanGogh.

Choosetheanswer:

1.Whatdoesukiyoreferto?

A.Atsunami.

B.AcityinJapan.

C.AlifestyleinJapan.

D.AtypeofJapanesepainting.

2.WhichofthefollowingdescribesUkiyo-eartists?

a.Theirpaintingswerecolorful.

b.Theyusedunusualanglesintheirpaintings.

c.Theypaintedbothsceneryandpeople.

d.Theycreatedsimpleblackandwhitepaintings.

A.abcB.abdC.acdD.bed

3.Whatdoweknowfromthesecond-to-lastparagraph?

A.Ukiyo-ewaspopularamongkabukiactors.

B.Chineseculturehadaninfluenceonukiyo-e.

C.Ukiyo-epaintingswereusuallyofwomen.

D.ManyWesternpainterslearnedtocreateukiyo-epaintings.

4.Whatisthepurposeofthispassage?

A.Toteachreadershowtocreateart.

B.TointroduceafamousmuseuminBeijing.

C.Todescribetheukiyo-estyleofpainting.

D.Toremindreaderstovaluetraditionalartforms.

C

WangGuoweiwasafamousscholar（学者）wholivedduringthelateQingDynasty（1644-1911）.As

ahistorian,literarycritic（文学评论家）andpoet,hewasknownforhisgreatachievementsinthe

studiesofancienthistory,philosophyandliterarytheory（理论）.Hequotedthreeverses（段）from

Songcitodescribethethreestagesofthepursuitofsuccessinlearningandcareerdevelopmentin

PoeticRemarksintheHumanWorld（《人间词话》）,hisbookofliterarycriticism.

Forthefirststage,hequotesTune:ButterfliesinLovewithFlowers（《蝶恋花》）byYanShu:"Last

nightthewesternbreezeblewwitheredleavesofftrees.Imountthetowerhighandstrainmy

longingeye.（昨夜西风凋碧树，独上高楼，望尽天涯路。户Thismeanspeopleshouldstandona

highpointsotheycanlookfartherahead.Eveninhardtimes,theycanpredictwhatmighthappen

andseeaclearpathtowardtheirgoal.

Forthesecondphase,WangquotedanotherciwiththesametitleTune:ButterfliesinLovewith

FlowersbyLiuYong:"Ifindmygowntoolarge,butIwillnotregret;It'sworthwhilegrowing

languidformycoquette.（衣带渐宽终不悔，为伊消得人憔悴。）“Wangusedtheselinestoremind

peoplethatsuccesscomesfromtirelesspersistence（坚持）.

Thethirdstage,alsothehighlightofthethree,quotesXinQiji'sciTune:GreenJadeCup（《青玉

案》）：“Butinthecrowdonceandagain,Ilookforherinvain.WhenallatonceIturnmyhead,Ifind

hertherewherelanternlightisdimlyshed.（众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在、灯火阑珊处

Thelinesremindusthatunexpectedsuccessoftenarriveswhenwearealmostreadytogiveup.

However,withhardworkandfulldevotion（投入），successcanbefoundatlast.

Completethetasks:

1.WangGuoweiachievedgreatsuccessbystudying.

2.WhatdidWangusethethreeversesfromSongcitodo?

3.Inthesecondstage,whatdidWangstress?

4.AccordingtoXieCun,howcanteenagersunderstandthefirstphase?

5.PleasetranslatethefollowingsentenceintoChinese.Theprocessofgainingknowledgeismore

valuablethanknowledgeitself._________________________________

Day4

Beep!Beep!Barcode（条形码）technologymakesitfasterandeasiertobuythingsinstores.You've

probablyseentheblack-and-whitezebrastripes（条纹）onproductpackaging.Thisyear,thisgreat

inventionis50yearsold!

OnaSundayafternoonin1971,IBMengineerGeorgeLaurercameupwithacodethatcouldbe

printedonfoodlabels（商标）.ItbecamethebasisfortheUniversalProductCode,whichwasused

bymanygrocerycompaniesstartingin1973,accordingtoTheNewYorkTimes.Beforethis,

cashiers（收银员）hadtoringuppricesbyhand.

Timehasprovenittobeagreatinvention.Today,barcodesarescanned（扫描）over6billiontimes

everydayandusedby2millioncompaniesworldwide,PRNewswirereported.

Whatinformationdoesabarcodecontain?Wheretheproductcomesfrom,whereithasbeen,its

price,expirationdate（过期时间）...younameit.Itcanalsohelpstoreskeeptrackoftheirproducts.

Forexample,ifthereare10boxesofmilkandacustomerbuysone,itwillberecordedsothatthe

storeownerknowstherearenineboxesleft.Inthe1980s,librariesstartedusingbarcodestokeep

trackofbooksinthisway.

“Itscreationallowedthefirstdigitization（数字化）inthecontrolofthestock（库存）JoseMaria

BonmatifromAECOC,aSpanishcommercialassociation,toldElMundo.

Thenextgenerationofbarcodes,suchasQRcodes,canholdmoreinformation."Theycantell

consumersifaproductcontainsallergens（过敏原）orifitisorganic（有机的）.Thisprovides

consumerswithagreaterleveloftrustintheproductstheybuy,^^saidGS1,anorganizationthat

developsglobalbarcodestandards.

Choosetheanswer:

1.Whatdoweknowaboutbarcodes?

A.TheywerefirstusedinNewYork.

B.Theywereinventedfivedecadesago.

C.TheywerebasedontheUniversalProductCode.

D.Theyweredesignedbyacashierinagrocerystore.

2.WhatisParagraph4about?

A.Whatbarcodescanbeusedfor.

B.Whatbarcodescanhelpcustomersdo.

C.Howwidelybarcodesareusedworldwide.

D.Howinformationisstoredinbarcodes.

3.AccordingtoJoseManaBonmati,barcodes.

A.makecashiers9workeasiertodo

B.improvethequalityoffoodpackaging

C.helpcompaniesbettermanagetheirstock

D.tellconsumersmoreabouttheproductstheybuy

4.Whatdoweknowfromthelastparagraph?

A.Theimportanceofbarcodesstillneedstobeproven.

B.QRcodeswillreplacebarcodesinthefuture.

C.GS1isdevelopinganewtypeofbarcode.

D.QRcodesaremoreconsumerfriendly.

5.Whichwordmightthewriterusetodescribebarcodes?

A.Organic.B.Beautiful.

C.Convenient.D.Expensive.

Day5

Cloze

BeforeIturned10,1lostmyparents.Mysiblings（兄弟姐妹）leftafterrelativesadoptedthem,but

I1tocontinuemyeducation.Ilived2inaroomthatafamilymemberallowedmetouse

forfree.To3myself,Ibegantodelivernewspapers.

Iwouldbeupeverymorningby5amand4fivekilometerstothenewspaperoffice.By6am,I

wouldcollect50copiesofManzil（UrduDaily）andthenstarttodistribute（分发）theminanareaof

3kilometers.5distributingthecopies,Iwouldrushhome-another3kilometers-quicklyeat

andbeofftohighschool.

Onewintermorningin1945,1gothomeaftermydeliveriestofindaboymyageoutsideofmydoor.

He6himselfasAfzalandsaidhisfatherwantedtoseeme.

IwasgreetedatthedoorbyAfzal'smother,Naseem.SheservedteaandsnacksasAfzal'sfather,Mr

Kader,joinedus.Shegentlyaskedmeaboutmydailyroutine（日常活动）.Itoldheraboutmy

morningjob.

Later,asIthankedthemforthetreatandwasaboutto7,MrKaderaskedmetowait.Naseem

askedme,“Howmanymilesdoyouwalkeve