中考英语阅读理解社会文化篇

中考阅读理解SectionIV社会文化篇

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Formostpeople,theword“fashion“means“clothes”.Butpeoplemayaskthe

question,t4Whatclothesareinfashion?”Andtheyusetheadjective（形容词）

“fashionable“inthesameway:"Shewaswearingafashionablecolor/9

Butofcoursetherearefashionsinmanythings,notonlyinclothes.Thereare

fashionsinholidays,inrestaurants,infilmsandbooks.Thereareevenfashionsin

schoolsubjects,jobs...andinlanguages.

Fashionschangeastimegoes.Ifyoulookatpicturesofpeopleorthingsfromthe

past,youwillseethatfashionshavealwayschanged.AnEnglishhouseof1750was

differentfromhisgrandsonin1860.

Todayfashionschangeveryquickly.Someofthisisnatural（自然的）.Wehear

aboutthingsmuchmorequicklythaninthepast.Newspapers,radios,telephonesand

televisionsendinformationfromonecountrytoanotherinafewhours.

Newfashionsmeanthatpeoplewillbuynewthings,soyouseethereismoneyin

fashion.

1.Fromthispassageweknowthat6tfashion^^means.

A.clothesB.manythingsC.mostofthepopularthingsD.everything

2.Whichofthefollowingthingsisfashionabletoday?

A.SurfingontheInternetB.HavingafamilydinneronNewYear'sDay

C.LearningtosingsongsontheradioD.Doingmorningexercisesatschool.

3.Todayfashionschangeveryquicklybecause.

A.Peoplereadnewspaperseveryday

B.radiossendinformationfromonecountrytoanother

C.newthingsthatpeoplelikeareoftenshownonTV

D.peoplequicklylearnwhatishappeningintheworld

4.“Thereismoneyinfashion.^^means.

A.clothesareexpensiveB.moneycomesfromfashion

C.peoplelikenewthingsD.therearenofashionswithoutmoney

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FirstFrenchman:Ionceheardsomeoneshout,"Lookout,"Iputmyheadoutofa

windowandabasin（盆）ofwaterfellonme.Itseemsthat"Lookout"maymean

"don'tlookout.”

SecondFrenchman:OnceIwasonashipandheardthecaptain（船长）shout,

"AHhandsondeck,"Iputmyhandsonthedeckandsomeonewalkedonthem.

ThirdFrenchman:IoncevisitedanEnglishfriendearlyinthemorningandthe

maidwhocametothedoorandsaid,"He'snotupyet.Comebackinhalfanhour,"

WhenIwentagainforhim,shesaid,"He'snotdownyet.”

"Ifhe'snotupandhe'snotdown,whereishe?"Iasked.

Shesaid,"He'sstillinbed.WhenIsay'He'snotup'Imean'hehasnotyetgot

up'.WhenIsay'He'snotdown'Imean'hehasnotyetcomedownstairs/0

l.'Tookoutnheremeans"

A.putyourheadoutofthewindowandlookB.Takecare

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C.fmgoingtopourthewaterD.Helpme

2."Allhandsondeck"means"

A.A11thesailorsgather（集合）ondeckB.Giveyourhandstome

C.PutyourrighthandandlefthandondeckD.Shakeyourhandswithme

3.Whenthemaidsaid,"He'snotupyet."Shemeantthat.

A.hehasnotgrownupyetB.hehasnotyetgotup

C.hehasnotwokeupyetD.hehasnotyetcomeupstairs

4.WhenthethirdFrenchmanwentback,theEnglishfriend.

A.waswashinghisfaceB.washavinghisbreakfast

C.wasstillinanupstairsroomD.wasreadinganewspaper

5.Whichdoyouthinkisthebesttitleforthisarticle?

A.ThreeFrenchmenandtheirEnglishFriendsB.TheEnglishLanguage

C.ThreeFrenchStoriesD.WhataLanguage!

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Newspapersareveryimportantinourdailylife.Manypeoplebegintheirdayby

readingthepaper.Inthiswaytheylearnwhatisgoingonintheworld.Sometimes,

however,theydidn'thavethetimetoreadthenewscarefullyandmustbepleased

withaquicklookatthefrontpage.Atothertimestheymaybeinsuchahurrythat

theyhavetimeonlytohaveaquicklookattheheadlines（标题）.

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Therearenewspaperstopleaseeveryreader.Inbigcitiestherearemanytypes

withseveraldifferenteditionseveryday.Insometownstherearefewernewspapers

andperhapsonlyoneeditioneachday.Insomeplacesthepaperisprintedweekly.

Mostpapershaveseveraleditions,especiallyonSundayswhentheeditionis

largerthanusual.Therearebesidesthefrontpagewiththemostimportantnews,the

sportsnews,theamusement（娱乐）page,abusinesspageandsoon.

1.Peoplereadnewspaperto.

A.learnaboutthemostimportantnewsB.bepleased

C.getsomeinformationD.learnaboutwhatevertheywant

2.Readingtheheadlines,peoplecanknow.

A.whatthepassagesareaboutB.whatisgoingon

C.aboutthemostimportantnewsD.aboutsports

3.Inbigcitiesnewspapersareusuallyprinted.

A.dailyB.weeklyC.monthlyD.yearly

4.MostpapershaveonSundaysthanusual.

A.moretypesB.morepagesC.lesstypesD.lesspages

5.1fyouwanttoseeafilm,you'dbetterreadinanewspaper.

A.thebusinesspageB.thefrontpage

C.thesportspageD.theamusementpage

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ThisdictionarytellsyouaboutEnglishwordsandhowtousetheminreading,

writingandspeakingEnglish.Itnotonlygivesthemeaningofwords,itcanalsohelp

youwithspelling,wordbuilding,grammarandpronunciation.

Touseyourdictionarycorrectly,youneedtounderstandhowthedictionary

works.Atthefrontofthebook,youwillfindsomeexercisestohelpyoumakethe

mostuseofyourdictionary.

Ifyoulookuptheword“colour”，youwillfindtwospellingsforthisword.

“Colour“isusedinBritishEnglish,while“color”isusedinAmericanEnglish.When

suchathinghappens,thedictionaryshowsitwiththeword“BrE”forBritishEnglish

and“AmE”forAmericanEnglish.

Thedictionaryalsohelpsyoupronouncewordscorrectly.Itusesaspecial

alphabet（特殊字母表）toshowpronunciation.Ifyouturntotheinsidebackface,you

willseeallthephoneticletters（音标）withsomewordstoshowyouhowtheyare

pronounced.Justhavealookthispagewhenyou'renotsurehowtosayaword.

Themostimportantreasonforusingadictionaryistofindoutthemeaningofa

word—itsDEFINITION.

Inthisdictionary,thedefinitionshavebeenwrittenusingonly2000words.This

meansthatthedefinitionsofeventhemostdifficultwordsaresimplyexplained（简单

解释）andeasytounderstand.

Whenawordhasmorethanonemeaning,readallthemeaningsuntilyoufind

theonethatcorrectlytellstheuseofthewordyouarelookingfor.

Mostofthewordsinthisdictionarycanbeusedbypeopleinallpartsofthe

world.

l.Thisdictionarycannothelpyouwith.