江苏省苏州市常熟市2020-2022年三年中考一模英语试卷分类汇编：阅读表达

江苏省苏州市常熟市2020-2022年三年中考一模英语试卷分类汇编

阅读表达

2022年江苏省苏州常熟市中考一模英语试题

七、阅读表达（共3小题;第1题1分，第2题2分，第3题3分，满分6分）

请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在横线上。

“Howareyou?^^isanicequestion.It'safriendlywaytogreetotherpeople.Butwhenaperson

says“Howareyou?”，theymightexpecttohearfineinreply,eveniftheotherpersonisn'tactually

fine.Thereasonisthat"Howareyou?"isn'treallyaquestionand"fine"isn'treallyananswer.

Theyarecommonwaysofsaying“Hello"and“Hi”.

Sometimespeopledon'tsayexactlywhattheymean.Forexample,whensomeoneasks,“Do

youagree?”theotherpersonmightbethinking,uNo,Idon'tagree.Ithinkyouarewrong.^^This

doesn'tsoundverypolite,sotheymightsay,"I'mnotsosure."It'sanicerwaytosaythatyoudon't

agreewithsomeone.

It'sinterestingwhenpeoplewanttofinishtalking.Forexample,whensomeonewantstofinish

talkingwithanotherpersononthephone,theymaysay“Ihavetogonow.^^Sometimestheymight

giveanexcuse,suchas“Someoneisatthedoor^^or“Ileftsomethingonthestove（炉子）The

excusemightbereal,oritmightnot.It5sapolitewaytostopaconversationanditdoesn'thurtthe

otherperson'sfeelings.Peopledon'talwayssayexactlywhattheyarethinking.That'sjustpartof

thegameoflanguage.

58.Whatdoyouusuallysaytogreetotherpeople?

59.Whatisapolitewaytosay"Idon'tagree”?

60.Doyoualwayssayexactlywhatyouarethinking?Whyorwhynot?

2021年江苏省苏州常熟市中考一模英语试题

七、阅读表达（共3小题；分值为1+2+3分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文并用英语回答问题，并将答案写在答题卷上标有题号的横线上。

It'shighlypossiblethatrobotswillbeusedtohelphumanteachersinthenearfuture.That's

accordingtoastudybyscientistsfromuniversitiesintheUSA,JapanandEurope.Thestudyhas

lookedupmorethan100publishedarticles,whichhaveshownrobotstobeeffective（有效）in

increasinglearningresults.

Becauseofpressuresonteachingbudgets（预算）,andcallsformorepersonalizedteaching,

scientistshavestartedtobuildrobotsfortheclassroom-nottherobotsusedtolearnabout

technologyandmath,butsocialrobotsthatcanactuallyteach.Thestudyshowsrobotsareskilledin

teachingcertainsubjects,suchasvocabularyandnumbers.

Robotscanfreeuptimeforteachers,allowingthemtofocusonwhatpeoplestilldobest.

RecentdevelopmentsinChinamayprovideuswithaglimpse（一瞥）ofthefuture.

TheHongKong-basedEnglishlanguagenewspaper,SouthChinaMorningPost,hasreported

somekindergartens（幼儿园）acrossChinahaveusedAIrobotstohelpinteractwiththeirpupils.

TheAIrobotsinteractwiththeyoungchildrenbyplayinggameswiththem,singing,dancing,

readingstories,carryingoutconversationsandevendoingmath.

Since2016,theAIrobotshavebeenusedinabout200kindergartensacrossChina,the

newspaperreported.

Socanweexpecttoseerobotshelpingusatschool?Howsoonwillitbebeforeyouseearobot

inaclassroomnearyou?

53.HowmanykindergartenshavetheAIrobotsbeenusedinacrossChinasince2016?

54.Accordingtothestudy,whatsubjectsarerobotsgoodatteaching?

55.Doyouthinkrobotswilltakeplaceof（代替）teachersintheclassroominthefuture?Whyor

whynot?

2020年江苏省苏州常熟市中考一模英语试题

七、阅读表达

阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，并将答案写在答题卷上标有题号的横线

上。

Whydosomepeopleseemtobenaturallyhappierthanothers?

ResearchersfromtheUniversityofEdinburghhaveknowntheansweraccordingtotheir

recentstudy.Ninehundredtwinstookpartinthestudyandhadtheirhappinesslevelsmeasured.

Theresultshowsthatourgenes（基因）,infact,controlhalfofthepersonalitytrails（特点）that

makeushappy.Andtheotherhalfislinkedwithlifestyles,careersandrelationships.Thatisto

say,individualdifferencesinhappinessarebasedongeneticdifferencesbetweenpeople.

"Allhumanbeingsnaturallydesirehappiness.Wehavefoundthathappinessispartlyrooted

ingenes,'*saidDrAlexanderWeiss,theleaderoftheresearch.'Thisstudyisbothamilestoneand

anewbeginning:Amilestonebecausewearenowsurethatthereisageneticsideofhappiness

andanewbeginningbecausethehappygeneshavejustbeenfound."

However,theresearcherswarnthatgenesarenotthewholestory.Theenvironmentcanalso

affectourhappinesslevels.Infact,agreatdealofourhappinessisdirectlyconnectedwith

whateverishappeninginourlives.Thusfindingtherightmattersaffectingusisthecorrectthing.

Tobecometrulyhappy,weneedtounderstandourimportantneedsperfectlyforifwefailto

satisfyourneeds,thenunhappinessmighthappen.Besides,doingsimplethings,suchaskeeping

ajournalandwritingdownthreethingsthatwearethankfulforeveryday,canincreaseour

long-termhappiness.Willyoutryittonight?

53.Whatplaysthemostimportantroleinmakingushappy?

54.Whattipwillyougivetothepeoplewhoareeasilyunhappy?

55.SomepeoplethinkwealthseemstobringallhappinessinlifeDoyouagreewiththispointof

view?Whyorwhynot?

参考答案

2022年江苏省苏州常熟市中考一模英语试题

【答案】58.Howareyou?

59.I'mnotsosure.

60.No,Idon't.Becausesometimesit'snotpolitetosayexactlywhatIamthinking.

【解析】

【导语】本文介绍了英文中常见的一些表达，并谈及人们说到的某些话语并不意味着话语的

真实意思。

[58题详解】

根据“，Howareyou?'isanicequestion.Wsafriendlywaytogreetotherpeople.”可知问候别人

常说“Howareyou?”。故填Howareyou?

[59题详解】

根据"Thisdoesn'tsoundverypolite,sotheymightsay,Tmnotsosure.'It'sanicerwaytosay

thatyoudon'tagreewithsomeone.”可知可能会说，“我不太确定。”来表示你不同意某人。故

填I'mnotsosure.

【60题详解】

主观发挥题，答案合理即可。No,Idon*.Becausesometimesit'snotpolitetosayexactlywhatI

amthinking.

2021年江苏省苏州常熟市中考一模英语试题

【答案】53.About200.

54.Vocabularyandnumbers.

55.Yes.BecauseIthinktechnologyisdevelopingquicklyandtherobotswillbecomesmarterand

smarter./No.Becausebesidesknowledge,studentsalsoneedtolearnsomeskillsandabilitieswhich

shouldbetaughtbyteachers.

【解析】

【导语】本文主要讲述了在不久的将来，机器人很有可能帮助教师进行辅助教学工作。

[53题详解】

根据文中“Since2016,theAIrobotshavebeenusedinabout200kindergartensacrossChina,the

newspaperreported.”可知，大约有200所幼儿园。故选About200.

[54题详解】

根据文中“Thestudyshowsrobotsareskilledinteachingcertainsubjects,suchasvocabularyand

numbers.”可知，根据这项研究，机器人擅长教词汇和数字。故选Vocabularyandnumbers.

[55题详解】

可以做肯定回答，因为我认为科技发展很快，机器人会越来越智能；也可以做否定回答，因

为除了知识，学生还需要学习一些应该由老师教授的技能和能力。故选Yes.BecauseIthink

technologyisdevelopingquicklyandtherobotswillbecomesmarterandsmarter./No.Because

besidesknowledge,studentsalsoneedtolearnsomeskillsandabilitieswhichshouldbetaughtby

teachers.

2020年江苏省苏州常熟市中考一模英语试题

【答案】53.Ourgenes.

54.Learntobeactiveandthankful.

55.No.Becausewecan'tbuymanyimportantthingswithmoney,suchashealth,happinessand

knowledge.

【解析】

文章大意：结果表明，我们的基因实际上控制了使我们快乐的一半性格特征。另一半则与生

活方式、事业和人际关系有关。也就是说，幸福感的个体差异是基于人与人之间的基因差异。

研究人员警告说，基因并不是全部。环境也会影响oar的幸福水平。事实上，我们的很多快

乐都与我们生活中发生的事情直接相关。因此，找到影响我们的正确事物是正确的。

[53题详解】

细节理解题。根据文中“Theresultshowsthatourgenes（基因）,infact,controlhalfofthe

personalitytraits（特点）thatmakeushappy.Andtheotherhalfislinkedwithlifestyles,careersand

relationships.Thatistosay,individualdifferencesinhappine