专题08 阅读理解（八）-备战2024年中考英语阅读理解必做100篇

备战2024年中考英语阅读理解必做100篇专题08阅读理解（八）（一）SummerFunatHappyKids’LearningCentreAreyoulookingforsomethingthatcanaddcolourtoyoursummerholiday?Ifyes,herearethesummercoursesthatyoucannotmiss!ChildrenCanCookThecourseistoimprovechildren’sknowledgeinthekitchen．Theywilllearnbasiccookingskills,kitchensafety,andhowtobuyproperingredients(原料)andfollowstepsinrecipes(食谱)．Childrencansitcomfortablyandeatwhattheyhavecookedattheendofeachlesson．LittleWritersThecourseisdividedintotwoparts．Inthefirstpart,childrenareintroducedtofamousstoriesandtheirwriters．Inthesecondpart,theyaretaughttowritetheirownstories．Childrenalsogetthechancetowriteothertexttypes,suchaspoemsandplays．ActingforFunThisisacoursethatletschildrenenjoythefunofacting．Throughactingandspeakinginfrontofpeople,childrenwillbemoreconfident．Parentsarewelcometowatchtheperformance(演出)givenbythechildrenattheendofthecourse．WatercolourPaintingThiscourseteacheschildrenthebasicskillsofpaintingpeopleandanimals．Weencouragechildrentowatch,imagineandcreatetheirownworks．31．Whatcanchildrendointhecookingcourse?A．Sellthefood． B．Buythebowls．C．Learnhowtocook． D．Eatwhatteachershavecooked．32．Howmanypartsarethereinthewritingcourse?A．Onepart． B．Twoparts． C．Threeparts． D．Fourparts．33．Whichcourseshouldchildrenjoiniftheywanttobemoreconfident?A．ActingforFun． B．WatercolourPainting．C．LittleWriters． D．ChildrenCanCook．34．Whatdoesthepaintingcourseteach?A．Theimportanceofacting．B．Howtobuyproperingredients．C．Famousstoriesandtheirwriters．D．Thebasicskillsofpaintingpeopleandanimals．35．Thepurposeofthispassageistoencouragechildrento________．A．cookamealfortheirparentsB．actwiththeirparentsinpublicC．jointhesummercoursesatthelearningcentreD．readmorebooksduringtheholiday（二）Tideistheregularriseandfalloftheoceanlevelcausedbythemovementofthesun,theearthandthemoon．Itisconsideredapromisingsourceofgreenenergytoproduceelectricityincoastalareas．Tomakeuseoftidalenergy,weneedtobuildtidalpowerstations．Thebaysandtherivermouthswherethetideishigh(thetidalrangeismorethan10metres)areusuallyperfectsitestobuildtidalpowerstations．Therearemanysuchplacesintheworld．AccordingtotheIRENA(theInternationalRenewableEnergyAgency),byjustusing2%ofourcoastlines,wecanproduce4,383TWhofoceanpowereachyear,enoughtomeet16．4%oftheworld'selectricityneeds．Tobuildatidalpowerstation,weneedtobuildadam．Inthedamaremanyturbinesandoneachturbinethereisanelectricgenerator．Whenthetiderises,watercomesthroughthedam,theturbinesturnandtheelectricgeneratorswork,producingelectricity．Whenthetidefall,watergoesoutthroughthedam,theturbinesturnagain．Theelectricgeneratorscontinuetowork．Tidalenergyhasitadvantages．Usingtidalenergytoproduceelectricityismuchcheaperthanusingthetraditionalenergy,likecoalorgas．Forexample,theRanceTidalPowerStationinFrancehasbeenthereforover50years,producingaround540,000TWhofelectricityeachyear．Thecostisonly1．3cents/TWh．Tidalenergycanbeusednearly24hoursaday．Aslongasthesun,theearthandthemoonexist,wecanuseittoproduceelectricity．Butwithoutsunshine,hereisnosolarenergy．Whenthereisnowind,electricgeneratorswillnotwork．Inaddition,withthedevelopmentofmoderntechnology,tidalenergycanbestoredandusedtoproduceelectricitycontinuously．However,westillhavesomeproblemstosolve．Itisdifficulttobuildadaminthesea,andthecostisveryhigh．Moreover,it'sexpensivetokeepatidalpowerstationinisbestcondition．Scientistsareworkingonthem．33．Atidalpowerstationisbestbuilt__________．A．atarivermouthwithwind B．alongthecoastwithwavesC．inabaywithtidehighenough D．incoastalareaswithsunshine34．Theunderlinedword"turbine"inParagraphThereisamachineto__________．A．makethetideriseandfall B．makeanelectricgeneratorworkC．letwatergothroughthedam D．keepthedamingoodcondition35．Whatadvantagedoestidalenergyhave?A．Wecanuseittogetusefultide． B．Itcanimprovetheoceanenvironment．C．Wecanuseitnearlyallthetime． D．Itmeets16．4%oftheelectricityneeds．36．Howcanwemakebetteruseoftidalenergy?A．Bydiggingmorebaysandrivermouths．BBybuildingcheapertidalpowerstations．C．Byclosingtraditionalelectricpower．D．Byusingtidalenergytoreplaceotherenergy．（三）WhenGoldieNejatbegandevelopingrobotsin2005,shespentmuchofhertimeknockingondoorstoletpeopleknowhowherrobotsworkedbutfewshowedinterest,"Butnow,it'sdifferent,"SaysNejat,"Peoplecallingfromaroundtheworldaskwhenmyrobotsaregoingtobeready．"Nejať'srobotsaredesignedtofillanincreasingneed:care-givingfortheold．Thepopulationofthepeopleoverage80willbe426millionin2050,threetimeslargerthanthatnow．SuchrobotscouldbeespeciallyusefulforpatientswithAlzheimer'sdisease(老年痴呆症)．Theycanhelpwitheverydayactivitiesfrompreparingfoodtoreminding(提醒)thepatientsoftakingtheirmedicine．Theycanalsoplaygameswithpatientstokeepthemactive．Somehaveworriedthatcare-givingrobotsmightreduce(减少)humaninteraction(互动)andcausemorehumanstolosetheirjobs．"Buttheaimistosupporthumancare,nottotaketheplaceofit"saysBrianScassellati．Hehastestedrobotswithdifferentpatients,andfoundthatdailyinteractionwithrobotscanhelpchildrenwithautismspectrumdisorder(自闭障碍症)improvesocialskills．Asafieldgrows,scientistsaimtounderstandhuman-robotrelationshipsbetter．Dorobotsofferadvantagesbecausetheydon'thavefeelingsanddon'tgiveopinions?Willpatientsloseinterest?"Onethingisclear,"Scassellatisays,"Robotscanprovidecareforthecustomersandtheneedforthatwillincreaseinthefuture．"32．Nejat'srobotsaredesignedto________．A．workinthefactory B．makephonecallsC．takecareoftheold D．knockondoors33．Thewriterstartsthepassageby________．A．tellingtwostories B．comparingtwofactsC．raisingaquestion D．givinganexample34．ThemainideaofParagraph3is________．A．whattherobotscando B．whatseriousproblemstherobotscauseC．whattheoldpeoplecando D．whattheoldpeoplethinkoftherobots35．AccordingtoScassellati,wecaninferthatNejat'srobots________．A．willhavefeelingssoon B．cantaketheplaceofhumansC．shouldbeproducedmore D．won'tgivetheirownopinions（四）Longlongago,therelivedamanandawomanwhohadsevensons．Thecouplewantedadaughterverymuch,andfinally,theyhadagirl．Shewasveryprettyandherparentslovedherverymuch．Onedaythefatherneededwaterforthechild,sohesentthesevenbrotherstoawell(井)intheforesttogetit．Oncethere,though,theboysbegantofightandthewaterjug(壶)fellintothewell．Theboyslookedintothewellandthoughtoftheirfather．Theywereafraidtogohome．Hourspassed．"Wherearethoseboys?"shoutedtheangryfather．"Theyareprobablyplayingagameandhaveforgottenaboutthewater．Iwishtheywereallturnedintoravens(乌鸦)!"Andwhenhelookedup,hesawsevenblackbirdsflyingaway．Thefatherwasshocked．"WhathaveIdone?hethought．Butitwastoolate．Hecouldnottakebackhiswords．Later,thegirlgrewupanddiscoveredshehadbrothers．Thestoryoftheirbadluckinfluencedherdeeply,andshedecidedtofindthem．Foryears,shesearchedanddidnotstop．Shemadeuphermindtofindthem．Finally,shefoundtheirhome．Toenter,sheneededaspecialkeymadefromachickenbone,whichshedidnothave．Thegirlthoughtforamoment,andthentookaknifeandcutoffoneofherfingers．Withit,sheopenedthefrontdoorandwentinside．Onatable,thereweresevenplatesandsevencups．Sheateanddrankalittlefromeachofthem．Inthelastcup,sheaccidentlydroppedaringthatherparentshadgivenher．Laterhatday,theravensreturnedfortheirmeal．Thegirlhidbehindthedoorandwatched．Whentheseventhravendrankfromhiscup,somethinghithismouth．Theravenrecognizeditatonce—itwashisparents'ring．"Iwishoursisterwerehere,"hesaid,"andthenwecouldbefree．"Atthatmoment,theirsisterrantothem,andsuddenlytheravenswerehumanagain．Thebrotherskissedtheirsisterandalleightofthemwenthometogetherhappily．36．Whywerethesevenbrothersafraidtogohomeatfirst?A．Theylosttheirfather'sring． B．Theythrewawaythewaterjug．C．Theydidn'tgetbackanywater． D．Sevenblackravensshockedthem．37．Whatcanweinfer(推断)fromtheunderlinedsentenceinPara．2?A．Thefatherregrettedwhathehadsaid． B．Thefatherwasnotpleasedwithhislife．C．Thefatherwasworriedabouthislittlegirl． D．Thefatherwasangrywithwhathissonshaddone．38．Whatwasthefirstthingthegirldidaftersheenteredtheraven'shouse?A．Sheateanddrank． B．Shehidbehindadoor．C．Shetookoutaknife D．Shesatandwaitedfortheravens．39．Howdidtheravensbecomehumanagain?A．Theyateamagicring． B．Oneravenmadeawishafterseeingthering．C．Theydrankwithaspecialcupfromtheirfather． D．Theirsisterkissedthem．40．Whatlessoncanwelearnfromthestory?A．Don'ttalktostrangepeople． B．Workhardandyouwillbehappy．C．Yourparentsalwaysknowbest． D．Thinkcarefullyaboutwhattosay．（五）Sevenyearsago,JoyceAkinpemovedtoAustraliatostartanewlife,findinganexcitingjobinSydney．Aftertheoutbreak(爆发)ofCOVID-19,shesuddenlylostherjob．Seeingthatthereweremanyotherslikeherselfintroublefromtheoutbreak,Akinpeandhertworoommates,MicheleGomezandMaureenLee,brainstormedideasforhowtohelptheirlocalcommunity．Theycameupwithastreetpantry（储藏柜）．Gomezsaidtheideawasverysimple,“Takewhatyouneedandleavewhatyoucan．”WiththehelpofGomez’sfather,theybuilttheBlessingBox–astreetpantry,withshelvesandhangingbasketsandtwodoorsmadefromoldfurniture．Itsitsjustatthebackofthethreegirls’home,sotheycanlookafterit．Theyputsomeinformationnoticesintotheirneighbors’mailboxes,andtheBlessingBoxwasquicklyfilledwiththedonations(捐赠)fromthecommunity,“Itisthecommunity’sstrongsupportthatkeepstheprojectalive,”Akinpesaid．Wenowhavehundredsofpeoplevisitingourboxeveryday．Itmightonlyahoursfortheboxtobefullandnexthouritmightbecomeemptyagain．“Wearenowhelpingotherstocarryoutsimilarprojectsintheirowncommunities,too”,Gomezsaid．Leesaidthingsintheboxweremostlyconveniencefoods,aswellassomenecessarylifethingssuchasspaghettiandtoiletpaper．“Fewpeopletakeeverythingatonce．Theythinkthereareotherpeoplewhoneedthemmore．”Leeadded．Thereweremanypeoplerushingtherefordonations．Thethreegirlsneededtosanitize(消毒）allthedonationsandmakesureallfoodpackageswerenotbroken．Gomezsaidthattheyhadnotimeforrest,butwhattheydidwaswellworth．19．Paragraph2mainlytalksabout________．A．thewaytobuildtheBlessingBoxB．thehelpfromthelocalcommunityC．thepurposeofbuildingastreetpantryD．thetroublefromtheoutbreakofCOVID-1920．Putthefollowingsentencesintherightorderaccordingtothepassage．a．Thethreegirlsthoughtupagoodidea．b．Thethreegirlsreceivedandsanitizedthedonations．c．Thethreegirlsputinformationnoticesintotheirneighbors’mailboxes．d．ThethreegirlsbuilttheBlessingBoxwiththehelpofGomez’sfather．A．c—a—b—d B．c—b—a—d． C．a—b—-d—c D．a—d—c—b21．Fewpeopletakeeverythingtheyneedatoncebecause__________．A．theywouldliketousetheirownthingsB．theythinkotherpeopleneedthesethingsmoreC．therearen’tenoughdonationsintheBlessingBoxD．it'snotsafetousethethingsfromtheBlessingBox22．Thebesttitleforthepassagecanprobablybe_________．A．ChallengesthroughLife B．HappinessfromStrangersC．FriendshipduringtheHardTimes D．KindnessbehindtheBlessingBox（六）Animalsareourfriends．Sometimestheymaketrouble,butsometimestheycanhelpus．Andtheyhopetoliveahappylife,too．Herearetworealstoriesfromourreaders．ThefirststoryisfromRay．"Mycat,Tiger,hatesitwhenIusemyiPadbecauseittakesmyattentionawayfromhim．Oneyear,Ihadafallathomeandwasonthefloorfor16hours．Duringthistime,Iwasunabletomoveandcouldn'tgettothephonetocallforhelp．Tigerstayedbymysideuntilhedisappearedundermybed．'What'sheupto?'Iwondered．Tomysurprise,hestartedtopushsomethingtowardsme．ItwasmyiPad,whichIdidn'trealizehadfallenoffthebedandontothefloor．Heprobablydidn'tknowwhatitwas,butheknewthatitmademehappy．ThankstoTiger,Iwasabletocommunicatewithmyfriend,Becky,whothentoldmydoctor．"ThesecondstoryisfromColin．"Yearsago,myfriendJuliussavedabird-awild'Mom'cockatoo（鹦鹉）fromthesideoftheroadandkeptitasapetinabigcage(笼子)．Itlostoneofherwings,soshewasunabletoreturntothewild．Soon,twowildcockatooscamevisitingandone'Dad'birdwantedtofindhiswayintothecage．The'Mom'cockatoointhecagewassoonexpecting．Butasshecouldn'tfly,'Dad'cockatoobuiltahomeinthetree,keepingoffeveryonewhogotcloseto'Mom'cockatoo．'Baby'cockatoowouldspendhisdaysflyingoffwithhisdad,leavinghismombehind．Shewouldsitandwaituntiltheyreturnedhomeeachafternoon．Thefamilystayedtogetherhappily．"Afterreadingthestories,don’tyouthinkweshouldgetalongwellwithanimals?Nomattertheyareourpetsorliveinthewild,theyhavetheirfeelings．Weshouldrespecteverylifeintheworld．26．________istheownerofthecat．A．Becky B．Julius C．Colin D．Ray27．Theunderlinedword"it"inParagraph2referstothe________．A．phone B．cat C．iPad D．bed28．"Mom"cockatoodidn'treturntothewildbecause________．A．Juliuscaughtitasapet B．shewasbadlyhurtandcouldn'tflyC．shepreferredthelifeinthecage D．"Dad"cockatoobuiltahomeinthetree29．Themainideaofthepassageisthat________．A．Ray,BeckyandColinareanimallovers B．weshouldn'tuseiPadtoomuchC．friendsshouldhelpeachother D．weshouldrespecteverylifeintheworld30．Inwhichpartofanewspaperwouldyouprobablyreadthepassage?A．Sportsnews． B．Peopleandanimals． C．Health． D．Travel．（七）It'saschoolholidaytoday．It'swarmandthesunisshining．It'stheperfectdayforanouting．Zack,Vera,KellyandTimarediscussingwhattheyaregoingtodo．Let'slistenandseewhathappens．．．Zack:Heyyouguys,itwouldbeashametostayinsideonadaylikethis．HowabouttakingthebustoStanleyandgoingtothebeach?Tim:[excitedly]Thatsoundsgreat．Kelly:I'min!ButcanwegotothemallfirstsoIcangetsomesuntanoil?Zack:[hesitantly(犹豫地)]Well,Kelly,Isupposewe'vegottime．．．Vera:AndwecanstopoffinTsimShaTsuiandgetsomethingtoeatfirst．I'msorry,butIdon'tthinkI'llbeabletogetanythinggoodoncewegetthere．Zack:Idon'tknow,Vera—it'salreadyeleveno'clock．．Tim:Actually,whydon'twehavealookatStanley,Marketbeforewegotothebeach?Thebusstopsrightinfrontofthemarket．Iwanttolookforsomecasualshirtsandtrousers．Kelly:Oh,yes,Tim,let'sdothat．Maybetheyhavesometrendyswimsuits,andsomejewellery．．．Zack:[tohimself]Thisisreallyawful![totheothers]Look,Idon'twanttogotoarestaurantorgoshopping—Ijustwanttogotothebeachonaniceday．Youallsaidyou'dgowithme,butifyoudon'twantto,youdon'thaveto．Seeyoulater．[soundofadooropeningandclosing]Vera:Somebody'snotglad!Tim:Well,itwashisideatogoout,afterall．Kelly:Oh,dear,poorZack．I'mgoingtocallhim．[onthetelephone]Hi,Zack?Look,justwaitatthebusstopforme．I'mcomingnow．Iwon'tgotothemall．Tim:TellhimI'mcomingtoo．Wedon'tneedtostopatthemarket．Vera:[sighs(吸气)]Oh,allright．Icanriskhavinglunchatthebeach,Iguess．Kelly:[onthetelephone]Zack?We'reallcomingnow．Weshouldallenjoythisgreatdaytogether．[totherest]OKlet'sgo．Weshouldn'tkeepZackwaiting．Tim:[hurriedly]OK,comeon,everybody．．．[fade]25．Whatdoes"I'min!"inline7mean?A．I'llcometoo． B．I'monthebus．C．I'mathomenow． D．I'vemadeadecision．26．Inlines9and10,Verathinksthat________．A．it'smorefuntohavelunchinTsimShaTsuiB．thefoodatStanleyBeachisn'tverygoodC．theotherswillbeangrybecauseofhersuggestionD．shewillbehungrybythetimetheygettothebeach27．Inline22,whodoes"somebody"referto?A．Kelly． B．Tim． C．Vera． D．Zack28．Whichofthefollowingmightbethebesttitlefortheplay?A．HowtoMakeDecisions B．Let'sPlanaTrip!C．StopforaWhile D．KeepItSimple!（八）Imaginethis．There'sanappleandapieceofcakeonatable．Whichonewouldyoulike?Thedeliciouscakeorthehealthyapple?Abestseller,Willpower:RediscoveringOurGreatestStrength,suggeststhatwillpower(意志力)istheabilitytomakedecisionsthatarebetterforusinthelongterm,ratherthanintheshortterm．Hereisafamousexperimentinthebook:TheMarshmallowTest．In1972,ProfessorWalterMischeltestedthewillpowerof600four-year-oldstosix-year-olds．Intheexperiment,eachchildwasleftaloneinaroomforfifteenminuteswithamarshmallow(棉花软糖）onatableinfrontofthem．Theyweregiventwochoices:theycouldeithereatitor,iftheywaitedfifteenminutes,they'dbegivenasecondone(andthentheycouldeatboth)．So,whatdidthekidsdo?Well,asyoucanimagine,70%atethefirstmarshmallowwithinthefifteenminutes．Buttheother30%showedwillpower—theycontrolledthemselvesandwaitedforthesecondmarshmallow．ButthenMischeldiscoveredsomethingreallyinteresting．Twentyyearslater,hegotintouchwiththechildren,who,bythen,wereintheirearlytwenties．Andhefoundthatthosewho'dshownstrongwillpowerweregettingbettermarksatuniversityandweremorepopular．Willpowerislikeamuscle（肌肉),andthemoreyouexerciseit,thestrongeritgets．So,ifyoudodaily"self-controlexercises",suchasmakingyourbedorbrushingyourteeth,you'llimproveyouroverallwillpower．Anddailywillpowerexerciseswillhelpyouwiththosebiggergoals,suchasstudyingforanexamortrainingforamarathon．Becarefulthough．Justlikeanymuscle,your"willpowermuscle"cangettired．Ifyou'vehadtodolotsofthingsthatrequirewillpower,takeabreakorgiveyourselfatreat．Thatway,you’llbuildupyourwillpoweragain．Andonelastthing,thewritermentionspeoplewholearnforeignlanguagesusuallyhavealotofwillpower．So,congratulations!23．HowmanychildrengottwomarshmallowsintheMarshmallowTestin1972?A．180． B．240． C．420． D．600．24．InParagraphs2&3,thefamousexperimentexplains__________．A．morekidshavestrongerwillpowerB．willpowerinfluencespeople'slivesgreatlyC．howpeoplepracticechildren'swillpowerD．marshmallowscanhelpimprovewillpower25．Thewriterprobablyagreesthat________．A．allthelanguagelearnershavestrongerwillpowerB．willpowercan'tbeimprovedbydoingsomedailythingsC．youngkidsdon'tneedtopracticewillpowerlikegrown-upsD．peoplewithstrongwillpowercanachievetheirgoalsmoreeasily26．Accordingtothepassage,peoplewho________mighthavestrongwillpower．A．doregularpianopracticeeveryday B．giveupmorningrunninghalfwayC．eatasmuchjunkfoodastheylike D．usuallygetuplateonthecoldmorning（九）Mostpeoplethinksleepwalkers(梦游者)walkingaroundatnight．Butinfact,notallsleepwalkerswalk．Someonlysituporgetoutofbedoractlikehowtheyoftendoduringthedaywhentheyaresleeping!Butmostsleepwalkersdogetupandgoaroundforafewsecondsorhalfanhour．Sleepwalkers'eyesareopen,buttheydon'tseethesamewayastheydoduringtheday,andtheyoftenthinktheyareindifferentroomsofthehouseordifferentplaces．Sleepwalkersusuallygobacktobedthemselvesandtheydon'trememberitinthemorning．Scientistssaythatsleepwalkingmaysometimeshappenwhenapersonissick,hasafever,isnotgettingenoughsleep,orhehasmuchstress．There'snomedicineforsleepwalking,butherearesomeideasfromdoctorstohelpsleepwalkers:·Relaxatbedtimebylisteningtoquietmusic．·Gotobedatthesametimeeveryday．·Keepeverythingquietwhenyouaretryingtosleep．·Don'tdrinkalotintheeveningandbesureyougotothewashroombeforegoingtobed．Remember:don'tshouttosleepwalkerswhenthey'resleeping,ortheycangetconfused(迷惑的)andscared．41．Whensleepwalkersaresleeping,________．A．allofthemonlysitup B．allofthemgetoutofbedC．mostofthemwalkthewholenight D．someofthemactlikehowtheydoduringtheday42．Whensleepwalkersgoaroundatnight,theycan't________．A．see B．remember C．walk D．think43．Thethirdparagraph(自然段)mainlytellsus________atnight．A．whatsleepwalkersdo B．howsleepwalkersactC．whysleepwalkinghappens D．wheresleepwalkersgo44．Sleepwalkersshould________．A．takethemedicineontime B．followthedoctors'instructionsC．trytosleepearly D．keepcalmallthetimes45．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A．Peoplewhosleepwalkareeasilyscaredduringtheday．B．Sleepwalkerscan'tfindthewaytotheirbeds．C．Sleepwalkersshoulddrinkmuchbeforesleeping．D．Sleepwalkersshouldlistentoquietmusicatbedtime．（十）Thegiantpandaisananimalpopularwithpeopleallovertheworld．Withtheirblackandwhitefurandsoftroundbodies,theyarelovedbytheoldandyoung．Doyoulovethem?Ifyoudo,whynotjoininapandavolunteerprogram?Herearesometipsforyouifyouwanttobeavolunteeroftheprograms．Book（预定）EarlyIfyoudon'tbookearly,theprogramsmaybecomefullybooked．Somevolunteerprogramslimit（限制）thenumberofthevolunteers．Wesuggestbookingatleastoneweekinadvance（提前）．FollowtheinstructionsGiantpandasleadaverydifferentlife．Sometimes,itisveryhardforthemtostandoutsideinfluences．We'dbetternotdisturb（打扰）theirpeacefullife,sosomeoftheactivitiesmightbechangedorcanceled．•Pleasedonotmakeanynoiseormovementsthatmightdisturbthepandas．•Pleasedonotgetclosetothepandasorthrowfoodtothem,unlessthepandakeepertellsyoutodoso．Itmightdisturbthepandas'eatinghabitsandcausethemtobecomesick．•Foryoursafetydonotgetintothecage．Touchtheadultpandasorletthemtouchyou,unlessthepandakeepertellsyoutodoso．•Donottakephotosorvideosunlessit'sallowed．DressCodeToprotectyourselfwhencarryingbamboo,pleasedonotwearshortsorslippery（滑的）shoes．Also,pandashaveaverykeen（敏锐的）senseofsmell．Asyouwillgetveryclosetothem,pleaseddonotwearperfume（香水）ornailpolish．26．Ifyoudon’tbooktheprogramearly,itmay________．A．bechanged B．becanceledC．beputoff D．becomefullybooked27．Thewritersuggestsbookingatleast________inadvance．A．oneweek B．twoweeks C．threeweeks D．fourweeks28．WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUE,accordingtothepassage?A．Donotmakeanynoisethatmightdisturbthepandas．B．Youcanthrowfoodtothepandasfreelyifyoulike．C．Donotgetintothecagewithoutbeingtoldtodoso．D．Donottakephotosorvideosunlessit'sallowed．29．Whyareyouadvisednottowearshortsorslipperyshoeswhencarryingbamboo?A．Toprotectpandas． B．Toprotectbamboo．C．Toprotectyourself． D．Toprotectothers30．Whomaybeinterestedinthispassage?A．Apeacelover． B．Apandalover C．Amusiclover D．Apandakeeper．（十一）Amythissomethingthatisnotcorrect,butmanypeoplebelieve．Therearealotofmythsaboutthehumanbrain．Oneofthebiggestmythsisthatweonlyuse10percentofourbrains．Thenextpartofthemythisthatifwecanlearntousetherestofourbrains,thenwe’llbemuchsmarter．Peoplesaythisallthetime,butit’sabsolutelynottrue!Thetruthisthatalthoughwedon’tknoweverythingaboutthehumanbrain,weknowthateachpartofithasanimportantfunction(功能)．Modernscientiststhinkthe"10percentmyth"ridiculous(荒谬的)．Theothermostpopularmythisaboutbeing"rightbrained"or"leftbrained"．Accordingtothismyth,peoplewhousetherightsideoftheirbrainsaremoreartisticandcreative．Peoplewhousetheleftsideoftheirbrainsarebetteratmathandscience．Thisisaspopularasthe10percentmyth,andit’salsowrong．In2013,astudyatanAmericanuniversityexaminedtherightbrainandleftbrainmyth．Accordingtothestudy,weusebothsidesofourbrainsequally(相等地)．"It’struethatweusedifferentpartsofourbrainsfordifferentthings．Weuseourleftsideforlanguagemore,andourrightsidewhenweneedtopayattention．Butthereisnoevidence(证据)thatcreativepeopleusetherightsidemoreorthatscientificpeopleusetheleftsidemore．We’vetalkedaboutmyths,solet’slookatafewinterestingfactsaboutthebrain．Firstofall,thebrainfeelsnopain．Second,about75percentofthebrainismadeofwater．It’salsothefattestorganinyourbody．Here’sanotherinterestingfactaboutthebrain．Aroundthetimeyouturn18yearsold,itstopsgrowing．31．Theunderlinedword"This"inParagraph3refersto______________．A．theleftbrainmyth B．therightbrainandleftbrainmythC．theuseofhumanbrains D．thestudyofanAmericanuniversity32．Accordingtothefactsmentionedinthepassage,_____________mayusetheleftbrainmore．A．Robert,whoislearningEnglish B．Kate,whoisdrawingpicturesC．Jenny,whoisdesigningclothes D．Jacob,whoisdoingresearch33．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutthehumanbrain?A．Itisgrowingalllifelong． B．Therightsideisusedmorebyartists．C．Somepartsofitarenotusedatall． D．Threequartersofitismadeofwater．34．Thepassagemainlytellsabout_____________．A．thegrowingofthebrain B．differentfunctionsofthebrainC．rightbrainandleftbrain D．mythsandfactsaboutthebrain（十二）DereckandBeverlyarewildlifeanimalfilmmakers（电影制片人）．Theyhavemadelotsoffilmsaboutanimalsandplants．TheirjobistokeepandprotectthebigcatsofAfricafromdam