专题10 阅读理解（十）-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10阅读理解（十）（一）DearNicole,Howareyou?Doyouenjoyyoursummerholiday?I’msureyoudo．It’sbeentwoweekssinceIreturnedtoNewZealand,butI’mstillthinkingoftheexcitingcitylifeinHongKong．InNewZealand,lifeistotallydifferent．Imissthedelicioussweetsoupsomuch．Theweatherhasbeenbadthesedays．YesterdayIgotacoldanddidn’tgotoschooltoday．IhatetakingmedicinebutIhavetotakeit．ImustgetwellsoonbecauseIwillhavetestsonscienceandgeographynextweek．ImustpreparefortheteststhistimesothatIwon’tfailagain．Irememberthatyoulikeourlocalhandcream(护手霜),butitisquiteexpensiveinHongKong．IboughtyousomelastweekendandIamsendingittoyou．It’smuchcheaperherethaninHongKong．It’salmosttheendofAugust．It’stimetopack(收拾)yourschoolbagandgetreadyforthenewschoolterm．Takegoodcare．Withlove,Judy26．JudythinksthatlifeinHongKongis________．A．boring B．exciting C．useful D．powerful27．WhatdoesJudymissaboutHongKong?A．Thestadium． B．Thezoo． C．Thesweetsoup． D．Theschool．28．WhatwillJudydonextweek?A．Shewillgotohospital．B．Shewillgoshopping．C．Shewillhaveapicnic．D．Shewillhavetestsonscienceandgeography．29．Ifthehandcreamcosts$45inNewZealand,itmightcost________inHongKong．A．$70 B．$45 C．$40 D．$3030．WhendoesJudywritetheletter?A．InMay． B．InJune． C．InJuly． D．InAugust．（二）Watchingmoviesisfun．Hereissomeinformationaboutfourgreatmoviesin2020．NamesofthemoviesActors/ActressesDirectorsMoreinformationaboutthemoviesLeapGongLi,WuGangChenKexin(China)Inthisfilm,ittellstheChineseWomen'sVolleyballTeam'sexcitingstoriesandshowsgreatteamspirittous．MulanLiuYifei,GongLiNickCaro(NewZealand)Thereal-lifeversion(真人版)ofMulanisbasedonHuaMulaninChinesehistory．Shegoestoawarinsteadofherfatherandhasbecomeawell-knownheroine．ArtemisFowlFrediaShaw,JoshGadKennethBranagh(England)Thehero,ArtemisFowl,isa12-year-oldcleverboyandcriminalleaderwhofightsagainstfairies(精灵)whilesearchingforhisfather．Thefilmismoresuitableforchildren．NewsoftheworldTomHanks,NeilSandilandsPaulGreengrass(England)TomHanksplayedtheroleofstorytellerinthe19thcenturyUS,sendingthenewsfromonesmalltowntoanother．Tomisalsorequiredtobringa10-year-oldgirlbacktoherparents．36．ThedirectorofthefilmLeapcomesfrom_________．A．US B．China C．England D．NewZealand37．HowmanyfilmsdoesGongLitakepartin?A．One． B．Two． C．Three． D．Four．38．Whichismoresuitableforchildrenamongthefourfilms?A．Leap． B．Mulan． C．ArtemisFowl． D．NewsoftheWorld．39．Whoplayedtheroleofstorytellerinthe19thcenturyUS?A．JoshGad． B．TomHanks． C．FrediaShaw． D．NeilSandilands．40．Accordingtotheinformationaboutthemovies,wecanlearnthat_______．A．TomHanksisgoodatmakingupnewsB．MulanisagirlwhogoestoawarwithhisfatherC．ThefilmLeapshowsushowtoworktogetherD．ArtemisFowlisacleverboyof10andfightsforhisfather（三）TheTaojinshanGreenway(绿道)inShenzhenhasbeenopentocitizenssinceJuly,2019．SittingatthewestsideofShenzhenReservoir,itisaslongas7．07kilometers．Withplantsalongbothsidesandlakeslyingatdifferentsites,touristscanenjoywonderfulsceneryalltheway．Iftheyaretired,theyarefreetotakearestatthe3stopsthatwerebuiltforbreaks．Additionally,fiveunusedguardposts(岗享)alongtheoldroutehaveremained．Theyserveassightseeingplatformsforvisitorstofeeltheculturalspiritbehindtheplace．Ofallits13scenicspots,8weredesignedtohaveAIhelpers．Fromthem,visitorscangaininformationonparking,tourguideservicesandmore．Thesmartgreenway,withfreeWi-Fiavailable,alsoprovidesenvironmentaldate,suchastemperature,windspeedandairquality．What'smore,itcangivevisitorswarningsofcomingextreme(极端的)weatherandnaturaldisasters,includingrainstormsandtyphoonsthatmayhitShenzhen．"Startedinthemiddleof2015,thebuildingprocessoftheTaojinshanGreenwayhastakengoodcareofthewildlifeandenvironmentnearby"saidYangShiming,anofficialinchargeoftheproject．Thegreenwayisanexampleofconstructionprojectswithoutdoinghamtothenature．Italsoshowstherolethattechnologyplaysinbuildingasmartgreenwayformorelifeconvenience．"42．HowlongdidittaketofinishtheTaojinshanGreenway?A．About3years B．About4years． C．About5years D．About6years．43．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"They"inParagraph2referto?A．Views． B．Visitors． C．Stops． D．Guardposts．44．WhatisthemainideaofParagraph3?A．WhatAIhelpersdo． B．Technologychangeslife．C．HowAIhelperswork． D．Technologyprotectshumans．45．Whatcanwelearnfromthispassage?A．ItisinterestingtouseAIhelpers．B．Itisimportanttobuildgreenways．C．Itispossibletobalancenatureandconstruction．D．Itisunnecessarytoworryaboutterribleweather．（四）Asusual,Amberwashurryingtocatchtheyellowschoolbus．Luckilythetrafficlightsturnedgreenasshewastocrosstheroad,soshemadeit．Whenthebuspassedthegoldenarches(拱形门)ofMcDonald’s,theyremindedherofahamburger．Shehadn’thadbreakfastthatmorningbecausethefruitsaladonthebluedishdidn’tlookdeliciousatall．However,Amberrememberedthatshewasstillonadiet．Sonowshewasreallyinablackmood．YoumayhavenoticedthatseveralcolorswereusedintheabovestorysoastohelpdescribeAmber’smorning．Infact,colorsinfluenceyourlifemorethanyoucaneverimagine．Takelanguageforexample:Youmaydescribeasickpersonasbeing“abitgreen”．Todescribeadepressed(沮丧的)person,yousaythatthepersonis“feelingblue”．Inshort,colorsdoaddinteresttodailyconversations．Besides,colorscanbeusedinmanypartsofyourdailylife．Haveyoueverthoughtaboutwhymanyschoolbusesandtaxisarepaintedyellow,andstopsignsred?Sinceyellowisthemosteye-catchingcolor,itcancatchpeople’sattention,especiallyinheavytraffic．Asforred,itisthecolorwhichusuallyshowswarning,asaresult,sometrafficsignsusethiscolor．Forthesamereason,hot-watertapsareusuallymarkedred．Thecolorsofadiningenvironmentpossiblydecidehowmuchyoueat．Mostfast-foodrestaurantsareoftendecoratedinbrightcolorssuchasred,yellow,orange,andwhiteforthepurposeofincreasingpeople’sappetites(胃口)．Thisisbecausebrightcolorsarenaturalcolorsfoundinmanyfoods,and,therefore,abletoraisepeople’sspirits．Blue,incomparisonwithbrightcolors,issaidtolowerpeople’sappetitesbecausefewfoodsareblueinnature．Forthosewhoareonadiet,bluedishesandbowlsmighthelp!“Morning,Amber!Whathappened?Youlookabitgreen,”saidViolet,Amber’sbestfriend．“Nothing…justfeeling…blue,”saidAmber．“Hey!Cometomyplacetonight．DoyouknowwhatIjustbought?AWii!It’sred-hot．”AmberwastickledpinktohavethechancetoplaywiththeWiiandsaid,“Soundsgreat!”41．Accordingtothepassage,ifyouareonadiet,________mighthelp．A．puttingyourfoodinabluedishorbowlB．turningonayellowlightduringthemealC．paintingthewallsofthediningtablewithanorangeclothD．coveringthediningtablewithanorangecloth42．Mostschoolbusesarepaintedyellowbecause________．A．ittellsotherdriverstopreparetostop B．ithelpsbusdriversstayinagoodmoodC．itcaneasilycatchotherpeople’sattention D．itisthecolorthatmostschool43．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A．AmberlookedillwhenVioletsawherfirst．B．Amberateupallherfruitsaladinthemorning．C．AmberrefusedtogotoViolet’shouseintheend．D．Amberdidn’tcatchtheschoolbusandwaslateforschool．44．WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthepassage?A．Colorsinfluencepeople’sdailylives．B．Mostfast-foodrestaurantsarepaintedgrey．C．Differentcolorsareusedfordifferentpurposes．D．Colorsmakedailyconversationsmoreinteresting．45．Whatcanweinfer(推断)fromthepassage?A．Amberwasnotfatatall．B．AmbercheeredupatViolet’sinvitationatlast．C．Violetdidn’tknowhowcolorsinfluencedourlives．D．ArchesofMcDonald’sarepaintedgoldonlytomakethembeautiful．（五）BothofmytwosonswereborninToronto,buttheymovedwithustoOttawawhentheywerequiteyoung．Theywenttoschoolthere,grewupthere．Later,oneofmysonswenttoCanada’seastcoastnearacitycalledHalifaxandtheothermovedtothewestcoasttoVancouver．MywifeandIwereleftinthemiddle．Aswenearlyretired(退休),westartedtothinkwhereweshouldspendourfinalyears．ForseveralreasonswedecidedtoliveonasmalltownonVancouverIsland,wherewasclosetooneofmysons．However,thesonmovedtoHollywoodsoonafterhehadgotanotherjobthere．Ihelpedhimmove．Westilllivedahappylifeinourlittlewestcoasttown,butwehavepaidaprice．Wehavenotbeenthereforsomeimportanteventssuchasthebirthsofourgrandchildren．Wehavemissedwatchingthemgrowup;wehavemissedbackyardbarbecues(烧烤)andbasketballweekendswiththem．Ourhome,whileverycomfortable,wasalsoveryquiet．Everyfallwetraveltoseethechildren．Weusuallyfly,firsttoCaliforniatoseeoursonScottandspendaweekormorewithhimtryingtocatchuponeverythingwe’vemissed．Then,usuallyinNovember,wemaketheevenlongertripeastacrossCanadatoseeTravisandourgrandchildren,whowereabouttheirtwenties．Fortunately,bothoursonsaredoingwellandgrandchildrenaregrowingupstraightandtall．Weloveallofthemandtheyloveus．We’reveryhappybuttherearetimesIthinkaboutthethingswedidn’tsee:thetearsorthesmileonthegranddaughter’sface,theirschoolgraduations,myson’sjoyatsuccessesinbusiness．Lifehasbeengoodforourfamilybutwehaveallpaidaprice．根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。46．Thewriter’ssonsgrewupin________．A．Toronto B．Ottawa C．Halifax D．Vancouver47．Fromtheunderlinedsentenceinparagraph3,wecaninfer(推断)thatthewriter________．A．wantedtoliveanoisylife B．wassatisfiedwithretiredlifeC．livedacomfortablelife D．wassometimeslonely48．Whichofthefollowingimportanteventsdidthewritermiss?A．Thebirthsofhisgrandchildren．B．Schoolgraduationsofhisgrandchildren．C．Thesuccessfultimesofhisson’sbusiness．D．Alloftheabove．49．Forhisfamilylife,thewriterimplies(暗示)________．A．theyallregretnotlivingtogetherallthetimealthoughenjoyingahappylifeB．theyenjoyahappylifebecausetheycanseeeachothereveryyearC．theyareproudofthesonsandthegrandchildrenD．theylovethesonsandthegrandchildren50．What’sthebesttitleforthepassage?A．Livingahappylife． B．Apricetopay．C．Movingfromeasttowest． D．Mysonsandgrandchildren．（六）Howdidpeopletellthetimebeforeclockswereinvented?Atfirst,theancientpeoplelookedupatthesunandcouldtellitwasthemiddleofthedaywhenthesunwasdirectlyoverheadinthesky．Theyalsoknewwhenitwasmorningorevening．Later,theEgyptiansusedsticks．Thesesticksmeasured(测量)timeduringtheday．Thesunshoneonthetallstickandthestickmadeashadow(阴影)．Asthesunmovedacrossthesky,theposition(位置)oftheshadowchanged．Thiswouldletpeopletellwhattimeitwas．Overtime,theChinesefirstusedsundialsinsteadofshadowsticks．Thesundialhasatypeofshadowstickonit．Asthesunshinesonit,ashadowappearsonthenumbers．Eachnumberstandsforanhouroftheday．Butsundialsdon'tworkatnightoronacloudyday!Therearenoshadowsunlessthesunisout．Waterclocksusedwatertomeasuretimeatnight．Waterdripped(滴落)slowlyfromonebowlintoanother．Thelevelofthewaterinthebowlsshowedthetime．Peoplealsousedsand-glasses．Youmayhaveseenone．Somegamesstillusesand-glasses．Thesandfallsfromthetopofthesand-glassestothebottom．Itmeasuresshortamountsofthetime．Themoresandfalls,themoretimehaspassed．Whenthesandhasfinishedfalling,youhavetoturnthesand-glassesover．11．Atfirst,theancientpeopletoldthetimebylookingat________．A．thestick B．theshadow C．thesun D．themoon12．Whichpicturecanbea"sundial"?A． B． C． D．13．Sundialscanbeusedtotellthetimewhenitis________．A．sunny B．rainy C．cloudy D．snowy14．Whichisrightaccordingtothepassage?A．SticksmeasuredtimeinEgyptdayandnight． B．SundialswerefirstusedinancientEgypt．C．Sand-glassesusuallymeasurealongtime． D．Thewaterclocktoldthetimebythewaterlevelinthebowls．15．What'sthemainideaofthepassage?A．Somethingaboutsundials． B．Howtotellthetimebylookingatthesun．C．Howtotellthetimeinthepast． D．SomeinventionsinChina．（七）Doyouknow5G?Itisthefifthgeneration（代）ofmobilenetworktechnology．Thesenewnetworksarecoming．Chinajustissuedcommerciallicenses（发放商用牌照）for5GonJune6,2019．ThismeansthatChina'stelecomcompanieswillbeabletooffer5Gnetworksformobilephoneusers．Eachmobilenetworkgenerationisfasterandmorepowerfulthantheonebeforeit．1Gletustalktoeachother．2Gletussendmessages．3Ggaveusdata（数据）andtheInternet．And4Gmadeallofthesethingsfaster．What'sspecialabout5G?5Ghasaveryshortdelaybetweensendingandreceivinginformation．Now,4Gtakesabout100to200milliseconds（毫秒）tosendandreceivedata．But5Gwillgetitdownto1millisecondorless-thisisalmostreal-time．'ThisbigchangewillnotonlymakeourmobileInternetfaster，butalsodeeplychangeourlives．Readontofindouthow．5G+entertainment（娱乐）5Gnetworksareabout100timesfasterthan4G．Thismeansyoucandownloadamovieinsecondsusing5G．Also,virtualreality（VR）gameswillbecomemorepopularwith5G．Theshortdelayof5Gwillmakethegamesfeelevenmorereal．5G+transport5Cwillalsobringussaferself-drivingcars．Thesecarscansendsignals（信号）toeachother．Theyalsotalktotrafficlightsandroadsensors（传感器）．5Gwillallowcarstoreact（反应）evenfasterthanhumandrivers．5G+smarthomes5GalsomakestheInternetofthingspossible．InternetofthingsisalargenetworkthatconnectseverythingtotheInternet．Smarthomesarepartofit．Forexample,yourtoastercanautomatically（自动地）startmakingbreakfastafteryouralarmrings．Andifitssensorfeelstheairbecomingdry,asmartsprinkler（洒水器）couldwateryourplantsbyitself．41．What'sthewriter'spurposeinwritingthethirdparagraph?A．Toexplain5Gisthebestofall．B．Tosharehisknowledgeabout5G．C．Toencouragepeopletousethenewnetworktechnology．D．Toshowthedevelopmentofmobilenetworktechnology．42．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“delay”inparagraph4meaninChinese?A．卡顿 B．延时 C．暂停 D．掉线43．Whichofthefollowingwaysisnotmentionedthat5Gwillchangepeople'slives?A．Healthcare B．Entertainment． C．Transport． D．Smarthomes．44．Whatwillpeopledopossiblywith5Gaccordingtothepassage?A．Downloadamovieinminutes．B．PuteverythingontotheInternet．C．Makeself-drivingcarssafer．D．Makefoodmoreeasilyandfaster．45．What'sthemainideaofthepassage?A．5Gwillchangeourlivesinmanyways．B．Mobilenetworksarechangingforbetter．C．5GwillmaketheInternetofthingspossible．D．5Gnetworksformobilephoneusersarecoming．（八）Livingonanislandmightsoundwonderful．Butwhatityouleftforatripandfoundyoucouldneverreturn?Whatifyourhome,andeventhelanditstoodon,wasgoneforever?ForpeoplelivinginthePacificIslands,thisisreallypossible．Why?Climate（气候)change．Climatechangeiscausingtheseatorise．That’sbadnewsforthePacificIslands．Youngpeopleontheislandsareevenstartingtowonder:Willtheybethelastgeneration(一代人)?Notiftheislandershaveanythingtodoaboutit．Thesepeoplearedeeplyconnectedtotheirhomelands．ThePacificIslandsaremadeupof1ldifferentcountries:theMarshallIslands,Fuji,Samoa,andothers．Butnow,thosecountriesareworkingtogether．They'rejoiningforcestofightclimatechange．Whyisclimatechangesuchahugethreattothispartoftheworld?Islandsarelowelevations(海拔)．Sotheyareamongthefirstplacesinfluencedbyrisingsealevels．That'swhycountriesofthePacificIslandsareworkingtogethertodotheirpart．Butthesearesmallcountries．Whenitcomestoclimatechangecantheymakeabigdifference?Theycan,becausemostofthethingsthatpeopleonislandsbuyarebroughtbyships．Thisisveryharmfultotheenvironment．Afterall,shipsputoutalmost3percentoftheworld'scarbonemissions(碳排放),Thatmakesclimatechangeworse．PacificIslandersrealizetheproblem．So,in2019,sixcountriesgottogether:Fuji,theMarshallislands,Samoa,Vanuatu,theSolomonIslandsandTuvalu,Theycameupwithaplan．Theyagreedtocutcarbonemissionsfromshippingby40percentby2030．Andby2050,theyexpectzero-carbonshipping．Howwilltheypullthisoff?Theyplantousesomereallytousesomereallycoolcarbon-freetechnologies．They'llmakeuseofsolarandwindenergy．Sealevelsarerising,buthopesaren'tsinkinginthePacificIslands．27．WhatisthebadnewsforthePacificIslandsaccordingtothepassage?A．SomePacificIslandcountrieshavedisappeared．B．Thesealevelisgoingupbecauseofclimatechange．C．AlltheshippingtothePacificIslandshasbeenstopped．D．ThePacificIslandershavenothingtodoabouttheclimatechange．28．Theunderlinedword"threat"inParagraph4probablymeans"_________"．A．risk B．step C．project D．development29．Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_________．A．therewillneverbezerocarbonemissionsfromshippingB．solarandwindenergywillmakeclimatechangeworseC．allthePacificIslandersmayleavetheirhomelandsby2050D．somePacificIslandcountriesmayhavehopestomakeadifference30．Thepassagemainlytalksabout________．A．whyothercountriesarehelpingthePacificIslandersfightclimatechangeB．howsomecountriesareworkinghardtodevelopcarbon-freetechnologiesC．howPacificIslandcountriesareworkingtogethertofightshippingpollutionD．whyPacificIslandcountriesputoutsomuchoftheworld'scarbonemissions（九）Thebalalaika,alsocalledthe"Russianguitar",isatraditionalRussianmusicalinstrument．Ithasalongneck,awoodentriangle-shapedbodyandstrings．ItisusuallyusedtoplayRussianmusicbypluckingthestringswithfingersorapick．Russianslikethebalalaika．Themusicplayedwithitcanbecheerful,asifthefarmersweredancinghappilytocelebratetheirharvest．Itcanalsobeenergetic,asiftheworkerswereworkinghardtomaketheircountryricherandstronger．IfaRussianmovestoliveorworkabroad,hewillprobablytakeabalalaikawithhim．Whenhefeelslonelyandsad,hewillplayittocheerhimselfup．ThebalalaikawasoriginallyplayedbythepoorinRussia．Atthattime,balalaikasweremadebytheplayersthemselves．Theywererough,simpleandcheapwithdifferentnumbersofstrings,fromtwotoevensix．LateraRussianmusicianVasilyVasil'yevichAndreev(1861-1918)improvedthebalalaka．Hecreatedawholefamilyofbalalaikasofdifferentsizes,allwiththreestrings．ThesmallestbalalaikaiscalledPrima．Itis60-70cmlong．Thebiggest,Contrabass,isalmost2metreshighwithalegtositonthefloor．Andreevfoundedthefirstbalalaikaorchestraintheworld,mainlyusingbalalaikastoperform．HegaveconcertsattheUniversalExpositioninParisin1889,whichwasagreatsuccess．Today,thereareblalaikagroupsperformingaroundtheworld．MoreandmorepeoplegettoknowthebalalaikaandareattractedbyitsRussianstylemusic．29．Thebalalaikaisamusicalinstrument__________．A．withoutstrings B．withalongneckC．ofaroundshape D．withametalbody30．Themusicplayedwithabalalaikaisusually__________．A．slowandsad B．strongandseriousC．softandmodern D．cheerfulandenergetic31．AndreevismentionedinParagraphThreetointroduce__________．A．thesuccessofbalalaikaconcerts B．thehistoryofbalalaikaorchestrasC．histalentforplayingthebalalaika D．hiscontributionstothebalalaika32．Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?A．Balalaika:The"RussianGuitar"forthePoorB．Russia:TheHomeofFamousBalalaikaMusiciansC．Balalaika:ATraditionalRussianMusicalInstrumentD．Russia:TheInternationalHand-madeBalalaikaFactory（十）IamTurere．IcomefromKitengela,afarmingcommunityontheedge(边缘)ofNairobiNationalParkofKenya(肯尼亚)．Sincetheageofnine．Ihavehelpedtolookaftermyfamily’scows．Asachild,inmyfreetime．Ienjoyedplayingwithelectronics．Imademyowninventions,suchaselectronictoysfromcarpartsandotherthings．Ialsobuiltotherelectronicdevices(仪器)formyneighbors．Attheageof13,Iinventedsomethingthatchangedmylife．Italsochangedthelivesofmanypeopleinmycommunity．Onenight,alionfromtheparkcameintomyfamily’sfarmandkilledoneofourcows．Iwasangry．However,killingthelion,Ithought,wasnotthebestwaytosolvetheproblem．Instead,IdecidedtoinventasolutionThefirstideaIgotwastousefire,becauseIthoughtlionswerescaredoffire．ButIcametorealizethatthatdidn’treallyhelp,becauseitwasevenhelpingthelionstoseethroughthecowshed(牛棚)．SoIdidn’tgiveup．Icontinued．AndasecondideaIgotwastouseascarecrow(稻草人)．IwastryingtotrickthelionsintothinkingthatIwasstandingnearthecowshed．Butlionsareveryclever．Theywillcomethefirstdayandtheyseethescarecrow,andtheygoback．Butthesecondday,they’llcomeandtheysay,thisthingisnotmovinghere,itisalwayshere!Sohejumpsinandkillstheanimals．Soonenight,Iwaswalkingaroundthecowshedwithatorch(手电筒),andthatdaythelionsdidn’tcome．AndIdiscoveredthatlionswereafraidofamovinglight．SoIhadanidea．46．WhatwasTurereinterestedinwhenhewasachild?A．Trickingtheneighbors． B．Lookingaftercows．C．Playingwithelectronics． D．Makingcarparts47．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"inParagraph4referto?A．Thelion． B．Thescarcer． C．Thecow．． D．Thecowshed48．What’sthesolutiontodrivingthelionaway?A．Usingamovinglight B．Usingatorch C．Usingascarecrow49．Whatcanwegetfromthepassage?A．Thelionkilledallthecows． B．Turerekilledthelionatlast．C．Thelionnolongerlivedinthepark． D．Turere’sinventionmadepeacewithlions．（十一）Theworldusesaboutathousandmillion(百万)tonsofwateraday．Waterisahumanrightandeveryoneshouldhavetheirshare．Yetmorethan700millionpeoplearoundtheworldhavetroublegettingclean,safewater．Treatingwastewaterisagoodwaytoprovidefreshwaterforus．Anditalsohelpstheenvironmentbykeepingwasteoutofriversandoceans．80%ofwastewateraroundtheworldisnottreatedatall,anditisrunningintooceans．Butnowwehavegotthetechnologytotreatandreusethewastewater．While75%ofourplanetiscoveredwithwater,onlyabout2%isfreshwater—thatcomesfromrivers,lakes,iceandsnow．Therest,98%ofthewater,isinseasandoceans．Itistoosaltytodrink．Thendesalinationbusinessescomein．Morethan19,000factorieshavebeenbuiltaroundtheworld,mostlyincoastalcountries．Theyprocess(加工)morethan92milliontonsofwatereveryday．Butthetechnologytheyuserequiresalotofenergy．Scientistsareworkingtocreatealesscostlytechnology．Theywanttoproduce20timesmorecleanwaterandmakesureeveryonehasenough．Butfornow,theworldstillfaceseachdaywithnothavingenoughwaterforeveryone．18．Howmanypeoplehavetroubleingettingcleanwateraroundtheworld?A．Under10million． B．Only19million．C．About92million． D．Over700million．19．Treatingwastewaterhelpstheenvironmentby___________．A．storingwasteiniceandsnow B．lettingwasterunintooceansC．keepingwasteoutofriversandoceans D．sendingwastetocoastalcountries20．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"desalination"inParagraph3mean?A．远洋运输 B．潮汐发电 C．食盐销售 D．海水淡化21．Atpresent,thetechnologytoprocesswater___________．A．needsmuchenergy B．savesmuchmoneyC．satisfieseveryone D．causespollution22．Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A．Watershouldbeahumanright． B．Thewaterproblemisstillserious．C．Ourplanetiscoveredwithwater． D．Everyonehasenoughcleanwater．（十二）Playingvideogamesandgettingmoneyforitseemslikeadreamjobformanyoftoday’steenagers．Butisitallfunandgames?BigbusinessPro(professional)gamingiscertainlybigbusiness．In2017,thereweremorethan3,000gamingcompetitionsandover10,000professionalplayersworldwide．Alargenumberofpeoplewatchtheircompetitionsonline,andsuccessfulgamerscangetmorethan1,000,000dollarsfromprizemoneyandads．Theindustryisclearlythriving．WhatittakesBecomingaprofessionalisnotjustaboutbeinggoodatplayinggames-italsotakesalotofhardwork．Someprogamerspracticeforfourteenhoursaday．"Youneedtospendmuchtimeandputallyoureffortstoit",saysex-gamerGeorgeNotallfunandgamesItcanbeadifficultjobaswell．Stressisabigproblemforgamers．Tirednessisanother,andinjuries(受伤)arecommon．TopplayerHaiLamhadwrist(手腕)problemsafteryearsofprogaming．Careers(生涯)areshort,andmanygamersretire(退休)beforetheyare30andtrytofindanotherjob．However,thebadpointsprobablywon’tchangethedreamsofmanyteenagegamers．Andangryparentsarestilllikelytoheartheexcuse,＂ButI’mjustpracticingformyfuturejob!＂24．Howmanyprofessionalplayersweretherearoundtheworldin2017?A．130．000． B．Morethan3,000． C．Over1,000．000． D．Morethan10．00025．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"thriving"inParagraph2meanA．Gettingworse． B．Doingwell． C．Developingslowly． D．Changingquickly．26．Whatcanweinferfromthelastsentenceofthepassage?A．ChildrenareangrywiththeirparentsB．TeenagerspracticegamesfortheirfuturejobsC．SometeenagersarecrazyaboutplayinggamesD．Parentsstoptheirchildrenplayinggamessuccessfully．27．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A．Progamingisn’tallfunandgamesB．Thecareerasaprogamerdoesn’tlastlongC．Beingaprogamerisagoodchoiceforteenagers．D．Beingaprogamerisaneasywaytomakemoney．参考答案（一）文章大意：本文主要是Judy写给Nicole的一封信，信中Judy向Nicole回顾了自己在香港的生活，也说了一些目前的