热点话题押题01-2023年中考英语新热点时文阅读

2023年中考英语新热点时文阅读•热点话题押题01

题型主要内容

1阅读理解中医在美国越来越受欢迎，被越来越多的美国人接受。

2阅读理解介绍了乡村振兴的一系列举措。

3阅读理解介绍了最近谷歌宣布了一系列新的人工智能以及它们的作用。

4阅读理解介绍了“搭子”这一流行用语的含义，以及人书的具体活动。

5阅读理解介绍了ChatGPT这个聊天机器人的优缺点。

6阅读理解讲述了深圳市的垃圾分类的一些措施和事例。

7阅读理解24岁的杨柳是独竹漂的传承人。她在7岁时向自己的奶奶学习这项传统技能，并深深

爱上了它。在奶奶的建议下，她将舞蹈与独竹漂结合了起来，希望人们能够喜欢这种艺

术形式。

8阅读理解Twitter即将推出的一种编辑按钮，介绍了其优点及其可能存在的风险。

9阅读理解介绍了古代的一些令人惊奇的机器人。

10阅读理解介绍了中医在美国的发展及应用情况。

01

（2023.河南新乡.统考二模）'-

TraditionalChinesemedicine（TCM）hasbeenpasseddownformorethan2,000yearsinChina.TCMincludes

acupuncture（针灸），medicine,exercisesuchastaichiandqigong,andothertreatments.TodayTCMisnotonly

widelyusedinAsia,butalsomoreandmorepopularintheUSA.

InNewYorkCity'sChinatown,alotofpatientsvisitWuYigiao,aTCMmasterfromZhejiang.Someofthem

arcChinese,andsomearcAmericans.WuhasbeenpracticingTCMintheUSAfor28years.Beforethat,hepracticed

itinChinafor15years.HehasadeepunderstandingofTCM."TCM,acupunctureandotherTCMtreatmentsarcof

greathelptopatients/'Wusaid."Theycanhelpreducethepainwithoutsurgery（外科手术）

TCMissohelpfulthatsomeAmericanshavealsochosentoworkonit.FrankGriffohasbeenanacupuncturist

inCaliforniaforabout18years.In2015.hegraduatedfromtheAmericanCollegeofTraditionalChineseMedicine

inSanFrancisco.Hethenspentsevenyearsstudyingthebestacupuncturemethods.

“Thereareover60,000acupuncturistsintheUSArightnow.Chinesemedicinehasgrownrapidlyinrecent

years,“Griffbsaid.Beforethe1970s,mostAmericanpeopledidn'tknowacupuncture.ButnowTCMisplayinga

biggerroleintheirlifeasasaleandnoninvasive（无创的）treatmentibralotofproblemsthatWesternmedicinehas

difficultyprovidinggoodresultsor:reatmentchoicesfbr.^Acupuncturehasbeenwidelyacceptedinthiscountry,“

Griffoadded.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1.WhatcanwelearnaboutTCM?

A.Exerciseisapartofit.B.Itappearedseveralcenturiesago.

C.It'swidelyusedaroundtheworld.D.Itusesabout2.000kindsofmedicine.

2.HowlonghasWuYiqiaobeenpracticingTCM?

A.For15years.B.For18years.C.For28years.D.For43years.

3.WhatdoWuYiqiaoandFrankGriffohaveincommon?

A.BothofthemliveinNewYorkCity.

B.BothfinishedcollegeinSanFrancisco.

C.BothhavelotsofexperienceinusingTCM.

D.BoththinkWesternmedicinehasthesameresultsasTCM.

4.Whatdoesthelasttwoparagraphsmainlytalkabout?

A.ThebestacupuncturistintheUSA.

B.ThewidespreadofTCMin（heUSA.

C.ThedevelopmentofTCMcollegesinAmerica.

D.ThedifferencesbetweenTCMandWesternmedicine.

5.What'sthebesttitlefbrthepassage?

A.TCMiswidelyacceptedintheUSAB.AChineseTCMmasterintheUSA

C.TCMiswidelyusedinChinesecitiesD.AnAmericanlearningTCMinChina

02

OnFeb.13Chinareleased（发布）its"No.1centraldocument（中央一号文件）°for2023.Itlistsninetasks

forcomprehensivelypromotingruralvitalization（全面促进乡村振兴）thisyear,Xinhuareported.For20yearsina

row,China'sfirstpolicystatementhasfocusedonagriculture（农业）andruralareas.

Forthefirsttime,theideaofbuildingastrongagriculturalcountrywasseenintheNo.1centraldocument.

Thereportofthe20thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChinaputforwardtheideaofmovingfasterto

buildupChina'sstrengthinagriculture.Nowthedocumentbringsspecificmeasures（措施）tomakeitcometrue,

expertssaid.

Thefirstmostimportantistoensure（确保）foodsecurity.Chinaygrainoutput（粮食产量）hasreachedabove

650billionkilogramsforeightyearsinarow,accordingtoTangRerjian,MinisterofAgricultureandRuralAffairs

（农业农村部部长）.However,withagrowingpopulationandmoreconsumption（消费）,theneedfcrgrainisstill

growing.Andtheuncertainglobalagriculturaltrademakesithardertoensurefoodsupply,Tangsaid.

Chinawillprotectitsplantingareawhileincreasingproductionlevels.Thedocumenthasshownspecificways

toprotectfieldssuchasbanning（禁止）thestealingofblacksoil（黑土）andstoppingcatchingearthworms（蚯蚓）

withelectricity.Italsoencouragesprojectstoincrease（heyields（产量）ofsoybeans（大豆）andcom,anddevelop

smartfacilities（设施）infarming.

Anotherhighlight（亮点）ofthedocumentistoensurenolarge-scalereturntopoverty（贫穷）.Howtoincrease

fanners,income（4攵入）isalwaysacentraltaskinagriculture,saidWuHongyao,anofficeroftheMinistryof

AgricultureandRuralAffairs.

Chinawillworkhardtodevelopbusinessandhelpworkerskeep（heirjobs.More（han60percentofthecentral

governmentsubsidies（补贴）forruralvitalizationareusedtodeveloplocalbusiness,accordingto（hedocument.

Over30millionpeoplewhohaveshakenoffpovertywillgetjobs,too.

6.Whatideawasseenin（heNo.Icentraldocumentforthefirstlime?

A.Protectingplantingarea.

B•Buildingastrongagriculturalcountry.

C.Increasingproductionlevels.

7.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“foodsecurily“inParagraph3meaninChinese?

A.粮食安全B.食品生产C.食品质量

8.Howwillourcountryhelpfarmerstoincreasetheirincomeaccordingtothedocument?

A.Catchearthwormswithelectricity.

B.Stealblacksoil.

C.Developlocalbusiness.

9.HowmanyspecificwaystoprotectfieldsarementionedinParagraph4?

A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.

03

（2023,江苏无锡•统考三模）RecentlyGooglehasannouncedaseriesofnewartificialintelligence（AI）（人工

智能）toolsdesignedtohelpusersinorganizingemailsandcreatingbusinesswritingsandmeetings.Thesetools

displayimportantAIdevelopmentprogressinrecentyears.Thetoolsarebuiltbyputtingagreatdealofdata（数据）

intomachinelearningcomputersystems.ThedatatrainstheAIsystemstodevelopskillsandproducehuman-like

results.

ThetechnologyreceivedwideattentionlastyearafteracompanycalledOpenAIannouncedafreewritingtool

calledChatGPT.Thattoolcanquicklyproducehuman-qualitywritings.Experts（专家）saysuchsystemsmaybring

greatchangestomanydifferentindustriesandjobs.NowsomecompaniesareabletotestGoogle'snewtoolsintheir

developmentandbusinessactivities.

LikeChatGPT,Google'sAItoolsarcdesignedtocreatecompletelywrittentextsfbrmanydifferentpurposes.

Forexample,anofficeworkercouldentersomekeywordsofakindoftexttheywant.Thetoolscouldthencreatea

fullmarketingemail,trainingmaterialsorabusinessplaninawhile.Googleseesthesystembeingabletoofferan

“AIHelper“tohelphumanworkersinreallime.GooglewantstohaveitsAIchange（heworkoflawyers,scientists,

teachersandmore.

However,GooglesaysitkeepsdevelopingAIproductsofhighquality.Thatiswhythecompanyisinviting

grojpsof“trustedtesters“touseitsAItoolsratherthanwidelysellingitsnewproducts.Google'snewAltoolsarc

thecompany'slatestmovetofightforbusiness.CompanieslikeMicrosoftandMetaarcalsoworkingonproducts

aboutAI.

TechnologyexpertshavewarnedthatwhilethenewAItoolscarproducehuman-likewritings,thesystemscan

alsomakemistakes.

Lastmonth,Bard,Google'snewAItooldesignedtogiveabetteronlinesearch,madeamistakeandcauseda

$100-billiondrop.Microsoftuserssaidthecompany'snewAItoolsproducedunfriendlyandruderesults.

10.Google'snewAItoolscanhelpusers.

A.developskillsandproducehuman-likerobots

B.createacompletebusinessplaninaveryshorttime

C.putalotofdataintoanycompany,scomputersystem

D.sendandreceiveemailsatdifferentbusinessmeetings

11.GooglekeepsdevelopingAIproductsofhighqualityby.

A.askingexpertsfromallindustriesforhelp

B.workingtogetherwithMicrosoftandMela

C.allowingtrustedtesterstousenewproductsfirst

D.widelysellingitsnewproductsassoonaspossible

12.What'stherelationshipbetweenthelasttwoparagraphs?

A.Paragraph5isthepurposeofwhathappensinParagraph6.

B.ThetwoparagraphshavedifferentideasaboutAItools.

C.Paragraph5givesagoodexampletosupportParagraph6.

D.Paragraph6givesanexampletosupportParagraph5.

13.Fromthepassage,weknow.

A.“AIHelpef,cannotchangescientists'work

B.Google'sAItoolsdisplayrecentAIdevelopment

C.fewcompaniescantestGoogle'snewtoolsinbusiness

D.GooglewillstopfightingforbusinesswithnewAItools

04

(2023•江苏徐州•统考二模)Formanypeople,Xiaohongshu(LittleRedBook)isoneofthetopsitesfortips

onbeauty,fashion,travel,foodandeducation.Forothers,itisalsoaperfectplacetoshareone'slifeexperiences.But

foragrowingnumberofyoungpeople,thesiteisaplacetolooknotforfriends,butdazi,or“activitypartner”.

Theworddazibecameespeciallycommonearlierthisyear,withmanypeopleinsearchofthosewithsimilar

interests.Unlikefriendships,therelationshipsbetweendaziisnotlongordeep.Theideaissimple一peoplecome

togethertojoininanactivitytheyallenjoy.

Findingdazicirclesisbecomingpopularfortworeasons.First,theInternethasmadeiteasyforyoungpeople

toconnectwithoneanother.Second,youngpeople,especiallystudents,usuallyhavesmallersocialcircles/Tor

students,theirfriendsaremostlytheirschoolmates.So,itcanbedifficulttofindsomeonewhosharesasimilar

interest.Goingonlinetofinddazitodosomethingtheylikeismorepractical”saysXuShijin,anorganizerofdazi

groupsonXiaohongshu.

▲BuYu,a35-year-oldwholivesinShanghai,decidedtofonnadazigroupafterfindingthatmanymothers

wantedtheirchildrentoplaytogether.ShecreatedagroupinlateMarch,andorganizedatouroftheShanghai

FirefightingMuseuminAprilwithotherfamiliesthathavechildrenofsimilarages."Theexperiencewasgreat,says

Bu.

“Wehumanslikedoingthingstogether.Thisiswhyyoungpeoplearecrazyaboutfindingdazicirclesthese

days,“saysYuHai,aprofessoratFudanUniversity.It'salsogoodforyoungpeopletotakepartinmoregatherings

topracticetheirsocialskills.

14.Whatisthepurposeoffindingdazi?

A.Tomakefriends.

B.Togetadviceonfashionandtravel.

C.Tbsharelifeexperienceswitheachother.

D.Tojoininanactivitywithpeoplewithsimilarinterests.

15.Whyisfindingdazibecomingpopularwithyoungpeople?

A.Becausetheyhavebiggersocialcircles.

B.Becausetheycan'tgetalongwellwithpeoplearound.

C.Becauseitiseasyforthemtoconnectwithpeopleonline.

D.Becauseitisimpossibletofindsomeonewithsimilarinterestsinschool.

16.WhichofthefollowingisthebestsentencetoputininParagraph4?

A.Studentsarecrazyaboutit.

B.Visitingmuseumsisgoodforchildren.

C.Evenpeopleintheirmid-30swelcomeit.

D.Peopleusedazicircletopracticetheirsocialskills.

17.Inwhichsection（版）ofanewspapercanwefindthispassage?

A.Music.B.Sports.C.Culture.D.Business.

05

（2023•山东临沂•统考二模）CanyouimagineanAIchatboi（聊天机器人）competingwithyouinan

examination?Doyouthinkyoucouldgethigherscoresthanit?AnewAIchatbotcalledChatGPTrecentlygota

passinggradeinalawschoolexam.Soundscrazy?TheuseofChatGPThasraisedheateddiscussionsintheeducation

world.Pleasecheckoutthediscussionin（hestory.

Typein“Acatwantstogotospace“andaskChatGPTtowriteabedtimestory.Justonesecondlater,you'llget

（hestoryofMax,whomakesitswaytothespaceaftermanydifficultiesandisfinallyabletosingamongthestars.

DevelopedbytheUScompanyOpenAI,ChatGPThastakentheInternetbystorm,winning100millionusers

sinceitcameoutinNovember2022.Peoplecanasktherobottowritestoriesandemails,translatelanguages,and

answerallkindsofquestions.

▲ChatGPTusesamuchbiggerdatabase（数据库）fortraining,halsolearnsthingsbyitself.Forexample,

ifitprovidesawronganswer（oyourquestion,youcantellittherightoneanditwillmakeitright.Theknowledge

levelofChatGPTissimilartoacollegestudent.That'swhyithassurprisedtheworld.

ButonebigproblemwithChatGPTis（haii（sometimesmakesmistakesorevengiveswronginformation.These

arethingsthatneedtobedealtwith.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

18.TheauthordevelopsParagraph1mainlyby.

A.tellingstoriesB.givingexamplesC.askingquestions

19.Whichsentencecanbeputin▲

A.Creatingnewlanguages

B.ComparedwithSiriorotherchatbots

C.Singingsongsandtranslatingtexts

20.WhatmakesChatGPTanexcellentchatbot?

a.Itcanlearnthingsbyitself,b.Ithasabigdatabasefortraining.

c.Itissmarterthananycollegestudent.

A.abB.acC.be

21.Accordingtothepassage,wecaninfer（推断）aboulChatGPTthat.

A.itnevermakesmistakes

B.itcan'tpickupwronginformationontheInternet

C.itneedstobefurtherimprovedinsomeways

06

（2023•云南丽江•统考二模）

Whatwillyoudowithahugebagofwastewhenyouseethefourwastebinsinyourcommunity（社区）？They

arc“Wct”「Dry”，“Recyclable”and“Ha门nfUL”

Manypeopleknowtheimportanceofwastesorting,buttheyjustdon'tknowwhatfallsintowhichkind.This

makesitseealittletime-takinganddifficult.

Asapioneercity,Shenzhenisalsotakingstepstoencouragepeopletodowastesorting.Notonlyhasthe

governmenttriedhardtotellthepublicaboutthedifferentfourkindsofwastethroughpostersandmedia,butalsoit

isgoingtogiveprizestopeopleacrossthecity.Thetotalprizeis62.5millionyuan.Aslongastheytakepartinwaste

sorting,everyonehasachancetogetthemoney.Thepurposeistohelppeopleformagreenideaofthinkingofwaste

sortingasagoodbehavior.

TakeMeilinNo.IVillageasanexample.Afterseveralmonthsofefforts,mostpeopletherecannowsortout

kitchenwastebeforethrowingitoutbetween7p.m.and9p.m.eachdayatproperplaces.Theamountofsorted

kitchenwastehasincreasedfromseveralhundredkilogramstoabouttwotons.

22.WhichwasteisNOTmentionedinthepassage?

A.Wetwaste.B.Harmfulwaste.

C.Drywaste.D.Plasticwaste.

23.WhatcanwclearnaboutwastesortingaccordingtoParagraph2?

A.Manypeoplearcagainstit.B.Peopleknowhowtodoit.

C.It'snotimportanttodoso.D.It'snoteasyandtakestime.

24.WhydoesShenzhengiveprizestopeoplefordoingwastesorting?

A.Tomakepeoplerich.B.Tomakepeoplehappy.

C.Tbhelpformagreenidea.D.Tohelppeoplelivelonger.

25.Whalcanweinfer（推断）fromthelastparagraphaboutMeilinNo.1Village?

A.Allthepeopletherecansortoutkitchenwastenow.

B.Ithassetagoodexampleforusinwastesorting.

C.1（didverybadlytomakemorewastethanbefore.

D.Allthepeopletherethrowrubbishbetween7p.m.and9p.m.

26.Wherecanweprobablyreadth?passage?

A.Inamagazine.B.Inanovel.

C.Inadictionary.D.Inastorybook.

07

（2023•辽宁葫芦岛•统考二模）

In（hepicture,agirlisstandingonabamboopole（竹竿）on（heriveranddancingbeautifully.ItJsnotascene

fromamovie,butaformofintangibleheritage（非物质文化遗产）一bamboodrifting（独竹漂）.

YangLiu,24,isaninheritor（传承人）ofbamboodrifting.Shestartedtolearnitfromhergrandmotherwhen

she7.Asshewasweakinhealthasachild,hergrandmotherwantedhertogelintobeltershapethroughthissport.

Yar.gthrewherselfintopracticingbamboodriftingallyearround,eveninthewintercoldandsummerheat.

“ItwascommonformetofallintothewaterwhenIstartedpracticing”recalledYang,addingthatittookher

threeyearstolearnthebasicskillsofbamboodrifting.

Inordertoacquiremorebamboodriftingskills,Yanghadtopracticecountlessdifficultmovementsonabamboo

polethatwas9ininlengthand15cmindiameter（直径），andstandallthephysicalpainthatcamewithit.Through

yearsofhardtraining,Yangnowconsidersthebamboopoleasher“bestfriendM.

Atonepoint,inspiredbyhergrandmother,Yangbegantoputdanceandbamboodriftingtogether.''My

grandmothercameupwithanidea.ShesaidthatIhadbeenpracticingbamboodriftingwhenIwasachild,sowhy

nottrytoput（hemtogether?Itmightbesomethingdifterent.^^theyoungwomanexplained.

Yang'shardworkgraduallypaidoffwhenshewasabletoperfectlyperformdancingwiththetraditionalbamboo

driftingskills.hopethatmorepeoplecanknowaboutbamboodrifingandenjoythisformofart."saidYang.

27.Atthebeginning,Yang,sgrandmotherhopedYangtobylearningbamboodrifting.

A.earnalotofmoneyB.learnamoredifficultdance

C.haveastrongbodyD.makeasurveyaboutbamboo

28.Theunderlinedword“acquire”inthepassagemeans.

A.sellwellB.knowwellC.writewellD.dresswell

29.Fromthefourthparagraph,wecaninferthatYang'sgrandmotheris.

A.creativeB.outgoingC.hard-workingD.humorous

30.WhichofthefollowingisTUREaccordingtothepassage?

A.BamboodriftingisonlyfamousinthesouthofChina.

B.Bamboodriftingcanbeplayedbypeopleofallages.

C.Yangspentyearslearningtheskillsofbamboodrifting.

D.Yangdroppedintothecoldwatertwotimeswhenpracticing.

31.Thebesttitleofthepassageis“

A.TheHistoryofBambooDriftingB.YangLiuandHerGrandmother

C.TheBeautyofBambooDriftingD.YangLiuandHerBambooDrifting

08

（2023•江苏南通•统考二模）Haveyoueversentatextorsharedsomethingonlinethatyouimmediately

regretted?Mostofushave.Nowagrowingnumberofappsandservicesareofferinguserstheattractiveabilityto

edil（编辑）thosemessages.

InSeptember,TwitterandAppleintnxlucededitingfeatures.TwitterstartedinSeptemberbyannouncingit

wouldtestaneditbutton（按钮）.Withintwoweeksofthatmove.AppleintroduceditsnewiOS16operatingsystem,

whichletsuserseditandunsendiMessagesforthefirsttime.

UserscannoweditaniMessageuptofivetimeswithin15minutesaftersendingitandunsendanymessageup

totwominutesafterit'ssent.Todothis,usersneedonlytapandhold:hcirsentmessage,thenchoose"udit"or"undo

send."OnTwitter,theeditbuttonwillgivepeoplea“generous"time,saysChristinaWodtke,aprofessorincomputer

scienceatStanfordUniversity.Userswillbeabletoeditatweetuptofivetimesinthe30minutesafterit'sposted.

Onceachangeismade,atweetwillbemarkedwithatimestamp,andalabel（标签）thatsays“LastEdited.”

“Whatthey'redoingiscreatinganedilbuttonthatallowstheTwitteruserstobetheirpersonaleditors,Wodtke

says.Healsowarns（hateditingcouldbeusedforharmfulpurposes.Forexample,someonecouldmakethe

informationfalseorharmfulwiththisfeature.

Tomakesureedittoolsareusedforgoodpurposes,expertssay,techcompaniesmusttakecertainsafety

measures,especiallywhentheinformationispartofthepublicrecord.

Twinersays（hefeaturewasdesignedtobetransparent（透明的）andprotecttheintegrity（完整性）ofthe

message.uWc'rcpurposelystartingthistestwithasmallergrouptolearnanddealwithpossibleproblemsbefore

bringingittomorepeople,MaTwitterspokespersonsays.

32.HowisApple'seditbuttondifferentfromTwitterY?

A.Itoffersitsuserslesstimetoregret.

B.Itoffersitsusersfewerchancestoedit.

C.Itallowsitsuserstotapmorewordsintoamessage.

D.Itallowsitsuserstolabelthemessagetheyhaveedited.

33.WhatdoesWodtkethinkofTwitter'seditbutton?

A.Itcanmakeitsusersmoreorganized.B.Itcanbeusedtospreadwrongmessages.

C.Itcanhelpmessagesreachmorepeople.D.Itcancausepeopletotakemessageseasily.

34.WhatcanwelearnaboutTwitter'seditingfeaturefromthelastparagraph?

A.Itisstillbeingtested.B.Itwilladdmorefunctions

C.Itshouldbemoretransparent.D.Ithasledtounexpectedproblems.

35.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.Agrowingneedforaneditbutton.B.Advantagesandrisksofaneweditbutton.

C.Thepastandpresentoftheeditbutton.D.ThecomparisonbetweenTwitterandApple.

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（2023•江苏连云港•统考二模）Whatcomestoyourmindwhenyoureadtheword"robot"?Manypeoplethink

aboutbigandmodernmachinesincarfactoriesorfilms.Fewofus:hinkaboutthepast.Butpeoplewerebuilding

unbelievablemachineswithhumanabilitieshundredsofyearsago!

PhiloofByzantium,anancientGreek（希腊）invenlor,builtarcbotthousandsofyearsago.Ifsomeoneplaced

acupintherobot'shand,itmixedwaterandwinetomakeadrink.Butitwasn'tpopularbecausepeopledidn'tneed

robotstoworkatthattime.

Anotherancientrobotwasaroboticarmcalled“TheClaw^^Polybius,theGreekwriter,wroteaboutitin213

BC.ItwasbuiltduringawarwiththeRomansandhungoverthecitywalltowardsthesea.WhenaRomanship

cameclose,thearmpickedupthefrontofitandliftedtheshipintotheair.Thentheshipfellbackwardintothesea

andsank.Again,wcdon'tknowwhetherthemachinewasbuilt,butitwaspossiblewithAncientGreektechnology.

LeonardodaVinci,thefamousartist,loveddesigningrobots.Fewofhisdesignswerebuilt,buthisplanswere

verydetailed（详细的）.MarkRosheim,amodern-dayrobotengineer,stilllearnsfromthoseideaswhenheworks!

OneofdaVinci'srobotswasalion.Hebuiltitin1515.Itcouldwalkandpresentflowers!In2009,engineersused

theplanstorebuildtherobotlion.Itworkedperfectly.

Astimewentby,moreandmorerobotswerebuiltandtheycoulddomoredifficulttasks,suchasplayingthe

flute,writing,anddrawingapictureAlthoughmoderntechnologyhasmovedon,thesehistoricalrobotsstillamaze

peopletoday.

36.WhatcanwclearnaboutPhilo?

A.Heinventedanicedrink.B.Hewasquitewealthyatthattime.

C.HewasaGermaninventor.D.Hewasbornthousandsofyearsago.

38.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesLeonardodaVinci?

A.Patient.B.Helpful.C.Creative.D.Modest.

39.Theauthorwritesthepassageto.

A.encouragemorepeopletobuyrobotsB.makeupafewinterestingancientstories

C.showsomeamazingrobotsfrorriancienttimesD.comparetheancientrobotswiththemodemones

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（2023•江苏泰州•统考二模）

1圻专

TraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM)hasbeenpasseddownformorethan2,000yearsinChina.TCMincludes

acupuncture(针灸),medicine,exercisesuchastaichiandqigong,andothertreatments.Today,TCMisnotonlyused

inAsia,butalsomoreandmorepopularintheUS.

InNewYorkCity'sChinatown,alotofpatientsvisitWuYiqiao,aTCMmasterfromZhejiang.Someofthem

areChinese,andsomeareAmericans.WuhasbeenpracticingTCMintheUSfor28years.Beforethat,hepracticed

itinChinafor15years.HehasadeepunderstandingofTCM."TCM,acupunctureandotherTCMtreatmentsareof

greathelptopatients,Wusaid."Theycanhelpreducethepainwithoutsurgery.^^

TCMissouseful（hatsomeAmericanshavealsochosen（oworkonit.FrankGrifibhasbeenanacupuncturist

（针灸师）inCaliforniaforabout18years.In2005,hegraduatedfromtheAmericanCollegeofTraditionalChinese

MedicineinSanFrancisco.Hethenspentsevenyearsstudyingthebestacupuncturemethods.

“Therearcmorethan60,000acupuncturistsintheUSrightnow.Chinesemedicinehasgrowndramaticallyin

recentyears,”Griffbsaid.Beforethe1970s,mostpeopleintheUSdidn'tknowacupuncture.ButnowTCMisplaying

abiggerroleintheirlifeasasafeandnoninvasive（无仓U的）treatmentforalotofproblemsthatWesternmedicine

hasdifficultyprovidinggoodresultsortreatmentchoicesforAcupuncturehasbeengreatlyacceptedinthiscountry,M

Griffoadded.

40.WhatcanwclearnaboutTCM?

A.Exerciseisn'tincludedinit.B.It,sunknowntomostpeopleintheUS.

C.ItisonlyusedinChina.D.Itisofgreathelptopatients.

41.HowlonghasWuYiqiaobeenpracticingTCM?

A.For15years.B.For18years.C.For28years.D.For43years.

42.WhatdoWuYiqiaoandFrankGriffohaveincommon?

A.BothliveinNewYork.

B.BothfinishedcollegeinSanFrancisco.

C.BothhavealotofexperienceinusingTCM.

D.BoththinkWesternmedicinehasthesameresultsasTCM.

43.Theunderdinedword“dramatically“inthelastparagraphmeansu

A.slowlyB.awfullyC.rapidlyD.differently

44.Thelasttwoparagraphsmainlytalkabout.

A.thebestacupuncturistintheUSB.thedevelopmentofTCMintheUS

C.Ihehisto^ofTCMcollegesintheUSD.thedifferencesbetweenTCMandWesternmedicine

参考答案:

1.A2.D3.C4.B5.A

【导语】本文主要讲述了中医在美国越来越受欢迎，被越来越多的美国人接受。

1.细节理解题。根据"TCMinc'.udesacupuncture,medicine,exercisesuchastaichiandqigong,andother

treatments.”可知，锻炼也是中医治疗的一部分。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据“WuhasbeenpracticingTCMintheUSAfbr28years.Beforethat,hepracticeditinChina

for15years”可知，他一共练习了43年中医。故选D,

3.细节理解题。根据"WuhasbeenpracticingTCMintheUSAfor28years.Beforethat,hepractic