初中英语阅读理解

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Dennis Hong and his students design（设计）human-like robots. This includes a cooking robot called Project YORI. YORI is only the latest of Hong’s robot inventions. There’s DAVID，the world’s first and only car that can be driven by the blind. And SAFFiR，a two-legged robot that can do dangerous work that humans are often unable to do. Hong is finding plenty of work for his robots.

When he was asked about his biggest success，Hong chose the robot called DARwIn-OP. He thought it was one of the most widely used human-like robots for research and education. Hong’s team made DARwIn’s design free for anyone to use. They have seen many projects using the design. And they consider it a gift to the robotics community.

“Many people only want to see our successes and not the failures that came before those，but failure is simply a stepping stone in developing new technology. If you’re too afraid of failure，then you only get to walk on the safer side，and then there’s no innovation（创新），” said Hong. “I tell my students to try breaking the robot. If the robot doesn’t fall and doesn’t break，we don’t get to learn anything.”

（1）Which robot is the most recent invention by Dennis Hong’s team?

A．

$YORI$.

B．

$DAVI$.

C．

$SAFFiR$.

D．

$DARwIn-OP$.

（2）What is special about DARwIn according to the text?

A．	Its technology is the latest.	B．	It is a popular robot for the blind.
C．	It is the first human-like robot.	D．	Its design is free for anyone to use.

（3）What does Dennis Hong encourage his students to do?

A．	Walk on the safer side.	B．	Do more for education.
C．	Keep trying and learning.	D．	Avoid making mistakes.

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If you get angry many times in a day，it is time for you to think about how to deal with it. Here are some of my suggestions.

When you are angry，try to tell yourself through another voice that you are angry and that it is not a bad thing. It just shows that you have different ideas. Accept that many things are not 100% right or wrong. In our communication with others，the final purpose is not to decide who is right and who is wrong，but to look for something in common.

If you still feel strong anger，try taking a deep breath（呼吸）and let anger out of your body along with the breath. Don’t say angry words when you are very angry，for you will regret saying them when you cool down.

Discussing with a third party is helpful. It is hard for the two parties in anger to understand each other，but the idea of an outsider can help both parties to get mutual（相互的）understanding.

Anger is just one of the many emotions（情绪）that make us human，and to well manage it adds to our ability to truly understand the world.

（1）What is the final purpose of communication with other people?

A．	To show different ideas.	B．	To look for something in common.
C．	To accept useful suggestions.	D．	To decide whether one is right or not.

（2）What does the writer advise us to do when we can’t cool down?

A．	Say angry words.	B．	Try taking a deep breath.
C．	Control our voices.	D．	Stop talking with others.

（3）What does the underlined word “party” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．

An activity.

B．

A visitor.

C．

A person.

D．

A meeting.

（4）What is the text mainly about?

A．	How to manage anger.	B．	How to show feelings.
C．	How to deal with regrets.	D．	How to understand the world.

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During their busy lives， people do not pay much attention to the expiry dates（有效期）on the food in their fridges. As a result，a lot of food is forgotten about and wasted. However， according to a recent research， being aware of（意识到）what you throw away can help you waste less.

The researchers measured（计量）food waste from 154 families across the UK. Half of these families in the research were asked to list the fruits and vegetables they had bought and their expiry dates. The families stuck the list on the fridge door and received a text message every day telling them to check it. The other half did not have to make a list and did not receive text messages. Over a six-week period， all the families were asked to measure their food waste at the end of each week.

The researchers were surprised to find that making lists and getting texts made little difference to how much food was wasted. However， each family in the research wasted less food—about 0.1 kilo a week.

The researchers carried on the research for six months， and found that all the families continued to waste less food. This shows that just measuring food waste encourages people to pay closer attention to it and throw less away.

（1）What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to（指的是）?

A．

The research.

B．

The list.

C．

The door.

D．

The message.

（2）What is introduced in paragraph 3 about the six-week research?

A．

Its purpose.

B．

Its method.

C．

Its steps.

D．

Its results.

（3）Which of the following is the best title（标题）for the text?

A．	Measure Food Waste to Stop It	B．	Pay Attention to What You Buy
C．	Check the Food Before Storing It	D．	Give Thought to Your Busy Life

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It’s always a good thing to have a hobby. For Miss Patty，a school bus driver in Erie County，her hobby of knitting（编织）has made her really touch the community.

Miss Patty always wanted to do something with her spare time to help the students. After a conversation with one of the students，things took a turn from knitting one hat to knitting more hats.

“The one boy gets on the bus，and he goes ‘what are you doing?’ I said，‘I’m making a hat. He said，‘That would be great having such a warm hat in icy winter.’ So I said，‘What color would you like?’ That started everything，” Miss Patty told the local newspaper.

Several years have passed since that day，and Miss Patty has already knitted 7，083 hats for students in her spare time. Sometimes she will get the student’s favorite color before she begins the project.

What is more moving is that Miss Patty buys all the materials（材料）using her own money. Some people do give her gift cards around the holidays to help，but she still puts out a lot of her own money.

Along with making hats for the students that will keep them warm，Miss Patty also gets praise for being a trusted friend to the students.

（1）What made Miss Patty decide to knit more hats?

A．	A drive to Erie County.	B．	A show of colorful hats.
C．	A letter in the newspaper.	D．	A conversation with a boy.

（2）Why does Miss Patty knit so many hats in her spare time?

A．	To practice her skill.	B．	To better her business.
C．	To make more friends.	D．	To gift students for winter.

（3）What makes Miss Patty’s act more moving?

A．	She refuses others’ help.
B．	She buys materials with her own money.
C．	She works during holidays.
D．	She knits hats of different colors for kids.

（4）Which of the following best describes Miss Patty?

A．

Humorous.

B．

Honest.

C．

Caring.

D．

Shy.

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Family Water Safety Education Time: 5:30~7:30 p. m. FREE for DPE members Monday， July 8: Reach or Throw， Don’t Go Community: ＄10 a day for a family Wednesday，July 10: Life Jackets and Boating Friday， July 12: Open Swim Parent MUST be in the pool! Sunday， July 14: Celebration!

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※ Notes: 1. register（登记）2. contact（联系）

（1）When is the Celebration?

A．

On Sunday.

B．

On Monday.

C．

On Wednesday.

D．

On Friday.

（2）At what age can a child join in Safety Around Water Program?

A．

6.

B．

8.

C．

10.

D．

12.

（3）What can we learn about Genson DPE?

A．	It keeps open all year round.	B．	It teaches life-saving skills.
C．	It provides free programs for all.	D．	It has two programs every day.

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How to give a presentation

Giving a presentation is never easy. There is a lot of preparation to do. During the actual presentation, you need to appear relaxed, calm and confident（自信的）. Your body language needs to show this. （1） Here are a few suggestions.

●Position

（2） And try to avoid turning your back, or lowering your eyes too often if you’re looking at any notes.

●Hands

Avoid touching things like your hair, nose or pens. （3） It may feel uncomfortable, but you’ll look relaxed. Also, avoid crossing your arms, or putting your hands behind your back or in your pockets.

●Gesture（姿态）

Use gestures to help your classmates understand what you’re saying. You can use your hands to make your points clearer in your speech. Keep your feet apart and stand confidently. （4） Remember, look confident!

●Eye contact（交流）

Remember to keep eye contact with your classmates. Choose someone to look at in one area and stay with them for a sentence or two. （5）

Plan for success, look good, sound good and know your material! But above all, have fun with your presentation!

A. And try to keep your arms by your side. B. Keep your shoulders back and your head up. C. Make sure you’re always facing your classmates. D. Then move to another area and choose someone else. E. But do you know what to do with your body during a presentation?

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It was reported in May 2024 that the China Wildlife Conservation Association（CWCA,中国野生动物保护协会） will send giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo in the United States, which is a symbol of a new 10-year period of international conservation partnership. The CWCA has organized experienced caretakers and doctors to go with the pandas to the US. The zoo is getting ready to provide the pandas with a larger and more comfortable living environment. It has also formed a team with special skills related with panda care, daily nursing, and scientific research.

The cooperation（合作） between the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo dates back to 1996 when Bai Yun and Shi Shi became the first pair of pandas to live in the zoo. Giant pandas Hua Mei, born in 1999, and Mei Sheng, born in 2003, who used to live there, are the result of China-US giant panda research cooperation. Over the past twenty years, the two sides have cooperated and solved many technical problems, including important discoveries in key areas like panda raising.

Since the 1990s, China has cooperated on giant panda conservation with 20 countries. “International cooperation in fields such as disease prevention and control, treatment, and wild training and reintroduction to the wild, has achieved good results. Giant pandas will facilitate communication between peoples and let people around the world know China better,” said Li, the leader of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.

“Scientific and educational outreach（延伸服务） also serves as a key role in international giant panda exchanges, allowing more people to understand giant pandas, which provides very good support for our efforts in protecting wild giant pandas,” Li said.

（1）China’s sending Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo means ________.

A．	a good living condition for pandas	B．	a new age of conservation cooperation
C．	a great achievement in scientific research	D．	a long-term plan for training panda caretakers

（2）How long have the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo cooperated?

A．

21 years.

B．

25 years.

C．

28 years.

D．

34 years.

（3）What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．	The history of the cooperation.	B．	The raising of the giant pandas.
C．	The lives of the pandas in the US.	D．	The process of solving the problems.

（4）What does the underlined word “facilitate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．

Expect.

B．

Create.

C．

Improve.

D．

Receive.

（5）What do we know from the last paragraph?

A．	Scientific research is well on its way.	B．	The outreach plays an important part.
C．	The cooperation requires international support.	D．	Education about wildlife protection is a big success.

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Though oceans cover about 71 percent of the earth’s surface, there’s still a lot we don’t know about them. Only about 20 percent of the seafloor has been mapped, and the remaining 80 percent is still a secret to us. Some scientists even think that 91 percent of sea animals have yet to be discovered.

So why do we know so little about the deep sea? Well, getting to those depths is very difficult and requires high technology that simply didn’t come into being for most of human history. The first navigable submarine（可驾驶的潜水艇）, for example, was built in 1620, and it couldn’t go more than five meters below the surface. In fact, for a long time many scientists didn’t even think that there could be any life at depths greater than 550 meters and didn’t see much need to explore（探索） the deep sea. However, this changed in 1862 when life was discovered as far down as 945 meters below sea level with the help of a digging machine. Ten years later, around 4, 700 species（物种） unknown before from the ocean floor were discovered.

Since then, high technology has been developed to help explore the deep sea, including satellites. But why is deep-sea exploration still so difficult? Well, at greater depths it is freezing（极冷的）, everything is completely dark, and the pressure can be over 1, 000 times greater than that on the surface.

Though we have the difficulties, it’s important that we understand the seas. They help control the earth’s temperature and produce half of the oxygen（O2） in the air. They can also provide us with information about climate change. Our future depends on learning more about our oceans, and it is possible for us to really understand what is ongoing below the surface.

（1）Why are some numbers listed in Paragraph 1?

A．	To introduce how important oceans are.
B．	To discuss why sea animals have yet to be found out.
C．	To explain that oceans cover a large area of the earth.
D．	To show that we have only a little understanding of oceans.

（2）What caused the change of exploration into the deep sea?

A．	High technology.	B．	Unknown species.
C．	A pleasant environment.	D．	Valuable information.

（3）What does the underlined word “They” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．

Sea animals.

B．

The seas.

C．

The satellites.

D．

Many scientists.

（4）What can we learn from the text?

A．	It is difficult to build a navigable submarine.	B．	The seas have a strong influence on our future.
C．	The seas have no lives at a depth of 550 meters.	D．	It is easier to go into the deep sea than we think.

（5）What could be the best title of the text?

A．	Hidden Treasures in Deep Sea	B．	Unlocked Secrets of Deep Sea
C．	Deep-Sea Exploration: Into the Freezing Depths	D．	Deep-Sea Exploration: The Past and the Future

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Materials	◆A wide glass jar with a lid ◆Very hot water ◆Some ice ◆A match Very important ! Only parents deal with matches !!!
Steps	1. Turn the lid upside down and fill it with ice. 2. Fill the jar about 1.5 cm with very hot water. 3. Ask your parent to light a match. Then blow out the match just above the jar. Hold the smoking stick inside.（You want smoke from the match to fill the jar.） 4. Quickly put the lid with ice on the jar. Cover the jar completely. 5. Let the cloud form for a few minutes. Then take the lid off and meet the cloud !
Result	A real cloud comes up. But it is not round and it disappears soon.

（1）What are the boy and his father talking about?

A．

Rabbits.

B．

Flowers.

C．

Trees.

D．

Clouds.

（2）Which is very important when you use matches in the experiment?

A．

A glass jar.

B．

Very hot water.

C．

Some ice.

D．

Your parent’s help.

（3）What is the right order of “making the cloud”?

A．

①②③⑤④

B．

①③⑤②④

C．

①④③⑤②

D．

①⑤②③④

（4）What is the result of the experiment?

A．	A real cloud comes up.	B．	The cloud is round.
C．	The cloud lasts a few hours.	D．	The cloud doesn’t disappear.

（5）Where does the text probably come from?

A．

A novel.

B．

A storybook.

C．

A travel guide.

D．

A science magazine.

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Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His parents were poor farmers. They couldn’t pay for a worker, so the boy had to help. He worked hard.

Every day, he had a one-hour rest at sunset（日落）. He used that time to climb to the top of a hill. There, he could see a house on another hill. It had golden windows. They were really bright and shone like diamonds（钻石）.

One day, the boy’s father said to him, “You worked really hard, so you can take a day off. Try to learn something good.”

The boy thanked his father. Then, he left home and walked to the far hill.

He came to the house and knocked on the door, and a girl answered. He told her about the golden windows. The girl shook her head and said, “Poor farmers like us only have glass windows. Look there! That’s the house with the golden windows.” She pointed at something far away.

When the boy looked, he saw his own house. He then thanked the girl and rushed home.

Inside, he saw his family and smiled. He told them about his excellent day. He also said, “I learned a great lesson—our house has golden windows.”

（1）What do we know about the little boy?

A．	He was quite lazy.	B．	He was very rich.
C．	He was a son of poor farmers.	D．	He was a son of a worker.

（2）What did the boy do when he had a one-hour rest?

A．	He rested at home.	B．	He built a house.
C．	He helped his parents.	D．	He climbed to the top of a hill.

（3）The boy took a day off because he ________.

A．	worked hard	B．	wanted to play
C．	found a diamond	D．	needed to visit the girl

（4）What did the girl point at?

A．	The windows made of gold.	B．	The windows made of diamond.
C．	The windows of the girl’s house.	D．	The windows of the boy’s house.

（5）How did the boy feel when he got home?

A．

Happy.

B．

Lonely.

C．

Surprised.

D．

Strange.

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If sports are something that interests you, you must want to know how to be good at them. Succeeding at a sport takes skill. （1） Skill alone may take you far, but you’ll never go all the way without the right attitude and team spirit. The following tips can help you be a better sports player

Join a sports team. If you’re interested in sports, joining a team is a good way to start. （2） You are likely to develop friendships with at least some of your team members. Besides, even if your skills are low, joining a team will improve your skills.

Set big but realistic（现实的）goals for yourself. This does not mean being unrealistic, or saying you’re going to go professional within a year. Instead, you should take a look at what you are, and decide where you think you would like to be. （3）

Be a good sport. Being good at sports means more than physical strength and speed. （4） If you fail in a match, accept the loss and show respect to other players for their victory. Treat loss as a learning experience. Find out what you did wrong, and then try to improve it for the next game.

（5） It’s possible to get so crazy about winning that you forget why you want to be good at the very beginning. Not taking the time to enjoy the sport you play results in a fast burnout. Whether you’re practising or playing a competition, remember it is the joy that matters.

A. Let yourself have fun. B. Stay focused on the competition. C. Exercising with others is very enjoyable and encouraging. D. In order to be truly great, you need to be positive towards failure. E. Break a big goal down into small parts, and achieve them step by step. F. However, other things should be considered if you want to be a good sports player.

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Sugar painting, as the name means, is a painting made of sugar. It’s the sugar for us to taste, and the painting for us to admire.

Since the Warring States Period（战国时代）, the ancient people loved sweets and developed methods of producing sugar. In the Tang Dynasty, there was huge progress in the technology of sugar making. And sugar, the precious product once only served to the emperors and princes, also went into common people’s homes. With the cultural and economic（经济的）development of Song and Yuan Dynasties, people became less interested in only tasting sweetness. In the Ming Dynasty, some people added pictures with good luck into the bowl of sugar, and sugar painting appeared.

Sugar painting is different from normal painting. Sugar painters use syrup（糖浆）as the material, a spoon as the “paintbrush”, and a smooth table as the “paper”. To make syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting. Since syrup may become hard if it cools, the painters have to produce the work very quickly. They move the spoon full of syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting is done.

However, it’s a pity that this folk art is dying recently. The sugar painting that used to be rich in shapes has become poorer and poorer because of fewer needs. What’s worse, few people seem to be willing to pass on the art except those aging sugar painters.

For most people, painting is a kind of art and difficult to understand. However, sugar painting has pulled the art down into people’s daily lives. Through it, we may see the spiritual support of the ancient people across centuries. Now, sugar painting has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）in China. Therefore, the art should be remembered, missed and passed on.

（1）What does the underlined word “precious” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．	Valuable and expensive.	B．	Useful and cheap.
C．	Special but worthless.	D．	Simple but priceless.

（2）When did sugar painting appear?

A．	In the Warring States Period.	B．	In the Tang Dynasty.
C．	In the Yuan Dynasty.	D．	In the Ming Dynasty.

（3）Why should sugar painters make the work very quickly?

A．	To show their excellent skills.	B．	To avoid syrup becoming hard.
C．	To protect the spoon and the table.	D．	To reduce people’s waiting time.

（4）What’s the writer’s attitude（态度）towards today’s sugar painting according to Paragraph 4?

A．

Uncaring.

B．

Doubtful.

C．

Worried.

D．

Unclear.

（5）Which can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．	Exploring the Art of Sugar Painting	B．	Improving the Taste of Sugar Painting
C．	Effects of the Sugar Producing Technology	D．	Ways to Change the Future of Sugar Painting

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Recently, I asked a seeing friend who had just walked in the woods what she had noticed. “Nothing special,” she replied.

How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me only through touch. If I can get so much pleasure from touch, how much more beauty must be found by sight（视力）? And I have imagined what I should most like to see if I were given the use of my eyes for just three days.

On the first day, I should want to see the people who have made my life worth living and the books which have been read to me. In the afternoon, I should take a walk in the woods and admire the beauties of nature. That night, I should not be able to sleep.

On my second day, I should go to the museums to see man’s progress. I should try to explore the spirit of man through his art. In the evening, I should spend at the movies.

The following day, I should spend in the world of common people going about the business of life. At midnight permanent（永久的）night would close in on me again, and I should realize how much I had left unseen.

I who am blind can give one suggestion to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be blind. The same is true of other senses. Hear the songs of birds, as if you would be deaf tomorrow. Smell the flowers, as if tomorrow you could never smell again…But of all the senses, I’m sure that sight must be the most pleasant.

（Adapted from “Three Days to See” by Helen Keller）

（1）What makes the writer start imagining the three days?

A．	Walking in the woods.	B．	Asking herself questions.
C．	Seeing natural beauty.	D．	Touching interesting things.

（2）What does the writer want to do during the three days?

A．	Read books to people on the first day.	B．	Go to the movies on the second day.
C．	Succeed in business on the third day.	D．	Have a wonderful dream every day.

（3）What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．	A description of different senses.	B．	A method of living a pleasant life.
C．	Encouragement to the blind people.	D．	Advice to people without disabilities.

（4）Which is the best structure（结构）of the passage?

（①=Paragraph 1 ②=Paragraph 2…）

A．

B．

C．

D．

（5）Which of the following sayings may the writer agree with?

A．	Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
B．	Never leave until tomorrow what you can do today.
C．	Live every moment and be thankful for what you have.
D．	The future belongs to those who are preparing for it now.

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FIRST AID FOR BURNS
Degree of burns	Treatment If you have a first-degree burn, follow these steps: ❶Cool the burnt area under cool running water. ❷Remove jewellery（去除配饰）and any clothing unless stuck to the burn. ❸Apply（涂抹）a burn ointment or aloe vera. Don’t use ice, eggs or oil. ❹Cover the burnt area with a clean cloth. If the burn is serious, call 120 or go to the hospital at once.
Prevention ▲Avoid touching hot water directly. ▲Stay away from fire. ▲Deal with chemicals under instructions. ▲Be careful when using electricity.

（1）How many degrees of burns are shown in the material?

A．

One.

B．

Two.

C．

Three.

D．

Four.

（2）If we touch boiling water by accident, what should we do first?

A．

B．

C．

D．

（3）Which of the following can be used in the treatment of burns?

A．

Oil.

B．

Aloe vera.

C．

Eggs.

D．

Ice.

（4）What can we do to prevent ourselves getting burnt according to the material?

①Keep away from fire.

②Don’t use electricity alone.

③Follow instructions when using chemicals.

④Don’t touch hot water directly.

A．

①②③

B．

①②④

C．

①③④

D．

②③④

（5）In which part of a newspaper is the material probably from?

A．

Health Care.

B．

Science Study.

C．

Sports News.

D．

Travel Life.

根据下面的对话内容，从文后的选项中选出最佳选项，使对话完整通顺。其中有一项为多余选项。

A: Hi, Linda. What are you doing now?

B: Hi, Tony. （1）

A: What are you going to do this summer?

B: （2）

A: Really? I did that last summer.

B: Oh. （3）

A: I did many things, such as washing clothes, sweeping the floor and talking to them. （4）

B: That sounds interesting.

A: But a lot of old people are lonely. （5）

B: You are right. We are going to be old one day, too.

A: I agree with you.

A. And they told me stories about the past and how things used to be. B. I am making a plan for the summer vacation. C. We should take good care of them. D. What did you do to help them? E. Which is the way to get there? F. I am going to work in an old people’s home.