外研版初三中考英语阅读理解专题复习：说明文类

外研版初三中考英语阅读理解专题复习：说明文类

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Smartphone, poor sight

Look around and you?ll see people busy on their smart phones. Smart phones do make our lives easier . But have you ever thought about what they mean to you eyes?

According to a study, half of British people own smart phones and they spend an average of two hours a day using them . There has been a 35% increase in the number of people in the UK who suffer from shortsightedness since smart phones were introduced there in 1997.

Staring at smart phones for long time gives you dry eyes. When looking at something in the distance, your eyes automatically blink a certain number of times. However ,when you look at things closer to your face ,the blinking slows down . This reduces the amount of tears and causes discomfort in your eyes. Another bad habit is using smart phones in dark rooms before going to sleep. If you look at a bright screen while your pupils become larger, too much light enters your eyes. This can do harm to the eyes and cause a disease called glaucoma.

While you?re probably not going to stop using to your smart phone, there are a few things you can do to protect your eyes. Hold your phone at least 30 continues away from your eyes when using it. Take a break every hour and try the following: look at something at least five meters from you and then focus on the tip of your nose. Repeat this several times. It should reduce the discomfort in your eyes.

( )1. The article is mainly about ________.

A. the rules to obey when using smart phones

B. the harm that smart phones do to users? eyes.

C. the reason why teenager get shortsightedness

D. advantages and disadvantages of smart phones

( )2. From Paragraph 2，we learn that _______.

A. half of the British people began to smart phones 17years ago

B. each of the British people spends two hours a day on smart phones

C. more British people have suffered from shortsightedness since 1997

D. the number of British people who own smart phones increases by 35%

( )3. According to Paragraph 3, using smart phones improperly may cause _______.

A. too many blinks

B. more tears in the eyes

C. smaller pupils

D. dry eyes and glaucoma

( )4. Which of the following is suggested by the writer?2

A. Don?t use the phone for over an hour without a break.

B. Hold the phone at learn half a meter away from the eyes.

C. Turn off your phone for a couple of hours every day.

D. Look at something green far away for several minutes.

( )5. This article is written to advise people_______.

A. not to buy smart phones

B. to stop using smart phones

C. to make full use of smart phones

D. to use smart phones properly

答案：1B 2C 3A 4B 5D

二

Music is different from songs.Songs express feelings with lyrics，but music with tones.Unlike songs，music tones in themselves have no specific meanings.Different people may get different things from the same musical performance.Though some music works are difficult to understand，people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them.Different people like different music：some love classical music，and others take pleasure in pop music.Most young people like pop music.

Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world druing the 1950s and 1960s.The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”．Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world.It has caused the number of people for “jazz”music to become much smaller than in the 1950s and earlier and it has now begun to become the most popular.Much pop music is without artistic value，but the works of some pop singers such as the Beatles，Bob Dylan，the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent.And there is still great interest in it today.Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.

（）1.The biggest difference between music and songs is ________

A．feelings B．lyrics and tones

C．languages and countries D．meanings

（）2.According to the passage，the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ________ it is today.

（）A．much greater than B．much smaller than

C．as great as D．as small as

（）3.What does the underlined word “kind” mean?

A．Type. B．Class.

C．Feature. D．Entertainment.

（）4.Which of the following has now become the most popular according to the passage? A．Native music. B．Jazz.

C．Pop music. D．Classical music.

（）5.Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

A．People can get different things from the same piece of music.

B．Pop music began to be popular in the midtwentieth century.

C．The bestknown early form of pop music was “rock and roll”．

D．Much pop music is of great artistic value，so it interests young people greatly.

答案：1B 2A 3A 4C 5D

三

Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art.Among them，calligraphy(书法)，poetry(诗歌)and painting were the most famous.Often they would be put together in art.These became important starting with the Song dynasty.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting.In the old time the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art.Calligraphers(书法家)would practice for years to learn to write perfectly，but with style.Each of over 40，000 characters needed to be written correctly.And each stroke(笔画)in a character had to be written in a certain order.

Poetry was also an important form of art.Great poets were famous all over the country，but all educated people were expected to write poetry.During the Tang dynasty poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant (文官)and work for the government. Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy.It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world.The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as “national”or“native painting(国画)”，which is quite different from Western painting.People can draw mountains，homes，birds，trees and water on it.

（）1.Calligraphers needed to write over ________ characters correctly in the old time.

A．10，000 B．20，000 C．30，000 D．40，000

（）2.What was part of the civil service examinations during the Tang dynasty?

A．Painting. B．Calligraphy.

C．Writing poetry. D．Playing music.

（）3.The underlined word “it”refers to “ ________ ”．

A．Calligraphy B．Art

C．Chinese painting D．Western painting

（）4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Calligraphy，poetry and painting were the most famous works of art.

B．The strokes of each character could be written in any order.

C．Poetry was an important form of art like calligraphy.

D．Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy.

（）5.What's the passage mainly about?

A．Chinese art. B．Chinese examinations.

C．Chinese history. D．Chinese dynasties.

答案：1D 2C 3C 4B 5A

四

You often hear 3G these days, but do you know the meaning of it? Let me tell you. 3G means the third generation(代) of mobile phones. In 1995, the first generation mobile phones(手机) came to our life. We can only use them to make a call. In 1996, people began to use the second generation mobile phones. Besides(除了) making a call, we can also send short messages(发送短信) and get e-mails. Some people also used them to watch news or download music, but it was slow. What can you do with a 3G mobile phone? It has many functions(功能). First, it?s a video phone. When you call your friend, you can not onl y hear him, but also see him. Second, you can watch TV and quickly surf on the Internet. Third, mobile wallet function(钱包功能). If you don?t have money, you can pay with a mobile phone. And there are also more functions which make our life convenient(便捷). Now do you want to have a 3G mobile phone? ( ) 1. We can only make a call with a ______________

A. 1G mobile phone

B. 2G mobile phone

C. 3G mobile phone

D. all of the above(以上)

( ) 2. The first generation mobile phones came to our life in ____________.

A. 1998

B. 1997

C. 1996

D. 1995

( ) 3. The meaning of underlined word …download? is ____________.

A. 上传

B. 下载

C. 试听

D. 录制

( ) 4. We can use 3G mobile phone to ____________.

A. watch TV

B. make a video call

C. chat on QQ

D. all of the above

( ) 5. Which is NOT TRUE?

A. 3G means the third generation of computers.

B. We can send short messages with a 2G mobile phones.

C. 3G mobile phones have many functions.

D. We can watch TV with a 3G mobile phone.

答案：1A2D3B4D5A

五

Internet jargons

Recently a father asked a question on the Internet. He asked what “PK” meant. “My family was watching the Super Girl singing competition on TV. My little daughter asked me what …PK? meant, but I had no idea, ”said the father.

To a lot of Chinese young people who often play computer games, it is not a new word. “PK” is short for “Player Killer”. In the Internet Games, two players fight until one ends the li fe of the other.

In the Super Girl singing competition, “PK” means that singers compete with each other. Not all of them can go up the ranking(名次)。

Like this father, many Chinese teachers have found that their students use many Internet jargons(行话)in their articles. They are difficult to understand. A high school teacher asked her students to write articles in simple language, but they still came up with a lot of Internet jargons.

This is a passage written by a student. Can you understand it? “My …GG (elder brother) ? came back this summer from his university. He said I had grown up to be a pretty …MM (beautiful girl)?. He took me to the …PKM?(short for Pizza Hut, KFC and McDonald?s). ”

Some experts think of Internet jargons as a new development in the language. But some think these jargons are destroying our language. What do you think?

（）1．By writing the artic le, the writer tries to _______.

A．explain some Internet jargons B．show his worry about Internet jargons

C．laugh at the Beijing father D．draw our attention to computer jargons

（）2．“PK” means ______ in the computer games.

A．player killer B．singers compete with each other

C．game over D．failing the game

（）3．From the examples of the Beijing father and the high school teacher, we can see that Internet jargons ________.

A．are used not only on the Internet B．can be understood easily

C．are liked by all the people D．are popular with teachers

（）4．What do the experts think of the Internet jargons?

A．They are all for the Internet jargons B．They are all against the Internet jargons C．Some of them are for the Internet jargons D．None of them is for the Internet jargons

（）5．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The father explains the meaning of “PK” on the Internet.

B．Many Chinese yo ung people know the meaning of “PK”

C．“PK” is used only in computer games

D．Only students like to use the Internet jargons.

答案：1D 2A 3A 4C 5B

六

People often decide where to live based on the natural resources in the area. Natural resources are things that are useful to people and come from the earth. Materials for building houses are natural resources. So are foods, such as fruits, vegetables, animals that could be caught or hunted and water.

The weather and landforms let certain things grow in different areas. They also determine(决定) which living things will be able to grow there. Areas with very rich soil are made to be good farming communities. Poor soil may send farmers to look for better places. However, areas with poor soil may attract those who have other purposes for the land. Poor soil doesn?t matter if you want to build a factory. It also doesn?t matter if it grows grass well.

Each area attracts people based on their interests and purposes. Areas that support many different interests will naturally have larger populations. You may not think of the mountains, lakes or oceans as natural resources. In fact they are. Villages and cities built near water sources have been the most successful. People who want to catch fish for a living choose to live by the ocean, instead of the desert. People living near water can use it to meet their daily needs.

Places that are difficult to reach will naturally have fewer people. Places that are high on mountain tops are not very desirable to most people. Neither are places that are in the middle of hot, dry deserts. For too long, humans have destroyed resources. We have been using up those that can?t be easily replaced. Renewable(可再生的) resources are those that can be replaced easily. We are lucky to have many resources that are renewable, such as the sun, wind, water and trees. We need to use more renewable resources. This will protect our planet.

（）1. Areas with very rich soil can be used as ________.

A. fishing places

B. ranching places

C. a factory

D. farming communities

（）2. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A. What people living near water live on except fishing.

B. How big villages and cities by the oceans come out.

C. People choose places to live according to interests and purposes.

D. People don?t live in places that are difficult to reach.

（）3. Which of the following does NOT belong to natural resources?

A. Animals that could be caught.

B. Beds, tables and chairs.

C. The mountains, lakes or oceans.

D. Materials for building houses.

（）4. What is the best title for the passage?

A. The natural resources.

B. An area?s weather.

C. How to choose your house.

D. Renewable resources.

（）5. This passage may come from_________.

A. a story

B. a fashion magazine

C. a school report

D. a cartoon film

答案：1D 2C 3B 4A 5C

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