2019枣庄中考英语模拟题(一)

2019枣庄中考英语模拟题（一）第二部分阅读(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）A读下面的文章，然后回到文章后的问题。

请在答题卡21~25题后的横线上写上答案。

When it comes to the letter grade on your test or homework. you might notice that there is no letter E. Have you ever thought about why that is so?In the A, B, C, D and F grading system. the first four letters are typically considered passing grades. An F in this system simply stands for “fail”. The word “fail” happens to start with the letter F, which seems to leave out the letter E. The fact of the matter is that any letter can mean “not-passing” or “fail”. Some schools have U grade for “unsatisfactory”, or I grade for “incomplete”.Even with all this said, we should also point out that E grade actually has been used pretty commonly throughout the history of letter grades in the US.The first college in the US to use a letter grading system like the ones we use today is Mount Holyoke College. In 1897, they began to use the following grading scale:A: 95-100% (excellent) B: 85-94% (good) C: 76-84% (fair)D: 75% (barely passed) E: below 75% (failed)We can see the inclusion of E instead of F.Gradually, the letter grading system became more popular throughout the US. However, nay schools decided to drop the E grade and go straight to F. There is no evidence(证据) to really support this. But one possible explanation is that teachers were worried that some students and parents might mistake E for “excellent”.Why do we have letter grades? Well, part of the reason is that they made grading simpler during a time of great change for schools. As the 20th century began, growing cities and an increase in immigration led to larger school classrooms. Most teachers at that time thought this new letter grading system was an easy, fair and clear way to grade students.Today, more and more people argue that letter grades don’t fully reflect(反映) student learning. However, as teachers try to improve grading methods, many parents continue to favor the letter grades they got as kids. They are familiar(熟悉) and easy for parents to understand. So while they might not be perfect, the letter grades pr obably aren’t going away any time soon.21. What does an F stand for in the A, B, C, D and F grading system?____________________________________________________________________________ 22. When was the letter grading system first used in the US college?____________________________________________________________________________ 23. What is one possible explanation for dropping the E grade?____________________________________________________________________________ 24. What did most teachers think of the letter grading system in the 20th century?____________________________________________________________________________ 25. Why do many parents still prefer the letter grades today?____________________________________________________________________________B读下面关于墨菲法则的文章，然后回答文章后面的问题，正确的答案写T，错误的答案写F。

请把T或F写在答题卡26~30题后的横线上。

Sometimes, when you worry that you may fail an exam, you end up failing. Or during a seating arrangement (安排) in your class, when you are afraid to sit next to someone you don’ t like, you end up sharing the desk with him or her．This is what Murphy’s Law tells us: If things can go wrong, they will go wrong. But is it true?Of the studies about Murphy’s Law, the most famous one is the buttered toast (烤面包片) phenomenon (现象): One toast with butter falls, it lands butter-side down most of the time.To prove this, Robert Matthews did a lot of experiments with more than 1,000 British school kids in 2001.In the first experiment, each student put a piece of buttered toast on a plate, let it fall off 20 times and noted which side it landed on. Of almost 10,000 experiments, toast landed butter-side down 62 percent of the time.But you may ask: Is it the butter that plays a role? Here comes Matthews’ second experiment. This time, instead of butter, the t oast had a letter “B” written on one side. It still landed 58 percent of the time on the B-side.This proved that Murphy’s Law is true: If the toast can land butter-side down, it will do so. Matthews did another experiment. When students threw the toast from a height of 2.5 metres, the toast landed butter-side down only 47 percent of the time.“Toast lands butter-side down because humans aren’t tall enough to let it land any other way,” Matthews said．26. According to Murphy’s Law, in an English class, if you don’t want to be questioned by the teacher, you may end up failing answering the questions．( )27. In the first experiment of buttered toast, we know the toast landed butter-side down about 620 times．( )28. If the toast can land butter-side down, Murphy’s Law is true．( )29. In the first two experiments, either the butter or the letter “B” plays a role. ( )30. The passage is mainly talking about M urphy’s Law depends on people’s mental state(心理状态). ( )C读下面有关演讲的文章，在每个标题下做简短的笔记。