According to Luca, the sea is a good place to grow plants because underwater temperatures remain stable, changing little from day to night. The biosphere acts like greenhouses. Inside the air-filled biosphere, fresh water keeps evaporating(蒸发), providing the plants with a good environment to grow in. “We have already seen the plants, grow faster and better,” Luca says. “And there are fewer storms that can knock down the biosphere during the summer.”
Luca hopes Nemo's Garden will provide a new way of growing crops. “There is not enough land on the Earth,” he says. “And in many developing countries, bad conditions make it difficult for crops to grow.” Though the project has just started, Nemo's Garden has achieved success and is moving to different areas. “We're going to try growing other plants,” Luca says. “We hope to set up biosphere in other countries. There are many possibilities.”
1．Nemo's Garden is a project to ________. A．do scuba-diving in the sea B．stop storms in the sea C．make fresh water from the sea D．grow plants under the water
2．How long do Luca and other divers work on Nemo's Garden?
A．One month. B．Five months. C．Four months. D．Three months. 3．The underlined word “stable” in Paragraph 3 means “_______” in Chinese. A．平衡的 B．正常的 C．稳定的 D．合适的
4．The passage is probably taken from the _______ part of a newspaper. A．travel B．science C．health D．sports 5．The best title for this passage is _______.
A．Gardens in the Sea B．Projects for Summer Activities C．Plants in Greenhouses D．Conditions for Crop Growing
E
17、There are many TV programs on Chinese cuisines(烹饪、but few are like A Bite of China. It tries 美食)，to bring something new by introducing more cultural features related to dishes, such as eating habits and wonderful stories about food.
It’s said that more than 100 million Chinese people are watching the program. Most Chinese people see this program as more than just the regular food shows. They see it as an amazing documentary providing a special view of Chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society. On the other hand, the documentary also stimulates(刺激)Chinese people’s consumption. Taobao, one of China’s biggest online shopping sites, reports that the search(搜索) on food items that were introduced by the documentary has increased to 4 million times within one week, and sales have increased to 5.82 million,
or 20%.
To get enough good stories, the production team spent three months doing research and interviews in about 60 cities before they started making the documentary last July. Filming lasted about nine months.
Liu Wen, the director, says “As CCTV-9 serves as a window allowing the world to better understand China, the documentary aims to help the world not only appreciate the beauty of Chinese cuisines, but also learn Chinese customs.”
1．A Bite of China is a .
A．film B．TV show C．book
2．This program is quite different from other food shows because it has more features of . A．culture B．cuisine C．news
3．The main idea of the 3rdparagraph is that the program brings a new opportunity on . A．Internet communication B．film making C．food business
4．It took the production team about to complete the whole program. A．3 months B．six months C．a year
5．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage? A．Most people watch the program because they want to learn how to cook. B．There’re many wonderful stories about Chinese cuisines in “A Bite of China”. C．You can buy some food that is more delious and cheaper through the program.
F
18、 Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people can have as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings, such as battles lost and won, kings or rulers (统治者) overthrown (推翻) or killed, took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by words of mouth. Today we can read in our newspapers of important things that happen in faraway countries at the same time.
Besides giving news from all over the world, newspapers tell us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, as well as radio, television and film guides. There are also book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements (广告). There are all kinds of advertisements. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space (广告版面), but it is worth the money because news of what they make in factories goes into almost every home in the country. For those who make newspapers, advertisements
are also very important. Money from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit (利润). 1．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Almost all the people all over the world read newspapers. B．Why do people read newspapers? C．Newspapers can make a good profit. D．How did the newspapers come about? 2．What does the word “it” refer to?
A．The newspapers. B．The newspapers space. money.
3．Newspapers were created to ______ many years ago. A．make a profit the battles
4．About the use of newspapers, which one is not mentioned in the passage? A．Weather reports. C．Tell us some stories.
B．Tell us about some films. D．Help us find people.
B．spread information
C．overthrow the rulers
D．won
C．The advertisements. D．The
5．From the passage, we can know the reason that the newspapers are cheap is ______. A．many people buy them
B．there is help from the government
C．they can get money from the advertisements D．they don’t want to make money Ⅴ.书面表达 19、书面表达
假如你是李华，上周六上午，你们班全体同学在特殊教育学校做了一次志愿者活动。请根据下表中提供的信息，用英语给你的笔友 Sandy写一封信。
What You See 1.School: clean, tidy 2. Students: 1.paly games learn paper cutting ◆blind, deaf 2. give books, snacks, toys ◆speak/read/write, difficult follow teacher, carefully 要求：
1.文中须包含要点提示中的所有信息(不要逐字翻译)，并适当发挥；
…… What You Do What You Feel 2.词数：80词左右(短文开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)； 3.文中不得出现真实姓名、校名和地名。 Dear Sandy,
Last Saturday morning, our class went to the Special Education School to have a volunteer activity. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Do you have anything special to tell me? I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua
Ⅰ. 单项选择 1、C 2、B 3、A 4、A 5、A 6、C 7、B 8、D 9、D 10、C
Ⅱ. 完形填空 11、1． A 2． B 3． A 4． B 5． A 6． B 7． C 8． C 9． D 10． A Ⅲ. 语法填空
参考答案
12、1．an 2．her 3．hard 4．going 5．help 6．to have 7．be used 8．buildings 9．If/ When 10．in
Ⅳ. 阅读理解 13、1． C 2． A 3． B 4． C 5． D 14、1．C 2．B 3．D 15、1．A 2．D 3．A 4．C 5．C 16、1．D 2．B 3．C 4．B 5．A 17、1．B 2．A 3．C 4．C 5．B 18、1．B 2．B
《加21套中考模拟卷》江苏省苏州市草桥实验中学2019-2020学年中考英语模拟试卷含解析
