C. informative but silly D. scientific and informative
七、2019年浙江省初中毕业生学业考试(嘉兴卷)
C
Fresh green grass. Hundreds of colorful wild flowers. Water running into little pools. Birdsmaking their homes in boxes. The 9, 500-square-metre Augustenborg Botanical Garden may look just like any other well-organized park but there’s a difference. It lies on the roofs(屋顶) of industrialand office buildings in the city of Malmo in Sweden.
Green roofs are not a new invention. And now they are getting popular again. The common roofs of a modem city have endless black surfaces with no life or water. Perhaps that’s why a gardenon a roof becomes such a perfect choice for more and more people.
Green roofs are not just pretty. They also help to moderate the city temperature. The hightemperatures on common roofs inthe summer can make top floor flats uncomfortably hot. What ismore, they play a part in makingthe cities hotter than the countryside around them, causing the
“urban heat-island effect”. On a green roof, however, with its plants and water, temperatures changeonly a little, as they do in a park. This can greatly cut the costs of heating and cooling in the buildingbelow.
Also, a green roof takes in rain water, and protects the city drainage(排水) system. ____ And small animals and birds can make their homes on it. Thanks to this, the city may become part of nature, rather than something completely separate from it.
While the cost of building such a roof can still be higher, it can be cheaper in the long term as aresult of energy savings. And wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to walk out into a garden highabove the city’s noise and traffic, whether you're at school or in an office or just at home in aten-floor block.
23. With the example of Augustenborg Botanical Garden, the writer wants to explain ____.
A. how wildlife is protected B. what a green roof is like
C. how to organize a good park D. what to do with a spare roof
24. The underlined word “moderate” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to “____”. A. raise
B. check
C. record
D. control
25. Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 4?
A. A green roof is alive. C. A common roof is noisy.
B. A green roof stops pollution.
D. A common roof increases the cost.
26. The purpose of the passage is to ____. A. discover the problems with green roofs roofs
C. show the amazing beauty of green roofs green roots
D
Mark Zuckerberg, who starts the social network Facebook, often wears jeans and a T-shirt to work, including to important business meetings. Not everyone agrees with him. Some people say he doesn't look serious this way.
Harvard Business School researcher, Franccsca Gino, has a different idea. While most peopleseem to think that dressing differently from those around you generally has a bad influence, shebelieves it can actually have a positive(积极的) effect. And she’s done experiments to support heridea. When her researchers, wearing sportswear, visited the expensive shops an Italy, they wereusually viewed as wealthier and more important people than those who were well-dressed indesigner clothes.
Do people always view less formal(正式的) clothing more positively? Researchers in France took theirresearch out into the street, to the general public. The video they made shows an actordressed in a well-cut suit and shiny shoes. While walking along the road, he begins to cough badly, stops to catch his breath and falls down. Before he even calls for help, people rush to help him. Inanother video, the actor
B. introduce the change of green
D. describe the advantages of
appears at the same crowded place and repeats the actions in exactly thesame way. But this time, no one comes to help. What’s the difference? He’s wearing untidy clothesand looks like a homeless person. In a situation like this, the clothes you’re wearing could mean thedifference between life and death.
It seems that our clothing doesn’t only change the way others view us, but also the way we seeourselves. In an experiment testing students’ ability to pay attention to details(细节), the groupwearing white lab coats did the best.Why? Researchers told them that they were wearing thedoctors coats. The experiment didn’t show whether such influences would last long. Moreexperiments are needed in the future before we decide to make the doctors’ coats a must of fashion.
27. Mark Zuckerberg is not considered serious by some people because ____. A. he does not listen to others’advice C. he wears jeans and a T-shirt to work meetings
28. Which of the following is Gino’s opinion according to Paragraph 2? A. It is necessary to buy expensive clothes. B. Wearing less formal clothes is in fact good.
C. It is bad to dress differently from people around you. D. Wearing sports clothes makes you look less important.
29. In Paragraph 3, the writer proves(证明) his ( her ) opinion mainly ____. A. by giving reasons
B. by using pictures D. by listing numbers
B. he sets up a network of video games D. he often plays jokes at business
C. by comparing facts
30. What can we learn from the passage? A. What we wear makes a difference.
B. Formal clothing makes a wise man.
D. Our clothing influences our
C. Our value depends on what we wear. characters.
八、2019年浙江金华义乌丽水英语中考真题
C
In the park, you see a group of people, all looking up at the sky. Without thinking about it, you look upwards, too. Why? In the concert, someone begins to clap and suddenly the whole room joins in. You do, too. Why?
Sometimes we feel we are acting correctly when we do the same as others. The more people follow an idea, the better or truer we think the idea is. It’s the social proof(社会认同感) that works.
The scientist Asch carried out an experiment. It shows how social proof can influence us. In a room, a man is shown Line 1, and next to it are three lines(A, B, C). A is longer, C is shorter and B is as long as Line 1. He must tell which of the three lines is as long as Line 1. When the man is alone, he gives the correct answer B. Then, five other man enter the room, and each of them gives the answer C as they were told to. Now the man changes his idea and gives the answer C. Asch got the same result many times among different subjects(实验对象).
Why do we act like this? Well, in the past, following others was a way to keep away from danger. Suppose that 5000 years ago you were hunting(打猎) with friends. Suddenly, they all ran away. What would you have done? Would you have stayed? No, you would have run, too. We are descendants(后代) of those who copied others’ action. It is so deeply planted in our mind that we still use it now.
Social proof has special power. The advertising industry, for example, often makes use of it. So be careful whenever a company says its product is “the most popular”.
38. At the beginning of the passage, the writer leads in the topic by ____. A. telling a story
B. giving examples
C. answering questions D. showing a map
39. According to Paragraph 3, the experiment by Asch shows ____. A. following others is always right
B. social proof may change people’s ideas C. it’s difficult to carry out the experiment D. people can study better if they are alone
40. The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 4 refers to ____. A. running with others C. copying others’ action
B. hunting with friends
D. doing something different
41. According to the passage, we can infer(推断) that ____. A. it’s important to run with others anytime B. products in the advertisement are the best C. we mustn’t copy others’ action to keep safe D. we need to think twice before following others
D
On March 19，2019， eight-year-old Tani won the New York Championship(纽约象棋冠军赛) of his age group. But the boy, who was homeless at the time, began learning the game less than a year ago.
Tani and his family arrived in New York City from Africa in 2017. A church helped him enter the primary school, P. S. 116. Here the gifted boy was first introduced to chess by a part-time teacher Makofsky, owner of a chess club. Interested in the game, the seven-year-old asked his mother to allow him to join the club. Not able to afford the chess classes, she emailed Makofsky. To her surprise and joy, Makofsky agreed that Tani could learn it for free.
Though the chess club helps, it’s largely believed that Tani’s success lies in hard work. The
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