Unit 20
Passage A
话题：人生哲理 词数：263 参考用时：8分钟 A young man went to visit a wise man living deep in the mountain for the wisdom of life.
“Excuse me! Could you please tell me what the most 1 day in our lives is？Is it the day when we were born or the day we 2 ？Is it the day when we fall in love or the day we succeed?”The young man asked.
“ 3 . The most important day in our lives is today.”The wise man replied calmly.
“Why?”The young man felt more than 4 . “Is it because there is a moving event taking place today?”
“No. Nothing has happened today.” “Is it because of my visit?”
“Even if nobody visited me today, today is 5 very important because today is the only wealth we have. No matter how memorable yesterday is, it has gone by like a ship going down into the sea; no matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come; but no matter how common today is, it is 6 our control (控制).”
The young man still wanted to ask something, while the wise man 7 him and said, “When we are talking about the meaning of today, we have 8 a lot of it.”
The young man nodded and then went down the mountain.
Actually, today is the only 9 we have. So, what we should do now is to 10 yesterday and tomorrow and catch fast today! ( ) 1. A. important funny
( ) 2. A. miss ( ) 3. A. Nothing ( ) 4. A. awful excited
( ) 5. A. yet
B. necessary C. comfortable D.
B. die B. None
C. grow D. start
D. Neither
D.
C. No one C. surprised
B. pleased
B. already C. ever D. still
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( ) 6. A. for
B. under
C. on D. with
( ) 7. A. stopped ordered
B. refused C. encouraged D.
( ) 8. A. treasured avoided
( ) 9. A. excuse ( ) 10. A. forget
B. handed C. wasted D.
B. way
C. chance C. call
D. plan D. treat
B. remember
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【答案速查】参见答案P
【自我评价】我做对了_____题，我很棒！我做错了____题，没关系，再努力！ 【答案还原】将正确答案填写到文中空格处。
【诵读全文】大声朗读文章3-4遍、整体感知全文，体悟作者意图。 【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。 1. 短语互译
(1) fall in love (with) _______________ (2) take place _______________ (3)(时间)过去 _______________ (4) 在……的控制下_______________ 2. 佳句翻译
(1) The young man felt more than surprised.
_______________________________________________________________________ (2) Is it because there is a moving event taking place today?
_______________________________________________________________________ (3) No matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come.
_______________________________________________________________________ (4) Actually, today is the only chance we have.
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Passage B
话题：名人传记 词数：254 参考用时：7分钟
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work
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experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world. ( ) 1. How often did Edison make a new invention?
A. About every fourteen days B. About every seven days C. About once a week D. About twice a week
( ) 2. The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “__________”
A. Gave somebody a job B. Set fire to somebody C. Let somebody down D. Forced somebody to leave his job ( ) 3. Edison considered his deafness as______.
A. something bad B. a gift from God C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage ( ) 4. Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness . B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching . C. Edison had his first job in 1869 .
D. Edison’s inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life . ( ) 5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The function of the electric light B. Edison and his experiments C. The importance of inventions D. The whole life of Edison. 读后自主学习
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【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。 1. 短语互译
(1) light up _______________ (2)teach oneself _______________
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(3)做实验 _______________ (4) 放火烧……_______________ 2. 佳句翻译
(1) Without him, the world might still be in the dark.
_______________________________________________________________________ (2) About every two weeks he created something new.
_______________________________________________________________________ (3) He did experiments on the train in his spare time.
_______________________________________________________________________ (4) Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
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Passage C
话题：社会生活 词数：285 参考用时：7分钟 Do you think that living a hungry life is last century’s story? Well, it may be this century’s headline.
The world has growing worries about a global food shortage. Right now, there are still 870 million hungry people in the world, according to a survey of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Children can’t escape this, either. Around fifteen million children die of hungry each year.
What’s causing food shortages? There are several reasons.
There are now more droughts and floods. This is very harmful to farmers and their ability to grow food.
Besides, with the growing population, feeding everyone becomes more difficult. There are a little more than seven billion people in the world. By 2050, the world population will be more than nine billion.
Another reason is food waste. The average person throws away 50kg of food every year.
How can we help with food shortages? The easiest way is to cut down on food waste. Next time before throwing away the food on your plate, just think how much work has been done to make it. By buying less, we waste less. This takes the pressure off producing so much food. And it helps to solve the problem of food shortage. You can also ask your schoolmates to join you.
In 2013, researchers at Kansas State University in the US put up short anti-waste slogans(标语) in dining rooms “Think Before You Waste”. Guess what happened?
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Students wasted fifteen percent less food after that!
The author of the study said, “You don’t need a huge activity to make a difference.” Reasons shortage of food 【小题1】_________________________________ The growing population. 【小题2】___________________________________ Ways of 【小题3】___________ 【小题4】___________________________________ Ask the other students to join in your anti-waste work. Your understanding of the last sentence. 【小题5】__________________________________ 读后自主学习
【答案速查】参见答案P
【我来总结】完成下列学习任务，并加以背诵。 1. 短语互译
(1) live a … life _______________ (2) die of _______________ (3) 减轻……的压力_______________ (4) 产生影响_______________ 2. 佳句翻译
(1) The world has growing worries about a global food shortage.
_______________________________________________________________________ (2) By buying less, we waste less.
_______________________________________________________________________ (3) And it helps to solve the problem of food shortage.
_______________________________________________________________________ (4) You don’t need a huge activity to make a difference.
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中考英语完形填空与阅读理解复习专项练习试题Unit20(含答案解析)
