题型强化训练02 阅读理解之细节题&推断题-江苏中考英语二轮复习语法专题讲解与题型强化训练（牛津译林版）

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题型强化训练02 阅读理解之细节题&推断题

☞【考点介绍】
考点
题量
题型
出题方向
细节题
8-10小题
阅读理解
细节题在阅读理解这个大的题型中占据的比例很大，几乎四篇文章中每篇都会出现2-3道细节题，考察多询问以what/why/how/which这种疑问词开头的问题，涉及到文章中出现的时间、数字、人物、地点等细节信息。
推断题
3-5小题
阅读理解
推断题在阅读理解题型中占的比例中等，多以带有learn, infer，suggests等字眼的题目进行询问，也涉及到询问文章的来源和体裁以及作者的写作意图或者让考生推断文章接下来会写什么内容。

☞【应试技巧】
一、细节理解题的解题技巧
所谓“事实细节”, 是指在阅读理解的短文中客观存在的事实。细节理解题的答案一般都可以在原文中找到。一般来说,应在短文中找出相关信息的位置,确定试题测试的考点。当然,有的试题还得对原文所提供的事实进行一定的分析比较,才能做出正确的选择。
(1)搜寻直接答案的阅读技巧
先阅读所给的问题,判断其是否适合采用直接搜寻的阅读方法。如果所提问题是文章中出现的内容(即直接性答案),就可直接搜寻答案。
(2)搜寻间接答案的阅读技巧
①阅读文章所给的问题,判断哪些题目可以依靠通读来解决。比如概括文章主题,给无标题文章选标题,指出作者的观点、意图等的题目就需要依靠通读来解决。
②用较短的时间大体上浏览一下阅读材料,注意文章有可能涉及什么内容,属于什么体裁,以及文章安排的大体轮廓等。
③从头到尾阅读一遍。一般来说,第一段或前几句包含作者的基本思想和下文的发展线索,它是全文展开的基础,为下文发展搭建了理论框架。认真阅读第一段或文章的前几句,尽量抓住其中的主要情节和论点,把握全文发展的脉络。
④有些细节题容易出错主要有几种情况:
a.干扰项多。类似的内容多而杂,需要从中找出准确答案。例如:短文同时出现多个朋友,过去现在的十几种爱好,细节题考某人过去的爱好,需要在多而杂的内容中,带上问题,逐一去寻找,比对,找到正确选项。
b.迷惑性强。例:文中出现总金牌数,问题问的是奥运金牌数,粗心的考生易错选总金牌数。这类题要看清关键信息。

二、推断题的解题技巧
题目中的标志词：learn, infer, imply, inform
推理判断题主要考查学生对文章言外之意的理解。这种题目有一定难度,往往不能直接从文中找到答案,而必须根据上下文及其相互间的关系或对整篇文章进行深层理解后,才能找到答案。有时甚至还得联系作者的意图、态度等弦外之音、文外之意加以推理,获取作者在文章中没有直接表述出来的态度、观点等。
这种类型的题主要有三种形式:语义推理题、结论推理题和出处推理题。
(1)特别留心特定细节
所谓“特定细节”,就是问题所涉及的范围和对象中的细节事实。它一般包括事实根据、名字(人物或地点)、数字(日期或统计数字)、关键词语的其他表达方法(同义词、近义词、反义词)等。
(2)注意作者的语气和态度
作者的语气和态度通常体现在短文所使用的措辞和句式上。要特别注意感情色彩比较浓重的形容词和副词,特别留心短文句子的长度和结构。从措辞上我们可以推断出作者对所讨论话题的态度(肯定或否定,赞成或反对,褒扬或讽刺,喜好或厌恶等);从句式的长短和结构可以判断出作者讨论问题的语气(郑重其事还是轻松活泼,实事求是还是夸大其词,真挚热诚还是冷嘲热讽等)。
常用的设问方式：
1) We can infer /conclude from the passage that ______.
2) It can be inferred /concluded (from the passage) that ________.
3) The passage /story /author /paragraph implies, but does not directly state that _______.
4) The author strongly suggests that__________ ______.
5) What do you think would happen (to…) at the end of the story?

☞【真题回顾】
细节题部分：
【2022-扬州中考】
A
Wetlands are any land that is flooded with shallow water all or most of the time. They are a natural water holding system.
There are many types of wetlands. Among them bogs, marshes and swamps are the three main types. The different types of wetlands have different kinds of plants. Only mosses(苔藓)and a few other kinds of plants can grow in bogs. Grassy plants like cattails（香蒲）and reeds(芦苇)are the most common plants in a marsh. A swamp is a forest whose ground is underwater all or most of the time. Unlike bogs or marshes, a swamp is full of trees and bushes. It’s not a good idea to go exploring a swamp without a guide. There are hidden pools of water, thick mud, and sometimes big crocodiles(鳄鱼)looking for their next meal.
Hungry crocodiles aren’t the only animals that make the wetlands their home. Otters, turtles, frogs, snakes and many other animals do too. The water is home to many kinds of fish and crabs. Birds, including ducks, geese and cranes, use wetlands seasonally during their long migrations.
Wetlands are important because they provide habitats for plants and animals. A wetland system can also protect shorelines, make polluted waters clean, prevent floods, and restore underground water supplies.
According to WWF, more than half of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the 20th century. If this continues, countless plant and animal species will surely die out. Without wetlands, cities have to spend more money treating water. Don’t feel helpless. Try to do your part to protect them right now. Here are some ideas.
31. According to Paragraph 2, what can you see in a swamp?
A. Mosses. B. Cattails. C. Reeds. D. Trees.
32. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Wetlands are a man-made water holding system.
B. There are three types of wetlands in the world.
C. People can not meet with big crocodiles in wetlands.
D. Wetlands can protect shorelines and prevent floods.
【答案】31. D 32. D
【解析】
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据“ a swamp is full of trees and bushes”可知在沼泽地里有树木和灌木。故选D。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据“ wetland system can also protect shorelines, make polluted waters clean, prevent floods”可知湿地系统还可以保护海岸线、防止洪水。故选D。

B
Every month, Julia and her cousins would go for the big family meal at their grandparents’ house. On each visit, their grandpa would give them a few coins. Then all the children would run off to buy sweets. One day, he gathered the children together. He said, “Let’s have a competition to see who can manage money wisely. At the end of this year, tell me how you’ve used your money.”
Ruben and Nico, the two smallest kids, continued spending their money all on sweets. Every time, they would show off their sweets in front of the other children. This made Clara and Joe so angry that these two could no longer keep saving their money. They soon joined Ruben and Nico.
Monty was a clever boy. He decided to manage his money by buying and selling things. Soon he made a lot of money with little effort. The way he was going, he would end up almost a rich man. However, he began to spend his money on more and more expensive things for himself. A few months later, he hadn’t a single penny（便士）left.
Alex saved and saved all the coins he was given, and at the end of the year he had collected more money than anyone. He was the clear winner.
There was also Julia. Poor Julia hadn’t a penny on the day of the competition. She had spent all her coins on her secret plan. Julia knew a poor violinist who played in the park, and she offered him all the coins for his violin lessons. Although it wasn’t much money, on seeing Julia’s excitement, the violinist agreed. A little after a year the violinist loaned her a violin so they two could play together in the park. They were so successful that she managed to buy her own violin. Even better, she later became a very famous violinist.
34. Why did the children’s grandpa suggest the competition to them?
A. To encourage them to win competitions.
B. To teach them how to manage their money.
C. To tell them money was important to them.
D. To know who was the cleverest child in the family.
【答案】34. B
【解析】细节理解题。根据“Let’s have a competition to see who can manage money wisely”可知他是为了教导孩子如何明智地理财。故选B。
D
Researchers at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp a State-owned defense contractor, have developed and made the world’s first robot whale shark（鲸鲨）.

The robotic shark has been on display in an aquarium（水族馆）at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park since January.
A whale shark is a slow-moving carpet shark and the largest known living fish.
Designed and built by engineers at the Shenyang-based No 111 Factory, the underwater robot is 4.7 meters long, weighs 350 kilograms and can move 42 meters a minute.
Powered by a lithium battery, it can swim, turn, float and dive like a real shark by moving its mechanical fins（鳍）. The mouth and gills（鳃）can also open and close like a shark’s. The biomimetic shark is made of sensors（传感器）, multi-joint fins, batteries, and systems which enable it to avoid what’s in the way in all directions.
“The robot can reach a depth of 10 meters and work for as long as 10 hours,” said Fang Xuelin, a senior researcher in charge of the robot shark program.
“The shark can be remotely controlled and can also swim based on preset programs or its own sensors,” he said.
“We have built multiple kinds of robot fishes, and the robotic whale shark is the largest mechanical fish we have made so far,” Fang added. “Our robots are to serve three purposes—to perform in aquariums for entertainment, spread knowledge about the sea and aquatic（水生的）animals among youngsters, and carry out scientific tasks such as hydrological surveys, underwater photography and environmental inspection.”
“The factory now plans to develop more types of aquatic robots, including some extinct mammals（哺乳动物）, for display in parks and schools. It will also promote the products to businesses engaged in fields such as underwater salvage and mineral prospecting,” he said.
42. The whale shark on display is ________.
A. the world’s first robot B. the largest living fish
C. a 7.4-meter-long shark D. a robotic shark
【答案】42. D
【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段“the world’s first robot whale shark”可知，展览的是世界上第一个机器鲸鲨。故选D。

【2022-苏州中考】
A

11. If you are free on Sunday night, which concert can you attend?
A. Country music. B. Folk. C. Jazz. D. Rock.
12. How much will Mr. Green pay if he goes to the country music concert with his two kids?
A. £10. B. £20. C. £30. D. £40.
【答案】11. D 12. B
【解析】
【11题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Rock...Time: Sunday 7 PM-9 PM”可知，如果你周日晚上有空，你能去听摇滚音乐会，故选D。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Country music...£10 Adult £5 Children”可知，如果格林先生带他的两个孩子去乡村音乐会，他要付10+5+5=20英镑，故选B。

B
On warm winter days, Yang Liheng, 89, enjoys sitting by the window and looking through old photos. These photos bring him joy and happiness once more.
For Yang, one of the long-expected activities during the Spring Festival is to take photos with family members. On the early morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year when the whole family reunite, he would dress up and wait for the photo to be taken.
Yang became a photographer in the late 1950s. With his camera, Yang recorded the great changes of his hometown over time. “I had a painful childhood, but I got a chance to be a photographer after the founding（成立）of the People’s Republic of China.” Yang told Beijing Review. “I want to record, in the form of photographs, the local customs, the scenes and people’s brave spirit of fighting against the hard conditions here in my hometown.”
“I used to take pictures for everyone else, but seldom turned my camera at my family members,” Yang said. “My grandson gave me the idea to record the growth and development of my own family.” Taking family photos then became a tradition for Yang’s family. Though now some of his grandchildren are working and living in other cities, they try their best to return home during the Spring Festival and prepare for the special moment.
Last year was an important year for Yang Liheng. Most of his photos were displayed in Yinchuan to show the development of the area over the past sixty years.
14. What does Yang expect most during the Spring Festival?
A. Wearing new clothes. B. Having a big dinner.
C. Taking a family photo. D. Visiting his relatives.
【答案】14. C
【解析】细节理解题。根据“For Yang, one of the long-expected activities during the Spring Festival is to take photos with family members”可知，春节期间期待已久的活动之一就是和家人合影，故选C。
C
All aboard! Let’s take a ride on the world’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway（青藏铁路）. Sit back and enjoy the journey. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime.
We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China. Keep your eyes open as we race through this beautiful land. You might see a rare Tibetan antelope（藏羚羊）from your window.
Before we begin our journey, let’s learn about this amazing railway. It’s truly one of the great engineering wonders of the 21st century. When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records, including the world’s highest railway at 5,072 metres above sea level, the world’s highest tunnel（隧道）at 4,905 metres, and the longest tunnel ever built on permafrost（冻土）.
As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Soon there will only be 50 to 60 percent of the oxygen which we are used to breathing. But don’t be afraid. Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems. One system spreads oxygen throughout the train at all times. And each passenger can also get a personal oxygen mask just like those used in planes.
Here are a few more things to think about as our train leaves the station. The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First, the high altitude（海拔）made the task difficult because there was no enough oxygen. Second, much of the railway runs across permafrost, a type of ground that keeps changing as the weather warms and cools. Finally, the railway goes through some of the most sensitive ecology（敏感的生态环境）in China. Great care was necessary to make sure of the smallest possible influence on nature.
All three challenges were met, making our trip possible. All aboard! The train to Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes.
18. Where are the passengers?
A. On a bus. B. On a train. C. On a ship. D. On a plane.
20. How many oxygen systems are there in each rail car?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
21. Which of the following increased the difficulty of building the railway?
A. The changing ground. B. The polluted air. C. The dangerous animals. D. The hot weather.
【答案】18. B 20. B 21. A
【解析】
【18题详解】
细节理解题。根据“We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China”可知，乘客现在在火车站，故选B。
【20题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems”可知，每节车厢都有两个独立的氧气系统，故选B。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据“First, the high altitude（海拔）made the task difficult because there was no enough oxygen”可知，高海拔使任务变得困难，因为没有足够的氧气，故选A。

D
When I was little, I was really little. But my dream was big. I dreamed of being a basketball player. I tried out for the teams at school, but I was never given a chance.
As I got older, I did grow a little bigger, but not a lot bigger. On my 12th birthday, I decided to try a new sport: running. I told Grandpa. “I’m going to be an athlete.”
“Dave.” Grandpa began gently, “if you can’t be big, you can do something big.”
I ran 12 miles on my 12th birthday. On my 13th birthday, I did it again, but I added an extra mile. On my 14th birthday, I ran 14 miles. 15 on my 15th, 16 on my 16th, and you guessed it—17 miles on my 17th birthday.
All this running inspired（激发）another big dream. Someday, I’d run the Boston Marathon（波士顿马拉松赛）. I told Grandpa about my decision.
“But, Dave, you haven’t trained for the marathon. Are you sure you’re ready?” Grandpa asked. But he still promised to walk over and cheer me on.
I ran fast that day, But I fell at Mile 18 and was driven to the hospital. Later that night, I called Grandpa and told him I failed.
“No,” he said calmly, “you didn’t fail. You discovered something.”
“I did?” I asked.
“Yes, you discovered that big dreams don’t just come true. They take work. If you train and work hard, I promise to wait for you next year and cheer you on.”
I trained every day, running miles and miles. Sadly, just two months into my training, Grandpa died. He wouldn’t be waiting for my second Boston Marathon. I decided I’d run for him.
That day, I ran fast. “Keep going! You can do it!” His words filled my head as I forced my legs to make each painful step. As I crossed the finish line, I threw my arms in the air and cried, “Grandpa, we did it!”
22. Why did Dave fail to join the school basketball team?
A. He couldn’t run fast. B. He didn’t work hard.
C. He was not tall enough. D. He wasn’t a quick learner.
【答案】22. C
【解析】细节理解题。根据“When I was little, I was really little. But my dream was big. I dreamed of being a basketball player”可知，因为作者不够高，所以没有进入篮球队，故选C。

【2022-宿迁中考】
A
The following is part of real time flight information of Hongqiao Airport and Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on June 1,2022.
Scheduled Departure（预定离开）Time
Flight

Airline
Terminal(T)（机场大楼）
Destination（目的地）
Scheduled
Arrivals（预定抵达）
Arrivals
Phones
8:45
FM9245
Shanghai Airlines
Hongqiao（T2）
Nanchang
10:15
95530
12:30
HU7320
Hainan Airlines
Hongqiao（T2）
Haikou
15:04
95339
12:30
HO1165
Juneyao Airlines
Pudong（T2）
Dalian
14:30
021-95520
13:00
9C8759
Spring Airlines
Pudong（T2）
Baotou
16:00
021-95524
31. Which phone number can a passenger call if he or she wants to know some information about Shanghai Airlines?
A. 95339. B. 021-95524. C. 95530. D. 021-95520.
32. Which of the following flights is from Shanghai to Haikou?
A. HU7320. B. FM9245. C. 9C8759 D. HO1165.
33. How long does it take to fly from Shanghai to Baotou?
A. About one hour. B. About three hours. C. About two hours. D. About four hours.
【答案】31. C 32. A 33. B
【解析】
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Shanghai Airlines...95530”可知，如果想了解上海航空公司的情况，可以拨打95530，故选C。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据“HU7320...Hongqiao（T2）...Haikou”可知，HU7320是上海到海口的航班，故选A。
【33题详解】
细节理解题。根据“13:00...Pudong（T2）...Baotou...16:00”可知，上海到包头的航班共计飞行3小时，故选B。
D

One day, Helen shouts, “Roger, come and look at the egg! It’s cracking（裂开）.” Slowly a long beak（喙）appears. They are unsure what it is.
Dad checks on the computer, “Hey, look! It’s a pterodactyl（翼手龙）.” “A pterodactyl?” shout the children. “Yes, it’s a type of dinosaur. Pterodactyls can fly,” says Dad.
Then Helen names it Dacty.
A month later, he grows up. But there is something wrong with his wings. “My room is too small and Dacty keeps banging（碰撞）his wings on the walls. I feel sorry for him,” says Helen. Finally, they take Dacty to a vet（兽医）.
Two weeks later, Dacty’s wings are better. However, he isn’t willing to fly. They phone Aunt Elizabeth. Soon she arrives. “My office is very big. It’s perfect for Dacty during the day. And at night, when the museum is empty, Dacty can fly around happily.” Then she takes them to the museum. On arriving, they take Dacty out of the basket. He stretches（伸展）his wings, flies high up and lands on a stone statue.
“Look, he likes here,” shouts Helen. “Can he see in the dark?” asks Roger. “Yes, they see clearly in the dark, just like owls（猫头鹰）,” says Aunt Elizabeth.
Six months passes and Dacty is very big now. One night, Dacty sees lights moving inside the museum. Two men—Bert and Eric come in with torches（手电筒）. They are wearing masks and trying to open a case（箱子）. Inside it is a mummy（木乃伊）. Suddenly Eric looks up and sees Dacty. He is very scared. “Look, Bert, there is a huge bird up there.” Bert looks up. Dacty doesn’t move, “Eric, don’t be silly. It’s only a statue,” says Bert. “Come on. I will open the case. You look for the gold medallions（大奖章）.” At the moment, Dacty flies down and catches Eric. The thief is very scared and he can’t say anything. Dacty flies up and lifts him on top of a statue. He’s stuck. At once, Dacty flies down again and catches Bert, too. Both of them are stuck there.
The next morning, when Aunt Elizabeth comes in, she sees the broken mummy case and the two men. They are shouting loudly.
Dacty flies down to her. “Here you are, Dacty,” she says and pets（爱抚）his head. “Thank you, you did a great job.” Then she phones the police.
The mayor（市长）shakes Dacty’s wing and puts a big shiny medal over his head. “Congratulations, you did a great job.” Then he turns to Aunt Elizabeth, “It’s great to have a big bird as a guard!”
“Dacty is a pterodactyl!” Roger says.
“Dacty is a hero now,” says Aunt Elizabeth.
“A pterodactyl?” shouts another man. “Wow! They love warm weather and jungles（丛林）. I work in the Botanical Gardens（植物园）.We have a wonderful palm（棕榈）house, big and warm, just like a jungle. He will love there. You can come to visit it anytime.”
So now Dacty is living in the Botanical Gardens. Roger and Helen visit him every day.
(Adapted from The Surprise)
42. How does Dacty hurt his wings?
A. He plays games with the children.
B. He falls off the tree when flying.
C. He bangs on the walls in Helen’s room.
D. He practises flying in the museum.
44. What is the correct order of what happens in the story?
a.Dacty is taken to see a vet.
b.Helen names the pterodactyl Dacty.
c. Dacty lives in the Botanical Gardens.
d. The thieves steal things in the museum.
A. b-d-a-c B. d-a-b-c C. b-a-d-c D. c-d-a-b
【答案】42. C 44. C
【解析】
【42题详解】
细节理解题。根据“My room is too small and Dacty keeps banging（碰撞）his wings on the walls”可知它的翅膀撞到了海伦房间的墙上伤到了翅膀。故选C。
【44题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Then Helen names it Dacty.”可知海伦给它起名叫Dacty，即b；根据“Finally, they take Dacty to a vet”可知它伤到了翅膀，他们带它去看兽医，即a；根据“Two men—Bert and Eric come in with torches（手电筒）. They are wearing masks and trying to open a case”可知两个小偷进入到博物馆，想要偷东西，即d；根据“So now Dacty is living in the Botanical Gardens”可知现在它住在植物园里，即c，故正确顺序是b-a-d-c。故选C。

【2022-连云港中考】
A
Yale PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Hours
Monday to Saturday................................10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday ................................................... Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Closed on January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, December 24 & 25.
Tickets
Adults ......................................................... $9.00
Elders(65).....................................................$8.00
Children (3 to 18) & Students......................$5.00
Children under 3...............................................Free
Viewing restrictions
Some halls may be closed to the public on weekday mornings for school programs.
Museum store
It has many special items , handbags, books，educational toys and gifts from around the world.
Tel (203) 432-3740
Membership
Members have the right to get a discount in the museum store, and other special services.
Tel (203) 432-5426
Volunteer office
Join our volunteer group!
Tel (203) 432-3731
Public education
More than 100 events are waiting for you!
Tel (203) 432-3775
31. How much should a 14-year-old boy pay to visit the museum?
A. $5.00.B. $ 8.00.C. $9.00.D. $13.00.
32. To know more about public education, which number should you call?
A. (203) 432-3740.B. (203) 432-5426.C. (203) 432-3731.D. (203) 432-3775.
【答案】31.A 32.D
【解析】
31.A。细节理解题，根据文章中“Children (3 to 18) & Students......................$5.00”可知14岁男孩门票是5美元，选A。
32.D。细节理解题，根据文章中“Public education More than 100 events are waiting for you! Tel (203) 432-3775”可知答案选D。
C
Did you know that vocabulary (词汇) is more important than grammar? If you have good vocabulary, you can communicate successfully, even if the grammar is not completely perfect.
However，one common problem is learning new words and then forgetting them. So when you want to use a new word in a conversation, you can’t remember it at that moment. Does this often happen to you? The reason for this difficulty is that most students try to learn vocabulary by studying lists and dictionaries and remembering the words. But it may not work if you don't have a very good memory.
The best way to learn vocabulary and remember the words successfully, is to learn new words and use them at once. You can do this with a very simple exercise. Every time you learn a new word, for example, from an English lesson or an article, write it down in your vocabulary notebook. Writing is more active than just reading a definition (释义). You should write the word, the definition in English or translation , one example sentence from the article or dictionary and one example sentence that you create.
Imagine you just learn the word “ generous' write in your vocabulary notebook : generous ( adjective), definition—giving or willing to give freely. Example one, from the article: Thanks for
paying for my dinner, you’re very generous. Example two, my example: My brother is generous because he volunteers at the animal shelter on weekends. It' s best if your example sentences are true to your life ,because this creates a personal connection with the new word. The next day, read your vocabulary notebook again and try to add one more example sentence using the new word. It's helpful for you to remember it. These two simple steps—writing the word and using it at once—help you remember and use new words.
Do you have a vocabulary notebook? If not, start now.
39. What' s the correct order of the following steps of taking vocabulary notes?
①Make your own example sentence.
②Write the word, its English definition or translation.
③Copy an example sentence from the article or dictionary.
④Read your notebook again and add one more example sentence.
A.②③①④B.②③④①C.③④②①D.③②①④
40. How can we make the best example sentences according to the writer?
A. By asking for help from friends.
B. By explaining words’ definitions.
C. By connecting them with our life
D. By adding words from the article.
【答案】39.A 40.C
【解析】
39.A。排序题，根据文中第三段“for example, from an English lesson or an article, write it down in your vocabulary notebook. Writing is more active than just reading a definition (释义). You should write the word, the definition in English or translation , one example sentence from the article or dictionary and one example sentence that you create.”可知答案选A。
40.C。细节理解题，根据文中第四段“ It' s best if your example sentences are true to your life ,because this creates a personal connection with the new word. ”可知答案选C。
D
The Horsetail Fall (瀑布) is one of Yosemite National Park's most amazing views. Around the second week of February, the setting sun hits the Horsetail Fall at just the right angle (角度) to light the upper parts of the waterfall. And when conditions are right, the Horsetail Fall becomes orange and red at sunset. It is like red-hot lava ( 熔岩) pouring down from the top of the EI Capitan. So, it got the name“firefall" .
The firefall is a perfect match of the weather, the fall, the time and the watching place. It usually appears on dry, warm and cloudless days.There must be enough flowing water to make a firefall too. So there must be enough snow on the mountain top, and it turns into water on warm afternoons.
The sun goes to the best place before the fall in late February. And the best time to watch the fall is 5 to 15 minutes before the sunset. Only at this time can visitors see the firefall. The El Capitan Picnic Area is the best place to watch, because it is close to the fall and is perfect to set up cameras and tents.
Every year in February,
43. What can we know about the firefall?
A. It lasts for half an hour before the sunset.
B. It usually appears on wet，warm and cloudy days.
C. Rivers provide enough flowing water to make a fall.
D. Its best watching place is the El Capitan Picnic Area.
【答案】43.D
【解析】细节理解题，根据文章第三段“The El Capitan Picnic Area is the best place to watch, because it is close to the fall and is perfect to set up cameras and tents.”可知答案选D。

【2022-无锡中考】
A












26. If Bob takes the tour with his parents, they will pay __________.
A. ＄50 B. ＄100 C. ＄150 D. ＄200
27. On November 1st the tourists will start the tour at __________.
A. Balinghai Beach B. Coral Garden
C. Crocodile and Bulabog Beach D. Puka Beach
【答案】26. C 27. C
【解析】
26. C。细节理解题，孩子和父母一起去的话，总共3个人，每个人50没有，总共150美元，答案选C。
27. C。细节理解题，根据海报的倒数第三行信息可知答案选C。
C
Lupe Medrano, a shy girl was a straight-A student. Though Lupe had a sharp mind, she could not, no matter how much she tried, run as fast as the other girls. The truth was that Lupe was no good in sports.
“I’ll never be good at sports.” She felt angry one rainy day as she lay on her bed, looking at the shelf her father had made to hold her awards. “I wish I could win something, anything, even marble (弹珠).”
At the word “marbles”, she sat up. “That’s it. Maybe I could be good at playing marbles, and marbles is a sport.” She rushed out of her room and found the marbles in her brother’s room.
She practiced shooting softly at first. The marble rolled from her thumb(拇指) and clicked against the targeted (作为目标的) marble. But the target wouldn’t budge. She tried again and again, but the power from her thumb made the targeted marble roll only an inch or two.
She realized her thumb was weak and then decided to squeeze(捏) a rubber eraser one hundred times, hoping it would strengthen her thumb.
The weeks passed quickly. Lupe worked so hard that one day, while she was drying dishes, her mother asked why her thumb was swollen(肿胀的).
“It’s muscle,” Lupe explained, “I’ve been practicing for the marbles championship.”
“You, honey?” Her mother, Mrs. Medrano, knew Lupe was no good in sports.
“Yeah, I beat Alfonso, and he’s pretty good.”
When her father, Mr. Medrano, heard this, he was very happy and encouraged Lupe.
Practice, practice, practice. Lupe got better and better. Then the day of the championship came. She beat her first competitor easily, and won one marble, and then one after another. At last, Lupe was in the final to play against a girl in a baseball cap. The girl never even looked at Lupe.
“I don’t know, Dad. She looks tough.”
“You can do it,” her father encouraged. “Just think of the marbles, not the girl, and let your thumb do the work.”
It was a tough fight. But finally Lupe won the most marbles and became the winner!
“I did it!” Lupe said under her breath. She rose from her knees, which hurt from bending all day, and hugged her father.
Back home, in her own bedroom, she was happy. She had always won praise because of her brains, but winning in sports was a new experience. She thanked her tired thumb. “You did it, thumb. You made me champion.” As its reward, Lupe went to the bathroom, filled the bathroom sink with warm water, and let her thumb swim as it pleased. Then she climbed into bed and fell into her sweet dreams.
32.How did Lupe feel when she saw the girl in a baseball cap?
A. Sad. B. Ashamed. C. Curious. D. Worried.
【答案】32. D
【解析】细节理解题，根据文章中“I don’t know, Dad. She looks tough.” “You can do it,” her father encouraged. “Just think of the marbles, not the girl, and let your thumb do the work.”可知Lupe是比较担心自己打不过对手的，比较担心自己，答案选D。

【2022-泰州中考】
A
Store Guide
Here’s a list that shows what is on each floor of a department store.

26. Father’s Day is coming. If you want to buy your father a T-shirt, you can go to ________.
A. Second Floor B. First Floor C. Ground Floor D. First Basement
27. On which floor can’t people do the shopping?
A. Second Floor. B. First Floor. C. First Basement. D. Second Basement.
28. If you start shopping on the second floor and finish in the second basement, what’s the most reasonable(合理的) order to get the things below?
a. trousers for kids b. a toy car c. a jazz CD d. a silk dress
A. c→a→d→b B. c→b→a→d C. a→c→b→d D. a→b→d→c
【答案】26. B 27. D 28. A
【解析】
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据清单内容First Floor “Men’s clothing”可知，想给父亲买T恤应该去一楼。故选B。
【27题详解】
细节理解题。根据清单内容Second Basement “Parking”可知，地下二层是停车场，不能购物。故选D。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据清单内容可知，应先在二楼买爵士乐CD；然后在一楼买儿童长裤；然后在地面层购买丝绸连衣裙；最后在地下一层购买玩具车。所以合理的顺序应该是：c-a-d-b。故选A。
B
Want to enjoy some exercise at home? Here are some online fitness live courses for you!

LIU GENGHONG’S SHUTTLECOCK EXERCISE
Build strong bodies in a fantastic way!
Shuttlecock exercise does not require equipment(装备) and is perfect for people to perform at home. Liu Genghong helps you to keep going until the last minute, and you can burn your fat fast.
Time: 7 p.m.—8:30 p.m. on weekdays
9 a.m.—10:30 a.m. at weekends

LATIN DANCE WITH KAREN
Have fun and get fit!
Do you love dancing and parties? Well, Latin dance is for you—it mixes great music and dancing with hard exercise (burn 1, 000 calories an hour). Karen is an experienced Latin dance trainer and many people like her classes very much.
Time: 2 p.m.—4 p.m. on weekdays
9 a.m.—11 a.m. at weekends

YOGA WITH SARA
Exercise your body and mind!
Sara’s yoga classes are perfect for people who want to improve their strength and shape their bodies. Sara has trained in several different styles of yoga.
Time:3 p.m.—4 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday for beginners
4 p.m.—5 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday for experienced learners

JOHN’S SPIN CLASSES
Have a lot of fun on a bike!
Spin classes are a safe and effective way to work out—it doesn’t matter how old you are or how fit you are. John is an excellent spin trainer who’ll inspire you to do your best in every class.
Time: 7 p.m.—8 p.m. every day
30. If Mike is busy with his work and he only has free time after 5 p.m. at weekends, he can go to ________.
A. Latin Dance B. Shuttlecock exercise
C. Spin class D. Yoga class
31. If Susan likes dancing and doesn’t mind hard exercise, whose course can she take?
A. Liu Genghong’s. B. Karen’s. C. John’s. D. Sara’s.
32. Which of the following is TRUE according to the material?
A. Spin classes are only fit for young people.
B. Karen’s Latin dance classes are liked by few people.
C. Yoga classes on Tuesday are suitable for the beginners.
D. Shuttlecock exercise can help people lose weight quickly.
【答案】30. C 31. B 32. D
【解析】
【30题详解】
细节理解题。根据JOHN’S SPIN CLASSES“Time: 7 p.m.—8 p.m. every day”可知如果Mike工作很忙，只有在周末下午5点以后才有空闲时间，他可以去单车运动课，故选C。
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Well, Latin dance is for you—it mixes great music and dancing with hard exercise (burn 1, 000 calories an hour). Karen is an experienced Latin dance trainer”可知如果苏珊喜欢跳舞，不介意剧烈运动，她能上凯伦的拉丁舞课，故选B。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Liu Genghong helps you to keep going until the last minute, and you can burn your fat fast.”可知刘畊宏的毽子操可以帮助人们快速减肥。故选D。
C

Daniel, Sandy and Simon are in the lab.
Simon: Let’s do an experiment. I fill a jar(罐子) with water. I cover the top with a piece of cardboard(纸板) and hold it there. Then I turn the jar upside down and take my hand off the cardboard. Can you guess what will happen?
Daniel: I think the floor will get wet. We should do this experiment outside, Simon.
Sandy: I think the cardboard will hold the water.
Daniel: I don’t think so.
Sandy: You think the water will pour out, Daniel. I think the water will stay in the jar. Let’s do the experiment to test whose opinion is correct.
Simon: Good idea, Sandy. That is called the scientific method.
Sandy: I am so sure of my opinion that Simon can do the experiment over your head and I know you won’t get wet.
Daniel: Well, let’s try.
Simon: Are you ready, Daniel?
Daniel: No! Wait! (He puts on a raincoat and sits down.) Now I think I’m ready.
Sandy: Simon, take your hand off the cardboard.
Daniel: No! (Daniel closes his eyes tightly(紧紧地), and Simon takes his hand off the cardboard. The water stays in the jar.)
Sandy: See, Daniel!
Daniel: How is that possible?
Simon: The force(力) of the air keeps the water in the jar. It is strong enough to hold the water.
Daniel: Wow!
Simon: So what have we discovered?
Sandy: We have discovered the air pressure(压力) helps the cardboard hold the water in the jar.
Simon: Right. What do you conclude, Daniel?
Daniel: I conclude that air is stronger than I thought.
35. What keeps the water in the jar according to the result of the experiment?
A. Simon’s hand. B. The water pressure.
C. The force of the air. D. The force of the jar.
36. Which of the following is the right order of the experiment according to the script?
① Put a piece of cardboard over the jar.
② Fill the glass jar with water,
③ Take the hand off the cardboard.
④ Turn the glass jar over quickly and hold the hand on the cardboard.
A. ②①④③ B. ①②④③ C. ①④③② D. ②③①④
【答案】 35. C 36. A
【解析】
【35题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The force(力) of the air keeps the water in the jar. It is strong enough to hold the water.”可知是大气压让水留在罐子里，故选C。
【36题详解】
细节理解题。根据“I fill a jar(罐子) with water.”可知把罐子里装满水是排在第一位；根据“I cover the top with a piece of cardboard(纸板) and hold it there.”可知用一张纸板盖住罐子排在第二位；根据“Then I turn the jar upside down and take my hand off the cardboard.”可知迅速把玻璃罐翻过来排在第三位，然后把手从纸板上拿下来排在第四位，所以A选项正确。故选A。
D
Ancient art doesn’t have to be boring. Technology in the 21st century can help to bring it to life by combining(融合) the best of the old and the new.
Along the River During the Qingming Festival

Walking into the China Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, people were amazed by seeing a huge digital(数码的) painting. Scientists digitized(数码化) the famous painting Along the River During the Qingming Festisal by Chinese artist Zhang Zeduan.
The original(原先的) painting shows life during the Northern Song period and it includes many details of ancient Chinese customs, lifestyles and technology.
Farmers work in the fields, sailors move around their boats and people eat and do business in restaurants. Parts of the background are also animated(做成动画). You can see the wind blowing through the trees and across the water. These animations perfectly combine modern technology and ancient art.
Digital technology allows today’s artists to express their ideas in ways that ancient artists would not believe possible. Techniques such as animation and 3D digital projection(投影) make art come alive.
Dunhuang Cave Paintings

Dunhuang Caves, which are protected ancient treasures in the Gobi desert in Northwest China, are filled with paintings and sculptures with lasting value. This artwork was created over a period of around 1,000 years.
The good news is for art lovers who cannot travel and for the caves. Scientists have created a 360-degree, 3D digital projection of the caves, which makes the artwork come alive. There is also a function(功能) that lets viewers zoom in and enjoy the paintings and sculptures in greater detail.
Digitising ancient art allows us to explore the ancient practices. It also makes the whole world understand the art while protecting the original artworks for the future.
39. From the passage, we can know that ________.
A. both of the two artworks use 3D digital projection
B. ancient art allows people to explore the modern technology
C. people can’t go to Dunhuang to enjoy paintings and sculptures now
D. the digital painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival was created by Zhang Zeduan
【答案】39. A
【解析】 细节理解题。根据“Techniques such as animation and 3D digital projection(投影) make art come alive.”以及“ Scientists have created a 360-degree, 3D digital projection of the caves, which makes the artwork come alive”可知这两幅作品都使用了3D数字投影技术，故选A。

【2022-徐州中考】
A
The Beijing 2022 Olympics was the most gender-balanced (性别平衡的) Winter Olympic Games in history, with more than 1,300 female athletes — a record number — competing at the events, making up more than 45 percent of all athletes. Here are some female athletes whose achievements in Beijing amazed the world.
Team China’s teenage hero Gu Ailing, 18, is the youngest athlete to win three medals at a Winter Olympics. The freeski player won two gold medals and a silver in three events.
Russia’s skating silver medalist Alexandra Trusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps (四周跳) during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has ever finished five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
British women’s curling (冰壶) team won the country’s only gold medal by having a 10-3 win against Japan on the last day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. This was also the country’s first curling gold after 2002.
Almida de Val, a 24-year-old Swedish IT engineer, together with her teammate, took the third place in curling mixed doubles. She took a leave from her company to take part in the Olympics.
24. Who took a silver medal in the competition?
A. Gu Ailing. B. British women’s curling team.
C. Almida de Val. D. Almida de Val’s teammate.
25. What do we know about Alexandra Trusova?
A. She is the youngest athlete in the 2022 Olympic Games.
B. She took the first place in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
C. She worked as an IT engineer before becoming a skating player.
D. She is the first female to complete five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
【答案】24. A 25. D
【解析】
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The freeski player won two gold medals and a silver in three events.”可知，谷爱凌在三个项目中获得两枚金牌和一枚银牌。故选A。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。根据“Russia’s skating silver medalist Alexandra Trusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps(四周跳) during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics.”可知，17岁的俄罗斯花样滑冰银牌得主亚历山德拉·特鲁索娃在北京冬奥会自由泳比赛中以五次四跳惊艳世界。故选D。
B
This is a typical(典型的) day for Yang Jinlong.
At 9 a. m. , he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, to teach students about Shaanxi kuaiban. It is a traditional Chinese form of storytelling to the rhythm(节奏) of bamboo clappers(响板), which the art form is named after. Sometimes, he helps students prepare for competitions. Usually, his classes run until about 6. p.m. , and then he returns home to prepare classes for the next day.
On June 10, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced 325 national intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) items in Beijing, increasing the list to 1, 557 items. Shaanxi kuaiban, which appeared during the late Qing Dynasty, has been included. The art form has been introduced to local schools as part of their art education.
Yang has been teaching young people the art form since 2003 after graduating from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. He studied quyi there. Quyi is general term for Chinese folk art forms, including storytelling, crosstalk and clapper talk.
“Art education is important for students in China. Just as many students learn to play Western musical instruments like the piano and violin, there are many people learning traditional Chinese folk arts, including Shaanxi kuaiban, which I’ll work for my whole life,” he said.
Kuaiban is popular in northern China, including Beijing and Tianjin. According to Yang, Shaanxi kuaiban was influenced by the art of different areas. The art form can be played by a group of players or only one. With one or two pairs of kuaiban of different sizes in hand, the players speak in the local dialect(方言) while telling stories, which are usually about heroes. The player tells stories while playing kuaiban, and it’s easy for the watchers to remember the stories since all the lines rhym.
Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our country.
26. Why is today a typical day for Yang Jinlong?
A. He is teaching students about kuaiban as usual.
B. His work starts at 9 and lasts 6 hours like every day.
C. He is preparing for a kuaiban competition today.
D. His life today is as busy and boring as every day.
27. Which of the following about Shaanxi kuaiban is TRUE?
A. It is named after the Shaanxi dialect.
B. It is listed in the national intangible cultural heritage.
C. It is more popular than the piano and violin in northern China.
D. It is played to tell stories usually about common people.
【答案】26. A 27. B
【解析】
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据“At 9 a. m. , he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, to teach students about Shaanxi kuaiban”可知，因为他和往常一样去教学生快板，故选A。
【27题详解】
细节理解题。根据“On June 10, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced 325 national intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) items in Beijing, increasing the list to 1, 557 items. Shaanxi kuaiban, which appeared during the late Qing Dynasty, has been included”可知，陕西快板被列为国家级非物质文化遗产，故选B。
C
Flying cars: flying high and reaching for the sky!
Traffic jam is almost every driver’s headache. So it’s not surprising to see why the idea of turning cars into flying machines has been popular for years. The flying cars can be seen in a lot of science fiction novels and films. Now the idea may become a reality in the near future.
Basic information
● A flying car provides transport by both land and air.
● A few models of flying cars have already completed test flights.
Advantages
● Reducing road traffic jams.
● Travelling across greater distances much faster than common cars.
● Saving space on the ground for parks and other public spaces.
▲
● Building an engine that is powerful enough to lift and fly the car for a long time.
● Creating a strong lightweight body so that the flying car can be used in any weather.
● Designing sky “roads” to manage the flow of traffic in the air.
● Making new traffic rules in the sky.
38. How many advantages does the material tell us about flying cars?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
40. What do we learn from the material?
A. People may drive flying cars in the near future.
B. So far no flying cars have completed test flights.
C. There are some rules against the use of flying cars.
D. Flying cars can be used on land, in water and in the air.
【答案】38. B 40. A
【解析】
【38题详解】
细节理解题。根据“●Reducing road traffic jams ●Travelling across greater distances much faster than common cars ●Saving space on the ground for parks and other public spaces”可知有三个优点，故选B。
【40题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The flying cars can be seen in a lot of science fiction novels and films. Now the idea may become a reality in the near future.”可知飞行汽车可以在很多科幻小说和电影中看到。现在这个想法可能在不久的将来成为现实。所以A选项“在不久的将来，人们可能会驾驶飞行汽车。”符合文意，故选A。

【2022-南通中考】
A

Thirty-Six Stratagems(计谋), which show our ancient Chinese wisdom, are our ancient culture treasure. And many of these stratagems can still be put into practice in many fields, such as war, politics, business and even daily life. The following are four of them. Let’s enjoy the charm of our traditional culture.
Stratagem One
When a thief is in your house, you’d better shut your doors at once in order to prevent him from running away.
Why? For our ancient Chinese, there are two reasons. First, if you let your enemy run away, he will come back. Second, once your enemy succeeds in running away, it is dangerous for you to chase him.
Stratagem Two
This stratagem is from a poem by Du Fu, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty. A line in the poem reads: “To shoot the man on horse-back, shoot his horse first; To catch the robbers, capture their leader first.”
In a war if you want to beat the enemy, attack the leader first. Once the leader is caught, their forces will break down and fall into chaos.
Stratagem Three
Chinese always believe that tigers are more powerful when they are in the mountains. Once they leave mountains, they will become less powerful. And there are a few Chinese sayings linking tigers with mountains.
The stratagem advises you not to directly attack an enemy in his own area. Instead, you should try to make him leave his place first, making him lose the geographical advantage. In this way, your enemy will be beaten easily.
Stratagem Four
Experienced fishers all know how to prevent a hooked fish breaking the line. Move the fish line from side to side to gradually make the fish calm down and get tired, and then you can catch it easily.
In the same way, once your enemy is trapped, he will often struggle, trying to run away. Leave him the false feeling that he still has a chance to run away. When he gets tired and loses his guard, you can capture him with less difficulty.

31. Which of the following describes Stratagem Two?
A. Shutting the door to catch the thief. B. Catching your enemy’s leader first.
C. Letting the enemy off to catch him later. D. Tricking the tiger out of the mountain.
【答案】31. B
【解析】细节理解题。根据“To shoot the man on horse-back, shoot his horse first; To catch the robbers, capture their leader first.”可知，射人先射马，擒贼先擒王。故选B。
B
Many Chinese primary and middle-school students can’t do housework today and do not take such work seriously. As a result, some are unable to cook or wash their own clothes when they enter college.
The Ministry of Education has recently released the new curriculum standard(新课程标准) for housework education for students from Grade 1 to Grade 9, making it an independent course that students must take at least once a week. The new standard requires students in Grade 1-2 to learn to sweep the floor, Grade 3-4 to learn to plant cabbages, and Grade 5-6 to master the skills of cooking two to three dishes. Students in junior middle schools will learn to repair simple electrical machines. This new standard has been widely welcomed by the public.
Wang: We all know the importance of housework education. However, at home, some students are unable to do the simplest housework, as their parents insist they should devote themselves to study. Some of them gradually grow to be unwilling to do any kind of housework. Housework education is supposed to raise students’ interest in labor, help them experience different kinds of housework and, most importantly, correct their attitudes toward labor. The housework course will become an important step to develop and improve personalities of students.
Li: In order for students to develop in an all-round way, it’s absolutely necessary to add the housework course to school curriculums, which aims to encourage students in primary and secondary schools to progressively learn and love housework. It is important to make the housework class interesting, so that the students will really gain some practical skills. For this reason, schools should add professional(专业的) teachers to give the classes, instead of adding this new stress on parents and other teachers who are already busy with their daily work.
Zhang: Some people think it’s unnecessary to waste time on learning housework. If you want to have a meal, you can order food online, and for electrical machine repairs, you can ask for specialized help. However, people with the basic skills for daily life can go much more confidently and smoothly through everyday life.
It is the first step in encouraging young students to develop a healthy concept(观念) of labor and to be able to take care of themselves in daily life.
34. Which of the following is true according to the new curriculum standard?
A. Students in Grade 1-2 should learn to plant cabbages.
B. Students in Grade 5-6 should learn to cook 2-3 dishes.
C. Students in Grade 3-4 can repair simple electrical machines.
D. Students should take the housework course at least twice a week.
35. According to Wang, why can’t some students do any basic housework?
A. Because students don’t realize the importance of labor.
B. Because housework can’t improve students’ personalities.
C. Because housework classes are not interesting as expected.
D. Because their parents require them to spend more time on study.
【答案】34. B 35. D
【解析】
【34题详解】
细节理解题。根据“and Grade 5-6 to master the skills of cooking two to three dishes”可知，5-6年级掌握2到3道菜的烹饪技巧，故选B。
【35题详解】
细节理解题。根据“However, at home, some students are unable to do the simplest housework, as their parents insist they should devote themselves to study.”可知，一些学生连最简单的家务都不会做，因为他们的父母坚持认为他们应该致力于学习。故选D。
C
Technology and sustainability(可持续性) are two driving forces in the world today. For the agriculture department, sustainable agriculture technology must be the new trend, and farmers should follow it.
The following sustainable agriculture technologies are necessary.
Smart irrigation
Crops need water—that’s needless to say. However, how they get water is another story.
With smart irrigation technology, water can be put to good use. New irrigation systems with smart technology can report soil moisture(湿度) and temperature in real time. These new technologies help farmers properly take care of crops in a more efficient way. For example, most crops have specific requirements for temperature and moisture. The new irrigation systems can show farmers whether they need to make changes for their crops’ growing environments. In this way, they may help reduce the waste of water.
Drones
Drones’ abilities get them a place on this list. They can do a lot and most importantly, they can make the boring and tiring farm work much easier.
These devices have high-definition cameras that take pictures and videos. Through wireless control, just at home farmers can fly the drones over the fields and check on crops. If one area of crops isn’t doing well, farmers can quickly record the details and then spray chemicals with the help of the drones.
Data and software
Data is rich in this tech-driven world. Farming and data working together can greatly change the way farmers plant, harvest and water.
As computers gather information, they report it all back to a central system. So when farmers learn in which area crop health needs to improve, they can use water and fertilizer(肥料) more efficiently, causing less waste.
The three technologies are helpful for farmers to save costs, labor and energy. And they can contribute to the final goal of agricultural sustainability—that is to improve the environment. As these new technologies continue to develop, we are sure to have a cleaner environment.
Sustainable agricultural technology is the future—and it will change the game.
40. What is the final goal of agricultural sustainability?
A. To help us have a better environment. B. To make farmers work more efficiently.
C. To raise the production of crops quickly. D. To reduce farmers’ boring and tiring work.
【答案】40. A
【解析】细节理解题。根据“And they can contribute to the final goal of agricultural sustainability—that is to improve the environment.”可知，农业可持续发展的最终目标是改善环境，故选A。
D

As Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blew a lifelike puppy out of molten maltose(溶化的麦芽糖) in just minutes, kids looked carefully at him with great surprise, thinking he was a magician.
Xiong Chuanfa has been working on blowing sugar figurines, a Chinese traditional folk art with a history of over 600 years, for more than twenty years.
In this special art form, the artist heats the syrup(糖浆) to a certain temperature, pulls off a small amount, makes it into a ball with an open center, presses the open area together and stretches it to form a tube. Then he blows air into the tube and makes it into different shapes. The traditional folk art has been listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产).
Every morning, Xiong prepares the molten syrup and drives to start his “magic show” around his city. “Many people, particularly kids, are attracted by this sugar art. After all, the ancient art is gradually disappearing,” Xiong said. Simon, from Australia, was attracted by a sugar Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Xiong’s stall. Simon couldn’t resist trying to make one himself. However, he couldn’t get the wanted shape though he tried several times. “It looks simple, but actually it’s very difficult to master the skill,” he said. Thanks to Xiong’s helping hand, Siunon finally saw a horse gradually taking shape. “Can’t believe I’ve done this,” he said, expressing his excitement at how a pot of sugar syrup has been turned into something “truly amazing”.
Xiong said that blowing sugar figurines can date back to the Ming Dynasty and that his family has passed down this art for four generations. “My 6-year-old son often blows up a balloon-like sugar figure, just like I used to do as a child,” he said. Xiong’s wife Wang Li is an artist of the sugar painting, which is a form of traditional Chinese folk art that uses hot, liquid sugar to make 2-D objects.
“None of the cultural heritage left by our ancestors should be lost. They are name cards of the splendid Chinese culture and should be spread around the world,” Xiong said. The couple often show their skills beside colleges to draw youngsters closer to the traditional art and allow them to experience its charm. “Sugar paintings and sugar figurines are childhood memories of several generations of Chinese people. We try to combine paper-cutting skills and modern elements(元素) with sugar figurines, making them similar to modern trend(趋势) while keeping a balance between beauty and taste. We will spend the rest of our lives helping pass on this intangible heritage,” Xiong said.
Many people were deeply moved after learning about the family’s story.
42. What is the correct order of making sugar figurines?
a. Making it into a sugar ball. b. Stretching it to make a tube.
c. Pulling off some heated syrup. d. Blowing air to make wanted shapes.
A. c-a-b-d B. c-b-a-d C. b-a-c-d D. b-c-a-d
44. Which of the following is true according to the article?
A. Xiong’s son blows up a horse with his father’s help.
B. Xiong’s wife is also good at making sugar figurines.
C. Xiong tries to add modern elements to sugar figurines.
D. The Xiongs visit colleges to teach students their skills.
【答案】42. A 44. C
【解析】
【42题详解】
细节理解题。根据“In this special art form, the artist heats the syrup(糖浆) to a certain temperature, pulls off a small amount, makes it into a ball with an open center, presses the open area together and stretches it to form a tube. Then he blows air into the tube and makes it into different shapes.”可知，艺术家将糖浆加热到一定的温度，取出少量，使其成为一个中心开放的球，将开放的区域压在一起，拉伸成一个管状，然后他把空气吹进管子里，把它做成不同的形状。所以顺序是c-a-b-d ，故选A。
【44题详解】
细节理解题。根据“We try to combine paper-cutting skills and modern elements(元素) with sugar figurines”可知，熊尝试将剪纸技巧和现代元素与糖人相结合，故选C。

【2022-宿迁中考】
B

The oil paper umbrella is a traditional Chinese handicraft（手工艺品）. It has a history of over 1,000 years in China．In early Tang Dynasty, it was introduced to Japan and Korea, so it was called the “Tang Umbrella”. Later oil paper umbrellas were spread to other Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Thailand and Laos, and each had its own style. However, as steel-ribbed（钢骨的）umbrellas appeared in the last century, the hand-made oil paper umbrellas became less used in daily life. They were Turned into decorative artifacts（装饰性工艺品）.
Yuhang in Hangzhou is known for making oil paper umbrellas for more than 230 years. They are mainly made of skin paper（皮纸）, bamboo, a coating of Tung oil（桐油）. They need to take more than 70 steps to make, including making bamboo ribs, pesting papers（糊纸）and painting patterns（图案）. It takes at least a week to make per umbrella. In 2008, these umbrellas were added to Intangible Cultural Heritage List（非物质文化遗产名录）of China.
A young man called Liu Weixue learned the traditional art of making Yuhang oil paper umbrellas from his grandfather. “I want to bring the art to life.” Liu said. He improved the umbrellas to win the hearts of young people. As the traditional paper was easy to break, he started to use a kind of thicker paper. In a test, his umbrellas were opened and closed for 1,000 times without breaking. He used a kind of lighter bamboo to make the umbrellas weigh less.
Now Liu hopes the art can be passed on. He goes to local schools to teach students. He also goes to events in different places to promote（推广）the art.
35. What is an oil paper umbrella mainly made of according to the passage?
A. Wool,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil. B. Plastic,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil.
C. Skin paper,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil. D. Leather,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil.
36. Why did Liu Weixue learn the art of making Yuhang oil paper umbrellas?
A. Because he couldn’t find a better job. B. Because he wanted to bring the art to life.
C. Because young people liked the fashion. D. Because his grandfather told him to learn.
【答案】35. C 36. B
【解析】
【35题详解】
细节理解题。根据“They are mainly made of skin paper（皮纸）, bamboo, a coating of Tung oil（桐油）.”可知，油纸伞的主要材料有皮纸、竹子、桐油，故选C。
【36题详解】
细节理解题。根据“I want to bring the art to life.”可知，因为他想让艺术活起来，故选B。
C
Recently, China has announced the list of the first five national parks.
Each of them is divided into two parts-the core（核心）protection area and the general control area. In the core protection area, only research and surveillance（监视）in science are allowed. And the general control area is open to the public, allowing travel activities such as camping and hiking. In the future, national parks are expected to be natural classrooms. People can learn about different kinds of animals and plants through eco-friendly（环保的）travel activities.
The national parks can also be helpful to local people. The building of these national parks provides many jobs for local people. People living in or around the parks can work as park rangers（护林员）and guides. They can also sell some eco-friendly things with local colour. So their yearly incomes（收人）will grow a lot.
Then let’s take a look at the five national parks.

Three River-Source National Park on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau（青藏高原）, is the largest national park in China. Because it is home to the sources of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, people call it “China’s water tower”.

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard（豹）National Park is in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. It covers an area of 14,100 square kilometres. It is our country’s biggest and only place for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards to live in.

Wuyi Mountain National Park in Fujian Province is a UNESCO natural and cultural heritage site（遗址）. The forest makes up over 96 percent of the park. The park is the paradise of birds, kingdom（王国）of snakes and world of insects. You can also see the Danxia landform（地貌）there.

Giant Panda National Park connects panda habitats（栖息地）in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Inside the park are more than 1,600 wild gian1 pandas. They make up over 70 percent of the pandas in China.

Hainan Tropical（热带的）Rainforest National Park is the largest tropical forest in China. There are more than 400 kinds of plants that can only be found in Hainan. The world’s only 35 Hainan gibbons（长臂猿）live there.
38. What activity can be done in the core protection area?
A. Hunting. B. Researching. C. Hiking. D. Camping.
39. What can we know from paragraph 3?
A. Building the national parks only needs rangers and guides.
B. Farming makes local people improve their yearly incomes.
C. Visitors can buy anything with local color in the national parks.
D. Local people can get much advantage from the national parks.
【答案】38. B 39. D
【解析】
【38题详解】
细节理解题。根据“In the core protection area, only research and surveillance（监视）in science are allowed.”可知，在核心保护区，只允许进行科学研究和监测，故选B。
【39题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The national parks can also be helpful to local people...So their yearly incomes（收人）will grow a lot.”可知，建立国家公园对当地人也有好处，故选D。

【2022-常州中考】
D
Being sad or in a low mood is a normal (正常的) part of life. Many people feel down from time to time. For example, when people face challenging events in their lives, such as financial(经济的) difficulty or major changes, it’s common to feel down. But in most cases the bad feelings slowly disappear.
As for depression(抑郁症), however, the bad mood lasts for weeks, months, or ever longer because it is a mental(精神的) illness. As the World Health Organization(WHO) noted, depression is a mood disorder. It shows in different ways, including loss of interest in normal activities and feelings of low self-worth. It often lasts for a long time and greatly harms a person’s ability at work or school or in the daily life. People with depression usually don’t like to talk about their problems with others. More seriously, depression may even lead to the act of killing oneself.

But depression is not a person’s problem. It’s also more common than most people think. It is hurting about 280 million people around the world, according to WHO.
Though depression is worrying, we don’t have to be afraid of it. Depression can be treated by getting professional(专业的) help, taking medicine or a mixed treatment of both. In fact, when you begin to feel the danger of depression, you can try to deal with it early by yourself. Listening to music, doing some sports and drawing some pictures might help you feel better. Another useful way is talk therapy. When we are attacked by a low mood, having a conversation with others is of great help. Being honest about how we feel does not make us weak, it makes us human.
34. Who is most probably experiencing depression?
A. Lily, who is going to have an important exam and hasn’t slept well for 3 days.
B. May, who dislikes her new school and has complained to her parents 3 times.
C. Ben, who thinks life worthless and has cried alone over 3 times a week in the past month.
D. Tom, who finds subjects hard and has talked to his teacher about it 3 times this week.
【答案】34. C
【解析】细节理解题。根据“As the World Health Organization(WHO) noted, depression is a mood disorder. It shows in different ways, including loss of interest in normal activities and feelings of low self-worth. It often lasts for a long time and greatly harms a person’s ability at work or school or in the daily life...”可知，抑郁症是一种情绪障碍。它以不同的方式表现出来，包括对正常活动失去兴趣和自我价值感低下，抑郁症患者通常不喜欢与他人谈论他们的问题，故选C。

推断题部分：
【2022-扬州中考】
A
Wetlands are any land that is flooded with shallow water all or most of the time. They are a natural water holding system.
There are many types of wetlands. Among them bogs, marshes and swamps are the three main types. The different types of wetlands have different kinds of plants. Only mosses(苔藓)and a few other kinds of plants can grow in bogs. Grassy plants like cattails（香蒲）and reeds(芦苇)are the most common plants in a marsh. A swamp is a forest whose ground is underwater all or most of the time. Unlike bogs or marshes, a swamp is full of trees and bushes. It’s not a good idea to go exploring a swamp without a guide. There are hidden pools of water, thick mud, and sometimes big crocodiles(鳄鱼)looking for their next meal.
Hungry crocodiles aren’t the only animals that make the wetlands their home. Otters, turtles, frogs, snakes and many other animals do too. The water is home to many kinds of fish and crabs. Birds, including ducks, geese and cranes, use wetlands seasonally during their long migrations.
Wetlands are important because they provide habitats for plants and animals. A wetland system can also protect shorelines, make polluted waters clean, prevent floods, and restore underground water supplies.
According to WWF, more than half of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the 20th century. If this continues, countless plant and animal species will surely die out. Without wetlands, cities have to spend more money treating water. Don’t feel helpless. Try to do your part to protect them right now. Here are some ideas.
33. What is the writer probably going to talk about after Paragraph 5?
A. What are the different types of wetlands?
B. What will happen if wetlands disappear?
C. What actions can people take to protect wetlands?
D. What other kinds of plants and animals live in wetlands?
【答案】33. C
【解析】推理判断题。根据“Try to do your part to protect them right now. Here are some ideas”可知接下来会介绍应如何保护湿地。故选C。

B
Every month, Julia and her cousins would go for the big family meal at their grandparents’ house. On each visit, their grandpa would give them a few coins. Then all the children would run off to buy sweets. One day, he gathered the children together. He said, “Let’s have a competition to see who can manage money wisely. At the end of this year, tell me how you’ve used your money.”
Ruben and Nico, the two smallest kids, continued spending their money all on sweets. Every time, they would show off their sweets in front of the other children. This made Clara and Joe so angry that these two could no longer keep saving their money. They soon joined Ruben and Nico.
Monty was a clever boy. He decided to manage his money by buying and selling things. Soon he made a lot of money with little effort. The way he was going, he would end up almost a rich man. However, he began to spend his money on more and more expensive things for himself. A few months later, he hadn’t a single penny（便士）left.
Alex saved and saved all the coins he was given, and at the end of the year he had collected more money than anyone. He was the clear winner.
There was also Julia. Poor Julia hadn’t a penny on the day of the competition. She had spent all her coins on her secret plan. Julia knew a poor violinist who played in the park, and she offered him all the coins for his violin lessons. Although it wasn’t much money, on seeing Julia’s excitement, the violinist agreed. A little after a year the violinist loaned her a violin so they two could play together in the park. They were so successful that she managed to buy her own violin. Even better, she later became a very famous violinist.
35. The underlined words “these two” in Paragraph 2 refer to（指的是）________.
A. Clara and Joe B. Ruben and Nico C. Monty and Alex D. Alex and Julia
36. What can we learn from Julia’s story?
A. Get rich slow, or get poor fast.
B. Little effort always brings much money.
C. A little money well spent can help realize your dreams.
D. It is not wise of you to spend all the money you've got.
【答案】35. A 36. C
【35题详解】
推理判断题。根据“This made Clara and Joe so angry that these two could no longer keep saving their money”可知Clara和Joe非常生气，所以他们也不再坚持存钱了，故此处划线部分指代“Clara and Joe”。故选A。
【36题详解】
推理判断题。根据“They were so successful that she managed to buy her own violin. Even better, she later became a very famous violinist”可知Julia用自己的钱帮助了那个小提琴手，最后她也在那个小提琴手的帮助下获得了成功，成为了一个著名的小提琴手，由此可知有时花一点钱可以实现自己的梦想。故选C。
C
My five-year-old son befriends the woman. It starts with voices in the yard. When I come out to check on Daniel, his face is pressed on the fence（篱笆）.
The woman says, “You wait right here; I’ll be right back. ”
She returns with a saw（锯子）. There’s a whirring. A circle in the wooden fence drops out of sight.
“Dad! Sandy just drilled out a hole in the fence so Sandy and I can talk! ” Daniel spins around.
I hadn’t known her name was Sandy. We’ve lived here a month before Daniel was born.
Daniel’s and Sandy’s murmuring voices continue. Whenever Daniel is outside, he circles near the fence that isn’t a fence any more. Some days my son just goes to stand at the hole, yelling, “Sandy! Saaaaandyyyyy!” Sometimes I hear bits of their talk.
“We painted a ghost at school.”
Or: “Wheeler and Jackson were playing football, and they told me I couldn’t play.”
“That wasn’t very nice, ” says Sandy. “Did that hurt your feelings? Did you let them know that?”
I can’t hear how he replies. A moment of envy runs through me. He never talks about his school things with me.
Daniel and Sandy not only keep chatting through the hole, they also exchange gifts. A coloring book, then a Hot Wheels car. It’s unclear what Daniel gives Sandy in return.
One afternoon, I hear Sandy’s voice floating over the top of the fence with the hole. “I thought maybe Daniel could come for a play date.”
We ring the bell on Sandy’s porch. She’s a middle-aged woman with smiling eyes. Sandy’s yard is sweet with the smell of flowers. We have a pleasant afternoon with Sandy, my son’s adult friend, the first friend Daniel has made on his own.
A month later, Sandy leaves to care for her mother in Kansas. She left behind a box of presents: a coloring book, sidewalk chalk, the missing orange part in the Hot Wheels track. When I look at Daniel, he’s looking down at his shoes.
He sometimes wanders down to the fence. Instead of calling “Sandy! Saaaaandyyyyy!” he cries. “Hello! Helloooooo!”
One day, Daniel receives Sandy’s postcard. They write frequently, warmly.
38. Which of the following is the correct order of the story?
a. Sandy leaves for Kansas to care for her mother.
b. Daniel and Sandy exchange gifts through the hole.
c. Daniel and Sandy are good pen friends.
d. Sandy drills out a hole in the fence.
e. Sandy invites Daniel to come to her yard for a play date.
A. dbeac B. badec C. dceab D. ecadb
39. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 4 from the bottom?
A. The neighbourhood I grew up in has a fence like this.
B. We’ve passed through the hole in the fence.
C. Beyond that fence stands Sandy’s blue house.
D. I’m a person who looks on the bad side of the fence.
40. What can we know about Daniel from the underlined sentences in the story?
A. He doesn’t care about Sandy’s leaving. B. He is impressed with the shoes from Sandy.
C. He is heartbroken when hearing the news. D. He does not want to be Sandy’s friend any more.
【答案】38. A 39. B 40. C
【解析】
【38题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Sandy just drilled out a hole in the fence so Sandy and me can talk”可知，桑迪在篱笆挖了一个洞；根据“Daniel and Sandy not only keep chatting through the hole, they also exchange gifts”可知，丹尼尔和桑迪通过洞交换礼物；根据“I thought maybe Daniel could come for a play date”可知，桑迪邀请丹尼尔来她的庭院参加玩耍聚会；根据“A month later, Sandy leaves to care for her mother in Kansas”可知，桑迪动身到堪萨斯州去照顾她的母亲。根据“One day, Daniel receives Sandy’s postcard”可知，丹尼尔和桑迪是很好的笔友。正确顺序是dbeac。故选A。
【39题详解】
推理判断题。根据“We have a pleasant afternoon with Sandy, my son’s adult friend, the first friend Daniel has made on his own”可知，作者和桑迪度过了愉快的下午，儿子的成年朋友丹尼尔是他自己交的第一位朋友，儿子和桑迪之前通过篱笆的洞进行交流，现在直接见面，已经打破了篱笆的障碍。B选项“我们穿越了篱笆的那个洞”合适。故选B。
【40题详解】
推理判断题。根据“he’s looking down at his shoes”及“he cries”可知，儿子舍不得桑迪的离开，听到那个消息感到伤心。故选C。
D
Researchers at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp a State-owned defense contractor, have developed and made the world’s first robot whale shark（鲸鲨）.

The robotic shark has been on display in an aquarium（水族馆）at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park since January.
A whale shark is a slow-moving carpet shark and the largest known living fish.
Designed and built by engineers at the Shenyang-based No 111 Factory, the underwater robot is 4.7 meters long, weighs 350 kilograms and can move 42 meters a minute.
Powered by a lithium battery, it can swim, turn, float and dive like a real shark by moving its mechanical fins（鳍）. The mouth and gills（鳃）can also open and close like a shark’s. The biomimetic shark is made of sensors（传感器）, multi-joint fins, batteries, and systems which enable it to avoid what’s in the way in all directions.
“The robot can reach a depth of 10 meters and work for as long as 10 hours,” said Fang Xuelin, a senior researcher in charge of the robot shark program.
“The shark can be remotely controlled and can also swim based on preset programs or its own sensors,” he said.
“We have built multiple kinds of robot fishes, and the robotic whale shark is the largest mechanical fish we have made so far,” Fang added. “Our robots are to serve three purposes—to perform in aquariums for entertainment, spread knowledge about the sea and aquatic（水生的）animals among youngsters, and carry out scientific tasks such as hydrological surveys, underwater photography and environmental inspection.”
“The factory now plans to develop more types of aquatic robots, including some extinct mammals（哺乳动物）, for display in parks and schools. It will also promote the products to businesses engaged in fields such as underwater salvage and mineral prospecting,” he said.
44. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The shark is the first mechanical fish made at the factory.
B. Powered by a lithium battery, the shark can swim without stopping.
C. The factory has built multiple kinds of robot fishes including the shark.
D. The factory has developed some extinct mammals for display in parks.
【答案】44. C
【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“We have built multiple kinds of robot fishes, and the robotic whale shark is the largest mechanical fish we have made so far”可知，工厂已经建了很多种类的机器鱼，机器鲸是目前制作的最大的机械鱼。C选项表述准确。故选C。

【2022-苏州中考】
A

A. June 23. B. June 24. C. June 25. D. June 26.
【答案】13. C
【解析】推理判断题。根据“June 23, Thursday-June 26, Sunday”和“Jazz...Time: Saturday 6 PM-8 PM”可知，爵士音乐会是在星期六，是6月25日，故选C。

B
On warm winter days, Yang Liheng, 89, enjoys sitting by the window and looking through old photos. These photos bring him joy and happiness once more.
For Yang, one of the long-expected activities during the Spring Festival is to take photos with family members. On the early morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year when the whole family reunite, he would dress up and wait for the photo to be taken.
Yang became a photographer in the late 1950s. With his camera, Yang recorded the great changes of his hometown over time. “I had a painful childhood, but I got a chance to be a photographer after the founding（成立）of the People’s Republic of China.” Yang told Beijing Review. “I want to record, in the form of photographs, the local customs, the scenes and people’s brave spirit of fighting against the hard conditions here in my hometown.”
“I used to take pictures for everyone else, but seldom turned my camera at my family members,” Yang said. “My grandson gave me the idea to record the growth and development of my own family.” Taking family photos then became a tradition for Yang’s family. Though now some of his grandchildren are working and living in other cities, they try their best to return home during the Spring Festival and prepare for the special moment.
Last year was an important year for Yang Liheng. Most of his photos were displayed in Yinchuan to show the development of the area over the past sixty years.
17. What do we know about Yang’s family?
A. It is full of love. B. It is full of mysteries.
C. It is a rich family. D. It is having a hard time.
【答案】17. A
【解析】推理判断题。通过本文描述可知，他通过拍照的方式记录了家乡的变化以及用这种方式给全家每一年拍一张家庭照，每次看到这些照片内心都充满着快乐的回忆，由此可推断他的家庭是一个充满爱的家庭，故选A。
C
All aboard! Let’s take a ride on the world’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway（青藏铁路）. Sit back and enjoy the journey. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime.
We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China. Keep your eyes open as we race through this beautiful land. You might see a rare Tibetan antelope（藏羚羊）from your window.
Before we begin our journey, let’s learn about this amazing railway. It’s truly one of the great engineering wonders of the 21st century. When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records, including the world’s highest railway at 5,072 metres above sea level, the world’s highest tunnel（隧道）at 4,905 metres, and the longest tunnel ever built on permafrost（冻土）.
As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Soon there will only be 50 to 60 percent of the oxygen which we are used to breathing. But don’t be afraid. Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems. One system spreads oxygen throughout the train at all times. And each passenger can also get a personal oxygen mask just like those used in planes.
Here are a few more things to think about as our train leaves the station. The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First, the high altitude（海拔）made the task difficult because there was no enough oxygen. Second, much of the railway runs across permafrost, a type of ground that keeps changing as the weather warms and cools. Finally, the railway goes through some of the most sensitive ecology（敏感的生态环境）in China. Great care was necessary to make sure of the smallest possible influence on nature.
All three challenges were met, making our trip possible. All aboard! The train to Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes.
19. How does the text show the railway is amazing in paragraph 3?
A. By telling a story. B. By using a designer’s words.
C. By introducing its world records. D. By comparing the present with the past.
【答案】19. C
【解析】推理判断题。根据“When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records”以及“The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First..., Second,...Finally...”可知，第三段是通过介绍它的世界纪录来展示它的惊人之处的，故选C。

D
When I was little, I was really little. But my dream was big. I dreamed of being a basketball player. I tried out for the teams at school, but I was never given a chance.
As I got older, I did grow a little bigger, but not a lot bigger. On my 12th birthday, I decided to try a new sport: running. I told Grandpa. “I’m going to be an athlete.”
“Dave.” Grandpa began gently, “if you can’t be big, you can do something big.”
I ran 12 miles on my 12th birthday. On my 13th birthday, I did it again, but I added an extra mile. On my 14th birthday, I ran 14 miles. 15 on my 15th, 16 on my 16th, and you guessed it—17 miles on my 17th birthday.
All this running inspired（激发）another big dream. Someday, I’d run the Boston Marathon（波士顿马拉松赛）. I told Grandpa about my decision.
“But, Dave, you haven’t trained for the marathon. Are you sure you’re ready?” Grandpa asked. But he still promised to walk over and cheer me on.
I ran fast that day, But I fell at Mile 18 and was driven to the hospital. Later that night, I called Grandpa and told him I failed.
“No,” he said calmly, “you didn’t fail. You discovered something.”
“I did?” I asked.
“Yes, you discovered that big dreams don’t just come true. They take work. If you train and work hard, I promise to wait for you next year and cheer you on.”
I trained every day, running miles and miles. Sadly, just two months into my training, Grandpa died. He wouldn’t be waiting for my second Boston Marathon. I decided I’d run for him.
That day, I ran fast. “Keep going! You can do it!” His words filled my head as I forced my legs to make each painful step. As I crossed the finish line, I threw my arms in the air and cried, “Grandpa, we did it!”
24. Which of the following words best describes Grandpa?
A. Creative. B. Modest. C. Generous. D. Encouraging.
【答案】24. D
【解析】推理判断题。根据“Yes, you discovered that big dreams don’t just come true. They take work. If you train and work hard, I promise to wait for you next year and cheer you on”可知，从祖父在作者失败时对他的鼓励可以看出，祖父是一个鼓舞人心的人，故选D。

【2022-宿迁中考】
D

One day, Helen shouts, “Roger, come and look at the egg! It’s cracking（裂开）.” Slowly a long beak（喙）appears. They are unsure what it is.
Dad checks on the computer, “Hey, look! It’s a pterodactyl（翼手龙）.” “A pterodactyl?” shout the children. “Yes, it’s a type of dinosaur. Pterodactyls can fly,” says Dad.
Then Helen names it Dacty.
A month later, he grows up. But there is something wrong with his wings. “My room is too small and Dacty keeps banging（碰撞）his wings on the walls. I feel sorry for him,” says Helen. Finally, they take Dacty to a vet（兽医）.
Two weeks later, Dacty’s wings are better. However, he isn’t willing to fly. They phone Aunt Elizabeth. Soon she arrives. “My office is very big. It’s perfect for Dacty during the day. And at night, when the museum is empty, Dacty can fly around happily.” Then she takes them to the museum. On arriving, they take Dacty out of the basket. He stretches（伸展）his wings, flies high up and lands on a stone statue.
“Look, he likes here,” shouts Helen. “Can he see in the dark?” asks Roger. “Yes, they see clearly in the dark, just like owls（猫头鹰）,” says Aunt Elizabeth.
Six months passes and Dacty is very big now. One night, Dacty sees lights moving inside the museum. Two men—Bert and Eric come in with torches（手电筒）. They are wearing masks and trying to open a case（箱子）. Inside it is a mummy（木乃伊）. Suddenly Eric looks up and sees Dacty. He is very scared. “Look, Bert, there is a huge bird up there.” Bert looks up. Dacty doesn’t move, “Eric, don’t be silly. It’s only a statue,” says Bert. “Come on. I will open the case. You look for the gold medallions（大奖章）.” At the moment, Dacty flies down and catches Eric. The thief is very scared and he can’t say anything. Dacty flies up and lifts him on top of a statue. He’s stuck. At once, Dacty flies down again and catches Bert, too. Both of them are stuck there.
The next morning, when Aunt Elizabeth comes in, she sees the broken mummy case and the two men. They are shouting loudly.
Dacty flies down to her. “Here you are, Dacty,” she says and pets（爱抚）his head. “Thank you, you did a great job.” Then she phones the police.
The mayor（市长）shakes Dacty’s wing and puts a big shiny medal over his head. “Congratulations, you did a great job.” Then he turns to Aunt Elizabeth, “It’s great to have a big bird as a guard!”
“Dacty is a pterodactyl!” Roger says.
“Dacty is a hero now,” says Aunt Elizabeth.
“A pterodactyl?” shouts another man. “Wow! They love warm weather and jungles（丛林）. I work in the Botanical Gardens（植物园）.We have a wonderful palm（棕榈）house, big and warm, just like a jungle. He will love there. You can come to visit it anytime.”
So now Dacty is living in the Botanical Gardens. Roger and Helen visit him every day.
(Adapted from The Surprise)
43. Which word can best describe Dacty?
A. Curious. B. Honest. C. Generous. D. Smart.
45. What can we infer（推断）from the story?
A.All dinosaurs enjoy cold weather and jungles.
B. Humans and animals should care about each other.
C. Children think it necessary to raise an animal at home.
D. It is better for a dinosaur to live with humans than in nature.
【答案】43. D 45. B
【解析】
【43题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Thank you, you did a great job”以及文章可知Dacty能够将小偷抓住，可知它非常的聪明。故选D。
【45题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知，海伦和罗杰照顾Dacty，在它受伤的时候给它看医生，Dacty也帮助抓到了小偷，由此我们可推出人类和动物应该互相关心。故选B。

B

The oil paper umbrella is a traditional Chinese handicraft（手工艺品）. It has a history of over 1,000 years in China．In early Tang Dynasty, it was introduced to Japan and Korea, so it was called the “Tang Umbrella”. Later oil paper umbrellas were spread to other Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Thailand and Laos, and each had its own style. However, as steel-ribbed（钢骨的）umbrellas appeared in the last century, the hand-made oil paper umbrellas became less used in daily life. They were Turned into decorative artifacts（装饰性工艺品）.
Yuhang in Hangzhou is known for making oil paper umbrellas for more than 230 years. They are mainly made of skin paper（皮纸）, bamboo, a coating of Tung oil（桐油）. They need to take more than 70 steps to make, including making bamboo ribs, pesting papers（糊纸）and painting patterns（图案）. It takes at least a week to make per umbrella. In 2008, these umbrellas were added to Intangible Cultural Heritage List（非物质文化遗产名录）of China.
A young man called Liu Weixue learned the traditional art of making Yuhang oil paper umbrellas from his grandfather. “I want to bring the art to life.” Liu said. He improved the umbrellas to win the hearts of young people. As the traditional paper was easy to break, he started to use a kind of thicker paper. In a test, his umbrellas were opened and closed for 1,000 times without breaking. He used a kind of lighter bamboo to make the umbrellas weigh less.
Now Liu hopes the art can be passed on. He goes to local schools to teach students. He also goes to events in different places to promote（推广）the art.
37. Which part of a magazine is the passage probably from?
A. Culture. B. Medicine. C. Music. D. Sports.
【答案】37. A
【解析】推理判断题。根据整个文章的理解可知，主要是介绍油纸伞的一些信息，应该是在杂志的文化板块能发现，故选A。

【2022-连云港中考】
A
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33. Where is the passage most likely from?
A. A diary.
B. A guidebook.
C. A novel.
D. A report.
【答案】B
【解析】推断题，根据文章介绍的是一家博物馆以及出现的价格字眼，可知文章来自于一本旅游手册，答案选B。

B
There was an old oak tree in the garden. Holly's father wanted to cut it down and build a new office there. Holly felt sad and didn't agree. She moved into the old tree house, which was her favourite place in the world. One day, it rained all night. Lightning lit up the sky and thunder rumbled.The tree house was moving. A branch (树枝) broke. Holly and her dog Eco fell down from the tree.Her parents ran towards her and took her into the room. Luckily, Holly was all right.
The next day a tree surgeon (外科医生) named Harry examined the oak tree. He did some tests ,then he talked to Holly and her father.
“This is a lovely tree,”he said.“I can see why it' s so important to you, Holly. Unfortunately , it's very old, and it has a disease. It really isn't safe. I' m afraid it has to come down.”
Holly nodded. Her father put his arm around her.
“Can you cut it down?" he asked.
“Yes, of course，”said Harry.
“And after that ... can you plant a new tree?"
“A new tree?”asked Holly, surprised. “Where?"
“In the same place, of course," her father replied.
So Harry cut down the old oak tree and planted a new one in its place. Holly helped him fill the hole with earth, and Eco jumped in and out of it while they were working. Later the whole family stood around the new tree.
“It's small, isn't it?”said Holly' s sister Sophie.
“It’s small now," said Holly,“but it' s going to grow. It's going to grow as big as my old tree."
Then she turned to her father.
“Dad, where are you going to build your new office?"
“Over there,”said her father，pointing.
“On the lawn?”asked Holly. Her parents were crazy about their stupid lawn!
“It's 0K," her mother said.“The tree’s more important. In fact, I want you to have a party in the garden for your new tree. And I want you to invite all your friends.
Holly and Sophie smiled. It was going to be a great summer after all.
36. How did Holly feel about the new tree later?
A. Strange.
B. Angry.
C. Worried.
D. Hopeful.
37. From the passage, we can know that Holly's father would .
A. give up building the new office
B. share one office with his friends
C. build the new office on the lawn
D. choose to work in the tree house
【答案】36.D 37.C
【解析】
36.D。推断题，根据文章中Holly说的一段话“It’s small now," said Holly,“but it' s going to grow. It's going to grow as big as my old tree."可知Holly对于新种的小树是充满期待的。
37.C。推断题，根据文章最后几段““Dad, where are you going to build your new office?"“Over there,”said her father，pointing.“On the lawn?”asked Holly. Her parents were crazy about their stupid lawn!“It's OK," her mother said.”可知爸爸将要把新的办公室建在草坪上，答案选C。
D
The Horsetail Fall (瀑布) is one of Yosemite National Park's most amazing views. Around the second week of February, the setting sun hits the Horsetail Fall at just the right angle (角度) to light the upper parts of the waterfall. And when conditions are right, the Horsetail Fall becomes orange and red at sunset. It is like red-hot lava ( 熔岩) pouring down from the top of the EI Capitan. So, it got the name“firefall" .
The firefall is a perfect match of the weather, the fall, the time and the watching place. It usually appears on dry, warm and cloudless days.There must be enough flowing water to make a firefall too. So there must be enough snow on the mountain top, and it turns into water on warm afternoons.
The sun goes to the best place before the fall in late February. And the best time to watch the fall is 5 to 15 minutes before the sunset. Only at this time can visitors see the firefall. The El Capitan Picnic Area is the best place to watch, because it is close to the fall and is perfect to set up cameras and tents.
Every year in February,
44. From the words of Kate Moore, we can infer that
A. the firefall is worth seeing
B. it's dangerous to watch the firefall
C. the firefall brings little surprise
D. it's a waste of time to visit the firefall
【答案】A
【解析】推断题，根据最后一段Kate Moore说的话 “I' m just saying that the Yosemite Firefall is something you don't want to miss during the winter,"可知答案选A。

【2022-泰州中考】
A
Store Guide
Here’s a list that shows what is on each floor of a department store.

29. According to the information of 2F, which of the following icons is the most suitable for?
A. B. C. D.
【答案】 29. C
【解析】推理判断题。根据清单内容Second Floor “Food Hall”可知，应把C选项放入问号处。故选C。
B
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33. Where is the material probably taken from?
A. A tour guide. B. A sports website.
C. A news report. D. A fashion magazine.
【答案】33. B
【解析】推理判断题。根据“Want to enjoy some exercise at home? Here are some online fitness live courses for you!”（想在家里锻炼身体吗？这里有一些在线健身直播课程供您选择！）可知这篇材料可能来自一个体育网站，故选B。

【2022-徐州中考】
D
Peter loves baseball. Last summer, he helped coach a school baseball team. When he first watched the team of 12-year-olds play baseball, his first impressions were not really positive.
One player often left as soon as they started losing. Another player paid too much attention to all their mistakes during the game. Other boys preferred to dig up the grass when they weren’t in the play. A lot of boys threw their baseball bats when they lost the catch.
While their baseball skills improved over time with more practice, there were still problems with their all-important character. The team had a long way to go. For example, some boys were hard on those who made mistakes. Instead of being supportive or encouraging, they blamed (责怪) each other.
Peter started one-on-one talks with each player to discuss things that he had noticed. Some were about skills like holding the bat up higher or opening their eyes when they were making a catch. But most were about staying positive and supporting each other.
Slowly things began to change. The boys began to take the duties for their play instead of blaming others for mistakes. They stayed optimistic even when losing. The team culture was improving.
Players began encouraging each other, high-fiving and supporting teammates. Peter was especially pleased to see some of the boys taking leadership roles and having their own one-on-one talks with their teammates.
Peter doesn’t think he made huge progress in teaching the boys how to throw, catch or hit better, but he was pleased that their conversations around character led to something positive. Although the team still lost games, the players had stronger characters. Next season, their characters will be tested again.
43. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us that the players had problems with their ________.
A. baseball skills B. baseball bats C. characters D. training
45. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Peter’s efforts for the team work.
B. The team will win the next season.
C. The coach of the team wants to leave.
D. They’ll be many fights among the boys.
【答案】43. C 45. A
【解析】
【43题详解】
推理判断题。根据“One player often left as soon as they started losing. Another player paid too much attention to all their mistakes during the game. Other boys preferred to dig up the grass when they weren’t in the play. A lot of boys threw their baseball bats when they lost the catch.”可推理出，第二段主要告诉我们球员的性格有问题。故选C。
【45题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知，尤其是最后一段“Peter doesn’t think he made huge progress in teaching the boys how to throw, catch or hit better...the players had stronger characters. Next season, their characters will be tested again.”可知，此处是在描述Peter为团队工作所做的努力。故选A。

【2022-镇江中考】
A

Project in Singapore
The fantastic man-made “forest” is a Singapore landmark. It is made from steel and concrete(水泥) covered in local flowers and plants. At night, 18 solar-powered tree-like towers which get their energy from the sun often light up the city. The project was awarded “the World Building of the Year” and its designer said the idea was to create “a city in a garden”. Clearly, the special way of building up the forest makes a difference to lifting the public’s awareness about environment.
Project in Milan
By decorating the buildings from top to bottom with more than 20,000 trees and plants, Italian architect Stefano Boeri said he’d wanted to make trees part of the buildings and create something that could help to reduce pollution. These buildings lie in the center of the city, Milan. Which types of trees are planted and where the trees are planted depend on the trees’ likes for sunlight. There is no doubt that this award-winning project is a great work.
Project in Medellin
Medellin has won high praise for its green corridors(长廊)”. This project helps the city which used to be poor and dirty get a new look. Now the30 corridors full of trees and flowers connect green spaces such as parks and gardens in Medellin. The green corridors have reduced the temperature by two degrees and helped make the air clean Bees and birds have returned. To make the beauty of the city remain, more gardening jobs have been created. Because of this, people there live more actively. Its one of the best examples driven by government which improves the environment.
28. Which part of a magazine may this passage be taken from?
A. International Charities. B. Art World.
C. Green Life. D. Great People.
【答案】28. C
【解析】推理判断题。通读全文可知文章介绍的三个项目都是和绿色生活有关，所以我们可能在杂志的绿色生活部分看到这篇文章，故选C。

B
Characters: Peter; Wendy, Slightly, Nibs, the twins
When everyone was ready, Peter knocked on the door gently.
The door opened slowly, and a lady came out. It was Wendy. The boys all took off their hats “Where am I?” Wendy asked.
Of course, Slightly was the first to get a word in.
“Wendy lady,’’ he said quickly, “we built this house for you.’’
“Oh, please say you like it!” cried Nibs.
“What a lovely, lovely house,” Wendy said. The boys were delighted. “We are your children.” said the twins.
They all lowered their knees and held out their arms.
“Oh, Wendy lady, please be our mother!” they cried in union.
“I would love to,” said Wendy, “but you see I am only a little girl. I have no experience of being a mother.”
“_______” said Peter. “We just need a nice motherly person.”
“Oh, really?” Wendy said. “I think that is exactly what I am.’’
“It is. It is!” they all cried.
“Very well,” she said, “I will do my best. Come inside now you naughty children. I think there’s just enough time for me to finish the story of Cinderella before I put you to bed.”
They went in, and that was the first of the many joyful evenings they had with Wendy. By and by she made them comfortable in the big bed in their home under the trees. But she herself slept that night in the little house. Peter kept watching outside with a sword(剑), because the pirates(海盗) could be heard drinking far away, and the wolves were going about for food. The little house looked very warm and safe in the darkness. After some time, Peter fell asleep, and all was still and quiet in the Neverland.
(adapted from Peter Pan)
29. Which of the following is the most suitable for the blank(空格)?
A. It’s really a pity. B. It’s my pleasure.
C. That doesn’t matter. D. I’m sorry to hear that.
30. According to this passage, Peter is __________.
A. polite and brave B. curious and creative
C. patient and practical D. modest and confident
31. What can we learn from the passage?
A. There was possible danger around the house.
B. The children disliked the story told by Wendy.
C. Peter fell asleep after he drove the pirates away.
D. Wendy was unwilling to be the children’s mother.
【答案】29. C 30. A 31. A
【解析】
【29题详解】
推理判断题。根据“said Peter. “We just need a nice motherly person.” ”可知，这里应该是Peter说的话，结合“but you see I am only a little girl. I have no experience of being a mother.”可知，此处应该是对Wendy说“没有做母亲的经验也没有关系”，故选C。
【30题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Peter knocked on the door gently”可知，Peter是有礼貌的；结合“Peter kept watching outside with a sword(剑), because the pirates(海盗) could be heard drinking far away, and the wolves were going about for food.”可知，面对这样的危险情景，Peter却没有畏惧，说明他是勇敢的，故选A。
【31题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Peter kept watching outside with a sword(剑), because the pirates(海盗) could be heard drinking far away, and the wolves were going about for food.”可知，房子周围可能有危险，故选A。

【2022-徐州中考】
B
This is a typical(典型的) day for Yang Jinlong.
At 9 a. m. , he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, to teach students about Shaanxi kuaiban. It is a traditional Chinese form of storytelling to the rhythm(节奏) of bamboo clappers(响板), which the art form is named after. Sometimes, he helps students prepare for competitions. Usually, his classes run until about 6. p.m. , and then he returns home to prepare classes for the next day.
On June 10, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced 325 national intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产) items in Beijing, increasing the list to 1, 557 items. Shaanxi kuaiban, which appeared during the late Qing Dynasty, has been included. The art form has been introduced to local schools as part of their art education.
Yang has been teaching young people the art form since 2003 after graduating from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. He studied quyi there. Quyi is general term for Chinese folk art forms, including storytelling, crosstalk and clapper talk.
“Art education is important for students in China. Just as many students learn to play Western musical instruments like the piano and violin, there are many people learning traditional Chinese folk arts, including Shaanxi kuaiban, which I’ll work for my whole life,” he said.
Kuaiban is popular in northern China, including Beijing and Tianjin. According to Yang, Shaanxi kuaiban was influenced by the art of different areas. The art form can be played by a group of players or only one. With one or two pairs of kuaiban of different sizes in hand, the players speak in the local dialect(方言) while telling stories, which are usually about heroes. The player tells stories while playing kuaiban, and it’s easy for the watchers to remember the stories since all the lines rhym.
Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our country.
28. Which of the following best describes Yang Jinlong?
A. Devoted. B. Stressed. C. Generous. D. Curious.
29. Why does the writer report Yang Jinlong’s story?
A. To show how to play Shaanxi kuaiban in the local dialect.
B.To tell the difference between Chinese and Western arts.
C. To prove that kuaiban players are living a busy life.
D. To praise the work of spreading traditional Chinese art.
【答案】28. A 29. D
【解析】
【28题详解】
推理判断题。根据“including Shaanxi kuaiban, which I’ll work for my whole life”及“Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our country”可知，杨金龙将为快板奉献一生，他也将中国文化传递下去，由此可推断他是有奉献精神的，故选A。
【29题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Thanks to artists like Yang, this traditional Chinese form of storytelling is passed on and stays alive in our country”可知，作者想通过杨金龙通过教授学生快板来传递中国文化的故事，来赞扬传播中国传统艺术的作品，故选D。
C
Flying cars: flying high and reaching for the sky!
Traffic jam is almost every driver’s headache. So it’s not surprising to see why the idea of turning cars into flying machines has been popular for years. The flying cars can be seen in a lot of science fiction novels and films. Now the idea may become a reality in the near future.
Basic information
● A flying car provides transport by both land and air.
● A few models of flying cars have already completed test flights.
Advantages
● Reducing road traffic jams.
● Travelling across greater distances much faster than common cars.
● Saving space on the ground for parks and other public spaces.
▲
● Building an engine that is powerful enough to lift and fly the car for a long time.
● Creating a strong lightweight body so that the flying car can be used in any weather.
● Designing sky “roads” to manage the flow of traffic in the air.
● Making new traffic rules in the sky.
39. Which word is the most suitable for ▲ ?
A. Disadvantages. B. Possibilities. C. Contributions. D. Challenges.
41. What’s the main purpose of the material?
A. To explain how to make flying cars. B. To introduce flying cars.
C. To show the importance of flying cars. D. To advertise for flying cars.
【答案】39. D 41. B
【解析】
【39题详解】
推理判断题。根据“●Building an engine that is powerful enough to lift and fly the car for a long time；●Creating a strong lightweight body so that the flying car can be used in any weather；●Designing sky “roads” to manage the flow of traffic in the air；●Making new traffic rules in the sky”（制造一个足够强大的发动机，可以长时间提升和驾驶汽车、打造结实轻盈的车身，让飞车可以在任何天气下使用、设计空中“道路”以管理空中交通流、制定空中新交通规则）可推知这些都是挑战，故选D。
【41题详解】
推理判断题。根据“A flying car provides transport by both land and air.”以及通读全文可知，文章主要是介绍了飞行汽车的相关信息，故选B。

【2022-南通中考】
B
Many Chinese primary and middle-school students can’t do housework today and do not take such work seriously. As a result, some are unable to cook or wash their own clothes when they enter college.
The Ministry of Education has recently released the new curriculum standard(新课程标准) for housework education for students from Grade 1 to Grade 9, making it an independent course that students must take at least once a week. The new standard requires students in Grade 1-2 to learn to sweep the floor, Grade 3-4 to learn to plant cabbages, and Grade 5-6 to master the skills of cooking two to three dishes. Students in junior middle schools will learn to repair simple electrical machines. This new standard has been widely welcomed by the public.
Wang: We all know the importance of housework education. However, at home, some students are unable to do the simplest housework, as their parents insist they should devote themselves to study. Some of them gradually grow to be unwilling to do any kind of housework. Housework education is supposed to raise students’ interest in labor, help them experience different kinds of housework and, most importantly, correct their attitudes toward labor. The housework course will become an important step to develop and improve personalities of students.
Li: In order for students to develop in an all-round way, it’s absolutely necessary to add the housework course to school curriculums, which aims to encourage students in primary and secondary schools to progressively learn and love housework. It is important to make the housework class interesting, so that the students will really gain some practical skills. For this reason, schools should add professional(专业的) teachers to give the classes, instead of adding this new stress on parents and other teachers who are already busy with their daily work.
Zhang: Some people think it’s unnecessary to waste time on learning housework. If you want to have a meal, you can order food online, and for electrical machine repairs, you can ask for specialized help. However, people with the basic skills for daily life can go much more confidently and smoothly through everyday life.
It is the first step in encouraging young students to develop a healthy concept(观念) of labor and to be able to take care of themselves in daily life.
36. Which of the following opinions comes from Li?
A. Ordering food online is a good way for students to save time.
B. Non-professional teachers should help give housework classes.
C. Students get useful skills and confidence through housework classes.
D. Teachers of the housework course are expected to make classes interesting.
【答案】36. D
【解析】推理判断题。根据“It is important to make the housework class interesting, so that the students will really gain some practical skills.”可知，李认为让家务课变得有趣是很重要的，这样学生才能真正获得一些实用技能。故选D。
C
Technology and sustainability(可持续性) are two driving forces in the world today. For the agriculture department, sustainable agriculture technology must be the new trend, and farmers should follow it.
The following sustainable agriculture technologies are necessary.
Smart irrigation
Crops need water—that’s needless to say. However, how they get water is another story.
With smart irrigation technology, water can be put to good use. New irrigation systems with smart technology can report soil moisture(湿度) and temperature in real time. These new technologies help farmers properly take care of crops in a more efficient way. For example, most crops have specific requirements for temperature and moisture. The new irrigation systems can show farmers whether they need to make changes for their crops’ growing environments. In this way, they may help reduce the waste of water.
Drones
Drones’ abilities get them a place on this list. They can do a lot and most importantly, they can make the boring and tiring farm work much easier.
These devices have high-definition cameras that take pictures and videos. Through wireless control, just at home farmers can fly the drones over the fields and check on crops. If one area of crops isn’t doing well, farmers can quickly record the details and then spray chemicals with the help of the drones.
Data and software
Data is rich in this tech-driven world. Farming and data working together can greatly change the way farmers plant, harvest and water.
As computers gather information, they report it all back to a central system. So when farmers learn in which area crop health needs to improve, they can use water and fertilizer(肥料) more efficiently, causing less waste.
The three technologies are helpful for farmers to save costs, labor and energy. And they can contribute to the final goal of agricultural sustainability—that is to improve the environment. As these new technologies continue to develop, we are sure to have a cleaner environment.
Sustainable agricultural technology is the future—and it will change the game.
38. According to the passage, smart irrigation can ________.
A. make full use of every drop of rain
B. decide crops’ growing environment
C. help farmers water the crops when necessary
D. support the growth and harvest of crops efficiently
39. From “Drones” part, we can learn that ________.
A. drones can help provide water and fertilizer
B. drones help farm work in a more efficient way
C. farmers can fly in their drones to check on crops
D. farmers can record the details about their drones
【答案】38. C 39. B
【解析】
【38题详解】
推理判断题。根据“With smart irrigation technology, water can be put to good use. New irrigation systems with smart technology can report soil moisture(湿度) and temperature in real time. These new technologies help farmers properly take care of crops in a more efficient way.”可知，有了智能灌溉技术，水可以得到很好的利用。具有智能技术的新型灌溉系统可以实时报告土壤湿度和温度。这些新技术帮助农民以更有效的方式妥善照料作物。所以可以必要时帮助农民给庄稼浇水，故选C。
【39题详解】
推理判断题。根据“These devices have high-definition cameras that take pictures and videos. Through wireless control, just at home farmers can fly the drones over the fields and check on crops. If one area of crops isn’t doing well, farmers can quickly record the details and then spray chemicals with the help of the drones.”可知，这些设备有高清摄像头，可以拍照和视频。通过无线控制，农民在家里就可以让无人机飞越农田，查看农作物。如果某一地区的农作物长得不好，农民们可以迅速记录下细节，然后在无人机的帮助下喷洒化学品。所以“无人机以更有效的方式帮助农活”表述正确，故选B。
D

As Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blew a lifelike puppy out of molten maltose(溶化的麦芽糖) in just minutes, kids looked carefully at him with great surprise, thinking he was a magician.
Xiong Chuanfa has been working on blowing sugar figurines, a Chinese traditional folk art with a history of over 600 years, for more than twenty years.
In this special art form, the artist heats the syrup(糖浆) to a certain temperature, pulls off a small amount, makes it into a ball with an open center, presses the open area together and stretches it to form a tube. Then he blows air into the tube and makes it into different shapes. The traditional folk art has been listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产).
Every morning, Xiong prepares the molten syrup and drives to start his “magic show” around his city. “Many people, particularly kids, are attracted by this sugar art. After all, the ancient art is gradually disappearing,” Xiong said. Simon, from Australia, was attracted by a sugar Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Xiong’s stall. Simon couldn’t resist trying to make one himself. However, he couldn’t get the wanted shape though he tried several times. “It looks simple, but actually it’s very difficult to master the skill,” he said. Thanks to Xiong’s helping hand, Siunon finally saw a horse gradually taking shape. “Can’t believe I’ve done this,” he said, expressing his excitement at how a pot of sugar syrup has been turned into something “truly amazing”.
Xiong said that blowing sugar figurines can date back to the Ming Dynasty and that his family has passed down this art for four generations. “My 6-year-old son often blows up a balloon-like sugar figure, just like I used to do as a child,” he said. Xiong’s wife Wang Li is an artist of the sugar painting, which is a form of traditional Chinese folk art that uses hot, liquid sugar to make 2-D objects.
“None of the cultural heritage left by our ancestors should be lost. They are name cards of the splendid Chinese culture and should be spread around the world,” Xiong said. The couple often show their skills beside colleges to draw youngsters closer to the traditional art and allow them to experience its charm. “Sugar paintings and sugar figurines are childhood memories of several generations of Chinese people. We try to combine paper-cutting skills and modern elements(元素) with sugar figurines, making them similar to modern trend(趋势) while keeping a balance between beauty and taste. We will spend the rest of our lives helping pass on this intangible heritage,” Xiong said.
Many people were deeply moved after learning about the family’s story.
43. The underlined word “resist” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.
A. be praised by B. stop oneself from
C. be attracted by D. remind oneself of
【答案】43. B
【解析】推理判断题。根据“Simon, from Australia, was attracted by a sugar Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Xiong’s stall. Simon couldn’t resist trying to make one himself.”可知，来自澳大利亚的西蒙被北京2022年冬奥会吉祥物“糖冰墩墩”吸引住了，西蒙忍不住想自己做一个。所以resist的意思是“抵挡”，故选B。

【2022无锡中考】
B
Studying is not always the most interesting task within your day, but it is a necessary one. Even though it is required, everyone has got bored at one time or another while studying. Although this is a common problem, here are some tips for you to keep boredom away while you are studying.
Find a suitable place to study.
Make sure you are in a place that is free of distraction(分心). Distractions will actually cause you to become more bored because you are reminded of the things you could be doing other than studying.
Make a ▲ plan.
Plan first. List what you need to get completed and how long you need to complete it. If you know when you can go back to play sports or talk to your friends, you will be more likely to fix your attention on studies.

Mix up your topics.

Change up the topics that you are studying. Mix up what you study every half an hour to an hour or so to avoid boredom. For example, study history for 45 minutes, maths for 45 minutes, and English for 45 minutes. Make sure you don’t spend all your time on one subject.
Take notes as you go.
Take a notebook out and write down important notes while you are reading an article in a textbook. Not only will it help keep you engaged, you will also be learning more because you process the information once as you read it and then again as you synthesize the information to write down.
28. Which part of a magazine is the passage most probably taken from?
A. Study. B. Health. C. Science. D. Culture.
29. Which word is the most suitable for ▲ ?
A. trip B. time C. business D. lunch
【答案】28. A 29. B
【解析】
28.A。推理判断题。根据“Although this is a common problem, here are some tips for you to keep boredom away while you are studying.”可知，此文与学习建议有关，因此在杂志的“学习部分”可以看到。故选A。
29.B。推理判断题。根据“List what you need to get completed and how long you need to complete it.”和图片内容可知，此处谈论时间计划，因此此处应该填“plan”。故选B。

D
Have you ever watched a show about the wild? A shark (鲨鱼) eats a seal! Lions run down a gazelle! Is all nature like that? All about eating and blood? Or is that just what keeps our eyes glued to the TV screen? Let’s look at sonic living things who work with each other instead of ripping each other apart.
When a lion kills a gazelle, it wants to eat as much as it can and maybe share the rest with its family. There are some living things that will take small pieces of another living thing’s body. Parasitism is when one living thing gets its energy from another living thing, does not give anything back, and hurts the thing it’s taking things from.
Now let’s get a little nicer. Sometimes a living thing will live off the body of another living thing without hurting it. They do not steal anything. They do not bite. Commensalism is when two living things live together and one gets good things out of it while the other is not hurt by it. Have you seen a picture of a whale (鲸) with rocky white things stuck to its skin? Those are barnacles(藤壶). They attach themselves to the whale, so nothing will try to eat them and they can eat things that float by.
Now let’s get really nice. While sharks are biting and lions are fighting, are there any animals that just get along? Yes! Actually, there are many. Mutualism is when two living things work together and both get good things out of it. Bees and flowers are the most common example. Without flowers, bees could not make honey. Without bees, flowers could not make new seeds. It’s win-win for these two. There are lots of animals that get along. Birds will live on the backs of zebras and eat the ticks that are drinking the zebra’s blood. The bird gets food. The zebra gets its ticks taken away. In some of these cases, one animal could not live without the other.
We use the word “Symbiotic (共生的)” for all of these kinds of relationships. Sometimes it’s good for one and bad for the other. Sometimes it’s just good for one. Sometimes it’s even good for both. So, it is nice to know that there are some living things out there that are finding ways to live together. We could pay attention to the animals that do not always make it on TV.
34.The writer mentioned a TV show about the wild in Paragraph 1 to __________.
A. tell a story B. solve a mystery
C. Introduce a subject D. discuss a programme
35. Which of the following best describes the relationship between bees and flowers?
A. Neighbours. B. Friends. C. Strangers. D. Partners.
37. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The world of living things remains to be explored.
B. More actions should be taken to protect living things.
C. TV programmes about living things require to be improved.
D. More money will be spent on documentaries about living things.
【答案】34. C 35. D 37. A
【解析】
34.C。 推理判断题。根据“Let’s look at sonic living things who work with each other instead of ripping each other apart.”可知，第一段提及电视节目是为了引出文章主题；故选C。
35.D。 推理判断题。根据“Mutualism is when two living things work together and both get good things out of it. Bees and flowers are the most common example.”可知，互惠主义是指两个生物一起工作，都从中得到好处；因此花和蜂蜜的关系是一种合作关系；故选D。
37. A。推理判断题。根据“So, it is nice to know that there are some living things out there that are finding ways to live together. We could pay attention to the animals that do not always make it on TV.”可知，生物世界还有待探索；故选A。

☞【模拟训练】
B
On that Saturday afternoon, the Harpers and Aunt Polly’s family went into mourning（哀悼）. The village was unusually quiet. The villagers talked little but sighed（叹息）often. Children had no heart in sports and gave them up. People were sad to know that Tom, Joe and Huck were drowned（淹死）.
In the afternoon, Becky found herself walking around the yard and feeling very sad. She said to herself, “I haven’t got anything to remember Tom by. He’s gone now. I’ll never, never see him any more.”
Then there was an argument about who saw the dead boys last in life. Many said they did and offered evidence. When it was finally decided who saw the dead boys last, the lucky ones took upon themselves some self-importance.
The next morning, when the bell began to toll（鸣钟）, the villagers got together in the church. No one could remember when the little church had been so full before. Aunt Polly entered. She was followed by Sid and Mary and by the Harper family. They were all in deep black. As the funeral（葬礼）continued, people felt sorry that they didn’t treat the boys well before. They only saw faults（缺点）in them. People gave way to their feelings and cried.
A moment later, the church door opened slowly. People raised their eyes above handkerchiefs（手帕）and they were surprised. They saw Tom, Joe and Huck——the three dead boys—walk into the church! They had been hiding and listening to their own funeral.
Aunt Polly, Mary and the Harpers threw themselves upon their children and kissed them again and again. Tom got hundreds of kisses that day. Before this, he didn’t know he was loved by so many people.
—Adapted from The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
30. What happened on that Saturday afternoon?
A. Children all had a good time. B. people in the village felt sad.
C. Aunt Polly’s family went out for a trip. D. The villagers talked much but sighed often.
31. Why was the village unusually quiet?
A. Because Tom, Joe and Huck went missing.
B. Because there was nothing to do on the weekend.
C. Because Tom, Joe and Huck were believed to have died.
D. Because many children had lost their interest in sports.
32. When was the funeral held in the church?
A. On a Saturday morning. B. On a Saturday afternoon.
C. On a Sunday morning. D. On a Sunday afternoon.
33. What did they feel when people saw Tom, Joe and Huck walk into the church?
A. Angry. B. Sad. C. Surprised. D. Frightened.
【答案】30. B 31. C 32. C 33. C
【解析】本文讲述了村民们从得知三个孩子被淹死，为他们举办葬礼，看到他们死而复生后的全部心理过程。
【30题详解】
细节理解题。根据“People were sad to know that Tom, Joe and Huck were drowned.”可知，那个星期六下午村里异常安静，因为人们对汤姆、乔和哈克的死感到难过。故选B。
【31题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The village was unusually quiet.”以及“People were sad to know that Tom, Joe and Huck were drowned.”可知，村庄安静的原因是因为村民们认为汤姆、乔和哈克已经死亡。故选C。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The next morning, when the bell began to toll（鸣钟）, the villagers got together in the church.”可知，周日早上在教堂举行的葬礼。故选C。
【33题详解】
细节理解题。根据“People raised their eyes above handkerchiefs（手帕）and they were surprised.”可知，当人们看到汤姆、乔和哈克走进教堂时，他们感到很惊讶。故选C。

C
The average worldwide commute（通勤）is around 40 minutes. But UK workers are travelling 54 minutes and Londoners commute about 80 minutes by car and over two hours by train every day. What can these commuters in the UK teach us about how best to behave during all that time spent in cars, trains and buses?
First of all, travel manners are important. A recent article asked its readers to describe which of the commuters’ actions are bad manners. Top answers included making too much noise, eating badly-smelt food and putting feet up on the seats. Several readers even mentioned a passenger who clipped their toenails（修指甲）on the train.
But a long commute isn’t just about unhappy experiences. Many UK commuters can make use of their time on transport creatively. 37-year-old Ben Yallop used his daily three-hour trip to write and publish two novels. 24-year-old Amy Dickett uses her 90-minute trip to take pictures of other commuters for her Commute Blog. She takes a picture and asks them to tell her something surprising about themselves. “Usually they are surprised but glad to have some fun on an otherwise boring journey. Often the people around us join in and will ask their own questions,” she said.
So, no matter where or how your journey is, learn from the UK commuters. _________.
34. Which of the following is NOT included in the top answers about commuters’ bad manners?
A. Making too much noise. B. Eating badly-smelt food.
C. Putting feet up on the seats. D. Clipping their toenails
35. What did Ben Yallop do in his daily three-hour trip?
A. Asked others for surprising things. B. Took pictures of other commuters.
C. Played mobile phone games. D. Wrote and published two novels.
36. In Paragraph 3, the writer expresses his idea by ________.
A. giving examples B. explaining the meaning
C. making a conclusion D. showing its importance
【答案】34. D 35. D 36. A
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述英国人上下班乘车的时间各有不同。期间会出现一些不礼貌或欠考虑的行为。有好多人利用通勤时间做出了积极的尝试，希望让旅途变得有意义。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据文中“Top answers included making too much noise, eating badly-smelt food and putting feet up on the seats.”可推理出，修剪他们的脚趾甲不包括在通勤者不礼貌的首要答案中。故选D。
【35题详解】
细节理解题。根据文中“37-year-old Ben Yallop used his daily three-hour trip to write and publish two novels.”可知，Ben Yallop在他每日三小时的行程中撰写并出版了两部小说。故选D。
【36题详解】
推理判断题。根据文中“37-year-old Ben Yallop used his daily three-hour trip to write and publish two novels. 24-year-old Amy Dickett uses her 90-minute trip to take pictures of other commuters for her Commute Blog. She takes a picture and asks them to tell her something surprising about themselves.”可推理出，在第3段中，作者通过举例子来表达他的想法。故选A。
D
Seeing blood in a horror movie might make you scream or cover your eyes, but real blood isn’t scary at all. Blood keeps us alive. That’s why blood donors are considered lifesavers.
Blood donors are people who give blood—usually about 200 ml at a time—to blood banks or blood donation centres. The blood is then available for people who have lost blood in accidents, need operations, or have a serious illness that requires their blood to be replaced.
Hospitals and blood banks store the blood and try to keep enough on hand for major emergencies (紧急情况), such as typhoons and earthquakes, in which many people are injured.
Donating blood is easy. Medical workers ask donors several questions about their health, as well as test their blood, to make sure the blood is safe to use. Then the donors relax, often reading a magazine or talking as their blood is drawn. Afterward, the donors may receive some juice or water and maybe fruit or cookies to give them energy before leaving the donation centre. The whole process is simple and quick, not scary. After blood donation, the donors had better rest and not overwork. Most people are able to donate blood again in about two months if they wish.
To give blood, a person must be at least 18 years old and must meet certain other requirements. Students of all ages, though, can learn more about the donation process by visiting a local blood donation centre. Donating blood is one of the easiest ways to save lives and help a community.
39. What question does the second paragraph answer?
A. Where does the blood go?
B. Who needs the blood most?
C. Is all donors’ blood safe to use?
D. Why would medical workers ask questions?
40. What would happen to a ninth grader who wants to donate blood?
A. He would have to rest at first. B. He would receive extra cookies.
C. He would not be allowed to donate. D. He would be allowed to donate only 200 ml.
【答案】 39. A 40. C
【解析】本文介绍了有关献血知识。
【39题详解】
细节理解题。根据“The blood is then available for people who have lost blood in accidents, need operations, or have a serious illness that requires their blood to be replaced.”可知，血液可供在事故中失血、需要手术或患有需要更换血液的严重疾病的人使用。所以第二段是回答了“血液流向哪里？”。故选A。
【40题详解】
细节理解题。根据“To give blood, a person must be at least 18 years old and must meet certain other requirements.”和常识可知，献血者必须年满18岁，九年级学生是不满18岁的，不满足献血条件。故选C。
C
There’s an unwritten rule among documentary film-makers—to watch, but not intervene（干涉）. But a BBC documentary worker in Antarctica made a hard decision to intervene when several emperor penguin mothers and their babies became trapped in a ravine（深沟）.
In one of the Dynasties series, mother penguins can be seen leaving babies behind when they can’t get out from the ravine. Some babies died from the freezing low temperatures.
After a storm, the workers returned to the area and decided to do something. In the beginning, they are not sure about the proper way to help with the least intervene. Finally, they built a ramp to help the remaining penguins climb to safety.
“We chose to intervene with the least influence,” said the shows director, Will Lawson. “Once we’d dug that little ramp, which took very little time, we left it to the birds. We were excited when they decided to use it.”
The show’s creator, Sir David Attenborough, is known for his strong support to let nature take its course. But in this case.he said he would have intervened.
“It’s very rare for the film workers to intervene,” he said. “But they realize that they might be able to save some of these birds simply by digging a few steps in the ice.”
“It’s such an unusual condition to do this,” he added. “It wasn’t dangerous. You weren’t touching the animals and by doing this, they had the chance to get out of the trouble.”
Although different people hold different views, the workers have received more praise from the public for what they did.
38. What difficulties did the emperor penguins meet?
A. The penguins died of illness.
B. The penguins got hit on their way.
C. The penguins got trapped in a ravine.
D. The penguins finally climbed to a safe place.
39. According to the passage, which of the following order is correct?
①The workers decided to intervene.
②Some babies died from the low temperatures.
③The film workers dug a ramp.
④Some mother penguins left their babies behind.
A. ①②③④ B. ②④①③ C. ④②①③ D. ①③②④
41. What can we learn from the passage?
A. We need to obey the rules at any time.
B. “To watch, not intervene “is written in the rules of filming documentaries.
C. People sometimes have to break rules to do the right thing.
D. Love is priceless among animals.
【答案】38. C 39. C 41. C
【解析】本文讲述了纪录片制作人有一条不成文的规则——观看，但不干预。但是， 当几只帝企鹅妈妈和它们的孩子被困在深沟中时， BBC在南极洲的一位纪录片工作者做出了一个艰难的决定，进行了干预。它告诉我们人们有时不得不打破规则来做正确的事情。
【38题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“ But a BBC documentary worker in Antarctica made a hard decision to intervene when several emperor penguin mothers and their babies became trapped in a ravine（深沟）.”可知帝企鹅被困在深沟中。故选C。
【39题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“mother penguins can be seen leaving babies behind when they can’t get out from the ravine. Some babies died from the freezing low temperatures.”可知此处表达“母企鹅将孩子留在身后，一些企鹅宝宝死于严寒”；根据第三段“they are not sure about the proper way to help with the least intervene. Finally, they built a ramp to help the remaining penguins climb to safety.”可知此处表达“工人们打算干预并建造了一个斜坡”，故正确顺序是④②①③。故选C。
【41题详解】
推理判断题。通读全文可知工人们打破了原有规则来拯救企鹅，由最后一段“Although different people hold different views, the workers have received more praise from the public for what they did.”可知他们的做法得到了人们的认可和赞扬，故可推测“为了做正确的事情有时不得不打破常规”。故选C。
D
5G will bring us much faster internet speeds, wider coverage and more stable connections (稳定的连接). Chinese tech company Huawei has more patents (专利) for 5G than any other company in the world. Here are some of the major things 5G can do.
High-tech Education Smart campuses (校园) are being built all over the world. With 5G, you can have classes outside your school as well. Students from poor areas can have the chance to study just like you do.
5G Roads
All of the forms of transport will be improved with 5G. 5G roads can tell electric car drivers where the nearest charging (充电) station is. It can also manage and control traffic lights and traffic flow. 5G makes self-driving cars safer.
Medical care
With 5G, doctors at the hospital can get the information from patients and have a video call to diagnose them. When people are ill, they may not need to go to the hospital. They can just see a doctor at home. Also 5G can make health care available to older people who live in the countryside.
Virtual reality (VR)
With the power of 5G VR gamers will be able to see, hear, and feel virtual environments without experiencing any lag (滞后). You will be able to play VR games anywhere in real time with a headset. In 5G smart factories, workers can use 5G headsets to solve problems.
Smart home
Smart technology can turn any home into a nicer place to live: For example, a smart rubbish bin can keep track of the things you’ve thrown away and place an online order for new items. Smart fridges can create dinner recipes (菜谱) based on the vegetables that are being kept inside. Smart home can lower how much electricity you use overall too.
42. In which part of a newspaper can we find the passage?
A. Travel. B. Culture. C. Health. D. Science.
43. ________ has the most patents for 5G.
A. Google B. Apple C. Huawei D. Baidu
44. 5G roads can ________.
A. manage and control the traffic
B. tell car drivers how to drive more safely
C. allow drivers to use VR along the road
D. remind drivers to slow down
45. Which of the following is NOT true according the passage?
A. 5G will be of great help to students from poor areas.
B. People don’t need to see a doctor because of 5G.
C. VR makes people feel like being in a certain place.
D. Smart homes can help us save energy.
【答案】42. D 43. C 44. A 45. B
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了5G将给我们带来更快的网速、更广的覆盖范围和更稳定的连接。文中介绍了5G可以为我们做很多事情。
【42题详解】
推理判断题。根据原文“Here are some of the major things 5G can do”可知，本文说的5G技术对人们生活的益处，故属于科技版块。故选D。
【43题详解】
细节理解题。根据原文“Chinese tech company Huawei has more patents (专利) for 5G than any other company in the world”可知，华为拥有最多的5G专利。故选C。
【44题详解】
细节理解题。根据原文“5G roads can tell electric car drivers where the nearest charging (充电) station is. It can also manage and control traffic lights and traffic flow”可知，5G道路可以管理和控制交通。故选A。
【45题详解】
细节理解题。根据原文“When people are ill, they may not need to go to the hospital. They can just see a doctor at home”可知，当人们生病时，他们可能不需要去医院。他们只需要在家里看医生。但是并不是说因为5G，人们不需要看医生，因此选项B错误。故选B。