(北京专版)2020中考英语复习方案第三篇提分题型专练回答问题05中国航空日读书英国茶文化试题 (1)

A [2019·密云期末]

About 800 years ago, a Chinese man named Wang Hu made the world’s first rocket, but unluckily he lost his life with it. It was not until April 24, 1970 that China sent its first satellite Dongfanghong-1 to space successfully.

To celebrate the first big success for the country’s space development, April 24 is now China’s Space Day, which started in 2016. While celebrating, China also announced(宣布) new plans to make a space station and go to Mars and further space.

A space station is like a home for astronauts in space. Astronauts live and work on a space station and spaceships can even park there. China plans to finish building its space station in 2022.

According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, by that time, becoming an astronaut will be a normal job. Astronauts are needed more than ever before. They need to be able to finish more tasks. So far, China has been choosing astronauts mainly from pilots. In the future astronauts will also be picked from engineers, doctors and space technology experts.

Another plan is about Mars. In order to search Mars, China will send a probe(探测器)first to Mars around 2020. It will land there and even bring back things from Mars.

It’s such a big plan! Only by doing this can China say it has truly started the exploration of deep space. And the exploration will help us understand how the universe changes. 1.Who made the world’s first rocket?

2. When is China’s Space Day?

3. What does China plan to do in 2022?

4. What will China do first to search Mars?

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5. What does the passage mainly tell us?

B [2019·海淀二模]

Todd Bol is the founder of the non-profit Little Free Libraries. Bol built the first little library in 2009 to honor his mom, who was a book-lover and teacher. Bol wanted to share his mother’s love for reading with others. He decided to build a wooden box and fill it with books. He made it look like a tiny red schoolhouse.

He placed the box with books on a post in his front yard with a sign that read “Free Books”. This was the beginning of the Little Free Library.

Soon Bol’s neighbors noticed this tiny model of a schoolhouse. They began taking the books and replacing them with books of their own. The tiny library was always open. A library card was not needed. The books could be read and returned whenever. It offered people an easy way to read. This library didn’t just provide books, it also helped build friendships among community members. As more and more people visited Bol’s little library, they began talking with one another. Everyone loved the little library. They shared thoughts, ideas, and stories. They got to know one another. After all, as Bol said, “It’s a magic box with books.”

Bol’s friends and neighbors wanted little libraries of their own. Bol built several and gave them away. One of his friends, Rick Brooks, noticed that the libraries encouraged people to read. He believed that Bol’s little libraries could benefit more than just local friends and neighbors. With this in mind, Bol and Brookes came up with a plan to build more than 2,500 Little Free Libraries around the world. To achieve this goal, they created a website. People can get information about the Little Free Libraries and how they can set up little libraries of their own.

Thanks to Bol and Brooks, the Little Free Libraries are encouraging people to read more and to be friendlier. Today there are more than 75,000 Little Free Libraries around the world, and they can be found on almost every continent. 1.When did Bol build the first library?

2.Where did Bol put the box with books?

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3.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

4.How did Bol and Brooks achieve their goal?

5.What are the Little Free Libraries encouraging people to do?

C [2019·昌平二模]

Englishmen are well known for the amount of tea that they drink. The average person in the UK drink around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That’s around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by the whole society. But tea is not native(本土的) to Britain. Most tea is grown in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?

Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea could be bought. However, this could be only bought by the richer people in the UK.

At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased gradually. Black tea arrived at this time. At first people drank this kind of tea exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that tea tasted good with a little milk and sugar in it. That’s just the special British characteristic(特征) about it.

In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. This means drinking tea with snacks(零食) around 4 pm. Because it can help people to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition that is still going today but has become less popular in recent times.

In the late 1800s, the price of tea went down sharply as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people and everyone could enjoy it. Tearooms—shops where you could buy and drink tea—started to appear across the country. People

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enjoyed drinking tea and socializing(社交) in these places. At the start of the 20th century, Englishmen began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it. Teapots became necessary in every kitchen.

1.Is tea native to Britain?

2.What is the British characteristic of tea?

3.What does “afternoon tea” mean?

4.When could everyone in Britain enjoy tea?

5.What is the passage mainly about?

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A

1. Wang Hu. 2.April 24.

3.China plans to finish building its space station. 4.China will send a probe to Mars around 2020. 5.China’s space plans/programs.

B

1.In 2009.

2.On a post in his front yard.

3.Reasons why people (in Bol’s community) loved the little library./The advantages/benefits of the little library (in Bol’s community). The little library offered people convenience to read

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and helped build friendships.

4.They created a website./By creating a website.

5.They are encouraging people to read more and to be friendlier.

C

1.No./No, it isn’t.

2.With a little milk and sugar in it.

3.It means drinking tea with snacks around 4 pm.

4.In the late 1800s./When the price of tea went down sharply./When more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China.

5.How tea becomes an important part of British culture./The history of tea in the UK.

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