科目：初中英語 來源：2013年初中畢業(yè)升學考試（陜西卷）英語（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
To protect the environment, we are on the way. Here are a few things we can do.
Unwanted gifts? Give them away!
Have you ever received a gift that you didn’t like? Did you throw it away? If so, you can have another choice now. Two British companies hopes people will give away their unwanted gifts to them. And they will resell the gifts to raise money for the poor. In this way, the gifts can be refused and have a future life. And people can make a difference to the world.
Wear the trousers that reduce(減少) pollution!
A chemistry scientist and a fashion designer (時裝設(shè)計師) have created a new kind of trousers. The trousers are made of a new material which can help reduce air pollution around us. Scientists have tested the material. The result shows that it isn’t harmful to human. This new kind of trousers may appear at the market in two years. Professor Ryan said, “If thousands of people wear the trousers, the air quality will be improved.”
Plant trees with Felix
Felix Finkbeiner, a 14-year-old German boy, is not famous as a child actor but an environment hero. At the age of 9, Felix got the idea that children could do something to protect the environment. So he started a club. Felix soon got support from children all over the world. Some of them have become his good friends. The club has an aim of planting 212 million trees. They have planted over 3.5 million trees all around the world. Felix said, “The answer to controlling global(全球的) warming is trees—lots of trees!”
1.The companies resell the unwanted gifts .
A. to make the unwanted gifts useful B. to help people learn to think carefully
C. to save money from it D. to make money for themselves.
2.The trousers mentioned in the passage .
A. have been created by a physics scientist and a fashion designer
B. can help make air pollution less
C. will do harm to people
D. will be popular in two years
3.Felix started a club .
A. to become famous
B. to become a child actor
C. to protect the environment with other children
D. to make friends with the children around the world
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科目：初中英語 來源：2013年初中畢業(yè)升學考試（江西卷）英語（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (積木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自畫像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."
1.What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
A．The Statue of Liberty. B．Superman.
C．His serf-portrait. D．A Greenwich Village modal.
2.Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer.
B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children.
C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.
D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead.
3.What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Nathan's work. B．Nathan's exhibition.
C．Nathan's art. D．Nathan's self-portrait
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．The Brick Artist B．The Brick Exhibition
C．Toy Bricks for Adults D．The Artist's Childhood
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科目：初中英語 來源：2011-2012學年江蘇省南京市六合區(qū)中考一模英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she acted in the movie National Velvet — the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who won first place in a famous horse race. At first, the producers of the movie told Elizabeth Taylor that she was too short to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for four months until three inches (英寸) added to her height. Elizabeth Taylor’s acting in National Velvet is still considered to be the best and National Velvet became Elizabeth Taylor’s first success.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved to London for business. When World War II started, the Taylors moved to California, where Elizabeth Taylor started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Elizabeth Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and won the Academy Award twice for Best Actress for her performance in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1966).
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (傳奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, Elizabeth Taylor was very lucky, and she was hard-working, beautiful, famous and rich. When Elizabeth Taylor got older, she seldom acted in movies. Instead, she spent most of time on her business, and she often helped others. Several years ago, she raised more than $40 million for research and education. In March, 2011, Elizabeth Taylor died at the age of 79.
1.The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because ______.
A. she was not tall enough B. she didn’t show interest
C. she was not beautiful enough D. she did not play well enough
2.Where did Elizabeth Taylor start acting in movies?
A. In New York. B. In Los Angeles.
C. In California. D. In London
3.When did Elizabeth Taylor win her first Academy Award for Best Actress?
A. At the age of 12. B. At the age of 28.
C. At the age of 31. D. At the age of 34.
4.What do you know about Velvet Brown in National Velvet?
A. She was not rich. B. She was a famous actress.
C. She was not well-known. D. She won first place in a famous horse race.
5.The writer wrote this article to _______.
A. encourage us to help others
B. advise us to watch National Velvet
C. tell us how to be successful and famous
D. give us some information about a successful star
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科目：初中英語 來源：2011年浙江省衢州市中考英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
The Piccadilly line to Heathrow (倫敦西斯羅機場) is not only the fast way to travel but also the cheapest. So the next time you’re flying to Heathrow, make sure you fly Piccadilly line.
Your Piccadilly flight features (特點):
l Departures (發(fā)車) from 36 stops on the Piccadilly line, or from over 200 stations only one change way
l Service every 5 minutes to and from Heathrow throughout the day
l Journeys from central London taking less than 50 minutes
l Only £3.70 for a single adult fare (費用)
l See tables below for journey times
Adult single £3.70
Child single £1.50
If you are traveling as a group, then you are allowed to use the family travel card, which means each adult can travel for £3.40, and each child for £0.80.
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Monday - Saturday |
Sunday |
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From |
Journey time |
Frequency （頻率） |
First train |
Last train |
First train |
Last train |
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Earls Court |
39mins |
5mins |
05:55 |
00:43 |
07:15 |
23:49 |
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Piccadilly Circus |
49mins |
5mins |
05:45 |
00:32 |
07:05 |
23:38 |
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Monday - Saturday |
Sunday |
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To |
Journeytime |
Frequency |
First train |
Last train |
First train |
Last train |
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Earls Court |
34mins |
5mins |
05:13 |
23:49 |
05:57 |
23:30 |
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Piccadilly Circus |
45mins |
5mins |
05:13 |
23:49 |
05:57 |
23:30 |
1.At what time does the first train leave Earls Court on Sunday?
A. 07:15 B. 05:55 C. 05:13 D. 05:57
2.If your father wants to take the train, how much should he pay?
A. £1.50 B. £3.40 C. £3.70 D. £5.20
3. If you miss a train, how long will it take to wait for another?
A. 39 minutes B. 49 minutes C. 50 minutes D. only 5 minutes
4.The last train to Piccadilly Circus on Wednesday leaves at ______.
A. 00:32 B. 00:43 C. 23:49 D. 23:30
5.If you travel with your mum and dad as a child, what is your best choice?
A. All pay full fare. B. Use the family travel card.
C. Each pay for his or her own. D. Look for free tickets.
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科目：初中英語 來源：2014屆江蘇省初一2月測試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單詞拼寫
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He may be still young, but he may surprise you! If you ask around, many would say that Jay Chou has become the real king of the1.m___ world. As a child, Jay Chou was never good at his2.l___, and when he didn’t get into any college, a lot of people said that he would not have a good3.f___. His mum always 4.w___ about his future, but he never did. Growing up in a single-parent family, Jay 5.f___ lonely. Without many friends, he had a habit of daydreaming, dreaming into his world of music. So how did Jay get into music? 6.A___ the age of three, he started to learn to 7.p___ the piano. His mother always 8.m___ sure he practiced hard. Later, he started out as a song writer.
Jay’s songs are very moving. His9.s___ “Dad, I am back”, is about a broken family. “I heard that after war（戰(zhàn)爭） there is peace（和平）. Why do I always see my dad beating my mum? Since I was 10.y___, you have told me to learn from you, use you as a model. So much pretense（虛偽）. How do you expect me to be like you!”
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