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1、2019届中考英语阅读理解模拟5篇 (名师精讲选试题+实战练习，建议下载练习)一、阅读理解。AEmpathy lets us feel another persons pain and drives us to help. Do any other animals feel empathy? Scientists recently found that rats(老鼠) do, too. Most people dont like rats. In many peoples eyes, rats are only bad. But Jean Decety and his partners at
2、 the University of Chicago did an experiment. It showed that rats are kind, warm-hearted animals. They can feel each others pain. Scientists placed pairs of rats in plastic cages(笼子) for two weeks. During this time they got to know each other. Then they put one of the rats from each pair into a smal
3、l container(容器) in the cages. The small container had a door. It was so designed as to fall to the side when the free rat touched it. Many of the trapped(困住的) rats squeaked(吱吱叫) to show their discomfort. The other rats of the pairs could see their suffering friends clearly. In most pairs, the free r
4、ats would become very worried about their friends. They kept trying to save their friends again and again throughout the month. Scientists put the rats favorite chocolate in the cages, but the rats didnt eat it until they had saved their friends successfully. Scientists also found that female rats s
5、eemed to act more empathetic than male rats. “The results are the first to show that rats take action in response to anothers trouble,” Decety said. “Monkeys and chimpanzees have similar behavior. But unlike those animals, rats can be ready used in laboratory studies. They will help us to learn whic
6、h parts of the brain lead to empathy and helping behavior and whether empathy is natural.” 1. A person with empathy is often _. A. kind-hearted B. clever C. active D. strong2. What does the underline word mean in Chinese? A.休息的 B.睡着的 C.死亡的 D.受苦的3. Why didnt the free rats eat the chocolate at first?
7、A. Because they were full at that time. B. Because chocolate was not their favorite food. C. Because they wanted to save the trapped rats first. D. Because they were afraid that the chocolate was bad.4. Which of the following animals were NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Monkeys. B. Cats. C. Rats. D
8、. Chimpanzees. 5. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. Rats can feel other animals pain. B. Chocolate is rats favorite food. C. Female rats are more empathetic than male rats.D. Rats are empathetic and can feel each others pain.BHave you ever had dreams about building a robot? Or putting togethe
9、r a spaceship? Or even seeing your face made out of chocolate? Done. All you need is a 3-D printer!The possibilities of 3-D printing seem endless. All the user has to do is to designan object on the computer and choose a material to print in. The printers print in hundreds of different materials inc
10、luding glass, sugar and even skin! When the user presses “print”, the 3-D printer spreads the material layer(层) by layer and like magic the object is produced.The first 3-D printer was invented in 1986 by an American, Charles Hull. But 3-D printing has only become cheap enough recently for most peop
11、le to use. Designers now use 3-D printing to create unusual things. The Dutch artist Dirk Vander Kooj prints furniture made from old fridges. And doctors have used 3-D printing to print human body parts! The Telegraph reported in February that scientists from Cornell Medical College even printed a m
12、an-made ear. But like a lot of new technologies, if 3-D printing gets into the wrong hands, it can be dangerous. In 2011 a group of four men in the US used 3-D printing to produce ATM skimmers (提款机盗刷器). These were placed on an ATM and stole over $400,000 from users of the ATM. It is terrible to thin
13、k that criminals like them might one day use a 3-D printer to print a gun.But for better or for worse, 3-D printing has been put into use. In a few years, youll probably be wondering how you could ever live without your 3-D printer!（ ）1. _ invented the first 3-D printer.A. Charles Hull B. Dirk Vande
14、r KoojC. A doctor called Cornell D. Four men in the U.S（ ）2. What is the correct order for people to use a 3-D printer? A. Choose a proper material. B. Press the print button. C. The 3-D printer spreads the material. D. Use a computer to design an object.（ ）3. The underlined word “criminals” in the
15、fourth paragraph might mean _ in Chinese. A. 技术员 B. 军人C. 罪犯 D. 用户（ ）4. According to the passage, people have NOT yet produced _ with a 3-D printer.A. some furniture B. a man-made ear C. ATM skimmers D. a gun（ ）5. What does the writer think of the 3-D printer?A. It is necessary only for our work. B. It is helpful but dangerous.C. It is too expensive for most people. D. It is useless in our daily life. CAmerican magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without foo
