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1、2021年湖南永州中考英语试卷第二部分 阅读技能（共两节，计50分）第一节 阅读选择 供40分，每小题2分）阅读下面的材料，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳答案，并在件答题卡上将该编号字母涂黑。Chinas unbelievable high-speed rail networkAt the beginning of the 21st century China had no high-speedrailways. Slow, crowded and often uncomfortable trains ran across thisvast country, with low a
2、verage speeds making journeys such asShanghai-Beijing a test of travel.Today, its a completely different picture. With 37,900 kilometers of lines, linking all of itsmajor big cities. China has the worlds largest work of high-speed railways. Half of that total hasbeen completed in the last five years
3、 alone, with a further 3,700 kilometers due to open in thecoming months of 2021. The network is expected to double in length again, to 70,000 kilometers,by 2035.21. How were the trains in China at the beginning of the 21st century?A. Fast.B. Comfortable.C. Crowded22. How many kilometers of lines are
4、 due to open m the coming months of 2021?A. 3,700.【答案】2122 CAB. 37,900.C. 70,000.23. 41.0% of kids ageduse the Internet.A. 59B. 1013C. 141724. What percentage of kids gets news or information online?A. 89%.B. 76%.C. 38%.25. What do 43% of kids usually do on the Internet?A. Play games.B. Buy books.C.
5、 Send or receive instant messages.【答案】2325 ABBCCan a green machine help the worlds poorest kids learn better? NicholasNegroponte thinks so. He and his team of scientists have invented a new type ofcomputer. As a result, many children who live in poverty (贫穷)will have their own laptop computers!Negro
6、ponte works at a university. He started a group called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). The people at OLPCdont work fbr money. They work to help children learn. OLPC makes computers that dont cost a lot. Then they sellthe machines to governments of countries that have many people live in poverty. The go
7、vernments then give thecomputes to kids for free.The XO Laptop computers are made for school-aged children in developing nations. Many of these children livein faraway areas and go to schools with classrooms. In order to work, the laptops have to be lasting andstudent-friendly.The machines have many
8、 fun characters like a built-in video camera, voice recording, and games. The WiFi letsstudents share information on the Web and read e-books. They also can make music and chat with friends.Another great character is that it can last for a long time. It can be hand charged and also can be recharged
9、byconnecting to a solar panel. Because of these characters the XO laptops make learning fun while helping theenvironment.The computers have a colorful name一“the green machine, Negroponte thinks they could make a difference inthe lives of millions of kids. He says, “Every problem you can think ofpove
10、rty, peace, the environment一is solvedwith education.,OLPC plans to give out over ten million computers in the next few years. Kids in Thailand, Nigeria, Brazil, andArgentina will get most of them. China and Egypt also want to take part in the program. After that, Negroponte hopesto sell computers to
11、 other countries with high poverty.26. Negroponte thinks his laptop computers will help the worlds poorest kids to.A. work at homeB. go to school on timeC. learn better27. What can we know about the people at OLPC according to Paragraph 2?A. They work for money. B. They give computers to kids for fr
12、ee.C. They sell computers to governments with many people living in poverty.28. Why do XO laptops make learning fun while helping the environment?A. Because they are lasting and student-friendly.B. Because they are made for school-aged children.C. Because they have a colorful name.29. What does the
13、underlined word charged” mean in Chinese?A.携带B.充电C.使用30. Who will get most of the computers in the next few years?A. Kids in Thailand.B. Kids in China.C. Kids in Egypt.【答案】2630 CCABADogs might have the latest tools in the fight against cancer (癌症);their noses!Researchers at Californias Pine Street F
14、oundation (PSF) say they have trained fivedogs to smell cancer on a prisons breath. This could be exciting news.A dogs sense of smell may be 10,000 to 100,000 times stronger than ours. Butcan dogs really smell illness? PSF researcher Michael McCulloch says yes. We werevery surprised by how exact the
15、y were, he said, They were telling who had cancer, and they were also saying whodidnt.”McCulloch and his team asked four healthy people and one with cancer to blow intoplastic tubes （塑料管）.Special materials in the tubes kept the things of each breath. Thetubes were then placed one yard apart. Finally the dogs were allowed to smell the tubes.Each dog had been trained for three weeks to sit when it smelled cancer. Ninety-ninepercent of the time, the dug sat next to the tubes blown into by patients with lung cancer.The dogs were right 88 percent of the time about breast cancer.No lab test fo
