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广东省广州市2019届中考英语模拟试卷（十三）
March 20th is World Water Day every year. According to a report from the United Nations, more than half of the world's major rivers have serious water loss and are polluted.
The Yellow River, the world's fifth longest river, watered some of the oldest farms on earth. Its source（源头）on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is drying up. In most of the past 35 years, it didn't reach the sea.
The Nile in Egypt, running 6, 650 km, is the longest river in the world. Now it is down to 2 billion m³ or so. Australia's Murray River reaches the sea only every other year. One fifth of America's Rio Grande has no water, either.
Mostly it's damming（筑坝）and global warming that make rivers dry. Now about 45, 000 of them lie across the world's rivers. They hold back around 15% of the world's fresh water from running to the sea.
Warmer weather takes water away. The glacier（冰川）are becoming smaller. The source of the Yellow River is drying up because of it. Global warming has had certain effects on water sources. Droughts happening around the world make people pay more attention to this fact.
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A. Dams provide fields with water and make power. B. How does it happen? C. It used to carry 32 billion m³ of water a year. D. But now it has a serious problem. E. Global warming is making things worse. |
Uncle Wang: Here is a present for you, Kangkang.
Kangkang: Thanks. What is it? Let me have a look.
Uncle Wang: Sorry. Guess, please!
Kangkang: What shape is it?
Uncle Wang: It's a rectangle.
Kangkang: How long is it?
Uncle Wang: It's about ten centimeters long.
Kangkang: How wide is it?
Uncle Wang: It's about six centimeters.
Kangkang: How heavy is it?
Uncle Wang: About 0. 25 kilogram.
Kangkang: What do we use it for?
Uncle Wang: We often use it to listen to music. Sometimes we use it to see a movie.
Kangkang: Oh, I get it. It must be an MP4.
Uncle Wang: Yes. It's an MP4! Here it is.
Kangkang: Thank you, Uncle Wang.
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{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Katrina is a quiet girl. She hardly does any sports in her free time. But she enjoys music very much. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Allan likes sports very much. He likes to try all kinds of exciting(刺激的) sports. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Dick likes water sports very much. He usually spends his summer holiday by the sea. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Judy is a movie fan. She goes to the movies twice a week. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Nancy is a housewife. She goes shopping every day. She likes to buy the best things with the least money. | A. The long silver beach has the greatest waves (海浪) and beautiful sand. It's good for surfing lovers. B. Special Party: Lovers of extreme（极限）sports get together to enjoys the fun of skateboarding and rocks climbing. C. Special Price Day: Come to the Wal-Mart(沃尔玛) and have a look. We are sure you can find the best in your heart without worrying about the money. D. The first undersea aquarium of the country. You can see many beautiful and strange fish living in the deep sea. E. Harry Porter (TV) is out now. Get it in the Center Bookshop at once. The first 10 buyers can get a small present from the shop. F. Do you believe that a beautiful girl will love a chimp(黑猩猩)? Enjoy “King Kong” this Friday evening. The cinema will offer a cup of tea to every audiences(观众). G. Living with Michael Jacksons: The program shows the lifestyles of the super singing star. Monday night, 21:00. Channel 2. |
People in many places celebrate Christmas on December 25.
In the USA, Christmas is a long holiday. Shops are usually not open on Christmas Day. And family members have a party together. There are usually Christmas Trees in houses, and children can find presents from their parents in the trees. In many places, children put a stocking(长筒袜)on the bed, because they think Father Christmas will put nice presents in the stocking at night.
Things are different in China. The Chinese don't have a holiday at Christmas. Shops are open and there are usually Christmas sales(促销) in many shops. There are no family parties, but there are parties for young people in nightclubs and hotels. There are no stories about Father Christmas or presents in stockings. But young lovers(恋人) give each other presents.
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There are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} parties at home. | There are parties in nightclubs and big hotels. | |
Children get presents. They think Father Christmas will put presents in their stockings at night. | Young lovers buy {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for each other | |
The Internet is shaping our lives. We already have online shopping services and mobile payment. However, this is just a start. The world's leading tech companies are planning to build smarter online communities. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang last year. The development of artificial intelligence(AI,人工智能) was a hot topic at the conference(会议). If a machine can learn and solve problems as humans do, it can be called AI.
The company Alibaba uses AI technology in its unmanned supermarket in Wuzhen. There is no salesperson in the supermarket, just an iPad on a desk that says "please smile". {#blank#}2{#/blank#} The bigger you smile, the more discounts(折扣) you get. Payment is done automatically through your Alipay account. When you first enter the supermarket, the supermarket's AI recognizes(辨认) your face and your account.
There is also AI that can read lips. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} It recognizes your mouth's movements and turns them into voice or text messages. This could be very useful when you are trying to talk to someone on your phone in a noisy place. Police could also use the technology to help them find criminals by lip-reading recordings from video cameras.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Microsoft's chatting robot XiaoIce can not only provide useful information, but also talk with people like a real friend. XiaoIce has a WeChat account(账户). After following the account, users can start talking with her. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} She keeps improving herself by talking with users.
These technologies are being put into wider use. We may see a smarter world and better lives in the near future.
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A. She knows when to comfort you or tell jokes. B. They discussed this at the World Internet Conference. C. Sougo brought its lip-reading system to the conference. D. If you smile, it will give you a special discount for your goods. E. Another type of AI focuses on understanding human emotions. |
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