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广东省深圳市2016-2017年英语中考模拟冲刺(九)

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How long do you think you will live? Many people don't think they will live a long life. How long will you live?

Probably much longer than you think.

In 1992, the University of Michigan's Health and Retirement Study asked 26,000 Americans over the age of 50 the chance of living to the age of 75. Now, researchers at the Brookings Institution checked the results to see if they were right.

In 1992, seven percent of respondents (应答者) gave themselves “zero” chance to reach 75. But in fact, nearly half lived to 75 or longer. Is it amazing?

Among respondents who gave themselves a 50 percent chance of living to 75, 75 percent lived to that age or longer.

And among those who said they were completely certain of living to the age of 75, nearly 8 in 10 did.

“In general, people wildly underestimate (低估) their chances of reaching 75, but you in fact can live longer than you think,” a researcher wrote on the blog. You'll probably live much longer than you think. Life expectancy (预期寿命) in the United States was 78.74 years in 2012, according to World Bank data, and 71 years worldwide.

"There is no clear relationship between how long people think they'll live and how long they actually do. We don5t know the reason of file results. Maybe people's life quality changes a lot but they don't realize,” the researcher said. In fact, respondents who gave themselves a 10 percent chance of living to 75 had at least a 60 percent chance of doing so.

Do you think that you511 live to 75? Just believe that you have a 90 percent chance, and you may probably do.

(1)、How many people gave themselves “zero” chance to reach 75?

A、     26,000. B、13,000. C、18,200. D、1,820.
(2)、What do Paragraph 3 to Paragraph 5 mainly tell us?

A、     People were too old to accept the survey. B、     The results of the survey. C、     Researchers were happy with the results. D、     Few people could live to 75 years old.
(3)、What can we NOT know from the passage?

A、     The researchers checked the results of the survey in 2012. B、     Among those who were certain of living to the age of 75, nearly 80 percent did. C、     In general, people can live longer than they think. D、     Life expectancy in the world was 71 years in 2012.
(4)、What's the best title for the passage?

A、     Life and health B、     Study and life C、     How long will you live D、  Exercise and health
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请阅读一则刊登在China Daily 关于国庆的报道,根据短文内容,回答问题。

    The grand military parade (盛大阅兵式) and celebrations were held in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing on Oct. 1 for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    A grand military parade was held in the morning, showing the great progress made by the Chinese armed forces in recent years. About 15,000 officers and soldiers took part in the 80-minute parade in front of Tian'anmen Square. Then, a mass pageant(群众游行展) showing China's historical achievements and the nation's great rejuvenation(伟大复兴)was held. It was seen as a lesson on Chinese history and how far the nation has progressed. The mass pageant lasted 65 minutes and was divided into five parts, each part showed respect to Chinese leaders in the past and leaders now, from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping. In the evening, a gala(盛会)took place in Tian'anmen Square. The songs, dances and fireworks celebrated the nation and its people.

    President Xi expressed warm National Day congratulations to Chinese people home and abroad. Standing on the Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing, where Chairman Mao Zedong announced the founding of the PRC on Oct 1, 1949, Xi recalled Chinese history. He also showed a road map for the country to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation. He called for efforts to make a better life and to keep making achievements. The parade and celebrations have set off Chinese people's patriotism (爱国心)and a strong sense of pride.

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    Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making this epic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised £70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out whether he has broken the record or not.

    White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June, 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than 1,300 hours in the saddle (车座) and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe first, and then the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and finally the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.

    The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to get away with the little money he had. The worst thing that had happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For 1,000 kilometers he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and wants to write a book about his adventures.

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    As more information comes out about 10-year-old Cindy Smith's death(死亡), worries about amusement park safety(游乐场安全性) grow.

Cindy is not the first child who died on an amusement park ride. 25 years ago, the mother of a 14-year-old girl waited to pick up her daughter outside Worlds of Fun. Laura Barry never saw her daughter Rosie alive again.

"My heart goes out to the Smith family more than they can ever possibly know," said Barry. She is one of the few people who truly know the hurt that family is feeling.

In 1995, Rosie's mom said that something went wrong on the Timber Wolf the night Rosie died. Police found no evidence(证据). Two men told the police that they saw Rosie standing before she fell out of the car.

"I couldn't believe that such a thing could happen still and again," said Barry. She believes Rosie's death should have been a wakeup call for amusement park safety.

She finds that not much has changed in the past years. Amusement parks race to build bigger, taller, faster rides. In her opinion, amusement parks just try to bring in visitors and give them the idea that riding is good, safe and fun. She believes that parks should have put safety first.

There is no exact number of amusement park deaths each year. It is quite low according to some websites. But Barry doesn't accept that. "My daughter was the only person that had ever been killed at Worlds of Fun in all of the years, among all of the thousands and thousands of people that went there. The number doesn't mean anything, you know, because when your child is the one, that's one too many," she said.

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下面材料是五则新闻报道。阅读这些新闻,从A-F选项中为每一条新闻选择一个恰当的标题,有一项是多余选项。

A. No need for Dapeng visitors to register vehicles: police.

B. Enjoy a night of chiba music.

C. Caffeine before exercise helps you burn more fat.

D. SZ has already entered summer: observatory.

E. Tokyo Olympic torch(火炬)relay starts.

F. Tokyo Paralympics torch relay to be held in Japan's 4 prefectures.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Drivers to Dapeng for the Qingming Festival holiday between Saturday and Monday will not have to order in advance. However, they will still need to ask for a spot for their vehicles to Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, police warned Thursday.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Drinking strong coffee — half an hour before exercise can increase fat-burning, according to a new study published in the Magazine of the International Society of Sports Nutrition(营养).

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}According to meteorological(气象学的) methods for calculating seasons, summer in the city likely began on, what might be the earliest date in this city's history, March 25, the Shenzhen Meteorological Observatory said yesterday.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Tokyo 2020 organizing committee(主委会) said that unlike the Olympic torch relay, which covers Japan's all 47 local governments, the Paralympics(残奥会) torch relay will only pass the four hosting regions of Tokyo, Shizuoka, Chiba and Saitama between Aug. 17 and 24.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Chinese musician Lyu Kanzhe will give a night of chiba music at the theater in MixC World. The chiba is one of the oldest Chinese woodwind instruments. It is a type of xiao, or flute. The shakuhachi is a Japanese chiba which was originally introduced to Japan from China in the eighth century and grew in the early Edo Period (1603-1868).

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