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湖南省长沙市青竹湖湘一外国语学校2024年中考三模考试英语试题
Even though African elephants are protected, many of them are still being killed for their ivory.
At the end of the 1970s, over 1.3 million elephants walked around Africa, but today, their numbers have fallen to around 450,000. This is mainly caused by illegal(非法的) hunting for ivory. Need for ivory in markets, especially in Asia and Africa, continues to push the illegal trade. This has resulted in the deaths of at least 20,000 African elephants each year.
Ivory, also known as "white gold", has long been considered valuable. Its unusual look has led to its use in lots of expensive things, including jewellery, musical instruments and art. And the ivory material itself can stand the test of time. So many people are willing to pay a high price for ivory products.
However, no matter how much real ivory is sold for, it's certainly not worth the harm to elephants. That's why some scientists are working to achieve the same beauty of ivory without killing any animals.
Thaddaa Rath and her team at the University of Vienna have created the ivory called "Digory". The high-tech ivory is made from synthetic resin(合成树脂) and calcium phosphate particles(磷酸钙颗粒). It's first formed into the shape by a 3D printer. And then it is color-matched and colored. Next, it is polished(抛光) to make it look like real natural ivory.
Although Digory looks so real that it is hard to tell it from real ivory, its chemical structure is completely different from that of the real one. Fritz Vollrath, a biologist who is against killing elephants for ivory, felt excited about the invention and spoke highly of it for the fact that Digory could save many elephants from risks. Scientists have made some achievements, but we still need to do more research to make sure that it is widely used. It's still hopeful that scientists can be able to protect African elephants by making high-tech materials to take the place of the real ivory.
①Its steps. ②Its time. ③Its materials. ④Its cost.
Long time ago, children didn't have smart phones, iPads or computers to play with. However, they thought of interesting games to play. Let's take a look.
Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites weren't made of paper, but wood. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, the Tianjin kite and the Weifang kite. The swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style. ____ Playing a stone ball game around was a welcome sport in old China, and people often played the game in winter to keep warm. Stones were like small balls and played with feet. Watching shadow plays The closest thing to watching a movie for fun during old times was to see a shadow play (影子戏) . People use puppets (玩偶) behind the screen, telling stories with music. |
There is an old opera in Wenzhou. It is called Ou Opera or Wenzhou Opera. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. It is more than 300 years old.
Ou Opera has nice music. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} People usually use suona and erhu when they sing. Actors usually use Wenzhou dialect (方言) to tell stories. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Sometimes, the stories are very funny.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} More and more people from all over the world come to watch it. Ou Opera is a kind of traditional art in Wenzhou. As Wenzhou people, it's important to keep and share it.
A. Today, Ou Opera is still welcome. B. Ou Opera has a very long history. C. There are many kinds of instruments in it. D. The stories are usually about family and history. |
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