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浙江省杭州市2016-2017年英语中考英语模拟试卷(三十五)

阅读理解

    When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents for those he loved. The third Saturday in December Mark said that he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.

    I drove him to a nearby supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went off on his own while I waited patiently reading a book in the car. It took Mark over 45 minutes to choose his presents. The clerk rang in his purchases( 所购物品) as I politely looked the other way. Mark kept within his budget(预算)and reached into his pocket for his money. It was not there! There was a hole in his pocket, but no money. Mark stood in the middle of the store holding his basket, tears rolling down his cheeks. His whole body was shaking with his sobs. Then an amazing thing happened. A customer in the store came up to Mark. She knelt down and took him in her arms.

     “You would do me the greatest favour if you let me replace(补还)your money,” said the woman. “It would be the most wonderful present you could ever give me. I only ask that one day you pass it on. One day, when you are grown-up, I would like you to find someone you can help. When you help this other person, I know you will feel as good about it as I do now.”

    Mark took the money, dried his tears and ran to the checkout counter as fast as he could. I think we all enjoyed our gifts that year almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.

    I would like to say “thank you” to that very kind woman. I would like to tell her that four years later Mark went house to house collecting blankets and clothes for the homeless people in the Oakland fire-and he thought of her. And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.

(1)、Mark saved all his pocket money to _____.

A、make his list B、buy holiday presents  C、have his money in his pocket D、shop in a nearby supermarket
(2)、What was Mark's parent doing when he was in the supermarket?

A、Reading a book. B、Looking the other way. C、Choosing presents. D、Ringing in his purchases.
(3)、Why were his tears rolling down his cheeks?

A、Because he wanted to buy too many things.   B、Because he didn't keep within his budget. C、Because his money was missing.            D、Because there was a hole in his pocket.
(4)、What does the underlined word “sobs” mean ?

A、抽泣 B、怒骂 C、拳打脚踢 D、点头
(5)、What's the best title of the passage?

A、Love is great. B、Love between Mark and a kind woman. C、Love is for giving. D、Love between Mark and his parent.
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 阅读理解

Scientist have developed a way to read minds, translating unspoken thoughts into written words. It's the first time it's been done without having to put anything into the brain. They used artificial intelligence (AD). It is the name given to a computer system that is able to "think" for itself and carry out tasks that usually require human intelligence. 

Scientists used a special scanner (扫描器). The machine can see where blood runs, which shows the parts of the brain that are most active. People taking part in the experiment (listened to the radio for 16 hours as their brains were scanned. The AI tool learned to connect certain brain activity with words they heard. After that, each person was asked to think of a story, and the AI tool managed to pick up these thoughts as they happened. 

The results had about a50%accuracy rate (准确率), although the AI found it hard to work out the meaning of pronouns, such as he or she, her or him. For example, it turned "I don't have my driver's license yet" into "She has not even started to learn to drive yet". It could usually understand the meaning of what someone was thinking rather than the exact words. The AI was personalized, so when it had learnt form one person but it was tested on another, it couldn't understand their thoughts. 

The scientists, who have been working on the technology for 15 years, say they understand the risks of it being used badly. Scientist Jerry Tang told a newspaper, "We want to make sure people only use these types of technololgies when they want to, and that it helps them." The scientists hope it will help people with certain medical conditions, who are still awake but have lost the ability to speak, to communicate once again. 

 语法选择

Enjoying the beauty of the sky at night is a difficult thing for people in cities since light pollution destroys everything.1 , photos taken by astrophotographers (天文摄影师) offer people chances2 the beautiful stars. 

Zhang Jingyi, 27, is 3 space lover and full﹣time astrophotographer. When Zhang was asked 4 she chose this career, she answered, "Because we all dream of living on a planet far from us. Doesn't it sound 5 ?"

With the fast development of China's space science, Zhang started to record rocket launching moments. "I carefully followed the development of the Tiangong space station with one of my favourite 6 . Since then, every launch 7 me a strong sense of achievement. "she said. And then she added, "Some photographers8 sell their works﹣﹣some photos even reach six digits(六位数) but I believe that my photos are priceless and cannot 9 . "As a famous user on Sina Weibo with 10 followers, Zhang also films videos to give her audience a much 11 impression on her works, so that she can have more followers. 

In Zhang's opinion, astrophotographers need to be faithful to their careers. They should always work hard, or they will feel ashamed 12 themselves. For example, when taking photos of the stars, they have to do that on the cold highlands at night. "These difficulties are nothing if you 13 love what you do, "Zhang said.14 experience is also important. "There isn't a detailed guidebook for creating art, "Zhang said. "You have to learn from 15 own works. Then you can add personal thoughts into them and see them improving. "

 阅读理解

At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断)with a kind of attention problems. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, "Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it. "

She glanced down at me through her glasses, "You are no different from your classmates, young man. "

I tried, but I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots (点) ,which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn't I the "blind" in my class, being made to learn like the "sighted" students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

I didn't expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day--with an "A"on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: "See what you can do when you keep trying?"

 阅读下面材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Long ago, people didn't need a lot of numbers, but when small villages grew into big cities, people started to need bigger numbers to count bags of crops and make trades. How did people in ancient time count numbers?

Paclfic Islands 

Some Pacific Island cultures count using the whole body. Different body parts stood for a different number, and the name of that part also means that number.

Rome 

Greek, Roman, and Hebrew mathematicians used letters for their numbers, The Romans, for example, used I for 1, V for 5, X for 10, L for 50, C for 100, and M for 1,000. To write 49, it took nine letters: XXXXVIIII.

Peru

In South America, the Inca came up with a different way to note down numbers — by making knots on ropes. Different kinds of knots stood for different numbers, while the color of the rope may have showed what was being counted.

Maya Math

The Maya of Central America (200-900 CE) were great mathematicians. They counted in groups of 20. They wrote their numbers from bottom to top, with the bottom row standing for one time (1s), the next row up for 20 times (20s), then 400 times (400s), and so on. They used bean-shaped dots● for 1, twig-shaped lines for 5, and they even had a shell shaped symbol for 0!

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Building a country is never easy. It takes hard work from generation (代人) to generation. But how about destroying it? A new report from The Guardian said longtime of climate change can do that, The report said Tuvalu will be the first country to be completely lost due to climate change. 

Tuvalu is a Pacific island nation with nine islands and 12, 000 people. It has long been at risk from rising sea levels, Now, 40 percent of the area in its capital is underwater at high tide (潮水). By the end of the century, it is believed that all the islands will be underwater, reported Reuters, So many people in Tuvalu have often moved around the country and even to other countries. 

To help with the problem, the country plans to build its country in the metaverse. The digital (数字化的) country will recreate the same landscape and keep its cultural and historical records, No matter where they live in the real world, the people in this country will have their new identity (身份) and " live " in its online communities. The government hopes to manage and serve them in cyberspace (网络空间). 

This news made many people in Tuvalu excited. But Li Zuxi, director of the metaverse lab of Qingbo Intelligent Technology, said it may not be the best solution. 

Though the digital nation belongs to Tuvalu, it's still built on a metaverse platform (平台), " said Li, "Now, the metaverse is not mature, which may bring some problems. " He gave us an example. If people from other countries enter the space of the digital country but just show their names, how do people know if they do or do not, truly belong to that country?Li added that instead of trying our best to build digital nations, it's better to pay attention to saving the real world now. 

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