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浙江省桐乡市、海宁市2020年中考英语联考一模试卷

阅读理解

    Did the wind ever blow your hat away? Did you ever drop your notebook on a windy day? How many important pages did you lose? Wind is moving air. It can pick up light materials and carry them far away.

    Wind is a force of erosion(仗蚀). It can carry away small

martials such as dust particles(灰尘微粒) and sand particles from the earth's surface. However, wind itself does not cause much erosion. Most "wind" erosion is done by particles which are cried by wind. Wind is an important natural force of erosion in dry places.

    Wind can easily pick up sand particles. When they are blown against rocks, the sand particles hit the rocks in the wind. This happens over and over again. Little by lite, the rocks wear down.

    The particles which are carried by wind not only cause erosion, they also build up. What is carried away by the wind in one place will drop somewhere else.

    When wind slows down, it drops the materials that it is carrying. When sand is dropped, it builds up and becomes dunes(沙丘). Sand dunes are common in deserts and on beaches. Some dunes can be harmful. They can bury(埋) farms and homes, even whole towns.

    Wind carries dust particles higher and farther than it carries sand. Thick deposits of wind-blown dust may also build up. The wind-blown dust is called loess(黄土). Loess deposits are found in Washington State and Oregon State.

    Sometimes people plant grasses and trees to try to stop wind erosion. How does this help? The roots of plants help to hold down soil and other particles found on the ground.

(1)、The purpose of writing the first paragraph is to _______________.
A、introduce the topic B、make a comparison C、give background information D、warn people of the situation
(2)、What does the underlined "it" in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A、Sand. B、Wind. C、Erosion. D、Dust.
(3)、Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A、Wind itself can cause a lot of erosion to rocks. B、Sand particles and dust particles cannot build up. C、Planting grasses and tees can help stop wind erosion. D、Wind can carry sand particles farther than dust particles.
(4)、This passage can probably be read in the ________________ part of a magazine.
A、Travel B、Culture C、Geography D、Business
举一反三
      Roosegaarde, an artist and designer from Dutch has thought of a device(装置). He hopes it will make Beijing's sky clear again and help the people with masks breathe fresh air again in Beijing.
     An electromagnetic field(电磁场) will pull the dirty particles in the air to the ground, and then they can be easily cleaned.
Roosegaarde says, "It's like when you have a balloon which has static electricity(静电) and your hair goes toward it. Smog happens the same way as the hair."
      His workplace has reached an agreement with the Beijing government to test the technology in one of the capital's parks.  Beijing's skies are regularly covered by grey smog. Serious cases of air pollution are often reported in Beijing. Roosegaarde says an indoor test has already shown it works well and he is confident of the results. With the help of a team of scientists and engineers, he is sure that the device can be worked outside.
     "Beijing is a very good place to test the device because the smog in Beijing is quite low and there's not so much wind." says Roosegaarde. "We'll be able to make the air pure but the most difficult thing is to remove the smog. As a result, you can see the sun again."
     Roosegaarde also reminds us that his aim is not only to give a plan to solve Beijing's dirty air pollution but also to make people pay attention to the environment problem. He adds, "This is not the real answer for smog. The real answer to do with it is clean cars, different industry and different lifestyles. " However, he hopes the project will make the citizens realize the differences between clean air and smog-filled air.

 阅读理解

Netherlands, a country located in northwestern Europe, is also known as Holland. "Netherlands" means low- lying country. The name Holland was first given to one of the old parts, and is still used for two of its 12 provinces. The capital city is Amsterdam. The country is low- lying with large lakes and many rivers. The area that is not more than 3 feet above sea level covers more than half of the country. Along the coast, land was reclaimed(改造) from the sea. In some other areas, especially alongside many rivers, people turn the lakes into land. Wind power is widely used to produce electricity. 

After World War Ⅱ, people were encouraged to move to other countries by the government. At that time, about 500, 000 people moved out of the country, but it is now still one of the world's most crowded countries. Although the population as a whole is "graying" rapidly, with a large number of people aged over65, Amsterdam has always been one of the liveliest centres of international youth culture. Here, perhaps more than anywhere else in the country, different ways of life are accepted because of the Dutch tradition. 

In history, Holland was a country of sailing and trade because of its advantageous location. To the north and west is the North Sea, to the east is Germany and to the south is Belgium. The climate(气候) of the Netherlands is gentle, with warm winters, cool summers with west winds, and rainfall in every season. 

Natural environment is very well protected. Sea birds fly in large numbers and sea animals live in peace. The most interesting animals are beavers which cut trees with their shining teeth and use the branches to keep their homes safe in the river. 

 阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

28th July, 1973, is a big day for fish. Two little mummichogs(花鳉) became the first fish in space. They lived in a plastic bag aboard Skylab. Three weeks later, they learned how to swim in zero gravity(零重力).

51 years later, four zebrafish are now swimming aboard China's Tiangong Space Station. This is for a space experiment to see how very little gravity changes how fish live and grow.

 We know people feel weightless in space. But very little gravity can cause more changes. It affects almost all our body activities. If we' re going to live more in space in the future, we need to understand these changes. People are hard to study though. So, scientists study fish instead.

 Zebrafish have helped us learn about living things. They may seem different, but have many similar body parts with us. "Their bodies often work like ours," explains Aaron van Loon, a biologist at the University of Washington.

 Zebrafish are also small and easy to take care of. And, they' re clear before they are born. Scientists can look inside them while they' re growing.

 Zebrafish have been in many medical studies. In space too, they' re studied since the 1970s. In 2015, zebrafish on the International Space Station helped learn how muscles get weak in very little gravity.

 Like astronauts, fish are carefully picked for space trips. They always have a job to do. Our little friends in water are helping us learn to travel in space safely.

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