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上海市松江区2024年中考二模英语试题
A. create | B. deal | C. effect | D. major | E. producers |
● Earthworms are doing their part
Do you know that earthworms (蚯蚓) help to make healthy soil? Many scientists think they play a role in growing our food. New research has found that the animals help grow 65% of the world's rice. They make themselves one of the world's greatest rice .
How do the earthworms have the on soil? Worms make soil healthier by eating dead plants. As they eat the plants, they make something other plants need in order to grow. Worms also help soil keep water, and their movements tunnels that help plants grow roots.
However, some scientists believe other living things in the soil can also do the similar things as the earthworms. They think more research is needed.
A. different | B. experiment | C. respond | D. successfully | E. survive |
● Wild elephants can solve puzzles
Recently scientists have found that wild elephants can solve puzzles with no training after the elephants in zoos were seen solving problems.
Researchers at a wildlife area in Thailand set up puzzle boxes with three compartments (间隔). Each compartment was filled with jackfruit and opened in a way. By using cameras, the scientists watched 77 Asian elephants to see what they would do. By the end of the , they found that 11 elephants were able to get the fruit from one compartment, eight got into two compartments, and five solved all three puzzles to get the treats.
Elephants that returned to try the boxes several times had the most success. Researchers say the ability to solve problems can help the animals in changing environments. And understanding how they do this could help scientists protect them in a better way.
Chinese opera is one of the oldest art forms in the world. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Different parts of China have their own local opera and there are more than 300 different kinds. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Actors in Sichuan opera wear specially painted masks on their faces in many different colors. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They will suddenly change completely, and all the time, the actor is dancing beautifully with many difficult movements. Some actors can change face ten times in twenty seconds, and yet you never see their fingers touch their face.
Of course, you realize that the actor has many different masks, one on top of the other. They are made from very thin silk in bright colors. If the actor turns his back to you, you think he is changing his mask while you cannot see him doing it. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Then he shakes his head suddenly and that mask has changed, like magic, into another one! You cannot believe your eyes, and yet it has happened!
To be able to change the masks without being seen is a very special skill. It takes much time to learn it perfectly. The exact method used by the actors is a closely guarded secret that is only passed on from father to son or master to apprentice（学徒）. As China's influence develops around the world Chinese culture travels too. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. Different colors have different meanings. B. Its history goes back many hundreds of years. C. But when he turns again to face you, it's the same mask. D. This old art form is making new friends all over the world. E. One of the most interesting and exciting forms is Sichuan opera. |
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