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江苏省泰州市2018年中考英语试卷

阅读理解

    That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal (正常的) life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths.

    To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress.

    I remembered very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table, and threw different coins on the talbe. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging, but she also made it fun.

    After a year and a half, I had progressed a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class.

    As year went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke(中风).

    Now it was my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable to speak and know anybody around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed, and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with her—just as she had worked with my years before. She make progress every day and was moved out of ICU(重症监护室) and finally out of hospital.

    One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, “Happy New Year to you and your family, Michael. Thank you for everything you've done for me.” I quickly said, “Thank you for everything you've done for me.”

    Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers, but she taught me so much more about life than only maths.

(1)、Which of the following is the correct order of what happened in the story?

a. Mrs. Pillar suffered a stroke and was in hospital.

b. I fell off the stairs and had to leave school.

c. I returned to school with Mrs. Pillar's help.

d. Mrs. Pillar got better with my help.

A、b-c-d-a B、c-a-b-d C、b-c-a-d D、b-d-c-a
(2)、What does the underlined word “vividly” mean in Paragraph(段落) 3?
A、模糊的 B、清晰地 C、彻底地 D、感激地
(3)、What does the writer mean by saying “… I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class” in Paragraph 4?
A、He was clever than his classmates. B、He worked very hard on maths. C、His classmates failed to graduate. D、Mrs. Pillar's help greatly influenced him.
(4)、The writer asked Mrs. Pillar to show him 12 cents in the hospital in order to ______.
A、help Mrs. Pillar just as Mrs. Pillar helped him B、play an interesting game with Mrs. Pillar C、see whether Mrs. Pillar was getting better D、make the nurse in the hospital feel strange
(5)、What is the best title for the passage?
A、A Great Teacher B、Always Have A Dream C、Never Give up D、Kindness Makes Wonders
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①Many people think wheat straw(麦秸) is the waste on the farm. However, Wu Cui, a straw plaiting ( 草 编) artist from Helan County, Ningxia, can turn straw into eye-catching artworks.

②Wu, 29, is the sixth-generation inheritor(第六代继承人) of straw plaiting. Learning from her uncle, Wu made things with straw when she was a child. She made the straw-plaiting her job after she finished college three years ago.

③Before plaiting straw, Wu usually spends a long time finding the right straw. Then she ties them up and dries them. Also, Wu needs to put the straw in warm water so that the straw won't break easily. Choosing from materials is the first step. And then Wu needs to sketch(素描) the piece on paper, which requires drawing skills. Next comes the weaving(编织) , shaping and finally the preserving of the work.

④"In the past, we could see straw products(制品) everywhere in the countryside, such as straw hats and straw shoes. But the world has changed. There are so many things for people to choose from. So we need to find other ways to share the art with people," Wu says.

⑤When asked about her plans, Wu says she wants to di g deeper into the traditional culture and make more creative(有创造力的) works.

 阅读理解

You can relax if remembering everything is not your strong suit. Recent research makes the case that being forgetful can be a strength — in fact, selective memory can even be a sign of stronger intelligence.

Traditional research on memory has focused on the advantages of remembering everything. But looking through years of recent memory data, researchers Paul Frank and Blake Richards of the University of Toronto found that forgetting can be just as important to our decision-making as what our minds choose to remember.

Making intelligent decisions does not mean you need to have all the information at hand, it just means you need to hold onto the most valuable information. And that means clearing up space in your memory palace for the most up-to-date information on clients (客户) and situations. Our brains do this by generating new neurons (神经元) in our hippo-campus (海马体), which have the power to overwrite existing memories that are influencing our decision-making.

When we forget the names of certain clients and details about old jobs, our brain is making a choice that these details do not matter. Although too much forgetfulness can be a cause for concern, the occasional lost detail can be a sign of a perfectly healthy memory system. The researchers found that our brains further decision-making by stopping us from focusing too much on minor past details.

If you're an analyst who meets with a client weekly, your brain will recognize that this is a client whose name and story you need to remember. If this is someone you may never meet again, your brain will weigh that information accordingly.

We can get blamed for being absent-minded when we forget past events in perfect detail. These findings show us that our brains are working smarter when they aim to remember the right stories, not every story.

 阅读理解

A serious earthquake can be a terrible experience, and it is easy to forget safety rules in disorder(混乱). Fortunately, most earthquake safety rules are common sense, but if you forget everything, remember the following instructions: drop, cover, and hold on. Also, most of earthquake deaths happen after the earthquake, so remember that the danger does not end when the shaking does!

If you stay indoors during an earthquake, move away from unsupported areas and windows. Try to get into a doorway or another area of the building which is held up by strong beams(梁). Stay under a table or a desk only if it is very strong. Do not rush to lifts, because it is far safer to stay where you are. Cover your head with your arms around it and curl(蜷缩) into a ball, and wait for the shaking to stop. 

If you stay outdoors during an earthquake, move to an open area. Don't move to buildings, electric poles or other objects which may fall and hurt you during an earthquake. Protect your head and stay low to the ground till the shaking ends and it is safe to move. 

After an earthquake, many buildings are less strong, although they appear safe. If you stay indoors, move people from the building quickly and help the disabled or people who get hurt. Once outdoors, move away from the building so that if it falls down, you will not be hurt. Wait till public safety officials tell you that it is safe to stay indoors. By planning ahead and keeping calm during an earthquake, you can greatly increase your chances of survival without getting hurt. 

阅读理解

Recently, 76% of people between the ages of 65 and 74, who took part in a survey, said they used social media, compared to 40% five years earlier. An increase in social media use was also seen among people aged 75 and over. A growing number of elderly people are active on social networks and are using the Internet to make calls.

But how will you feel when you find out your grandparents are using social media? Many young people may think"Oh no! They' re going to see everything I post and start writing comments(评论)" and many others say"I'm going to have to spend hours teaching them how to use social media. It's troublesome". Once they have learned how to use social media, they may get a lot of fun. Take Amy for example. She is an 80-year-old granny who has over three million followers on a social media platform because of her sincere sharing on fashionable dressing and positive life attitude.

Honestly, you should be happy if your grandparents are eager to join the digital worlds. Social media use can have a number of health benefits for the elderly. Nowadays families are more geographically distant than ever before, and social media is a great way to connect with faraway relatives and friends. While nothing replaces face-to-face communication, social media is a great way to keep in touch with family members. Another benefit is that elderly people can make new friends who share similar interests, or find long-lost friends from childhood. Finally, social media use can be very educational. For example, looking through Wechat news is a great way to stay informed and keep up to date with local and global events.

Have your grandparents had a social media account yet? Have they asked you to help them create one, but you didn't care? Perhaps you should make the effort because it may affect their quality of life.

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