江苏省扬州市三年（2020-2022）中考英语真题分题型分层汇编-02任务型阅读&阅读填表或答题&短文首字母填空

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江苏省扬州市三年（2020-2022）中考英语真题分题型分层汇编
02任务型阅读&阅读填表或答题&短文首字母填空
一、阅读单选
（2020·江苏扬州）20,000 local sea creatures, from dolphins to otters（水獭）,await you at Aquarium（水族馆）of the Bay, San Francisco, CA（California）. When you see a river otter in the wild, you know that water system is healthy. Plus, they’re fun to watch! Here come the Aquarium’s popular and lovable river otters：Tahoe, Ryer and Shasta.

Me: I was born at the Oakland Zoo. I’m the half-brother of Ryer. February 20,   2016 is my birthday and I joined the Aquarium’s river otter family in January, 2017. I’m named after Lake Tahoe, CA．
How to find me: My fur is reddish in color. I am the youngest but the longest of the group.
Hobbies: I enjoy playing with rope and toys, running and jumping around.

Me: I’m a male river otter named after Ryer Island, CA．I was born in February, 2013 at the Oakland Zoo and joined the Aquarium’s otter team in 2014.
How to find me: I have the widest head and the fattest face.
Hobbies: What could be more fun than playing with my food and balancing rocks, and curling up with a warm blanket for a nap （a short sleep）?We river otters can sleep up to 18 hours a day.

Me: I’m a 7-year-old male river otter named after Mount Shasta, CA．I was saved from the fur trade in Louisiana and found a new home at the Aquarium in 2013.
How to find me: I’m the largest of the otters. I have large close-set eyes. Which of the three is me?
Hobbies: I enjoy long afternoon naps, throwing leaves and sticks into the water.

1． The passage mainly talks about________.
A．how to play with the otters in the zoo B．how to protect river otters in the wild
C．the importance of protecting river otters D．the river otter family at Aquarium of the Bay
2． Which of the following is TRUE about Ryer?
A．He was born in February, 2014. B．He has large close-set eyes.
C．He is the half-brother of Tahoe. D．His fur is reddish in color.
3． What do the three otters have in common?
A．They are all named after a place in California. B．They were all born at the Oakland Zoo.
C．They can sleep at most 8 hours a day. D．They enjoy playing with food and rocks.
（2020·江苏扬州）As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and stayed up late reading. I checked out so many books and returned them so quickly the librarian once snapped, “Don’t take home so many books if you’re not going to read them all.”
“But I did read them all,” I said.
In college, when I created my online dating（约会）profile, in the “ favorite books” section I put One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Moveable Feast, White Fang and so on. But I realized I hadn’t read most of those titles for two years.
David was my first online date. David read about a book or two a week. When we compared libraries, we had only four titles in common.
On our seventh date, David and I visited the library.
“I have a game,” he said, taking out two pens and Post-its（便利贴）. Let’s find books we’ve read and leave reviews in them for the next person. ”
We stayed there for an hour.
Before leaving, I said, “I will tell you something. I’ve only read one book this year. ”
“But you like books, ”he said. “You like bookstores. You like libraries. Read a book!”
Back home, David’ s charge to “read a book” echoed in my head. I bought books whenever I got the chance, but I hardly read them. They sat on every surface until my house appeared to wear books the way one wears clothes.
I picked up one. Whenever I wanted to give up on it, I thought of David__________.
“How’s your day?” David texted.
“Good. A little tired, ”I replied. “I stayed up late and finished my book. ”The last time I’d pulled an all-nighter to read, I was 12 and the book was Little Women.
David suggested we visit the library again. He pulled a book from the shelf, dropped to one knee, and opened it. Inside, his Post-it read:“Karla, it has always been you. Will you marry me? ”
His proposal had rested in the book for over a year.
4． How do the first two paragraphs help develop the story?
A．To show how rude the librarian was. B．To show Karla was always a reader.
C．To prove Karla just liked borrowing books. D．To prove it’s better to buy books than borrow books.
5． Which is the correct order of what happened to Karla?
a. She had a game with David.
b. She created her online dating profile.
c. She was shown the Post-it written to her.
d. She told David she only read one book that year.
e. She found they had only four titles in common.
A．dbeac B．baecd C．beadc D．dbase
6． Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5 from the bottom?
A．I just loved the idea of reading.
B．I tried to appear to be a book lover.
C．I painfully realized most of my books went unread.
D．I felt him pushing me to be more of the person I used to be.
7． What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Falling in love by the book B．Buying books for yourself not for your shelf
C．A true lover of books knows no time D．Love books enough and books love you back
（2020·江苏扬州）Katie Steller has her own salon (美发院). She often wheels her red chair and scissors around the city to give free haircuts.
Edward was her first lucky customer. He looked to be in his 60s. He was balding and missing a few teeth. While she was cutting his greying hair, he told her about moving closer to his adult children.
Till now, Steller has offered about 30 such haircuts. These people are all living a hard time, and she is aware of the power of her cleanup job.
“It’s more than a haircut,” she says. “I want it to be a gateway, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people. I want to build relationships. ”
Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. As a teen, she had a very serious disease and her hair thinned terribly. Her mother took Steller for her first professional haircut.
“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says.
After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. In 2019, she began her Red Chair Project.
She says, “I can’t fix their problems with free haircuts, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.”
Early this year she started the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who do acts of kindness (volunteering for snowstorm relief, helping neighbors in need) are invited for a free haircut at Steller’s salon. In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. Her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will spread their own.
So far Steller has had people reach out from around the country.
8． Why did Steller start her Red Chair Project?
A．To help her neighbors in need. B．To attract customers to her salon.
C．To help the lonely people feel less alone. D．To invite customers to tell their kind acts.
9． What does Steller mean by the sentence “It’s more than a haircut” in Paragraph 4?
A．A haircut can fix people’s problems.
B．A haircut is what people need most.
C．Haircut stories are well reviewed on her website.
D．A haircut is a simple act to show care, value and respect.
10． Which best describes Katie Steller?
A．Lonely and inactive. B．Kind and thoughtful.
C．Doubtful and generous. D．Serious and careful.
11． Which sentence best expresses the theme of the story?
A．Simple acts of kindness like a free haircut will spread.
B．Haircuts need practice and practice makes perfect.
C．It’s heartbreaking to see how lonely people look.
D．We can win great respect by giving free haircuts.
（2020·江苏扬州）

Since May 8, Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot, Spot, has been in use at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore to help encourage social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic (新冠肺炎疫情) according to a report in the South China Morning Post.
Singapore’s government is funding the experiment of the robotic dog, which will last for two weeks at the park during off-peak(非高峰的) hours.
“The robot isn’t enforcing (强制 ). It’s just giving people information and encouraging them, ”Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert told CNBC．“When Spot is patrolling(巡逻)the area, there’s a parks officer nearby who can do whatever enforcement he decides is suitable. ”
Cameras fixed on Spot will scan the surroundings and help officers work out the number of visitors in the park, but they cannot read faces and won’t collect any personal information. It also carries a loudspeaker to broadcast a pre-recorded message to remind visitors of the importance of social distancing.
Without enough manpower, Singapore is turning to robotics to reduce the manpower required for park patrols and remind people about the risks they may be putting themselves and others in.
The question, however, is whether their use of Spot will be a good tool or will or only attract more people to it instead.
If the two-week experiment proves successful, the government will consider using Spot at the park during peak hours. Singapore will also do studies to see if it’s worth using other Spots in other parks. Already, Singapore engineers are trying to improve Spot, making it tell if people are together in a group or strangers passing on the grass.
No one knows if Spot will stay after the pandemic is gone, but one thing is for sure: the robot is the hardest working dog in the world.
12． Why is Spot used at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park?
A．To draw visitors’ attention to it. B．To help encourage social distancing.
C．To read and record visitors’ faces. D．To help collect private information.
13． The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refers to(指的是)________ .
A．visitors B．strangers C．cameras D．officers
14． What can we learn from the last 3 paragraphs?
A．The experiment is still in progress. B．The use of Spot proves to be a good tool.
C．Spot will stay after the pandemic is over. D．Singapore will no longer need other Spot robots.
15． According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Spot scares people into keeping a distance in public.
B．Spot patrols the park for two weeks during peak hours.
C．Spot can tell people together in a group from strangers passing by.
D．The parks officer nearby decides on the enforcement instead of Spot.
（2021·江苏扬州）Is it possible to have a diet（日常饮食）that’s both healthy and friendly to our planet? Here are answers to your eco-friendly food questions.
Does what I eat influence climate（气候）change?
Yes. The world’s food system is responsible for（为……负责）about one quarter of the planet—warming greenhouse gases that humans produce each year. That includes raising and harvesting all the plants, animals, and animal products we eat, as well as processing, packaging, and shipping food to markets all over the world.
Which foods have the largest influence?
In general, beef and lamb have the biggest climate footprint per gram of protein while plant—based foods like beans, rice, corn and wheat have the smallest influence. Pork, chicken, eggs are somewhere in the middle.
Is there a simple food choice I can make?
Studies have shown that people who eat a meat—heavy diet can reduce their food—related footprint by one third or more by moving to a vegan diet — no meat, dairy（乳制品）, or eggs. If you don’t want to go that far, just eat less meat.
Can I really make a difference to our planet?
We need more food to feed the world’s growing population. One person alone can make only a tiny difference. If many people make changes to their diets, that will start to add up. It will make a greater difference if the world’s heaviest meat eaters make some changes to their diets.
16． According to the passage, which foods have the smallest influence on our planet?
A．Beef and lamb. B．Rice and corn. C．Chicken and pork. D．Beans and beef.
17． According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．One person alone makes no difference to our planet.
B．Shipping food a lover the world has no influence on climate change.
C．All the planet—warming greenhouse gases come from the food system.
D．Meat eaters can reduce their food—related footprint by eating less meat.
18． What is the best title for the passage?
A．How to produce more meat B．How to make more plant—based foods
C．How to eat better for the planet D．How to ask eco—friendly food questions
（2021·江苏扬州）
Roberta, Peter and Phyllis lived in a large house in London. Father worked hard in a government office. He was never angry and always ready for a game. Mother was almost at home, ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them do their home—lessons.
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely playroom and a dog called James. They had a happy life, but they did not know how happy till the pretty life in the large house was over.
Peter had a toy engine and it broke. After dinner, Peter showed Father the engine. Father looked it over and promised to do it on Saturday.
At that moment two men came to see Father. Minutes passed. Father’s voice came out from the study, loud and angry.
More time passed. Then Mother came in and said, “Father’s been called away— on business.”
A week after their father went away, their mother said, “Now, we’re going to move to the country. A pretty little white house, called Three Chimneys. ”
The family started packing: clothes, plates, candles and also tables and chairs. “We seem to be taking all the ugly things,” said Roberta.
“We’re taking the useful ones,” said Mother. “We’ve got to play at being poor for a bit.”
Peter said joyously, “I do like moving! I wish we moved once a month.” Mother laughed and said, “I don’t like moving!”
As she turned away, Roberta saw her face. She never forgot it.
“Oh, Mother,” she whispered, “how I love you! You are brave enough to laugh when you’re feeling like that! ”
Then they took a train to Three Chimneys. No one knew how long they had been in the train when Mother woke them up.
They stood in the cold night air on the dark platform. At that moment they didn’t know how important the station and the trains would become to them. They didn’t know they were going to be the railway children.
— Taken from The Railway Children
19． The family packed things like plates and candles because Mother thought they were ________.
A．useful B．new C．expensive D．beautiful
20． Which of the following questions is answered in this passage?
A．How did Peter’s toy engine break?
B．When would the children’s father be home?
C．What was the family like before Father was away?
D．What was the family’s life like in Three Chimneys?
21． According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Phyllis wanted to move a house once a month.
B．Father said goodbye to the children when he left.
C．Mother wanted to leave London and move to the country.
D．Mother was brave enough to laugh when she was feeling sad.
22． What can we infer（推断）from the underlined sentences in the last paragraph?
A．The children don’t like their life in London.
B．The station has nothing to do with the family’s future life.
C．Something is going to happen to the children later in the story.
D．Parents can better deal with life changes than their children.
（2021·江苏扬州）As a mountain, 1,642-foot Squaw Peak isn’t that impressive. But its views attract many hikers（远足者）. Henry Grant, a college student at Ithaca College, was one of them.
While waiting for his mother one day in August, 2019, Grant watched other hikers enjoy the view. One hiker, dressed in pink, was looking over the lip of the cliff（悬崖）with her husband.
When Grant’s mother rejoined him, the two continued on their way. Suddenly, he heard something scaring: “Paula! Paula!” a man shouted crazily. Grant turned around quickly.   ________
Several hikers immediately started looking for her, but their view was screened by trees. Uncertain they could help, Grant and his mother headed down the trail. But when he saw some hikers still searching, he decided to lend a hand. After promising his mother that he would be safe, he went on alone.
After 15 minutes of climbing over large rocks, pushing past bushes, and slipping（滑） down loose earth, Grant found a pink figure. The woman had fallen about 75 feet. Luckily, she was alive.
“Paula! Paula!” Grant shouted. The woman didn’t reply. She was badly hurt. Grant called the police to report her location. She kept trying to move, and every time she moved, she slipped a little more. Afraid that in her unclear state of mind she might fall off the rock to her death, Grant climbed on all fours up a tight, narrow path by digging into the earth with his fingers and feet until he reached Paula.
Paula was moaning, almost senseless. Grant gently put her hand in his, trying to keep her mind off the pain by keeping asking her questions: “Where are you from? Do you have kids?” Soon, they were joined on their perch（歇脚处）by another hiker named Simon.
About 45 minutes later, first rescuers（救援者）arrived. Paula and her husband were flown to a hospital. Five hours after the woman in pink had fallen, Grant was back on top of Squaw Peak.
23． Which sentence should go in the empty line in Paragraph 3?
A．He ran as fast as possible to save Paula.
B．His mother turned around at the same time.
C．The woman in pink was nowhere to be seen.
D．Other hikers were scared by the terrible shout.
24． Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Grant had no difficulty in reaching Paula.
B．Simon and Grant’s mother joined in saving Paula.
C．Paula and her husband were both badly wounded and saved.
D．Grant asked Paula questions to keep her mind off the pain.
25． The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refers to（指的是）________.
A．first rescuers B．Paula and Grant
C．Grant and his mother D．Paula and her husband
26． What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．How a woman fell 75 feet from a mountain cliff.
B．How a young man tried his best to save a stranger.
C．How a woman managed to survive a terrible accident.
D．How a young man made a decision in face of danger.
（2021·江苏扬州）Ever wondered why your virtual（虚拟的）home helper doesn't understand your questions? Or why your navigation app took you on the side street instead of the highway? In a study published April 21st in the journal iScience, Italian researchers, Arianna Pipitone and Antonio Chella, designed a robot that “thinks out loud”.
To explore how inner speech might influence a robot’s actions, the researchers built a robot called Pepper that speaks to itself. It has the ability to reason and think. They then asked people to set the dinner table with Pepper according to etiquette（礼仪）rules. In one experiment, the user asked Pepper to lay the napkin at the wrong place, going against the rules. Pepper started asking itself a series of self-directed questions and concluded that the user might be mistaken. To be sure, Pepper confirmed the user’s order, which led to further inner speech.
“Ehm, this situation troubles me. I would never break the rules, but I can’t make the user unhappy, so I’m doing what he wants,” Pepper said to itself, laying the napkin where it was required to be. Through Pepper’s inner voice, the user can learn Pepper was facing a difficult situation and solved it by prioritizing the user’s order.
Comparing Pepper’s actions with and without inner speech, Pipitone and Chella discovered the robot had a higher task-completion rate when having self-dialogue.
However, some people find the robot spends more time completing tasks when it talks to itself. The robot’s inner speech is also limited to the knowledge that researchers gave it. Pepper’s designers still say their work provides a framework（构架）to further explore how self-dialogue can help robots focus, plan, and learn. “In some ways, we are creating a generational（世代的）robot that likes to chat. From navigation apps and the camera on your phone to medical robots in the operation rooms, machines and computers alike can take advantage of this chatty feature,” says Chella.
27． Why does the writer ask two questions at the very beginning of the passage?
A．To draw the reader’s attention to the topic.
B．To show the writer likes electronic products.
C．To tell the reader about the history of robots.
D．To prove the writer often faces trouble in life.
28． Why was Pepper asked to lay the napkin at the wrong place?
A．To see how much time Pepper spent laying the napkin.
B．To confirm how popular Pepper was among its users.
C．To test how many etiquette rules Pepper remembered.
D．To study how self-dialogue might influence Pepper’s actions.
29． What does the underlined word “prioritizing” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．repeating B．dealing with… first C．going against D．complaining about
30． What can we infer from the passage?
A．The designers are proud of their work about Pepper.
B．Pepper has already been in use in the operation rooms.
C．Pepper’s inner speech depends on its user’s communication skills.
D．With or without inner speech, Pepper could complete a task equally well.
（2022·江苏扬州）Wetlands are any land that is flooded with shallow water all or most of the time. They are a natural water holding system.
There are many types of wetlands. Among them, bogs, marshes and swamps are the three main types. The different types of wetlands have different kinds of plants. Only mosses(苔藓)and a few other kinds of plants can grow in bogs. Grassy plants like cattails（香蒲）and reeds(芦苇)are the most common plants in a marsh. A swamp is a forest whose ground is underwater all or most of the time. Unlike bogs or marshes, a swamp is full of trees and bushes. It’s not a good idea to go exploring a swamp without a guide. There are hidden pools of water, thick mud, and sometimes big crocodiles(鳄鱼)looking for their next meal.
Hungry crocodiles aren’t the only animals that make the wetlands their home. Otters, turtles, frogs, snakes and many other animals do too. The water is home to many kinds of fish and crabs. Birds, including ducks, geese and cranes, use wetlands seasonally during their long migrations.
Wetlands are important because they provide habitats for plants and animals. A wetland system can also protect shorelines, make polluted waters clean, prevent floods, and restore underground water supplies.
According to WWF, more than half of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the 20th century. If this continues, countless plant and animal species will surely die out. Without wetlands, cities have to spend more money treating water. Don’t feel helpless. Try to do your part to protect them right now. Here are some ideas.
31． According to Paragraph 2, what can you see in a swamp?
A．Mosses. B．Cattails. C．Reeds. D．Trees.
32． According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Wetlands are a man-made water holding system.
B．There are three types of wetlands in the world.
C．People can not meet with big crocodiles in wetlands.
D．Wetlands can protect shorelines and prevent floods.
33． What is the writer probably going to talk about after Paragraph 5?
A．What are the different types of wetlands?
B．What will happen if wetlands disappear?
C．What actions can people take to protect wetlands?
D．What other kinds of plants and animals live in wetlands?
（2022·江苏扬州）Every month, Julia and her cousins would go for the big family meal at their grandparents’ house. On each visit, their grandpa would give them a few coins. Then all the children would run off to buy sweets. One day, he gathered the children together. He said, “Let’s have a competition to see who can manage money wisely. At the end of this year, tell me how you’ve used your money.”
Ruben and Nico, the two smallest kids, continued spending their money all on sweets. Every time, they would show off their sweets in front of the other children. This made Clara and Joe so angry that these two could no longer keep saving their money. They soon joined Ruben and Nico.
Monty was a clever boy. He decided to manage his money by buying and selling things. Soon he made a lot of money with little effort. The way he was going, he would end up almost a rich man. However, he began to spend his money on more and more expensive things for himself. A few months later, he hadn’t a single penny（便士）left.
Alex saved and saved all the coins he was given, and at the end of the year he had collected more money than anyone. He was the clear winner.
There was also Julia. Poor Julia hadn’t a penny on the day of the competition. She had spent all her coins on her secret plan. Julia knew a poor violinist who played in the park, and she offered him all the coins for his violin lessons. Although it wasn’t much money, on seeing Julia’s excitement, the violinist agreed. A little after a year the violinist loaned her a violin so they two could play together in the park. They were so successful that she managed to buy her own violin. Even better, she later became a very famous violinist.
34． Why did the children’s grandpa suggest the competition to them?
A．To encourage them to win competitions. B．To teach them how to manage their money.
C．To tell them money was important to them. D．To know who was the cleverest child in the family.
35． The underlined words “these two” in Paragraph 2 refer to（指的是）________.
A．Clara and Joe B．Ruben and Nico C．Monty and Alex D．Alex and Julia
36． What can we learn from Julia’s story?
A．Get rich slow, or get poor fast.
B．Little effort always brings much money.
C．A little money well spent can help realize your dreams.
D．It is not wise of you to spend all the money you've got.
37． What is the best title for the passage?
A．Grandpa’s coins B．Julia’s cousins
C．A saving competition D．A happy family
（2022·江苏扬州）My five-year-old son befriends the woman. It starts with voices in the yard. When I come out to check on Daniel, his face is pressed on the fence（篱笆）.
The woman says, “You wait right here; I’ll be right back. ”
She returns with a saw（锯子）. There’s a whirring. A circle in the wooden fence drops out of sight.
“Dad! Sandy just drilled out a hole in the fence so Sandy and I can talk! ” Daniel spins around.
I hadn’t known her name was Sandy. We’ve lived here a month before Daniel was born.
Daniel’s and Sandy’s murmuring voices continue. Whenever Daniel is outside, he circles near the fence that isn’t a fence any more. Some days my son just goes to stand at the hole, yelling, “Sandy! Saaaaandyyyyy!” Sometimes I hear bits of their talk.
“We painted a ghost at school.”
Or: “Wheeler and Jackson were playing football, and they told me I couldn’t play.”
“That wasn’t very nice, ” says Sandy. “Did that hurt your feelings? Did you let them know that?”
I can’t hear how he replies. A moment of envy runs through me. He never talks about his school things with me.
Daniel and Sandy not only keep chatting through the hole, they also exchange gifts. A coloring book, then a Hot Wheels car. It’s unclear what Daniel gives Sandy in return.
One afternoon, I hear Sandy’s voice floating over the top of the fence with the hole. “I thought maybe Daniel could come for a play date.”
We ring the bell on Sandy’s porch. She’s a middle-aged woman with smiling eyes. Sandy’s yard is sweet with the smell of flowers. We have a pleasant afternoon with Sandy, my son’s adult friend, the first friend Daniel has made on his own.
A month later, Sandy leaves to care for her mother in Kansas. She left behind a box of presents: a coloring book, sidewalk chalk, the missing orange part in the Hot Wheels track. When I look at Daniel, he’s looking down at his shoes.
He sometimes wanders down to the fence. Instead of calling “Sandy! Saaaaandyyyyy!” he cries. “Hello! Helloooooo!”
One day, Daniel receives Sandy’s postcard. They write frequently, warmly.
38． Which of the following is the correct order of the story?
a. Sandy leaves for Kansas to care for her mother.
b. Daniel and Sandy exchange gifts through the hole.
c. Daniel and Sandy are good pen friends.
d. Sandy drills out a hole in the fence.
e. Sandy invites Daniel to come to her yard for a play date.
A．dbeac B．badec C．dceab D．ecadb
39． Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 4 from the bottom?
A．The neighbourhood I grew up in has a fence like this.
B．We’ve passed through the hole in the fence.
C．Beyond that fence stands Sandy’s blue house.
D．I’m a person who looks on the bad side of the fence.
40． What can we know about Daniel from the underlined sentences in the story?
A．He doesn’t care about Sandy’s leaving. B．He is impressed with the shoes from Sandy.
C．He is heartbroken when hearing the news. D．He does not want to be Sandy’s friend any more.
41． Which sentence best expresses the theme of the story?
A．Parents are children’s best friends. B．Trust and friendship can go beyond ages.
C．A good fence makes a good neighbour. D．Grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
（2022·江苏扬州）Researchers at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a State-owned defense contractor, have developed and made the world’s first robot whale shark（鲸鲨）.

The robotic shark has been on display in an aquarium（水族馆）at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park since January.
A whale shark is a slow-moving carpet shark and the largest known living fish.
Designed and built by engineers at the Shenyang-based No 111 Factory, the underwater robot is 4.7 meters long, weighs 350 kilograms and can move 42 meters a minute.
Powered by a lithium battery, it can swim, turn, float and dive like a real shark by moving its mechanical fins（鳍）. The mouth and gills（鳃）can also open and close like a shark’s. The biomimetic shark is made of sensors（传感器）, multi-joint fins, batteries, and systems which enable it to avoid what’s in the way in all directions.
“The robot can reach a depth of 10 meters and work for as long as 10 hours,” said Fang Xuelin, a senior researcher in charge of the robot shark program.
“The shark can be remotely controlled and can also swim based on preset programs or its own sensors,” he said.
“We have built multiple kinds of robot fishes, and the robotic whale shark is the largest mechanical fish we have made so far,” Fang added. “Our robots are to serve three purposes—to perform in aquariums for entertainment, spread knowledge about the sea and aquatic（水生的）animals among youngsters, and carry out scientific tasks such as hydrological surveys, underwater photography and environmental inspection.”
“The factory now plans to develop more types of aquatic robots, including some extinct mammals（哺乳动物）, for display in parks and schools. It will also promote the products to businesses engaged in fields such as underwater salvage and mineral prospecting,” he said.
42． The whale shark on display is ________.
A．the world’s first robot B．the largest living fish
C．a 7.4-meter-long shark D．a robotic shark
43． What does the underlined word “biomimetic”in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．仿生的 B．虚拟的 C．杂交的 D．变异的
44． Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The shark is the first mechanical fish made at the factory.
B．Powered by a lithium battery, the shark can swim without stopping.
C．The factory has built multiple kinds of robot fishes including the shark.
D．The factory has developed some extinct mammals for display in parks.
45． What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?
A．The limits of the aquatic robots. B．The purposes of the aquatic robots.
C．The progress in making aquatic robots. D．The steps to developing aquatic robots.
二、阅读填表或答题
（2020·江苏扬州）阅读下面短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

The pilot, Antoine De Saint-Exupery, who wrote The Little Prince, died long ago, but the fictional pilot, who told the story, is as alive today as he was many years ago, along with his Prince, the fox, the rose and the snake.
This timeless tale touches upon childhood and growing up. It opens with the reminder: All grown-ups were once children—but few of them remember it. The pilot in this story loses that part of himself. After a stay in the desert with the little prince, he finds his inner child again. It is a simple story with life lessons. Here are some.
One only understands the things that one tames (驯服). Seeing the thousands of roses that look just like his rose makes the prince feel as if he was tricked by his flower. The fox shows him taming someone takes time. The prince understands the nature of relationships: the time he has wasted on his rose makes her so important.
The fox, as his parting gift, shares his secret with the prince: “One can see rightly with the heart. What is essential (very important and necessary) is invisible (not be seen) to the eye. ” When the pilot shows his picture about the snake eating the elephant, adults only see it as a hat. Adults can’t see what’s inside the snake. What is on the surface is not what matters. This truth sets the little prince free. He decides to join his rose back on his planet.
Has he returned to his planet and his rose? The ending exists in the imagination of every reader as well as the pilot. After all, it is a book with something for everyone.
____46____ is The Little Prince a book for everyone?
Reasons
Supporting details
A timeless tale
●The Little Prince remains a classic novel of all ____47____.
●The book talks about childhood and growing up. The pilot forgets he was ____48____ a child as he grows up. After a stay with the little prince in the desert, he finds the_____49_____part of himself.
A simple story
with life ____50____
●One only understands the things that one tames.
It takes time to tame someone.
What really matters to the prince is his ____51____ because he has“wasted” time on her.
●What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Adults ____52____ the pilot’s picture for a hat because they can’t look beyond the surface.
What matters is what’s ____53____.
After learning the ___54____, the prince decides to return to his planet.
An open-ended story
It allows the reader and the pilot to_____55_____ their endings of the book.

（2021·江苏扬州）阅读下面短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
Reading is fun! You can also analyze texts（文本）to learn more from the texts and about the texts. One way you can do this with fiction books, passages, or poems is by exploring their themes.
A theme is a central idea running throughout the text, connecting the characters and events. The writer may express his or her thoughts about humanity or a worldview through a theme. Themes can be ideas like friendship, bravery, love, honesty or family. Make sure you know what the writer is saying.
Sometimes, themes are hard to find out. First, the theme may not be able to be included in just one word like the examples above. There may also be more than one theme in the text. What’s more, some themes are not presented in the words directly. You have to use clues in the texts to find them.
To start exploring the theme, first you need to make sure you’ve read the whole text. Since themes develop over time, you can’t fully understand the underlying themes until the end of the text. Then, ask yourself to sum up（概括）the text and try to work out a “big idea”. For example, did many characters resolve problems with their families? If there was only one small problem with a character’s family, then “family” might not be the theme of the text. Finally, after finding out a “big idea”, go through the text to find examples that support this idea. You needn’t repeat every detail of the story-a few key examples will be fine.
Now you are ready to explore the theme of a text!
Exploring the ___56___ of a text
Main points
Detailed information
___57___ is a theme?
● A theme is a ___58___idea that connects the characters and events.
● The ___59___ thoughts are possibly expressed through the theme.
Why is it __60__to find the theme?
●You might not ___61___ the theme in just one word.
●There may also be more than one theme in the text.
● Some themes are not presented in a ___62___ way.
How can you explore the theme?
●Read the text till the ___63___ to fully understand the themes.
●Work out a “big idea” of the text by summing up the text.
●Find some key examples to ___64___ the “big idea”. It’s not ___65___ to repeat every detail.

（2022·江苏扬州）阅读短文，回答下面5个问题。（每题答案不超过10个词）
You don’t know me unless you read a book called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck’s my name, Huckleberry Finn. That book ends like this: my best friend, Tom Sawyer, and I found $12,000 in gold in a cave. We became rich. We got $6,000 each.
My mother died long ago and then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was always drunk and he often beat me. Then a kind old lady called Widow Douglas took me into her home to live. She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table. She sent me to school every day.
I hated those new clothes. I missed my old life. I put on my old clothes and ran away and was free and happy, but Tom Sawyer found me and said that if I wanted to join his club, I would have to return to live with the widow. For this reason, I returned to live with her.
The months passed and winter came. The weather got cold. One morning I woke up and there was snow on the ground. On my way to school I saw some footprints outside the widow’s house. My heart jumped. Pap!
“He’s heard about my money,” I thought. “And he wants it! ”
When I lit my candle and went up to my room that night, there sat Pap—his own self! I expected to be scared of him now, but I wasn’t. I stood looking at him; he set there—looking at me.
Pap was nearly fifty years old. His black hair was long and uncombed and dirty. He had allowed hair to grow on his face, which was ghostly white. Just looking at the ugly white skin made me feel sick. His clothes? —dirty and torn. His feet showed through large holes in his shoes. His hat was on the floor—an old black hat with a large hole in it.
—Taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
66．Who is telling the story?
____________________________________________________________
67．How did Tom and Huck become rich?
___________________________________________________________
68．Why did Widow Douglas take Huck in to live with her?
___________________________________________________________
69．Why did Huck return to live with Widow Douglas?
___________________________________________________________
70．What is Huck’s father like in your eyes? Why do you think so?
___________________________________________________________
三、短文首字母填空
（2020·江苏扬州）根据短文内容和首字母提示, 在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上, 完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。
Our lives changed tracks the day our son was born. We w ____71____ whether we should move back to our home country Brazil. I remember looking down at our newborn baby and thinking about how different his life would be there.
During the ten years away from my big family and my culture, I missed the delicious foods, samba, Brazilian jujitsu(柔术), and sunny skies. My wife m____72____ our homeland too. As a musician, it would be e____73____ for her to do her work in Brazil. But in the United Kingdom, I had the funding and lab resources for my research. Would such a move be a disadvantage to my career?
A few weeks later, my brother called from Brazil, telling me that our father had passed away. The great happiness I felt about my son’s birth suddenly gave way to deep s____74____. We had no doubt it was the right time to r ____75____ to Brazil. We applied for the professor positions at a university in our hometown and b____76____ received offers.
H ___77____, it wasn’t easy getting started with my research in Brazil. I didn’t receive any start-up funding for my lab. Now, thanks to Brazilian funding, I have a team of bright young scientists and can a____78____ expensive lab resources.
We are living the lives we wanted to live-working on rewarding research and feeling closer to our family and c ____79____in our home country. My son is growing up close to his cousins. I take up Brazilian jujitsu training, which I haven’t been able to do during my years a____80_____. My wife and I feel happy to find a way home.
（2021·江苏扬州）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
Chinese people started to build gardens more than 2,000 years ago. Chinese gardens are a special form of t___81___ Chinese culture and art.
At the entrance to a Chinese garden, there is usually a huge stone or wall to screen（挡住）your view. This is to give you a pressed-in feeling, in order to later produce unexpected joy w __82___ you turn around the hall to see the amazing rock formations（假山）and a big lake. The best e___83___ is the Summer Palace.
Rock formations play an i___84___ role in the design of a Chinese-style garden. Without them, a garden could not be considered a Chinese-style garden. They are as important to a Chinese-style garden as sculptures are to a European-style garden. Ge Garden in Yangzhou is famous for i___85___ Four Seasons Rockeries（假山花园）.
G___86___ in the south are mostly small in size. Chinese garden designers have used the method of “borrowing scenery with a mirror（镜子）” to create a sense of s___87___. A mirror is hung opposite a window to take in the outside scenery. A fine example of this is Pian Shi Shan Fang, a rockery in He Garden, Yangzhou. A big mirror is built into the wall of its west corridor. The whole garden will be s___88___ in the mirror wherever the visitors are. A pool or a lake in a garden a___89___ serves this purpose. A pool runs from south to north through the garden of Pian Shi Shan Fang. East of the rockery, a man-made moon is reflected（倒映）in the p___90___.
Whatever methods used, every effort is made to achieve the purpose of giving visitors a sense of space in the garden.
（2022·江苏扬州）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

The Grand Canal（大运河）is a man-made waterway that runs north and south in eastern China. Dating back 2,500 years and stretching 1,794 kilometers, it is among the world’s oldest and l___91___ canals. Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum is located on the bank of the ancient Grand Canal in Yangzhou, one of the eight c___92___ in Jiangsu province sitting along the Grand Canal.
The museum o___93___ its doors to the public on June 16,2021. It covers an area of some 80,000 square meters. It has two structures: a four-story building in the s___94___ of a giant ship waiting to set sail, and a 100-meter-tall Tang-Dynasty-style tower.
The museum has 11 themed exhibitions（展览）. They are telling the h__95___ of the Sui-Tang Grand Canal built during the Sui and Tang Dynasties（581-907）, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the East Zhejiang Canal. These canals offer a wealth of historic and cultural attractions w___96___ they continue to be used for transport, irrigation（灌溉）and flood control. The 25.7-meter-long, 8-meter-high ancient Bian River section is c__97___ by many as the “treasure of the museum”.
So far, the museum has over 10,000 exhibits（展品）, including 20 groups of large ones, making it the best collection to show the grandness of the canal and h__98___ people changed nature.
Passing t__99___ the exhibition hall and into the antiquated（老式的）streets, visitors can see restaurants and shops along the street, as if walking in the water village on the canal during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum is different from all the other m____100____ which are themed on the Grand Canal in China. Why not come and visit it yourself?

参考答案：
1． D
2． C
3． A
【解析】
文章是对在加利福尼亚州旧金山海湾水族馆的水獭的介绍，包括外貌，爱好，特征等。
1． 主旨大意题。根据文章的理解以及文章的开头Here come the Aquarium’s popular and lovable river otters：Tahoe, Ryer and Shasta.可知，这里主要是介绍了水族馆的水獭的情况，所以D选项比较符合，故选D。
2． 细节理解题。根据文中I was born in February, 2013 at the Oakland Zoo可知，A选项错误；而B选项说的是水獭Shasta，所以排除；根据文中第一个水獭（Tahoe）的介绍I’m the half-brother of Ryer.可知，Tahoe与Ryer是同父异母的兄弟，所以C选项正确；根据文中My fur is reddish in color.可知，这是对水獭Tahoe的描述，所以D选项错误；故选C。
3． 细节理解题。根据文中I’m named after Lake Tahoe, CA.以及I’m a male river otter named after Ryer Island, CA.以及I’m a 7-year-old male river otter named after Mount Shasta, CA.可知，三个水獭都是以加利福尼亚的一个地方命名的。故选A。
4． C
5． C
6． D
7． A
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述的是作者之前只喜欢借书但是不喜欢读书，和大卫约会时大卫鼓励作者去读书，最后大卫用书里的便条纸向作者求婚。
4． 推理判断题。根据第一段“I checked out so many books and returned them so quickly”以及“Don’t take home so many books if you’re not going to read them all”可知Karla只是喜欢借书。故选C。
5． 推理判断题。根据“I created my online dating profile” ，“When we compared libraries, we had only four titles in common” ，“I have a game”，“I’ve only read one book this year”以及“He pulled a book from the shelf, dropped to one knee, and opened it. Inside, his Post-it read” 可知正确的顺序是She created her online dating profile 她建立了网上约会档案；She found they had only four titles in common她发现他们只有四本书是都读过的； She had a game with David 她和大卫玩一个游戏； She told David she only read one book that year 她告诉大卫那年她只读了一本书；She was shown the Post-it written to her大卫给她展示了写给她的便条。故选C。
6． 推理判断题。根据“‘But you like books, ’he said. ‘You like bookstores. You like libraries. Read a book! ’”可知大卫鼓励作者读书，此处表达我想放弃的时候就想起大卫说过的话，感觉他在推动我改变自己。用“I felt him pushing me to be more of the person I used to be”。故选D。
7． 标题概括题。文章主要讲述的是作者之前只喜欢借书但是不喜欢读书，和大卫约会时大卫鼓励作者去读书，最后大卫用书里的便条纸向作者求婚。标题可概括为Falling in love by the book。故选A。
8． C
9． D
10． B
11． A
【解析】
凯蒂·斯特勒（Katie Steller）拥有自己的美发沙龙。她经常在城市周围推着红色椅子和剪刀，免费理发，这么做是为了暂时减轻他人的孤独感。
8． 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段I can’t fix their problems with free haircuts, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.可知理发是为了帮助人们暂时减轻孤独感。故选C。
9． ．词句猜测题。根据第四段“It’s more than a haircut,” she says. “I want it to be a gateway, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people. I want to build relationships. ”意为“她说：“这不仅仅是理发。” “我希望它成为展示价值和尊重，同时也结识人们的门户。 我想建立关系。 ””因此可知剪发是一种表现关心、价值和尊重的行为。故选D。
10． 推理判断题。文章讲述了凯蒂·斯特勒（Katie Steller）为人们免费理发，这么做是为了暂时减轻他人的孤独感。由此可推知她关心他人，是个非常善良周到的人。故选B。
11． 主旨大意题。根据倒数第二段Early this year she started the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who do acts of kindness (volunteering for snowstorm relief, helping neighbors in need) are invited for a free haircut at Steller’s salon. In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. Her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will spread their own.意为“今年年初，她启动了“斯特勒善待项目”，其中邀请了做善事的人（为减轻暴风雪而做义工，帮助有需要的邻居）在斯特勒的沙龙免费理发。 作为交换，他们讲自己的故事，斯特勒在她的网站上分享。她的希望是，通过阅读有关善良的举止，其他人将传播自己的行为。”由此可知诸如免费理发之类的简单善意行为将会传播。故选A。
12． B
13． C
14． A
15． D
【解析】
本文是一篇新闻报道。自5月8日以来，波士顿动力公司的类似狗的机器人Spot一直在新加坡的Bishan-Ang Mo Kio公园使用，以帮助鼓励在新冠状肺炎疫情期间的社会距离。
12． 细节理解题。根据第一段“to help encourage social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic ”可知机器人是为了在COVID-19大流行期间帮助鼓励人们保持社交距离。故选B。
13． 词义猜测题。根据第四段Cameras fixed on Spot will scan the surroundings and help officers work out the number of visitors in the park, but they cannot read faces and won’t collect any personal information.可知固定在Spot上的摄像头将扫描周围的环境，并帮助警察确定公园中的访客数量，但是它们无法读取面部，也不会收集任何个人信息。因此they指的是前一个句子的主语cameras。故选C。
14． 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段If the two-week experiment proves successful和最后一段No one knows if Spot will stay after the pandemic is gone意为“如果为期两周的实验证明成功”和“没有人知道疫情大流行消失后Spot是否会留下来”由此推知实验仍在进行中。故选A。
15． 判断正误题。根据第三段The robot isn’t enforcing可知机器人没有强制执行。因此不存在恐吓。故A错误。根据第二段Singpore’s government is funding the experiment of the robotic dog, which will last for two weeks at the park during off-peak(非高峰的) hours.可知这种机器狗的实验将在非高峰时间在公园里持续两周。故B错误。根据倒数第二段Already, Singapore engineers are trying to improve Spot, making it tell if people are together in a group or strangers passing on the grass.可知新加坡工程师已经在尝试改善Spot，以确保它可以分辨人们是一群人还是从路上经过的陌生人。故C错误。根据第三段When Spot is patrolling(巡逻)the area, there’s a parks officer nearby who can do whatever enforcement he decides is suitable.可知当Spot在该地区巡逻时，附近有一个工作人员可以执行他认为合适的任何执法行动。故D正确。故选D。
16． B
17． D
18． C
【解析】
本文是围绕环保食品的四个问题进行了解答，分别是：吃什么会影响气候变化；哪些食物影响最大；能做出简单的食物选择吗；真的能改变我们的星球吗。
16． 细节理解题。根据“plant—based foods like beans, rice, corn and wheat have the smallest influence”可知，豆类、大米、玉米和小麦等植物性食品的影响最小，故选B。
17． 推理判断题。根据“heavy diet can reduce their food—related footprint by one third or more by moving to a vegan diet — no meat, dairy（乳制品）, or eggs. If you don’t want to go that far, just eat less meat”可知，肉食者可以通过少吃肉来减少与食物相关的碳足迹，所以D表述正确，故选D。
18． 最佳标题。根据“Is it possible to have a diet（日常饮食）that’s both healthy and friendly to our planet? Here are answers to your eco-friendly food questions”可知，本文主要通过回答四个环保食品的问题来告诉大家如何为地球吃得更好，故选C。
19． A
20． C
21． D
22． C
【解析】
文章大意：本文节选自《铁路少年》，讲述了三个幸运的孩子在爸爸被捕前过着幸福的生活，爸爸被捕后，妈妈带着他们被迫搬到铁路附近乡下的故事。
19． 细节理解题。根据““We’re taking the useful ones,” said Mother.”可知，妈妈认为它们是有用的，故选A。
20． 推理判断题。根据“Father worked hard in a government office. He was never angry and always ready for a game. Mother was almost at home, ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them do their home—lessons.”父亲在政府部门辛勤工作。他从不生气，总是准备好玩游戏。妈妈快到家了，准备和孩子们一起玩，念书给他们听，帮他们做家庭功课。以及“These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely playroom and a dog called James. They had a happy life,…”这三个幸运的孩子总是有他们需要的一切：漂亮的衣服，温暖的炉火，一个可爱的游戏室和一只叫詹姆斯的狗。他们过着幸福的生活，……。可知文章中描述了在爸爸离开之前，家里是什么样的，故选C。
21． 推理判断题。根据“"Oh, Mother, "she whispered, "how I love you! You are brave enough to laugh when you’re feeling like that!" “啊，妈妈，”她低声说，“我多么爱你！当你有这种感觉的时候，你有足够的勇气笑出来!””可以推知，妈妈很勇敢，当她难过的时候她还能保持微笑，故选D。
22． 推理判断题。根据文章内容，爸爸被捕后，妈妈带着他们搬到了铁路附近的乡下，结合“At that moment they didn’t know how important the station and the trains would become to them. They didn’t know they were going to be the railway children.在那一刻，他们根本不知道车站和火车对他们会有多么重要。他们不知道他们将成为铁路儿童。”可以推知，在这个故事中，孩子们将会发生一些事情。故选C。
23． C
24． D
25． B
26． B
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文，向我们介绍Grant尽力拯救陌生人的故事。
23． 推理判断题。根据“One hiker, dressed in pink, was looking over the lip of the cliff（悬崖）with her husband.”和“Several hikers immediately started looking for her”可推知，此处应该是描述穿粉色衣服的女士的状况，“那个穿粉红色衣服的女人不见了”符合语境，故选C。
24． 推理判断题。根据“Paula was moaning, almost senseless. Grant gently put her hand in his, trying to keep her mind off the pain by keeping asking her questions”可知，Grant不停地问她问题，试图让她忘记痛苦。故选D。
25． 推理判断题。根据“Paula was moaning, almost senseless. Grant gently put her hand in his, trying to keep her mind off the pain by keeping asking her questions”可知，Paula呻吟着，几乎失去了知觉；Grant轻轻地把她的手放在自己的手里，不停地问她问题，试图让她忘记痛苦。此处they指的是Paula和Grant，故选B。
26． 主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知，本文向我们介绍Grant尽力拯救陌生人的故事。故选B。
27． A
28． D
29． B
30． A
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文，向我们介绍意大利研究人员Arianna Pipitone和Antonio Chella设计了一个能“自言自语”的机器人。
27． 推理判断题。作者开篇提出问题，是为了引起读者注意，吸引读者兴趣，故选A。
28． 细节理解题。根据“To explore how inner speech might influence a robot’s actions, the researchers built a robot called Pepper that speaks to itself… In one experiment, the user asked Pepper to lay the napkin at the wrong place, going against the rules.”可知，Pepper被要求把餐巾放在错误的地方是为了研究自我对话如何影响Pepper的行为。故选D。
29． 词句猜测题。分析“Through Pepper’s inner voice, the user can learn Pepper was facing a difficult situation and solved it by prioritizing the user’s order.”可知，通过Pepper的内心声音，用户可以了解到Pepper正面临着一个困难的情况，并通过优先考虑用户的要求来解决它。此处prioritizing的意思是“优先考虑、处理”，故选B。
30． 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，通过对Pepper的研究，后续可能会将此类机器人应用到更广泛的领域，所以推测设计师们对他们的作品感到自豪。故选A。
31． D
32． D
33． C
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要介绍了三种不同的湿地，不同的湿地有不同的植物和动物，而且湿地很重要，所以我们要采取行动保护湿地。
31． 细节理解题。根据“ a swamp is full of trees and bushes”可知在沼泽地里有树木和灌木。故选D。
32． 细节理解题。根据“ wetland system can also protect shorelines, make polluted waters clean, prevent floods”可知湿地系统还可以保护海岸线、防止洪水。故选D。
33． 推理判断题。根据“Try to do your part to protect them right now. Here are some ideas”可知接下来会介绍应如何保护湿地。故选C。
34． B
35． A
36． C
37． C
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要讲述了Julia的爷爷为了教导孩子如何理财，进行了一场特殊的比赛，看每个人如何花钱。通过这个比赛，孩子们明白，通过好好计划，很少的钱也可以带来意想不到的收获和惊喜，甚至可以实现自己的梦想。
34． 细节理解题。根据“Let’s have a competition to see who can manage money wisely”可知他是为了教导孩子如何明智地理财。故选B。
35． 推理判断题。根据“This made Clara and Joe so angry that these two could no longer keep saving their money”可知Clara和Joe非常生气，所以他们也不再坚持存钱了，故此处划线部分指代“Clara and Joe”。故选A。
36． 推理判断题。根据“They were so successful that she managed to buy her own violin. Even better, she later became a very famous violinist”可知Julia用自己的钱帮助了那个小提琴手，最后她也在那个小提琴手的帮助下获得了成功，成为了一个著名的小提琴手，由此可知有时花一点钱可以实现自己的梦想。故选C。
37． 最佳标题题。本文主要讲述了Julia的爷爷为了教导孩子如何理财，进行了一场特殊的比赛，看每个人如何花钱。通过这个比赛，孩子们明白，通过好好计划，很少的钱也可以带来意想不到的收获和惊喜，甚至可以实现自己的梦想，故文章以“一场存钱比赛”展开。故选C。
38． A
39． B
40． C
41． B
【解析】
【导语】
本文讲述作者的儿子丹尼尔和成年的朋友桑迪忘年交的经历。
38． 推理判断题。根据“Sandy just drilled out a hole in the fence so Sandy and me can talk”可知，桑迪在篱笆挖了一个洞；根据“Daniel and Sandy not only keep chatting through the hole, they also exchange gifts”可知，丹尼尔和桑迪通过洞交换礼物；根据“I thought maybe Daniel could come for a play date”可知，桑迪邀请丹尼尔来她的庭院参加玩耍聚会；根据“A month later, Sandy leaves to care for her mother in Kansas”可知，桑迪动身到堪萨斯州去照顾她的母亲。根据“One day, Daniel receives Sandy’s postcard”可知，丹尼尔和桑迪是很好的笔友。正确顺序是dbeac。故选A。
39． 推理判断题。根据“We have a pleasant afternoon with Sandy, my son’s adult friend, the first friend Daniel has made on his own”可知，作者和桑迪度过了愉快的下午，儿子的成年朋友丹尼尔是他自己交的第一位朋友，儿子和桑迪之前通过篱笆的洞进行交流，现在直接见面，已经打破了篱笆的障碍。B选项“我们穿越了篱笆的那个洞”合适。故选B。
40． 推理判断题。根据“he’s looking down at his shoes”及“he cries”可知，儿子舍不得桑迪的离开，听到那个消息感到伤心。故选C。
41． 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述作者的儿子丹尼尔和成年的朋友桑迪忘年交的经历。B选项“Trust and friendship can go beyond ages信任和友谊可以打破年龄的界线”可概括。故选B。
42． D
43． A
44． C
45． B
【解析】
【导语】
本文讲述中国航天科工集团有限公司的研究员研发的世界上首个机器鲸鲨的主要特点和用途。
42． 细节理解题。根据第一段“the world’s first robot whale shark”可知，展览的是世界上第一个机器鲸鲨。故选D。
43． 词义猜测题。根据第四段“Designed and built by engineers at the Shenyang-based No 111 Factory”及第五段“Powered by a lithium battery, it can swim, turn, float and dive like a real shark”可知，鲸鲨是工程师设计和制作出来的，像真实的鲨一样可以游泳，转弯，漂浮和潜水。“biomimetic”表达“仿生的”。故选A。
44． 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“We have built multiple kinds of robot fishes, and the robotic whale shark is the largest mechanical fish we have made so far”可知，工厂已经建了很多种类的机器鱼，机器鲸是目前制作的最大的机械鱼。C选项表述准确。故选C。
45． 段落大意题。根据“Our robots are to serve three purposes—to perform in aquariums for entertainment, spread knowledge about the sea and aquatic animals among youngsters, and carry out scientific tasks such as hydrological surveys, underwater photography and environmental inspection”可知，第八段主要讲述了制作水生机器鱼的目的。故选B。
46． Why
47． ages
48． once
49． lost
50． lessons
51． rose
52． mistake
53． inside
54． truth
55． imagine
【解析】
【分析】
文章大意：本文介绍了著名小说《小王子》为什么适合每个人阅读。
46． 句意：为什么《小王子》是一本适合每个人的书?
根据表格下面所表述的内容Reasons原因、Supporting details具体细节，结合____ is The Little Prince a book for everyone?可知此处是问“为什么《小王子》是一本适合每个人的书?”疑问词用why，因其位于句首，所以首字母要大写，故答案为Why。
47． 句意：《小王子》是一部历代的经典小说。
根据The pilot, Antoine De Saint-Exupery, who wrote The Little Prince, died long ago, but the fictional pilot, who told the story, is as alive today as he was many years ago,可知，《小王子》的作者安东尼·德·圣-埃克苏佩里(Antoine De Saint-Exupery)早已去世，但这本书所讲述的这个故事，仍然和许多年前一样被人们所喜爱。结合The Little Prince remains a classic novel of all ____. 可知《小王子》是一部历代的经典小说，all ages历代、所有年龄段，故答案为ages。
48． 句意：随着年龄的增长，飞行员忘记了自己曾经是一个孩子。
根据All grown-ups were once children—but few of them remember it. 所有的成年人都曾是孩子——但很少有人记得这一点。结合The pilot forgets he was ___ a child as he grows up.可知飞行员在他长大后忘了自己曾经是一个孩子。设空处所表达是“曾经”once，故答案为once。
49． 句意：在沙漠里和小王子呆了一段时间后，他找到了自己失去的部分。
根据The pilot in this story loses that part of himself. After a stay in the desert with the little prince, he finds his inner child again. 这个故事中的飞行员失去了自己的那一部分。和小王子在沙漠里呆了一段时间后，他又找回了内心的童真。结合After a stay with the little prince in the desert, he finds the___part of himself.可知是飞行员找到了自己失去的部分。lost失去的、丢失的，形容词，修饰后面的名词part，故答案为lost。
50． 句意：一个简单的故事与生活教训。
根据It is a simple story with life lessons.以及本行后面所对应的内容，可知这是一个简单的故事与生活教训，life lessons生活教训，故答案为lessons。
51． 句意：对王子来说，真正重要的是他的玫瑰，因为他在她身上“浪费”了时间。
根据The prince understands the nature of relationships: the time he has wasted on his rose makes her so important.王子了解关系的本质：他花在玫瑰上的时间让她变得如此重要。结合What really matters to the prince is his ____ because he has“wasted” time on her.可知王子在玫瑰上“浪费”了时间，所以对王子来说，真正重要的是他的玫瑰，故答案为rose。
52． 句意：成年人误以为飞行员的画是一顶帽子。
根据When the pilot shows his picture about the snake eating the elephant, adults only see it as a hat.当飞行员展示他关于蛇吃大象的画时，成年人只把它看作是一顶帽子。结合Adults____ the pilot’s picture for a hat，可知成年人误以为飞行员的画是一顶帽子，mistake误以为、弄错，动词，句子时态为一般现在时，主语是复数，谓语动词用原形，故答案为mistake。
53． 句意：重要的是内在的东西。
根据What is on the surface is not what matters. 表面上的东西并不重要。结合What matters is what’s ____. 可知表面的东西并不重要，重要的是内在的东西。inside内部的、里面的，故答案为inside。
54． 句意：得知真相后，王子决定返回他的星球。
根据This truth sets the little prince free. He decides to join his rose back on his planet.结合After learning the ____, the prince decides to return to his planet.可知是小王子在得知真相后，决定返回他的星球，truth真理、真相，故答案为truth。
55． 句意：它允许读者和飞行员想象这本书的结局。
根据Has he returned to his planet and his rose? The ending exists in the imagination of every reader as well as the pilot. 他回到他的星球和他的玫瑰了吗?结局存在于每一位读者和飞行员的想象中。结合It allows the reader and the pilot to ____ their endings of the book.可知这本书允许读者和飞行员去想象它的结局，imagine猜想、想象，动词；allow sb to do sth.允许某人做某事；故答案为imagine。
56． theme
57． What
58． central
59． writer’s
60． hard或difficult
61． include
62． direct
63． end
64． support
65． necessary
【解析】
【分析】
阅读是有趣的，我们可以通过分析文本、探索主题来帮助阅读。本文向我们介绍了探索主题的方法。
56． 根据“To start exploring the theme”可知，是探索主题，故填theme。
57． 根据“A theme is a central idea running throughout the text, connecting the characters and events.”可知，本栏主要叙述什么是主题，故填What。
58． 根据“A theme is a central idea running throughout the text, connecting the characters and events.”可知，主题是贯穿全文的中心思想，故填central。
59． 根据“The writer may express his or her thoughts about humanity or a worldview through a theme.”可知，作者可以通过一个主题来表达他对人性或世界观的想法，即作者的想法，故填writer’s。
60． 根据“Sometimes, themes are hard to find out.”可知，有时候，主题很难找到，故填hard/difficult。
61． 根据“First, the theme may not be able to be included in just one word like the examples above.”可知，主题可能不能仅仅用一个词来表达。故填include。
62． 根据“What’s more, some themes are not presented in the words directly.”可知，有些主题并没有直接呈现在文字中，作定语修饰way，用形容词，故填direct。
63． 根据“Since themes develop over time, you can’t fully understand the underlying themes until the end of the text.”可知，因为主题是随着时间发展的，直到文章的结尾你可能才完全理解潜在的主题。故填end。
64． 根据“Finally, after finding out a ‘big idea’, go through the text to find examples that support this idea.”可知，要通过阅读文本找到支持这个想法的例子，不定式to后跟动词原形，故填support。
65． 根据“You needn’t repeat every detail of the story-a few key examples will be fine.”可知，你不需要重复故事的每一个细节，即“没有必要”，necessary必要的，在句中作表语，故填necessary。
66． Huckleberry Finn.
67． They found $12,000 in gold in a cave.
68． Because his mother died long ago and his father disappeared.
69． Because he wanted to join Tom’s club.
70． Violent. Because his father was always drunk and beat Huck.
【解析】
【导语】
本文讲述哈克贝利费恩的母亲去世，父亲消失了。一位寡妇收养了他。他想加入汤姆的俱乐部，所以回去和寡妇一起住。后来有一天他发现父亲回来了的经历。
66． 根据第一段“Huck’s my name, Huckleberry Finn”可知是哈克贝利费恩在讲述故事。故填Huckleberry Finn.
67． 根据第一段“That book ends like this: my best friend, Tom Sawyer, and I found $12,000 in gold in a cave. We became rich”可知，汤姆索亚和哈克贝利费恩在洞穴里找到了价值一万两千美元的黄金，所以变得有钱了。故填They found $12,000 in gold in a cave.
68． 根据第二段“My mother died long ago and then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was always drunk and he often beat me”可知，哈克的母亲很久前去世了，他的父亲消失了，他总是喝酒经常打他。故填Because his mother died long ago and his father disappeared.
69． 根据第三段“Tom Sawyer found me and said that if I wanted to join his club, I would have to return to live with the widow. For this reason, I returned to live with her”可知，汤姆索亚找到哈克，告诉他如果哈克想加入汤姆的俱乐部，哈克必须回去和寡妇一起住。故填Because he wanted to join Tom’s club.
70． 根据第二段“my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was always drunk and he often beat me”可知，哈克的父亲消失了，他的父亲总是喝酒，经常打哈克，可推断哈克的父亲很暴力。故填Violent. Because his father was always drunk and beat Huck.
71． wondered
72． missed
73． easier
74． sadness
75． return
76． both
77． However
78． afford
79． culture
80． away
【解析】
【分析】
本文介绍作者和妻子因为家庭变故举家搬回祖国巴西的经历。
71． 句意：我们想知道我们是否应该搬回到我们的祖国巴西。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中作谓语，表示“想知道”，可用wonder表示，根据前文“Our lives changed tracks the day our son was born.”可知，本文陈述过去的事情，时态是一般过去时，所以此处用其过去式形式。故填wondered。
72． 句意：我的妻子也想念我们的故乡。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中作谓语，表示“思念”，可用miss表示，根据前文“Our lives changed tracks the day our son was born.”可知，本文陈述过去的事情，时态是一般过去时，所以此处用其过去式形式。故填missed。
73． 句意：作为一名音乐家，对她来说在巴西工作将会更容易。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中作表语，表示“容易的，简单的”，可用easy表示，分析语境可知，此处暗含比较含义，所以用其形容词比较级形式。故填easier。
74． 句意：儿子出生带给我的巨大幸福突然化为深深的悲痛。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中作宾语，表示“悲痛”，可用sadness表示，sadness是不可数名词，所以用其原形即可。故填sadness。
75． 句意：我们毫不怀疑这就是回到巴西的正确时间。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处表示“返回，回到”，可用return表示，用于“it is the+ adj+ time to do sth”结构中，所以用其原形即可。故填return。
76． 句意：我们申请了家乡一所大学的教授职位，并且两人都收到了录用通知。
根据首字母提示和前半句“We applied for the professor positions at a university in our hometown”可知，此处表示“两者都”，可用both表示，指代前半句中的we，所以用其原形即可。故填both。
77． 句意：然而，在巴西开始我的研究并不容易。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中构成转折关系，表示“然而”，可用however表示，用于句首需大写首字母。故填However。
78． 句意：现在，多亏了巴西的资助，我拥有了一个由聪明的年轻科学家组成的团队，并且能负担得起昂贵的实验室资源。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中作谓语，表示“负担得起”，可用afford表示，又因为用于情态动词can之后，所以用其动词原形即可。故填afford。
79． 句意：我们过着我们想要的生活——从事有意义的研究，感觉离我们家乡的家庭和文化更近了。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中作宾语，表示“文化”，可用culture表示，culture是不可数名词，所以用其原形即可。故填culture。
80． 句意：我开始进行巴西柔术训练，这是我多年来在外面无法做到的。
根据句意及首字母提示可知，此处用于句中作状语，表示“在外面”，可用away表示，所以用其副词形式即可。故填away。
81． (t)raditional
82． (w)hen
83． (e)xample
84． (i)mportant
85． (i)ts
86． (G)ardens
87． (s)pace
88． (s)een
89． (a)lso
90． (p)ool
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，向我们介绍中国园林的特点和风格。
81． 句意：中国园林是中国传统文化和艺术的一种特殊形式。根据“Chinese gardens are a special form of t…Chinese culture and art.”和常识可知，“传统的”符合语境，作定语修饰Chinese culture and art，故填(t)raditional。
82． 句意：这是为了给你一种紧张的感觉，以便之后当你转过大厅看到惊人的岩层和一个大湖时产生意想不到的喜悦。分析“This is to give you a pressed-in feeling, in order to later produce unexpected joy w…you turn around the hall to see the amazing rock formations（假山）and a big lake.”可知，“当……时”符合语境，用when引导时间状语从句，故填(w)hen。
83． 句意：最好的例子就是颐和园。分析“The best e…is the Summer Palace.”可知，“例子”符合语境，此前有the best修饰，使用名词单数，故填(e)xample。
84． 句意：岩层在中式园林的设计中起着重要的作用。分析“Rock formations play an i… role in the design of a Chinese-style garden.”可知，“重要的”符合语境，play an important role“起到重要作用”，故填(i)mportant。
85． 句意：扬州个园以四季假山而闻名。分析“Ge Garden in Yangzhou is famous for i…Four Seasons Rockeries（假山花园）.”可知，此处指“Ge Garden”，用it代替，作定语修饰“Four Seasons Rockeries”，用形容词性物主代词形式，故填(i)ts。
86． 句意：南方的花园大多是小的。根据“G…in the south are mostly small in size.”和全文描述可知，“花园”符合语境，根据“are”可知，应用名词复数，故填(G)ardens。
87． 句意：中国园林设计师采用“借镜取景”的方法来营造一种空间感。分析“Chinese garden designers have used the method of ‘borrowing scenery with a mirror（镜子）’ to create a sense of s…”可知，是营造空间感，a sense of space“一种空间感”，故填(s)pace。
88． 句意：无论游客在哪里，整个花园都能映入镜子。根据“The whole garden will be s…in the mirror wherever the visitors are.”可知，“看到”符合语境，主语是动作的承受者，用被动语态，will be done一般将来时的被动语态，故填(s)een。
89． 句意：花园里的水池或湖泊也可以起到这个作用。根据前文和“A pool or a lake in a garden a…serves this purpose.”可知，此处表示“也”，用于句中，故填(a)lso。
90． 句意：在假山的东面，有一个人造的月亮映在水池里。根据前文“A pool or a lake in a garden a…serves this purpose.”可知，“池塘”符合语境，根据“a man-made moon is reflected（倒映）in the p…”可知，此处特指表单数，故填(p)ool。
91． (l)ongest
92． (c)ities
93． (o)pened
94． (s)hape
95． (h)istory
96． (w)hile
97． (c)onsidered
98． (h)ow
99． (t)hrough
100． (m)useums
【解析】
【导语】
本文讲述扬州中国运河博物馆的修建，结构和它的独特之处。
91． 句意：2500年之前建造，延伸1794千米的大运河跻身世界最古老和最长的运河。根据“oldest and”可知，用形容词最高级形成并列。根据首字母提示，可知表达最长的，用最高级“longest”。故填(l)ongest。
92． 句意：扬州中国运河博物馆位于扬州古代大运河的岸边，扬州是江苏省沿着大运河的八大城市之一。句子用“one of 复数名词”的结构，表达“最……之一”。根据“Yangzhou”，“in Jiangsu province”及首字母提示，可知表达城市，用复数名词“cities”。故填(c)ities。
93． 句意：博物馆在2021年6月16日向大众开放。句子缺谓语动词，根据“June 16,2021”可知是一般过去时，动词用过去式。根据“its doors to the public”及首字母提示，可知，句子表达打开大门，用过去式“opened”。故填(o)pened。
94． 句意：它有两部分结构，像一艘等着航行的大船的四层的建筑，和一座100米高的唐代的塔。根据“of a giant ship waiting to set sail”及首字母提示，可知，句子表达建筑的形状，用“in the shape of”。故填(s)hape。
95． 句意：它们讲述了隋朝和唐朝建造的隋唐大运河，北京到杭州的大运河和东部浙江运河的历史。定冠词“the”后用名词。根据“These canals offer a wealth of historic and cultural attractions”可知，句子表达讲述了运河的历史北京，根据首字母提示可知用名词“history”。故填(h)istory。
96． 句意：这些运河提供了丰富的历史和文化景点，同时它们继续被用于运输、灌溉和防洪。根据“These canals offer a wealth of historic and cultural attractions...they continue to be used for transport, irrigation and flood control.”可知，前后句的动作是同时发生的，运河提供了丰富的历史和文化景点的同时，运河也被用于运输、灌溉和防洪。用连词while表示“与……同时”。故填(w)hile。
97． 句意：长25.7米，高8米的古汴河段被许多人认为是“博物馆的瑰宝”。句子缺谓语动词，根据“by”可知是被动结构，根据首字母提示可知句子用“be considered as”表达“被看作是……”。故填(c)onsidered。
98． 句意：到目前为止，博物馆包含了一万种展品，包括二十组大型的展品，使得它成为最好的收藏品，展示了大运河的宏大和人们怎样改变大自然。根据“people changed nature”可知后面是宾语从句，根据首字母提示，可知句子表达“怎样人们改变大自然”，用疑问词“how”引导从句。故填(h)ow。
99． 句意：穿过展览馆，进入老式的街道，游客可以看到街道两边的餐馆和商店，好像走在明清时期运河上的水村里。根据“Passing”及“the exhibition hall”可知，句子表达从展览馆内部穿过，用短语“pass through”。故填(t)hrough。
100． 句意：扬州大运河博物馆以中国的大运河为主题，和所有其他的博物馆是不同的。根据“Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum”及“which are themed on the Grand Canal”可知，此处是指其它博物馆，且需用复数形式“museums”。故填(m)useums。