03 芸芸众生(初中英语中考时文阅读+完型填空+任务型阅读)

A young pilot

一名年轻的飞行员

体裁 记叙文 难度★★★ 词数230

Zara Rutherford is flying around the world in a small plane. When she finishes her two-month trip, she'll become the youngest woman to fly all the way around the world by herself. And she's just 19 years old.

Ms Rutherford wants to start her trip from Belgium. She wants to fly through 52 countries before returning to Belgium at the end of November. This trip is something Ms Rutherford has dreamed about for a long time. She started to learn to fly planes from her coach at age 14. She got her pilot's license(执照) in 2020 and has lots of hours of flying practice.

Ms Rutherford's parents are both pilots, and they helped her practise. Her father is a pilot who delivers(运输)to people around the world. Ms Rutherford came with him on many of his trips, sometimes even flying the plane herself.

She's making this trip in a small plane called a microlight. To follow her route, Ms Rutherford needs to see clearly, since her plane can't be guided(导航)using its instruments(仪器)alone. That means she can't fly at night or in bad weather.

“It's an easy thing to say, but just go for it,” Ms Rutherford says. “If you don't try and see how high you can fly, then you'll never know.”

1.Who is flying around the world by plane with Zara Rutherford?

2. When does Zara Rutherford want to start her trip?

3.What does the underlined word “route” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?

4.What can we learn from Zara Rutherford from the last paragraph?

A lucky passenger

一名幸运的旅客

体裁 记叙文 难度★★★  词数 198

A woman kept away from death on 21 March, 2022,after changing her travel plans.

Flight MU5735,with 123 passengers(乘客)and nine crew(全体机组人员)members on board, departed from Changshui Airport in Kunming, southwestern Yunnan Province, at 1 pm and was scheduled to arrive at Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou, southern Guangdong Province, at 3 pm.

However, it crashed(坠毁)at 2:38 pm in a mountainous area near Molang Village, Tengxian County in Wuzhou City, Guangxi, triggering a mountain fire that was put out later.

In an interview with Chinese media outlet Jiupai News, the woman surnamed Xin said she was supposed to take the flight for Guangzhou, but her boyfriend asked her not to travel without taking a PCR test for COVID-19.

“I agreed and changed to another flight this morning,” she told Jiupai News.

People who travel from Kunming to Guangzhou by air are required(要求)to take a PCR test at Baiyun Airport on arrival, but no previous tests are required of such passengers.

Xin said she had mixed feelings about what had happened, it was reported.

“When I read about the news, my hands shook so hard that I couldn't type,” she wrote in a post on WeChat.

1.How many people were there on the plane?

2.What does the underlined word “triggering” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?

3.The sentence“ Thank you for your care, my dear friends.” should be put_______.

4.Where can we probably read the passage?

One leaf, one world

一叶天地

体裁 说明文 难度★★★  词数224

In autumn and winter, many streets across our cities are covered with fallen leaves. Most of us probably just pass over them without paying much attention(注意).But not Kanat Nurtazin, an artist from Kazakhstan(哈萨克斯坦).He will pick up some fallen leaves and cut beautiful artworks out of them.

Kanat works at a university. He has kept drawing as a hobby to stay creative(创造性的).This hobby has also made him express(表达) himself through art.

In 2013, Kanat started a project called 100 Methods(方法)of Drawing. In this project, he has tried to use different materials and skills to create art pieces. Among all these creative paintings, leaf-cutting art is one of his favourites.

To make leaf art, Kanat first picks out a leaf from his collection. Then, he simply imagines(想象)a bright moment or a funny story. He draws it on a piece of paper and glues the paper to the leaf. After the glue dries, Kanat uses a razor(剃刀)to cut out the pattern on the leaf. Finally ,the artist finds a beautiful background(背景)to take pictures of the leaf. And this “leaf story” will be shared on the Internet.

A leaf's life is short. But if you look at it with your creative eyes, like Kanat does, you, too, can give the leaf a second life by making it tell an interesting story!

1. What's Kanat's hobby?

2.Why does Kanat keep his hobby?

A. To pick up some fallen leaves.

B. To cut beautiful artworks out of fallen leaves.

C. To stay kind.

D. To express himself through art.

3. What is Kanat like according to the passage?

4.What's the purpose(目的)of the passage?

A. It tells us that a leaf is a world.

B. It tells us that a leaf's life is short.

C. It tells us that we should give the leaf a second life like Kanat.

D. It tells us that we can find beauty is everywhere if we look at things carefully.

An artist who paints with cats

一位用猫作画的艺术家

体裁 记叙文 难度 ★★★  词数204

Hi, nice to meet you! My name is Svetlana Petrova. I am an artist and curator. I have organized many exhibitions(展览) myself and with other artists. Among the artists I have worked with, the most special one is my cat!

How do I make art with my cat, Zarathustra? Well, one day, a friend of mine, Emily, was playing with the cat. She asked me,“Why don't you do some art with your cat? He is so funny!”

Why not? I began to think about what I should do. So I used my brushes, camera and computer to “insert(插入)”the cat into four famous paintings. Then, I showed them to Emily. She laughed out loud and encouraged me to keep going.

After that, Zarathustra became my art model. I used a rug(小毛毯)to make a special stage(舞台)for him. He seems to know that he is helping me to make art. When he wants to pose, he lies down on the rug. Then, he begins to make funny poses with a serious(严肃的)face. My lovely cat is really good at acting!

So far, Zarathustra has “visited” over 150 famous paintings. If you're interested, you are welcome to come to our exhibition Fat Cat Art!

1.Who advised(建议)the writer to do some art with her cat?

2. What did the cat do as an art model?

A. He used the computer to draw pictures.

B. He lay down and made funny poses.

C. He looked at the writer with a serious face.

D. He used a rug to make a special stage.

3. How many famous paintings has the cat “visited" according to the passage?

A young “dragon” in the art world

艺术界的年轻“巨龙”

体裁 说明文 难度 ★★★ 词数 215

     “Wow! It's so cool!”

People can't help feeling  1  when they see the great dragon paintings. One can easily feel the animals' power. The dragons' claws(爪子)are  2  :Their large and angry eyes are staring at you. But there are not only dragons. The paintings tell stories. In the  3  ,there are hard-working farmers. Travellers are waiting on the mountaintop for the sunrise. There are also children. They are running  4  the dragons. With their excitement, they rush to get a closer look at the mythical(神话里的)animal. The dragons are using their power to protect these people. They are bringing the world good  5  .

Who painted these great pictures? The answer, surprisingly, is an art student in Chongqing. His name is Wu Junda.

Wu became  6  in drawing at a small age. Since then, the boy has never put down his paintbrushes. In college, Wu learned new techniques(技巧). He tried to improve his skills by practising every day. At last, success(成功)  7  his door. Wu has won many top awards. His works always take people's breath away.

At the age of 23, Wu hasn't carefully   8  about his future. But he wishes to spend his whole life  9  . He wants to show the beauty of Chinese culture to  10  people. Who knows? Perhaps the ideas for some greater works are already growing in Wu's mind!

A 105-year-old lady

一位105岁的老太太

体裁 说明文 难度★★★  词数 193

Julie Hawkins was already 105 years old when she joined the 2021 Louisiana Senior Games and broke the world record(纪录)for women aged 105 and over. It took her less than l'03" to finish the 100-metre running race. But the result didn't make her feel great. The old grandma thought she could do better.

Hawkins started competing in the 100-metre race at 100.Her children helped her with running after she decided to give up biking, which she did for about eight to ten years. “When I started running, I found it was a great pleasure. And I took to it like a duck to water," Hawkins said.

Hawkins, who used to be a teacher, has taken part in the National Senior Games in the US many times since she was 80. She won a number of gold medals in cycling. She took up running when she was 100.

Now Hawkins wants to be a person known for staying active into old age. “I will keep running as long as I can. My message to others is that you have to stay active if you want to be healthy and happy,” she says.

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6._________     7. _________     8. _________     9. _________     10. _________

津津有味

It's none of your business!

这不关你的事！

“You look so thin, my dear. I've got something delicious for you.”

If this sounds familiar to you, you're not alone. Old people are always worried about their grandchildren going hungry. This was also true of Margaret Porter in Britain. But instead of being concerned about her grandchild, 68-year-old Margaret was keen on taking care of a horse named Nelson.

Nelson is a retired racehorse. Margaret's neighbour, Suzanne Cooke, bought it three years ago. The horse immediately caught the attention of Margaret. “It looked thin and hungry,” she said.“I didn't want it starving to death. ” She decided to feed carrots to Nelson at the fence several times each day.

To her surprise, this made Suzanne angry. She took Margaret to court to prevent her from getting close to the horse. Do you think Margaret was in the wrong?

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