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（2022秋·江苏南京·九年级校联考期中）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Hu Yifan, a 28-year-ld girl, is a “queen f chess” in China. Peple arund the wrld are impressed by the great chess player.
Hu started t play chess at 5 years ld in 1999. At that time, her parents tk Hu t try different mind games at a training center. “With the special shapes (形状), I was interested in the chess and wanted t take it up,” said Hu.
After playing fr tw years as a hbby, Hu met her cach, a great master Tng Yuanming and began a kind f new training. “Chess is a mind game full f changes. S I shuld learn skills frm thers and keep practising chess in my daily life,” Hu said.
Luckily, what she did was sn rewarded (回报). At 13, she became China’s yungest Natinal Wmen’s Champin and then became the yungest chess champin in the wrld at 16.
Althugh she was well-knwn all ver the wrld, she still wanted t keep imprving. Having fcused n internatinal chess fr a lng time, Hu then wanted t study in the cllege. She went t Peking University in 2012. Several years later, she went n t study in the University f Oxfrd. “I must knw mre,” she said. “I wuld like t pen my eyes t see the whle wrld.”
Nw, the 28-year-ld lady has becme a teacher at Shenzhen University. She hpes t “cnnect the methds she learned in China t the West and allw internatinal chess t reach mre yung Chinese peple”.
（2022秋·江苏南京·九年级统考期中）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
The late president f Suth Africa, Nelsn Mandela. nce said, “If yu talk t a man in a language he understands, that ges t his head. If yu talk t a man in his wn language, that ges t his heart.”
Mandela understd that ur mther language is a very intimate (亲近的) thing t us. Fr peple wh speak an ancient tngue as their mther language, it helps them keep their traditins. Their language is their main cnnectin with their ancestrs. And it is als hw they imagine the future.
S it’s a serius thing that a language disappears. Over the last century, mre than 400 languages have died ut. Sme languages are nw spken nly by a few dzen peple, like Yagan in Chile. Africa and Suth Africa are als places where many languages are dying.
Why are we humans speaking fewer languages than we nce did? The answer has t d with glbalizatin. With greater trade and cmmunicatin, the planet has becme smaller. It’s becme mre useful t speak sme languages—English is the bvius example—than thers. The effect has been t kill certain languages, usually nes spken by less ppulus and pwerful peples.
But there are peple and rganizatins all ver the wrld that aren’t prepared t accept a planet with fewer and fewer languages. Thrugh effrts bth large and small, they are getting peple t speak and read in certain languages, and t pass them n. Each year n Feb 21,The United Natins als hlds Internatinal Mther Language Day in the hpe that the public pay mre attentin t dying languages.
This wrk is imprtant. As US writer Rita Mae Brwn wrte, “Language is the rad map f a culture. It tells where its peple cme frm and where they are ging”.
（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级统考期中）先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。
Over the past billins f years, many animals and plants have lived n this beautiful planet. But abut 99.9 percent f them died ut. This is because they culdn’t adapt t (适应) where they lived. T survive, living things must change ver time. This is called evlutin (进化).
When reading this article, please remember that every ne f us is a lucky dg. We evlve, and we survive! After years f evlutin, nw we have the abilities t live in the wrld and enjy it. Just like humans, ther animals n Earth als evlve great abilities. Fr example, giraffes live n the grassland f Africa. T adapt t life there, they have evlved lnger necks t reach the high trees, as well as lnger legs t run away frm lins and cheetahs (猎豹).
Hwever, evlutin als gives giraffes a strange habit: They nly sleep fr abut 30 minutes a day and less than 5 minutes a time, and they sleep standing! Why are they s wakeful? Well, that’s because they are s tall. They need lnger time getting ff the grund and run. Because f this special sleep style, they wn’t becme easy meals fr thers.
As yu see, evlutin isn’t always perfect. It helps animals t live, but it smetimes als gives them what they dn’t really want. Dn’t feel srry. It’s part f natural selectin (选择). In rder t survive, all f this is necessary.
（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级校联考期中）If yu are feeling that life cannt be any wrse fr yu, it can be challenging t think psitive (积极). When stressed, depressed, upset r therwise in a negative state f mind because yu are aware that misfrtune (不幸) keeps happening. It is imprtant t change thse negative thughts t smething psitive. If nt, yu will nly attract mre misfrtune.
It is ften very hard t think psitive when s many things are negative, but be sure that smene, smewhere is wrse ff than yu.
Yu can chse t think differently by beginning with the smallest f steps. If yu start ne small, psitive thing and appreciate (感激) it during the curse f yur day, yu will begin t mve int a mre psitive situatin and peple will start shwing up in yur life. With appreciatin, yu will find that ver time, yu will change yur utlk and chse t be happy, regardless f the events arund yu.
Here are a few cmmn examples fr yu t practice. Begin and end each day with a “Thank yu fr this wnderful day!” When yu see the rise f gas prices, say “I am s glad t have a car in which t get arund.” When yur bss is t hard n yu, say “I am grateful fr my jb as I knw that many dn’t have ne.” If yu are having health prblems, be grateful fr what des wrk: “I really d appreciate it that my eyes see, my ears hear, my muth tastes, my legs walk. my arms lift and my mind thinks and everything else wrks.”
Write dwn whatever yu’re grateful fr each day. In mments when yu’re feeling really dwn, read alud what yu wrte. This will certainly help uplift yur spirits. If yu practice this regularly, yu will find yur list getting lnger and lnger.
The key is t mve yurself int a psitive thught and keep it there lng enugh t make it a mment f appreciatin. The mre yu appreciate, the happier yu’ll be.
（2023·江苏镇江·统考二模）One day, when I wake up, I find myself the ruler f the wrld…
We wuld have half an hur f “keep fit” every day, away frm the Internet. My thery is that almst all Internet fights wuld be slved if we were all frced t walk away frm cmputers and d sme exercise in fresh air. I think a lt f ur anger cmes frm the fact that we’re just nt getting enugh f it.
We must be kind t animals. Once a year, we wuld have a day cmpletely devted t animals; everybdy wuld be allwed t have the day ff and just spend their time with their dg, cat r muse. Smetimes peple are t shy t say that they lve animals as much as they lve humans. And I guess that I am as well. I wish I culd talk abut that mre freely. I’m always happy when I meet ther peple wh feel the same way, and devte their lives t taking in hmeless cats and dgs, and raising mney fr animal charities.
Everybdy wuld have a free Michelin-starred（米其林星级）dinner. We live in a wrld where we hear abut these places a lt. It’s cnsidered as the pinnacle（巅峰）f experience t g and enjy fd there. But in fact, fr almst 99 per cent f peple in my city dn’t get the chance. It’s very expensive and might be far away, s peple just dn’t g. They might watch it n TV, but they never witness a tw-Michelin-star restaurant fr themselves. Since I cme t pwer, everybdy will get a free ticket and enjy themselves in the restaurant.
All peple wuld speak gd English. I studied English—really badly—fr nine years, in a schl in suth-east f China, I wasn’t very hard-wrking, I just did it because I kind f had t. And I really feel srry fr that, because nw I’m circled by business peple speaking English all the time. S, when I cme t pwer, all peple wuld speak English well, and things will wrk ut.
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（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级校联考期中）Aristtle nce wrte that “happiness is a state f activity”. In ther wrds, whether yu are lking fr life-lng satisfactin r a few mments f gd cheer, yu’ve gt t mve frward. We’ve interviewed the experts and fund five steps t take tward a sunny md：
Over a 30-year perid, University f Illinis researchers asked nearly 120,000 peple hw mney, educatin, vlunteer activities and clse relatinships influenced their happiness. Reprted Newsweek’s Sharn Begley n the findings, “The greatest happiness is fund with the strngest and mst satisfying relatinships.”
Singing alud, talking t a stranger, raising yur hand: all may increase a feeling f happiness, accrding t a study frm Wake Frest University. Participants(参与者) fllwed the develpment f their mds fr tw weeks and reprted feeling happier when they were mre utging.
The editrs f gave $5 r $20 t 46 strangers by chance. Half the grup was tld t spend the mney n themselves, while the ther half was tld t spend it n thers. Thse wh spent it n thers felt much happier at the end f the day than thse wh’d spent it n themselves. There was n difference in happiness between thse wh spent $5 r $20, suggesting that it’s nt hw much mney yu spend, but hw yu spend it, that inspires the spirit.
Drinking water really can help keep yu cheerful. A small 2012 study frm the University f Cnnecticut suggested that even slight dehydratin(脱水) influenced the female participants’ happiness.
（2023·江苏无锡·江苏省锡山高级中学实验学校校考三模）Hw imprtant is music? When they are asked this questin, students and parents usually answer that music is nice, but nt very imprtant. It is ften cnsidered nly as entertainment, but nt the first chice fr educatin. This pinin is shrtsighted. In fact, music educatin is necessary and imprtant fr all students.
Music tells us wh we are. Music reflects（反映）the creatrs’ thinking and values, as well as the scial envirnment it came frm. Fr example, just as Mzart music represents a lifestyle, rck music represents a lifestyle t. The jazz influence that Gerge Gershwin and ther musicians intrduced int their music is bviusly American because it came frm American musical traditins.
Music prvides a kind f ability t knw the wrld in a different way. Science explains hw the sun rises and sets. Music explres the emtive（情感的）meanings. We need every pssible way t discver and respnd（回应）t ur wrld because n ne way can get it all.
Music is a frm f thught, as pwerful as science. It is a way we human beings “talk” t each ther. Thrugh the language we express ur feelings, ur discveries, ur ideas, ur imaginatin and ur hpes s that they can be shared with thers. When we d nt let ur children receive gd music educatin, we take away frm them the meanings that music expresses. Science des nt tell us what it means t be human. Music des.
S music educatin is much mre imprtant than peple generally realize.
Title: Music educatin is f great imprtance
（2023·江苏无锡·校考二模）先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。每个空格只能填一个单词。
Have yu ever visited Lngmen Grttes（石窟）r Yungang Grttes? Arund 1, 800 years ag, Chinese artists made statues in muntains. Over the years, these statues have gne thrugh earthquakes, flds and wars. Nw in the 21st century, hwever, they are facing an even bigger prblem: turism. T many turists g t visit thse grttes every year and this certainly des harm t the grtt statues. Hw?
Over many centuries, these grtt statues slwly crrde（侵蚀）because f the acidic cntent （酸性物含量）f air, water and s n. But when they are pen t the public, the crrsin prcess speeds up.
Accrding t a study, the carbn dixide that visitrs breathe ut has made the air mre acidic. Als, visitrs bring in micrrganisms（微生物）. Even their bdy heat can increase the grttes’ temperature.
Bad behaviur can cause harm t the grtt statues as well. T many visitrs tuch the grtt statues and cause their surfaces t change clur.
When we visit the grttes, we can ften see a sign saying, “N Flash!”r “N Phts!” This is because the strng light can be bad fr the statues, especially thse with clur. The light can easily make them lse clur.
T prtect thse ancient cultural treasures, recently China has asked the wrkers wh take care f thse grttes nt t allw t many visitrs t cme every day. And t keep a balance between prtecting relies and educating the public, sme grtt sites have als created their wn digital（数字的）museums.
Title: Grtt Statues Are in 46
（2023·江苏无锡·统考中考真题）先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。每个空格只能填一个单词。
T supprt the emplyment (就业) f disabled peple in Guangzhu, Starbucks has pened its first “Silent Café” in China where almst half the staff are hearing impaired.
Furteen ut f the thirty staff members have truble hearing, and s Starbucks has created a café that desn’t require custmers t say anything—nr the staff t hear anything. “This might be the quietest Starbucks amng the ver 3800 shps n the Chinese mainland,” says Le Tsi, Chief Operating Officer f Starbucks, China.
The newly pened “Silent Café” has a special rdering system where all fd and drinks are numbered, letting custmers easily write dwn their rder and allwing them t place rders withut having t say a wrd.
Chen Siting, a staff member shares her thughts abut the idea. “We cannt hear yu but wuld like t share a tasty cffee with yu,” says Siting. “I believe mre peple like me culd find a career they dream abut in the future,” she cntinues.
Like Siting, Zhu Jieying, has been wrking at Starbucks fr abut seven years, making him its first hearing-impaired cffee master. He has hpes that Starbucks culd pen mre pprtunities (机遇) fr thse wh are disabled, and encurage them t prve themselves and t explre mre pssibilities in life.
Title; Starbucks “Silent Café”
（2023·江苏南京·统考二模）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后各小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
The drum has existed in Chinese civilizatin fr thusands f years and has a deep spiritual meaning which is mre than a kind f musical instrument. Cnfucius regarded the “Drum Dance” highly. It is als the rigin f the Chinese phrase “guwu” which means “emblden”(大胆) in English.
The drum was mentined in Chinese histry in the Pttery Age. The Zhu dynasty set up the drum music institutin that was respnsible(负责的) fr the management f fficers knwn as “drum men” and develped a cmplete drum music system. Frm then n, drums came t be used in ancient Chinese practices such as sacrifice(祭祀), military(军事), labr(劳动) and ther activities.
In ancient China, agriculture was the main frm f prductin and drums were cnsidered indispensable(不可或缺的) fr a gd harvest. Since the sund f drums eches that f thunder, it was believed that playing drums culd attract rain. S the instrument was used t pray t the gds fr gd weather and t “cmmunicate” with them.
Drums als played a part in the war. Because f a strng resnance effect(共振作用), the drum’s sund culd g very far while increasing fear in the heart f the enemies. S the drum was used as a military bster fr a lng time.
In the Tang and Sng dynasties, the sciety was develping fast and drums were widely used. The natinal band, drama, flk art. sng and dance, bat racing, lin dance, festival gathering and labr cmpetitin were all tgether with the beats f drums. The sund f drums became synnymus(同义的) with celebratins, filling hearts with jy.
Different types f Chinese drums exist tday. Fr example, “Taiping Drum” is used t express hpe fr peace and prsperity while “Ansai Waist Drum” is meant t shw the spirit f the Less Plateau(黄土高原) and the heric character f farmers in Nrthwest China. Kaifeng has “Pan Drum”, and Luchuan f Shaanxi Prvince is knwn fr its “Bie Drum”. There are als sme cheerful and time-hnred drum dances such as “Fengyang Flwer Drum” in Anhui Prvince and “Fishing Basket Flwer Drum” in Jiangsu Prvince.
In a wrd, drum culture reflects the stability(安定) and prsperity(繁荣) f Chinese sciety. Fr thusands f years, Chinese peple have always been expecting peace and satisfactin:
（2023·江苏泰州·校考三模）阅读下面短文，请根据短文内容，在文后表格中填入恰当的单词，每空一词。
Mst peple have the gd frtune t be raised by caring parents, wh give them nt nly their lve but als their time spent in ding varius things fr them. Hwever, many wh lve their parents have truble finding the time t spend with them that they knw they deserve(值得). Well, here are sme ideas.
●A family meal
Fr thse wh live within less than an hur’s travelling distance frm their parents, a weekly get tgether arund the dinner table is really nt t much t ask. It can be at yur place r theirs, r yu can have ther chices. Take the chance t chat abut daily happenings, and repay just a little f the time they gladly spent n yu. If they live really clse by, yu culd even drp in n the way hme frm wrk at times.
●A weekly planned phne call
Fr thse wh live at a greater distance frm their parents, there is n pssibility f regular cntact in persn, but this des nt mean an end t persnal cntact. Yur parents will be glad t hear the sund f yur vice, s plan t call them n the telephne at least nce a week. If pssible, chse a prper time when everyne is mre likely t be at hme. Yur parents will be even happier if this culd be a vide call.
●E-mail, text and scial netwrks
If yur parents feel quite cmfrtable in the cyber wrld, well, spend sme time with them in that lcatin. Exchange e-mails, phts, and even Facebk friends with them. Yu dn’t have t share every detail f yur life with them, just the bits yu knw they will have interest in.
●Ask fr yur parents’ advice
Whatever prblems yu may be having, large r small, it’s a safe bet that yur parents have been thrugh it all befre. S talk t them and ask fr their advice, and if they make the way clearer fr yu, it might just turn ut t be the best few minutes yu ever spent.
●Share relaxatin time
That is, plan time tgether ding smething yu bth enjy. Wmen preparing fr a shpping trip r t take in a film culd easily d the same thing tgether with Mum. Smetimes fathers and sns culd enjy glf r fishing tgether. Ging ut fr a meal can be a time fr everyne t have fun, r yu can get tgether fr a weekend nce r twice a year if distance separates yu.
Thugh mst parents d nt expect t play a lead rle in the lives f their adult children, their years f lve and gladly-given time deserve a few thughtful minutes in return. S spend time with yur parents and make them clser t yu.
（2023·江苏镇江·统考一模）The teenage years are usually the mst stressful years in a persn’s life. As teens g thrugh great changes in bdy, mind and s n, they are ften easy t get angry and full f strng feelings. Teens f tday face mre challenges than befre. Technlgical imprvements and even climate change are bringing new changes and causing mre truble fr teens t deal with.
One new challenge is abut new technlgies and ways f wrking, such as AI that will change the future jbs. The challenge fr a teen tday is preparing fr an unknwn future. In the past, a teen culd prepare fr nly ne career path and be quite certain t stay in the same area f wrk fr a lng time. The situatin is different tday as AI cntinues t take away jbs that depend n humans.Teens will have t meet this challenge by develping a sense f lifelng learning, being willing t learn skills that match real needs and keeping up with technlgy. Finally, teens will als have t prepare fr career paths f mre pssibilities.
In additin, as the effects f climate change becme mre cmmn in recent years, many teens arund the wrld are in fear r anger. Disasters and the rise in sea levels have destryed hmes and taken away lives. Many peple have been hurt by these terrible climatic events, and even if a teen has nt suffered, he r she is ften wrried abut what may happen in the future.
T manage the great challenges f the 21st century, teens shuld treat challenges as chances. T keep up with technlgical imprvements, they shuld cntinue t learn new skills. As fr dealing with the climate change, they can cme tgether t think f new ways t accept changes and help create a mre sustainable（可持续的）future.
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（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级校联考期中）Everyne speaks a language, but language is nt just fr talking. It is ur mst imprtant cmmunicatin tl. Thrugh language, we can tell ther peple what we think, hw we feel, and what we need. In fact, civilizatin (文明) itself depends n ur ability t cmmunicate.
In the lng histry f human, languages survive, grw, disappear, mve frm place t place, and change with time. There are abut 6,000 different living languages arund the wrld tday, and there are many thusands mre that are n lnger in use. Languages might sund different, but they are thught t have cme frm a single ancient language.
Nbdy knws exactly when peple first started using languages. Sme scientists say that peple first spke t ne anther abut tw millin years ag.
Tday, ur cmplicated (复杂的) languages get fully used in the magazines, nvels, science bks, and mvies that fill ur libraries and bkstres. As humans, it is imprtant that we can tell the lng stries, which separates us frm the great apes (类人猿). Other animals may use kinds f methds t cmmunicate, but we humans can send cmplicated messages thrugh space and time.
Thrughut histry there were many languages that served as a lingua franca (通用语)—a cmmn language that culd serve as a bridge between peple f different cultures. Tday, English is the main language that plays that rle arund the wrld. Many peple have studied English as a secnd r third language.
Language helps peple t wrk tgether, t share knwledge, feelings, and build up mdern scieties. The develpment f humanity’s many languages was an imprtant prcess that helped humans mve frwards twards civilizatin.
（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级统考期中）
When things arund the huse stp wrking, what d yu usually d with them? If yu’re like a lt f peple, yu prbably just thrw them away.
In sme areas, it’s difficult t find peple wh can make repairs, and fixing things can be quite expensive. Als, sme small bjects are s inexpensive that it’s ften easier t just buy a new ne.
In 2009, Martine Pstma frm the Netherlands decided there must be a better way. Her slutin was Repair Cafes: places where peple can take brken items. There they will find tls, resurces and vlunteer experts wh are ready t help with repairs.
Pstma’s first Repair Cafe pened n Oct. 18, 2009, in Amsterdam, and was a huge success. News f the cafe spread, and peple began asking hw they culd start their wn. In 2011, Pstma set up the Repair Cafe Fundatin. This nnprfit rganizatin prvides guidance t thse hping t begin their wn neighburhd repair grup.
Tday, there are abut 2,000 Repair Cafes arund the wrld with meetings usually taking place nce a mnth. Arund 25 bjects are repaired during each meeting. Everything is free, but dnatins are greatly welcme.
The cafes nt nly prvide help with repairs, they als strengthen cmmunity ties. Neighburs get t knw ne anther as they wrk tgether n prjects. Mrever, valuable knwledge is passed alng and preserved. Items are kept rather than thrwn away, meaning less rubbish in landfills.
Title: Repair Cafes
（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级校联考期中）Travelling arund the wrld is great. But bking a rund-the-wrld (RTW) trip can be hard. Here is smething that helps t get yu started.
Hw t d it? T buy a RTW air ticket that uses ne airline alliance (联盟) can save yu a lt f mney. Any air line is pssible, but knwing hw the RTW bking system wrks will make yur trip cheaper. Fr example, the Star Alliance ffers a RTW ticket with 15 stps at mst.
There are rules: yu must fllw ne directin (east r west); end yur trip in the cuntry where yu start; and it will be better if yu bk all f yur flights befre leaving, thugh yu can change them later (which may prduce extra charges).
When t g? The weather will never be ideal in all f yur stps. S, make it clear what yu want t d mst and research cnditins there. If a Himalaya hike is yur mst imprtant aim, d nt land in Nepal windy seasn; if yu want t swim with whale sharks ff the cast f Western Australia, be there between April and July. Then accept that yu will be in sme places where the weather isn’t suitable fr sightseeing.
Where t g? The classic (and cheapest) RTW tickets are thse between a few big cities, fr example Lndn—Bangkk—Singapre—Sydney—LA．If yu want t fly t mre unusual places (Baku—Kinshasa—Paramarib, anyne?), prices will climb. The price f the ticket is based n the ttal distance cvered r the number f cuntries visited.
If the cst matters t yu, spend mre time in less expensive cuntries. Yur daily utgings will be far higher in Eurpe and Nrth America than in Suth-East Asia. Indnesia and India are very cheap.
Pay attentin: Turn t an expert (专家) befre yu bk: yu may have a way in mind but an experienced RTW flight bker will knw which way wrks best and csts least—it culd mean big savings.
If yu d nt take ne f yur bked flights (say, by chance, yu decide t travel by land frm Bangkk t Singapre rather than fly it) yur airline is likely t cancel all the fllwing flights.
A 91 t a Rund-the-Wrld Trip
（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级校联考期中）Many f us have had this experience: we lie dwn in a bed ther than ur wn, perhaps at a friend’s huse r in a htel rm, and find it difficult t fall asleep.
Why des it happen?
A new study shws ne reasn is what the scientists call “first night effect”. They believe that ne side f the brain acts as a “night watch” t warn us abut pssible dangers. It prevented us frm getting t sleep n the first night in a new envirnment.
Fr the study, 35 yung vlunteers were tld t sleep in a lab fr several days as researchers watched their brain activities.
Accrding t the researchers, n their first night, the left brains were mre active than the right brains and peple had a hard time sleeping. Hwever, left-brain activity reduced as days went by, falling even t the pint f cmplete calm. In this prcess, the vlunteers gt better and better sleep experience.
The findings suggest that the different rhythms f the sides f the brain influence ur sleep. When the tw sides wrk differently, the balance between them is brken. S, the brain can’t relax and is sensitive (敏感的) t anything strange arund.
“At sme level, the brain is cntinuing t wrk ,even thugh yu dn’t realize it,” US prfessr Jerme Siege tld Smithsnian Magazine. “If smething unusual happens, yu can be alert (警惕的).”
Mre surprisingly, this is like the way sme animals sleep. Whales, dlphins, and many birds can sleep with half f their brain while the ther half stays awake, with ne eye staying pen.
The researchers think that it is the result f evlutin (进化) and wrks t prtect us in pssibly dangerus envirnments.
If yu have ever had first night effects, researchers advise yu t bring yur wn pillw r sleep in a rm similar t yur bedrm next time yu sleep away frm hme.
（2022秋·江苏南京·九年级南京市科利华中学校考期中）Rivers are the lifebld f human civilizatins. As ne f the lngest-lasting civilizatins, China has a large number f rivers. A ttal f 45,203 rivers with a drainage area (流域面积) f mre than 50 square kilmeters run acrss the cuntry, accrding t the Natinal Bureau f Statistics.
The mst famus nes are the Yangtze and Yellw Rivers. As the lngest river in Asia and third lngest in the wrld, the Yangtze River has a length f 6,300 kilmeters. It riginates frm the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (高原) and flws thrugh 11 prvincial-level administrative regins (省级行政区) befre ending in the East China Sea. Secnd t the Yangtze River is the Yellw River, with a length f 5,464 kilmeters as it flws frm the west t the east f China.
Apart frm its big number f natural rivers, China als has a lt f beautiful man-made rivers. The Grand Canal is ne example. With a histry f mre than 2,500 years, the Grand Canal stretches (延伸) nearly 3,200 kilmeters and cnnects the nrth and suth f China.
Despite their different features, these rivers and canals cntinue t nurish (滋养) the Chinese peple physically and culturally. They bring fertile (肥沃的) sil and enugh irrigatin (灌溉) water, which makes many areas “a land f fish and rice”. Cnnecting China as a whle, the water netwrk runs thrugh gegraphical bundaries (界限) and prvides peple with cnvenient transprtatin, expanding trade and prmting ecnmic grwth. These rivers are immrtalized (使名垂千古) in Chinese culture, as can be fund in Chinese petry, art, literature, and flklre.
Just as Chinese President Xi Jinping said, “Lucid waters and lush muntains are invaluable assets (绿水青山就是金山银山).”
T prtect these bdies f water, many measures have been taken in recent years. Fr example, in August the Ministry f Water Resurces annunced plans t bring back 700,000 hectares (公顷) f degraded natural frest and treat almst 1.4 millin hectares f land suffering frm desertificatin (沙漠化) by 2025.
Thrugh these gvernment measures, ur rivers have seen many psitive changes—birds flying abve the wetlands and farmers happily harvesting n irrigated lands.
（2022春·江苏无锡·九年级校联考期中）通读下面的短文,根据短文内容,在空格内填入一个最恰当的单词,写在答题卷对应题号的横线上，每空只能填一个单词。
Last January, my wife received a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle as a birthday gift. We knew the right steps t cmplete it. We dealt with the frame first and then the large bjects with special lines and clrs. My wife mainly used the clr and shape f the pieces t help with the puzzle, but I paid much attentin t the picture n the bx as a guide. And s began ur lng jurney f the puzzle.
What is a jigsaw? First, it is a puzzle t be slved. But unlike many puzzles, it can be slved with sme talent and a stubbrn determinatin (决心). In ur case, 3 t 4 hurs a day fr 15 days.
In fact, a jigsaw puzzle is a testament t ne’s character. Yu use lts f time t cmplete this useless task fr n better reasn than nt giving up. I recrded the jurney n Facebk and received much encuragement alng the way frm many unknwn peple.
S what t d with the cmpleted puzzle? It is t big and I have nwhere t put it. I can d nthing but t break it up and put it back in the bx. It tk 15 days t put the puzzle tgether and nly tw minutes t break it up.
When ur pieces were back in the bx, it was clear that the gal was never t cmplete the puzzle at all. Rather it was just a methd t fill time. In this way, jigsaw puzzles are like life itself: It’s all abut the jurney and the destinatin (终点) is nt very imprtant.
Title: Jigsaw puzzles
（2023·江苏南京·校考一模）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
ANIMAL BODY LANGUAGE
Human beings are nt the nly nes wh cmmunicate. Animals use bdy language t tell each ther hw they feel and what they think. Here is a quick lk at hw sme f ur animal friends send messages t us and t each ther.
Dgs use sunds, bdy mvements, and their tails t cmmunicate. When a dg is happy, its ears will stand up and its eyes will be wide pen. The dg will start barking, mving its tail, and running arund in circles r jumping up and dwn t shw yu that it wants t play. A dg that is afraid will lie n its back and clse its eyes. The dg may shw its teeth and lwer its bdy s that it is clse t the grund. The dg may als shake, and it will put its tail between its legs. When a dg is angry, its main bdy language is shwing its teeth and grwling. The dg will try making itself lk as big as pssible. The tail will stand straight ut frm the bdy.
Elephants als use nises and bdy language t express themselves. An elephant’s sense f smell is highly develped: An elephant can smell hw anther elephant is feeling and even tell if it is sick. The elephant’s nse, r trunk, is als used t make nises and t welcme ther elephants. Different nises have a variety f meanings: they can mean “I am hungry”, “I am angry”, r “Gd t see yu!” An elephant’s bdy language includes ear signals and gestures. If an elephant spreads its ears, it means “Watch ut!” T shw friendship, elephants will tuch each ther with their trunks and stand clse t each ther, putting their heads tgether.
Dlphins are scial animals. They live in grups and lve shwing each ther their feelings. An angry dlphin will smetimes hit its tail n the surface f the water. The mvement and nise let ther dlphins knw that smething is wrng. If a dlphin wants t send a message ver a lng distance, r if it wants t shw hw strng it is, it will jump high ut f the water and land n its side, making a lud nise. A dlphin’s favurite activity is leaping int the air while playing with its friends. When dlphins are tired and need t rest, they will swim in small grups clse t the surface. If yu see dlphins ding this, yu shuld nt disturb them.
（2023·江苏镇江·统考中考真题）The warm climate, water plants and wetland in nature reserves prvide an ideal living envirnment fr wild animals. This makes them feel like ging back t nature. In reserves, peple watch and study animals’ living habits, activities and s n.
Nw, the AI system in reserves plays an imprtant rle in studying wildlife. Instead f using binculars, peple just sit in frnt f a big screen and then they can watch every mve the animals make. The AI system helps in many ways. First, the AI system can tell the differences between different types f wild animals and recrd the changes in numbers based n their tails, feet and beaks. Secnd, it can keep recrding animal behaviurs fr researchers day and night, while in the past, such recrding culd nt last. Mrever, it can check unusual behaviurs amng the animals. If an animal walks r flies in an unusual way r lies n the grund fr a while, the system can help find ut what happens. S researchers can take quick actins t save it in time. Besides its main functins, the system can help t warn the unauthrized (未经许可的) peple away frm the prtected areas. The AI system is als served as an educatinal platfrm (平台) fr the peple. By using it, visitrs can watch and learn mre abut the wild animals living in the reserve.
Hwever, there are prblems. On ne hand, the AI system itself smetimes mistakes an animal fr anther, r a plant fr an animal. On the ther hand, peple still need t g arund t get a whle understanding f wildlife because the AI system has nt been put in at every crner f the reserves. T further develp the AI system, the reserves are nw wrking with mre high-tech cmpanies.
阅读以上信息，用恰当的单词完成下面的表格，每空一词。
Becming a “queen f chess”
Intrductin
Hu Yifan is a 28-year-ld Chinese lady.
She has 1 the wrld with the chess.
2 f being a
“queen f chess”
She started 3 chess when she was five years ld.
After seeing the special shapes, she shwed an 4 in the chess.
She nt nly learned skills frm ther players but als 5 chess in her daily life.
She became the 6 champin in China at 13 and in the wrld at 16.
Her further
7 and jb
In 2012, she 8 Peking University.
Several years later, she 9 t study in the University f Oxfrd.
Nw she becmes a teacher at Shenzhen University.
Her hpe
She wants t build a 10 between China and the West.
Mther tngue: a path t the 11 & the rad map f a culture
Presentatin f the prblem
The 12 f mther tngue
It 13 peple nt nly t their traditins and ancestrs but als t the utlk fr the future.
Hw 14 the prblem is
With 15 400 languages having died ut, sme languages are left t be 16 by fewer and fewer peple.
17 f the prblem
Glbalizatin makes it 18 useful t speak languages f less influence.
19 t slve the prblem
Sme peple and rganizatins are wrking t pass n certain languages spken by less ppulus and pwerful peple;
The UN has set Feb 21st as Internatinal Mther Language Day t 20 peple’s attentin t dying languages.
Facts Abut Evlutin
Why evlutin happens
Humans and ther animals n earth need t evlve great abilities t adapt t the 21 .
Take giraffes fr 22
They have evlved lnger necks t 23 the high trees, as well as lnger legs t run away frm dangerus animals.
They nly sleep fr a very shrt time and they sleep standing, r they will be eaten by thers 24 .
Whether evlutin is perfect
Evlutin isn’t always perfect. On the ne hand, it helps animals t live. On the ther hand, it smetimes can nt
just 25 their needs.
Happiness begins frm appreciatin
If yu are feeling that life cannt be any wrse fr yu, it can be a challenge fr yu t think psitive. 26 it is nt easy t think psitive, remember that smene, smewhere is wrse ff than yu.
27 fr yu t
think psitive
◆Beginning with the smallest f step is a gd chice.
One f the examples is that yu can begin and end each day with a “Thank yu fr this wnderful day!”
◆Write dwn 28 that yu are grateful fr each day.
If yu keep practicing regularly, yu’ll find 29 grateful things.
The key is t mve yurself int a psitive thught and keep it there lng enugh t make it a mment f appreciatin. Changing thse negative thughts t smething psitive is f great 30 .
A/An 31 abut Ruling the Wrld
“Keep fit” prject
●We spend 30 minutes ding sprts instead f wrking befre cmputers.
●All nline fights wuld be ended and we wn’t be 32 any mre.
Natinal Animal Day
●We can have a day ff t 33 fr pets.
●Peple are t shy t speak ut their lve fr animals.
●Being kind t animals makes me happy.
Free Michelin dinner
● 34 peple have the chance t g t a Michelin-starred restaurant because f the high price and lng jurney.
●Everyne can enjy a dinner withut paying.
English learning
●My nine-year learning f English is a failure. I 35 later because I find it useful.
●Things will g well if we’re all gd at English.
Sme steps tward living 36
Value yur relatinship
The highest 37 f happiness lies in the strngest and mst satisfying relatinships.
38 yurself
Yu are gain happiness by singing alud r talking t thers.
Spend mney n thers
Yur spirit will be inspired by 39 the wealth.
Drink water
If a wman drinks enugh water, her 40 f happiness may remain.
Passageutline
Detailed infrmatin
Intrductin
● Shrtsighted pinin: Music is nly a way f entertainment, nt the tp chice fr educatin.
● 41 : Music educatin is imprtant and necessary fr all students.
Main Bdy
A way t tell wh we are
Music nt nly reflects the scial envirnment it came frm but als expresses peple's thinking and values.
A way t knw the wrld
We can’t discver and respnd t ur wrld in just ne way.
● Science explains hw nature 42 .
● Music explres the emtive meanings f nature.
A way t 43 with each ther
● We use music t 44 ur feelings, discveries, ideas, imaginatin and hpes with thers.
● Music, 45 frm science, tells us what it means t be human.
Cnclusin
Music educatin is imprtant.
Prblems
The grttes crrde 47 when they are pen t the public.
→The carbn dixide that visitrs breathe ut, the micrrganisms visitrs bring in and visitrs’ bdy heat make the grtt envirnment mre acidic.
→Turists behave badly.
●They tuch the grtt statues with their hands.
●The strng light f cameras makes the grtt statues lse clur easily.
48
→Cntrl the 49 f daily visitrs.
→ 50 turists with nline turs in digital museums.
Basic infrmatin
The first ne in China was 51 in Guangzhu.
Almst half its staff have hearing 52 .
Its custmers place their rder withut having t say anything by writing dwn certain 53 .
Staff members’ thughts
Chen Siting: Mre hearing-impaired peple like me culd find their 54 career in the future.
Zhu Jieying: Starbucks culd 55 disabled peple with mre pprtunities.
Drum culture in China
Intrductin
The drum appeared thusands f years ag in China. It ges far 56 a musical instrument and has a deep effect n histry and culture.
In ancient times
The 57 f the drum in China can be traced back t the Pttery Age.
A special drum music institutin was set up fr 58 fficers called “drum men”. Meanwhile, a cmplete drum music system was develped.
Later, drums were put int 59 in ancient Chinese practices.
Peple played drums fr a gd harvest in agriculture since peple 60 it culd bring rain.
The sund f the drum culd travel a lng 61 . As a result, it wuld give enemies a 62 sense f fear in the war.
With the fast 63 f the sciety, drums were widely used and the sund f drums filled peple’s hearts with jy.
Tday
Drums f different types are seen acrss China and they 64 a lt t their lcal culture.
Cnclusin
Drum culture reflects the stability and prsperity f Chinese sciety.
Peple hpe t live 65 with satisfactin in the sciety like this.
Find 66 fr Parents
Prblem
● Mst peple brught up by caring parents find it 67 t pay back their parents.
Ways
Have dinner tgether
● Get tgether t have meals weekly 68 at yur places r ther places.
● Chat abut what has happened in the past few days.
Make a phne call
● When regular cntact in persn is 69 because f the great distance, make sure yur parents can hear yur vice as 70 as pssible.
● Chse a time 71 fr bth f yu. This will greatly make yur parents happy.
Cntact 72
● Share smething interesting with yur parents thrugh e-mail, text r scial netwrks.
Turn t yur parents fr advice
●Yur parents can help yu with different 73 f prblems, because they are mre experienced than yu in ne way r anther.
● Sharing yur trubles and plans is a great way t shw yur lve.
Share yur spare time
● 74 time tgether and d things yu bth enjy.
Cnclusin
● Spending time with yur parents is a gd way t 75 them fr their devtin.
The rigins（来源）f the challenges
●One is frm teenagers’ wn changes.
●The thers are frm the imprvements in 76 and climate.
The 77 brught by the new types f challenges
●The rise f AI makes teenagers unsure f their future. They have t develp the sense f lifelng learning, be willing t learn skills that match real needs. They als have t give up the idea f preparing fr a 78 career path.
●The effects f climate change lead teenagers t be afraid r angry. Paying t much attentin t them makes teenagers 79 stay peaceful.
The slutins t the new challenges
●Teens shuld treat challenges as chances t 80 technlgical imprvement.
●They shuld wrk tgether t accept changes and create a mre sustainable future.
Language
Language is ur mst imprtant cmmunicatin tl
● With the help f language, we tell thers ur 81 , feelings and needs.
● Our ability t cmmunicate leads t civilizatin.
Sme facts abut languages
● There are abut 6,000 different languages that are being 82 arund the wrld.
● Peple started t speak t ne anther tw millin years ag, accrding t sme scientists.
● Humans’ languages make it 83 fr us t send cmplicated messages thrugh space and time.
● English is used mst 84 arund the wrld tday.
The 85 f language
● Language helps peple t wrk tgether, t share knwledge, feelings, and build up mdern scieties.
● The develpment f humanity’s many languages was an imprtant prcess that helped humans mve twards civilizatin.
Basicinfrmatin
➢The first ne was 86 by Martine Pstma in Amsterdam in 2009.
➢Abut 2,000 f them have been set up all ver the wrld s far.
➢Repairing things at such a cafe 87 nthing but dnatins are welcme.
88
➢They help imprve the 89 between neighburs.
➢They help pass alng and preserve valuable knwledge.
➢They help 90 the envirnment.
Hw t d it
T buy a RTW air ticket using ne airline alliance is a mst mney-saving way.
T fllw ne directin and start and finish in the 92 cuntry.
T bk all flights befre yu leave.
When t g
Research weather cnditins befre leaving.
Accept yu may happen t reach yur destinatin(目的地) at the right time.
Where t g
Cheap cities like Lndn and Sydney.
Unusual places like Baku which cst 93 .
What t suggest and
94
Asking an expert befre yu bk.
95 t take ne f yur bked flights may lead t the cancel f all the fllwing flights.
Tpic
First night effect
Peple’s pssible experience
Many peple have difficulty getting t sleep n the first night in a new envirnment.
The findings
f the study
First night effect frces us t stay 96 as ne side f the brain is alert t pssible dangers.
As days g by, peple’s sleep experience 97 as the left-brain activity falls.
The explanatins t the findings
On the first night in a new envirnment, peple’s right brain is
98 active than the left brain and that breaks the balance
between them.
Our brains cntinue t wrk withut being realized at night s that we can be sensitive t anything unusual.
Sme ther animals sleep in the similar way, which is thught t be
99 by evlutin.
100 frm researchers
Bring yur wn pillw r sleep in a similar rm that lks like yurs.
Life flws thrugh 101
Intrductin
China abunds in rivers and there are 45,203 rivers with large drainage areas running acrss the cuntry in 102 .
Features f different rivers
103 rivers
As ne f the lngest rivers in the wrld, the Yangtze River riginates frm the suth-west f China and 104 in the East China Sea.
As the 105 lngest river in China, the Yellw River ges frm the west t the east f the cuntry.
Man-made rivers
106 the nrth and suth f China, the Grand Canal is famus fr its lng histry and has a length f nearly 3,200 kilmeters.
Imprtance f the waters
The waters help Chinese peple develp in different ways.
They turn many areas int “a land f fish and rice” 107 f necessary sil and water they bring fr planting.
They prvide peple with varius supprt fr develpment in China.
Peple memrize these rivers in different frms, 108 Chinese petry, art, literature, and flklre.
109 f the waters
The gvernment has taken measures t prtect the invaluable assets in different ways. T ur relief, ur life is getting 110 .
The jurney f slving the jigsaw puzzle
We 111 frm the frame and then mved t large bjects.
My wife slved the puzzle with the help f the clur and shape f the pieces 112 I used the picture n the bx as a guide.
I recrded the jurney n Facebk and many unknwn peple 113 us alng the way.
We spent 15 days, 3 t 4 hurs a day, cmpleting the task.
Ways t deal with the cmpleted jigsaw puzzle
I have t break it up and put it back in the bx because it takes up t much 114 .
My pinins n cmpleting the jigsaw puzzle
A jigsaw is a puzzle t be slved with nt nly sme talent but a stubbrn determinatin. We can achieve it if we dn’t give up.
Cmpleting the jigsaw puzzle is just like life itself – the jurney itself 115 mre than the destinatin.
Animal Bdy Language
The ability f cmmunicatin is nt unique t human beings. Animals use bdy language t share their feelings and 116
Dgs
A dg will make its ears stand up and pen its eyes 117 when they are full f jy.
A dg in 118 will lie n its back and clse its eyes. They may shw the teeth and lwer their bdy.
When a dg is angry, it will make 119 lk as big as pssible.
Elephants
An elephant can smell anther elephant’s feelings and even tell 120 it is sick r nt.
An elephant is able t use a lt f bdy language, 121 ear signals and gestures. They can shw a variety f meanings.
T shw friendship, elephants will tuch each ther with their trunks and stand clse t each ther, 122 their heads tgether.
Dlphins
Dlphins are scial animals and live as a 123 .
An angry dlphin will smetimes hit its tail n the surface f the water. A dlphin will jump high ut f the water and land n its side in water 124 send a distant message r shw its strength.
125 nt t disturb them when yu see dlphins swim in small grups clse t the surface. They are tired and need t have a rest.
The functins f reserves
●The reserves help wild animals feel like 126 t nature.
●Researchers can watch and study wildlife in reserves.
The AI system used in reserves
The advantages
●It can tell the differences f wild animals and recrd the changes in numbers based n their lks.
●It can help researchers keep recrding animal behaviurs withut cnsidering 127 .
●By using it, the risk f wild animals’ getting hurt and deaths will be quite 128 .
●It warns unauthrized peple nt t enter the prtected area.
●It increases visitrs’ 129 abut wildlife.
The prblems
●It smetimes makes mistakes.
●It hasn’t 130 cvered the reserves yet.