43. Volunteers can_______.
A. leave at any time B. have a good pay C. do some business D. stay in a beach room
B
Jiging Street in Wuhan is a good place to try local food and experience the everyday life of local people, Since Wuhan was unlocked on April 8, there have been many people lining up at snack shops there.
In the evening. hundreds of street-side stalls(摊位) come out snacks and local food at low prices. Travelers can enjoy hot dry noodles, tasty chicken soup and Chinese dumplings... Don't miss Jiujiu duck necks. Chi Li, a popular writer, tells a love story of a beautiful lady who sells duck necks in this street in her novel Life Show, Thousands of people come to the street and provide popular search for the scenes (t) in the novel.
Local people like to order several best-known dishes and some bottles of beer and spend their evening time with friends there. For travelers, another exciting thing is the folk music performed by folk musicians at your table. You can enjoy delicious food when listening to music With the street becoming busy, the city began to breathe again. 44. Jiqing Street is a good place to______.
A. study English B. try local food C. tell love stories D. go skating
45. According to the passage, Chi Li mentions______ in her novel Life Show. A. Chinese dumplings B. hot dry noodles C. chicken soup D. duck necks
40. How do you understand the underlined part \the city began to breathe again\in the last paragraph?
A. The air becomes fresh again. B. The water gets clearer. C. The city becomes lively again. D. The food gets nicer. 47. The material is probably from_______.
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A. a travel website B. a history book C. a science magazine D. a dictionary
C
People say laughter is the best medicine, but sometimes too much of a good thing may not be so good. What happened to me last night made me deeply understand the meaning of that.
Last night I was alone at home. When I was watching a funny movie, I suddenly started laughing and couldn't stop myself. At first, I was feeling good.
But after about 5 minutes, I came to know I wasn't going to stop at all. I began to feel a little worried.
Time for bed. But I couldn't sleep because I kept laughing. So I got up and started doing some housework. I cleaned my apartment, laughing hard. I washed all the dishes left over from dinner, still laughing crazily. I tried to hold my cat in my arms, but it ran away from me in fear. I spent the rest of the night in front of my computer, of course, still laughing.
When time finally came to get ready for work, I realized that I simply couldn't go to the office like that. I decided to call my boss for leave, but laughing was the only thing I could do on the phone.
After listening to my \laughter for a few minutes, my boss couldn't help shouting angrily,“ Are you mad? You're fired (解雇 ) !\
Suddenly I woke up. Thank God! I just had a dream. 48. What happened last night made the writer_______.
A. understand something B. forget his pain C. keep doing housework D. get a good job 49. When the writer was watching a movie, he suddenly started
A. crying B. coughing C. jumping D. laughing 50. The cat ran away because________.
A. it was going to sleep B. it was afraid of the writer C. it wanted to have dinner D. it saw a mouse running
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51. How did the writer's feelings change in the story?
A. relaxed-angry-good B. good-excited-worried C. good-worried-relaxed D. worried-good-angry
D
When Goldie Nejat began developing robots in 2005, she spent much of her time knocking on an to let people know how her robots worked but few showed interest, \ Says Neja?'s \Neja?'s robots are designed to fill an increasing need: care-giving for the old. The population of the people over age 80 will be 426 million in 2050, three times larger than that now.
Such robots could be especially useful for patients with Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆症 ). They can help with everyday activities from preparing food to reminding(提醒) the patients of taking their medicine. They can also play games with patients to keep them active.
Some have worried that care-giving robots might reduce (减少 ) human interaction (互动) and cause more humans to lose their jobs. \of it\says Brian Scassellati. He has tested robots with different patients, and found that daily interaction with robots can help children with autism spectrum disorder(自闭障碍症) improve social skills.
As a field grows, scientists aim to understand human-robot relationships better. Do robots offer advantages because they don't have feelings and don't give opinions? Will patients lose interest? \ for that will increase in the future. \ 52. Nejat's robots are designed to______.
A. work in the factory B. make phone calls C. take care of the old D. knock on doors 53. The writer starts the passage by_______.
A. telling two stories B. comparing two facts C. raising a question D. giving an example
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54. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is________.
A. what the robots can do B. what serious problems the robots cause C. what the old people can do D. what the old people think of the robots 55. According to Scassellati, we can infer that Nejat's robots
A. will have feelings soon B. can take the place of humans C. should be produced more D. won't give their own opinions
E
Humans can develop certain abilities we aren't born with by practicing animals' movements,\
Chinese Five-Animal Exercises, also known as Wuqinxi, are the first complete set of qigong exercises following the movements of animals: monkeys, deer (鹿), birds, bears and tigers. They were created by one of the greatest doctors in Chinese history, Hua Tuo, more than 1, 800 years ago.The Five-Animal Exercises are well-designed to help blood circulation (循环), and let the energy go smoothly in the body so as to improve the health.
\back. The deer movements help reduce the fat around the waist (腰 ). The bird movements can help keep our knees healthy and the monkey movements can be good for the heart.”said Hua Yi, the 59th inheritor(继承人 ) of Wuqinxi.
For those new learners, the first few exercises might not go well. You may find it hard to focus(集中注意力). Wear comfortable clothes, keep peaceful in your mind, try to move slowly... Little by
little, you'll feel more and more harmonious with nature. You may even feel you become a tiger or a deer, walking in the forest freely.
These exercises need no tools and they are easy to learn. You can search online for the videos and practice them at any time when you feel like relaxing your body and mind. Because it's fun to practice and good for health, Five-Animal Exercises are becoming more and more popular in recent years, not only in China, but also in many other places of the world. 56. People practice Five-Animal Exercises in order to_______.
A. fight against enemies B. protect wild animals C. improve the health D. play as a group game
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57. If your grandfather has a pain in the back, _______may help him a lot. A. the bear movements B. the monkey movements C. the bird movements D. the tiger movements 58. The underlined word \
A.兴奋的 B. 和谐的 C. 敬畏的 D.肤浅的 59. The structure of the passage may be
(①=Paragraph 1 ①=Paragraph 2 ①=Paragraph 3 ①=Paragraph 4 ①=Paragraph 5 ①=Paragraph 6)
V.口语应用。(每小题1分,共5分)
阅读下面对话,从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话,并把答题卡上对厦 题目的答案标号涂黑。 A. What is it? B. How old are you?
C. I am always asking myself this question, too. D. Who are you? E. Where are you from?
F. Can you describe your hometown?
G.I have very thick fat, so I can keep myself warm.
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重庆市2020年初中学业水平暨高中招生考试英语试题(A卷)及答案
