Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.
Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.
He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm. X|k | B| 1 . c|O |m
From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily. What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?
| A．He caught some fish. | B．His arm was bitten by the fish. |
| C．He felt great sadness. | D．Nothing special happened. |
The underlined word recover means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．转变 | B．进化 | C．变异 | D．恢复 |
Which of the following didn’t happen after the boy left the fountain?
| A．He started to look after the countryside. |
| B．He stopped the water from being polluted. |
| C．He encouraged people to protect the earth. |
| D．His arm kept grey and he never felt happy. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．We should protect the earth. | B．We shouldn’t catch fish. |
| C．Even the fountain may cry. | D．We should visit the fountain. |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．The Beautiful Countryside. | B．The Talking Fish. |
| C．The Sad Cry. | D．The Grey Fountain. |
【山东省烟台市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读 (每小题2分)
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Have you ever had the feeling that no one can understand you? Well, here comes “Pepper”, it could be about to change all that. Pepper is the first robot to read human feelings. Using its emotion recognition functions
(情感识别功能), Pepper can make jokes, dance and even sing to people when they are around it.
The robot looks like a lovely girl. It is four feet tall with a tablet computer in its chest. It has human-like hands, a girl-like body and baby-like voice. It was shown to attract people at stores on Friday.
Pepper can tell facial expressions, human voice and signs, then make an answer. Pepper is designed to be a family robot, but it isn’t like the household robot on the cartoon. Pepper is used at home or store, where we enjoy pleasure and entertainment.
At home, not only can it tell jokes, it also helps people in trouble. If a natural accident happens, it can encourage them, make them laugh and feel relaxed.
Pepper will be on sale at the price of $2,000 in August, 2015. At present, several Peppers are on show at stores for people to visit. Before selling Peppers, the creators want them to store more knowledge in order to get better along with human beings.
请根据短文内容完成所缺信息。
| Pepper—A Robot Of Human Wisdom |
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| Basic feature (特征) |
◆The first robot to read recognition functions. |
| Description of appearance |
◆It’s four feet tall with a ◆It has human-like hands, girl-like body and baby-like voice. |
| Brief introduction |
◆The creators designed it to be used at ◆It can not only make an answer by telling facial expressions, human voice and signs, but also can help people who are |
| Preparations for sale |
◆Peppers are now still at stores for people to visit. ◆When |
【山东省青岛市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。（共7分）
The power of humor
An old saying goes ”Laughter is the best medicine.” It’s true that laughter is really good for our health. So, the next time you’re feeling stressed, try to laugh a lot, ①develop a sense of humor and watch funny films.
The Comic Relief charity, an organization that helps people in need, uses laughter to raise money. Every two years in spring, many English people put on a red nose, make a fool of themselves and do ”silly” things to make themselves and others laugh. Examples of silly things you can do are:
Invite friends round to your house to watch funny films. They have to pay to watch the films—those with the most comfortable chairs pay more—and for food and drinks.
Hold a talent show at school and ask your friends and teachers to sing, dance or tell jokes. Sell tickets for the show to the rest of the school.
Have a red nose party at your house. All your friends come dressed in red—including red nose—and your serve red food and drinks. If they don’t wear red, they have to pay a fine.
Get the students in your school to make funny sculptures(雕塑)using all kinds of materials. Sell tickets to your Red Nose Day exhibition and part of the money goes to Comic Relief.
The organization has helped people for more than 20 years. And how much have they collected since the first Red Nose Day? Over￡600 million!② . In New Zealand, for example, people have made big red noses which they put on the front of cars and even buildings.
任务一请根据短文内容，把相关的信息匹配。将Ⅱ栏的字母代号填写在答题卡上。（每小题1分，共3分）
1. 2. 3.
ⅠⅡ
1. the Comic Relief charity A. pay a fine
2. in New Zealand B. big red house on buildings
3. a red nose partyC. raise money
任务二请根据短文内容，将①处划线词组 develop a sense of humor 译成汉语。
任务三 请根据短文内容，对下面句子做出正（T）误（F）判断。 .
Comic Relief can’t get all the money from the Red Nose Day exhibition
任务四 请根据短文内容，回答问题。
Why do many English people do “silly” things sometimes? .
任务五 选择合适的句子填入②处，使文章合理通顺。 将句子的字母代号填写在答题卡上。
A. So more charities have been opened around the world.
B. Red Nose Day has become something special for English people.
C. The idea of Red Nose Day has traveled to other countries, too.
【山东省青岛市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。（共8分）
Where is the true home of hamburger?
The kind of beef we see in hamburgers , minced(切碎)beef, was possibly invented by Mongolians over 800 years ago. But who first put the beef between pieces of bread and called it a hamburger? Three different cities in the United States all say that they were the first to invent America’s favorite food.
Some people say that Fletcher Davis, from Athens, invented hamburgers. “Old Dave,” as people called him, was selling minced beef sandwiches in his lunch bar as early as the 1880s. Some years later, they say that a group of Germans called①his sandwich a “hamburger” because people from the German city of Hamburger ate this kind of beef.
Other people believe that the hamburger came from a different American city.②coincidentally, its name was also Hamburg. The Menches brothers were selling pork sandwiches at a fair in 1885, but when there was no more pork, they used minced beef and gave it a new name, the “hamburger”.
The third possible inventor of the hamburger was Charlie Nagreen, also known as “Hamburger Charlie,” from Seymour. He said that in 1885 he invented the world’s first hamburgers. Seymour now celebrates the invention of the hamburger every year. In 1989, it was the home of the world’s largest ever burger—over 2,500kg!
任务一请根据短文内容，完成句子。每空一词。
1. There are three American cities in this passage. They are Athens, And .
2. When there was no more at the1885 fair, the Menches brothers used minced beef .
任务二请根据短文内容，用英语表达 ①处划线单词his 所指代的内容。
任务三请根据短文内容，猜测②处划线单词coincidentally 的中文意思。 将其字母代号填写在答题卡上。
A 幸运地 B 碰巧地 C 相反地
任务四请根据短文内容， 回答问题。
How often is the invention the hamburger celebrated in Seymour? .
任务五请从文中找出与Mongolians possibly invented minced beef a long time ago. 意思相近的句子。
.
任务六请用英语简要概括出本文的主旨大意，不超过10个词。
It ‘s mainly about .
【山东省东营市2015年中考英语试题】任务型阅读
There was a time when New York City buildings were almost all the same height.
Today you can see buildings of different heights that seem to touch the sky. They are called skyscrapers(摩天大楼). They shape the famous New York City skyline.
It started about 90 years ago. It began like a race. This wasn't a race down the street or around a track(跑道). It was a race for the sky. Who was racing? Buildings were.
Their builders were actually racing to build the world's tallest skyscraper.
The race started slowly.
First came the Woolworth Building, in 1913. It rose 792 feet(英尺) on the southern side of the city. Then the race heated up.In1930, two skyscrapers were nearing completion. The Bank of Manhattan Building was finished first. It rose up to 927 feet into the sky. Builders were then putting a round roof（屋顶）on the top of the Chrysler Building. It rose up t0 925 feet. The Bank of Manhattan, two feet taller, seemed to be the winner.
A few weeks later, New Yorkers saw a strange sight（景象）. The day that the Chrysler Building was to be completed, workers raised a shiny metal, spire（尖顶）through the top of the building, adding 121 feet to the building's height! At l,048 feet, the Chrysler Building was now the world's tallest.
But the race was not over. A year later, in 1931, the Empire State Building became the new winner.At l,250 feet, it was the world's tallest building.
In 1973, even that record was broken. Builders finished the World Trade Center. At 1,368 feet high, it rose above all other buildings in New York City.
Time goes on. As technology improves, taller buildings are being built. The race is still on.
A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。Which skyscrapers had been the world's tallest buildings?Please list them.
During which period of the time did the race heat up?
B．将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
C．请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
【苏省盐城市2015年中考英语试题】阅读与回答问题。(共5小题，每小题2分，计10分)
Read a Timeline
Every family has a history. A timeline can show events in a family's history. A timeline is an ordered group of words and dates that shows when events happened.
Learn the skill
Step1 The title tells what the timeline is about. The timeline has a line divided in equal parts. Each park stands for 10 years.
Step2 Look at the first and last numbers on the timeline. The numbers are years. The events on the timeline happened between these years.
Step3 The numbers with the events on the timeline tell the year in which each event happened.
Practice the skill
Title _______________________
How long does each part in the timeline stand for?
_____________________________________________________________________Where did Lily's great-grandmother come from? (in no more than 4 words)
____________________________________________________________________Who was born in 1970?
____________________________________________________________________What happened in 1994?
____________________________________________________________________What's the best title of the timeline?
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