【2014年江苏省南通市中考】
These days haze（雾霾）is around us here and there. In fact，everyone has the power to change their living habits to help reduce it. Many local governments call on their people to take action to make the air cleaner.
Transport is one of the biggest contributors（促成物）to haze. When，where，how，why and what you drive all affect air quality. When one drives to work for one year，he uses as much energy as a bus rider uses in 10 years. So walk or ride your bicycle to work or school whenever possible. If it is necessary，you can use public transport instead of your car. Each person using public transport for a year instead of a car can save nearly a tonne of pollutants，including CO2，from going into the atmosphere.
Carpooling is another way to reduce carbon emissions（排放）.Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car. It immediately reduces your car’s emissions by half.
What you do inside your living space can have a big effect on the air quality outside it. You can do a lot of things inside and around your home that will help you pollute less and save some money.
A large amount of our energy supply comes from burning coal，another contributor to haze. By cutting down your electricity use，you are cutting down on haze. So you may try to reduce your use of electricity by turning off lights，using your air conditioner wisely during the summer months，or updating some of your electrical appliances to low-energy models. For example，you can use energy-saving lamps that require less energy and last 10 times longer than common bulbs.
Which does the writer think should play an important rode in reducing haze？
| A．City cleaners | B．Haze producers |
| C．Local governments | D．Common people |
We can infer（推断）from the passage that the writer thinks .
| A．cars can be used only when people have to |
| B．cars should be given up as soon as possible |
| C．cars must be improved to reduce air pollution |
| D．cars may cause the most serious pollution of all |
We should reduce the use of electricity mainly because .
| A．we can save a lot of money by using less energy |
| B．coal is now becoming rarer and rarer on our planet |
| C．harmful things come out while electricity is produced |
| D．electrical appliances send out something harmful to our air |
Which can be the best title for the passage？
| A．What are causing haze around us |
| B．What you can do to reduce haze |
| C．How dangerous haze is to our life |
| D．How important it is to reduce haze |
The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved form day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转) of the earth. At the equator(赤道), day and night are sometimes the same length. They are each twelve hours long.. The sun rises at 6 in the morning and sets at 6 in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted(倾斜) toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere(半球) gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere get more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______________.
| A．both day and night | B．day |
| C．neither day nor night | D．night |
A place is moved from day into night and from night into days over and over by _______ of the earth.
| A．the pushing | B．the pulling |
| C．the spinning | D．the passing |
At the equator, day is as long as night ____.
| A．sometimes | B．never |
| C．usually | D．always |
When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets_____.
| A．less | B．more | C．all | D．no |
When it is winter in China, ______.
| A．the USA is tilted toward the sun |
| B．the South Pole is tilted away from the sun |
| C．the North Pole is tilted toward the sun |
| D．the North Pole is tilted away from the sun |
We recycle rubbish, so why not language? Recycling language means using vocabulary that you have learnt before again and again. However, unlike rubbish that piles up (堆积) in our environment, if we do not recycle language, we simply forget it. So how do you recycle language?
There are basically three ways to do it. The first is through reading. Go back to your favourite articles and read them once more. Just reread them and do not worry about each vocabulary item. If there are some that you are not sure about, make a guess and you will probably guess right. The second way to recycle is through writing. Look at some of your favourite articles and write either a short paragraph or a few sentences in your won words. After you have don this a few times, go back and read through what you have written, checking vocabulary functions. Don’t worry if you have made mistakes. That’s how you learn. The third way to recycle language is by having an imaginary chat with yourself about your favourite articles at home. You can pretend there is someone with you who speaks English and tell him what you are thinking about or how you feel.According to the passage, recycling language means _____ .
| A．repeating vocabulary at times |
| B．revising vocabulary at a proper time |
| C．learning new vocabulary as much as possible |
| D．using vocabulary that we have learnt very often |
If we recycle language, it may______ .
| A．be kept in our mind |
| B．be forgotten easily |
| C．pile up in our environment |
| D．disappear from our mind soon |
Which of the following is properly the best title of the passage?
| A．Why to Recycle Language |
| B．How to Learn Vocabulary |
| C．How to Recycle Language |
| D．Why to Learn Vocabulary |
If someone says to you, “give me five”, do not search your pocket for five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person’s not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a popular gesture. You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping( 拍) of each other’s raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery(彩票). If a football team wins game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to cerebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Rome gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor (皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword(剑) in his hand.”Give me five ” is a gesture to _______.
| A．make people laugh | B．ask for money |
| C．celebrate success | D．search one’s pocket |
The gesture “give me five” is the slapping of ____.
| A．toes | B．hands | C．arms | D．legs |
If someone _____, he WON’T show the gesture “give me five”.
| A．passes the exam | B．wins a lottery |
| C．does well in a match | D．wants to say goodbye |
The gesture started in ___ according to the story
| A．Rome | B．America | C．China | D．Britain |
| We’ve moved! Please come to the party in our new house. 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 5 Betty and Jack Add: 31 Station Street Tel: 342-1525 e-mail: betty12@email.net |
Must sell $275 Best washing machine Only 6 months old Owner going abroad Call Mike Green Add: 10 Park Street Tel: 342-2691 e-mail: mikegreet@hotmail.com |
Smith’s book Club New and old books Over 1,000 kinds Good coffee and tea Open every day 10:00-22:00 Add: 15 North Street Tel: 342-7391 or 342-7350 e-mail: smith15@yahoo.com |
If you want to buy a second-hand washing machine, you can call______.
| A．342-1525 | B．342-7391 |
| C．342-2691 | D．342-7350 |
Betty and Jack want to hold a party because ____.
| A．they have lots of books | B．they will go abroad |
| C．they want to buy a new house | D．they have moved in a new house |
If you want to read some book, you can go to ____.
| A．31Station Street . | B．15 North Street. |
| C．10 Park Street. | D．15 Apple Street . |
The day was like any other day in his life. Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much was still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked sad and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat on the grass. There he saw a boy moving a wheelchair with his hands. Tom looked at him and was surprised to see that the boy had no feet. He looked at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet. ”he thought. There was no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was happier.Tom passed the shop _________.
| A．on foot | B．by bike |
| C．in a wheelchair | D．by bus |
Tom stopped in front of the shop because he wanted to _______.
| A．buy the shoes |
| B．look at the shoes he liked |
| C．buy a present for his friend |
| D．get something for his birthday party |
Why did Tom go to the park? Because ________.
| A．many nice shoes were sold there |
| B．he wanted to play there for a while |
| C．he wanted to see his disabled friend |
| D．he didn’t want to make his mother worried |
We can learn from the story that Tom ________.
| A．liked new shoes very much | B．loved his mother very much |
| C．didn’t want to stay at home | D．had no feet |