【2014年江苏省宿迁市中考】
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Why should students play sports? Some people think that students play sports in order to get exercise. Others think it can help students have fun. But that is not enough. If students play sports, they can get more than healthy bodies. Why? Here are three more reasons.
Students who play sports do better in school. Some people think that doing exercise will take up students’ study time. But a recent study has shown that students who play sports get better scores in school than those who don’t. Exercise gets students to learn, remember things and concentrate better.
Students who play sports develop their teamwork spirits and learn problem-solving skills. When they are working together with others to win games and reach goals, they’re learning how to be successful in practice. And these skills will be useful to them for study or their future work.
Playing sports can also improve confidence. Students who play sports feel better about themselves. When they know they can improve and reach their goals by practicing, it builds their confidence. And sports can also help them communicate with others actively and make new friends.
Now, how about going out to play sports with your friends every day?
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Erin， an American woman． was born in Kansas． In 1990， when she was thirty years old， she was in a car accident． A law company helped her after the accident ， and later she started to work for them．
Her job was to organize papers． One day Erin realized that there were lots of papers about some very sick people in a place called Hinkley． She started to look for more information about the town．
Erin worked very hard for five years．She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories．All the people lived near a big factory and she discovered that there was a chemical called chromium in the local water， It was from the factory． Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water． She planned to help them．
Erin started a law case （官司） against the factory， The factory didn't agree that the people were ill because of the water， but in 1996 the judge （法官） ordered the factory to pay the people in Hinkley ＄ 500，000 each （there were about 600 sick people，so that was ＄ 333 million in total）．
In 2000， there was a film about Erin， and it was very successful． Now Erin is famous﹣ she has her own company and she gives talks all over the world．
（1）What was Erin's job in the law company？
（2）How long did it take her to look for the information about Hinkley？
（3）What did she find in the local water？
（4）What conclusion （结论） did she come to from her research？
（5）What did she do to help the sick people？
Mobile phones are one of the most useful inventions of the last 50 years， but not everything that is said about them is good． Mobiles are often believed to be the cause of a number of things from poor eyesight and headaches to house fires． There's even one theory that mobile phones should be responsible for the disappearance of bees!
The theory is that the radiation （辐射） given off by mobile phones does great harm to bees， navigation systems （导航系统）． Bees have a built﹣in system a bit like GPS and this helps them find their way back to their hives．But recently， thousands of bees have failed to find their way home． It is believed they are dying far from their hives．
The problem was first noticed by beekeepers in America and is a lot more serious than it at first seems． The important thing about bees is that most of the crops in many countries of the world are pollinated by them． Without bees， the crops can't continue to grow． Many beekeepers in Europe have reported losing between 50 and 70 percent of their bees． Jim Piper， a London beekeeper， said to the reporter， "My business is becoming worse． Twenty nine of my forty hives are now empty．"
Nobody knows for sure whether the theory is true or not， but it's a fact that bees are disappearing in very large numbers． And we can't manage without them．Einstein said that if all our bees disappeared，man would only live for four more years! If the mobile phone theory is correct， we need to do something about it right now﹣before it's too late．
（1）What might be caused by mobiles according to Paragraph 1？
A． Poor listening．
B． The forest fires．
C．The disappearance of bees．
D．Terrible toothache．
（2）What does the theory in the passage say？
A． Bees have GPS inside their bodies．
B． Mobiles have an influence on bees' hives．
C． The radiation makes bees unable to fly．
D． The radiation makes bees lose their way home．
（3）The underlined word "pollinate" probably means" "in Chinese．
A．授粉
B．污染
C．啃食
D．催熟
（4）What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us？
A． Crops will stop growing．
B． Beekeepers' business is getting worse．
C． Bees' disappearing is a serious problem．
D． Beekeepers in Europe found the problem first．
（5）The author write this passage to ．
A． call on people to help beekeepers
B． show how a bees built﹣in system works
C． ask people to stop using mobiles right away
D． warn people of the possible harm mobiles do to bees
A yearbook is a tradition of high school life in the United States．The book contains（包含） the name，photo， and signature （签名） of each student in your final year， so that you can remember who you went to school with．A 15﹣year﹣old girl Catherine Cook and her brother David wanted more than this．They thought，"Why not have a yearbook online？You could learn about people's music tastes， the movies they like，and so on．"
Catherine thought of the name﹣ myYearbook．com， and the logo （图标）． To advertise the site Catherine and David wore T﹣shirts with the site logo to school and soon hundreds of their schoolmates became users of the site． She spent many evenings talking on the phone to programmers in India， and collecting ideas from her schoolmates． Then her older brother Geoff came up with the money to start up the website．
MyYearbook users can join in the fun by sending messages and "collecting" friends．
They can watch the same videos from films and TV programs， and share music， photos，homework and study guides． Some teens feel they can make friends more easily online．Chatting online helps some shy people not to feel left out．
Users can also make "Lunch Money" by doing activities on the site． They can then spend their Lunch Money on gifts， or donate（捐赠）it to charities． They have saved 0.3 km2 of rainforest cleaned up 1 million kg of CO2， set 22，000 books to Africa，and bought 20，000 kg of rice for people without enough food．
Running the website did not stop Catherine and David from finishing their schoolwork Successfully，and going on to university，where they still spent 50 hours a week on the site．
（1）Who got the idea of setting up myYearbook．com？
A． Geoff．
B． Catherine and David．
C． A US high school．
D． Indian programmers．
（2）How did Catherine and David get their schoolmates to know the site？
A． They advertised the site through videos．
B． They offered chances to make money．
C． They made a phone call to every student．
D．They wore T﹣shirts with the site logo to school．
（3）MyYearbook．com is set up to help users ．
A．remember the school
B．run a site
C．learn more about each other
D． make money
（4）Which of the following is NOT true about "Lunch Money"？
A．It can be donated to charities．
B．It can be used to help people．
C．It can be made by doing activities at school．
D． It can be used to protect the environment．
（5）What is the text mainly about？
A． The Cooks．
B． A yearbook online．
C． Lunch Money．
D． US high school life．
You might not think much about where your garbage goes．But now you might want to know．On July 1，Shanghai introduced a new garbage﹣sorting policy （垃圾分类政策）．People there need to put different kinds of garbage into different bins． Other cities in China will do the same soon．
Garbage sorting is a big problem because there is too much garbage these days．It is bad for our environment．In fact， we can make use of some garbage again． But first， we need to sort it．
For example， if you put an old battery （电池） into the "harmful waste" bin， people can use it to make new batteries． But if you don't， the battery will end up somewhere else．Then， it will pollute the environment．
Garbage sorting and recycling around the world
Germany： There are big machines in supermarkets． You can put bottles in the machines and get money back．
Japan： A truck playing music comes to people's doors to pick up their garbage． There are eight or more kinds of garbage． If you sort any of them wrong， you will get a notice on your door．
Indonesia： People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations． An hour﹣long bus ride costs three large bottles．
Four kinds of garbage in Shanghai
Recyclable garbage includes paper， books， plastic items， and glass bottles． Harmful garbage includes lamps， batteries， and other things with harmful chemicals （化学品）．Wet garbage usually comes from the kitchen， such as food and vegetables． Dry garbage is anything you cannot put into the other three bins， pens and towels， for example．
（1）What can we learn from Paragraph 1？
A． Many countries take Shanghai's garbage sorting policy．
B． Many other cities in China have garbage sorting policies．
C． Shanghai is the first city in China to make a garbage﹣sorting policy．
D． China is the first country in the world 10 make a garbage﹣ sorting policy．
（2）The writer gives the "battery" example to tell us ．
A． how to sort our garbage
B． how important sorting is
C． what harmful waste is
D． how difficult sorting is
（3）If you ， you can take a free bus ride in Indonesia．
A． put bottles in a machine
B． take plastic bottles to the station
C． get a notice on the door
D． put garbage into different bins
（4）Which bin should "newspapers" go to？
（5）Which is the best tile for the passage？
A． Sort Garbage， Save Earth
B． Less Garbage， Cleaner Environment
C． Clean Shanghai， Beautiful China
D． Different Countries， Different Policies
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Kids' Summer Jobs Camp Counselor （辅导员） We are looking for people to join us as a camp counselor at Cuya Outdoor School．We connect children to science through nature．Our camp counselors are energetic and supportive， and more importantly，caring team members． This is an eight﹣hour everyday job in the ten﹣day﹣long program during the summer． Hours： 9：00 a． m ～5：00 p． m Pay： ＄10 per hour LEGO Engineering Instructor Do you enjoy taking things apart and then putting them back together？ If so，then this may be your dream job! We are looking for smart and creative LEGO engineering instructors． Hours： 2：00 p． m． ～5：00 p． m． Pay： ＄ 15 per hour Teacher's Aide （助手） We are looking for part﹣time teacher's aides for our Inspire Kids．Pre﹣school in Newburgh．Teacher's aides need to prepare materials， help children finish activities and create a safe environment． Hours： 8：00 a． m ～11：00 a．m． Pay： ＄ 100 per week Summer Care Giver I'm looking for someone careful and patient to watch my kids when I'm working from 11：00 a．m to 3：00 p．m． I have a 7﹣year﹣old daughter， and a 5﹣year﹣old son． I am also asking you to prepare snacks and clean up the rooms． Pay： ＄ 150 per week |
（1）How much can a camp counselor make in total？
A． ＄10．
B． ＄100．
C． ＄150．
D． ＄800．
（2）To be a LEGO engineering instructor， one has to be ．
A． caring
B． creative
C． energetic
D． patient
（3）What does a teacher s aide need to do？
A． Help children do activities．
B． Teach children science．
C． Play LEGO with children．
D． Prepare snacks for children．
（4）What summer job can Jerry apply for if he is free from 10：00 a． m to 4：00 p． m ？
A． Teacher's aide．
B． Summer care giver．
C． Camp counselor．
D． LEGO engineering instructor．
（5）Where can you probably find this text？
A． On a website．
B． In a dictionary．
C．In a guide book．
D． In a picture book．