| Survey： What’s your favorite restaurant? |
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| Lola Lopez |
Jim Janssen |
| “I’m an actress. There’s a small French restaurant near my apartment. It’s my favorite. The service is great. The food is always cooked well and served beautifully. And the atmosphere is very romantic…” |
“I’m a high school student. I’m interested in fast food. Chicken， burgers， fish， French fries — I love it all. My mom says I should eat healthier food but it tastes so good! Also， I’m not rich and the price of fast food is just right for me.” |
| Gina Mangino |
Raul Sanchez |
| “I’m a housewife. With three kids， I look for a place that has good food at a reasonable price. I look for a place that’s comfortable for children and serves the food quickly. That’s why I like Sam’s Chinese restaurant.” |
“I’m a doctor. I can’t remember the last time I ate out… maybe that’s because my wife and I really like to cook. Instead of eating out， we look through a cookbook and cook at home.” |
Jim Janssen is ______.
| A．an actress | B．a doctor |
| C．a student | D．a housewife |
______ likes a French restaurant very much.
| A．Lola Lopez | B．Jim Janssen |
| C．Gina Mangino | D．Raul Sanchez |
Gina Mangino likes the restaurant which ______.
| A．offers fast food | B．serves the food quickly |
| C．offers cookbooks | D．serves the food beautifully |
【江苏省常州市2015年中考英语试题】阅谈理解(共13小题;每小题2分，满分26分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
D
Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair or your fridge? It is possible that they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, as the so-called "Internet of things" is developing.
The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. It is reported that during his speech earlier this year, Samsung CEO(首席执行官)BK Yoon spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things. He said that five years from now，every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things, whether it's a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner(吸尘器).
So, how do household(家用)objects that are part of Internet of things work? Well, think of a usual chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows that the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.
An Internet-connected camera, like a smart-home camera, could help people feel safer in their homes. It can recognize(识别)people's faces, and even can see when someone passes by in the dark. Then it can send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who's there. If the person is someone you don't know, it can tell you that, too.
But according to MIT Technology Review, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security(安全)systems to the Internet, there may be problems. For example,many early connected-home devices(装置)don't have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked(被黑客攻击)，In addition, it could be difficult to get these devices to work together because they are made by different companies. To fight this, many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 members by late 2014.
So, picture this: you walk in through the front door of your home. The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable after a long day at school. Your favorite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? It may happen sooner than you think.The Samsung CEO's speech is mentioned to prove that_____.
| A．the Internet of things will appear in our daily life sooner |
| B．Samsung has produced the Internet of things recently |
| C．Samsung products have been part of the Internet of things |
| D．he spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things |
We can infer(推断)from paragraphs 3 and 4 that
| A．the chair can know whether the user feels cold or not |
| B．a usual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes in |
| C．an Internet-connected camera can be used to take photos in the house |
| D．an Internet-connected camera can be connected to the user's smartphone |
According to the passage, it is mentioned that_____·
①the temperature inside is neither too high nor too low
②your fridge provides the drinks for you
③the chair warms up if you feel cold
④your favourite music starts playing
⑤your washing machine starts working
| A．①②⑤ | B．②③④ | C．①③④ | D．①④⑤ |
What's the problem about the Internet of things?
| A．Companies which produce connected-home devices haven't joined together. |
| B．Connected-home devices may not work together and can easily get hacked. |
| C．Companies have difficulty connecting security system to the Internet.’ |
| D．These new devices are produced by different companies. |
【广东省梅州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解。（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
阅读A、B两篇短文，从每小题给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
B
Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”What’s the aim of the two experiments for?
| A．Prove why humans have a sixth sense. |
| B．Explain when people can have a sixth sense. |
| C．Show how people act while being watched in the lab. |
| D．Study whether humans can sense when they are stared at. |
What sense does Parapsychologists say that humans have to sense?
| A．A natural ability. | B．A natural staring ability. |
| C．A strange thinking. | D．A looking feeling. |
The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.
| A．value | B．result | C．performance | D．connection |
In the second experiment, the subjects _________.
| A．could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t. |
| B．couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t. |
| C．couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t. |
| D．could tell when they were stared at but couldn‟t tell when they weren’t. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．People are born with a sixth sense. |
| B．The experiments support parapsychologists‟ idea. |
| C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments. |
| D．People have a sixth sense in all places. |
阅读理解（二）(每小题2分；共10分)
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others. Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson’s story Who moved My cheese? shows changes exist （存在于）in our life.
Life changes and so do we. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail. Just look at the cycle（循环） of the seasons. Trees bud（发芽）in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.
Since we accept the cycle of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible（灵活的）. We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As long as we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.What’ the main idea of this passage?
How do writers share their life experiences?
What does Who moved My cheese tell us?
Any change in our life could mean a for us.
What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
As we all know, the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, China.
The Winter Olympics are also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published(出版) to mark（标志) the great Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25,1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.
During the 4th White Olympics, a set of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936.The five Olympics rings were drawn on the front of the sportswear(运动衣). It was the first time that the rings appeared on stamps celebrating the White Olympics.
In the 1950’s,the stamps became more colorful. When the White Olympics arrived, the host countries(东道国)as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark the Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980 when Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.
Japan is the only Asian country that has held the White Olympics. Altogether 14, 500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meet.
Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements（运动）of some sportsmen. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics_______.
A. are the same thing
B. are different games
C. are not held in winterIt was established(确定)as a rule that stamps be printed to mark the Winter Olympics .
A. after the year 1936
B. after the 3rd White Olympics
C. before the year 1932 The Winter Olympics are held _______.
A. every two years
B. every three years
C. every four years Which of the following is true?
A. Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark the Games
B. Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark the Games
C. All countries can publish stamps to mark the Games What is more likely (很可能) to appear on the stamps of the White Olympics?
A. basketball B. table tennis C. skating
By my eighth grade, I was a kid who felt unsafe, unloved and pretty angry at life. In other words, I behaved badly in school. However, my teacher, Ms. Simon, of course, thought that I was blind to this problem because she always reminded me, “Henry, you are the worst behaved child in this school”
Needless to say, the eighth grade was probably the worst year of my life. Good thing was that I was allowed to go to the ninth grade. But Ms. Simon’s words were always ringing in my ears.
The first day I entered the ninth grade, my teacher, Miss Brown, began to call our names. And it wasn’t long before she came to my name. “Henry,” she called out, looking from her list to where I was sitting. She looked at me carefully for a moment, and then said, “I’ve heard a lot about you.” Then she smiled and added, “But I don’t believe a word of it!”
To be honest, that moment was a turning point, not only in my education, but also in my life. Suddenly, unexpectedly, someone believed in me. For the first time in my life, someone saw potential(潜力) in me. Miss Brown often gave me little jobs to do. She invited me to stay after school to work on my reading and math. She challenged me to let her down. So I studied really hard that even my own father couldn’t believe that I was changing.
What made me the difference between the eighth grade and ninth grade? It was that risky, because there was no promise that I would honor Ms. Brown’s trust.
Everyone likes the end product of teaching, especially when it produces excellent men, the sports star, the successful business persons, the smart lawyer. But how many of us want to deal with the person at the beginning of the process? Why did the writer think his eighth grade was the worst of year in his life?
A. Because he couldn’t see anything.
B. Because he thought nobody paid attention to him.
C. Because Miss Simon always reminded him that he was the worst. What did Miss Brown do on the first day of his ninth grade?
A. She called the students’ names.
B. She gave the writer little jobs to do.
C. She asked the writer to stay at school after class. What did Miss Brown mean by saying “I don’t believe a word of it?”
A. She believed the writer could behave well.
B. She didn’t believe what the writer said at all.
C. She didn’t believe what Miss Simon had done to the writer.Who gave the writer great help with his study?
A. Ms Simon B. Miss Brown C. His fatherWhat does this article want to tell us?
A. We should always remind children of what is wrong.
B. We should teach children how to be excellent persons.
C. We should teach children in a positive way by giving them chances to be confident.