1、参考中考英语专题复习练习阅读理解4参考-中考英语专题复习练习阅读理解4（一） We can express thoughts and feelings and send sounds and pictures on our smartphones todayWe cant send tastes，smells or touchBut some scientists in Britain are trying to develop a way for smartphone s to do that To give users a sense of taste，Adrian David Cheok
2、 and some other scientists designed two electrodes (电极片)“You put these two electrodes in your mouth，you put your tongue in between and then your tongue will get a virtual taste perception (虚拟味觉) in your brain，”said Professor CheokThey have already created sour，salty，sweet and bitter tastesA device c
3、alled“Scentee”permits users to have the sense of smellScientists put a Scentee into a smartphone，and it can spray (喷射) small clouds of fragrance，including flowers，fruits and coffeeProfessor Cheok says the person speaking can activate (激活) the deviceScentee holds a container with about 100 different
4、smellsThe container must be replaced when all the smells run out1Adrian David Cheok and some other scientists are trying to Amake smartphones smaller Bmake smartphones send sounds and pictures Cmake smartphones send tastes，smells and touch Dmake smartphones much cheaper2According to the passage，the
5、tongue will get a virtual taste perception by Aputting the smartphone into the mouth Btouching two electrodes in the mouth Ctouching the device called“Scentee”Dconnecting to a ring-like device wirelessly3What does the underlined word“fragrance”mean ? A痛苦 B权利 C香味 D力量4From the third paragraph we can i
6、nfer that Adifferent smells can be put inside Scentee Bthe container can only holds 50 different smells Cpeople neednt activate the device called Scentee Dall the smells can be reusedso they wont fun out5Whats the main idea of this passage? BFuture smartphones can send tastes，smells and touch CHow s
7、martphones work（二）1Why do the young Australians make cars and tanks with cardboard boxes ? ATo make money BTo play a fight game CTo fight DTo have a match2How do the zookeepers make the animals paint? ABy teaching them skills BBy showing them pictures CBy guiding them with food DBy showing them vide
8、os3What is the other turtles running speed? A84 meters per minute B168 meters per minute C336 meters per minute D672 meters per minute4From Passage 4，we can infer that“dye”is . Asomething that can make people healthy Bsomething that can help people relax Csomething that makes food colorful Dsomethin
9、g that makes food delicious 5Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? APlaying a box fight is more and more popular around the world BOnly monkeys can paint pictures at the Oakland Zoo CBertie from Britain is the worlds fastest turtleDOnly the scientist knows what the colorful ho
10、odles taste like（三） Stealing? Maybe，but in our 13-year-old minds we were just enjoying natures gift We were not thinking about whose things they wereWe just knew the Jordans family had the best raspberries (山莓) in the neighborhood So on a Friday summer night，we secretly went into the Jordans backyar
11、d and started picking their sweet，juicy raspberriesThere isnt anything that tastes better than fresh raspberriesAs we were enjoying the delicious raspberries，suddenly the Jordansbackyard lights came on，and MrJordans ran outside “What are you boys doing out here ?”he shouted as my friends ran off in
12、all directions They were too quick for the old gentleman to catch，and within seconds the boys disappeared into the darkAll except me MrJordans shouted at me as he ran after me down the block to my house，where my mother took overMy mother said sorry over and over againI felt so embarrassed (尴尬的)My fr
13、iends said they could hear every word she said to MrJordans from our backyard “I dont think its unfair at all” said Dad“You took raspberries without asking，and you got exactly the punishment you should have” “But what about the other guys?”I asked“They didnt get punished at all!”1What does the phras
14、e“ellaoying natures gift”refer to? AWalking around their neighborhood BSeeing who has the best raspberries CPaying a visit to the Jordansbackyard DPicking the Jordansraspberrie s without asking2Hearing MrJordans，shouting， Athe writers friends ran off quickly Bthe writer tried to call her mother for
15、help Call the boys were scared to cry Dall the boys played tricks on MrJordans3What did the writers mother say to MrJordans? AShe told a lie to him BShe praised the writer a lot CShe apologized to him DShe promised to give him some colorful fruits4Why did the writer think it was unfair? AJordans did
16、nt allow him to pick the raspberries BNone of his friends helped him to escape that night CHis enjoying natures gift was mistaken as stealing DHe was punished while the others werent5What lesson did the writers dad teach him? ATheres no fairness in the world BOne should pay for his or her own mistak
17、es CParents only need to care for their own kids DDont try to control othersbehavior（四） John has been a heavy smoker for over 20 yearsHowever，he finally decided to give it upSo he paid a visit to a doctor to get some advice The doctor told John he used to smoke too“When I first tried stopping it，”he
18、 said，“I told myself that cigarettes are awful and harmful to my health，dangerous to my family and damaging to my job” He kept stopping and then starting againHis rationalization made him pick up cigarettes again and againFinallyhe decided to try a different strategy (策略) “I took a cigarette in my h
19、and，looked at it and told myself：Yes，this cigarette will make me happyI want to smoke itBut I will stop!”the doctor said excitedly “This strategy worked，and I have not smoked a cigarette since thenThe reason I think I succeeded is that I didnt fool myself into trying to create a bad image of cigaret
20、tesInstead，I agreed that I wanted it，but I chose to controI my desires1The doctor first tried to give up smoking by Atelling himself the harm smoking causes Basking his family to remind him Cturning to his doctor for help Dquitting his job and taking a special course2During his first try to stop smo
21、king，the doctor did the following EXCEPT Afighting his mind Bforgetting about his decision Csmoking time after time Dstrengthening his mind3What made the doctors strategy work at last? ASome medicine helped BA bad image of cigarettes scared him CHe just did nothing and he stopped DHe revalued smokin
22、g and refused it in heart4What does the underlined word“Moderation”mean in the last paragraph? AAsking for advice from doctors BSelf-contro1 CFooling yourself DKnowing the truth（五） The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (扶贫基金会) has started a program to hire and train 100 local women as substit
23、ute mothers (替代妈妈) to take care of left-behind childrenThe three-year program will select 100 villages across Sichuan Province and hire one woman ifl each village “It is a model to solve the problem of left-behind children，”said Liu Wenkui，secretary of the foundationThe“substitute mothers”will do pa
24、rentsjob，finding out what the children need and helping them with problemsEach substitute mother will take care of about 300 to 500 childrenThere will be a “childrens home” in each village to be the mothers office and childrens playing spaceTheir job is to provide quick service and discover the chil
25、drens problems The program hopes to hire women aged 19 to 55 years old from the villages“We want to hire full-timemothers to make sure they wont think about other work，”Liu said“We want local women because they understand local languages and cultures”The program in Sichuan is an experiment，and Liu s
26、aid，“If it is a successful model，we will start it in the whole country” “If parents are forced to leave home to earn a living and unable to take their children with them，we are looking for a transitional (过渡的) way to solve the problem，”he added1Whats the Chinese meaning of the underlined word“left-b
27、ehind”in Paragraph 1? A留守 B遗弃 C辍学 D单身2How long will the program last? AThree months BA year CThree years DTen years3Who is possible to be a substitute mother? AA girl at the age of 18 BA woman with a part-time job CA man from the local village DA woman who knows local language4Which is NOT true acco
28、rding to the passage? AA substitute mother plays a role of parents BEach substitute mother will take care of about 300 to 500 children CEach village will have a“childrens home” DThe childrens parents will pay for the substitute mother5Whats the best title for the passage? ALeft-behind Childrens Prob
29、lems BSubstitute Mothers in Villages CLeft-behind Womens Problems DSubstitute Children in Villages（六）MrsWang enjoy cooking and she often watches some cooking programs on TV1You cant watch The Chiefs Choice on ACCTV1 BCCTV4 CCCTV7 DCCTV102The Chiefs Choice is shown Aevery day Bon weekends Cfive times
30、 a week Donce a week3What food does Chief Nic introduce? AChinese food BTraditional food CEnglish food DFood around the world4It is 21：15 on SaturdayWhat program is MrsWang probably watching? AThe Chefs Choice BChef NiC CThe TaSte DTraveling around the world5Which of the following is TRUE? AXie Ting
31、feng is the host of The Chefs Choice BFamous stars often appear in The Taste CThe Taste tries to find food for the Spring Festival DChef Nic is shown three tirues a week（七） My parents turned my whole world upside down when they told me they were getting a divorce (离婚)I couldnt believe our family was going to break up And ve
