北京市房山区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：阅读表达.docx

北京市房山区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编阅读表达2023年北京市房山区中考二模英语试题四、阅读表达（34.36每小题2分,37小题4分，共10分） 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。Technology Keeps Grandparents and Grandchildren ConnectedWhen it comes to keeping in touch with grandchildren, grandparents need to learn new technologies. They are taking advantage of choices like video chatting, text messaging and social media （社交网络媒介）to keep in touch with their grandchildren in more ways than ever before, according to a survey.Mary Taylor is a typical case. She depends on video chatting to stay in touch with her grandchildren, all of whom are under the age of seven. They live in different countries. Mary says video chatting is the next best thing to being with her grandchildren even though it requires planning to schedule calls and taking the time differences into account （考虑到）."Ms not always perfect, v she says, “but it's certainly better than talking on the phone, especially with kids at those ages. ”According to the survey, more than 20% of grandparents use video chatting to communicate, which is a little less than the number of those who often use text messaging but more than those who prefer to use social media.But with a number of choices out there, keeping up with new technologies can be a challenge for them. 74-ycar-oid Mary Carr-McNally says she calls her grandchildren back when they text her. "I'm not very good at texting, so I call them back, and then we chat, “ she says.In all, more than 30% of them say that learning new technologies is difficult. That's why phone calls remain the most popular form of communication for grandparents, nearly half of whom say they talk with their grandchildren by phone.Still, more than 40% of grandparents say they're good at learning new technologies. Take Alice Smith for example. She owns a laptop, a tablet and a smartphone, and uses them to keep in touch with her five grandchildren aged 4 to 16. She says she likes to text the older three and depends on video chatting with the younger ones.“Texting is quick and simple. But we can do a lot of things on video chatting,5, she says. t4If the kids want to see something, I walk around and show them. Video chatting also allows me to sec my loved one's facial expressions as we speak and does not require typing （打字）or reading small print. It's the next best thing to meeting someone face-to-face.34. How does Mary Taylor stay in touch with her grandchildren?35. Why do phone calls remain the most popular form of communication for grandparents? 36. What does Alice Smith think of texting?37. In your opinion, which is the best way for grandparents to keep in touch with their grandchildren? Why? （List at least two reasons）2022年北京市房山区中考二模英语试卷（2022北京房山统考二模）Air is important for everyone, we live depending on it. But what if it is polluted? Air pollution is a killer. The World Health Organization says it kills about seven million people around the world each year. Even if polluted air does not kill us, it can make us very sick. It may do more than hurt your body. Breathing dirty air can also influence your brain and your ability to （hink. Il is true whether you believe or not.A new study shows that air pollution can influence our intelligence （智力）一cause a “huge” reduction in our intelligence. The study was carried out by researchers at Peking University and Yale University. Xi Chen of the Yale School of Public Health led the study.The study performed for a long period. The researchers studied about 25,000 people from across China. The youngest people in the study were 10 years old, while the oldest was 90. They came from 25 of China's 34 provinces （省）with different air levels. These Chinese men, women and children were given language and math tests during the study. Then researchers compared the test results with levels of pollution in the air. They found （hat breathing polluted air can reduce a person's education level by about one year.Xi Chen told that there are two main parts in the brainwhite matter and gray matter. He said, “Air pollution has a great effect on the white matter, and white matter is more connected with a person's language skills. So, that's why language skills are more affbeted." He also noted other studies have shown, "However gray matter is connected to our ability to solve math problems.''Chen suggests government to make serious changes. "We need to support in cleaning up the sky instead of using in short-term avoidance, for example the face masks or air filters （过i虑） 34. What can influence your brain and your ability to think?35. Where was the new study carried out?36. How many people did the researchers study from across China?37. Why arc language skills more affected than math?2021年北京市房山区中考二模英语试卷 四、阅读回答问题We all know that running is good for our healthy. Have you ever thought that running is also good for the planet? Sometimes a creative mind can bring us a win-win situation.Plogging is becoming increasingly popular after it started as an organizational activity in Sweden （瑞典）.What is plogging? It is a term referring to the act of picking up litter while jogging. The term “plogging” is created by combining the English word “jogging“ and uplocka upp"，a Swedish term that means “picking up''.A Swedish man called Eric Ahlstrom started the movement. After moving from a Swedish ski resort to Stockholm, Eric noticed a lot of litter when he rode to work each day. So, he decided to do something about it. In 2016, Eric began organizing groups to pick up rubbish while jogging, and thus “plogging” was bom. It spread to other countries in 2018, following increased concern about plastic pollution.Plogging is considered a perfect activity, as i（ is positive both for the body, and fbr the environment. There's no doubt that moving your body will do great things for your health, and plogging will also add some extra moves like squalling （蹲 卜）or bending （弯 曲）your body. According to a research, plogging for 10 minutes burns 48 calories, while usual jogging fbr 10 minutes burns about 39 calories.Plogging is a movement that anyone can join, lb get started, choose plogging route that you know is heavily littered but still considered safe. Do not forget （o bring your recyclable rubbish bags and gloves, as well as sonic hand sanitizer （消毒纸巾）if necessary. You can jog alone or in groups. You can do it early in （he morning, or a bit before going to work, or even in the late afternoon. If you're not much of a jogger, that's okay! You can take a walk. Anything that suits you! It really does not mailer whether you take a 2-mile jog or a 5-mile marathon, or just a 15-niinute morning walk, the idea with plogging is that you do some physical exercise while helping to pick up litter!Every day, about 2 million people plog in over 100 countries. If you have a pair of gloves, a rubbish bag. and enjoy being outside, plogging may be right fbr you!35. Who started (he moveinent of plogging?36. What do you need to bring when you plog?37. How many people piog in over 100 countries every day?38. Why is plogging becoming popular?答案：2023年北京市房山区中考二模英语试题34. She depends on video chatting to stay in touch with her grandchildren.35. Because learning new technologies is difficult for them.36. Texting is quick and simple.37. 略2022年北京市房山区中考二模英语试卷34. Breathing dirty air can influence our brain and your ability to think. 35. The study was carried out at Peking University and Yale University. 36. The researchers studied about 25.000 people from across China. 37. Because white matter is more connected with a person's language skills, air pollution has a great effect on the white matter in the brain, but not the gray matter. 38. How the study was performed in China.2021年北京市房山区中考二模英语试卷34. (It is) a term referring to the act of picking up litter while jogging. 35. (A Swedish man called) Erie Ahlstrom. 36. Recyclable rubbish bags and gloves, (as well as some hand sanitizer). 37. About 2 million. 38. It is good fbr the body and the environment. / It's a movement that anyone can join. / People can choose the way suits them to plog.