2022年浙江省杭州市西湖区中考英语一模试卷.docx

2022年浙江省杭州市西湖区中考英语一模试卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项1．（8分）Ellen MacArthur is a British sportswoman.On 7 February 2005，she broke the world record for sailing alone around the world.She recorded her amazing journey through the world's most dangerous seas with a video diary.And she immediately became internationally famous. Ellen was born in England in 1976 and lived there with her parents，who were both teachers，and her two brothers.She began sailing with her aunt Thea when she was just four years old，and spent the rest of her time reading books about sailing. When she was eight，she started to save her school dinner money to buy her first boat.She was eleven when she had enough money to buy it.When she was seventeen，Ellen bought another boat and named it "Iduna".In 1995 she sailed it on her own around Great Britain. In 2009 she said that she was going to stop sailing，and a year later she gave away £500，000 of her own money to create a charity（慈善机构）called the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.The charity works through business and education to encourage young people to think differently about the future.She wants to help people to design different ways of reusing energy and to get more people using renewable（可再生）energy. By 2050，Ellen says there will be more plastic than fish in the sea，and she wants her charity to do something about this.Ellen says that changing people's attitudes（态度）to the way they use things and throw them away is the greatest challenge of her life yet.（1）How old was Ellen when she broke the world record？ 　 　A.25.B.26.C.29.D.31.（2）What is the correct order in which these happened？ 　 　a.Ellen sailed around Great Britain alone.b.Aunt Thea began to teach Ellen sailing.c.Ellen bought herself the first boat.d.Ellen became famous all over the world.A.c﹣b﹣a﹣dB.b﹣c﹣a﹣dC.b﹣c﹣d﹣aD.c﹣b﹣d﹣a（3）Why did Ellen create the charity the Ellen MacArthur Foundation？ 　 　A.To let people know more about how to sail better.B.To call up more people to give away money.C.To make people feel less worried about pollution.D.To ask people to care about the environment.（4）What does the underlined word "this" in the last paragraph refer to？ 　 　A.The increasing amount of the plastic.B.The popularity of the video diary.C.The high cost of the renewable energy.D.The quality of the school dinner.2．（6分） The Pick of the WeekEvery Friday night，people get together and roller skate in the center of the city，and they make up a line of 10 miles!Even the police roller skate.They wear roller skates to help watch roller skaters.What do you think about Friday Night Skate？Tell us!①Roy wrote：I've never missed it.I mean，it's the only chance that I can roller skate on the road without worrying I might get hit by cars.I have great fun.More and more people join us and the number of roller skating accidents has been dropping since Friday Night Skate started these years.②Rick wrote：I haven't had a good night's sleep on Fridays since this roller skating thing started.These roller skaters shout and sing when they roller skate by my apartment.It'd be OK if they sang well.But they DON'T!③Mike wrote：Friday Night Skate brings noise and trash and makes me want to move!④Zoe wrote：What the city must think about is where roller skaters should skate.Roller skaters may easily get hit when they skate on the road，but they may hit people when they skate on the sidewalk.It's good that the city opens the roads to roller skaters on Friday nights，but it only fixes part of the problem.（1）What is this reading mainly about？ 　 　A.The new plan about Friday Night Skate.B.An advertisement about Friday Night Skate.C.People's ideas about Friday Night Skate.D.Some terrible news about Friday Night Skate.（2）Below is what Roy found about roller skating accidents in four different studies.Which agrees with his idea？ 　 　（3）Who feels angry about Friday Night Skate？ 　 　A.Roy and Rick.B.Rick and Mike.C.Mike and Zoe.D.Zoe and Roy.3．（8分）✤ Do all teenagers get pocket money？ Most teenagers receive pocket money every week.But not everyone gets the same amount of money.Have you asked your friends how much they get？You might be surprised.And if you're a girl you'll be amazed to learn that boys often get more than girls of the same age!✤ So what happens in different countries？ Teenagers up to the age of about 15 in the UK have about £5 a week in pocket money.But in Italy，France and Spain，the same age group gets about €9，which is a bit more.In the US，pocket money is called "an allowance".Most teenagers get a weekly allowance of about ＄30，which is more than £20 or €25.✤ Do teens have to work for their pocket money？ Quite a lot of teenagers do.They have to do things in the house，like washing﹣up and cleaning and then they get their pocket money.If they do。