湖南省14市2021年中考英语真题知识分类汇编-阅读理解②

1、湖南省14市2021年中考英语真题知识分类汇编-阅读理解四科普知识类阅读（共5小题）19（2021株洲）If youve ever walked through fog （雾），you might have noticed that your skin and hair get wet.This is because fog is made of tiny water drops.Scientists are helping people collect these drops to make drinking water. In some towns，there is no fresh water.People there have to use trucks to carry fresh water. It is expensive. Since rain falls to the ground，it can easily be collected into tanks （水箱）.But the water drops that make up fog dont hit the g

2、round.Instead，they float （漂浮） in the air.To turn fog into water，you have to catch the water drops. A fog catcher is made of nets with two posts.The nets are usually set up on a hilltop.As fog passes by，the nets catch the water drops.The drops run down the nets and into channels.The channels lead the water into large tanks where it can be stored.A fog catcher can collect 10，000 liters of water a day.Scientists have helped set up fog catchers for towns in Chile，Nepal and Mexico. Fog catchers are a

3、 great way for people in small and lonely towns to have their own fresh water.Centuries before scientists created fogcatching nets，nature was making fog into water on its own.As fog passed through the mountains，large leaves got the drops just like the nets do.People learned to drink the water collected on the leaves.Thanks to modern fog catchers，enough water can be made for a whole town!（1）What does the word It in Paragraph 2 mean？ A.Trucks carrying.B.Rain collecting.C.Fog catching.（2）What is a

4、fog catcher made of？ A.Tanks.B.Leaves.C.Nets.（3）A fog catcher can collect of water a day.A.1，000 litersB.10，000 litersC.11，000 liters（4）Centuries ago people learned to drink the water collected .A.in channelsB.on the netsC.on the leaves（5）What can be the best title of the passage？ A.Catching Fog.B.Catching Rain.C.Catching Snow.20（2021衡阳）阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。 The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms （节气）.It starts from the Beginning of Spring

5、and ends with the Greater Cold，moving in cycles.It is still useful today to guide peoples lives through special foods，cultural ceremonies and even healthy living tips. Grain Buds（小满），the 8th solar term of a year，begins on May 21 this year，and ends on June 4.It means that the seeds （种子） from the grain are becoming full.During the Grain Buds，summer harvest is about to begin.A saying about rain during this time mentions， A heavy rainfall makes the river full. Because of the great increase in rainfa

6、ll，rivers are full of water.This is a good time to enjoy fish.It is also harvest season for fishermen. Frosts Descent （霜降），the 18th solar term of the year，is the last solar term of autumn，during which time the weather becomes much colder than before and frost begins to appear.The apple is one kind of recommended（推荐的） fruit during Frosts Descent.There are many saying about apples benefits（益处） in China，such as Eat an apple after meals，even old men can be as strong as young men. Minor Cold （小寒） is

7、the 23rd one.For most areas of China，it marks the start of the coldest days of the year and people always start preparing for New Year.According to traditional Chinese medicine thoughts，people need to eat food that has more yang energy to prevent cold from harming their bodies.Another important traditional food for Minor Cold is Laba porridge （腊八粥）.（1） is the last solar term of a year.A.Minor ColdB.Greater ColdC.Frosts Descent（2）How many days does Grain Buds last this year？ A.Thirteen.B.Fifteen.

8、C.Seventeen.（3）The underlined sentence Eat an apple after meals，even old men can be as strong as young men. is closest in meaning to .A.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.B.Its more useful for old men to eat apples than young men.C.If old men eat apples after meals，they will become younger and younger.（4）In most areas of China，people always during Minor Cold.prepare for New year have Laba porridgesay goodbye to the coldest days wear warmer clothesA.B.C.（5）We can learn from the passage that .A.

9、it is necessary for people to take umbrellas with them during Grain BudsB.Frosts Descent is the 8th solar term of a yearC.people need to eat food that has less yang energy during Minor Cold21（2021郴州）Computers，smartphones，and other machines are the perfect servants.They always do what they are told.We usually tell them to do things by using a mouse or keyboard.But what if we could just talk to them normally and tell them what to do？ This type of technology，known as voice control or voice recognition （识别），has been shown in films and TV shows since the 1960s.The TV show Star Trek showed some spaceships which could reply to human voice commands （命令）.The film 2001：A Space Odyssey showed a computer that human astronauts could talk t

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