2025年八年級(jí)英語下冊期末復(fù)習(xí)專項(xiàng)冀教版

（期末考點(diǎn)培優(yōu)）專題12閱讀理解

學(xué)校:姓名：班級(jí)：考號(hào)：

Paperisoneofthemostimportantproductsinventedbyman.Theinventionofpapermeant

thatmorepeoplecouldbeeducatedbecausemorebookscouldbeprinted.Paperprovidesan

importantwaytocommunicatewithknowledge.

PaperwasfirstmadeinChinaabout2,000yearsago.InEgyptandtheWest,paperwasnot

verycommonlyusedbeforetheyear1400.PaperwasnotmadeinsouthernEuropeuntilaboutthe

year1100.Afterthat,theforestry（林業(yè)的）countrieslikeCanada,Sweden,Norway,Finland,and

theUnitedStatesbecamethemostimportantinpaper-making.TodayFinlandmakesthebest

paperintheworld.Andithasthebiggestpaperindustryintheworld.

Whenwethinkofpaper,wethinkofnewspapers,books,letters,envelopes,andwriting

paper.Sopaperplaysanimportantroleinourlives.

Paperisverygoodforkeepingyouwarm.Housesareofteninsulated（隔熱）withpaper.

Youhaveperhapsseenhomelessmensleeponalargenumberofnewspapers.Theyareinsulating

themselvesfromthecold.InFinland,inwinteritissometimes4℃belowzero.Thefarmerswear

paperbootsinthesnow.Nothingcouldbewarmer.

1.Theinventionofpapermeant.

A.morebookscouldbeprinted.B.morepeoplecouldbeeducated.

C.paperwasinventedbyman.D.paperwasoneofthemostimportantproducts

2.WhichstatementisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Paperisthemostimportantinvention.

B.PaperwasfirstmadeinChina.

C.Papercan'tbeusedforkeepingwarm.

D.TheUSisthebiggestpaperindustryintheworld

3.Whichcountrymakesthebestpaper?

A.FinlandB.CanadaC.TheUSD.Sweden

4.Whafsthemeaningofthesentence"Nothingcouldbewarmer.9,?

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A.Booksarewarmer.B.Newspapersarewarmer.

C.Housesarethewarmest.D.Paperisthewarmest.

?Peoplewhohavetroublewalkingormovingaroundoftenhaveahardtimeenjoyingthe

beach.ButhundredsofbeachesinGreece（希臘）nowofferanewwayforpeopleinwheelchairs

togetintothewaterbythemselves.IfscalledSeatrac.

（2）Seatracisachaironamovingramp（坡道）.Itcancarryadisabledpersonintothesea.

Onceinthesea,thepersoncaneitherstayinthechair,enjoyingthewater,orgoforaswim.When

thepersonwantstogetoutofthewater,hecanusetheremotecontrol（遙控器）tobringthechair

backtothetopoftheramp.Ifsevenpossibleforhimorhertotakeashowerinthechairaftera

swim.

?SeatracwasinventedanddevelopedinGreece.Theideaforitcamewhenoneofthe

inventors,IgnatiosFotiou,wastalkingwithafriendwhousedawheelchair.Thefriendsaidhe

enjoyedthesea,butdidn'tlikehavingtobecarriedintotheocean.

④Mr.Fotiouwantedtofindaneasierwayforwheelchairuserstogetintothewater.He

workedhardwithotherstodeveloptheSeatracsystem.Hemadethesystemsimpletoputinplace

andeasytorun.AwoodenwalkwayallowswheelchairuserstoreachtheSeatrac.Thesystemis

solar-powered（太陽能的）,andcankeeprunningeveniftheelectricity（電）goesout.

⑤Thissummer,theSeatracsystemisbeingusedatover220beachesinGreeceandother

countries.ThankstoSeatrac,peoplewhousewheelchairsnowcancooldowninthesea.

5.WhatcanSeatracdoaccordingtothepassage?

A.Helpthedisabledgohomeafteraswim.

B.Chooseasuitablebeachforthedisabled.

C.Helpthedisabledgetinandoutoftheseasafely.

D.Makethedisabledmovearoundthebeachfreely.

6.WhatmadeMr.FotioudecidetodevelopSeatrac?

A.Hispartner'sadvice.B.Hisdeeploveforthesea.

C.Hisfriend^difficulty.D.Hiswishtomakefriends.

7.WhatisParagraph4mainlyabout?

A.Thedevelopmentoftheelectricity.

B.ThestrongpointsoftheSeatracsystem.

C.Thefutureofsolar-poweredwheelchairs.

D.ThefriendshipbetweenFotiouandhisfriend.

8.WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeSeatracaccordingtothelastparagraph?

A.Popular.B.Cheap.C.Natural.D.Dangerous.

9.Whydoesthewriterwritethispassage?

A.ToshowthedevelopmentoftheSeatracsystem.

B.Toencouragecarefordisabledpeoplearoundus.

C.Togiveadviceonusingsolar-poweredwheelchairs.

D.Tointroduceanewinventionforwheelchairusers.

KimonosaretraditionalclothesinJapan.Therearemanydifferentdesignsandcolors.In

Japan,men,womenandchildrenallweardifferenttypesofkimonos.

Kimonosareusuallymadeofsilkandveryexpensive.Nowadaystheyarewornatformalor

traditionaloccasionssuchasfestivals,weddingsorimportantceremonies（典禮）.Peopleseldom

wearkimonosineverydaylife.

Peopleweardifferenttypesofkimonosindifferentseasons.Forexample,inspring,women

canwearakimonowiththepicturesofflowersorbirds,butthisdesigncouldneverbeworn

duringthewinter.Thetypesofkimonosalsodependontheoccasionsandtheages.

Itisnoteasytoputonakimono.Itneedssomepractice.Especiallytyingthebeltaloneis

sodifficultthatmanypeopleneedassistance（幫助）.Wearingakimonoalsoincludesproperhair

style,traditionalshoes,socks,underwear,andasmallhandbagforwomen.

Theyukata（浴衣），ontheotherhand,isaninformalclothinginJapan.Itisalsoa

traditionalclothing.Itisacomfortabledressonsummerdaysorafterahotbath.Theyukalais

oftencheapandmadeofcotton.WhilestayingatahotelinJapan,youwillbeprovidedwitha

yukata.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號(hào)填入題前括號(hào)內(nèi)。

10.Whendon'tpeoplewearkimonosaccordingtothetext?

A.Duringfestivals.B.Atimportantceremonies.C.Onweddings.

D.Atbirthdayparties.

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11.Howmanyreasonsarementioned（提至U）aboutwearingdifferenttypesofkimonosforpeople

inthethirdparagraph?

A.One.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.

12.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"referto（指的是）inthetext?

A.Tyingthebelt.B.Puttingonakimono.

C.Findingassistance.D.Matchingakimonowithclothes.

13.Whafsthefourthparagraphmainlyabout?

A.Ifsnoteasytoputonakimono.B.WhypeopleinJapanwearkimonos.

C.Therearedifferenttypesofkimonos.D.Whatincludeswhenwearingakimono.

14.Whafsthebesttitleforthetext?

A.Kimonos.B.Theyukata.C.Kimonosandtheyukata.D.Festivalsin

Japan.

AI（人工智能）makesourliveseasierandbetter.LefsseetheamazingAL

PopularAIartist

Thisbeautifulpaintingwasatanauction（拍賣）in2018.Itwassoldforabout3,000,000

yuan\Butitisnotaworkbyafamouspainter,suchasVincentvanGogh.Itwaspaintedbyan

AIartist.ThreeFrenchmencreatedtheAIartistin2017.

Yourclosefriend

Hi,everyone.TmXiaoice,achatbot（聊天機(jī)器人）.Iwas"born"in2014.1speaklikea

teenager.Ifyoufeellonely,youcantalkwithme.I'mgoodatsingingandtellingstories.I

wanttobeyourfriend!

World'sfirstAIpresenter

Hey,look!ThefamousChinesepresenterQiuHaoisreportingthenewsforus.But,is"he"

reallyQiuHao?Theansweris"no”.Thisistheworld'sfirstAIpresenter.Itwasinventedin

2018.Itlooksandspeaksjustlikearealperson.

Cooldriverlessbus

Abusdooropensandyougeton.Wait,whereisthedriver?Hereisanewkindofdriverless

buscalledApolong.Itwasproducedin2018.Itcanseat14peopleanddoesn'tneedadriver.

Thebusfollowstrafficrules.

15.WhocreatedtheAIartist?

A.ThreeFrenchmen.B.Ateenager.

C.TheChinesepresenter.D.VincentvanGogh.

16.WhatcanbothQiuHaoandXiaoicedo?

A.Swim.B.Paint.C.Speak.D.Drive.

17.WhatcanwelearnaboutApolong?

A.Thereisadriverinit.

B.Itfollowstrafficrules.

C.Thereare24seatsinit.

D.Thedoorisopenedbythepassenger.

Jonathan,aturtleontheislandofSaintHelenaintheSouthAtlantic,turned190yearsold.

Thismakeshimtheworld'soldestlivinglandanimal.

Infact,Jonathanisprobablyolderthan190.In1882,SirWilliamGrey-Wilson,governor

（州長）oftheisland,gothimasagift.

In1890,SirGrey-Wilsonbecamethegovernorofthisisland.HetookJonathanwithhimto

liveatthegovernor'shome,calledPlantationHouse.Sincethen,over30othergovernorshave

comeandgonefromPlantationHouse.ButJonathanhasstayed.Andnowheshareshishomewith

threeotherturtles.

Itishardtounderstandhowmuchtheworldhaschangedinthepast190years.Jonathan

wasbornbeforetheInternet,computers,TVs,radiosandtelephones.

ButJonathan'sinterestsdonotchange.Helovessleepingandeating.Helikestowarm

himselfbysleepinginthesun.Whentheweathergetscold,hedigshimselfintograsstokeep

warm.

ScientistshaveevenstudiedJonathantogethealthreasonsfromhiseatingandcells（細(xì)胞）.

Hiscellsdonotmutate（突變）thesamewayhumancellsdo.Scientistsalsohopetofindsome

secretstofightingcancer（癌癥）inhumans.

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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）o

18.Sofar,Jonathanistheworld'soldestlivinglandanimal.

19.Jonathannowshareshishomewithtwootherturtles.

20.PeopleinventedTVs,radiosandtelephonesbeforeJonathanwasborn.

21.Whentheweathergetscold,Jonathandigshimselfintograsstokeepwarm.

22.ScientistshavefoundoutthesecretstofightingcancerfromJonathan.

Petsarepopularallovertheworld.Infact,therearemanyreasonswhypeoplekeeppets.

Theygivepeoplejoyandlove,lookafterpeople'shomesandmakepeoplefeelgood!Animalsare

funtobewitheveryday.

Beforeyoukeepapet,ifswiseofyoutothinkcarefullywhichanimalisthebestchoice.

Youcanstartbycollectingenoughinformationandadvice.Itwon'ttakealongtimeanditwillbe

usefulandfun.Don'tchooseapetonlybyyourselfChoosingapetshouldbeafamilyplan.You

shouldknowwhatkindofanimalsyouwant,theamountoffreetimeyouhaveandtheamountof

responsibilityeachfamilymembershouldtakeon.It'shelpfulforyoutoaskvets（獸醫(yī)）for

advice.Apetwillbecomeyourresponsibilityifyouhaveone,sobesmartwhenyouarechoosing

apet!

Thereisonemorethingforyoutoknow.Thousandsofpetsdieeveryyear.Manypeople

buypetsasgiftsforfriends.Butsomepeopledon'tknowhowtolookaftertheirpets,orthey

don'tlikethematall,soitmakessomepetsdie.Spendtimethinkingclearlyifyouarereadyto

keepapet.Choosetheanimalyoulovemostasapetandtakeontheresponsibility.

23.Thepassagemaybewrittenfor.

A.petshopsB.petkeepersC.vetsD.parents

24.ApetcandoallthefollowingEXCEPT.

A.bringjoyandloveB.lookafteryourhome

C.makeyoufeelgoodD.makeyouthinkwise

25.Whatisthepurposeofthisarticle?

A.Toadviseustothinkoverbeforekeepingapet.B.Toshowushowpeoplelovepets.

C.Totelluswhatanimalscanbepets.D.Totelluswhocankeeppets.

Whenyoumeetsomeoneforthefirsttime,youdon'tknowwhetherthatpersonisgoingto

becomeagoodfriend,soyouhavetobecareful.Friendshipislikeplantingaseed（種子）.Youare

notquitesurewhatisgoingtocomeup,soyouhavetowatchitcarefully.Maybeitwon'tgrow,

eventhoughyouhavetriedyourbest.Maybeitwillonlygrowintoaweakplantandyouhaveto

pullitup.

Fortwopeopletobecomebestfriends,youhavetoreallyknowandunderstandeachother

well.Thiscanonlyhappenoveralongtime,notjustafewdays.Ifyouarelookingforabest

friend,don'thurrytogetfromsomeoneyouknow.Firstberegular（普通的）friend,thenthebest

friend.Takeyourtimeanditwillbeworth（值得的）yourtime.

Havingabestfriendisgreat.Youcanshareyourthoughts,dreams,funtimes,problems,

successesandfailureswithhimorher.

26.Whenyoumeetapersonforthefirsttime,youmust.

A.becarefulB.goaway

C.watchcarefullyD.plantaseed

27.Whatdoestheunderlinedword46it"referto（指的是）？

A.Friendship.B.Someone.C.Aseed.D.Afriend.

28.Accordingtothetext,weknowyouhavetowhenyoumakefriendswithaperson

A.oftenaskhimfordinnerB.knowandunderstandhim

C.hurrytogetfromhimD.drinkwinewitheachother

29.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitle（題目）ofthetext?

A.FriendshipB.DoYouhaveaGoodFriend?

C.HowtoPlantaSeedD.HowtoMakeFriends

Manypeoplelovecuteanimals.Butdoyouknowhowtolookafterthem?Wonderful

Friendswilltellyou.ItisaTVshowonHunanTV.Theshowisabouthowpeoplegetalongwith

animals.

Ontheshow,sixstarslearntobecomeanimalkeepersatazooinGuangzhou.Theylook

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afterdifferentanimalsanddohardwork.

Manypeopleliketheshowbecauseithasalotoftouchingmoments.Forexample,toteach

achimpanzee（黑猩猩）namedCocohowtoclimbatree,LiYuchun,asinger,climbsfirst.She

showsCocostepbystep.AlthoughCocofailsafewtimes,shelearnshowtoclimbintheend.

Whenshegetstothetop,shehugs（擁抱）Li.

However,therearealsosomepeoplewhothinkdifferentlyabouttheshow.Theysayitis

hazardousforpeopletobesoclosetowildanimals."'Peopleandanimalscangiveillnessestoeach

other,“SunQuanhuifromtheWorldSocietyfortheProtectionofAnimalstoldPeoplesDaily.

Buttheshowtellsusonething-itisimportantforustounderstandwildanimals.As

BritishanimalexpertJaneGoodallsaid,“Onlyifweunderstandcanwecare.Onlyifwecarewill

wehelp.Onlyifwehelpshalltheybesaved.^^

30.HowdopeopleliketheTVshowaccordingtoParagraph3?

A.TheythinkCocoisverysilly.

B.Somethinktheworkisdifficult.

C.ThehugbetweenCocoandLiistouching.

31.WhatcanweseeontheTVshow?

A.Thechimpanzee,Coco,climbsthetree.

B.LiYuchunlearnstoclimbtreesfromCoco.

C.SixanimalkeepersworkatazooinHunan.

32.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“hazardous“inParagraph4mean?

A.Boring.B.Dangerous.C.Exciting.

33.WhatcanwelearnfromJaneGoodairswords?

A.Savinganimalsisnecessary.

B.Understandinganimalscanhelpussavethem.

C.Takingcareofanimalsisawaytounderstandthem.

TheSecretofHumansBeatingAI

“DearAfu,whoisBeyonce?^^

“BeyonceisanAmericansinger,songwriter,actress,recordproducer,anddancer,whoseta

recordwith32Grammywins...^^

“Good.TellmehowIcanhavetwogirlfriends.5,

“Areyoucrazy?Ifyoudothat,yoursecretwon'tgoundiscovered!?,

ThiswasaconversationIhadinaWeChatgroupcalled"Talkingwithyourrobot”,an

accountbasedonChatGenerativePretrainedTransformertechnology.Tome,therespondentwas

nodifferentthanarealperson.ChatGPTasthenew-generationtalkingAIhasimpressedglobal

users,meincluded,eversinceitsurfacedonlineonNov30th,2022.

Thenewfeature（功能）cananswerquestions,dotranslations,summarizeessaysandeven

draftcodesforacomputerprogram.Itisasgoodasahumanlivinginsideacomputer.

ChatGPTismakinglifeveryconvenient.Atimemightcomewhenonehandsitcontentand

itproducesawell-madePowerPointpresentation.Thatcould,however,meanjoblosses（失業(yè)）.

Afterall,ifacomputerprogramcanwritecode,thenitwouldmakeaprogrammerredundant.

Thatmaybeaworry,butitisstillpremature.ChatGPThasmoreadvanced（先進(jìn)的）

learningfeatures,butitstillfollowsthesametechnologicalpath.Itsbiggestadvantageliesinthe

abilitytocarefullyexamineanoceanofdataandrebuildwordsintoalanguage,butifsstillnot

thatcreative.

Artificialintelligence（人工智能）canquicklydrawapicture,butthatpicturewillbebased

onpicturesitisfed.Itcanalsowritesciencefiction,butbasedoncontentaboutthefuturethatit

hasread.

Incomparison（比較），ahumanbrainimaginesthefutureandthenputsineffortstorealize

it.AIcanimagineafuturewithfasterspaceships,butitcan'timagineaworldofspaceelevators

ashumanscan.So,thereisnoneedtoworrytoomuch.Bybeingcreativetherewillbeplentyof

opportunitiesforhumanstoscoreoverAL

34.Whafsthepurposeofthedialogueinthebeginning?

A.TointroducethefeaturesofChatGPT.

B.Toexplorethecreativeabilitiesofhumans.

C.Toexplainhowartificialintelligenceworks.

D.Todiscusstheadvantagesofhavingtwogirlfriends.

35.Theword“redundant“inParagraph7probablymeans“:

A.unknownB.advancedC.creativeD.unneeded

36.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

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A.AIcanpaintwhateveryouwant.

B.ChatGPTcancreatenewwordsbyitself.

C.AIcantryitsbesttomakeitsdreamcometrue.

D.ChatGPTcantranslateonelanguageintoanother.

37.Whichofthefollowingstatementswouldthewriteragreewith?

A.AIcantaketheplaceofhumans.

B.HumanscanbeatAIwithcreativity.

C.AIcanshareitsexperienceswithhumans.

D.HumanscanimagineaworldofspaceelevatorsasAL

Canplantstalk?Modernresearchhasfoundsomethingamazing:theydocommunicatewith

eachother.

Ithasbeenknownforsometimethatplantsusechemicals（化學(xué)物質(zhì)）tocommunicate

witheachother.Thishappenswhenaplantgetsattacked（攻擊）byinsects.Theplantgivesout

chemicalsfromtheleavesthatarebeingeaten.Thisislikeawarning,oracallforhelp:Tm

beingattacked!,?Whenanotherplantgetsthechemicals,itstartstogiveoutitsown,different

chemicals.Someofthesechemicalsdriveinsectsaway.Othersattractthewasps（黃蜂）!The

waspskilltheinsectsthatareeatingtheplants.Scientistshopetolearnmoreaboutthisplant

warningsystem,sothatwecanuseittogrowmorecrops.

Moresurprisingly,plantsalsousesoundtocommunicate.Peoplecan'thearthesesounds,

butplantsaremakingthem.Someplantsmakenoiseswiththeirroots.Comandchili（辣椒）plants

dothis.Sometreesmakeclickingnoiseswhenthereisnotenoughwater.

Mostsurprisinglyofall,plantshaveanamazingsystemofcommunicationthatcanlink

nearlyeveryplantinaforest.Scientistscallthissystemthe"woodwideweb”.Thewoodwide

webislinkedundergroundbyfungi（霉菌）.Itlinkstherootsofdifferentplantstoeachother.Itis

insomewayssimilartotheInternetweuse.Usingthewoodwideweb,plantscanshare

informationandevenfoodwitheachother.However,itmayleadtobadeffects.Plantsmayuseit

tostealfoodfromeachother,orspreadchemicalstoattackotherplants.Perhapsonedayscientists

willlearnhowtocreatea"firewall“tohelppreventtheseattackswithinthewoodwideweb.

Scientistsarelearningmoreeverydayaboutthesecretwaysinwhichplantstalktoeach

other.Maybeonedaywewillknowenoughaboutplantcommunicationtobeableto"talk"with

themourselves.

38.Whenplantsareattackedbyinsects,theywill_____

A.producechemicalsasawarningoracallforhelp

B.sendoutchemicalstohumanstoaskforhelp

C.controlthewaspstokilltheinsects

D.killtheinsectsbythemselves

39.Whafsthestructureofthepassage?

40.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.HowPlantsGiveWarningsB.TheSecretLanguageofPlants

C.WhyScientistsDoResearchaboutPlantsD.TheStudyaboutthePlantWarning

System

Typein"Acatwantstogotospace“andaskChatGPTtowriteabedtimestory.41

Heclawedhiswaypastmanydifficultiestosingamongthestars.

DevelopedbyUScompanyOpenAI,ChatGPThastakentheinternetbystorm,winning100

millionuserssinceitcameoutinNovember2022.42Peoplecanalsoaskittotranslate

languagesandanswerallkindsofquestions.Initsownwords,itis“alanguagemodeltrainedina

largeamountofinternettexttohelpusersgethuman-liketext”.

Comparedwith（與...相比）Siriorotherchatbots（聊天機(jī)器人），43Italsouses

strongersoftware（軟件）andhardware（硬件）tolearnthingsbyitself.Forexample,ifitprovides

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awronganswertoyourquestion,youcantellittherightone.44"It'satotally（完全地）

differentproduct,computerscientistLiuXiaoguangfromNankaiUniversitytoldTianjinDaily.

“TheknowledgelevelChatGPTshowsisequal（與...等同的）toanundergraduate（本科生）

student.Thafswhyitshockedtheworld.^^

45WhenRezza,a28-year-oldfromIndonesia,usedtherobottowriteanessay（論

文），it"gaveoutnonexistentacademiccitations（不存在的學(xué)術(shù)引用）"，hetoldTheGuardian.

SincetherobotistrainedusingwordsfromtheInternet,itcanalsopickupontheIntemefsbiases

（偏見）aboutcertaingroups.Theseareallthingsthatneedtobedealtwith.

A.ChatGPTusesamuchbiggerdatabase（數(shù)據(jù)庫）fortraining.

B.ButonebigproblemwithChatGPTisthatitmakesmistakesorevengivesfake（假的）

information.

C.89percentofUScollegestudentshaveusedChatGPTtowritehomework.

D.Justonesecondlater,you911getthestoryofMax.

E.Thenitwillmakecorrections（改正）.

F.AsanAIlanguagemodel,ChatGPTdon'thavepersonalideas.

G.Peoplecanasktherobottowritestoriesandemailsandcreaterecipes（食譜）.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Atonetimeoranotherwehaveallstoppedtothinkabouttheweatherreport.Theweather

reporttellswhatthetemperatureandweatherwillbeinthenearfuture.Theweathercanbesunny.

Itcanbewarmorcool.46.Becauseasnowstormorathunderstormmayhappenquickly.

Ameteorologist（氣象學(xué)家）cantelltheweather.47.Forexample,atoolfor

gettingarighttemperatureisathermometer.Ahightemperatureprobablymeansplentyof

sunshineforeveryone.

Inrainyweather,ameteorologistusesaraingauge（雨量計(jì)）.Araingaugetellsushow

muchrainisfallingoutdoors.48.Arainbowcomesupwhenthesuncomesoutandthere

isstillrainintheair.

49.Itblowscloudsfromoneplacetoanother.Awindvane（風(fēng)向標(biāo)）cantellus

whichdirectionthewindisblowing.Itishelpfultoknowwhichdirectionthewindisblowing.

Knowingthewinddirectionhelpsameteorologistknowwhatweatheriscoming.

Weatherreportsarenotalwaysright.Asourknowledgeaboutweathergetsbetter,

50.

A.Windbringsusourweather

B.Butsometimes,theweathercanalsobebad

C.alotofpeoplehelpthemeteorologistdohisjob

D.thereportsbecomemorecorrect（精確的）

E.Itishardtoknowthecolourofthecloud

F.Afteritrains,youmaybeabletoseearainbow

G.Therearemanytoolstohelpthemeteorologistdohisorherjob

Elephantsaretheworld'slargestanimalslivingonland.Thereareabout15kindsof

elephantslivingintheworld.TheAfricanelephantsandtheAsianelephantsaretwomainkindsof

them.TheAfricanelephantsareusually2.5-4meterstall.TheAsianelephantsareusually2-3

meterstall.Elephantsusetheirtrunkstocollectfoodanddrinkwater.Theycanmakedifferent

kindsofsounds.Thesesoundscantravelkilometersandreachotherelephants.Theyusuallyuse

thesoundstoaskforhelp.

Africanelephantsarethelargestkindofelephantsandcanweighupto8,000kilograms.

AsianelephantsarequitedifferentfromtheirAfricancousins.Asianelephantsareshorterin

heightandasaresult,weighless.Asianelephants5earsaremuchsmallerthanAfricanelephants9.

Also,onlymale（雄性的）Asianelephantshaveivory（象牙），whilemostAfricanelephantshave

longivory.

Elephantsareveryclever.Manyfarmerstrainthemtohelpoutwiththeirworkastheycan

carryheavierthings,andworkcanbedonemuchfaster.Asaresult,mostfarmerslovetheir

elephantsandtreat（對待）themwithgreatcareandmakesuretheyarealwayshealthyandhappy

sothattheycandotheirwork.

51.HowtallmayanAfricanelephantbe?

A.3.2meters.B.4.2meters.C.2.4meters.D.2.2meters.

52.Whatdoelephantsusuallyusetheirsoundstodoaccordingtothepassage?

A.Askforhelp.B.Remindeachother.

C.Findfood.D.Driveotheranimalsaway.

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53.Whydofarmerstrainelephants?

A.Tohelpsaveelephants.B.Togethelpfromelephants.

C.Tomakemoney.D.Tohelpelephantskeephealthy.

54.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A.Asianelephantsdon'thaveivory.

B.Mostfarmersdon'tliketheirelephantsatall

C.AsianelephantsaretallerthanAfricanones.

D.Thereareabout15kindsofelephantslivingintheworld.

Over3,000adultsandchildrenfromover700familiescelebratedthestartofthethree-day

DragonBoatFestivalholidayonSaturdaywithafunrunatPujiangCountryParkinsuburban

MinhangDistrict.

ThethirdShanghaiInternationalKidsRunminimarathonwasorganizedbytheChina

WelfareInstituteinordertopromoteparent-childsportsandoff-campusphysicalexerciseina

spiritoffestivejoy.

Theparentsandchildrenfinishedthe3.5-kilometerrunalongtheMinhangsectionof

HuangpuRiver,knownasShanghai'smotherriver,toenjoythebeautyofthenatureandsunshine.

Theywereallpresentedwithcertificates（證書）

Aftertherun,theyalsohadthechancetoexperiencetraditionalactivitiestocelebratethe

DragonBoatFestival,suchasadragonboatrace,atraditionalstickyricedumpling.Allthef