1、阅读理解填词(七)环境保护+校园生活+社会热点ASpringtime brings catkin storm in BeijingSpring in Beijing is a warm and sunny season. However, it is also the season for catkins(柳絮). You can see lots of these white balls of fuzz(绒毛)1.l all around you.Catkins are 2.s of female poplar and willow trees. These trees were 3.w p
2、lanted in Beijing in the 1960s and 1970s, as they are cheap, 4.e to maintain(保养,维护) and can grow quickly.The catkins have brought a bit of 5.t. They can make people cough and sneeze, 6.e people who have allergies or asthma. They can also catch on fire 7.q easily.The government has 8.t a few ways to
3、control the catkins. “We have cut some branches. We will also use high-pressure water guns to take down the seeds and 9.w them away,” Wang Xiaoping, a Beijing bureau official, said to China Daily. “We 10.a to greatly improve the catkin situation by 2020”.B2020原创题Inspired by Chinese cultureFrom March
4、 22 to 24, more than 500 English speech competitors came to Hangzhou to share their ideas and stories. The 1.c started in 1996 as a specialized contest for college students. But now it 2.i many age groups, including kindergartners.Who do you think has shaped Chinese culture the 3.m? Whose ideas have
5、 inspired you and made you proud of your culture? Sixty-one students 4.a this question during the junior group semifinals (半决赛), where their speech topic was“My Inspiring Chinese Cultural Hero”.Their cultural heroes included 5.h figures(人物), such as Confucius and Qu Yuan, as well as fictional charac
6、ters, such as Sun Wukong and Mulan. They also included more modern figures, such as Lu Xun and Bruce Lee.Feng Feifei, editor of BBC Learning English, was one of this years judges(评委). She said this topic could 6.e more Chinese kids to dig deeper into their countrys culture. “It encourages students t
7、o learn more about Chinese culture and boost(增强) their cultural confidence,” she said.Shi Yiran from Beijing No. 4 Middle School chose Sun Wukong, or the Monkey King, as her cultural 7.h. In her speech, she said the Monkey King became a bit less interesting as she grew up. But she realized the chara
8、cters charm(魅力) after talking about Harry Potter with a British friend. She found they were similar. She said she is inspired by the Monkey Kings power and 8.b.Fang Yuehan from Ningbo Foreign Language School talked about Chinese physician Li Shizhen, 9.w lived during the Ming Dynasty. Inspired by hi
9、s travels around China, which he undertook before writing the Compendium of Materia Medica(本草纲目), Feng said she wanted to spread traditional Chinese culture as well.Mary Dilworth, a teacher at Hangzhou Normal University and 10.a one of this years judges, said she was touched by the contestants love
10、for their cultural heroes. “ In a way, they become cultural heroes themselves,” she said.C“Made in China” is having its moment nowand its a fashionable one.The story of Chinese fashion began in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, 1.b Chinese sports shoe brands(品牌), suddenly got international attention. Thei
11、r products were seen all over the world. Chinese sportswear brand Li Ning was at the New York Fashion Week in September, 2018.They 2.s their new designssweaters and jackets with Chinese characters.Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group, said that the 3.l Chinese brands no longe
12、r catch customers eye by low 4.p. He told CNN, “They are sure that they can go head to head with foreign brands.”Maybe it is because Chinas young people are now more confident about their own culture. They dont show immediate interest in 5.w culture any more.“Todays young people in China are crazy a
13、bout Chinese 6.c elements(元素),” Jin Qu, the manager of a clothing shopping website, said at a cultural festival in 2018.“They like these elements 7.p on their clothes, even the brand picture of Laoganma in China, which was once seen as outside of fashion. But now young people are proud of these Chin
14、ese 8.s.”In fact, many stars in the West are now interested in Chinese cultural elements in fashion. Rihanna, a US singer, for example, 9.w a Chinese red dress to the 2015 Met Gala in New York. The dress was designed and made by Chinese designer Guo Pei.“We have to move from making to creating,” Chi
15、nese-American designer Aric Chen once told The New York Times. “We want to 10.r the words Made in China with Designed in China.”【参考答案】A主旨大意本文是一篇说明文。北京的春天是温暖并且晴朗的,但是这个季节会有大量的柳絮在人们周围,这给人们带来了很多麻烦。政府已经尝试了很多办法来控制柳絮,北京官员王小平说到2020年,要大大地改善这一状况。1.lying2.seeds3.widely4.easy5.trouble6.especially句意:它们会使人咳嗽、打喷嚏,
16、尤其是过敏或者有哮喘的人们。7.quite句意:它们也容易引起火灾。quite修饰副词easily。8.tried9.wash根据前文“use high-pressure water guns to take down the seeds”,可知这里表示“wash them away把它们冲走”。10.aimaim to do sth.目标是要去做某事。B主旨大意本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了一场主题为“My Inspiring Chinese Cultural Hero”的演讲比赛。参赛选手分别讲述了自己心目中的文化英雄并给出了原因。petition前文有提示English speech comp
17、etitors,此处指的是此次比赛。2.includes句意:但是现在它包括许多年龄段的群体。此处“包括”是动词,且用单三形式。3.most前有the提示此处用最高级,句意:你认为谁最大程度地塑造了中国文化?4.answeredanswer the question回答问题。5.history6.encourageencourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事。7.hero8.bravery句意:她被孙悟空的力量和勇敢所鼓舞和震撼。9.who10.anotherC主旨大意“中国制造”现在很流行,最新的中国品牌已不再以低价吸引消费者的眼球。此外,中国品牌、中国元素也在世界上受到了
18、广泛的欢迎。随着中国品牌的流行,“中国制造”将会被“中国设计”取代。1.both结合文意“中国运动鞋品牌飞跃和回力突然受到国际关注”,此处表示飞跃和回力两个品牌,所以填both。2.showed分析上下文可知,此处缺谓语动词,且为一般过去时,结合文意“他们展示了他们新设计的带有汉字的毛衣和夹克”。所以填showed。3.latest4.price分析上下文可知,此处缺名词,结合文意“不再以低价吸引消费者的眼球”,所以填price。5.western分析上下文可知,此处缺形容词,结合上文“Chinas young people are now more confident about their own culture”,此处与上文形成对比,“他们不再对西方文化表现出直接的兴趣”,所以填western。6.cultural分析上下文可知,此处缺形容词,结合文意“中国文化的元素”所以填cultural。7.printed分析上下文可知,此处缺动词,又因为本句已有谓语动词,所以此处的动词应该用非谓语形式,结合文意“他们喜欢在衣服上印上这些元素”,此处元素与印的动作是被动关系,所以填printed。8.symbols9.wore10.replace分析上下文可知,此处缺动词原形,结合文意“我们想用中国设计取代中国制造。”所以填replace。
