中考真题模拟分享 1 Day 4 一 阅读理解 一 阅读理解 Passage1 上城区上城区 2016 年二模年二模 C Agreat number of people in the world have never seen snow Others see more of it than they want to Hail is much more common it happens even in deserts Hail is a small round ball of alternating layers 交互层 of snow and clear ice It forms inside large dark clouds that you can see before or during a storm There are two ideas about how hailstones from One idea shows that hail forms when drops of water freeze in the upper air As they fall they collect more drops of water They also collect snow The ice and snow build up in layers If you cut a hailstone you can see these alternating layers The other idea says that hail starts as a raindrop The wind carries it higher into the atmosphere 大气层 where it gets covered by snow It becomes heavy and begins to fall As it falls it gets a layer of water which freezes Then the wind carries it back up to the snow area and it gets another layer of snow This can happen a number of times Finally the hailstone is too heavy to travel on the wind and it falls to the ground Only a thunderstorm 暴风雨 a storm with loud noises and lighting can produce hail but very few of them do Perhaps only one in 400 thunderstorms create hailstones A hailstone is usually less than eight centimeters in diameter However hailstones can be much bigger than that Sometimes they are as big as baseballs The largest hailstone which people have ever recorded weighed over 680 grams and had a diameter of thirteen centimeters Hail can cause the death of plants especially since hail usually appears in the middle of summer when the plants are partly grown If the crops are destroyed it is too late to plant more and the farmer has lost everything In one terrible hailstorm in 1923 in Rosov in UKraine twenty three 中考真题模拟分享四 6 03 中考真题模拟分享四 6 03 中考真题模拟分享 2 people and many farm animals were killed 1 Which of the following is about HAIL 2 According to the passage which of the following is the fact about hail A Hail is formed of snow and ice B Hail can t be found in desert any more C Hail often comes in cold winter D People can see snow more often than hail 3 What does the underlined word them in the fifth paragraph refer to A NoisesB HailstonesC ThunderstormsD Deserts 4 What do farmers most probably think of hail according to the last paragraph A UnusualB CommonC UsefulD Terrible 5 What s the passage mainly about A Different ideas about how hail forms B Abrief introduction about hail C The size and the weight of hailstones D The influence that hail causes Passage 2 公益公益 2016 年二模年二模 B Face it Andy You sold your soul the day you put on that first pair of Jimmy Choo s That line from the movie The Devil Wears Prada is an example showing how a shoemaker has become famous in the fashion world Jimmy Choos Zhou Yangjie is a native Malaysian of Chinese origin 出身 born in 1961 into a family of shoemakers He created his first pair of shoes at age 11 His family couldn t pay for his schooling so he dropped out at a young age He had to work with his father to support the family But his dream to be a fashion designer never disappeared so he did all he could to enter an art college and finally took up a position in the fashion world through his talent and willpower Choo graduated from a college in London and had a small workshop there He hit the international fashion scene when Vogue magazine described his designs in eight pages in 1988 His work was immediately popular and got love and support from Diana Princess of Wales Jimmy Choo shoes are known for their very high heels and pointed toes However he does some 中考真题模拟分享 3 flats and lower heeled shoes for other women Choo co founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with Tamara Mellon UK Vogue editor but left the company in 2001 Jimmy Choo shops have opened around the world so his designs are more accessible to those who want a designer shoe and can afford his prices Choo also has a website where shoppers can view his ready to wear designs The brand of Jimmy Choo has been comparable to top brands like Channel LV etc But it s still young and has a bright future We can t imagine how hard it is for Choo to stand out in the worldwide fashion He must have made greater efforts and had more difficulties than others And so he did So stop complaining about why good luck isn t always falling on you and devote yourselves to your work now 6 What is Paragraph 1 written for A Comparing movies with fashion B Showing the shoes are popular C Introducing the following passage D Attracting readers attention to the shoes 7 When he was young Jimmy Choo A had got no education B showed his talent in making shoes C made himself a famous fashion designer D was born in China and then moved to Malaysia 8 What do the underlined words more accessible mean in Paragraph 5 A Easier to get B Easier to spread C Harder to imagine D Harder to accept 9 Which of the following is the correct order about Jimmy Choo a He opened his shops around the world b His shoes appeared in Vogue magazine c H