杭州中考英语试题卷 第I 卷 第一部分听力 略 第 卷 第二部分阅读理解 共两节 满分 40 分 第一节 共 15 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 30 分 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 A When Canadian teenager Ryan was six years old his teacher told him that in many parts of Africa there was no clean water She said that people often made themselves ill and even died just from drinking or bathing in dirty water What she said made Ryan upset He decided to raise money for a well 井 so that people in Africa could have clean water He did extra chores for his parents and raised 70 all by himself Then he found out that it actually cost 2 000 to dig a well Most people would have given up at this point but not Ryan He was disappointed but determined to raise more money Finally he collected over 2 000 That money was used to dig the first of Ryan s wells Since then Ryan has continued to raise money for more wells In fact Ryan has raised over 1 500 000 Ryan calls himself a normal boy and likes to play ice hockey when he s not in school or traveling around the world talking to other students about himself and his work As for the future he has said that he isn t exactly sure what he will choose to do Something along the lines of a lawyer or a teacher Maybe a leader 16 Ryan s teacher told him about the water problem in Africa in order to A encourage Ryan to dig wells for people in Africa B ask Ryan to raise money for poor people in Africa C make Ryan feel unhappy and disappointed D educate Ryan to care about African people in difficulty 17 What does Ryan think of himself according to the passage A He is different from other students in many ways B He never gives up when he has decided to do something C He is talented and can do many great things in the future D He s like other students with his own hobby and dreams 18 Which of the following is the best title for the passage A Ryan and His Teacher B Ryan and His Wells C Ryan and His Money D Ryan and His Future B Who wants to eat food that is thrown away as waste Believe it or not that s exactly what world leaders did at a lunch held by the United Nations in 2015 During the meal the world leaders enjoyed dishes like salads and burgers made with thrown away vegetables and fruits Chef Dan Barber who helped create the meal hoped that the experience would make the leaders pay more attention to the issue of food waste It is a huge problem One out of nine people on Earth does not get enough food Yet every year over one third of the food produced worldwide goes to waste Why is so much food wasted Firstly food is often thrown away before it reaches customers because too much of it is produced or because it is not kept properly in farms Secondly shops and supermarkets usually throw away unsold food Finally customers often buy more food than they need so a lot of uneaten food is wasted How can you waste less food When eating out you may ask for less food and take home what is left Visit fast food restaurant less often since they usually more wasteful Encourage your favorite restaurants to give unsold food to food banks You can also waste less food at home Use smaller rice bowls so that you serve less rice Encourage family members to use unfinished rice to make rice puddings Tell family members to make a shopping list and buy only what is on the list when shopping for food Food waste is a growing problem and we either farmers or food sellers or customers must take this problem more seriously and do what we can to help 19 What did world leaders do at a lunch held by the United Nations in 2015 A They threw away food as waste during the meal B They made dishes with waste vegetables and fruits C They ate food made with waste vegetables and fruits D They helped Chef Dan Barber create the special meal 20 The underlined word issue in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to A result B problem C cause D beginning 21 The writer organizes Paragraph 4 by asking a question and A giving examples B using numbers C listing reasons D telling a story 22 W hich way of wasting less food is mentioned in the passage A Buying unsold food from supermarkets B Keeping food properly in fridge C Using smaller rice bowls when eating out D Asking for less food in restaurants C Bananas are the perfect snack Not only are they sweet and delicious but they are easy to carry around so you can take them anywhere Best of all bananas provide different things that the human body needs Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain They grow on plants that look like trees The banana plant however is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn t have a strong woody stem 茎 干 The plants can grow as high as 30 feet When they reach their full height flowers grow out from the stem These flowers produce bananas Two or three times each year the plants produce fruit The bananas grow together which seem like hands A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas Growers sometimes call bananas fingers Each bunch 丛 of bananas has about 15 hands and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and c