四川省德阳市2024届中考英语试卷学校：_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解 The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (also the Panda Base) lies in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. If you want to visit it, the following information will help you.Opening hours: From November 1st to February 28th: 08:00-16:30 From March 1st to October 31st: 07:30-17:00The ticket: Adult ticket: 55 yuan each Student ticket: 27 yuan each Free ticket: old people aged 60 or abovePublic transportation: Subway: After arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport or Chengdu East Railway Station, visitors can take the nearest subway and transfer (转) to Line 3. Direct bus: There are direct buses to the Panda Base from attractions like Chunxi Road and Kuanzhaixiangzi Alleys.For more information, please visit the official website: 1When can we visit the Panda Base?A. At 07:00 in May.B. At 10:20 in December.C. At 17:00 in January.D. At 17:30 in August.2If Mr. Zhang goes to visit the Panda Base with his 8-year-old son, how much will they pay?A. 54 yuan.B. 55 yuan.C. 82 yuan.D. 110 yuan.3How can you get more information about the Panda Base according to the passage?A. By writing a letter.B. By going to the office.C. By making a phone call.D. By visiting the website. Harbin, the snowy capital of Northeast Chinas Heilongjiang Province, is called the “ice city”. It caught the attention of a great number of visitors during the New Year holiday this year. Many people were drawn by the great ice sculptures (冰雕) of its Ice and Snow Festival. Among them, 11 special visitors got a lot of attention all over the country. What is so special about these visitors? Well, the 11 visitors are a group of children aged between 3 and 6. Led by three teachers, they come to Northeast China from Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for a study tour. The lovely kids wear orange coats, so people call them “small sugar oranges”. At first, some parents were worried. But then they found that the children enjoyed their trip. During the trip, the children played ice and snow games. They tried ice skating and built snowmen. They also made new friends. They spent time together in the cold wind, learned to work together and helped each other. This group of “small sugar oranges” also visited Chinas northernmost fire station in Mohe. There they sang the national anthem (国歌) and showed their thanks to the firefighters. “The study tour was very meaningful!” says one of the parents.4Which of the following cities is called the “ice city”?A. Mohe.B. Harbin.C. Nanning.D. Shenyang.5Why do people call the children “small sugar oranges” according to the passage?A. Because they love sugar.B. Because they drink orange juice.C. Because they love oranges.D. Because they wear orange coats.6What did the children do in Harbin? They played ice and snow games. They tried ice skating.They built snowmen. They sang the national anthem. They learned from the firefighters.A. B. C. D. 7Whats the best title for this passage?A. The ice sculptures in Harbin.B. Eleven children and their teachers.C. A study tour in Northeast China.D. Childrens thanks to the firefighters. If you see a girl and a boy throwing two baby puffins (海鹦) off a cliff (悬崖) on the Westman Islands, you may not understand why theyre doing so. In fact, they are just trying to help save them. Puffins are the most common birds on the Westman Islands in Iceland. Different from most sea birds, they are able to go under water to 60 meters deep to catch fish. Each spring, they lay eggs in holes on cliffs. 40 days later, they will fly back to the sea, leaving the young there. Baby puffins would spend about six weeks in the holes alone before they are ready to fly to the sea. In the past, young puffins could easily find the sea with the help of the moonlight. But now, bright lights of the city often make them lose their way. Many of them end up flying into the town. However, its not an easy thing for young puffins to fly up and find food in the town, so they may lose their lives there. Thats why people on the Westman Islands have decided to help those young puffins. In late summer, when young puffins leave their holes, local people often go out to look for the missing puffins at night. If they find one, they would pick it up and put it in a box. The next day, they would take it to the cliff and throw it off. In this way, young puffins can fly safely to their new home for the next few years. The unusual tradition also helps make sure the puffins will be back to their holes another year.A puffin lays one egg each year at most, so the help from the people on the Westman Islands is of great importance to the survival (生存) of puffins.8Why are the boy and the girl throwing the baby puffins off a