Week 3
(2022·河北中考)

Monday 完形填空

Kevin is a special swimmer. He took risks to 1 in very cold places because he wanted people to pay attention to environmental problems.

As a boy, Kevin visited national parks and he learned the Earth is in 2 condition. He felt worried, and he wanted to 3 the Earth. In 2009, he went to swim in water near North Pole ( 北极 ) to draw people’s attention to the melting glaciers ( 融化的冰川 ). Kevin said that the swim was so painful that it would be his 4 time swimming in cold water. In 2016, he heard about a lake in the Himalayas ( 喜马拉雅山脉 ). It was formed by melting glaciers. He 5 to swim in cold water again. It was difficult to swim in the lake. The air was so 6 that it was hard to breathe. He told people about his experiences on TV. He wanted people to know that glaciers in the Himalayas are disappearing 7 global ( 全球的 ) warming and that there’s less water for people in nearby 8 like China, India, and Pakistan.

From Kevin’s story, we learn two 9 . We learn that people can do a lot of harm to the Earth without realizing it. Also, we learn that if we 10 the way we think, we can do something to protect our environment. With the new way of thinking in our minds, we can enjoy a bright future.

Tuesday 阅读理解 A

Wednesday 阅读理解 B

Last year I had a trip with my friend, Nancy. The weather was cloudy except for one night. Nancy and I sat in the field and we felt relaxed. We talked about the fantastic trip, looking at the stars. “It’s a pity we don’t know which stars we’re looking at, Jenny,” said Nancy. “I know some of them.” I answered. Nancy felt surprised when I finally finished telling her all the names I knew.

My interest in stars began when I was eight. My aunt took me to a planetarium ( 天文馆 ). A guide showed us the groups of stars and told us stories about how they got their names. The stories were wonderful.

Everyone knows we can see the stars better when it’s not cloudy, but lots of people don’t realize that a bright moon also stops us seeing very much. I always look for the Plough ( 北斗星 ), because once I see that, I can find the North Star and other stars.

I wanted to learn more about the stars, so I took a course at the club. There are so many lights in the city that we have to go into the countryside to see any stars. I’m planning to make videos about stars in the countryside. I’ll post them online for everyone to watch. My greatest dream is to be an astronaut ( 宇航员 ) and I wish I could have a space travel.

Thursday 阅读理解 C

Presentation (展示) skills are important at school and in other areas of life. Some people don’t like giving presentations because they don’t know what to say or because they get nervous about public speaking. Here’s some advice to help you make presentations easier and more enjoyable.

1. Get organized

The best presentations are well planned and clearly organized. Think about topics ( 话题 ) and choose a proper one. In one topic, three or four main ideas will be fine. The beginning of your presentation should be interesting. For example, you can tell a short, funny story to make people laugh.

2. Use photos or videos

Try to use photos or videos. These things make your performance more exciting and help you remember what you’re going to say. However, you shouldn’t use too many. The “star” of your presentation should be you, not your photos or videos.

3. Practice before your performance

You need to practice many times before the “big day”. Practice saying any unusual words. Then write the main ideas on small cards to help you remember. Practice in front of a mirror and time your presentation. Finally, you can record your performance or ask a friend to watch you and then make suggestions for improvements.

4. Connect with your audience ( 观众 )

Always look at the audience when you speak. Stand up straight, but don’t stand still or move around much. Finally, be sure to thank your audience when you finish speaking. It’s a simple but good way to end any presentation.

Friday 阅读理解 D

Nobody wants to lose, but we must accept that losing is a part of life. After all, we can’t win all the time. However, we can learn something valuable from every failure ( 失败 ). This may help us succeed in the future. So we must know how to be a good loser.

We must not be afraid of losing. When we lose, just take it with a smile and look on the bright side of it. Failure can’t be avoided in our life. Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb ( 灯泡 ). When he was asked how he felt, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times but had learned 10,000 things which didn’t work. We must know that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved success although they failed many times.

Losing is not very disgraceful . We must accept our failure and learn to take advantage of it. Remember that it can be helpful. Take action to walk out of it. When we lose, think about what we did and how we can improve. If someone else can help, we’ll be lucky enough. Maybe he or she has been through the same experience before. Many people enjoy helping others solve problems. This can save us a lot of time in learning how to avoid the same mistakes in the future.

We should face our failure when we lose. There is only one winner in every competition. Some win, while some lose. That is a usual way of life. If we offer our congratulations ( 祝贺 ) to the winners and share in their happiness, we won’t feel sorry for our failure.

In a word, being a good loser will help us to succeed in life. It might be painful at the beginning, but there are many advantages. Good losers set examples to us, and most importantly, they finally win.

Weekend 任务型阅读

阅读下面短文，按要求完成各题。

“I could tell it was him by the way he walked.” If you’ve ever said that, you understand biometrics ( 生物识别技术 ). Biometric technology is an important topic in our work and private lives. It includes the use of finger prints or knowing a person’s voice. It is the science about what a person looks like and how a person does things. Like tree leaves, no two human beings are exactly the same. They’ve got different eyes and different hair. And everyone has a different way of walking or moving.

This technology can tell you from others. At the moment if you travel through an airport, you need your ID card or passport. If you go to your bank to get some money, you need a card and a special number. But what should you do if you lose your passport or forget your number? Biometric technology can solve this problem. The technology is becoming more and more popular with old people because they no longer need to remember their passwords ( 密码 ).

This technology is all around us in our life. We use them to unlock a smart phone, get into our homes, start our cars without a key or even pay for our shopping.

Nothing is perfect. People are worried about the safety of their private information. However, the technology will become much better in the future, and it will become more and more important in our daily life.

1题完成句子；2、3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第二段的主题句；5题将画线句译成汉语。

一周词句储备

词汇点拨

完形填空

take risks 冒风险

pay attention to 注意，留意

environmental adj. 环境的

painful adj. 痛苦的；疼痛的

form v. 形成

disappear v. 消失

do harm to 伤害，损害

阅读理解A

skateboard n. 滑板

volunteer n. 志愿者

阅读理解B

fantastic adj. 极好的

the North Star 北极星

take a course 参加一门课程

阅读理解C

nervous adj. 紧张的

enjoyable adj. 令人愉快的

performance n. 表演

time vt. 为……计时

improvement n. 改进

阅读理解D

accept v. 接纳，接受

all the time 一直，总是

valuable adj. 有价值的

avoid v. 避免

achieve success 获得成功

take advantage of 利用，运用

take action 采取行动

share in 分享，分担

in a word 总之，一句话

任务型阅读

private adj. 私人的；隐私的

finger print 指纹

passport n. 护照

unlock vt. 解锁

daily adj. 每天的

难句剖析

完形填空

Kevin said that the swim was so painful that it would be his last time swimming in cold water.

译文 凯文说游泳很痛苦，这将是他最后一次在冷水中游泳。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。Kevin said是主句，第一个that引导宾语从句；宾语从句中还包含有一个so...that句型，意为“如此……以至于”，其中that引导结果状语从句。

阅读理解B

Everyone knows we can see the stars better when it’s not cloudy, but lots of people don’t realize that a bright moon also stops us seeing very much.

译文 每个人都知道在晴天我们可以更清楚地看星星，但是很多人没有意识到明月也会阻止我们看到很多东西。

分析 but连接表示转折关系的两个分句。第一个分句是主从复合句。Everyone knows是主句，其后为宾语从句，其中we can see the stars better是主干，when引导时间状语从句；第二个分句也是主从复合句，lots of people don’t realize是主句，that引导宾语从句。

阅读理解C

Some people don’t like giving presentations because they don’t know what to say or because they get nervous about public speaking.

译文 有些人不喜欢演讲，因为他们不知道该说什么，或者因为公开演讲让他们感到紧张。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。Some people don’t like giving presentations是主句，or连接because引导的两个原因状语从句。

阅读理解D

When he was asked how he felt, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times but had learned 10,000 things which didn’t work.

译文 当被问及感觉如何时，他说他没有失败一万次，而是了解到有一万个东西不会起作用。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。he said是主句，that引导宾语从句，其中but连接表示转折关系的两个分句，第二个分句中things是先行词，which引导定语从句。句首的when引导时间状语从句。

任务型阅读

The technology is becoming more and more popular with old people because they no longer need to remember their passwords.

译文 这项技术越来越受到老年人的欢迎，因为他们不再需要记密码。

分析 这个句子是主从复合句。The technology is becoming more and more popular with old people是主句，because引导原因状语从句。 Ws8slKHnDFsidfzER8xOze8woFniwCFWmOFcQYr2qAEd7sqEVff6kCktvivoei0P