中考英语-阅读理解精选—热点素材阅读

Passage1

As the host city of the next Winter Games,Beijing held a wonderful eight-minute show at the closing ceremony of the 2018PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Sunday,sending a warm invitation to the whole world.

The show was directed by Zhang Yimou,a famous Chinese director who was also responsible for the eight-minute summer handover in Athens in2004as well as the opening and closing ceremonies in Beijing in2008that had a big success in the world.

Unlike Athens which focused on showing Chinese history with traditional culture like red lantern and jasmine(茉莉花),“Beijing8Minutes”gave special importance to the Chinese people’s sincere welcome to the world by using modern technology.

Leading the team were two dancers in costumes of panda puppets that are the world’s largest but the lightest at the same time,each weighing only about10kilograms.To reduce the pressure on the two dancers,researchers had tried hundreds of different materials until ending up with high-technology ones.

During the whole performance,the dancers and robots both wore LED lights on them that could be fit for the cold weather at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium without the risks of breaking. The costumes were also made with a kind of special material to

keep the dancers warm.

Performers danced with24intelligent robots–standing for Beijing hosting the24th Winter Olympics.They showed scenes of sports such as skating and skiing.

Pictures were projected to the icy floor while dancers skated across it,making a sense of augmented reality(增强现实).A number of moving screens in the middle of the field were also controlled by artificial intelligence(人工智能).

1.will host the24th Winter Olympics.

A.Pyeong Chang

B.Athens

C.Tokyo

D.Beijing

2.What’s the purpose of the eight minutes in Athens in2004?

A.To spread Chinese traditional culture.

B.To show advanced science and technology in China

C.To improve our living standards.

D.To carry forward the spirit of sports.

3.What does the underlined word“puppets”probably mean in Chinese in this passage?

A.木偶

B.模特

C.机器人

D.复制品

4.What does the text mainly talk about?

A.Athens8Minutes.

B.Beijing8Minutes.

C.The2018PyeongChang Olympics.

D.The2018Beijing Olympics.

【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。在2018年平昌冬奥会闭幕式上，“北京8分钟”惊艳亮相，为观众奉上高科技的交接演出，冬奥会正式进入北京时间。“北京8分钟”大量采用科技手段呈献，由张艺谋担任总导演。世界上最大却又最轻的熊猫木偶、可以与人共舞的机器人……“北京8分钟”惊艳世界，这些黑科技蕴涵着“中国智慧”和“中国制造”。

1.D【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：将举办第24届冬奥会。根据第一段内容和倒数第二段“...standing for Beijing hosting the24th Winter Olympics…”可判断出北京将举办第24届冬奥会。故选D。

2.B【解析】推理判断题。题干意为：2004年雅典奥运会的“八分钟”的目的是什么？根据第三段第一句“Unlike Athens which focused on showing Chinese history with traditional culture like red lantern and jasmine(茉莉花)”可推知应是弘扬中国传统文化。故选A。

3.A【解析】词义猜测题。题干意为：本文划线单词“puppets”的汉语意思可能是什么？根据第四段内容可知，两位身穿熊猫木偶服装的表演者领舞，木偶服装全球最大但重量也最轻，每套服装仅重约10公斤。故选A。

4.B【解析】主旨大意题。题干意为：文章主要在讨论什么？通读全文内容可知，“北京8分钟”文艺表演惊艳世界，这些黑科技蕴涵着“中国智慧”和“中国制造”。故选B。

Passage2

A large cultural program National Treasure was showed on CCTV-3on Sunday night on December3rd,2017.

As a cultural show,the National Treasure tells lots of background stories of national treasures.It contains(包含)many different art forms including studio variety show(室内综艺节目), documentary and drama.Each treasure in the show is showed by “national treasure keepers”acted by famous people and common