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1、中考英语阅读天天练23Last Sunday I saw the worst storm（暴风雨）in years It came suddenly and went on formore than three hours After lunch,I went into my room to have a rest.The air was hot,andall was quietThen strong wind started blowing into my room Pieces of paper on my desk flew highinto the air and some flew
2、out of the open window As I ran out to catch them,big drops ofrain began to fall.When I came back into the house,it was raining harder and harder I tried very hard toclose the window Then I heard a loud crashing（碰撞的）sound from the back of the house.Iran out of my room to rind out what it was,a big t
3、ree had fallen down and broken the top ofthe back room.1.Before the storm,the weather wasA.cold B.cool C.warm D.hot2.The wind blew some of the paperA.all over the floor B.out of the doorC.into the back room D.out of the open window3.The top of the back room was broken because ofA.the strong B.the fa
4、lling tree C.the rain D.the crashing sound2Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound.You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race.If you stand somedistance away from the starter,you can see smoke from his gun before the sound r
5、eachesyour ears.This great speed of light produces some strange facts Sunlight takes about 8 minutes toreach us If you look at the light of the moon tonight,remember that the light rays left themoon 1.3 seconds before they reached you The nearest star is so far away that the light thatyou can see fr
6、om it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly2 million km.per minute.In some cases,the light from one of tonights stars had started onits journey to you before you were born.Thus,if we want to be honest,we cant say,*The stars are shining tonight We have tosay instea
7、d,HThe stars look pretty They were shining four years ago,but their light has onlyjust reached the earth.H4.Light speed is sound speedA.as fast asB.a million times slower thanC.about millions of times faster thanD.about a million times faster than4.If you stand 200 metres away from a man who is firi
8、ng a gun to start a race,youwill find out thatA.you can hear the sound before you see the smokeB.the sound does not travel as fast as lightC.the sound will reach you before the man firesD.sound travels about a million times faster than light6.Sunlight obviously（明显地）than the light of the moonA.has to
9、 travel a greater distance B.moves less quicklyC.travels much more quickly D.is less powerful（有力的）7.The scientific way of saying The stars are shining tonight,*should beA.the stars have been shining all the timeB.the stars seen tonight will shine four years laterC.the stars were shining long ago but
10、 seen tonightD.the starlight seen today could be seen four years ago3“CooFis a word with many meanings.Its old meaning is used to express a temperaturethat is a little bit cold.As the world has changed,the word has had many different meanings.CooPcan be used to express feelings of interest in almost
11、 anything.When you see a famous car in the street,maybe you will say,“Its cool.You may think,“Hes so coob“when you see your favourite footballer.We all maximize(扩 大)the meaning of“cool”.You can use it instead of many wordssuch as“newor“surprising”Heres an interesting story we can use to show the way
12、 theword is used.A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall(瀑布)they hadvisited.On one students paper was just the one sentence,s so cool.Maybe he thoughtit was the best way to show what he saw and felt.But the story also shows a scarcity(缺 乏)of words.Without“cool”,some people haveno w
13、ords to show the same meaning.So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性),Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word“cool”？I can,And I think they are also very cool.()8.We know that the word“cool”has hadA.only one meaning B.no meaningsC.many different m
14、eanings D.the same meaning()9.In the passage,the word“express”means“A.see B.show C.know D.feel()10.If you are something,you may say,Its cook”A.interested in B.angry about C.afraid of D.unhappy with()11.The writer takes an example to show he is the way the word isused.A.pleased with B.strange to C.worried about D.careful with()12 In the passage,the writer suggests(暗 示)that the word“cool”A.can be used instead of many words B.usually means something interestingC.can make your life colourful D.may not be as cool as it seems