2024年湖南省中考英语试卷
第二部分, 阅读理解。第一节, 阅读下列材料, 从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
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COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
Volunteers Needed
Library Helpers Wanted Book lovers read stories to children every Sunday in July. Please fill in a form online. For more information, visit the website www. hnlibrary. com. |
Help for Old People Help at the old people’s home. Dance or sing well. Free in September. E-mail Anna at hnzk@gfimail. com. |
Cleaners and Gardeners Volunteers are needed for cleaning and gardening at Rose Garden. Good at taking care of plants. Work from 7 a. m. to noon on August 5th and 6th. Call Mr. Walker at 555-5694. |
1. How can you get more information to volunteer in the library?
A. Visit its website. B. E-mail Anna. C. Call Mr. Walker.
2. Where can volunteers help in September?
A. In the library. B. At Rose Garden. C. At the old people’s home.
3 What should you be good at if you want to volunteer at Rose Garden?
A. Reading stories. B. Dancing and singing. C. Taking care of plants.
Would you be able to sleep with one eye open? Bottlenose dolphins (宽吻海豚) can. When they sleep, only half of their brain goes to sleep. They sleep with one eye open to stay safe. Half of their brain sleeps for about two hours before the other half of their brain gets a chance to sleep. Sometimes, the dolphins will keep swimming while they are sleeping.
Dolphins are not fish—they are mammals (哺乳动物). These mammals have lungs (肺). And they don’t have gills (腮) like fish. They are also warm-blooded and have to go to the surface of the water to get air into their lungs. Dolphins don’t lay eggs. Their young are born alive, and they drink milk from their mothers. Dolphins are one of the smartest animals in the world. There are many stories about how they save people out of water. They are able to solve many problems like humans. They can even use tools to catch fish. But their cleverness doesn’t end there.
Dolphins can also pass on anything they learn to other dolphins, like interesting fishing skills. They communicate with each other in many ways. They use different sounds to talk to each other. Dolphins know the “voices” of other dolphins and even know exactly who is making which sound. Another thing that shows their cleverness is that they can also know themselves in a mirror (镜子) and check different parts of their body in it.
4. Why do bottlenose dolphins sleep with one eye open?
A. To stay safe.
B. To sleep for two hours.
C. To swim faster.
5. What can we learn about dolphins from paragraph 2?
A. They use gills to get air.
B. They are warm-blooded.
C. They lay eggs like fish.
6. How do dolphins talk to each other?
A. By learning fishing skills.
B. By using different sounds.
C. By checking their bodies.
7. Which part of a magazine may the passage be taken from?
A. Art. B. Health. C. Nature.
