2013年江苏省无锡市中考英语试卷及答案文本版(4)

28. How many points did Frank get in the week’s test?
A.8         B.9         C.10        D. 11
29. From Frank’s result, we may know that          .
A. he has many close friends and enjoys having fun with them
B. his family comes first although he loves being with friends
C. both his family and his friends are of great importance to him
D. he is a confident young student with only a few close friends
30. By taking this test a student is supposed to find out              .
A. how to solve teenage problems
B. how to make good friends
C. what his lifestyle is like
D. what kind of person he is
【答案】28. B  29. C  30. D
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Aunt Polly had told Tom to paint the whole fence (栅栏)in front of the house. He thought of the other boys out for the day enjoying themselves and he felt very unhappy. Then he had an idea! He picked up the brush and started painting slowly and carefully. Soon, his friend Ben Rogers appeared, eating an apple. Tom pretended (假装) not to see him.
“Tom!” Ben said. “Why are you working?”
“Oh, it’s you, Ben,”Tom said, “I didn’t notice you.”
“I’m gong for a swim,” Ben said, “but you don’t’ want to come. You want to work, don’t you? It’s much nicer!” Ben laughed loudly. Tom looked seriously at Ben and said. “What is work? What do you call work?”
“Isn’t that work?” Ben asked.
“Well, no. Does a boy get the opportunity to paint a fence every day? You’ve never painted a fence, have you? Auntie says I have to do it with great care!’
“Pleas, Tom. Let me do a little,” said Ben.
“No, Ben. If you do, you’ll do it wrong. You can’t paint very well. If it was the back fence wouldn’t mind, but it isn’t.”
“I won’t do it wrong. I’ll be really careful. I’ll give you my apple.” Tom gave him the brush and paint with a sad face, but in his heart he was glad, His trick had worked.
After Ben got tired and left, other boys came along and Tom said the same things to them. Soon, the whole fence was painted white, but not by Tom. He felt very clever because he had discovered something important about the way people are. People only want what they can’t have or want to do what they shouldn’t do.
31. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “opportunity” on this passage?
A. Reward       B. Interest.        C. Ability.     D. Chance.
32. Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben?
A. Because he wanted Ben to believe that the was enjoying the work.
B. Because he would like to try his best to attract Ben’s attention.
C. Because he did not want Ben to see the fact that he had to work.
D. Because he was afraid that Ben might laugh at him if the saw him.
33. What can we infer (推断) from the story?
A. Aunt Polly gave Tom a lot of pocket money for what he had done.
B. Ben and the other boys might feel unhappy when they found out the troth.
C. Tom believed that he had discovered how to deal with different people.
D. Everyone thought Tom clever when they realized what had happened.
【答案】31. D  32. A  33. C
 
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Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves (波).Just as the eye sees light wares in the form of colors, the cat and the eye Curs these different waves into signals that the brain (大脑) can make sense of.
The ears and brain have an Amazing amities to recognize（识别）particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded is importance.
The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.
After hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source (来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses th