Part 3 Reading and Writing

　　第三部分 閱讀和寫(xiě)話

　　I. Reading Comprehension(閱讀理解)：( 共18分)

　　(A)

　　These two letters appeared in a newspaper. Both writers have their own ideas on zoos.

　　Zoos Do a Good Job

　　It is good to keep animals in zoos. I know a lot of people think it is wrong to keep animals in zoos. However， I believe that zoos have many good points.

　　Firstly， zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world. Without zoos， most people would never see a real bear or tiger.

　　Secondly， zoos look after the animals very well The animals are always given food and cleaned regularly (定期)。 In the wild， it is not always possible for an animal to find food， so sometimes it goes hungry/But animals kept in zoos never go hungry.

　　Thirdly， zoos protect the animals they look after. They offer them safe places to live in. In the wild， some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct(滅絕)。 But zoos give these animals a chance(機(jī)會(huì))to live， Without zoos， there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world

　　Maria Smith

　　Zoos Are Unnatural

　　In Maria’s letter， she says that zoos are good for animals. I am afraid that zoos are not good for animals， they are only good for people.

　　It is unnatural(land unfair to keep wild animals in cages(籠子)。 Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. In the wild， these animals would travel freely. In zoos， they can‘t do this. This is why the bears and tigers always look so sad.

　　Most cages are not very clean either. It is true that zoos give the animals food regularly， but this is not natural Wild animals are used to looking for their own food. We should treat(對(duì)待)animals in the same way that we treat other people—with respect

　　Would anyone be happy if you don’t let him go outside his home? Would Maria like to have lots of people standing outside her flat looking at her? No， she wouldn‘t And animals don’t like it either.

　　Philip Black

　　True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示

　　1. Maria and Philip have quite different ideas on keeping animals in zoos.

　　2. In Maria‘s opinion(觀點(diǎn)) ， a real bear or tiger can only be seen in zoos.

　　3. Maria thinks that animals live better in zoos than in the wild.

　　4. According to Philip， if cages are big and clean enough， ti­gers and bears will look happy.

　　5. Maria and Philip both agree that zoos are good for people.

　　6. In the two letters， they are discussing how to make animals in zoos happy.

　　(B)

　　John Brown， an office worker， lives in Washington， He inherited(繼承) $ 1，000， 000 when he was 23. He didn’t feel happy at all His college friends were looking for their first jobs， but he didn’t have to. John decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn’t tell any of his friends and gave $ 100， 000 of his money to a charity(慈善團(tuán)體)that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36， the still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only， but he is much happier.

　　Up to now John has helped 15 children from poor coun­tries all over the world， $ 200 a month for each. The child does not receive the money in cash(現(xiàn)金)。 The money pays for the child‘s school expenses， food， medical care and cloth­ing. John receives a report each year on the child’s progress. They can write to each other， but usually the children do not speak English.

　　When John first heard about these children， he wanted to help them. “It was not anything special， ”he said. “Until I had the chance to go to these countries and meet the children I was helping， I did not know anything about the type of life they had”

　　Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her， I felt very very happy， ” he said， “I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child in a way that giving money alone cannot ” “I want to do every­thing I can. I will go on helping those children in need， ” he added.

　　Questions(根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問(wèn)題，不超過(guò)五個(gè)單詞：

　　1. What land of life is John living?

　　He is living a ;。

　　2. Did John want to look for a job or stay at home after he got the money?

　　3. Does John only help the poor children in Africa?

　　4. The child receives the money in cash， doesn‘t he?

　　5. Why did John say that the meeting with the little girl was very exciting?

　　Because he saw his money was well used and this made him 。

　　6. 。 How do you like John Brown?

　　He is

　　相關(guān)推薦：

　　2011中考作文及滿分作文專題

　　2011中考試題及答案解析專題

　　各地2011年中考成績(jī)查詢?nèi)肟?/FONT>