2011年广西省南宁市中考英语真题及答案
七、阅读理解。(76～85小题，每题1分；86～90小题，每题2分，共20分)
1970 was World Conservation (保护) Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in dan¬ger. They hoped that govemment(政府) would act quickly to conserve nature (保护自然) . Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1, 300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland but now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed(毁坏 )by modern man and his technolo¬gy (技术). We are changing the earth, the air, water and eve¬rything that grows and lives. We can’t live without these things. If things go like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more im¬portant to ask： "What, must we do now?"The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of to¬day. A lot of them know conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, and so on. In a small town in the Li¬nited States, a large number of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometres of their river. Young people may hear about con¬servation through a record called"No one' s going to change our world "It was made by the Beatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve ani¬mals.
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( ) 76. The United Nations wanted everybody to know that the world is dangerous.
( ) 77. There are fewer plants, trees and flowers in Hol¬land because many kinds of plants, trees and flowers can't grow there any more.
( ) 78. We shall destroy ourselves if we are changing the earth, the air, water and everything that grows and lives.
( ) 79. The most important thing for us to do is to clean the banks of our rivers.
( ) 80. From this passage we know that we must con¬serve nature.
B
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. He was a very clever boy. His favourite subjects at school were science and maths. When people asked him what he wanted to be in the future, he always said, "A scientist. "
When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. At that time, computers were very large ma¬chines. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program(电脑软件程序 ) with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4, 200 dollars when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. At Harvard, he developed the BASIC language for the 'first microcomputer(微型计算机). In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft(微软公司). Bill began this company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
In 1999, Bill wrote a book called Business @ the Speed of Thought. In the book he told people how computer tech-nology(技术) could solve business problems in new ways. It was one on the bestsellers of the New York Times list.
Bill married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. They have two children： a daughter and a son. Bill enjoys reading very much. He also enjoys playing golf and bridge.
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( ) 81. What were Bill Gates' favourite subjects?
A. Science and technology.
B. Maths and business.
C. Science and maths.
D. Business and computer.
( ) 82. Where did he develop the BASIC language for the first microcomputer?
A. At harvard. B. In Seattle. C. In New York. D. In Washington.
( ) 83. Whom did he begin his company with in 1975?
A. His father. B. His grandfather. C. Paul Allen. D. Melinda French. .
( ) 84. When did he write the book Business @ the Speed of Thought?
A. In 1973. B. In 1975. C. In 1994. D. In 1999.
( ) 85. Bill Gates' hobbies(爱好)are .
A. making software and writing books
B. reading , playing golf and bridge
C. doing unusual things and developing the BASIC language
D. playing with computers and working out soft¬ware programmes
C
Life in the 21st century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be much smaller and more use¬ful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in school.
People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. Travelling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more ex¬pensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, instead they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
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( ) 86. People may not have as much as they did in the 20th century.
A. fruit B. milk C. bread D. meat
( ) 87. In the 21st century people don't have to.
A. travel B. work fast C. work long hours D. eat meat
( ) 88. Travelling will bethen.
A. less interesting
B. more difficult
C. more expensive
D. much cheaper and easier
( ) 89. In the 21st century there will be.
A. more cows and sheep
B. more people
C. fewer people
D. less buildings and houses
( ) 90. Every family will have at least one in the ;21st century.
A. computer B. TV set C.VCD D. robot