2019中考英语首字母、短文语法选择、阅读新精选（5）
一、阅读理解。
A
（2019中考日常生活类训练）
Though many countries have laws against the illegal ivory trade (反对非法象牙贸易), tens of thousands of African elephants are killed every year.
In January, 2014, hundreds of elephant tusks (象牙) as well as ivory sculptures were put into two large crushing machines (粉碎机) in Guangdong, China. In all, more than six tons of ivory were destroyed. People called the event an ivory crush. In November, 2013, the similar event happened in Colorado, America. There, wildlife officials also destroyed more than six tons of ivory.
Though it may sound strange, wildlife officials are crushing ivory to help save African elephants. Stephanie Wang, who works for the Wildlife Protection Society in New York City, says, “We try to let the world know that we don’t think ivory is valuable when it’s not on an elephant.” Each year, poachers kill elephants, cut off their long tusks and take the tusks out of Africa secretly. Then they sell the tusks and get thousands of dollars. The buyers use the ivory to make sculptures, jewellery and traditional medicines.
The purpose of recent ivory crushes is to send a message to the poachers and those who buy illegal ivory. Stephanie Wang says, “China’s ivory crush is ‘an important step’. However, it is only a small amount (数量) of the illegal ivory. If we don’t stop the illegal ivory trade, African elephants could disappear from the wild within 10 years.”
1. The writer mentions ______ ivory crush(es) in the passage.
A. one B. two C. six D. twelve
2. What can we infer from the passage?
A. There are too many elephants in China.
B. Chinese people can’t afford ivory sculptures.
C. American people never buy ivory sculptures.
D. Wildlife officials are against the ivory trade.
3. What does the underlined word “poachers” mean in Chinese?
A. 偷捕动物的人 B. 热爱动物的人
C. 虐待动物的人 D. 训练动物的人
4. According to Stephanie Wang, ______.
A. it’s not a good idea to crush ivory
B. all of the ivory trade is in China
C. we should do a lot to protect African elephants
D. African elephants will disappear within 10 years
参考答案1B 2D 3A 4C
B
平凡女孩的哈佛之路
Not only kids of Tiger Moms go to Harvard.
Dawn Loggins of Lawndale, N．C., is on her way to Harvard, one of the eight worldfamous universities in the eastern US. Nobody encouraged her to study or paid for her special classes. This girl created her own future.
The teen was abandoned by her family last summer, when her parents and two sisters moved to Tennessee. She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friends' sofas.
The school bus driver learned about Dawn's situation and invited Dawn to move in with her family. Soon, Dawn had a job at Burns High School. She worked from 6 a．m. to 7：40 a．m. before the first school bell rang. She swept floors and picked up trash again in the afternoons, before diving(跳水) into her studies in the evenings.
Dawn's hard work paid off. She finished school with a 3.9 GPA and scored 2，110 on the SAT.
“There were times when I felt like it would be easiest if I gave up，” the 18yearold said. “But it was never in me to give up, because I realized that I was never going to be successful unless I got an education.”
Even before Dawn's family left her, she led a difficult life. Her family was poor and cups of noodles were often the only food. Dawn “studied by candlelight” because her parents couldn't afford to pay the electricity bill(电费)．
Dawn has now reconnected with her family. They're proud of her accomplishments(成就)and are attending her high school graduation.
