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娱乐天地中考英语外刊原创题09Playtime-2023主题语境人与社会话题内容娱乐运动语篇类型说外刊原文:XBOX360Kinetic.Robo Sapien.Wii year.Play-Doh madeits inventorParty.These arejust afew of the modemtoysJoseph McVickera millionaireby hissoldin recentyears.But someof themostpopular toys are actuallyquite old.27th birthday,while Mattelsells
1.5(million Barbie dolls eachweek thats)two dolls each second-Rubiks Cube.Research saysparents areincreasinglychoosing to buy toys theywas similar to chess.Yo-yos made of stonewere first used in ancient Greece aroundremember from their own childhood.1OOO BC.And kites appeared in ChinaThese d^rs,toys arenot justfor fun.Roboaround thesame time.Sapien isa remote-controlled robotthat waslaunched in
2004.He canwalk,turn aroundanddo otherposes.Robo Sapienwas designedbyMark Tilden,who oncecreated robotsforsince then,more than1OO million sets haveNASAspace missions.He expectedthe toy tobeen soldworidwidebe usedmostly byschools andscientists,butAs you can imagine,toys andgames areaalmost2miDion Robosapienshave been soldmulti-billion dollarindustry.Mr.Potato Head,worldwide sinceil launchas atoy.the firsttoy advertisedon TV,grossed morePlaytimeXBOX360Kinetic.RoboSapien.WiiParty.These arejust afew ofthe modemtoys soldin recentyears.Butsome ofthe mostpopular toysare actuallyquite old.Games have been around(巴比伦人)Games have been aroundfor thousands of years.In4000BC,Babylonians playeda boardforthousandsofyears.Insamethat wassimilar tochess.Yo-yos made of ston(e巴w比erefirstusedin ancientGreecearound1000BC.And4000BC,Babylonians伦人)kitesappearedinChinaaround thpelsaaymedetaimboea.rd(拼词游戏)Another famousgame isScrabble.It wasinvented by an architect in the1930s,but itdidntget popularuntil
1953.And sincethen,more than100millionsetshavebeensold worldwide.Another famousgame isAsyoucanimagine,toys andgames areamulti-billion dollarindustry.Mr.Potato Head,the firsttoy(拼询游戏).Scrabble Itwasadvertised onTV,grossed morethan$4million inits firstyear.Play-Doh madeits inventorJoseph McVickerinvented byanarchitectin thea millionaireby his27th bi1rt9h3daOys,,wbhuitleitMdaitdtenl〔selglset
1.5million Barbie dolls eachweek(thats twodollseach)second!.Some toysgo out of fashion,but thenbecome popularagain,such asRubiks Cube.Research saysparentsare increasinglychoosing to buy toysthey remember fromtheirownchildhood.These days,toysarenot justforfun.RoboSapien isa remote-controlled robotthat waslaunchedin
2004.He canwalk.turn aroundand dootherposes.RoboSapien wasdesigned byMark Tildenwho oncecreated robotsfor NASAspace missions.Heexpected thetoyto be usedmostly byschools andscientists,but almost2million Robosapienshavebeensoldworldwide sinceits launchas atoy.Fancy agame,anyone核心词汇建筑师设计师
1.architect n.The architectis drawingup plansfor thenew offices.建筑师正在绘制新办公楼的设计图世界各地的(地)
2.worldwide adj./adv.The storyhas attractedworldwide attention.这件事已经引起了全世界的关注We have2000members worldwide.我们在全世界有名成员2000做广告;征聘;宣传
3.advertise v.如果你要吸引更多顾客,就试If youwant toattract morecustomers,try advertisingin thelocal paper.试在当地报纸登广告We arecurrently advertisingfor a new salesmanager.目前我们公开征聘一位新的销售经理总的,毛的;总收入;总共收入为
4.gross adj.n./vtHis grossincome willvery likelyexceed$900000this year.他今年的总收入将很可能超过万英镑90Pm afactory workerwho grossed£12,900last year我是个工厂工人,去年的总收入为英镑12,900百万富翁
5.millionaire n.By thetime hedied,he was a millionaire.到他去世的时候,他已经是一位百万富翁了遥控的
6.remote-controlled adj.此系列产品性能强,可隔墙遥This powerfulproducts thatcan beremote-controlled throughthe wall.控开始从事;发起
7.launch v.He usedthe moneyto launchinto anew business.他利用这笔钱开始从事一新行业政府已发起一The Governmenthas launchedan advertisingcampaign toencourage peopleto vote.系列广告宣传攻势鼓励民众参加选举想要;想象;喜好;幻想精致的;昂贵的
8.fancy v.n.adj.Do youfancy goingout thisevening今晚你想不想出去?They sentme toa fancyprivate school.他们把我送到一所昂贵的私立学校学习所以有一天晚上我So Ihad totake herout toa fancyrestaurant foran eveningof diningand dancing.把她带到一家精致的饭店,跟她一起共进晚餐,一起跳舞参考译文游戏时间XBOX360动力学机器人技术人员WiiPartyo这些只是近年来销售的一些现代玩具但一些最受欢迎的玩具实际上已经相当古老了游戏已经存在了几千年了公元前4000年,巴比伦人玩了一种类似于国际象棋的棋盘游戏由石头制成的溜溜球球大约在公元前1000年左右在古希腊首次使用而风筝也大约在同一时间出现在中国另一个著名的游戏是拼字游戏它是在20世纪30年代由一位建筑师发明的,但直到1953年才流行起来从那以后,全球已经售出了超过1亿套电视机你可以想象,玩具和游戏领域拥有数十亿美元的产业先生电视上的第一个玩具土豆头,第一年就超过了400万美元Play-Doh使其发明者约瑟夫・麦克维克在27岁生日时成为百万富翁,而美泰公司每周销售150万个芭比娃娃(每秒钟有两个娃娃!)有些玩具已经过时了,但后来又流行起来了,比如魔方研究表明,越来越多的父母选择购买他们小时候记得的玩具如今,玩具不仅仅是为了好玩RoboSapien是2004年推出的一个遥控机器人他能走路转身,做其他姿势智能机器人是由马克•蒂尔登设计的,他曾为美国宇航局的太空任务创造了机器人他预计这款玩具主要由学校和科学家使用,但自作为玩具推出以来,全球已售出近200万种智能机器人大家喜欢玩游戏吗?原创试题:Vocabular
1.Match eachword to the correctmeaning.
1.advertise a.to gaina totalamount ofmoney
2.worldwide b.to tellpeople abouta productthat youwant themtobuy
3.millionaire c.all around the world
4.gross d.to showand sellanewproduct forthe firsttime
5.launch e.a veryrich personILComplete eachsentence withthe properform ofthe givenwords orphrasesancient imagineincreasingly outof fashionpopular recentremember similar
1.The priceof oillast Friday.
2.Close youreyes andyou areinaforest
3.We havebought anew houseand movedin.
4.As faras Ican,this isthe thirdtime we*we met.
1.1was happybecause herideas arequite tomine.
6.Though mytoy dollis,its stillmy favorite.
7.Standing underthis wall,I feellike Ivebeen throughtime.
8.Tm sosurprised thathis songsare stillamong teenagers.Reading comprehension
1.Choose thebest answer.
1.“A boardlameis probablya.A.宾果游戏B.棋盘游戏C.电脑游戏D.拼词游戏
2.Which ofthe followingsentences iswrongA.People havea longhistory playinggames.B.In4000BC,Babylonians startedto playchess.C.Kites appearedaroundthesame timeas yo-yosD.The earliestversion ofyo-yos weremadeofstones.
3.Scrabble was.A.a bestsellerof1953B.inventedbya successfulbusinessmanC.won alot offans assoon asit wasinventedD.invented in the1930s butgot popularin
19534.People firstgot toknow onTV.A.Play-Doh B.BarbiedollsC.RoboSapien D.Mr.PotatoHead
5.Rubiks Cubeis popularagain because.A.kids loveitB.it isoften advertisedon TVC.it neverruns outof fashionD.parents liketobuyit fortheir children
6.The sixthparagraph mainlytalks about.A.what thetoy robot RoboSapien candoB.how therobotRoboSapienwas inventedC.the designerofthetoy robotRoboSapienD.RoboSapien,a populartoy robotfor bothfun andlearningIL Fillin theblanks accordingtothearticle.Games havealong historyBabylonia:a_____1_____similartochess,in4000BCAncient Greece:_______2______madeofstone,around1000BCCChina:_____3_____,around1000BCScrabbles:inthe1930sToys andgames make____4____:made morethan$4million inits firstyeartheir inventorsrich____5_____Joseph McVicker\____6____:MattelPopular toysgo andcome Example:____7______again Reason:_____8______Toys arefor funand Example:RoboSapien,a____9____robotlearning Designer:Mark TildenPopularity:______10______【试题答案】Play timeVocabulary
1.b
2.c
3.e
4.a
5.d
1.increased
2.imagine
3.recently
4.remember
5.similar
6.outoffashion
7.ancient
8.popularReading comprehensionI.1-6BBDDDD
1.board game
2.Yo-yos
3.Kites
4.Mr.Potato Head
5.Play-Doh
6.Barbiedolls
7.Rubiks Cube
8.Parents lovetobuytoystheyrememberfromtheir childhood
9.remote-controlled
10.two millionRoboSapiens havebeensoldworldwide中考题型精选【完形填空】阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从、、、四个选项中选出最佳选项.A BC DCharlieChaplin sparents separateda yearafter hisbirth in
1889.He livedwith his mother andelderbrother ina flatin London.Mrs.Chaplin managedto1her childrenon herown withthe moneyshe madeas asinger.2,their economic喉炎situation changedwhen shebecame illwith laryngitisin
1894.Instead ofresting her3until itgot better,Mrs.Chaplin kepton singing.Her voicegot weakerand weakerand shebegan to find it4tofindwell-paidwork.One eveningCharlie happenedtobeinthetheatre5hismothersinging onstage.Suddenly,her voice观众
6.She tried to finish the song,but theaudience began to whistleand gotangry.Mrs.Chaplin couldnotcontinue anylonger andwalked7the stagecrying.The stagemanager knewhe hadto dosomething quicklyto8the embarrassingsituation.Heremembered Charlieonce sangat aparty.He9took Charlieby thehand tothe stage.After abrief introduction,he leftCharlie toplease theaudience.Charlie beganto singand dancein frontof hundredsof people.The audienceenjoyed the10very muchand beganto throw money.11Charlie sawthis,he immediatelystopped singingand announcedto theaudiencethat firsthe would12the moneyand thenhe wouldfinish thesong.The audiencefound thisannouncementespecially13and startedto throweven moremoney ontothe stage.Charlie feltperfectly athome onstage.He didnot feel14at alland dancedand sangmore songsto theaudience.To hisamazement,there wasmore15and moremoney throwing.That nightwas Charlies firstpublic performanceon the stage andhis motherslast.1A.support B・leave C.ask D-face2A.Though B.So C.However D.Besides3A.sight B,voice C.smell D.hearing4A.easy B.difficult C・interesting D.boring5A.feeling B.keeping C.realizing D.watching6A.rested B,dropped C・broke D.raised7A.onto B.off C・towards D・around8A.create B.save C.continue D.explain9A.slowly B・patiently C.quickly D.coldly10A.thought B・description C.speech D.performance11A.If B.Till C.When D.Before12A.take outB,throw awayC.put downD.pick up13A.funny B.lucky C.helpful D.painful14A.shy B.sad C.satisfied D.excited15A.trouble B.anger C.silence D.laughter【答案解析】【分析本文是记叙文,说的是卓别林的首场演出的由来.卓别林的妈妈在舞台上唱歌赚钱养家糊口,1但是由于患有喉炎,一次在舞台演出中无法继续唱歌,经理知道卓别林会唱歌.为了救场,他把卓别林拉上舞台.卓别林开始无拘无束地为观众唱歌跳舞,并得到了很多观众抛来的赏金.这就是卓别林的首场演出,也是他妈妈的最后一场演出.【解答】考查动词.支持;离开;询问;面对.根据语境可知,卓别林太太1A.support leaveask face努力独自用她唱歌赚的钱来养活自己的孩子.故选A.考查副词.尽管;因此;然而;包括.根据上文2C.Though SoHowever BesidesMrs.Chaplin managedto1可矢口,卓另林太太努力独自用她唱歌her childrenon herown withthe moneyshe madeasasinger”ll赚的钱来养活自己的孩子.然而,当她于年患喉炎生病时,她们的经济情况改变了.故选1894C.考查名词.视力;声音;气味;听力.根据上文经济3B.sight voicesmell hearing”2,their economic的喉炎可知,然而,当她于年患喉situation changedwhen shebecame illwith laryngitisin1894”1894炎生病时,她们的经济情况改变了.卓别林太太没有让自己的嗓子休息,而是继续唱歌.故选B.考查形容词.容易的;困难的;有趣的;无聊的.根据语境可知,4B.easy difficultinteresting boring她的声音越来越微弱,并且她发现难以找到薪酬很好的工作.故选B.考查动名词.感觉;保持;意识到;观看.根据语境可知,一5D.feeling keepingrealizing watching天晚上,卓别林碰巧在剧院看他妈妈在舞台上唱歌.故选D.考查动词.休息;跌落;打破;举起.根据下文6B resteddropped brokeraised Shetriedtofinishthesong,观众可知,突然,她的声音降落下去.她试图唱完,但but theaudience beganto whistleand gotangry是观众开始吹口哨,并发怒.故选B.考查介词.到上面;离开;朝向;在周围.根据7B.onto offtowards around语境可知,卓别林太太无法在继续唱下去,于是哭着走下舞台.故选B.考查动词.创造;节省挽救;继续;解释.根据上文8B.create savecontinue explainMrs.Chaplin可知,卓别林太太无法在继续唱下去,于是could notcontinue anylonger andwalked7thestagecrying”哭着走下舞台.舞台经理知道他们必须立刻采取措施来挽救这种尴尬的情形.故选B.考查副词.慢慢地;耐心地;迅速地;冷冷地.根据上文9C.slowly patientlyquickly coldlyThe stage可知,舞台经理知道他们必manager knewhe hadto dosomething quicklyto8the embarrassingsituation,须立刻采取措施来挽救这种尴尬的情形.他迅速地抓着卓别林的手来到舞台.故选C.考查名词.想法;描述;演讲;表演演出.根据上文10D.thought Descriptionspeech performance可矢口,卓别林开始在数百名观众前唱歌Charlie beganto singand dancein frontof hundredsof people”跳舞.观众非常喜欢他的演出,并开始往场子里扔钱.故选D.考查连词,如果;直到;当……的时候;在……之前.根据上文11C.If TillWhen BeforeThe audience可知,观众非常喜欢他的演出,并开始往场子里enjoyed the10very muchandbegantothrowmoney”扔钱.当卓别林看到这种场面时,他立刻停止唱歌,并对观众宣布……・故选C.考查动词短语,拿出;扔掉;放下;捡起.根据语境可知,12D.take outthrow awayputdown pickup他离开停下来,对观众宣布,他首先要把钱捡起,然后会继续唱完这首歌.故选D.考查形容词.有趣的;幸运的;有帮助的;疼痛的.根据语境可知,13A.funny luckyhelpful painful观众发现这个声明非常有趣,于是开始往舞台上扔更多钱.故选A.考查形容词.害羞的;伤心的;满意的;激动的.根据上文14A.shy sadsatisfied excitedCharlie felt可知,卓别林在舞台上感觉无拘无束.它根本没有感到害羞,并且为观众又perfectly athome onstage”跳又唱了很多.故选A.考查名词.麻烦;怒气;沉默;笑声.根据语境可知,使他感到吃15D troubleanger silencelaughter惊的是,笑声更多,钱也扔得更多了.故选D.。