【聚焦中考】（浙江地区专版）2014中考英语总复习 第47讲 阅读理解（二）考点跟踪突破（含13年中考真题）（） 外研版.docVIP

考点跟踪突破47 阅读理解（二） (一)（2013,嘉兴、舟山） Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can.“She sells seashells by the seashore.The shells she sells are surely seashells.So if she sells shells on the seashore,I’m sure she sells seashore shells.” Not very easy,was it?What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (绕口令).It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly.Try the next example. “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked??Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning.They are just designed to improve peoplen’s ability (能力) to pronounce words.Although they may be very difficult,these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly.This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds. So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly,you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practising them. 1.Tongue twisters are helpful in improving? skills. A.listening B.writing C.pronunciation D.communication 2.The first tongue twister is hard because? . A.it is very boring to read B.it teaches us a lot of knowledge C.we don’t know who “she” is D.the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar 3.The passage is probably taken from? in a school newspaper. A.Story Time B.Study Garden C.Latest News D.Lost and Found (二)（2013,义乌） Teachers say the digital age has had a good and a notsogood influence on the American teenagers.More than 2,000 high school teachers took an online survey. 75 percent of the teachers said the Internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly good?use for their students’ research habits and skills.But 87 percent agreed that these technologies 搈ake the students not have enough attention.?And 64 percent said the technologies 揹o little to help