广东省广州市番禺区2024-2025学年中考一模英语模拟试题（含答案）.pdfVIP

2024-2025学年广州市番禺区一模模拟试题

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一、语法选择（共15小题，每小题1分，共计15分）

Whatdidpeopledotocommunicateinancienttimes?Herearesomevery

interestinganswers1thisquestion.

Alphorns(阿尔卑斯长号角)wereonce2usedtocommunicateinthe

mountainsinSwitzerland.Theyareverylongandtheyareveryheavy,3.So,

alphornsarehardtoblow.Thenwhyuse4?Well,theymakealoudsound

whichtravels5thanthehumanvoice.Herdsmen(牧民)usedthemtocall

cowsinthedistance.Atsunset,theysentamessagedowntovillagerswithalphorns

6everyonewouldknowthatallwaswell.Thesedays,youcanstillseepeople

7themasmusicalinstruments.

ThepeopleofLaGomera,8islandinEurope,havetheirownspecial

wayofsendingmessagesfrommountaintomountain.Theyoften9a

whistled(口哨的)languagecalledElsilbo,whichcomesfromtheirlanguageSpanish.

Whistling10withinfivekilometers,whichmeansitcantravelacrossmuch

greaterdistances.Elsilbocancarry11kindsofmessages,including

greetingsandannouncements.Elsilboisusedalotlessthanitusedtobe,butprimary

schoolstudentsinLaGomera12learnitasit’srequired.Theylearn13

andevenwhistleinclass.

Doyouknow14alsopossibletosendmessageswithoutmakinga

noise?Thisiscalledvisualcommunication,anditincludestheuseofflagsandeven

smoke.Longago,soldiersalongtheGreatWallofChinausedsmokeasawarning.If

theynoticedtheenemyfromtheirsignal(信号)tower,theylitasmokyfire.When

soldiersin15towerssawthesmokesignal,theylitfiresaswell.Inthisway,

messagesabouttheenemy’