《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语北京专版》

练习1［2022北京D篇节选］
But we believe there is more to consider. Sometimes life enables us to experience small moments of beauty. When people are open to appreciating(欣赏) such experiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We call this experiential appreciation (EA). EA is about the person feeling connected to events and being able to appreciate the value within the connection. It shows the discovery of and admiration for life’s beauty.
问：You were most probably in the EA condition when ____.
A. you made a travel plan for the coming holiday
B. you hurried to serve the customers in the store
C. you practiced hard to become the best violinist
D. you stopped to admire the roses by the roadside

答案： D

练习2［2024西城九上期末C篇节选］
We tested 100 cats from the center with catnip(猫薄荷) and several other plants we had heard might have a similar effect. It turned out that about 30% of them did not care for catnip, but for other plants. Two of these plants are silver vine(银藤) and Tatarian honeysuckle(金银花). When the two plants were offered to the 32 cats who did not like catnip, we noticed that 81% of them did love at least one of those plants. Silver vine was the most popular plant, even more popular than catnip! About 80% of all the cats loved silver vine—smelling this plant made them really happy. Silver vine was also the plant most loved by the cats who did not like catnip.
There’re hundreds of chemical compounds(化合物) in plants. We tested which of them attracted the cats. The result suggests that cats respond not only to nepetalactone (猫薄荷酮), the cat-attracting compound in catnip, but also to nine other chemical compounds, and the joyful response only happens when they smell enough of the compounds in plants. Actually, one of the cat-attracting compounds is also produced by animals. We believe they may use it to communicate with each other through smell.
问：What can we learn from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4?
A. The 100 tested cats were attracted to catnip.
B. Most of the tested cats liked silver vine.
C. The catnip response depends on the color of the plants.
D. Cat-attracting compounds are only produced by plants.

答案： B