2015年福建省福州市中考英语真题及答案

张的

63. Canada Day is known as Moving Day in Quebec because on this day _____.

A. people think it lucky to move to new houses B. people look for houses from one place to another C. people like moving from house to house to visit friends D. people move home when new home rentals go into effect 64. From Paragraph 4, we know that on Canada Day _____. A. no student goes to school B. traffic jams happen everywhere

C. all Canadians stop working D. few businesses and stores are closed

65. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about Canada Day?

A. Background B. Symbol. C. Public life. D. Events and activities.

（D）

Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy

its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as

the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

英语试题 第 7 页（共 10 页）

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect（探测〉water waste and leakage（泄漏）and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research

team and provided an App（应用程序〉that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.

66. According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities. B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones. D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

67. The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _____.

A. useful B. normal C. suitable D. easy

68. Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .

A. cleaning water B. supplying water C. water D. producing water

69. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects（方面）EXCEPT _____.

saving

A. business B. health care C. traffic controlling D. public transportation 70. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Digital technologies help improve city planning. B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

第二节 阅读理解（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 阅读下面短文，把A—D四个句子填人文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确，然后完成第75小题。

Pakistani

girl

Malala

Yousafzai is the youngest ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She has become the voice of girls throughout the world.

Born in Swat Valley in Pakistan in 1997, Malala lived a quiet life until 2009, when the Taliban（塔利班）, an Islamic organization of violence（暴力）took control of her village. 71 hey believe educating girls is against