最新-2018年山东省临沂市中考英语真题及答案 精品

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It is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you feel that your throat hurts. You begin to sneeze and later you may cough. You must have a cold! Wait a moment. Could it just be a common cold or the flu (流感) that’s been going around?

A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But it’s usually easy to deal with. Some take medicine while others drink herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel better after a week.

On the other hand, the flu can be much more dangerous. It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can cause death. According to an American magazine, the worst flu killed about 50 million people from 1918 to 1919.

Don’t worry. If you get a flu vaccine (疫苗), it can stop you from getting the virus (病毒). Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. This causes your body to develop antibodies (抗体). So next time you get the flu, the antibodies should help you.

The flu virus changes every few years. Therefore, there are so

many types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu can’t help us against all types of flu. That’s why we need to get the vaccine every year.

However, good health habits may also help stop you developing a cold or flu. Washing your hands often helps stop you from getting viruses. It is also important to get regular exercise and eat healthy food. All these can help you strengthen your immune system (增强免疫系统).

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36. If you have a common cold, usually you’ll feel better after ________.

A. a week B. two weeks twenty days

37. According to the passage, which is TRUE of the flu? A. It first happened in 1919．

give you fever.

C. It is easy to deal with． sometimes.

D. It can kill people B. It usually doesn’t C. ten days D.

38. If you get a flu vaccine, ________.

A. it can’t stop you from getting the flu virus B. it won’t cause your body to develop antibodies C. your body will develop antibodies

D. your body will get a large amount of flu viruses 39. We need to get a flu vaccine every year because ________. A. we probably have a cold in winter B. the flu virus changes every few years C. the flu is very dangerous

D. you don’t need to take any medicine after that

40. The following ways can help stop the flu EXCEPT ________. A. staying indoors

exercise

C. eating healthy food

often

C

Having a cheetah as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a family in South Africa, one cheetah is treated as a

D. washing our hands

B. getting regular

VIP (Very Important Person) in the house.

The big cheetah is named Jolie, after the film star Angelina Jolie. 41 She can often be found eating from the kitchen table, taking a short sleep on the sofa, or even sleeping on Lucy and Jeff’s bed. The big cat also sleeps and plays with the Browns’ other pet, the more usual one — a sheepdog (牧羊犬). 42

Having a cheetah as a pet is unusual. At first, Mrs Brown wasn’t willing to keep a cheetah as a pet. She said, “ 43 But we are now happy that we did it — she is part of the family.”

Just like her name, four-year-old Jolie has achieved a celebrity status (名人地位) in the Browns’ hometown. Fans often come to their home to take pictures of her. 44

However, a cheetah is always a cheetah. 45 “She makes a lot of mess in the house, urinating (小便) everywhere and chewing everything. It’s her wild instincts (本能),” said Mrs Brown.

There might be some problems of having a cheetah as a pet in the house, but some unusual fun must also be waiting ahead.

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