北京市2017年中考英语试题及答案(5)

　　47. The sixth time the writer went to the principal’s office, he got ______.

　　A. a peppermintB. a model bus

　　C. a pencil boxD. a coin

　　【正确答案】A

　　【解题思路】本题考查细节题。根据题目可定位到第三段第一句，“When I got called to Mr. Ratcliff’s office for the sixth time”，译为 “当我第六次被叫到Mr. Ratcliff的办公室”，由此可知时间，再定位到第三段最后一句 “I just called you down to my office to give you a peppermint”, 译为“我只是打电话叫你来我办公室给你一颗薄荷糖”，由此可知，作者得到的是“peppermint”。故正确答案是选项A。

　　48. The writer will always remember Mr. Ratcliff, because the principal ______.

　　A. talked with him in the office

　　B. played games with him

　　C. expected him to be a teacher

　　D. gave him some hope and love

　　【正确答案】D

　　【解题思路】本题考查细节题。根据题目“作者将永远记住Mr. Ratcliff，因为校长 ______”。可定位到最后一段倒数第二句 “Mr. Ratcliff gave me some hope by giving me some love: I will just remember him for the rest of my life.” 选项D为“gave him some hope and love”。故正确答案是选项D。

　　C

　　Buying Is Doing?

　　How important is shopping to you? How much time do you spend buying things? And how much time do you spend organizing these things in your home? In the future, how much time will you spend in movie theaters, at amusement parks, at shopping malls, or at convenience stores? When you add it all up, you will probably see you spend a lot of your life consuming (消费) things. Consuming products is not necessarily bad. However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.

　　Imagine that you have a week off from school. You don’t have to go to class. However, in this week, you cannot spend any money — no shopping, no movies, no eating out. How would you spend your time? What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend. Perhaps you would help a child read. Or you might spend time with your family.

　　When we look back, it is likely that non-consuming experiences like these will be our most important memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive. They don’t come in a package. You make the experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experience. The experience changes with the reader, the child, and the book. Similarly, when you have a conversation with a friend, you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot be experienced or recreated by anyone else. However, if you watch a movie with a friend, you will each have a packaged experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you.

　　The environment we live in encourages us to have packaged experiences. We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing. However, we can start a personal revolution (变革) against consumerism. How? By consuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatest satisfaction. Then we can organize our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences.

　　49. If consuming products takes too much time, we should ______.

　　A. spend less moneyB. think about it carefully

　　C. organize our thingsD. go to convenience stores

　　【正确答案】B

　　【解题思路】本题考查细节题。首先在题干中找出关键词，回原文定位，与每个选项匹配，得出正确答案。题干译为“如果消费占据了太多时间，我们应该 ______。”关键词为 “too much time” 回原文定位到第一段的最后一句话 “However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.” 原文译为“然而，如果我们花太多时间购物，我们应该仔细地考虑。”原文与选项B内容一致，故正确答案为选项B。

　　50. According to the passage, the writer believes that ______.

　　A. we can say no to consumerism by consuming less

　　B. buying things can bring us the greatest satisfaction

　　C. the environment seldom influences our shopping choices

　　D. consuming experiences will be our most important memories

　　【正确答案】A

　　51. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

　　A. To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time.

　　B. To encourage people to have more active experiences.

　　C. To explain reasons behind people’s shopping behavior.

　　D. To share his personal experience in consuming products.

　　【正确答案】B