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　　杭州市西湖区2018年中考一模英语试卷
　　第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中选出最佳选项。
　　A
　　Internet Boom
　　Today the Internet is widely used in homes, schools, and businesses around the world. However, that hasn’t always been the case. The Internet was first developed in the 1960s by U.S. government scientists as a way of sharing information. The earliest Internet was called ARPAnet. In 1969, only four computers were connected to the ARPAnet. Just 20 years later, though, as computers became more commonly developed, over 80,000 computers were connected.
　　Use of the Internet has continued to grow rapidly. Experts think that about 1% of the world’s population used the internet in 1996. By 2008, that percentage grew to nearly 24%.
　　How do scientists count more than 1 billion users? Programs called Web Crawlers loogh the Internet to see how many people are using the Internet and which pages they are visiting. They also make copies of webpages, which are stored by search engines. Web Crawlers work and collect information once they are started. These programs are sometimes called “spiders” because they “crawl” around the Web.
　　These programs collect and send information 24 hours a day. So if everyone stops using the Internet for one day, the Internet will still be a pretty busy place. Even when people are not on line, these programs travel the Internet.
　　16. The information in the first paragraph shows the idea that the Internet_________.
　　A. is available mainly in the United States     B. has a wider use today than it did in the past
　　C. Is seldom used by people in other countries    D. is used mainly by government scientists today
　　17. Form the third paragraph, we can know that scientists use Web Crawlers to___________.
　　A. clean the web    B. catch the spiders     C. find the Internet    D. count the users
　　18. According to the chart, which one of the statements is TURE?
　　A. There were much fewer people who used internet in 2000.
　　B. There were more than 500 million Internet users in 2000.
　　C. The number of Internet users became less from 2000 to 2008.
　　D. Use of the Internet grows slowly between 2000 and 2005.
　　19. The underlined word “Boom” in the title means _________.
　　A. a loud noise     B. a government job     C. a rapid increase    D. a computer program
　　B
　　20. The main purpose of The Experience of a lifetime is to _________.
　　A. let you know about a tourist activity      B. describe what it is like to swim with dolphins
　　C. teach how to swim with dolphins         D. share a story about how dolphins are trained
　　21. Which one is NOT included in the prices shown in the chart?
　　A. English/Chinese trainers     B. Photos of your experience
　　C. Buses form your hotel     D. Towels
　　22. What information can you learn from the asterisk(＊)?
　　A. What you get for each activity.      B. How to get a lower price.
　　C. How to order online               D. Where each activity takes place
　　C
　　In the summer of 2015, Christian Moyer was just another teenager busy preparing for the SAT when he was faced with a question be couldn’t answer. It had nothing to do with reading, writing or math. Anyhow, it has everything to do with life.
　　“We were looking at this part about the college writing, and one of the idea was, ‘Tell us about a difficult situation you have had in life and how you got it over,’” said Christian, now a 17-year-old student at University City High School. “And I realized how lucky I was not to have any problems in life.”
　　That is when the answer came through loud and clear. The idea for what to do next came from “Barefoot(光脚) Sunday”, a church event that asks members to wear new or gently used shoes to a service and leave them behind. The shoes are then donated(捐赠) to charities that help people start over -people who are homeless and poor. Christian decided to start collecting shoes for the San Diego Rescue Mission, one of the “Barefoot Sunday”charities.
　　Then Christian got a tour to the downtown, there he saw some people would wear the same pair of shoes until there no bottoms or tops on them. He thought what he did would really make a big difference for them.
　　Christian started collecting shoes last fall. He hit up friends, neighbors and family members for donations. He posted a note on an online social network. His family members put a box in front of their house for easy drop-off. Since starting his shoe drive, Christian said. “It’s nice because it makes them realize how many shoes they have that they don’t