重庆市2018年中考英语试题(A卷)及答案(Word版)(7)

53．According to the scientists, the enzyme may solve the poblem of pollution.

A．air B．water C．light D．plastic

54．The underlined phrase “break down” in the passage probably means “” in Chinese.

A．实验B．生产C．发明D．分解

55． Researchers discovered that a natural enzyme helped eat plastics .

A．in B．in the US C．in Japan D．in China

56．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A． The scientists are sill trying to improve the enzyme.

B． The enzyme will pollute large areas of land and water.

C． The natural enzyme woks better than the improved one.

D． The natural enzyme is harmful to humans and animals.

D

A cup of coffee is a good way for many people to start their day. It can also pass on kindness.

Manyang Kher used to be a Sudanese child refugee(难民). When he was three years old, his village was burnt in the war. He was separated from his parents and never saw them again. He bec ame one of the 20,000 young Sudanese who had to leave their home for Ethiopia’s Gambella area. He lived there as a refugee for 13 years.

When he was 16, Kher went to the United States. While he was in college, he started a progra m to help the refugees. Now, he owns a coffee company(公司) called 734, which is a part of his p rogram.The company has helped more than 200, 000 refugees living in the Gambella area till now. Kher said, “I know the difficulties and pains they face every day. You see kids die from hunger. Y ou see kids dying of illnesses. You see kids running away from the refugee camp to find a place to be home, but die on the way.”

Eighty percent of the money made by the coffee company is used to send more of the childre n to school. And, as Kher explains, the money helps refugees to belp themselves. For example,a cu p of 734 coffee can also buy one fishing net(网)for a refugee. They can fish for themselves.

Kher sells the coffee online and to coffee stores. Megan Murphy owns a coffee store in Washi ngton, D.C. She serves 734 coffee in her store and people love it. The coffee tastes delicious, so it’s a win-win on both sides.

57．Kher left his home when he was three years old because .