2009年北京市西城区中考英语一模试卷

of a letter to someone of the opposite sex（性别） who is just a friend, but we wouldn't write ‘love' at the bottom of a letter to somebody of the same sex even if we know that friend much better.

Some people say that emotions are just a chemical reaction, but I don't want to believe that. I don't know what they are, but life would be boring without them.

51．According to the passage, because you can ‘express' emotions, ________.

A．your face might turn red when you feel shy.

B．you might know it when you're in danger.

C．you might smile when you're happy.

D．you are good at hiding your emotions.

52．Which reaction is NOT mentioned when people are angry?

A．Their faces turn white or red.

B．They don't seem to like to talk to others.

C．They often talk to people in a loud voice.

D．They write to their friends or relatives.

53．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Emotions only include physical reactions.

B．We can hardly see a person's feelings from his face.

C．We might smell or see emotions, but we can't touch them.

D．We write ‘love' at the bottom of the letter to our closest friends.

54．In the writer's opinion, what is ‘emotion'?

A．It's hard to say what it is.

B．It is just a chemical reaction.

C．It's a physical reaction to something in our lives.

D．It can be controlled, felt, expressed and known easily.

C

According to a survey（调查） by CIF, there's room for improvement all over Britain.

Cleaning our home, love or hate it, is one job you have to work on. But that is not to say everyone spends the same amount（量） of time or effort on making their places tidy. A new survey by CIF—experts on making cleaning jobs easier—shows that when it comes to washing windows or cleaning the oven（炉）, where you live in the UK may show how much effort you put into the job.

BATHROOM

25% of men have never cleaned the toilet, but those in Wales are the worst. Nearly four in ten Welsh men said they never cleaned anywhere in the house. Hate cleaning the shower head? You are not alone—a quarter of a million British people say the same. 20% of Scottish people regard window-cleaning as their most hated job.

KITCHEN

36% of people in the southeast say cleaning the cooker is their hated task. 68% of those in the northeast spend more than six hours a week cleaning their homes, especially the kitchen. In sharp contrast（强烈的对比） to that, 49% of Welsh people put their hands up to cleaning for under an hour.

BEDROOM

18% believe cleaning starts here: that's the percentage of women who clean wearing their dressing gowns（a kind of clothes）. 51% of women in the northwest may be staying in bed and giving their husbands a cuddle（拥抱）as a “thank you” for helping them clean. In other places, there are far fewer helpful men.

LIVINGROOM

32% of women in the northeast turn up the CD player to help make the cleaning more fun. Almost six in ten women agree, however, that cleaning is seriously energetic exercise.

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