北京市2011年二模阅读与表达汇编.doc

2011年北京市各区县中考二模英语试题分类汇编之阅读表达 阅读短文回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下面的问题，将答案写在答题卡相应题号后的横线上。 Dear grandma, How are you? I hope you are feeling well and your leg is improving. Can you walk a bit now? Is your neighbor, Mrs Lu, bringing you enough books to read? I hope so. You’d love our school library, grandma. There are so many books for all kinds of subjects. The other day I found a book about electronic engineering. I couldn’t really understand it but I hope to learn more about this topic sometime. This term I have three new subject classes, so I thought I’d tell you about them. I now study biology, which is really interesting. I’m learning all about the human body, where everything is and what it does. Do you know that we have a kissing muscle? It’s called ‘orbicularis’（轮匝肌）and it’s a circular muscle that closes your mouth and moves your lips forward. I love biology. It’s so interesting! Another new subject is religion. I didn’t think I would like this one, but actually it is very interesting to hear about how different people worship（崇拜）. We are learning about lots of religions from all over the world, not only Asia. Do you know about the religion on the island of Bali in Indonesia? They have a unique religion which is based on Hinduism but also has elements of Buddhism as well. It is called Bali Hindu Dharma. I am just learning more about it but it sounds fascinating. My other new subject is Spanish. It’s really difficult to learn a new language but I know it will be useful for me in the future, if I want to travel the world. Spanish is one of the official languages of the European Union and the United Nations. I’ve learnt that Spanish is not only spoken in Europe but in South America, too. Countries like Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Mexico also speak Spanish. You know I’ve always wanted to go to Mexico, so if I can speak some Spanish it would be really useful. Did you study these subjects when you were at school? I suppose subject choice changes over time, doesn’