初中英语 上海中考自招讲义-非谓语 阅读提升-教师版.docx

PAGE PAGE 1 PAGE 1 中考自招讲义-非谓语动词/阅读提升 课前热身 Direction: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. characteristic B. environmentally C. announced D. imports E. exposing F. invest G. extensively H. acquire I. machinery J. competitiveness K. crucial China Set to Make Own Ballpoint Pen Tips One of China’s major stainless steel (不锈钢) producers has independently developed the special steel needed to make the ballpoint pen tips and plans to mass-produce the material to replace __31__ in two years. The group has spent five years on research and development to __32__ the technology, ending a long-term Chinese reliance on foreign pen tips. Without this technology, China’s pen manufacturers, which produce 38 billion ballpoint pens per year, have had to purchase the __33__ parts from overseas markets, costing the industry $17.3 million a year, according to the China National Light Industry Council. “It will be one of our __34__ products in the long run, and we will try more materials for tips of ballpoint pens to remain competitive,” said Li Jianmin, director of TISCO’s research and development center. Wang Huimian, TISCO’s senior engineer, said the company will __35__ more financial resources and manpower to develop next-generation ballpoint pen tips in a(n) __36__ friendly way to further compete with rivals in Japan and Switzerland. “If these real economy-related factors are underdeveloped, its key __37__ won’t be strong,” said Wang. The pen tip issue was first brought into the spotlight by Premier Li Keqiang in January last year, __38__ a major issue facing Chinese manufacturers — weak competitiveness in key technology. Making such products requires high-precision __39__ and extremely-thin steel plates. Special micro-elements must be added to liquid steel to make a quality tip that can write continually for at least 800 meters. Eager t