2020年广东省广州市中考英语试卷

Deep in the forest lives David， who loves books． As soon as he reads one book， he brings home（1） 　　． Soon the house（2） 　　books． His wife， Alice， is angry．"You（3） 　　do something!"

   David thinks hard and has（4） 　　idea． "I can bring my books into the faraway hills and share（5） 　　I have with the children．"

   Every week， David sets off across the countryside to faraway villages with his two donkeys．Early（6） 　　a sunny morning，David and his donkeys stop at a river（7） 　　．Then，from deep in the shadows，a bandit（山贼）jumps out!"Please let us pass，" David says．"The children（8） 　　．"The bandit takes one book and shouts，"Next time I want（9） 　　!"

   They move on until at last， David sees some houses below． The children run to meet（10） 　　．David reads them story first．（11） 　　the story ends，it's time for everyone to choose a book．The children hold their books close as they say good﹣bye and run home（12） 　　．David and his donkeys head back， over and around the hills， and into the sunset．

   At home， Alice feeds her hungry husband and the donkeys．But then，instead of（13） 　　，David picks up his book，（14） 　　reads deep into the night． And far away in the hills， candles and lanterns burn as the children read borrowed books deep into their night，（15） 　　．

One sunny morning， when Zebra （斑马） visited the river for a cool drink， he heard a tiny voice．"Help me， Zebra!"

   Zebra looked around and found Wasp（黄蜂）（1） 　　in a spider web in a thornbush（荆棘丛）．Carefully， Zebra reached into it， but the thorns（2） 　　him． "Ouch!" Zebra stepped back and was leaving．

   "Please help me，" said Wasp．"One day I will（3） 　　your help．"

   Zebra laughed．"I'm fast and strong．Besides，I have a big family．Why would I need help from a（4） 　　wasp？"

   "Please try one more time，" Wasp said． Zebra knocked at the web again．（5） 　　， this time it was enough to free Wasp． "Try to stay out of trouble，" Zebra said． "I might not be nearby the next time a spider gets（6） 　　．" Then he left．

   All day， Zebra stayed with his family until he noticed his favourite fruit﹣﹣ some berries!The hungry Zebra ran to（7） 　　the berries．

   Wasp was resting in the bushes when she saw Zebra． She also found Lion hiding quietly ahead．If Zebra got too close to Lion …

   Thinking quickly， Wasp flew down and gave Lion a sudden sting． The（8） 　　lion cried． "Roooooaaar!" Zebra heard the loud cry， In a second， he turned around and ran back to his（9） 　　．

   A moment later，Wasp flew around Zebra's head．"Try to stay out of trouble，"Wasp said with a（10） 　　．"I might not be nearby the next time a lion gets hungry．"

"Amy! Milk!" Mama called．

Milk． It was Amy's turn to get it． Amy sighed and shut her first﹣aid （急救） book．

Amy tied the cow close to a tree． Somewhere down the mountain， some volunteer doctors were teaching medical skills to village nurses．Amy heard Betty drive off hours ago．"She should have taken me with her．She thinks I'm too young，"Amy thought． "But she's wrong． I am already 15!"

Amy carried the milk back to Mama， then wandered up the road． Roy， a village boy， was trying to stand on a horse's back．"No wonder they don't trust kids with anything important，"Amy thought．

She had just turned away when she heard a heavy fall and a few cries． Roy was on the ground．"Roy!" The kids nearby ran towards him． "Get Betty，" one said． Amy shook her head．"Betty's gone to the city．"

The kids didn't know what to do． Amy ran to Roy and saw one of his legs out of shape． A broken leg! She remembered what the first﹣aid book said about it．

"Victor!" Amy called to one of the boys．"Go get Roy's mama， and find someone with a truck．"She turned to the others．"Give me your shirts． We need something to tie his leg with．"

Amy then found a strong，straight stick．She carefully wrapped the shirts around Roy's leg and the stick．Roy cried out in pain．"I know it hurts，" Amy said softly．"But this will hold it still until you get to the hospital．"

When Amy was done， she looked up and saw Roy's mama and a man watching beside a truck．"Thank you， Amy，" Roy's mama said． Amy helped them lift Roy into the truck， then they drove down the hillside towards the hospital．

The next day， Betty came to Amy's home．"I heard what you did，" Betty said．"You kept your head in an emergency． That's an important skill．"

Amy's face turned red．"I was afraid …"

Betty shook her head．"It's OK for a nurse to be afraid， as long as she has a clear head．The volunteer doctors are coming tomorrow with vaccines． We need some more hands． Can you help？"

"I'd love to．" Amy replied at once．

"Come early， then． There is a lot to learn．"

Amy smiled．"I'll bring my first﹣aid book．"

（1）Why didn't Betty take Amy with her to the medical training？

（2）What happened to Roy？

（3）What is the correct order of Amy's first﹣aid actions？

a． She found a proper stick．

b． She helped lift Roy into the truck．

C． She asked the boys for some shirts．

d． She tied the shirts around the broken leg．

e． She sent someone to get Roy's mum and a truck．

（4）Why did Betty invite Amy to help the doctors in the end？

（5）Which sentence best describes a lesson from the story？

How would you like to build a time machine？ Paper， sticks， glue and string are all you need．Put them together to build a kite． A kite connects you to the past．

   No one knows who flew the first kite． It was probably someone in China or perhaps Indonesia．Indonesian fishermen hung fishhooks on kites and sent them out to sea to catch fish． Starting 2.000 years ago， Chinese farmers flew kites to welcome the New Year and bring good luck to Earth．

   In China， people also used kites during wartime． One Chinese story tells how soldiers put，noise makers on kites and flew them at night over the enemy camp． The enemies were frightened by the noise and ran away．

   About 1300 years ago，Chinese taveles took kites to Japan．Soon kites flew in the skies there．Kites reached Tailad about 700 years ago． During foods， Thai farmers flew kites over the fields．They hoped the kites would drive away the clouds and stop the rain．Over time，kites flew their way out of Asia． Today，kites are a passionall over the world． Kite fans meet at festivals in many parts of the world and have great fun．

   Over the years， Kites have also belped people understand the natural world．In 1749， for example，thermometers were tied to kites to measure temperatures． In 1906， cameras hanging from kites took pictures of San Francisco， California afer an cearthquake． The photos helped people plan what to do．

   Kites also helped inventors find out how to make airplanes．The Wright brothers studied how kites flew， which helped them make the first sucessful airplane．

   Since the ancient Chinese first set their kites into the air， people have loved flying kites． Kites give us ways to celebrate， reclax and explore． So go fly a kite! Enjoy the feeling of wonder that kite flyers have felt for centuries．

（1）According to the passage， in which countries were kites used to make good wishes？ 　　

（2）According to the Chinese story， the army used kites to 　　．

（3）The underined word "passion" in Paragraph 4 means 　　．

（4）How does the writer develop Paragrapb 5？ 　　

（5）What's the purpose of this passage？ 　　

（1）What can we leamn about Man vs． Horse Marathon？ 　　

（2）Which of the following is mentioned about Camel Wrestling？ 　　

（3）Which picture best describes Caber Toss？ 　　

（4）Which sport is popular in Asia？ 　　

（5）How many sports have animals as players？ 　

   What will astronauts （字航员） eat when a space trip takes years？

   "Lots of fresh vegetables，" says Dr． Janet Williams， whose team have spent the last 10 years learning how to grow plants in a space station． And it's a good thing that she has already started her work， because space gardening can be really hard．

   As usual， astronaut George White looked into the closed plant room． He had planted Dr． Williams's quick﹣growing seedlings in it， but none of the stems were showing． He opened the room to check and found the problem． The stems weren't growing upward and the roots weren't growing downward． On Earth， gravity （重力） helps a plant's stems and roots to find"up" and"down"． However， in the space station，there was almost no gravity．

   Dr．Williams suggested a solution： give the plants more light，as plants also use sunlight to find their way． And it worked． When the plants had more light， the stems turned up and the roots went down．

   Now Dr．Williams was free to worry about the next problem： Would her baby plants live to flower？ Can we grow food on a space journey？

   Many plants died in the space station． Dr．Williamns thought she knew why： the space plants were hungry for air． Plants live by taking up CO ₂from the air． Since a plant uses itup in the air around， the plant needs moving air to bring more CO ₂close to its surface． On Earth， the air is always moving． Gravity pulls down cold air， and warm air rises． And with these air movements，plants get enough CO ₂．

   Many earier experiments with plants in space hard used closed rooms． Dr Williams tried a new greenhouse that had a fan to keep the air move． The plants loved it． They flowered and even produced more seeds． Using Dr． Williams's method， astronaut George completed the first seed﹣to﹣seed experiment in space， and moved one plant closer to a garden in space．

   "And this，" says Dr． Williams，"is good news for long﹣term space travel．"

（1）Why have Dr． Williams's team tried to grow plants in space？ 　　

（2）How did light help solve the problem mentioned in Paragraph 3？ 　　

（3）Why did many plants die in the space station？ 　　

（4）The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 7 refers to 　　．

（5）What can we learn about Dr． Williams's team from the passage？ 　　

Storytelling

    Storytelling has caught the human imagination for thousands of years．People everywhere have told stories to amuse， to teach， to remember， and just 10 pass the time．People started telling stories long before writing was invented．（1）　　But people all over the world still tell one another stories out loud．A person who can tell a good story nearly always finds listeners．

Before people developed writing， storytelling was the most important way to pass along information．Anything a culture wanted to protect﹣its beliefs， its history，and its traditions ﹣had to be told out loud．Each generation would tell the culture's stories to the next．

（2）　　Knowledge passed on in this method is called the spoken tradition． Even cultures that know how to write still pass along some information in this way．

    （3）　　In other cultures only special storytellers were trusted to do this important job．A culture's best storytellers had good memories． They could also make the stories very interesting，so people would listen and remember them． Sometimes people would sing the stories or tell them in the form of poems．（4）　　

    However， stories told aloud change over time as different people tell them．A storyteller might change a story in order to make it better．Or a teller may simply not remember all the details of a story，Unlike written stories， the spoken tradition is not created by any one person．（5）　　Sometimes the stories are collected and written down long after they have been created．

He gets up early and exercises every day． It's a good h 　　．

It's a general rule to keep q 　　in libraries and concerts．

For visitors to Guangzhou， there are p 　　of places to experience its culture．

U 　　you work hard， you will not succeed．

Before you t 　　away anything， always think whether it can be reused or not．

The study group discussed the problem again and again， and they f      worked it out．

凯特决定去社区工作，而不去度假．

Instead of 　　，Kate decided to work in the community．

在我们的帮助下，小鸟终于回巢了．

　　， the baby bird got back to its nest in the end．

学好英语，以便我们能够与世界分享中国故事．

Learn English well 　　we can share Chinese stories with the world．

从这里走到白云山顶大约要花一小时．

　　about an hour 　　to the top of the Baiyun Mountain from here．

明年广州将会使用更多智能出租车．

More smart taxis 　　in Guangzhou next year．

流溪河的水多么清澈啊!

　　the water in the Liuxi River is!

我很好奇你在艺术节唱了哪首歌．

I wonder 　　song 　　at the art festival．

今天的英语课上，班级进行了题为"我送过的一份珍贵礼物"的主题分享．请你写一篇英语短文，汇报你们四人小组的分享内容，需包括以下要点．

注意：1．词数：80词左右（短文的开头已给出，不计入词数）；

2．不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分．

   In today's English class， we had a discussion on "A valuable gift I gave"． Here is what we shared in our group．______________．