2018年辽宁省大连市中考英语试卷

The 2018 World Cup started       Moscow on 14 ^thJune．（　　）

The zebra is     African animal． It eats leaves as well as grass．（　　）

Sally is our monitor．    is an active girl and plays lots of sports．（　　）

Betty would like     the Beijing Opera to learn more about Chinese culture．（　　）

Mike，       do you go to work？

I take a bus to my office every day．（　　）

I      very busy studying for my exams since last month．（　　）

In China， we always use red paper for Hongbao      red means luck．（　　）

Look at the sig． You    take photos here．（　　）

We      on the playground when it began to rain．（　　）

Today， with the Internet， people can communicate    than ever before．（　　）

Hawking's book A Brief History of Time came     after years' hard work．（　　）

It's fine today． Let's go out for a walk．

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There were once two guitar makers in a town in Mexico． One was known for low price and the other for the high quality（质量）．

The young maker， who made the cheap guitars， could make guitars very（1） 　　． But the maker took his time and paid much attention to the quality．Everyone（2） 　　to buy a guitar because it was a sign of being rich，so both makers were very（3） 　　．

But bad times came to the town and no one（4） 　　much money． The young maker did well． However， the old maker went out of business．No one could（5） 　　his guitars．

After a few years， the cheap guitars that people bought began to fall apart（散开）．Some people were so（6） 　　that they went to young guitar maker's house to get their（7） 　　back．

When they were arguing with （争论） the maker， a（8） 　　came from behind the crowd．"How can you blame （责怪）him？He never said the guitar were（9） 　　． It is all of you who are to blame．You were only（10） 　　how they made you look!"the voice came from the old guitar maker．"I have spent my whole life learning how to make good guitars． Something that is really good takes a lot of time and（11） 　　．"Hearing this， those people left．

"Please teach me how to（12） 　　good guitars，" said the young maker．The old make taught him and the young maker taught others． Now， the town is know as the guitar capital of Mexico．

（1）The Lions Nature Education Center was 　　before 1991．

（2）The Lions Nature Education Center is set up to 　　．

（3）According to the center rules，visitor are not allowed to 　　．

（4）What can we know about the canter's opening hours？ 　　

Spud Webb was born in Texas， the USA， in 1963． He was very small﹣much smaller than the other kids at school． However， he had a big dream﹣he wanted to play in the NBA．

While attending junior high， Spud tried out for the school team， but he was refused to play at first because he was too small．He did not lose heart． When he finally got the chance， he scored 20 points in his first game． From then on， he was star of the team．

In senior high， Spud often had to sit in the standsbecause of his height． He practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind． Spud went on to become leader of the team． In his last year of senior high， he was named Player of the Year in Texas．

However， no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall．He decided to play at a junior college． There he led his team to the national championship． This brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University． As a result， he succeeded getting a scholarship．

Although he was a great player at university， the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was． After he graduated， he play in another basketball league． He remained there for about a year before the NBA took notice of him．In 1985， he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player in the NBA at that time． He had many great achievements， but his proudest moment came in 1986 ﹣ he won the Slam Dunk Contest．

Through hard work， Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter ﹣ you can do almost anything if never give up．

（1）What did Spud decide to do when he was at school？ 　　

（2）The underlined（画线的）word"stands"probably means"a place where people 　　"．

（3）From the passage，we know 　　．

（4）What's the best title for the passage？ 　　

As the technology develops， the number of e﹣readers（电子阅读器） grows quickly． Some people worry that days of paper books will be gone． Is there a future for bookstores？ Some readers from the Internet shared their opinions．

Qian xiaohua， a Chinese reader， thinks that reading a book is much better than reading from an e﹣reader． There is no need for readers to worry about the battery（电池）life．Readers can also avoid the harm of staring at the screen．Most importantly，books can be kept for a long time if they are well taken care of．

Nicky is from Canada．"After all，you can't replace the touch of paper，the smell of print， and the immersive（沉浸的）feeling of being in a bookstore．You can't do that with an e﹣book，"she says．

The reader Bruce comes from Italy．"Things are the same in Europe．"he says．"And only in real bookshops can readers make unexpected discoveries． The governments should do something for it．"

Johnny，who comes from Malaysia， is both a reader and writer． Most of his books are sold online on Amazon， JD and eBay． The cost is lower and the book can be brought all over the world．However，he still loves the old bookstores．"Something about them makes my heart warm，"he says，He thinks that maybe writers can try this way： sell their books online and read books at bookstores．This will keep bookstore alive．while the writer can have a global（全球的）market．

（1）As a reader， What is Qian Xiaohua's opinions？ 　　

（2）Both Nicky and Bruce prefer reading 　　．

（3）Johnny thinks 　　．

（4）From the passage，we can know 　　．

（5）What does the passage mainly talk about？ 　　

A book Review of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer

One of my favorite great books is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer， by Mark Twain． The story is set in the state of Missouri， in the U．S， in the nineteenth century． （1） 　　．

Tom， the hero of the book，is a lively and clever boy． He doesn't like people telling him what to do，（2） 　　．He and his best friend， Huck Finn， run away to an island in the middle of Mississipi River． Tom has more trouble because a bad man named Injun Joe is looking for him． Later， Tom escapes from a cave with another friend， Becky， He also finds Injun Joe's treasure box and takes it away．

My favourite funny story in The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is told by his aunt Polly to paint the gate white． The work is a punishment because missed school one day． At first， Tom is watched by his friends and laughed at，so he feels quite bad． But soon he turns the situation round，（3） 　　．Tom says that he enjoys painting the gate white，and his friends want to try．He asks each friend to give him something valuable． In return， they are allowed to do some of Tom's work!

（4） 　　．Mark Twain wrote it in 1876． It describes people's lives in the southern states of America at that time． It tells how young people grow， how people love each other and how bad people pay for their actions． Today， it is still read and loved by people all over the world， and it is thought to be one of the greatest American stories．

A：Hello!

B：Hello!May I speak to Jack， please？

A：（1）　　．He's not in at the moment． Who's calling， please？

B：（2）　　． Is that Mrs．King？

A：Yes， this is Jack's mother． （3）　　

B：Sure． You know， we won a football game，so we'll have dinner party to celebrate it．

A： （4）　　

B：At seven o'clock on Friday evening． It'll be held at my home．

A：OK． I'm sure to tell him about it．

B： （5）　　

A：You're welcome．Bye．

Lao She， a Chinese writer， was named "the People's　　（art）"

I like listening to light music because it is very　　（relax）

The Smiths are having a　　（discuss）about where to go for this summer vacation．

Let's go and take the front seats so that we may hear the teacher　　（clear）

If you tell your father the　　（true），he won't be so angry with you．

Our family got together to celebrate my grandpa's　　（sixty）birthday．

What is Boxing Day（节礼日）

Boxing Day is on December 26．It is a （1） 　　holiday in the U．K． and Ireland． On this day， people spend time with their family members and friends．

Why is it（2） 　　Boxing Day？First，it has nothing to do with sport of boxing（拳击）．Boxing Day （3） 　　back to the Victorian era（维多利亚时代）．At that time，many churches put a box in front of their gates， and people would have their donations（捐赠物）in the box．What's more，on the day after Christmas Day， domestic servant（家仆）were given time to visit their families because they （4） 　　work on Christmas Day． Each servant would be given a box to take home． There were （5） 　　，money and sometimes food inside the box．

Until 2004， Boxing Day hunts（狩猎）were a （6） 　　part of the special day， but the ban（禁令）on fox hunting has put an end to it．However，another "sport"，shopping， has appeared in recent years． Boxing Day has now become a day for people to buy things at lower price， which sounds like the Double 11 shopping day in China．

Chinese Products More Popular Abroad

Riding a Mobike on the street，you might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud． Turning to the right， You see a Sichuan﹣style restaurant． After walking into a store， you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale．

But you're not in （1） 　　﹣﹣you're in Manchester in Britain． In fact，you might see similar things in many other cities． Chinese （2） 　　have been going global（全球的）．

Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western countries for a long time．（3） 　　meet local people tastes，Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes．One（4） 　　is the meat．"We like to eat meat with the bone（骨头）in，but people here don't． So Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones． "Said Yin Hang， who is studying at University of Wollongong in Australia．

Some Chinese brands（品牌）are also becoming more （5） 　　．In many cities in Europe， stores sell TCL televisions， Haier fridges and Lenovo computers， according to Reuters（路透社）．

In the past，most western people thought Chinese products were cheap and unreliable（不可靠的）．But now， things have （6） 　　greatly． More people trust Chinese brands．"Made in China"becomes cool．

Here is some advice to help you become good at a foreign language．

1．Spend the time!

The most important factor（要素）is how much time you spend with the language． The more time you spend， the faster you will learn． This doesn't mean sitting in class looking out of the windows， nor listening to other students who don't speak well． This means spending time on what you are learning﹣﹣and enjoying it．

2． ______？

Listen wherever you are． Read what you are listening to． Listen to and read things that you like， things that you can mostly understand， or even partly understand． If you keep listening and reading，you will get used to the language． One hour of listening or reading is more effective（有效的）than many hours of class time．

3．Focus on （关注）words and phrases！

Build up your vocabulary you'll need lots． Learn these words and phrases through your listening and reading． Read online， use online dictionaries， and make your own vocabulary lists for review． Soon you will see your new words and phrases elsewhere． Gradually（逐渐地），you will be able to use them．

4．Take responsibility for（对…负责任）your own learning!

Choose passages that you are interesting to you，that you want to listen to and read．Find the words and phrases that you need to understand your listening and reading．Discover the language by yourself，like a child growing up． Take when you feel like it．

5．Relax and enjoy yourself!

Do not worry about what you can't remember， or can't yet understand， or can't yet say． You are listening and improving． The language will gradually became clearer in your brain， but this will happen at a time that you cannot control．

（1）According to the writer， what does "Spend the time！"mean？

（2）What is the second advice about becoming good at a foreign language？

（3）How can we learn words and phrases？

（4）Who can decide our learning， we ourselves or teachers？

（5）If you can't yet say what you're learning． what are you advised to do？

（6）What can you learn from this passage？

考试之后有毕业晚会吗？我们都盼着呢！

Is there a school﹣leavers' party after the exam？　　

你是哪年出生的？

因为游客很多，所以请大家排队等候．

　　，so please wait in the line．

这份作业对我来说太难了，以致我不能按时完成．

习近平主席说："我们应该像保护我们的眼睛一样保护环境．"

President Xi jinping said，"　　like we protect our eyes．"

作为新时代的青少年，在实现中华民族伟大复兴中国梦的进程中，你心中是否也有自己的梦想，如规划自我、服务社会、关爱自然、发明创造…某英文杂志"Teen life/花季生活"栏目正在举行征文活动，本期的话题是"All about dreams/有梦想就去追"．请你写一篇英语短文投稿，分享你的梦想．

内容提示：（1）What is your dream？

（2）How special is it to you？

（3）What have you done/will you to do make it come true？

要求：（1）中心突出，语义连贯，层次清晰，书写规范；

（2）文中不得出现真实的姓名；

（3）词数80词左右．

_________．