【2012安徽中考】The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up[折叠] so it is to carry them. However,the umbrella has not always been as as it is now. In the past,it was a symbol of importance.Some African countries still use umbrellas in this .Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.
Umbrellas are very old.People in different parts of the world began to umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there,umbrellas to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, wouldn't use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women. England was the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain.The weather there is very and umbrellas are very useful. Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you 60 one, thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them, you'll feel you are important people,too.
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The hippo(河马) is the most dangerous animal in Africa, but that hasn’t stopped a South African animal lover from making friends with one.
Marius Els is 40 years old. He______ around 20 different kinds of animals on his ranch(饲养场),in South Africa. He has a real soft spot for Humphrey, a 6-year-old hippo that’s like a son to him. While all of his friends are too ___ to go near the animal, and his wife told him not to get too close, Marius climbs on Humphrey’s back as he swims ______ the lake.
Marius has kept the hippo______ he was just five months old. And over the years, the two have ________ a special relationship that people just don’t understand. Marius looks on Humphrey as a son, although the 1,200 ton animal could_______ a person with ease. Only sometimes the hippo can throw Marius off his _______ in the water. Humphrey is very friendly to his owner, especially after Marius offers him a dinner of his favorite __8_____, apples.
Humphrey feels very in his life. He had another good friend, a goat, but she got eaten by a jackal(), so now he’s all by .Marius says he’s been trying to get a female friend for Humphrey, but there’s no such thing in Africa right now.
A．kept B．swept C．bought D．stayed
A．worried B．tired C．scared D．excited
A．under B．across C．along D．into
A．since B．when C．after D．before
A．invented B．found C．appeared D．developed
A．come up B．get up C．eat up D．look up
A．head B．back C．front D．tail[
A．juice B．fish C．bread D．food
A．lonely B．angry C．happy D．funny
A．her B．them C．himself D．us
When one door of happiness closes, another opens. However, we often look at the door so long that we can’t see the one that has been opened for us. It’s true that we don’t know we’ve got until we lose it, and it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been until it goes away.
Giving someone all your doesn’t mean that they’ll love you back. Don’t expect love in return. Just for it to grow in their hearts.
There are many moments in life when you miss someone so much that you want to bring them into your and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, and what you want to be, you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
Happiness lies in those who have cried, those who have been hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can understand the of their lives. The future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can’t go on well in your life until you let your past failure and heartaches go.
A．open B．same C．closed D．broken
A．when B．what C．why D．where
A．missing B．seeing C．looking for D．working
A．love B．time C．money D．food
A．care B．look C．mean D．wait
A．hearts B．dreams C．lives D．chances
A．do B．be C．get D．turn
A．when B．because C．unless D．though
A．importance B．purpose C．difference D．answer
A．easiest B．happiest C．worst D．brightest
It was a special day for Talia. She was a dinner celebration. She wanted to look very nice for her out. First, she got her hair cut at a salon.
Then, she got her fingernails (指甲) done with a baby pink color. Talia was not the color. She asked the woman to the color to purple. She liked the purple very much.
It was almost time to go out. Talia went home and looked in closet (衣橱). She tried on a pair of light blue trousers with a white blouse. She tried on a purple dress with a black belt. She tried on a brown skirt with a green top. she chose the purple dress. Many of her friends and family were at the when she got there.
She hugged (拥抱) her mother and father. She gave her grandfather a kiss. Talia’s sister her a big smile. Her best friend, Asra, gave her a present. The next day would be Talia’s birthday, she was celebrating it now. “Happy Birthday, Talia!” they said. “You look great!” “I feel great all of you are here,” said Talia, “for my last night as a teenager.”
A．looking forward to B．holding C．getting ready for D．planning
A．walk B．picnic C．trip D．night
A．happy with B．careful about C．worried about D．mad at
A．add B．change C．send D．match
A．your B．her C．my D．our
A．Finally B．Luckily C．Usually D．Actually
A．airport B．cinema C．restaurant D．stadium
A．won B．wanted C．made D．gave
A．but B．as C．or D．when
A．before B．although C．if D．because
Lois Olson was ten years old. Because of her illness, her body was covered with a plaster cast (石膏绷带). She depended on her family for . One night when she was asleep, she suddenly , because her bed and the whole house were shaking terribly. She was afraid. She knew she couldn’t .
Later, describing her , she said, “I that it wasn’t only my bed that was shaking, but also the whole house. And the terrible sounds told me it was a tornado (龙卷风).”
“I loudly, ‘Daddy, Daddy!’ Before I finished calling him, he was by my side. He picked me up and carried me to a place. It was hard for him to carry me because of the heavy cast. I noticed he was tired, but I saw something else, too. He as his eyes met mine and I knew he loved me.”
She said, “No matter what difficulties we are facing, we should not be afraid, because we are not . When something bad or terrible happens, we should believe that there will be something or somebody who can help us. We just need to believe in those people we love. With the magic of love, everything is going to be all right.”
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．put up B．looked up C．gave up D．woke up
A．draw B．drop C．run D．finish
A．experience B．influence C．article D．accident
A．explained B．considered C．decided D．realized
A．shouted B．talked C．argued D．sang
A．quiet B．safe C．busy D．strange
A．stopped B．escaped C．cried D．smiled
A．dangerous B．silly C．alone D．poor
A．sometimes B．always C．never D．hardly
Keeping traditions alive is never an easy thing. Chen Zunkai, the owner of Baoyuan Dumpling House, has the past 16 years improving one of the most traditional Chinese foods: jiaozi.
Her are not the white crescent-shaped (月牙形状的) ones simply filled pork or lamb, but colorful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings.
“ I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of home,” Chen says. “I hope every customer, Northerners or Southerners, vegetarians (素食者) or non-vegetarians, Chinese people or foreigners can something familiar.”
Chinese dumplings are believed more than 2,000 years old. , they are made and eaten by people in North China at some festivals such as the winter solstice (冬至). To the year-end cold, people usually fill dumplings with strongly flavored (有强烈味道的) meat such as pork or lamb.
For Chen, her came after she noticed that there were not many choices for those prefer lighter fillings. Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients, and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.
“I think I can make it,” Chen says.
A．wasted B．paid C．spent D．cost
A．dumplings B．noodles C．cakes D．cookies
A．by B．from C．of D．with
A．Which B．Where C．What D．When
A．smell B．taste C．feel D．touch
A．to be B．being C．to have D．be
A．Suddenly B．Luckily C．Traditionally D．Finally
A．get B．refuse C．enjoy D．fight
A．plan B．idea C．information D．advice
A．which B．whom C．who D．/
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