初中英语

Remember when you were a little child trying to learn to walk?

   First, you had to learn how to balance (平衡) yourself and stand. You fell down, and then got back up. You laughed sometimes and cried at other times. After much practice, you finally learned how to balance yourself. You got much pleasure from this new feeling of power﹣you'd stand everywhere you could. It was a happy time﹣you did it!

   Now the next step﹣walking. You'd seen others do it. It didn't look that hard﹣just move your legs while you were standing. Wrong﹣more difficult than you ever imagined. But after you tried again and again and again, you understood how to walk.

   If people found you walking, they cheered, "Oh, look at what the kid is doing." This encouraged you!But look back on those days when you were the little child﹣how many times did you try when no one was watching, or when no one was cheering? You couldn't wait for someone to encourage you to take the next steps.You learned how to encourage yourself.

   So, keep trying and encouraging yourself as you learned to walk if you want to succeed in doing something.

(1)What is the first step in learning to walk? (不超过15个词)

  

(2)When did you understand how to walk? (不超过15个词)

  

(3)What should you do if you want to succeed in doing something? (不超过15个词)

  

来源:2019年安徽省中考英语试卷
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On winter nights, the wind usually blows strongly. Most of us stay inside our warm homes. Few of us think about the homeless. These people have no choice but to sleep on the streets.Some of them are so poor that they have no money to buy food.

    A young man in Birmingham,England, made a decision to do something about this.Every night,he puts on a Spider﹣Man suit and gives food to the homeless he meets. He makes sure that these people won't go hungry.

    The man refuses to make his name public.The local people call him the "Birmingham Spider﹣Man".The young man hopes his action will show others that everybody deserves (应得) a helping hand.

    The 25﹣year﹣old man started his night activities in 2015. Every night at 9, he buys some sandwiches. Then. he finds a quiet alley and puts on his "uniform". After that, the "Spider﹣Man" starts handing his food out to people in need.

    The man said,"I wear the Spider﹣Man suit in order to get attention."Without the suit,few people took a second look at him when he was handing out food.When people see the "Spider﹣Stan",however,they come over and ask what he is doing.

    "The Birmingham Spider﹣Man" has already got lots of attention.Many people have offered to give away money to him. But the young man never accepts the money. Instead, he encourages people to go out and help people in need on their own. He said, "If more people offer a helping hand, the cold winter nights won't be so cold any longer."

(1)How does the young man in Birmingham, England help the homeless people?

  

(2)When did the young man start his night activities?

  

(3)What does the young man hope his action will show others?

  

(4)Why does the young man wear the Spider﹣Man suit when he helps the homeless people?

  

(5)Why does the young man never accept the money that many people have given away to him?

  

来源:2020年山东省临沂市中考英语试卷
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    In a few hours Sam would be flying to Germany. We looked at each other but no sound broke the silence of my beach﹣side house.

    Such a moment was not the first time for me.On Sam's first day of kindergarten (幼儿园),I felt his stress when holding his hand.He looked at me﹣as he did now. But I said nothing till the school bus came.About ten years later,I drove him to the college. He was sick but I didn't know then. I thought he was just too tired. I tried to think of something to say as he would start a new period of life. Again,___________.

    Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those opportunities we parents all let pass. A boy graduates from school,a daughter gets married.We seldom find a quiet moment to tell them what they have meant to us. Or what they might face in the future.

    Sam was weak when he was born but grew into a strong boy.Then he became the best baseball player in high school. His finest moment came when he got the first prize at a science fair.I was sorry he gave up his athletic talent,but proud that later he chose English literature.One day,I told Sam I regretted never traveling abroad to know better about the world before working.Sam decided to learn German in Berlin,even though his friends thought it meaningless.

    The night before he was to leave, I failed to say any words again. Maybe, I thought, it wasn't necessary to say anything.

    What does it matter if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? But as I stood before Sam,I knew it does matter. My father and I loved each other. However,I always regretted never hearing him put his feelings into words.

    "Sam,"I said,"if I could have pickedI would have picked you."I wasn't sure he understood what I meant. Sam came towards me and threw his arms around me,saying"thank you".My eyes misted over (模糊). Then, the moment ended, and Sam left home.

    That was seven weeks ago, and now I think about him when I walk along the beach near my home on weekends. Thousands of miles away, Sam might be busy walking in the street of Berlin.

    What I had said to Sam was not new. It was nothing.Butit was everything

(adapted from Words from a Father)

(1)Which of the following can be put at the end of Paragraph2?  

A. I failed to say a word

B. his illness worried me

C. I decided to go abroad

D. his growth satisfied me

(2)When Sam heard "if I could have pickedI would have picked you.", he might feel  

A. stressed

B. sad

C. calm

D. excited

(3)What does the writer mean by writing the last sentence "Butit was everything."?  

A. A father should care about his son's education.

B. A father should express deep love to his son.

C. A son should take his father's suggestion.

D. A son should respect his father's decision.

来源:2020年江苏省镇江市中考英语试卷
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I did not grow up in a family with books.(1)   My process of being a reader seemed amazing. I got lost in one book that opened up my world and changed my life.

    My primary school teacher always gave her pupils time to read for pleasure in school. She believed it would improve reading greatly.(2)   It was a biography(传记) of actress Greta Garbo. I picked it up and began to read from cover to cover. The words I read attracted(吸引) me and I was excited. I realized that there were other women like Greta who had made great efforts and changed their lives. I recognized(认识) myself in her.

    From then on, my teacher had a hard time keeping me supplied(提供) with books. She dug up all the biographies of women that she could find.(3)  

    It has been a long road. I am now a physics professor in a university.(4)     Recently, someone gave me Justice Sonia Sotomayor's autobiography. Once again, I am encouraged and am imagining new possibilities for my life.

A. Most of my time is spent reading scientific literature.

B. Their stories were like road maps that allowed me to see where I could go on with my life.

C. In my home, there was neither time nor energy to read.

D. Reading plays an important role in my life.

E. One day, she put a book on my desk.

来源:2019年山东省淄博市中考英语试卷
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Is a nearby neighbour better than a faraway cousin? An American lady, Anna Lane, believes it's true. Her kind neighbours once helped her out when she was in a big trouble.

    Mrs. Lane was living alone in a city in Texas, US. The woman in her 70s could do a lot of housework herself. However, she was too old to mow(修剪)her lawn(草坪). Then a big trouble found her. She let the grass grow over 18 inches high and it broke the law in her city. As a result, she was in danger of paying lots of money or even going to prison!

    Luckily, her neighbours, the Adams brothers, heard the news about her on TV. They decided to do something to help. "We haven't met her yet, but she's 75 years old and she needs some help, "said Sam Adams, one of the boys. "That's the least we could do."

    The Adams brothers took their mowers(修剪机)and came to Mrs. Lane's house to mow her lawn without telling her. Once they got started, other neighbours saw what was going on and joined in the effort.

    Together they worked hard in the sun and finished mowing the whole lawn in about two hours. When Mrs. Lane saw what her neighbours did for her, she was surprised and moved to tears(感动得落泪). "I cannot believe this, "she said. "They were so kind to spend two hours helping me and I didn't even know their names. "As for the Adams brothers, they said they would always be ready to help her.

(1)What can we know about Mrs. Lane?  

A. She was 70 years old.

B. She could not do her housework.

C. She was living with her children.

D. She could not cut the grass on the lawn.

(2)Mrs. lane was in danger of going to prison because  

A. she broke the education law in her city

B. the grass on her lawn was over 18 inches high

C. the news about her on TV was made up by her

D. she didn't pay enough money to her neighbours

(3)Who mowed the lawn?  

A. The Adams brothers.

B. Sam Adams and Mrs. Lane.

C. The Adams brothers and Mrs. Lane.

D. The Adams brothers and other neighbours.

(4)Which of the following is true?  

A. The Adams brothers knew Mrs. Lane very well.

B. Mrs. Lane knew some of her neighbours' names.

C. Mrs. Lane didn't expect her neighbours would help her.

D. The Adams brothers used Mrs. Lane's mowers to cut the grass.

(5)The best title(题目)for the passage would be  

A. Good neighbours

B. A serious city law

C. A beautiful garden

D. Humorous brothers

来源:2019年山东省聊城市中考英语试卷
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I was filled with doubts and worries until my grandfather told me to stand tall.

    For me, height was my trouble. I was much taller than other girls, so I often bent( 弯曲) my body at the back of the line. I had always felt unsafe as the tallest student of my class in Bala Cynwyd. And I wasn't looking forward to entering the ninth grade.

    My grandfather didn't laugh at me. Instead, whenever I tried to bend myself in order to appear shorter, he would tell me "Stand straight and tall, Alisa. "I trusted my grandfather more than anyone else in my childhood. And whenever I was afraid of something, he always told me stories of his life.

    My grandfather grew up in war﹣torn(战乱的) Europe." Stand straight, stand tall "meant something else then. After the war, he went to America. He lived a hard life, "If they could do it, why couldn't I?""Stand straight, stand tall,"he often reminded(提醒) himself. Thanks to the help of a friend, my grandfather got a job. He once told me that he was very nervous at first. He was not only trying to learn this hard new job but also a new language.

    "Stand straight, stand tall," he would always tell himself. I am so proud of my grandfather. After listening to my grandfather 's unusual experiences, I have changed the way I look at my own life.

    "Stand straight, stand tall"has become not only a piece of advice to improve my posture(身姿). It also tells me to be proud of who I am.

    And I do.

(1)Alisa often bent her body because  

A. she lived a hard life

B. she was much taller than other girls

C. she always stood at the back of the line

D. she didn't want to enter the 9th grade

(2)What did Alisa's grandfather do with her trouble?  

A. He laughed at her.

B. He asked her to bend her body.

C. He told her to stand straight and tall.

D. He advised her to stay away from her friends.

(3)Alisa's grandfather's experiences  

A. made her feel unsafe

B. taught her to accept herself

C. changed her attitude(态度) to her grandfather

D. told her his success completely depended on friends

(4)"Stand straight, stand tall"means  in the passage.

A. making yourself look tall

B. taking care of yourself

C. being proud of yourself

D. reminding yourself

(5)What's the best title for this passage?  

A. Stand straight, stand tall

B. My grandfather's life stories

C. My colorful experiences

D. The help of a friend

来源:2019年山东省德州市中考英语试卷
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Mr. and Mrs. March lived together with their four daughters. Amy was very shy. Beth loved being at home. Meg looked very pretty. Jo was tall and thin and she was a tomboy.. Their home was always busy and full of noise and people. Next to them lived old Mr. Laurence and his grandson, Laurie. They lived in a very large and comfortable house. But it was a house without life.

    One day, Joe saw Laurie standing at an upstairs window in his house and looking down at their garden. Jo's sisters were playing in the snow there. They were throwing snowballs and having a lot of fun. But Laurie's face was very sad.

    "Poor boy!" Jo thought. "He's all alone. He needs some friends." She couldn't stop thinking about him. She wanted to go and see him, but how could she go to the house without an invitation?

    Then one snowy afternoon, she saw Laurie's grandpa go out. This gave her an idea. She took a broom from the kitchen.

    "What are you going to do, Jo?" asked her sister Meg.

    "To clear the garden path." Answered Jo.

    When Laurie saw Jo from the window, a big smile changed his pale, sad face.

    Jo laughed and shouted, "How are you? Are you ill?"

    Laurie opened the window and said," I'm better now, thank you. I had a bad cold and had to stay inside for a week".

    "I'm sorry," said Jo. "Are you bored?"

    "Yes, very." he replied.

    "Don't your friends come to visit you?"

    "No. But I don't want to see anybody. Boys are noisy and they give me a headache."

    "Girls are quiet."

    "I don't know any girls."

    "You know us."

    "That's true! Can you come and visit me?" cried Laurie.

    " I'm not quiet, but I'd like to come," replied Jo. "I must ask Mother first." She ran back into her house.

     A few minutes later, she returned and rang the bell on the door of laurie's house. A servane took her upstairs.

    "Here I am!" she said brightly. "Mother sends her love and my sisters gave me this blancmange (牛奶冻) for you."

    "That looks delicious," Laurie said. He was very happy to see Jo.

    Jo looked around. There were lots of books on the shelves.

    "A nice room!" she said. "I can read to you if you like."

    "No, let's talk," replied Laurie.

    "All right," said Jo, "I can talk for hours. My sisters say I never know when to stop."

    "You have three sisters﹣Amy, Beth and Meg." Laurie continued.

    "How do you know this?" Jo was surprised.

    "You call each other's names when you are in the garden. Sometimes I can see you all around the table with your mother. She has a very kind face. I like looking at her. I haven't got a mother."

    Jo felt sad when she heard this.

    "Why don't you come and visit us?" she said, "It isn't good for you to stay in this house all the time."

    "Thank you. I'd like to come very much." Said Laurie.

    "We know all our neighbours except you." Jo said, " I'm glad we're friends now."

    She told him about all the interesting things in her life. She said," Besides(除了……之外) plays, I also love books." Laurie loved books too, and offered to show her the library in the house. The library was a wonderful room. Jo loved it.

    "Wow!" she said, "All those books!"

    Laurie said, "A person needs more than books."

                                                                                                                    (Adapted from Little Women)

(1)From the first paragraph, we know  

A. Jo's family had five members

B. Jo and Laurie were neighbours

C. Laurie and his grandpa were busy

D. the four sisters had the same hobby

(2)Jo wanted to visit Laurie because  

A. she wanted to visit his large house

B. Laurie invited her to play with snowballs

C. she felt he was lonely and needed friends

D. Laurie was seriously ill and needed her care

(3)What might be the correct order of what happened in the story?  

a. Jo saw Laurie standing at an upstairs window in his house.

b. Jo and Laurie were having a talk happily at Laurie's home.

c. Jo wanted to Laurie's home after telling her mother.

d. Jo couldn't stop thinking about Laurie.

A. a﹣b﹣c﹣d

B. b﹣a﹣c﹣d

C. b﹣d﹣a﹣c

D. a﹣d﹣c﹣b

(4)Which words can best describe Jo and her sisters?  

A. Kind and friendly

B. Generous but rude

C. Quiet and smart

D. Funny but carless

(5)What does Laurie mean by saying "A person needs more than books."?  

A. People need to stay in their own houses.

B. People should learn much more from the books.

C. People need love and friendship besides books.

D. People should relax themselves besides reading

来源:2019年江苏省宿迁市中考英语试卷
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WILL THE WORLD AT 12:01 A M.on Jan.1,2019 be completely different from how it was at 11:59 p.m on Dec .31, 2018? Not really. But people make a big deal of flipping( 翻动) over the calendar.For example, you make a New Year resolution, a promise to yourself that you' ll try to be better in the year ahead. Maybe that means being nicer to your family members, or reading news more often. My resolution is to have a pet. My favourite pet is in the puzzle on the right. Try to find it.

THE RULES

1. You may only move across or down.

2. Your path must spell out real words!

(1)Sam Ehren wrote this passage on  

A.Jan.1,2019

B.Jan.1,2018

C.Dec.30,2018

D.Dec.31,2018

(2)What does the underlined word"resolution"mean in the passage?  

A.Promise.

B.Entertainment.

C.Humour.

D.Secret.

(3)From the puzzle,we can find the writer's favourite pet is a  

A.mouse

B.dog

C.cat

D.bird

来源:2019年江苏省南京市中考英语试卷
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①He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got at his family's small house on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.

②On the day before the bass(鲈鱼)season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and the bass with worms. Before long, when his fishing pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched him with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the bank and he very successfully lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

③The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, the fish jumped up and down in the moonlight. The father looked at his watch. It was 10 P. M.﹣two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. "You will have to put it back, my son." he said." I have never seen such a big fish before." cried the boy" There will be other fish." said his father. The boy looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by his father's voice that the decision couldn't be changed. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the water.

④That was 34 years ago. And he has never again caught such a beautiful fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see the fish again and again﹣every time he comes up against a question of ethics(伦理). For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

⑤We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives fresh in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.

(1)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?  

A. The fish was too huge to lift easily from the water.

B. The writer and his father usually went fishing together on an island.

C. The fish went back to the water because of the writer's carelessness.

D. As time goes by, the writer can still remember every detail clearly.

(2)The third paragraph mainly tells us that  

A. someone knew when they went fishing

B. it was not a right time to take the bass away

C. the boy has great skill in working the hook out of the fish's lip

D. fishermen and boats were not far away from there

(3)After reading this passage, we can infer  

A. fishing is a good hobby not only for teens but also adults

B. the boy and his father are examples of the practice of ethics

C. the bass is not permitted to catch in New Hampshire lake

D. it's important to balance fishing the bass and protect it

(4)What can we learn from the whole passage?  

A. The boy's happy childhood.

B. Getting a handsome fish is a very brilliant experience.

C. We do the right thing when we come up against a question of ethics.

D. The practice of ethics is only simple matters of right and wrong.

(5)   might be the best title of this passage.

A. Catch of a life time

B. An unforgettable experience

C. Benefits of fishing

D. An adventure of a handsome bass

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Amanda Kitts is one of "tomorrow's people"﹣people who have artificial(人工的) body parts. She has a bionic(电子操控的)arm.

    Now Kitts runs a day﹣care center. Children run up to her happily as she comes into the classroom. She bends over to talk with a small girl. As she bends, Kitts puts her hands on her knees. For most people, this would be easy. However, just a few years ago, this was impossible for Kitts.

    In 2006, Kitts was in a car accident. A truck crushed(挤坏) her left arm and the doctor had to cut it off. "I was angry, sad, depressed. I just couldn't accept it," she says. But then she heard about a new technique that could use the remaining nerves(神经) in her shoulder to control an artificial arm.

    In a difficult operation, a doctor moved Kitts's nerves to different areas of her upper﹣arm muscles. For months, the nerves grew. Millimeter by millimeter, they moved deeper into their new homes. "At three months I started feeling little tingles and twitches(刺痛和抽搐)," she said. A month later, she got her first bionic arm. A research engineer worked with Kitts to make the computer programs match her real movements more and more closely.

    Today, Kitts's arm is great, but it's not yet perfect. She wants feeling in her hands. For example, she needs to feel whether something is rough or smooth. She also needs feeling to do one of her favorite things﹣drink coffee. "The problem with a paper coffee cup is that my hand will close until it gets a solid grip," she says. One time at a coffee shop, her hand kept closing until it crushed the cup. But Kitts says positively, "One day I'll be able to feel things with it…and clap my hands…to the songs my kids are singing."

(1)What is the difference between Kitts and normal people ?  

A. She has a bionic arm.

B. She can bend.

C. She can put her hands on her knees.

(2)Kitts got her first bionic arm  after the difficult operation.

A. almost three months

B. over one month

C. more than four months

(3)Kitts is able to  with her bionic hand.

A. clap her hands

B. hold things

C. feel rough or smooth things

(4)Kitts's attitude toward her new arm is  

A. positive

B. angry

C. perfect

(5)Choose the right order of the events  

①Kitts heard about a new technique.

②Kitts crushed a paper coffee cup.

③Kitts had two human arms.

④A truck hit Kitts's car.

⑤Kitts got her first bionic arm.

⑥Doctors moved some of the nerves in Kitts's arm.

A.④﹣①﹣⑥﹣⑤﹣②﹣③

B.③﹣④﹣⑤﹣①﹣②﹣⑥

C.③﹣④﹣①﹣⑥﹣⑤﹣②

来源:2018年山东省威海市中考英语试卷
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[1]I'm a 34﹣year﹣old man, married, lived in a nice house, and have a successful career. But my life was not always so great. I had a learning disability from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra(额外的) help. Still, I suffered(遭受) the rest of my school days in public schools.

[2] My life improved greatly when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually became good at making things with clay. Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence(自信)came along.

[3]I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. (3)I soon noticed it wasn't a talent thingit needed lots of practice So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it.

[4] Later I decided to learn(4)①   to read and write. I practiced reading and (4)②  , which l used to avoid as much as possible. After two years, I was literate(有文化的).

[5]Through the long process with art, (4)③  . and reading and writing. now I've got to a point in my life: I am smart enough to dive into(潜入) an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting.

(1)What made the writer's school days difficult? (No more than 5 words)

  

(2)Why did art give the writer confidence?(No more than 11 words)

  

(3)Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

  

(4)Fill in the blanks in the last two paragraphs with proper words.

      

(5)What have you learned from the passage? (No more than 20 words)

  

来源:2018年山东省泰安市中考英语试卷
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"Can I take your order? " Night after night, I had to say this as I worked in my family's restaurant. My father was a fantastic cook. He wanted me, his only son, to cook with him, but I didn't like cooking. Because of the restaurant, my father was always busy. He never had time to play football with me.

    During my high school and college years, I worked with my family at night. But I always avoided the kitchen. I couldn't wait to graduate (毕业)so that I could move away from the family business. Several days before my graduation day, my father and I started looking at new cars. Finally, we found the right car. I was sure that my father would give it to me as my graduation gift.

    On my graduation day, my father gave me a book as a gift. It was his old cookbook. I was so angry that I gave it back to him and ran out of the house. Several days later I moved away and started my business. Although I often saw my father during holidays, we never talked about the graduation gift. Then one day, I got a call that my father was ill. I went to see him because I was very worried.

    That night, I looked through my father's books and saw the cookbook that he had given me year before. I carefully opened the cookbook and went through it. Then I found something that made me cry. It was a check(支票)for 30,000 dated(注有日期)the day of my graduation.And the price of the car my father and I chose all those years ago was 30,000.

(1)From Paragraph I we know that the writer's father  

A. was a common cook

B. had a lot of free time

C. wanted the writer to be a cook

D. often played foot ball with the writer

(2)The writer couldn't wait to graduate because he wanted to  

A. leave the family business

B. manage the family's restaurant

C. have enough time to find a good car

D. get a graduation gift as soon as possible

(3)The writer   on his graduation day.

A. accepted his father's gift

B. moved away from home

C. was very angry with his father

D. was very worried about his father

(4)The last paragraph shows that the writer  

A. decided to cook with his father

B. hated his father giving him so little money

C. regretted he didn't look after his father well

D. realized his father's deep love for him at last

(5)What would be the best title(题目)for the passage?  

A. A cookbook

B. A football fan

C. My school days

D. My business

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There was once a King and he wanted to find out who could paint the best picture of peace.And be would offer a prize to the artist. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures,but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

    One picture was of a calm(平静的) lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. Everyone thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

    The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare(无遮蔽的). Above was an angry sky. And it was raining and lightening. Down the side of the mountain, a waterfall fell quickly. This did not look peaceful at all.

    But when the King looked carefully, he saw behind the waterfall a bush(矮树丛) growing in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest(巢,窝). There, she sat on her nest…in perfect peace.

    Which picture do you think won the prize?

    The King chose the second picture. "Because," said the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the middle of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

(1)What did the King want the artists to do?(no more than 10 words)

  

(2)What did everyone think of the 1st picture?(no more than 7 words)

  

(3)Why did the King choose the 2nd picture? (no more than 11words)  

(4)请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语.

  

(5)请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目.

  

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Put a frog in the water and start heating the water. As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature. The frog keeps on adjusting with the increase in temperature.

    Just when the water is about to reach the boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore.

At that point the frog decides to jump out.

    The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so. because it loses all its strength in adjusting to the water temperature.

    Very soon the frog dies. What kills the frog?

    Many of us would say the boiling water.

    But in fact, what kills the frog is its own inability to decide when it has to jump out.

    We all need to adjust to people and situations, but we need to be sure when we need to adjust and when we need to face.

    There are times when we need to face the situation and take the proper action.

    If we allow people to exploit us in body, mirid, emotion or money, they will continue to do so. We have to decide when to jump. Let us jump while we still have the strength!

So, we must think of danger in times of safety and always be prepared for the worst.

(1)What does the underlined word "adjust" in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?  

A. 整理

B.调整

C. 整顿

(2)What kills the frog?  

A. The boiling water.

B. Its own ability to adjust its body temperature.

C. Its own inability to decide when it has to jump out.

(3)What does the writer really want to tell us?  

A. We must think of danger in times of safety.

B. We should not put the frog in the boiling water.

C. The frog is too stupid to know how to protect itself.

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A few years ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long week with our two little daughters. As we talked about what to do next, our daughters jumped in and told us exactly what hey wanted to do. We agreed.

As soon as we walked into the main area of the butterfly museum, we saw thousands of beautiful butterflies. They all flew with their colorful wings, y girls were jumping up and down and I knew we had made the right decision to the museum. They were having so much fun.

I turned to our guide and asked curiously (好奇地)," How long do butterflies live?"

She said, "about ten days."

"What can butterflies do in ten days?"

The guide stopped, looked at me, and said, " They make the world a more beautiful place".

After we said goodbye, I couldn't stop thinking bout what the guide had said. She was right. We all have something to offer the world with the time we have. If we spend the time doing what we can for others. we all can make the world a better place.

32. What did the girls want to do?  

A. Go to visit an island.

B. Make the world beautiful.

C. Listen to the tour guide.

D. Visit the butterfly museum.

33. What made the writer think they had made the right decision?  

A. She knew how long butterflies live

B. They were welcomed in the museum,

C. Their daughters were having a good time.

D. She saw thousands of beautiful butterflies.

34. What does the writer mainly tell us in the last paragraph?  

A. When they said goodbye to the guide.

B. Why they went to the butterfly museum.

C. What she learned from the guide's words

D. How she would make her home a better place.

35. Which is the proper time order of what happened?  

A. The family were staying on an island.

b. The family went to the butter fly museum.

c. The writer kept thinking about the guide's words.

d. The girls enjoyed themselves in the butterfly museum.

A. A﹣b﹣c﹣b﹣d

B. a﹣b﹣d﹣c

C. A﹣d﹣b﹣c

D. b﹣a﹣c﹣d

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