中考英语试题

57. 直到最后一分钟，他们才进了一个球。

They          score a goal          the last minute.

58. 天气真好，我们去公园走走吧。

                  weather it is! Let’s walk round to the park.

59. 别嘲笑他，他已经够勇敢的表达自己了。

                  at him. He is                   to express himself.

60. 玩太多的微信对眼睛不好。

         too much WeChat                             your eyes.

61. 西瓜如果放在冰箱会更好吃。

Watermelons will be more delicious                                     in the fridge.

62. 拿高分真的是最重要的吗？

                  the most important thing                  high marks?

63. 她妈妈想知道她是什么时候回到家的。

Her mother wanted to know                                    .

You can't imagine what difficulty she had  ________（描述）what she saw at the beginning because of fear.

﹣ ___________ does your mother go to the supermarket？

﹣ Once a week．（　　）

A．How often                       B．How long                           C．How far

Why Wisdom （智慧） Doesn't Work as Well as We Think It Does

We relate wisdom to age. Most of us believe that gaining wisdom is like picking up stones on a path: the longer you're on the path, the more stones you'll collect.

It seems a reasonable inference, then, the older you are, the more wisdom you have. Older people usually make fewer careless mistakes, and they often know the best course of action in a given situation. But I think there's another explanation at play here, which we might consider in the light of what we know about human decision-making.

There are two different ways of decision-making: plans and habits. Here's an example of how these ways differ. If you ^’ re driving somewhere for the first time, you'll need a plan. You will need to know whether to turn left or right, because you don’t already have that information stored away in your head. On the other hand, you don't need a plan when you're going somewhere familiar （熟悉的） because the order of steps that will take you there is stored as a habit. But if you find that the road is blocked by fallen trees, you’ll have to think about another way. Such a plan allows you to more easily deal with new situations, but they require a lot more attention.

The use of plans and habits changes over the course of our lives. A baby can't use habits to make decisions, because any situation she ^’ s in will be a new one. As we build up a store of familiar situations, the more we can depend on habits. The older you are, the more likely your behavior is based on tried- and-true habits rather than fresh planning.

But what does this tell us about wisdom? Well, it suggests that wisdom is interactive, not static : it is a relationship between a person and their surroundings （环境）， The reason that wisdom seems to come out so effortlessly from well-seasoned minds is that they have a store of habitual information about how to act in a given situation.

But it also makes a worrying prediction: if older people were put in a new situation, with which they had no familiarity, they wouldn't make better decisions than someone who is young. It is the same with mistakes. Older, seemingly wiser people make fewer mistakes because they're familiar with surroundings they often deal with. If you controlled for the familiarity of the situation, then people in different age groups would probably make the same number of mistakes. Younger people might even make fewer mistakes, because they are better at coming up with fresh plans.

While wisdom gives you expertise within a particular environment, it doesn't mean that you'll be able to generalize that to new experiences. It's not that we necessarily get wiser as we get older, but we put ourselves in fewer situations where we are likely to make mistakes.

1 ． What do we know about the two ways of decision-making according to the passage?

A ． Using plans or habits to make decisions is an ever-changing process.

B ． The use of plans and habits requires lots of attention and effort.

C ． When going somewhere familiar, we need to work out a plan.

D ． Younger people depend more on habits to make decisions,

2 ． What can we learn from the passage?

A ． Younger people have a great advantage in becoming wiser.

B ． Older people are better at making careful plans before action.

C ． Older people seem wiser because they ^’ ve stored more habitual information.

D ． Younger people make more mistakes when they're in unfamiliar surroundings.

3 ． What does the underlined word “static” probably mean in Paragraph 5?

A ． Uncontrolled. B ． Unchanged. C ． Increasing. D ． Surprising.

4 ． What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

A ． To stress the importance of gaining wisdom.

B ． To compare the two different ways of decision-making.

C ． To call on younger people to learn more from older people.

D ． To remind us to view the wisdom of older people reasonably.

阅读下面短文，在空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。

Compassion（同情，怜悯）is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is t51. . I work part-time in a supermarket across form a building for the elderly. These old people are our main c52. , and it's not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register(收款机)with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash（现金）, had just m53. into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on t54. . He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn't help staring at him. I w55. what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store r56. didn't allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I v57.  my job.

Just then, another man, s58.  behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. "Charge it to me," was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I t59. the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my h60.  and taught me compassion.

—Mike! Our country is building the third aircraft carrier（航空母舰）.  Xinhua News Agency reported last month

—What _______ unusual thing! I’m proud _______ it.

A. a; of           B. an; of           C. the; in         D. /; in

Let him ________ you _______ our school.

A. to show, around   B. show, for    C. shows, for    D.  show, around

【2019 • 湖北省黄冈市】—What do you think of the new movie Wandering Earth（《流浪地球》）?

—It’s __________ wonderful __________ I really like it.

A. so; that       B. such; that          C. too; to             D. enough; to

These gifts ________ by children in their last summer holidays.

A ． made B ． were made C ． make D ． are made

Pass me the dictionary, please. I want to __________ some new words.

A．look for         B．look up          C．look after       D．look through

classmates, I, with, had a party, my

_____________________________________________________.

A．Similarly    B．popular    C．focus    D．within    E. Importantly

Primary school students are being offered a unique choice to school education at The Nature School in New South Wales.

Half of the school day is spent outdoors learning subjects such as English, maths and science with a 21． on independent thinking, The students enjoy a full outdoor adventure day once a week while outdoor play also takes place every day, whatever the weather.

The concept was first from Europe, where, "forest schools" have been 22． for more than ten years. The philosophy is about children learning from and 23． nature. For example, walking around the bush with a clipboard allows for writing and drawing. 24．, a maths lesson on weight, mass or length can take place in the natural environment.

—I was told to be here before eight.

—Oh you ______. I’m sorry for not telling you that we have changed the plan.

A ． must B ． can’t C ． many D ． needn’t

阅读下面短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

Reading is fun! You can also analyze texts （文本） to learn more from the texts and about the texts. One way you can do this with fiction books, passages, or poems is by exploring their themes.

A theme is a central idea running throughout the text, connecting the characters and events. The writer may express his or her thoughts about humanity or a worldview through a theme. Themes can be ideas like friendship, bravery, love, honesty or family. Make sure you know what the writer is saying.

Sometimes, themes are hard to find out. First, the theme may not be able to be included in just one word like the examples above. There may also be more than one theme in the text. What’s more, some themes are not presented in the words directly. You have to use clues in the texts to find them.

To start exploring the theme, first you need to make sure you’ve read the whole text. Since themes develop over time, you can’t fully understand the underlying themes until the end of the text. Then, ask yourself to sum up （概括） the text and try to work out a “big idea”. For example, did many characters resolve problems with their families? If there was only one small problem with a character’s family, then “family” might not be the theme of the text. Finally, after finding out a “big idea”, go through the text to find examples that support this idea. You needn’t repeat every detail of the story-a few key examples will be fine.

Now you are ready to explore the theme of a text!

 The high speed train     Qingdao and Beijing travels faster now. The train ride takes only about three hours.

A. from                B. among               C. in                  D. between

My mother often ________ me a story in the evening.

A ． tells B ． says C ． speaks D ． talks

我的外国朋友们想知道十二月是否是去海南旅游的最佳时期．

My foreign friends，　   　December is the best time to visit Hainan．

—Where is Lucy? I haven’t seen her for days.

—She ________ Chengdu. She’ll be back next week.

A ． has gone to B ． has been to C ． have gone to D ． have been to

— Your jacket looks so cool! Can you tell me ________?

— Sure. I will send you the shop's address later.

A ． where will you buy it B ． where you will buy it

C ． where did you buy it D ． where you bought it

The face-down generation（一代）

If you were born in the 2000s, you are called the oh-ohs. The 21^stcentury. That would make you young, creative, connected, world-wide, and no doubt smart. Maybe good-looking, too. Right? But what do other people think about your generation?

Some adults worry that you're more interested in the screen in front of you than the world around you. They think of you as the "face-down generation" because you use your phone so much. They wonder how you will deal with school, friends, and family.

Other adults worry that today's youth are spoilt (溺爱) and don't want to face the challenges of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s were raised by "helicopter parents". They were always there to guide and help their children with a busy program filled with homework and after-school activities such as dancing, drawing, or sports. With parents who do everything for them, today's youth seem to prefer to live like teenagers even when they are in their 20s or 30s.

Does the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today's teenagers are better educated and more creative than past generations. They seem to be willing to become leaders. More young people than ever volunteer to help their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls' rights to go to school.

So if you're one of the oh-ohs, there's reason to be hopeful about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation. Chances are that you do great and laugh out loud.

69．If Alice was born in 2004, is she an oh-oh?

__________________________________________________________

70．Why do some adults think of the oh-ohs as the "face-down generation"?

__________________________________________________________

71．What are the parents called who always guide and plan everything for their children?

__________________________________________________________

72．How does the writer organize Paragraph 4?

A．Time order.            B．Space order.            C．General to specific. D．Specific to general.

73．What does the writer encourage the oh-ohs to do? Please list TWO.

__________________________________________________________