浙江省宁波市慈溪市2021年初中毕业生英语学业考试模拟测试卷

On my 21st birthday, my mom gave me a pair of bangles (手镯). These family1were given to my mom by my grandma. The bangles were2, for those stones on the bangles were in the shape of leaves and birds.

I3the bangles carefully and found one of them had its stones out. I wanted to get them repaired and went out.4, when l got to the shop I found I had5the bangles. I felt very sad.

I6the city soon after, but the memory of the bangles7troubled me. Twenty years later, I was again in the city. One day, I saw a young salesgirl8the same bangles as I had lost, so I asked her9she got them. She said, "They are the best gift from my father, and they carry good memory between us. Do you know them?" "They look just the same as10!" I replied. Then I told her the11about the bangles. Hearing what I said, she felt12. She hesitated for a while and started13her bangles. I stopped her and said, "They should belong to you. I know the14of losing things given by the loved ones."

I lost my valuable gift, but I passed15down to others. That was the real meaning of the bangles.

Jobs at Monkey Business Camp

We are looking for those who are energetic, warm-hearted, experienced and deeply love their jobs with kids.

SUMMER JOBS

We have 3 main jobs, and workers in all positions work 32-40 hours every week.

⒈Site Director has the most experience and the most duty. Pay: $20-$24/hour.

⒉Group Leader is the next level. They lead some activities, and step in for Site Director if he/ she is on break. Pay: $15.50-$19.50/hour.

⒊Counselors(辅导老师) are the biggest part of our team and their main job is playing with the campers and supporting decisions of the leadership. Counselors will lead games, songs, etc. Pay: usually $15/hour.

SUMMER PROGRAMS

We have 3 summer programs:

⒈Girls/Boys on the Go Field Trip Camps for ages 9-13, and youth leaders ages 14+.

⒉Tilden Outdoor Camp for ages 4-10 and youth leaders ages 11+.

⒊Pre-K Camp for ages 3-4, and youth leaders ages 10+.

YEAR-ROUND JOBS

Receive more benefits(好处) for that — up to $2,000/year! We offer above basic pay for the field, and better health care services for those who can work in all of our school break camps.

REQUIRED DATES

February Camp 2021: February 18-21.

Spring Camp 2021: March 30-April 3.

Summer 2021:

Tilden Outdoor Camp: June 8-August 21.

Pre-K Camp: August 3-21.

Girls/Boys on the Go Field Trip Camps: August 15-31.

Thanksgiving Camp 2021: November 23-25.

Winter Camp 2021: December 21-24 & December 28-31.

I went to my first concert last night.

The band I went to see was I-Prevail. But of course when you go to a concert, you can't enjoy the band before you hear the openers. That was a bit of a shock to me considering that there were three openers before I-Prevail played anything. I honestly had never heard of any of the opening bands, but they weren't bad at all.

Three hours passed and finally it was time for the band I came to see. But they didn't sing when they got on stage(舞台). They first gave a speech to thank us for coming to watch their concert.

After the speech, the band finally began to play. Though that was my first concert, I had always talked to people who went to concerts a lot. They always seemed to mention that the group or singers doesn't sound the same as they do on recordings. I-Prevail did not fall into this stereotype(陈规). The band sounded exactly like they do on their albums. That just shows this band was known for how good they are but not just how good they can make themselves sound on an album.

The concert was amazing and the night was great, but I honestly feel that a concert is 10 times better if you go with people you know and who just want to have a good time. The people I attended the concert with were amazing people and just had such a love for music, which made everything so much better. A concert is one thing, but having friends that enjoy music as much as you do is something you can't miss. Last night was so much better just because I attended my first concert with some great friends.

Sitting among a sea of cars, have you ever dreamed about your car taking off and flying over the road? Many of us spend an hour or so stuck in traffic every week. The main problem is that we are not expanding (扩展)our transportation systems fast enough to meet ever increasing demands (需求). One solution is to create a new type of transportation that doesn't rely on roads.

In the last century, planes and cars changed the way we lived. Cars, which can be afforded by the general population，have allowed us to move farther. Planes have also cut travel time to faraway destinations(目的地).At the beginning of a new century, we may see the realization of a century-old dream一the mix of cars and planes or flying cars.

You might have heard news about flying cars before. The technology to make them safe and easy to fly may finally be here. With progress in lightweight material，computer models and no-man control, the dream is very close to becoming real.

Car maker Moller went public with the Skycar M400 in 2011. It is the first car that can take off and land straightly. The four-seat Skycar is powered by eight engines(引擎). The cost of a car is about $1 million at first, but when it begins to be produced in large amounts, that price could come down to as low as $60,000.

The latest flying car City Hawk is predicted to be tested between 2021 and 2022.It is similar to the Skycar except for its power source. The important difference lies in the power fans that seem much quieter on the road. The City Hawk is about as large as a middle-sized car. It could be used as an air taxi for news collection and traffic control.

The popularity of flying cars could be very exciting or very scary, depending on how you look at it. If proper rules are put in place, they could be the answer to our ever-heavier traffic pressure.

Members of a native community in the arctic areas of Sweden say their reindeer (驯鹿) are facing possible starvation(饥饿)from unusual weather related to climate change. The Sami indigenous community takes care of about 8,000 reindeer throughout the year. The animals are moved between traditional feeding areas in high mountains near Norway in the summer and forests farther east in the winter.

Community member Niila Inga is worried about his reindeer. He said climate change has affected the area's weather activity and created food shortages. "If we don't find better areas for them where they can graze and find food, then the reindeer will starve to death, "Inga said. He demonstrated the problem by reaching down into the snow and pulling up a hard piece of ice close to the soil.

The area received unusual snowfall early in the fall, followed by rain that froze (结冰). Inga said this keeps the plants that reindeer eat under a thick cover of ice. Some of the hungry reindeer have now moved away from their traditional migration (迁徙) areas in search of food.

Community members say half the reindeer moved towards the east as planned. But the rest headed back to the mountains, where they face the risk of attacks by other animals or being caught in an avalanche. Older members of the Sami community say that in the past, they only encountered bad winters about once every ten years. But now, Inga says "extreme and strange weathers are getting more and more normal," happening several times a year.

Snowfall is normal for the area. But as temperatures increase, rain can also fall, creating a "rain-on-snow" effect. When this happens, food stays underneath the ice where the reindeer cannot reach it. This causes the animals to grow weaker and struggle to make it through the winter. Weather changes have hit the Sami community hard.

SannaVannar is president of the Swedish Sami Youth organization. The group made an action to force the European Union (EU) to reduce human-caused greenhouse gases.

"We've said we don't want money because we can't buy better weather with money,"Vannar said. "We've said we need the EU to take action and they need to do it now."

Ways to learn from mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes in his or her life. But all these words are useless if a person does not know how to start. Listed below are some easy ways to learn from mistakes.

Accept the result. If you have made a mistake, then it might make you stand in front of some hard results. It may be the worst situation of your life. Just remember that to make an omelet(煎蛋卷), it is necessary to break an egg. Only when you can accept can you learn from mistakes.

If you start seeing room for improvement，then growth happens. Never beat yourself up for the mistakes you have made. With every mistake, you can get the chance to make the task better. Sometimes we believe that mistakes are good.

Never give up. If a mistake is made, that doesn't mean it closes all the doors of success. Instead, it opens several new doors. It provides another chance to make it better. .

Teach other people. Learning by teaching has proven to be very effective(有效的). When you make a mistake, make it a point to teach what you learned to other people. Not only will this help you build trust in others, it will help keep the lessons you've learned always in your own mind.