四川省德阳市绵竹市2021年中考英语一模（一诊）试题

Mr. Smith is old. He has taught math in this school 1 thirty years ago. He works hard and he is strict 2 his students.

This term, he began to teach Grade 1. On the first day of school, he told them how to be 3 honest person. Before the class was over, he asked his students to finish Exercise 6 in Lesson 1.

The next morning, Mr. Smith came into the classroom and asked, "Who has finished Exercise 6?" A few students 4 their hands. He shook his head and said, "Open your books and see 5 there's Exercise 6 in Lesson 1." The students had a look at their books and found there wasn't Exercise 6 at all. Their face turned red at once.

Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems of 1.

They feel stressed because they have 2 homework to do both at school and at home. They have 3 exams to take. And parents usually send them 4 different classes on weekends. As a result, many of them almost become bookworms(书虫). On holidays, they hardly have 5 time to do what they want to do. Now more and more teenagers 6 short-sighted(近视). They often read in bed or keep 7 for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some spend too much time 8 TV. 9 serious problem is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise.

I think teenagers should think of ways on how to 10 the problem. They should make a plan for study and find time to relax.

    "Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?", says Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing.

Taobao, China's largest online shopping site(网址), has become an important part of Wang Lin's life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop on line than men. Clothing and home-use products are the most popular on line.

It was reported that more than 900 billion(十亿) yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.

Taobao means "looking for treasure" in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.

You may question the security(安全) of online shopping, Wang Lin said, "It's very safe and convenient. Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products."

Mr. Green was going on business to Paris for a week. He would go there by train. Before he left, he said to his son, "If anyone asks for me, tell them that your father is out, and will be back in a week."

"OK, Dad." said his son. But Mr. Green was afraid that his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper. His son put the paper into his pocket (口袋).

Four days passed, but no one came to see Mr. Green. The boy thought no one would come, so he burnt (烧掉) the piece of paper that evening. The next afternoon, a man knocked at the door.

"Where is your father?" he asked. The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."

The man was very surprised. "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" he asked.

"Burnt yesterday evening." the boy answered.

    Stephen Hawking(史蒂芬霍金) died at the age of 76 on March 14, 2018. Hawking is known as the most famous physicist(物理学家) after Einstein.

Hawking was born in Oxford, England, on January 8, 1942. During his life, he married twice, and had three children. When he was a kid, Hawking went to school in St. Albans—a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving high school, Hawking went first to Oxford University to study physics, and then he went to Cambridge University to study the universe(宇宙).

At the age of twenty, Hawking noticed that something was wrong with him. Later, he went to the hospital and doctors said that he would die before he was 23. But Hawking didn't give up. In 1988, Hawking completed his book A Brief History of Time. In the book, he talked about many things, like the universe, the big bang(宇宙大爆炸) and the black hole.

    Some of you might often feel unhappy or forget how great you are. But do you want to make you feel good about yourself?

Look at the mirror and say to yourself, I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything. It may not sound good, but it really works!

Smile.  Look for the good things in your friends and family.

Do something nice for someone. Helping others always makes you feel good.

 Have you ever wanted to decorate (装饰) your own room or learn how to swim? Go for it! New challenges are fun and give you a sense of achievement when you have finished.

 Write down your thoughts, dreams or anything you want in your diaries! Writing always helps to open up your thoughts.

Stay with your family. We all need our family time.