江苏省无锡市2018年英语初中毕业升学模拟考试试卷（七）

— Since you are crazy about music, why not go to some ________ concerts?

— She is hard-working. She ________ all her effort into her work before she got ill.

—Take a map of Wuxi with you. You'll find it of great _________ in helping you to get round Wuxi.

— Well, it's hard to say, probably great, or maybe not．

— ________. He seemed interested in my experience, but he didn't ask for my recommendation letter.

    Workers aren't allowed to go into a big underground computer center until they step up to a machine that takes a quick picture of the tiny blood vessels (血管) inside their eyes.

    If the machine can't 1 the picture with images in its computer, the worker is stopped by security guards (保安员).

    Each person has his own way of blood vessels in his or her2.And unlike a key, the way can't be3.Old-fashioned keys and locks may soon be things of the past.High-tech security devices (安全装置) are being fixed at military (军事的) bases, computer centers and banks.Companies that 4 the machines say they'll someday be used in people's homes and cars.

    Already, a Japanese company has fixed ways that recognize (识别) people's fingerprints in 360 new homes.The machines open the doors only for the 5of the houses.The new security ways are selling well because thieves and robbers are getting better at breaking into buildings and computers that are 6 by keys and locks.Since nobody can steal or copy a fingerprint, or one's eyes, the new machines are 7.

    Other new machines recognize one's voice.Two American companies use 8 machines to keep an eye on their computers.Inexpensive voice-recognition machines may someday take the place of locks on cars.The doors would open only for the owners.The machines would 9 the owners as little as $270.Although the up-to-date machines are amazing, scientists must still solve a serious problem.How will a boy borrow his dad's car without borrowing his dad's 10?

    If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometres．These great forests are the seas of trees．They are full of thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals．However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time．We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland as well．Some people say that there will not be any forests like these left in 20 to 30 years．What will happen if they disappear? If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world, in a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts, for example, crops will not grow there．What's worse, it will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot．Perhaps the climate of the world will change, which will be dangerous for everyone in the world．That is why we must take care of our forests．

    Mr Jones, the owner of a farm, was one day driven out of the farm by all the animals he kept．The animals were excited to be masters of their farm．Animals made seven rules of their own and Snowball painted them on the wall．

    ⒈Whatever walks on two legs is an enemy;

    ⒉Whatever walks on four legs, or has wings, is a friend;

    ⒊No animal shall wear clothes;

    ⒋No animal shall sleep in bed;

    ⒌No animal shall drink alcohol(酒);

    ⒍No animal shall kill any other animal;

    ⒎All animals are equal．

    They were nicely written, except that "friend" was written "friend"．Snowball read them out, and all the animals agreed．

    "Now, let's go to the field．Let's get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do．"

    But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time, shouted because they hadn't been milked for 24 hours．Then the pigs began to help milk the cows successfully．Soon there were five buckets (桶) of creamy milk at which many animals

    looked with great interest．"What's going to happen to all the milk?" asked one animal．"Jones used to mix some of it in our food," said one of the hens．"Never mind the milk," cried Napoleon, standing in front of the buckets, "the harvest is more important．Mr Snowball will lead the way, and I'll follow in a few minutes．"

    So the animals ran down to the field to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening, it was noticed that the milk had disappeared．

    One of the most widely accepted assumptions (假设) in our culture is that if you exercise, you will lose weight．I exercise all the time, but I still have got fat．Why does this happen?

    More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993．We spend some $19 billion a year on sports．Of course, some people join the health club but never go．Still, as one main study—the Minnesota Heart Survey—found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly．

    However, the number of fat people has risen greatly: a third of Americans are fat, and another third count as overweight．Yes, it's highly possible that those of us who regularly go to the sports center would weigh even more if we exercised less．But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I exercise than on the days I don't．Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight?

    People believe that "exercise is important for weight control" is actually rather new．Doctors used to advise not to exercise too much, particularly for older adults who might hurt themselves．Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise because people who regularly exercise are at a lower risk for most illnesses, especially heart problems．They less often develop cancer and many other illnesses, but the role of exercise in weight loss has been completely overestimated (评估过高)．

    "In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless," says an exercise researcher．

    Could smells affect your lifespan? Female fruit flies (果蝇) without the ability to smell food live longer than other fruit flies．The sense of smell may be connected to the cellular ageing (细胞老化) process in many other living things  even people．Such connection has recently been found in both worms and flies．For example, scientists found that removing fruit flies' ability to smell made them live nearly 20 percent longer than flies with a sense of smell．

    They confirmed that food smells were the ones most likely to affect ageing, as nutrition (营养) and lifespan are known to be connected in many living things．To test the idea that food smells affect lifespan, they removed flies' ability to smell carbon dioxide, which is produced by some fly foods．They left the rest of the smelling system．

    This action had no effect on male flies, but the females lived 30 percent longer than normal．Removing the ability to smell CO₂ may stop flies getting information about food availability．This could mean that food is not enough, causing processes that encourage flies to survive．Scientists found that the female flies from stored extra fat and that both males and females immune (免疫) to CO₂ were stronger against the stress than normal flies．It is suggested that females may simply be easily influenced by the smells of CO₂ ．

    Scientists point out that people don't know whether ageing and smell are connected in animals and humans．But they clearly experience physical changes after smelling food．

— Not bad, pretty funny．

— Yes, it (turn) into a modern city these years．

— Sorry about that．I guess I (mop) the floor with the TV on．

— Sorry．Mum．

— Because he (not choose) as the best man at his brother's wedding．

    You may know that more people drink coffee than tea around the world．And that, after oil, it is the second biggest traded commodity (商品)．You may also know that the drink comes from beans which are first roasted and then ground (研磨)．But what else do you know about this popular drink?

    It is said that the story of coffee started with an Ethiopian goatherd (牧羊人) named Kaldi．One day Kaldi was surprised to see that his goats were behaving very strangely．Instead of grazing (吃草) quietly, they were jumping around, almost dancing．He also noticed some red "cherries" from a plant that the goats were eating．He tried some himself and was surprised by the feeling of extreme happiness and excitement．He felt like dancing too !

    But it wasn't used as a drink at first．It was used as food．The coffee berries, mixed with animal fat, were used by monks to stay awake during long hours of prayer．From Ethiopia, coffee was later cultivated (培育) in Yemen and the first hot drink was developed there around AD 1000．Three centuries later Muslims were keen coffee drinkers and as Islam spread, so did coffee．Coffee houses appeared in Cairo and Mecca．

    For hundreds of years the plants were protected safely．But some beans were smuggled (偷运) out of Arabia and taken to India．In the 17th century, coffee was soon grown in a new continent．From India to Indonesia, a century later the beans were once again smuggled to Brazil．Brazil is now the largest coffee producer in the world．

    It was the caffeine that made the goats dance and kept the monks awake．Although it is found in other soft drinks and tea, coffee has the most caffeine．In the short term．a couple of cups of coffee can prevent fatigue and delay sleep．But several cups a day, every day, can cause anxiety and restlessness．

We'll you've got only if you've tried．

Some of my friends go to Guizhou and with stationery and school clothes every year．

Every time I leaf through the old photos, I the happy time in my childhood．

My parents always ask me into my study or not．

We realized how much after watching these documentaries．

Jerry's parents his laptop because he was too crazy about the computer game．

1）政府修建了很多新路、大桥，甚至还有地铁；

2）新添了很多露天开放公园，每到周末和节假日，人们常常去那里野餐，游玩；

3）私家车越来越多，停车已成了大问题；

4）城市变化有利有弊；

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Be a Beautiful City

    There have been great changes in Wuxi in the past few years．