河北省唐山市2020年初中毕业生升学文化课考试英语第一次模拟...

—Not yet. I am in New York now. I'll finish it ___________ I come back.

—Wow, it's so cool! When and where ________ you ______ it?

—Yes. It's on Peace Street.

    If you're like most kids, you probably wish to be as thin as a super star or as strong as a sports player. Maybe you wish to be 1 or just a little different. Thinking like these is normal. After all, it's a part of growing up. 2 you must know that some things about yourself can't be changed. Learning and accepting these things is a(n) 3 part of your growing up, too.

    Don't watch TV or movies to find the person you want to look like. These people are often on very strict and unhealthy diets to 4 thin and beautiful. And many models in magazines, newspapers, and 5 the Internet have their hair cut to look perfect. But these pictures and people are not realistic (现实的) at all!

    Instead, look around the people you see every day 6. How do your family members look like? Are they really thin? 7 other healthy and "normal" people can help you to feel better about your body.

    Feeling that you are overweight, underweight, too short, or too tall doesn't necessarily mean there is anything wrong with your 8. These feelings may simply mean that you need a little bit of self-esteem (自尊). This means you should 9 to feel good about yourself and the way you are now.

    The world is full of all kinds of different 10 . Learn to be yourself. The most important thing is to keep smiling, have fun, and be happy with the way you are!

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    That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths.

    To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress.

    I remember very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table and threw different coins on the table. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging, but she also made it fun.

    After a year and a half, I had progressed a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class.

    As years went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke (中风).

    Now it was my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable to speak or know anybody around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed, and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with—just as she had worked with me years before. She made progress every day and was moved out of ICU (重症监护室) and finally out of hospital.

    One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, "Happy New Year to you and your family, Michael. Thank you for everything you've done for me."

    Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers, but she taught me so much more about life than only maths.

    You have tried too hard but you don't succeed; you've made all your efforts but you don't get the results you want. What should you do? Give up and turn over a new page. Drop it like it's hot, and run in the opposite direction as fast as you can.

    Do you feel surprised? What is wrong with giving up? Oh yes, we all have been trained and asked to work hard to achieve our dreams, and that is a good thing. The problem comes out when all these inspirational quotes (励志名言) start confusing us.

    These messages tell people not to give up, but they don't tell you that it should only apply to (适用于) your true dreams. They tell people to "try and try again" until they succeed, but that amount of effort should only be put toward what people really want in life and they should never give up no matter what life goals they have. The rest is all just there to confuse you, distract (使分心) you, give you a headache and sadness, so don't let it happen.

    If you are really not good at something, give it up and try to do something you like. Once you do something you like, you won't feel bored and also won't give it up. You know clearly what you want even the road to success is hard. So you need to know what you're good at. To find your talent, you need to observe (观察) the things around you and write down the things you're interested in on your notebook. Then you can search them on the Internet, and know more about them. Asking your parents or friends for help is also a good idea because they can see something you can't. They can help you know yourself clearly.

    Try to discover your talent, your ability and your skills. Find out what you are good at, what makes you happy and then work on it. If you do, no one would have to tell you or inspire you not to give up because when you love something, you keep trying until you get it right and the enthusiasm flows from within. Don't worry about what people will say or think. It's your life, so you have to love it and be your own boss.

    Every student spends lots of time studying and almost everyone would like their study to be more efficient (高效的). Here are two ways to help you manage your time better when studying.

Your study environment

    Watching TV while studying is a bad idea and makes your study ineffective (无效的). So you'd better turn off the TV while you're studying. Some students like listening to music while studying. Music is OK, but whether it helps or hurts depends on whether it can keep your mind at peace. Make sure that any music you listen to is actually helping you study, but not drawing your attention away. Good lighting and temperature are necessary, too. When it's too hot or too cold, it will be harder for you to give all your attention to what you are working on.

    Full attention for at least 40 minutes at a time

    One of the most important things you can do to study efficiently is to give all the attention to your study for at least 40 minutes at a time. Don't let anything else draw your attention away from the study during the period. Then have a rest and relax. Don't study for too long a time because your brain gets tired and it needs a rest.

    If you choose these ways, you will make an improvement in how you manage your time for study.

    At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool. One day, there was a test to see if I could reach a (high) level than before.

    Fifteen of us were asked to take (turn) to swim from one side of the pool to the other. I watched my classmates tried and (fail) one by one. I was the (twelve) person to swim. W it was my turn, I was very nervous. It was about halfway that I got choked (呛水). I immediately stopped and caught the side of the pool. I ended my test. Our instructor, (教练) a college student, was standing next to  (I). "Why did you stop?" he shouted (angry). "I got water in my nose," I explained.

     instructor said that as soon as you met a few difficulties, you gave up trying your dream. How could you become successful? You must learn to overcome the difficulties in your life. Only this way, can you r your dream. From then on, I decided to face everything bravely.

提示：1）What are the man and the boy doing?

2）What kind of influence does using mobile phones may bring?

3）What is your attitude (态度) towards this behavior?

要求：1）短文须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥；

2）短文中不要出现真实的地名、校名和人名；

3）词数80个左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。

参考词汇：secretly; technology; natural; convenient; focus on (集中注意力在……上)

    We can see a man and a boy in the picture. The man is