2016年新目标英语中考模拟综合检测(四)

—_______ It's really hot today.

—Yes. _______ it's old, it still works well.

—No, but of all the students she did _______.

—I am choosing some clothes and I'll _______ to kids in West China.

—Yes, so I'm really, really excited.

—She said she would never forget some pleasant _______ while working there.

— Thank you for saying so.

—I think so. Some of the young people want _______ the children in the poor areas.

—_______. Shall we go together?

—_______.

—_______. We're planning to have a picnic.

What is your greatest dream? We received several different answers to the question.

Zhu Weiqi: I remember the sky was really 1 when I was a child. But now there are more and more  2 , and we have begun to lose that sky which looked like a blue diamond(宝石).

Wu Qihang: It is great to see the fast  3of science, but I would rather see the development of people in China.

Su Yang: Now, some areas are still not peaceful in the world. Many people are 4 and thousands of children cannot go to school. I hope that in the near future, people in there can live a 5life.

Li Ziliang: I wish that one day I could have my own spaceship. I hope I could  6a new star that is suitable for us to live on so that the Earth will not be7  any more. We can live a happy life both on the new star and on the Earth.

Chen Xiaoxin: My dream is to travel 8 the world and collect smiling faces, and then 9 them into the space. A smile would build up a 10 between us and the aliens.

阅读短文，回答问题

When the traffic lights turn red, we will stop driving a car or crossing a street. Why is red used for traffic lights instead of other colors?

As we know, scattering(散射)happens when light goes through the air. For the same media(媒介), if the wavelength is long, the scattering will be short. If the wavelength is short, the scattering will be long.

Of all lights we can see red has the longest wavelength, so the scattering is the weakest. That means the red travels far. In fact, it travels faster on rainy days.

Using the red light can help drivers in farther areas see the lights. It helps drivers slow down or stop in time. If drivers don't see the red light until they are close, they may not be able to stop the car in time. An accident may happen. Red can also excite people. We can act more quickly when we see the color red. In a word, red lights help drivers stop in time and help prevent accidents.

阅读短文，回答问题

Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers are letting students have a ball. By sitting on exercise balls instead of chairs, teachers find students' posture (姿势) and attention improve.

Dottie Pownall, a fifth-grade teacher in West Virginia, USA, has been using balls as chairs since December 2008. “The students love them”, she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80% of the students thought sitting on the balls helped them pay more attention to what they were learning.

The teacher, Pisa Witt, felt so strong about the use of balls as chairs that she started WittFit. This company encourages the use of the balls. And the company educates not only teachers but also students on how to use them. “Our products are used in 24 states, three provinces in Canada, Puerto Rico (波多黎各) and Japan, ” says Witt. “Research shows that sitting on the balls makes them sit up straighter. You can slouch (低头垂肩地坐) on a ball, ” says Witt, “but it feels awful. ” Because when the students are moving, their blood (血液) increases. That carries more oxygen (氧气) to the brain (大脑), so the kids have more energy and can focus longer.

“Furthermore, they're fun. ” says Pownall.

To Give up or Not to Give up as Class Monitor?

Dear Brad,

In about 3 months, I will take a very important test. If I pass the test with good grades, I can get to the 10th grade and choose a good school to study in. Now I am trying my best to achieve this. At the same time, I'm monitor in my class, which means I should do lots of things for my class. ①I am so busy with my schoolwork and duties as monitor that I don't have enough time to keep a balance between them. Gradually I become lazy. ②The other day, my headteacher told me that she was disappointed in my poor performance as class monitor. Her words really discouraged(使泄气) me.

What should I do now, to give up or not to give up as class monitor? I must do my best in school because how well I do will influence where I go after this school year is over and it can affect the rest of my life. Being class monitor is also a valuable(宝贵的) learning experience because my teacher trusts me to be a good leader. ③I don't want to go to my parents for suggestions, for they will get worried about me. Can you tell me how to choose?

Yours,

Gates

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（1）A large number of (foreign) visit Ningxia Province these years.

（2）The style of this skirt is popular, but I don't like (it) color.

（3） (lucky) I bought the last ticket for the World Cup.

（4）The great (art) gave his first show in Beijing University and the tickets sold out in minutes.

（5）When people get older, their short-term memory becomes (bad).

A: Hi, Bill! You are reading the novel again.

B: Yes, Tom. I'll never be tired of it.

A:

B: Twice. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new.

A: Really?

B: Charles Dickens. I think he's a great English writer. What about you?

A: He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.

B: OK, here you are! What do you think of this novel?

A: I haven't seen such a nice novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don't know where it is.

B: No. Only ten minutes' walk from here, next to the People's Park.

A: Oh, I see. I'm going there to buy one, too. Thank you!

B: You are welcome.

写作

    假设你是某英语报社的一名记者，最近作了一次“学生双休日活动”的问卷调查，请根据下列图表中的调查数据，以“A Survey About Weekend Activities” 为题，用英语写一篇短文，简单介绍调查情况并发表自己的看法。

注意：①短文应包括所给内容要点，可适当发挥，使文章连贯；

②词数80左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；

③文中不得提及考生所在的学校及自己的姓名；

④参考词汇：对……作调查make a survey of；

参加周末辅导班 take weekend classes；

A Survey About Weekend Activities

The students don't go to school on Saturdays and Sundays. Well, what do they do on weekends?……