广西北部湾经济区2021年中考英语全真模拟（三）

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— ____________________

— At 5: 00 tomorrow afternoon.

— Thank you, Miss Green.

The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. "I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test," he said." And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would1not to take the test.

Many students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the remaining students and said, "Does anybody else want to get a B? This is your last2."Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the3. There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just been4an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test5any teacher could and should give.

Students who do not have6in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).

The same is true in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have7both successes and failures. They have learned life's lessons, either from normal education or from events in their lives, and have become8people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you9that you have some limits10, there is nothing you can't do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, "It's not the mountain we conquer(征服) but ourselves."

A woman was driving down a country road one day when she saw a child trying his best to lift a bale of hay(一大包干草) off the ground alone.

The woman stopped her car and went to the boy. "Hey, it seems that you're having a hard time moving that heavy bale of hay. Why don't you take a break? I can give you some water." the woman suggested.

"No, thank you." the boy replied." My dad said I needed to move the hay."

"Ah, but everyone can take a break if he wants to. Just take a few minutes to rest." the woman said.

"No, my dad said it's really important to move this hay as soon as possible." the boy said." Your father treats you so badly! Can you tell me where he is? I'd like to talk to him about that." the woman said angrily.

"Well," the boy replied, "he's under this bale of hay."

A photographer takes a picture and a moment is recorded. Photos can be quite meaningful, as they show big changes in our lives and record exciting moments. Let's look at four best pictures in 2019.

Alice Hou is not afraid to be the center of attention - she enjoys performing traditional Chinese dance routines on stage. But the 16-year-old high school student in Texas, US, felt alienated earlier this year when she walked into her first computer science lecture. There were only 11 women in a class of 100.

It was a familiar feeling for Hou. When she was in ninth grade, she used to be one of only seven girls out of 40 competitors who were competing at a state science fair.

After that, Hou decided to do her part to close the gender gap(性别差异) in STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. She formed a club called Girls in STEM. It focuses on teaching and encouraging girls to be interested in STEM. Only girls can join it.

Hou wants girls to know that STEM can be fun. The club isn't just about sitting in a laboratory and doing homework. There are interesting activities that can spark girls' interest in STEM. Girls can also share learning experiences with each other.

The group used to have only seven girls at Hou's school. Over the years, the club has spread to other schools. It now has 45 members. Hou's goal is to bring it to 10 schools in total and turn it into a non-profit(非营利组织) in the coming years.

Surveys have shown that women work in fewer than 30 percent of STEM jobs in the United States. Hou hopes Girls in STEM will help more young women follow their dreams in this field.

When restaurants first shut down early in the pandemic(疫情), Americans started cooking more at home— and, perhaps, causing more leftovers(残羹剩菜). Those leftovers can be a convenient future meal-- but they've got a dark side, too.

"There is a tendency(趋势) that if you put an item on a plate that's a leftover, there's a higher probability that you're not going to fully eat up that item. And so it's probably going to waste."

Brian Roe, an applied economist at the Ohio State University and his workmates recently studied leftovers and food waste by tracking the eating habits of 18 men and women in Baton Rouge, La. The participants(参与者) tracked what they ate using an iPhone app. During the weeklong study, the study subjects piled 1, 200 different foods in total on their plates.

After analyzing(分析) what got eaten，saved or thrown away, the researchers found that leftovers were more likely to be picked at and not fully eaten— a finding we can all probably agree with.

But they also observed that leftovers—perhaps due to being older and less fresh- directed directed diners' attention to the other, more new items on their plate, which brings up an interesting possible plan to get people to eat their. peas, perhaps surrounding it with leftovers is a way to make them focus on the newest item on the plate.

Overall, Roe says one bigger lesson emerged on how to avoid throwing food into the trash." For us, the real take-home here was: all else equal, choose a smaller meal, and you're less likely to cause leftovers. And that's a good thing because leftovers, all else equal, tend to be wasted."

A: Hello, Jane! Can you cook?

B: No, I can't. How about you?

A: I learned to cook beef noodles on the Internet last week.

B: Wow, that's my favourite food.

A: Of course not. You can come to my home if you are free this weekend.

B: Thank you.

A: You're welcome.

B: It seems that you like cooking.

A: Yes. I think it is fun to cook.

B: But I think cooking is boring.

A: Eating out is not good for your health. Nothing is better than home - made food.

B: Maybe you are right.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that 80% of the world's teens don't get enough exercise to live healthy lives. The report was based on research done with students aged 11 to 17 in146 different . The WHO has been studying teen activity levels since 2001 and reports that not much has since then.

The WHO says that kids should get at least hour of exercise every day. This could include walking, running, biking, , playing sports or many other activities.

More and more research that exercise doesn't just help the body, it can help the brain, too.

One big for the lack of activity in today's teens is technology, such as smartphones, computers and TVs. Many teens find it very hard them to pull themselves away from playing games, or watching videos or movies.

The WHO warns young people need to do playing in the digital world, and more playing in the real world. Teens should take part in sports, on official teams or just playing around in the playground.

Experts believe that it's very for young people to fall into these habits now, because the positive effects of those habits can carry on into adult life.

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We should learn from each other

Learning from each other is a good habit.