2016年中考英语真题精品（重庆A卷）

  —Yes, and ________ favorite ping-pong player is Ma Long.

  —No, thanks. I'm not thirsty at all.

   —________. We have something else to do tomorrow.

   —________. I have another one at home.

   —I quite agree. Sometimes it's even ________ than grades.

   —I go to piano lessons twice a week.

   —Let me see. I remember it was on March 18th.

   —________, dear! Take it easy. I'm sure you'll pass it.

There is an old saying: "Take the time to stop and smell the flowers." I think we should also take the time to 1 flowers.

    My grandmother knew just 2 to do that. She grew flowers with earth, water and love, so her back garden was filled with beautiful flowers. She would smile when she saw the 3 shine down on them. In her front garden she planted flowers, 4. You could see red, white, and yellow flowers in it. My mom and I used to walk 5 them and enjoy their smells. Beautiful butterflies (蝴蝶) flew down on them. Grandma also cared for the wild flowers. She would send 6and my brother out to pick flowers and would then turn them into delicious wine (酒).

    Grandma not only planted flowers in the gardens 7 also planted flowers in our hearts. Her delicious dinners made with love encouraged us. Her sweet smile always made us 8. Her hugs (拥抱) and kisses were the sunshine that kept our own love 9 day after day.

    Take the time to plant a few flowers yourself today. Show your smiles, kindness and love. Plant your wishes, talents and pleasure. Make this 10 brighter and brighter with your sunshine.

    Paper cut can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People put it on windows, doors and walls for the festival.

A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration (装饰). In Tang Dynasty women used paper cut as headdress. In Song Dynasty, it helped make gifts more beautiful. What's more, people would feel happier when they saw paper cut on windows, doors and walls. Now people use paper cut to express their wishes for welcoming the New Year.

    There are different kinds of paper cut in different parts of China. Pictures usually cover nearly all things, from flowers, birds to the famous people. Now, there are factories for paper cut in China. Paper cut has changed from decoration to a kind of art. At the same time, paper cut also appears in cartoons, magazines or TV programs.

阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

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When talking about picking a right school, a mother and teacher gave some pieces of advice.

In the latest issue (期) of Youth magazine, the mother shared the school advice she gave her daughters with young people across the country.

“I've told my daughters many times that I don't want them to choose a name,” the mother said. “I don't want them to think, ‘Oh, I should go to these top schools.' We live in a country with hundreds of excellent universities. So the first question is: what's going to work for me?”

“When it was time to prepare for picking schools, nobody around me believed I could get into Xiamen University. But through hard work I finally made it,” she continued. “So, my second piece of advice is: believe in yourself, no matter what other people might say. Once your goal is set, you only need to try your best to make it come true.”

“The last piece of advice is not to be worried even if your dreams don't come true. As I've said above, there are so many good universities out there. So it's important for everybody to understand that you can always find a university that gives you a great education.”

Many of you have heard a Cinderella (灰姑娘) story, but you may not know that there are over a hundred different ways to tell the Cinderella story. When writers tell the same story in a different way, it is called their “version” of the story. The story of Cinderella has many different versions. Let's read two of them and find out how they are different.

The version that most people know is the oldest one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault from France. This is the version where the birds help make Cinderella's dress and the mice turn into carriage men (马车夫) and help Cinderella go to the dance in a pumpkin (南瓜) carriage. In this version, many of the animals are Cinderella's friends. They help her meet the Prince. Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily together ever after.

In another version of this story written in the 1850s by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany, the birds help Cinderella in the whole story. Cinderella's father gives her a little tree when he comes back from a party. She plants the little tree and her tears water it until it grows into a tall tree.

The birds now live in the tree and they give Cinderella a dress of gold and shoes of gold. Cinderella goes to the party to meet and dance with the Prince. Later, he finds Cinderella at home doing work for her stepmother (继母). Cinderella marries the Prince and they live happily ever after.

Now you can understand what the word “version” means and how more than one writer can tell a story in a different way. That is why there are many versions of the same story.

A: Hello, this is Laura. May I speak to Cindy?

B: Hi, Cindy speaking.

A:    

B: I am watching a film on the Internet.

A:

B: A popular film called Zootopia (《疯狂动物城》).

A:

B: Yes, it's about animals' dreams. I am deeply moved by it.

A: Sounds good. I'll enjoy it when I'm free.

B: I'm sure you'll like it.

A: Oh, I found an interesting place to go for a picnic. Want to join us tomorrow?

B: Umm, let me have a look first.

A: Sure. Please do remember to give me a reply.

B: OK. Thanks for calling.

    Recently, Chongqing Three Gorges University has held an activity named “Cell Phone Ninja” (手机忍者). They would like their students not to use cell phones for 21 days. It is really a challenge (挑战) for most students.

    The activity started on April 12. Each student who volunteered to take part in this activity got a bracelet (手环). If the students did not use their cell phones, there would be a photo on the screen of the bracelet to show that. If they used their cell phones, a different photo would appear on the screen of the bracelet. After the last class of each day, the students sent the photos to the school's public WeChat.

    More than 800 students wished to take part in this test, and 400 were chosen. After seven days, only 103 students remained. The test was set for 21 days because some scientists believe that 21 days is long enough to help form (形成) a habit.

    According to the teachers in the university, the activity was not a competition. It depended on students themselves to make the decision. The teachers hoped their students could form better study habits through activities like this one.

    A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to  for the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn't plan to choose the right persons as usual.

    Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box  of papers was placed on the way to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.

    The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “Who put this  in the middle of the road?” the student said to himself, but he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.

The second student came along and did the same thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained (抱怨) about the box but of them tried to move it. What's worse, someone even stepped (踩) on the papers and left without having a look at the things on the ground.

    Half an hour later, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also  those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he  and began to pick up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great , he found an invitation under the box. On it were the following words, “Congratulations, young man! You are the  person we are looking for! Would you like to join us?”

      Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.

要求：

1 必须写出三点及以上的自荐理由；

2 词数：80-120词，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考要点：

1 擅长英语（英语水平，沟通能力......）；

2 热爱科学（科学知识，创新能力......）；

3  ......

Dear sir,

I'm a junior student from Chongqing Xinhua School. I'd like to become one of your guides. ……I would be most thankful if you could give me the chance.

Thank you!

Yours,

Yuan Xin