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阅读下面的材料,然后根据材料内容回答问题。

    Xiangiang Middle School encourages the students to have different talents.Mike plays the guitar at school,and Max plays the drums.They both play very well.All the students like to enjoy their music.There are more than 50 clubs in the school,but they want to do something different.One day Mike and Max decided for the school's first marching band(行进乐队).But they needed more musical instruments (器) and members.

    Mike and Max put up a sign asking anyone who plays a musical instrument to join.Many students were really interested in this.Soon they got a lot of answers.

    Sam really wanted to join the band,but he had one huge problem.He could not play any musical instrument.Sophia also wanted to join the band,but she played the harp (竖琴).The harp is too big.She can't carry it while playing.

    "How can you be in our band?" Mike asked Sophia."You play the harp sitting down,how can you march?"

    All the band members wanted Sophia to play in the band.But they also wanted to march.Where is the way?

    Then Max had an idea.He invited Sam and Sophia to join the band.Max asked his father for help.His father is good at creating.He made a big board with four wheels.Then Max asked Sam to ride a bicycle to pull the board with Sophia and her harp on it.Sam could use the bicycle's bell as a kind of musical instrument.

    The band members loved Max's idea and everyone loved the marching band's great music.

(1)How many clubs are there in the school?

  

(2)What could Sophia play?

  

(3)Who rode a bicycle in the band?

  

(4)What did Max's father do for the band?

  

(5)Why was Sam able to join the band?

  

来源:2021年湖南省株洲市中考英语试卷
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Dear Mum and Dad,

    I'm very happy to spend some time with Lingling's uncle in Hunan province,and I'm having a wonderful time here in Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area.It's very large,about 390 square kilometers,and it's a magic land of mountains,forests and rivers.It's famous for the strange shape of its all rocks.

    Last night we camped by a small lake.During the night,I heard a loud noise,as if someone was laughing.I woke up Lingling and her uncle,and I asked them what the noise was.Lingling's uncle told us not to worry,and left the tent to find out what it was.After a few minutes,he told us to come out quickly.Then he pointed into the forest.It was a monkey.When it saw us,it jumped up into the trees and went back into the forest.

    Tomorrow we're going to Mount Tianzi.I'll go back next week!Wish you were here!

Love,

Sally.

(1)How large is Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area?

  

(2)What is it famous for?

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(3)Where did they camp last night?

   

(4)According to the article,what animals will you probably see if you go there?

  

(5)Have you ever been to Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area?

来源:2021年湖南省张家界市中考英语试卷
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阅读下面的短文并根据短文内容回答所提问题。

    With the development of science and technology,communications are becoming easier and quicker now — people can use telephones,cellphones,fax machines and the Internet.It means that we seldom write letters now.But a TV show,Letters Alive (《见字如面》,is bringing back this old habit.

    Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses,but there are no funny jokes or different competitions.Instead,only one person walks up to a microphone and reads a letter.The letters were written by people from different times in history.For example,in one episode(集),they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941.The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future,

    "Every letter opens another world for us," said Guan Zhangwen,the director of the TV show. "It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers".Since its first episode was on.Letters Alive has been widely praised.Many audiences(观众) say that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows.

    Besides Letters Alive,some other cultural TV shows have also attracted Chinese audiences.They include the Chinese Poetry Conference,a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers,a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.

(1)Who does Letters Alive invite to read letters ?  . 

(2)What does Xiao Hong' s letter show according to the passage ?   

(3)Chinese audiences highly prise the TV show,Letters Alive don't they?   

(4)Besides Letters Alive,what other cultural TV shows are mentioned in the passage?   

(5)How do you like the cultural TV shows?Why?   

来源:2021年湖南省衡阳市中考英语试卷
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Once,there lived a wise man.His son,however,had no goal(目标)in life and wasn't happy.

    As the years passed,the man was more and more worried.One day,he handed his son a map and said,"I want you to go and find a treasure."

    The son set out eagerly (急切地).He travelled really far,across forests and mountains.Finally,he reached the place and began to dig.He dug and dug,but nothing was found.Tired and sad,he decided to go back home.

    On his way back,he noticed dancing birds and beautiful flowers.He met happy farmers in the fields.He found everything nice!

    He got home,and his father asked,"How was your journey to the place?Did you enjoy it?"

    "of course not!I was worried that someone else would find the treasure before I did.But I really enjoyed the journey back home and forgot the pain of not finding the treasure." The son continued to tell his father what he noticed on his way back.

    "Nice things are always there," the father smiled "My son,I want you to have a goal.If you don't have a goal,you won't set out.But if the goal is the only thing in your mind,you'll miss something nice and won't be happy.So remember:It's important to have a goal in life and enjoy the journey as well".

(1)Why did the man worry about his son? (不超过10个词)

  

(2)What did the son think of everything on his way back? (不超过5个词)

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(3)What did the man want his son to remember? (不超过15个词)

  

来源:2021年安徽省中考英语试卷
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Ten years ago,when I was in high school,Mrs.While was my language teacher.One day at lunch time,I was about to eat my cold fish sandwich and she suddenly asked me if she could buy my lunch from me.She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria(食堂).I was very pleased.I had never thought of going to the cafeteria to buy my lunch like other students.The food at the cafeteria was too expensive for my family.

Kids always complained about the cafeteria food but I really wanted to buy it.When we finished lunch that day,she told me that she was a Catholic and Catholics don't eat red meat on Fridays﹣they eat fish on Fridays.After that,every Friday Mrs.White bought my fish sandwich and with the money I could buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria.

One year later,I learned from a classmate that Mrs.White was not a Catholic and her family was not rich.She bought my cold sandwich because she saw a little girl that was excited to have a hot lunch.She wanted to help me!I couldn't help crying.I will never forget her kind heart.I will remember my dear Mrs.White all my life.

根据短文内容回答下列各题.

92.Why didn't the writer go to the cafeteria to have lunch?    

93.How did the writer feel when Mrs.White wanted to buy her cold fish sandwich?    

94.What did the writer do with the money from Mrs.White?    

95.Was Mrs.White a Catholic?    

96.What kind of person was Mrs.White?    

来源:2016年黑龙江省绥化市中考英语试卷
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He Studies Harder Than He Used to

Li Wen is a normal 15﹣year﹣old boy from the countryside,He works very hard and does well in school.It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school.When he was a little boy,he seldom caused any problems,and his family spent a lot of time together.Unfortunately,things began to change a few years ago.His parents moved to the city to look for jobs,and his grandparents came to take care (1)             him.But he missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy.

Li Wen's unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork.He became less interested in studying.Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations.Finally,Li Wen's parents made the(2)           to send him to a boarding school,but Li Wen was shy and was not able to make friends quickly in school.He found life there difficult.One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school.His teacher was worried about him and she called his parents.(3) 她建议他们亲自与他们的儿子谈谈.So his parents took a 24﹣hour train and a 5﹣hour bus ride to get to Li Wen's school.

They had a long talk."It was exactly what I needed,"he said."Now I understand that even though they are busy,they are always thinking of me.They take pride in everything good that I do."

After that,Li Wen's parents had much more communication with their son than they used to.Now Li Wen has really changed.He became more outgoing and made some good friends in school.He even joined the school basketball team and became active in many other activities,"I'm much happier now,and I work even harder than I used to.I know my parents love me and they're always proud of me."says Li Wen."It's very important for parents to be there for their children."

根据短文内容完成下列各题

87.在(1)和(2)处填上适当的词(1)  (2)    

88.写出原文 He failed his examinations.的问义句.He    his examinations.

89.将(3)译成英语.    

90.在文中找出absence的形容 词    ,often的反义词    

91.Do you think it is important for parents to be there for their children?    

Why?    

来源:2016年黑龙江省绥化市中考英语试卷
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Have you seen advertisements about hair care products?The models(模特) have shining hair like jewels(宝石).But now making hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products,because hair can be made into real jewels.Believe it or not,a company called LifeGem in the US makes it possible.

The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them into diamonds(钻石).Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology.The work will take about 7months.In the end,Beethoven's long hair will become three shining diamonds.

Since the great musician died in 1827,you may wonder where they got Beethoven's hair.A man called John Reznikoff gave the hair to the company.He holds the Guinness World Record for the latest and most valuable collection of celebrity(名人) hair.His collection also includes hair of Napoleon,Albert Einstein,Abraham Lincoln and John F.Kennedy.In total,the collection is worth over five million dollars.

Though it sounds unbelievable,diamonds made with hair are for the families to remember the dead.

Answer the questions according to the passage.

76.What does the company of LifeGem do?

   

77.How did the company get Beethoven's hair?

   

78.John Reznikoff doesn't collect Albert Einstein's hair,does he?

   

79.How long will the work take?

   

80.What are the diamonds made with hair for?

   

来源:2016年黑龙江省佳木斯市中考英语试卷
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After Donald Trump became the 45th American president,a new video of his granddaughter Arabella went popular once again on the Internet.In this video,the little girl wore a qipao,a kind of traditional Chinese dress.She stood in front of a table to recite(背诵) ancient Chinese poems.These poems are familiar(熟悉的) to most Chinese people and they are often recited by Chinese kids.Arabella made the video to remember Chinese Monkey Year ,which ended on January 27th,2017.

Arabella's family are interested in Chinese culture.They can even make Chinese dumplings and sing Chinese songs.Arabella began to study Chinese when she was 18 months old.Now she can speak very good Chinese.Early in February,2016,4﹣year﹣old Arabella,recited a Tang Dynasty poem in Chinese.Her mother sent her video online and won lot of"likes"from all over the world.

On Sonia Weibo,many users thought Arabella was a wonderful and surprising girl."I'm glad to see the little angel(天使) loves Chinese culture,"wrote a user called"orange".

"At least the video shows that Trump is serious about education and never closes the door to foreign culture,"said another user named"stAU79".

71.What did Arabella wear in the new video?(根据短文内容回答问题)   

72.When did Arabella begin to learn Chinese?(根据短文内容回答问题)   

73.How old is Arabella now?(根据短文内容回答问题)   

74.从文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最接近的单词.   

"I'm glad to see the little angel loves Chinese culture,"wrote a user called"orange".

75.The underlined word" they"refers to   

来源:2017年海南省中考英语试卷
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Huge Waves Destroying Arctic Ice Faster than Expected

   Ice covers much of the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋).Some pieces of ice are huge, like moving islands. As temperatures have increased, however, some of the ice has begun to disappear. Scientists have discovered huge waves(海浪)in the arctic waters.

   The waves were discovered by accident in May, 2010.Scientist Aleksey Marchenko and his students set out on a trip. They wanted to study the icy waters.

   On May 2, the ship traveled east and stopped next to a large chunk of ice.around 50 miles from the small island of Hopen.Marchenko prepared to lead his students out onto the Ice

   "We were ready to go but when I went out, I discovered many cracks(裂缝)around," he remembers.

   He decided to move the ship deeper into the ice to keep safe. The farther in they went, he thought, the harder the ice would become. As they pushed forward,however, the ship experienced small waves, and then bigger ones.Soon, the waves broke up the ice around the ship into thousands of smaller pieces.

   Within an hour, Marchenko and his team saw a wave that was about 13 feet high. The ship's navigation(航行)system finally recorded the largest waves.They were more than 20 feet in height. The waves were so strong that they forced huge pieces of ice to jump up and down, breaking the ice into smaller pieces within just one hour. Scientists had never imagined that the process could happen so fast. The waves in these areas used to be small.

   The speed and force of the huge waves there makes it impossible to know in advance when they are coming. That could be dangerous for navigators and local communities who are unprepared for huge waves or depend on sea ice to protect them. Wildlife like polar bears and walruses that depend on sea ice to live is also in danger.

   Some scientists think people will soon see even bigger waves in these icy waters.As waves break up ice, the seas will become more open, and the waves will get even stronger. There are stormy times ahead.

(1)When did Marchenko and his students discover huge waves in the arcticwaters?   

(2)Why did Marchenko and his students set out on the trip?   

(3)What did Marchenko decide to do to keep safe?   

(4)How high were the largest waves recorded by the navigation system?   

(5)What is Paragraph 7 mainly about?   

来源:2019年北京市中考英语试卷
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When it comes to the letter grade on your test or homework, you might notice that there is no letter E. Have you ever thought about why that is so?

   In the A, B, C, D and F grading system, the first four letters are typically considered passing grades. An F in this system simply stands for"fail".The word"fail"happens to start with the letter F, which seems to leave out the letter E. The fact of the matter is that any letter can mean "not﹣passing" or "fail".Some schools have U grade for"unsatisfactory",or I grade for "incomplete".

   Even with all this said, we should also point out that E grade actually has been used pretty commonly throughout the history of letter grades in the US.

   The first college in the US to use a letter grading system like the ones we use today is Mount Holyoke College. In 1897,they began to use the following grading scale:

A: 95﹣100%(excellent)

B: 85﹣94%(good)

C: 76﹣84%(fair)

D: 75%(barely passed)

E: below 75%(failed)

   We can see the inclusion of E instead of F.

   Gradually,the letter grading system became more popular throughout the US. However, many schools decided to drop the E grade and go straight to F.There is no evidence(证据) to really support this,but one possible explanation is that teachers were worried that some students and parents might mistake E for "excellent".

   Why do we have letter grades? Well,part of the reason is that they made grading simpler during a time of great change for schools. As the 20th century began,growing cities and an increase in immigration led to larger school classrooms. Most teachers at that time thought this new letter grading system was an easy,fair and clear way to grade students.

   Today,more and more people argue that letter grades don't fully reflect(反映) student learning.However,as teachers try to improve grading methods,many parents continue to favor the letter grades they got as kids.They are familiar(熟悉) and easy for parents to understand. So while they might not be perfect, the letter grades probably aren't going away any time soon.

(1)what does an F stand for in the A、B、C、D and F grading system?   

(2)when was the letter grading system first used in the US college?   

(3)what is one possible explanation for dropping the E grade?   

(4)what did most teachers think of the letter grading system in the 20th century?  

(5)why do many parents still prefer the letter grades today?   

来源:2018年北京市中考英语试卷
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What's in a Name?

    Many American names come from England.But where did most English names come from?

    Centuries ago,most people in England had only one name﹣﹣their first name.In the 11th century,five

or six of the 50 people in a village might be named William,and it was easy to get confused.But in the Middle Ages,people found a way to describe each person exactly.If there were four Williams in one village,one might be referred to as William the son of John.A second might be called William from the hill.A third,William the blacksmith(铁匠).And a fourth,William the brown haired.In conversation,people might refer to the four Williams as William John's son,William hill,William smith,and William brown.

    It was 300 or 400 years before the extra ( 附加的) names gradually developed into last names,or

surnames.They were passed on from generation to generation.By the 1300s,Robert,the son of William

smith,had the name Robert smith,even if he was not a blacksmith like his father.As the last name became widely accepted,the first letter was capitalized,as in Robert Smith.By the 15th century,most people of the upper and middle classes had surnames.

    Many surnames were based on father﹣son relations.The"son of"part was added to the father's first

name,like Johnson,meaning John's son.Sometimes it was shortened to just"s",as in Jones or Evans.

Surnames like Hill described the place where a person lived.They are the most common type of surname.A third kind of surname was based on a person's job.Forester was someone who looked after the forest.

In the Middle Ages,occupation names such as Baker,Carpenter,and Miller became common.The fourth kind of surname was nickname(绰号).A man whose surname was Bear might be as fierce as a bear.

   Have you ever wondered why some surnames are so common?The most common surname in the

English language is Smith.Being able to make metals(金属)into tools was an important skill in the Middle Ages,and many people were trained as blacksmiths.The most common American surnames are Smith,Johnson,William and Brown.

61.Where do many American names come from?

62.When did people find a way to describe each person exactly?

63.How long did it take for extra names to develop into last names?

64.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

65.Why were many people trained blacksmith in the Middle Ages?

来源:2017年北京市中考英语试卷
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Long ago, Mother Nature gave each tree a different purpose. However, she did not share her sons with the trees.

   Fir Tree(杉树) had many tree friends.In summer,they watched Bird and Squirrel(松鼠)play in the field.Then autumn arrived.The leaves on other trees turned colourful.Fir Tree's leaves stayed green.Fir Tree told Mother Nature that he wanted his leaves to change colours too.

   "Be patient," Mother Nature said. "You will learn your purpose."

   So Fir Tree waited.The temperature dropped. Bird flew south, and Squirrel was nowhere around.All the trees lost their leaves except Fir Tree. Soon it snowed.Fir Tree cried,"Why don't I change like my friends?"

   "Be patient," Mother Nature replied. " Soon you will get to know your purpose."

   Just then, Squirrel appeared.She was cold.She asked if she could build a warm home in branches(树枝).Other trees said no because they had no leaves. But Fir Tree said yes. Squirrel ran up Fir Trees branches. Soon, she was warm, comfortable and asleep.

   Fir Tree was happy that his green leaves provided a warm home for animals in winter. He finally understood his purpose.

(1)What did Fir Tree want to do in autumn? (不超过10个词)

  

(2)Why did other trees say no to Squirrel? (不超过10个词)

  

(3)What purpose did Fir Tree understand at last? (不超过15个词)

  

来源:2020年安徽省中考英语试卷
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Remember when you were a little child trying to learn to walk?

   First, you had to learn how to balance (平衡) yourself and stand. You fell down, and then got back up. You laughed sometimes and cried at other times. After much practice, you finally learned how to balance yourself. You got much pleasure from this new feeling of power﹣you'd stand everywhere you could. It was a happy time﹣you did it!

   Now the next step﹣walking. You'd seen others do it. It didn't look that hard﹣just move your legs while you were standing. Wrong﹣more difficult than you ever imagined. But after you tried again and again and again, you understood how to walk.

   If people found you walking, they cheered, "Oh, look at what the kid is doing." This encouraged you!But look back on those days when you were the little child﹣how many times did you try when no one was watching, or when no one was cheering? You couldn't wait for someone to encourage you to take the next steps.You learned how to encourage yourself.

   So, keep trying and encouraging yourself as you learned to walk if you want to succeed in doing something.

(1)What is the first step in learning to walk? (不超过15个词)

  

(2)When did you understand how to walk? (不超过15个词)

  

(3)What should you do if you want to succeed in doing something? (不超过15个词)

  

来源:2019年安徽省中考英语试卷
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Mr. Reynolds, my teacher, hand us a list of thoughts, and asked us to write a paper on one of those thoughts. I chose the topic "I wonder why things are the way they are."

   I wrote down all the questions that puzzled(困扰)me about life. I realized that many of them were hard to answer, and perhaps others could not be answered at all. When I handed in my paper, I was afraid that I might fail because I did not answer the question.

   The next day, Mr. Reynolds handed me the paper and asked me to read it for the class. The other students became quiet as I began to read my story:

   Mum, why are the roses red? Why is the grass green and the sky blue? Why do I have to graduate(毕业)? Why do I have to grow up? Why do I have to be called "Grandma" ,one day?…

   Dad, why can't I stay out until 12: 00? Why do I miss my old friends? Why do I miss being at home? Why do you love me so much?..

   Mum, Dad, why did you have to leave me? I need you.

   At the end of my story, I looked at Mr. Reynolds, and I saw a tear slowly coming down his face.Then I realized that life is not built on the answers we receive, but on the questions we ask.

(1)Why was the writer afraid that she might fail?(不超过10个词)   

(2)What did the teacher ask the writer to do for the class?(不超过15个词)   

(3)What did the writer realize at the end of the story?(不超过15个词)   

来源:2018年安徽省中考英语试卷
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In Chengdu, tea culture has developed into the Chengdu﹣featured (特色的) tea house culture.There is a saying about Chengdu tea houses :You could see more tea houses than sunny days. Why can the tea house Chengdu catch so much eyesight?It is because of their many different functions (功能): for relaxing ,meetings,as well as entertainment.

    Chengdu tea houses are often decorated (装饰) with bamboo desks and bamboo chairs Chengdu people love tea houses, because they love chatting They often gather together in a crowded tea house, and drink tea when chatting In their free time,they often have a cup of tea and cake, watch actors performing traditional arts, talk and laugh with people in the tea house, which could be true joy of life.

    The soft wind is fled with tea's smell. The teas they use usually jasmine green teas,Dragon Well,and Biluochun. They use northern Gaiwan as tea sets (larger than Gongfu Gaiwan).Gaiwan is made up of three parts: the lid, the cup and the Saucer (茶碟).When the tea service master pours water into the Gaiwan,you will see the water filling from the air into Gaiwan ,with a lively sound.In a moment, water stops.Then look at the Gaiwan. The water in it is just right at the level of the Gaiwan's mouth, with a simple drip (水满)on the desk.This is a unique (独特的)skill,as well as an art.

    No matter where you are in Chengdu, in a quiet park or in a busy street, you can see those featured tea houses.They have fair price and good service. People can stay there for half a day,having only a cup of tea and little snacks. In the talks of friends and neighbors, the colorful tea culture of Sichuan is fully expressed.

请务必将以下小题的答案写在相应位置!

(1)What are the functions of Chengdu tea houses?

                                   

(2)What are the desks and chairs in Chengdu tea houses made of?

                                

(3)What's the difference between northern Gaiwan and Gongfu Galiwan?

                                

(4)Who has the unique skill of pouring water in the tea houses?

                              

(5)What's the passage mainly about?

                                 

来源:2020年山东省淄博市中考英语试卷
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