浙江省杭州市2016-2017年英语中考英语模拟试卷（二十四）
年级：中考 学科：英语 类型：中考模拟 来源：91题库
一、阅读理解（共3小题）
Kim Min-joo, 13, South Korea Most children love skiing during the winter holidays. In the summer holidays, some students go on a trip in their country. ◆Summer holidays: mid-July～mid-August ◆Winter holidays: mid-December～ the end of January |
Hayashi Misa, 13, Japan During the holidays, some children spend their time in school clubs. Other children may have a trip with their families. ◆Summer holidays: mid-July～late August ◆Winter holidays: the end of December～ early January |
Sophie Shan, 14, America In the summer holidays, most kids like to go to summer camps. Some students choose to study abroad during the winter holidays. ◆Summer holidays: mid-June～ early September ◆Winter holidays: mid-December～ early January |
(1)
Mammoth Cave National Park (猛犸洞国家公园)in America is a great park. And Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave system.
Last July, my husband and I took our six children to visit it. The park itself was free to enter. However, one had to buy tickets for cave tours. The Trog Tour was interesting. However, only children between the ages of 8 and 12 could take this tour. So my family took two different tours in the morning. My three kids aged 8-11 took the Trog Tour. And the rest of us took the Historic Tour. In the afternoon, my husband and I took our children to take the New Entrance Tour. It was really cool.
We loved our visit to Mammoth Cave National Park. What a cool place! Next time we visit the park, we really want to take the Violet City Lantern Tour.
① bought tickets ② took the New Entrance Tour ③ took the Historic Tour
(2)
When I was eleven years old, God gave me a gift of happiness and I had a carefree childhood in France.
One day, on my way home from school, a truck ran over me and my legs were cut off. As I lay there bleeding, I suddenly realized that I might have to live the rest of my life without legs. How depressed I was at that moment! But then I realized that depression wouldn't get my legs back. So I decided not to waste my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the hospital, they stood there quietly, looked so shocked and sad. I told them, “I've already accepted the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”
Ever since then, I often see my friends getting worried about little things: their bus comes late; they get bad grades on a test. But I just enjoy life.
I am lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have lost, and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple, doesn't it? So why are many people unhappy?
People often think happiness is based on what they achieve. “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when you get the car and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.
Happiness is not a happening; it's a state of mind. Even though you have the whole world and you'll still be unsatisfied. And you have relatively(相对地) little but feel full of joy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of enjoying and taking pleasure in what you already have.
二、选词填空（共1小题）
A. Write a plan
B. Be willing to pay the price
C. Be responsible for yourself
D. Never give up
E. Don't delay
F. Here are some keys to success that they give.
The Winner's Guide to Success
Do you know what makes people successful? To find out the answers, an American reporter recently visited some of the most successful people in America.
Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. In fact, When you say someone or something apart from yourself is stopping you from making success, You're giving away your own power. You're saying, "You have more control over my life than I do."
Live life "on purpose" Almost all successful people live life "on purpose"- they are doing what they believe they should and want to do. When you live your life on purpose, you'll try your best to do your job or study as well as you can. You love what you do and you can find pleasure in what you do.
It is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. It's just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away. A good plane is like a map to you. Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the “map”, you'll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.
Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard - even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won't get anything valuable.
When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.
三、完形填空（共1小题）
Whenever my child caused me to change my schedule, I thought to myself, “We don't have time for this.” Therefore, the two words I most commonly spoke to my child were: “Hurry up”. But my promise to 1was made almost three years ago, and I began my journey to grasp what 2in life.
My younger daughter is my living reminder of why I must keep trying to slow down.
The two of us had taken a bike ride to the3. After buying an ice cream for my daughter, she sat down at a table 4 admiring it. Suddenly a look of worry came across her face. “Do I have to rush, Mama? ”
I could have 5 . Perhaps the pains of a 6 life don't ever completely disappear, I thought sadly. As my child looked up at me waiting to know 7 she could take her time, I
knew I had a choice. I could sit there in sorrow(悲痛) 8 about the number of times when I rushed my child through life…or I could celebrate the fact that today I'm trying to do things 9 . I chose to live in today.
“You don't have to rush,” I said 10 . Her whole face immediately brightened and her shoulders relaxed. And so we sat side-by-side talking. There were even moments when we sat in 11 just smiling at each other.
When she got to the last bite, she held out a spoonful of ice crystals and sweet juice for me. “I 12 the last bite for you, Mama,” my daughter said 13 . I realized I just got the deal of a lifetime. I gave my child a little time… and 14 ,she gave me her last bite and reminded me that things taste sweeter and love comes 15 when you stop rushing through life.
四、选词填空（共1小题）
Dear Future Me,
time flies! You are leaving the school and stepping into a new world. Well done for
completing all those difficult lessons! You know you'll be able to go to the fantastic high school. At this moment you must be proud of (you).Here, I have something important to tell you.
First of all, do not forget your dreams
I'm writing this letter to remind you again about all the things you wanted to do when you were in the
(seven) grade. I want you to make sure that before you leave school, you have realized your dream to be one of (fast) runners of the school. If you feel like fighting on for your dream to be a scientist, you'll surely have a (success) future ahead of you.
Also, use the Internet properly.
You should not be ( control) by the Internet, It is a beautiful but dangerous net – while we are weaving it, do not let the strings destroy our mind; It is a wonderful but unknown ocean – while we are sailing on it (happy), do not let the storm break our mind; Internet is a useful tool but we should not be limited by this tool.
Besides, read more books.
Just think about how you are feeling at the beginning of every summer holiday. you spend a whole month playing video games day and night, you will feel terrible. It's because you don't read. Without comfort from reading, your heart would gradually become lonely. If you do not read, you will have no (different) with a wild animal, who had no love, no concerns and no hopes.
Don't let me !
五、根据下列句子及所给的首字母，写出各单词的正确形式（每空一词）（共10小题）
六、书面表达（共1小题）
Activities | Activities | Club activity |
Time | 9:00-10:30 | 15:00-16:30（next Friday） |
Date | July 2nd | July 9th |
Place | Class 6, Grade 9 |
Subject： Asking for leave for your lesson and an invitation
From: Li Hua
To： Jim
Hi Jim,
I'm Li Hua, one of the students in your spoken English class.……