上海市黄浦区2018年英语中考二模试卷

    Finally, a simple smartphone.

    The al-new Jitterbug? Smart is the simple smartphone with our biggest screen ever, now with health and safety apps.

    EASY Anew, bigger 5.5-inch screen makes it even easier to stay connected. Everything you want to do, from texting and taking pictures, to emailing and visiting the Internet, is organized in a single list on one screen with large letters. Plus, new Voice Typing makes writing emails and texts effortless.

    SMART Tum your Jitterbug Smart into a personal safety device with Great Call's award-winning health and safety apps, like 5Star?.In any uncertain or unsafe situation, simply press the button and a highly-trained agent will get you the help you need, 24/7.

    AFFORDABLE Great Call? provides a variety of data(数据）plans starting as low as $249 per month. Compared to other cell phone companies, you could save over $300 per year, making the Jitterbug Smartphone plans the most affordable on the market. Ask about our new Unlimited Plan!

    My husband Bill, was diagnosed with cancer(癌症）.Over the course of seven months, he went from beating me silly at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.

    It was the best seven months of my life. Maybe I don't1 mean that, but it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I had become a respected professor, and a responsible wife. During those seven months, I came to understand that nothing would2 more than what I had done to my husband.

    When I couldn't sleep at night, I prayed(析祷）to God. Then I began praying it daily even if I had no difficulty sleeping, which 3.my breathing and calmed my mind.

    During his last week, a relative visited I noticed that she'd changed her appearance, but in a funny way. It was the kind of 4 I kept to myself. After she left .Bill voiced exactly what I'd been thinking, in that truthful way he bad and I found myself laughing out in my heart.

    I could live with this man, even needing as much care as he does, for the next 40 years, I thought. 5,he would be dead very soon. I will never again have that high a purpose in my life. I will try to be a little less unhappy, and a little more 6for the small moments in life .I am a better person for caring for Bill. It was his last, best gift to me.

    It happens every night-bedtime. But what if you're not sleepy? Should you still go to bed if you are just going to lie there with your eyes wide open?

    It's a that has been around as long as there have been people trying to sleep.

    For many, thinking aboutonly keeps them awake. You might be excited by everything you did that day. Maybe you can't sleep because you don't like sleeping all alone in your room. Maybe you have a frightening dream that keeps coming back every time you close your eyes.

    All of these feelings are.One thing that can help is talking to a parent about what you're thinking about. If you're about taking a test, or upset about being laughed at in school, it can really help to tell somebody .Knowing that somebody has heard you can help your thoughts rest so that you can too.

    There's not just one reason why kids can't fall asleep, though, so there's also more than one.

    If there's anything about your room that makes you feel  at night, like a picture that looks strange in the dark, or a noisy tap that leaks drop after drop, be sure to ask one of your parents if it can be moved or fixed.

    It may not make sense why something bothers you, but if it's keeping you from sleeping, it should be changed. Another idea could be getting ready for bed earlier than usual. Try to take more time to  by taking a warm bath, or listening to a bedtime story at least30 minutes before you want to go to sleep.

you down your computer before you went home yesterday?

 did it take you to fly from Shanghai to Singapore?

Nobody knew how  the machine, except John.

The first Olympic Games to honour the Greek God, Zeus.

The team  reach the top of the mountain before dark.

Jane asked the shop assistant whether  pay for thee-book by credit card.

    Grades are important, but they are not the only measure.

I have come to understand that exam grades are not the only purpose of schools, and grades a are not enough.

    Studies show that some of the high-flying students have troubled lives, finding it difficult to get good jobs or become great parents or partners. A graduation, students come to realize what they have learned at school has not really prepared them for the next step.

    Increasingly, teachers are getting to know the idea of "learning from our failures. "If you've never failed at anything, you've certainly never t anything new. Exam grades are important and we encourage all students to aim high and to do well. But they don't msuccess.

    I once asked my students to consider the chef Gordon Ramsay, and how he became so successful. They were surprised to find that he didn't have a good performance at school and he didn't sbecome a great chef. In an interview, he explained that he worked long hours for very little money, learning everything he could, He took chances even if they seemed iHe made mistakes but he cheered himself up and moved forward. His success didn't come from grades, it came from his character: courage, effort and confidence.

We should develop social skills through the whole school as an important p of learning.

    This is why there is a focus on performance, sport and other activities. These life skills will work hand-in-hand with knowledge to enable students to do well in their future life.

    "You have saved my horse," Queen Olivia told the young boy standing before her .””Now you shall have a reward." Peter nervously ran his fingers through his brown hair. The frightened horse had run past him as he worked in the field that morning. He would have helped it whether it belonged to the queen or not .But he had to admit that getting a reward was nice.

    Two of the queen's men appeared. One carried a mirror. Red jewels shone on top of the minor's silver frame. The other carried wooden care with a chicken inside it.

    "Only one reward can be yours," the queen said" Choose wisely"" That's easy.” Peter said.” I will take the chicken.” Some of the queen's men laughed. It was clear that they thought he had made a foolish choice.

    “And why did you choose the chicken? The queen asked.” Well, I don't know much about jewels," Peter answered.” But I do know about chickens. The chicken will provide eggs for my family for a long while.”

    Queen Olivia smiled.” Then you did make a wise choice." she said.“ That mirror may look fancy. But the jewels you see are only colored glass, and the frame is painted silver. The chicken is much more valuable." Peter took the chicken and bowed." Thank you, your majesty“

“You are a smart child, ”the queen added. “I could use a smart boy to help take care of my horses. Would you like to take the job?” Peter smiled. “Thank you very much!” he said excitedly. A job at the castle paid well. Now his family would eat well for the rest of their lives—all because   ⑹     !

每一个生命个体都和这个世界发生着联系，你也不例外。请分享一个你和他人、社会或自然之间的故事，并谈谈自己的体验或感受。

(注意：短文中不得出现考生真实的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。）