湖南省常德市2018年中考英语试卷

    Have you ever wondered about the secret life of the tasty lobster(龙虾)？In the sea, it is yellow, orange, grey, green, brown or even blue. Cooking turns it red.

    Lobsters are nocturnal creatures(夜行物)，so it is best to hunt(捕捉) them at night when they are active. You can catch lobster by hand, but you should wear thick gloves because lobster's claws are strong. A very large lobster could break your finger.

    Interestingly, in the past, lobsters were only served to prisoners as they were considered as a poor man's food. Nowadays, lobsters are an expensive and popular dish.

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    It is the world's most well-known and popular song. It has been sung hundreds of millions of times each year. It has been heard in outer space, at baseball stadiums, in movies and in domiciles(住处)from the White House to the most remote(遥远的) backwoods shack(窝棚) in Misissippi. It has been wired into millions of music boxes, greeting cards, watches, toys, games and other tune-playing products. And it is the only song in the English language to make people of all ages smile and sing along. The song, of course, is Happy Birthday to You".

    This amazing song began its life in 1893. Written by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred and Patty Hill, it was originally (起初) named “Good Morning to All”, and intended as a classroom greeting from teachers to students:

    Good morning to you

    Good morning to you

    Good morning, dear children

    Good morning to all.

    To this day, no one knows for sure who wrote the new words to Hill's melody(旋律),or exactly when it happened. “Happy Birthday to You” first appeared in a songbook in1924.The words were presented as the second stanza(节) to "Good morning to You".

    It is increasingly popular for Chinese young people to share their experiences on Social media(媒体), such as the "moments"'(朋友圈)on popular instant messaging service WeChat

    “I have been reading 'Jane Eyre' for 40 days with 48, 000 words finished," Li Anqi said. Li has been sharing her reading experience on WeChat moments every day since January

    Working in Yinchuan, capital of Northwest China's Ningxia, Li wants to learn English very much, but cannot bare (摆脱) the daily grind(日常工作) of school lessons.

    “I found many of my WeChat friends had been reading books or learning English on mobile reading apps, and I did not want to fall behind,” Li said.

    In January, she spent more than 100 yuan purchasing( 购买) an online reading class at the Bohe Reading app, which tells customers they can: “Finish reading your first English book here.”

    At the reading class, teachers assign reading homework and give instructions to 430 class members every day.

    A survey report released(发布) on Thursday said 70.9 percent of primary and middle students in China use the Wechat instant messaging App.

    At the same time, 75.9 percent of Chinese children have their own mobile phones, according to China National Children's Center.

    The figures were based on a survey of nearly 9000 children across China.

    However, 28.8 percent of them never read news online and 43.2 percent have never touched newspapers.

    The center called for efforts to address the digital divide between urban and rural education and protect children's privacy(隐私) as Internet users.

    It came as a real shock(震惊) to find out that chickens could tell what color they were eating.

    I picked up a package of mixed greens one day. I anxiously brought it home and immediately took a trip out to the chicken house to deliver(递送) it. I knew the girls would welcome the treat!

    My chickens have their regular gravity-type feeder for their grain(谷物),  and I have a large plastic dog dish that I use for those special treats.

    I emptied the bag of greens into the dog dish and stood back, as I usually do, to watch for a minute. I began to notice that the chickens were eating the green lettuce（莴苣）but were leaving the red leaves. I though it must be mistaken, but I didn't have time to find out for sure right then.

    When I went back a short time later, the dish was empty except for the red leaves. The chickens didn't eat them with the red leaves. It took several hours, but they finally did eat it. I guess if they had their druthers(偏爱), they'd choose for green leaves only. Red leaves only satisfy in the absence of greens.

    Ari's mother asked him to gather firewood for the fire. Instead of doing the chore right away. Ari thought he could play with his friends, Mitch and Joe, first.

    Not long after, his mother began to wonder1he had not returned. It was already dark and she was worried. At the same time, Ari realized that he had not done as his mother had 2 and told his friends about this. The boys then began gathering the 3 .

    Meanwhile, Ari's mother came cooking for him. She soon4the boys' voices. She had mixed feelings. She was5to know that he was safe but angry at the same time because Ari had disobeyed her. She decided to6the boys a lesson.

    She hid in the nearby bushes (树林). 7she picked up a twig (树枝) and threw it. It hit the ground making a sharp noise. It caught the boys8. They stopped what they were doing and looked at one another. She threw9twig in the opposite direction. The boys jumped. The mother cried in a low trembling voice, “10your mother!” Scared, the boys dropped everything and ran home. Ari's mother could not stop laughing

    After picking up some pieces of firewood, she headed home, where she found Ari in tears.

    “Mother Mother, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you," he sobbed(哭诉) .His mother held him with love. She knew he was truly sorry and would not repeat his mistake.

—It is apple.

—His birthday is April 21^st.

—they are cute.

—Sure, no problem.

    You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place where you learn to get on well with people. ⑴But this is not always easy. What can you do if you just don't like one of your classmates?

    ⑵If you discover that you have problems getting on with your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the ability to realize and respect the differences in others. We cannot change the way that other people do, so it is important to lean to live happily with them.

    Tolerance will make everyone get on better with each other. Getting to know someone may help you understand why he does things differently. Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad. Tolerance teaches us to keep a temperate and open mind.

    You need to remember an old saying, ⑶“Treat others how you want to be treated.” If you tolerate something, it does not mean that you have to like it. ⑷现在，没有人要求你改变自己。 Tolerance just means that you should respect the differences in others and not try to make them change.

    It is important to practice tolerance, because it will make everyone's life easier. ⑸学会接受能力兴趣与自己不同的人。The world is very different, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference.

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