广东省深圳市2018年英语中考模拟试题（二）（音频暂未更新）

—We'd better not. Even he himself doubts the things he has done.

—OK, Dad. I'll do it right now.

—No one helped him? The problems are so difficult.

—Yes. He never drinks it.

—Yes. He is confident of winning the game.

—Sure. Not only me, but also my husband will join in the activity.

—It's very humorous.

—I agree. She should stay away from computer games.

—Oh, it ________ books.

—Sorry, I'm afraid you've got the wrong ________.

—Oh. I'm sorry. I'll ________ right now.

—I am really sorry. I can't see ________ without glasses.

—________, I'm pleased with it though some parts are boring.

    Once upon a time, there were three brothers named Sam, Tim and Andy. They lived in a small house in the forest. Every day, they cut down trees and sold 1 in the market. Though they lived a good life, they were 2. They all wished for something and felt sad for not having it.

    One day, they saw an old woman bent low with a heavy bag on her back. They 3 to carry the bag to her home. The old woman was in fact a witch (女巫) with magical powers. Pleased with their 4, she decided to help them and asked what they wanted.

    "I want a big house with lots of servants." said Sam.

    "I would like a big farm with good harvest." said Tim.

    "A beautiful 5 would make me happy." said Andy. The old woman promised to make their dreams come true. The three brothers thought she was just joking. However, when reaching home, they were 6 by what they saw: a big house with a doorman and other servants, a yellow farmland with 7 growing well and a beautiful woman who claimed to be Andy's wife. The three brothers' hearts were filled with joy. They thought they were the 8 men in the world.

    However, they soon got tired of what they had and became unhappy again. So they visited the old woman and asked her the secret of 9.

    "Well," said the old woman. "It's all in your own hands. You should learn to be satisfied with what you have. Otherwise you can never really be happy."

    The three brothers 10 the old woman's advice and learnt to appreciate what they had. As a result, they lived happily ever after.

    A frog was swimming in a pond after a rainstorm. He saw a brilliant rainbow across the sky. He was so excited that he couldn't help crying.

    "I have heard there is a cave filled with gold at the place where the rainbow ends. I will find the cave and be the richest frog in the world," said the frog.

    The frog swam to the edge of the pond as fast as he could. There he met another frog by accident.

    "Where are you rushing to?" asked the second frog.

    "I am rushing to the place where the rainbow ends," said the first frog.

    "There is a saying that there is a cave filled with gold and diamonds at that place," said the second frog.

    "Then come with me." said the first frog. "We will be the two richest frogs in the world."

    The two frogs jumped out of the pond and ran through the grassland. There they met another frog.

    "What's the hurry?" asked the third frog.

    "We are running to the place where the rainbow ends," said the two frogs.

    "I have been told there is a cave filled with gold, diamonds and pearls at that place," said the third frog.

    "Then come with us," said the two frogs. "We will be the three richest frogs in the world."

    The three frogs ran for miles. Finally they came to the end of the rainbow.

    There they saw a dark cave on the side of a hill.

    "Gold! Diamonds! Pearls!" cried the frogs. As they jumped into the cave, they found a snake lived inside.

    He was hungry and had been thinking about his dinner. He swallowed the three frogs quickly.

    Wu Dajing won China's first gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by breaking world record in men's 500m short track speed skating on Thursday.

    World No. 1 Wu proved his ability in the event by breaking world record twice. The young man kept the lead and won the gold medal with a time of 39.584 seconds. It raised our spirits. His performance was so perfect that even the other athletes showed respect for him.

    "I carried a lot of pressure into the final today after what we went through previously (先前). I am just so proud of myself to have been able to hold on and bring out my best in the race." said Wu, who won the silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. "I really want to say 'Thank you' to my teacher. She told me what short track was. I just followed what she had told me before the final. I will still work hard and do better in the following races."

    Later, Wu and his teammates added another silver medal in the men's 5,000m team relay, bringing the Chinese delegation (代表团) its ninth overall medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

    Wu Daijng, who was born in Jiamusi in the north of China in 1994, started short track training at the age of 10. He used to train in Jiangsu and Jilin. He became the world champion in 2013. Since then, he has become the most competitive athlete in the world and the hope for China.

    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. His father was an important man in the town, so Shakespeare had a good childhood. Shakespeare probably went to school but not university. He got married to Anne Hathaway when he was 18 and the couple had 3 children.

    Shakespeare wrote 39 plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). He began working in his hometown of Stratford, but by 1592, he began writing in London. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and another in Stratford. He wrote sad stories called tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, funny stories or comedies, romantic stories and stories about history, such as Julius Caesar.

    Shakespeare died in 1616, about 400 years ago. But why are his works still popular today?

    His works looked at common human themes, such as murder, lust, power, ambition and love. Even until now, these memes are still part of human nature. We can also see the themes in modem soap operas and Hollywood films. Even though his theatre, The Globe, burnt down in 1613, it was rebuilt in London in 1997 and you can still see his plays performed there today.

    Shakespeare's influence on me English language can still be felt today. We talk about "fair play", meaning honest behaviour, but this phrase was first used by Shakespeare. And it was Shakespeare that came up with the expression of "disappear into thin air". And we still use it today when we lose something. Besides, Shakespeare's works have been translated into many languages in the world. And perhaps we'll still be as fascinated by his works 400 years from now as we've been for almost the last 400 years.

Dear classmates,

    I have done a research about the Eiffel Tower, Mount Rushmore, the Great Wall and the Statue of Liberty. Let me tell you about them.

    The Eiffel Tower was completed in March, 1889. It was more than 300 metres high—making it the tallest structure in the world until 1930. The tower is completely repainted every seven years. It was once painted yellow!

    Lying in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore is a sculpture (雕塑) on the side of a mountain with four of the most famous presidents of the United States of America. The idea for the sculpture was suggested in 1923 as a way to bring visitors to South Dakota. The face of George Washington was finished first in 1930 and Theodore Roosevelt was the last one done in 1939. The heads of the presidents are 18 metres tall—that's the height of a six-story building! Today Mount Rushmore is carefully taken care of to prevent breaking.

    The Great Wall has a long history. The walls were built with different materials, everything from packed dirt or wood to stone and brick. The earliest walls were built more than two thousand years ago. No one knows exactly how long that wall was, as most of it has worn down or been destroyed. In some places the walls were 9 metres thick, and 7.5 metres tall, and there were as many as 25,000 watchtowers for soldiers to watch the situation outside the Great Wall.

    The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. The Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from the French in 1876. The American people agreed to pay for the pedestal (底座) for the statue to stand on, while the French people would pay for the Statue of Liberty itself. The statue was completed in France in 1884, but the pedestal wasn't finished until April of 1886.

    If you want to know more about them, visit my website. Thanks for listening.

    Do you know about your body language well? People believe your body expresses what you think.

    The most common body language of all (be) crossing your arms. A parent with his or her arms crossed is a sign of big trouble. if the arms are crossed behind his or her back, the meaning is quite different. Anger (become) calm.

    Eyes can talk too. Without eye contact, it is a typical sign of dishonesty. If your eyes go up to the right, it means you're using your (imagine) instead of your memory. So there is no doubt that you are telling lie.

    The place that your chest is pointing to shows where your interest lies. In a meeting, anyone whose chest is pointed away is either not interested in or disagrees what's being said.

    If you're at a party, your head will turn towards who is talking. After all, you won't notice the person unless you are looking at him or her. However, your body often shows who you want (listen) to. And the finger drumming is such a loud and clear message that (other) may notice you are impatient.

    People run their hands through hair when they're confident in their appearance. Playing with hair is not always a good sign though. Someone that curls his or her hair around a finger feels (relax). But if the hair (hold) by one hand, it shows the person is nervous.

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English Week is calling!

    The English Week will be held next week. For all our students, I would like to introduce some of the activities.