湖北省随州市2018年中考英语试卷

— Be confident! If you don't believe in yourself,        will.

—No, sir. I        a magazine.

—Yes, many tourists come to enjoy them every day.

—He asked      .

—I'm looking for the dictionary       you lent me last week.

—      . I'm new here, too.

— Thank you all the same.

    Once there was a very helpful and kind-hearted man. He would help anyone1 expecting anything in return.

    One day while walking along a dusty road, the man saw a wallet, so he 2the wallet. But then he found it was3. Suddenly a woman and a policeman turned up and caught him.

    The woman kept on asking where her4was, but the man answered, "It was empty5 I found it." The woman shouted at him, "Please give it back to me, and it's my son's tuition  (学费)  ."The man saw that the woman really felt6, so he handed over all his money. He could see that the woman was a single mother. The woman left and the policeman asked the man more7.

    One day while the woman was going to her son's school, she noticed that8was walking behind her. She thought that he9rob (抢劫 ) her, so she walked to a policeman. He was the same policeman that she had taken along to claim her money. The woman told him about the man following her. They ran to him, and saw that he was the same man that they had caught10days ago.

    He looked very weak and the woman was11. The policeman said to the woman.

    "He wasn't the thief that day, but having heard about your situation, he12you his money."

    Then the man told the woman. "Please go ahead and13 your son's tuition. I saw you and followed you to make sure that no one would steal your money again." The woman was too moved to say14.

    Life may give you a strange experience: sometimes it shocks you15sometimes it may also surprise you. Be kind and generous. Learn to appreciate what you are given.

    As young students. You have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

    Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?

    Andrew Matews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams come true is life's biggest challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it's impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream.

    In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.

    You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from you. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

    As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.

    My grandma had a wonderful day yesterday at my mom's house for Thanksgiving. She didn't remember our names or the last time we were all together. She asked us a million questions, most repeating from just moments ago. What my grandma did know at that point was love. The whole family were focused on her laugh and her smile.

    Grandma raised all of us. She let us ride mattresses (床垫) down the stairs, ski on the little hill in her backyard, and watch movies at late night. She taught all 9 grandkids how to swim in the pool. She taught us how to be creative, make Christmas cookies, and help those less fortunate  (幸运的 )  than us. It's hard to believe that she doesn't remember our names or other children's. But for her sake it's all OK. I tell her that it's just all right and that's how it's supposed to be. As long as she's happy, the memory doesn't need to be here.

    There's one name she does remember, though. She called him by his name: Charlie. Her Charlie. We miss what my grandma used to be and we miss her Charlie. But yesterday was a wonderful day for us. We had her laugh and through that laugh and the way she said his name, we had grandpa there too.

    We're sitting too much and it's dangerous. Most Americans spend more than seven hours sitting every day, and the more you sit, the weaker your body will be. Fortunately, there are simple changes you can make during the day——anywhere, even at the workplace—to improve your health.

    Park a few blocks away from the office each morning and walk to work.

    This allows you to start off your mornings actively and be ready to take on the work. If you take the bus, get off one stop earlier to take some light exercise before 8 a.m.

    Get up and move around the office once every 60~90 minutes.

    When you're busy with work, it's easy to forget the time. Set the alarm to remind(提醒) you to get up and take a walk around the office. You can use this time to fill up your water bottle or go to the bathroom.

    Ask questions and discuss questions face to face.

    Go to your co-worker's office to discuss questions face to face, rather than send an e-mail every time you have a question. This gives you a good excuse to move.

    Use your lunch break to move around outside.

    So many Americans today work during their lunch break. When possible, take advantage of(利用) this time to walk outside and enjoy the nice weather. Fresh air can make you keep a clear mind.

Money VS Family

    Rama's family is very big. He has three kids, two sons and a daughter.

    He works for more than 16 hours a day. The kids cannot see him as he leaves home early in the morning before they wake up, and he reaches home around midnight when kids have slept every day.

    Though Rama's family is one of the richest families in the city, he still works so hard. One day, Rama's family went to their beach house to spend their vacation. His daughter asked, ""

    Rama replied, "Yes, my dear, tomorrow for sure, I'm tired of work and need refreshment!"

    The whole family became very happy.

    Unfortunately, the next day, none in Rama's family were alive as they were washed out in the tsunami(海啸)!

    When he tried to reach his beach house, he saw sea and water everywhere and screamed for his family. He could not even find the dead bodies of his family.

    He remembered his wife's words, "Why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now."

She could read by the age of four.

Stonehenge was so many ago.

Children these days their parents too much.

He is one of the most in America.

Sometimes he was from classes and his examinations.

    In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey.

    Most of them were hearing this story for the time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the Chinese book Journey to the West.

    The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, be sometimes does not look like a monkey! This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turning himself into different and objects. But he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man.

    To fight bad people, the Monkey King a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.

    The Monkey King has the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program out more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested in this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up.

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    Nowadays, many middle school students are taking all kinds of after-school classes at weekends or on holidays. There are two different opinions about it.

    Some people think that