湖南省衡阳市2018年中考英语试卷

    Numbers in different countries may have different meanings. In China, some people think that some numbers bring them1. Take "8" for example, the Chinese pronunciation of the number "8" has almost the2sound as that of the Chinese character "发[fa:]", which means making a fortune. So, many Chinese people spend a lot of3to get their telephone numbers or car numbers to include this number "8". They believe without4doubt that the number will bring them money.

    5, others don't believe that numbers have anything to do with good luck. They think such an idea is only an ignorant(愚昧的) and superstitious(迷信的) belief. A number is one thing, and good luck is6. They will ask, "7can you ever have any good luck simply because of some lucky numbers, even if you don't work hard, don't have good opportunities and don't get along well with the people around you?"

    As for me, I8with the latter(后者). Clearly, lucky numbers are only a kind of superstition. Perhaps it holds true for some cases, but often it does not. Numbers can9bring good luck to a person at all and our fortune is in our own hands. So, everyone can have a good fortune only if he tries his best. Let's always remember "Opportunities are only for the10mind" and "No pains, no gains."

    Once upon a time, there was a tree which wanted to become a treasure box. One day, a farmer cut it down and sold it to a carpenter(木匠). The tree was happy because he thought the carpenter would make it into a treasure box.

    To its surprise, the carpenter made it into a feed box for animals. The tree felt very disappointed because that was not its dream. Several years later, the feed box was thrown away. Someone picked it up and placed it into an old temple. The tree forgot its dream little by little.

    One day, a couple came to the temple. The woman gave birth to a baby boy. There wasn't a bed in the temple. So they placed the baby in the feed box. They loved him and regarded him as their treasure. The tree suddenly realized that it became a real "treasure box" at that time.

    Sometimes you may think your dream will not come true. Don't forget your dream. It may be realized in another new way.

    Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi'an. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code(二维码). "We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate(使产生) the codes, and in the end everything gets easier." Said Guo, "When students finish the homework, they keep it on WeChat. Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So I can check their work anywhere using my computer or telephone."

    The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. When Guo scans(扫描) his students' QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more creative, with many pictures, music and even videos.

    Guo's students like the new way and think it is interesting. "We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun." Said Tingting, a student of Guo's. "The paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share." Guo said, "It is worth trying to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I don't want my students to fall behind the times."

    However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, it's unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the codes when they hand in their work, which doesn't take them too much time. Also for teachers, it allows them to check the students' work at any time. And it's also an easy way to share homework with other students.

    World famous physicist(物理学家) Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home in Cambridge on March 14th, 2018.

    Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8th, 1942. He went to school in a small city near London. As he himself admitted, he wasn't very serious about studying. He did very little work, he was never top of his class. However, he still achieved good marks. After leaving school, Hawking first went to Oxford University to study physics. Then he went to Cambridge University to study cosmology(宇宙学).

    At the age of 21, Hawking noticed something wrong with him. He had a bad illness that stopped him from moving and talking. He couldn't communicate except by blinking(眨眼). He sat on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate with others, he moved two fingers to control the computer's mouse. He chose his words from the screen, which were then spoken by a voice synthesizer(音响合成器). "I've had the disease for most of my life," Hawking once said, "Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work."

    Although Hawking was a disabled man, he made great achievements. He received many awards and prizes for his work, including the Albert Einstein Award—the highest achievement in physics.

    Hawking worked at Cambridge University as a professor. His story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. "Life is not fair." he once said, "You just have to do the best you can in your own situation."

    With the development of economics(经济), the problem of the left-behind children(留守儿童) has become a serious social problem. More and more people have realized we should do something to help them.

    The biggest problem is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years. So some children can't remember what their parents look like. When they meet their own troubles, they have no one to talk with. Nobody gives them enough care.

    Because of being too far away from their parents, the left-behind children's study is the second biggest problem. From a survey about their study, only two percent of the children get good results, while ten percent of them are common and eighty-eight percent of them are poor. What a pity!

    There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and too much time on the Internet and so on.

    In a word, to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the government, families and schools to try their best together.

    China is a great country with about 5,000 years of history. There are many places of interest wattract millions of tourists from all over the world every year.

    Many mountains, such as Mount Tai, Mount Emei, Mount Hua are very famous. People go to Mount Tai to see sunrise. (在……之中) the rivers, the Yangtze River is the longest one and the second longest one is the Yellow River. They are the birthplaces of Chinese c. Have you ever heard of the love story about Xu Xian and White Snake? It's said that the story happened on West Lake. The West Lake (位于) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It's surrounded on three sides by mountains. Many tourist attractions there are well worth visiting, such as Sudi Causeway, the Broken Bridge and Leifeng Pagoda. The scenery is so attractive that v often lose themselves in it.

    We can't remember clearly since we started to take our mobiles to dinner table. This happens a lot, (especial) when we eat out. Once a dish comes, of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be "liked." Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get "liked" not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal.

    Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If , how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

    A recent study suggests that what we are used to (do) is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were (ask) to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a , it showed that the (many) photos they took, the less delicious the food to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

    So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not (take) photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

（L:Li Hong    Z:Zhang Ting）

L: Hello, Zhang Ting. Long time no see.?

Z: Things are going very well.

L: ?

Z: I'm getting ready for our school program The Sound of School these days.

L: Oh, and it is becoming popular in our school.

Z: So more and more students take part in it. I'd like to have a try.

L: Great! ?

Z: My Heart Will Go On. The song is so beautiful. I like it very much.

L: Then when is your show time?

Z: At 8:00 p.m. next Friday.

L: !

Z: Thank you very much.

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Dear Jim,

    I'm glad to receive your e-mail.

    What do you think of the Dragon Boat Festival? Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Liu Wei