浙江省舟山市2019届中考英语模拟试卷（三）

    Who is the 1 teacher in Chinese history? Many people will think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28th. Although he lived over 2,000 years 2, people still remember and respect him3 his contribution to the education today.

    Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies 4 Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a(an) 5 childhood. His father 6 when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn't give up 7. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poems and sports.

    Later, he became a teacher and 8 the first public school in Chinese history. Today, people still follow 9lessons. He told us that we all have 10worthy to be learned. "When I am with 11 people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them."

    He also taught us that 12 is very important in study. "All study but no thinking makes people puzzled(困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people 13."

    Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about 14 and good manners." A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to 15 people." he said.

    David walked down the street. All he wanted to do was to play basketball with Jim. But his mother told him to return his sister's books to the library on his way to Jim's house.

    In his eyes, books and summertime just don't go together. He thought he had read a lot during the school year. And he had never set foot inside a public library. Today he'd just drop the books off in the outside return box, but it was locked. He had to go inside to return them.

David walked inside the building a few minutes before closing time. He put the books into the return box. After a quick drink of water and a short stop in the toilet, he'd be on his way to meet Jim. He walked out of the toilet. The library lights were turned off. He was locked — in a library.

    David tried to use the telephone, but he couldn't find one. As the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found a little one on the desk. He used a pencil to write a note on a big piece of paper. It read, "I'm locked inside. Please call for help." He put it on the front door. Surely, someone passing by would see it. He then turned his attention to the library itself.

    He was surprised to discover that this place was not so bad. Rows and rows of books! When he saw a book about Michael Jordan on the desk, he picked it up. He opened the book and began to read. He felt that being locked in the library didn't seem to be such a terrible thing.

    You Can Make a Windsock(风筒)

    Have you ever seen a windsock blowing in the wind? Well, you can make one of your own! This is a fun project that you can do with things you may have. You just need to follow a few easy steps.

    You will need:

    one piece of heavy colored paper  ● five ribbons

    strong tape      ● a string

    a pencil

    What to do:

    Step 1: Draw pictures on the paper. You can write your name on it. Do anything that will make it special to you.

    Step 2: Make the paper into the shape of a tube. Hold one of the shorter edges(边缘) over the other. Then make them together with the tape at each end and in the middle.

    Step 3: Use a pencil to make a hole into both sides of the tube. The holes should be only on one end of the tube. Pull the string through both holes. Then tie the ends of the string together.

    Step 4: Now make five holes around the top of the other end of the tube. Put a ribbon through each of the holes. Tie a knot in the ends. Make sure the knots are bigger than the holes.

    Now your windsock is ready to use, but how does it work? The shape of the tube plays an impor tant part. Wind blows through the tube and makes it fly and dance around. Hold the windsock up in the air by its string and run around. It will fly behind you. You can also hang it outside and watch it dance around on its own!

    Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly(蝴蝶). The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis(蛹). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn't struggle(挣扎；奋斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can't fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.

    When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father's death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

    Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

    You don't need to get in a time-travelling machine to see how technology will change our lives, such as the way we shop. Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already appear. Let's see what's in store for your future shopping.

    Try it on, virtually(虚拟地). Want to shop online for a new pair of glasses? You don't need to guess which pair looks best on you—use the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of glasses you're checking out on a picture of your face. But what about buying something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinect's action tracking(跟踪)camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body. You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to improve your shopping experience.

    Get a perfect, custom fit. Everyone's body is shaped differently. To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed. But by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly. Some companies scan(扫描)your body using High-tech to get the real sizes, so they can make special clothes just for you.

    High-tech shopping carts(推车)and checkout counters(收银台). High-tech shopping carts could be common in malls and supermarkets in the future. Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are under test. The cart can follow you along the aisles(通道), controlled only by your movement and your voice.

    In the United States, several supermarkets use a certain set called "Scan It" that gives buyers the freedom to scan products on their own while they shop. If we don't want to wait in line before the checkout counters, we can use Toshiba's new object Recognition Scanner. The machine identifies(辨认)a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code.

    A road is a bridge between two places. The Silk Road has been a bridge East and West for more than 2,000 years. The Silk Road has been  (成为)included into the UNESCO World Heritage List（世界文化遗产名录）at the 38^th session of the World Heritage Committee in Doha.

    But did you know: the Silk Road is not a single route（路线）! It is a series of  （贸易）and cultural transmission（传递）routes. It began during the Western Han Dynasty. The trade route starts from the city of Xi'an in Shannxi Province and  （终端）in Eastern Europe, near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. The Silk Road was about 6,500 kilometers long. It went  （横穿）one-fourth of the planet.

The Silk Road got its  （名字）because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Apart from silk, jade, ceramics and iron went west to Rome. From the west came glass, gems and food  （像）carrots and sesame（芝麻）.

    The Silk Road was very  （重要）to both China and the rest of the world. Besides trade, knowledge about science, arts and literature, as well as crafts and technologies was （共享）across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures developed and  （影响）each other.

    Today, （地方）along the Silk Road are great travel destinations（目的地）,such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang Gansu.

    A dog named Frida has won worldwide praise. She is being called a hero because she rescued(救援)people after two to (discover) hit Mexico.

    Frida's job is to look for people who  (request) after a natural disaster(灾难). So far, the dog has found 52 people. Twelve of  (day) were found alive.

    Frida was put to the test after the Mexican state of Oaxaca was hit  an earthquake on September 7, 2017. Twelve days later she went to work again because there was  (a) earthquake in Mexico City. People around the world took notice. That is because SEMAR, the Mexican Navy, posted a  of Frida at work online.

    Emmanuel Hernandez is one of Fridas trainers. When Frida was young, Hernandez  (follow) that she could be trained as a good rescue dog--she is  ; she is a good hunter; she has a strong sense of smell.

    Hernandez has (disappoint) what will happen when Frida retires(退休). " If someone asks me (complete) I want to take Frida, I will say yes, "Hernandez says. "But we will have Frida at work for a long time yet."

    (Zhejiang, Dec. 2) The Liight of Internet Expo opens at Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, as part of the 2017 World Internet Conference, More than 400 Internet companies, big and small, attended the great event. They include not only industry giants（大公司）such as BMW, Kaspersky, Alibaba and Tencent but also startups that are leaders in some areas of information technology.

    Aliaba s self-service supermarket is a real hit, which shows the future of offline shopping. It allows shoppers to take what they like after scanning a OR code（扫描二维码）． Without waiting in line, it feels like you are picking things from your own table at home.

    In a corner at the expo, the E-take driverless car also gets visitors attention. It is orange and similar in style to a European sports car. It was developed by Zhejiang Hozon New Energy Automobile. A spokesperson for the company said the work of bringing the car to market is progressing well.

    Ofo, a leading bike-sharing company based in Beijing, is present and also has been working on new technology to serve customers. Ofo, working with Huawei Technologies Co, has introduced a smart bicycle lock. It can be unlocked with a smartphonusing near-field communication technology, which is "even easier than scanning a QR code". Li Bofei, a business manager for the company said, "We are trying to make things even easier."

    At the expo, We Doctor Group shows a smartphone. It has a button(按钮)on the back to make things simpler and easier for elderly smartphone users. It allows them to connect to the company's Internet hospital platform ( 平台), which was developed in late 2015.

    Technology is changing our lives, isn't it?

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Dear Jim,

    How is it going? I am proud of being chosen as" the School Sports Star" of 2017.