山东省滨州市沾化区2019届初中学生英语学业考试模拟冲刺卷一（含听力音频）

— Yes, but I love __________ air after it rains. It smells so fresh.

— It's a very kind __________ but I really can't accept it.

— Wonderful! We had a big meal and enjoyed __________.

— Really? That's great!

— It's so kind __________ her.

— I agree with you.

— It doesn't matter. Don't forget __________ it here this afternoon.

— Sorry, I'm not sure. But it __________ be.

— __________ them __________ over twenty.

— __________ terrible it is！

— Hard to say. If it ________ tomorrow, we'll have to put it off.

— I'm looking forward to __________ every match of it, too.

— At home-school. My father taught me.

    During our business trip in the New Jersey, we visited quite a lot of places. I was always the 1 whose responsibility is to provide our driver with the most time—saving route and plan everything in the travelling.

    Every time one day 2 our trip, I will search on the Internet for the information about the place we will 3 Usually, the local government or some travel agencies(代理）have their own web sites which can 4 us plenty information, such as the famous sites, special scenes, delicious food or some interesting custom. 5 , on the Thanksgiving of 1999, we went to the Washington DC, Baltimore and Annapolis. I 6 before that in Baltimore, there is an aquarium that ranks second in US; in Annapolis, there is a Navy Academic(海军学院) from which many famous generals(将军)7.

    Another tool internet can provide us is the 8 map. If we want to go to a place that we have never been to, all that I need 9 is to input the start point's zip code(邮编)and the end point's zip code. The web site will provide me with several 10, some is most time—saving, some can help us avoid the possible traffic, some can save us the Toll fee we have to pay otherwise.

    Jenny Miller was a strange little girl. She liked to spend her time alone eating chocolate. Her parents were worried, so they took all the chocolate away.

    Jenny left her house to look for some chocolate. She found a small house full of glasses.

    Among all the glasses, a blue glass caught Jenny's attention. It was full of chocolate. There was also a card in it, saying," Change tears into chocolate. "

    Jenny was very excited. She took the blue glass and ran out of the house to look for someone crying. First, she met a little boy crying hard, and she collected his tears. The tears were quickly changed into chocolate. While Jenny was collecting the tears, she comforted(安慰)the boy. Finally, the boy stopped crying and they had a fun time together.

    Later, Jenny met a woman who had broken some plates and an old man who couldn't find his dog. They were so sad that their tears could not help falling down. Jenny collected their tears and made them happy again.

    Soon, Jenny realized that making people happy was even more important than finding chocolate. So she stopped collecting tears and began to help sad people. As a result, she became friend with them and lived a much happier life than before.

    Butterflies are common all over the world, but butterflies in hotter countries are usually bigger and more brightly colored than those in cooler countries, and they are more different kinds.

    Usually the male(雄性的)butterflies are more brightly colored than the females. The females have bigger and heavier bodies since they carry the eggs. The bright colors of the males help to attract the females, and the duller(较暗淡的)colors of the females make them less likely(可能的)to be caught by enemies before they have laid their eggs.

    Some butterflies hare bright pattern colors on the upper surface of their wings that show when flying, but when they rest on a tree or leaves, they close their wings. On the undersides of their wings there are green and brown marks which look like the tree or leaves. They are then difficult to be seen. The best example of this is the Dead Leaf Butterfly. When its wings are closed, it looks exactly like a dead leaf. There are even marks that look like the holes in a dead leaf. When the butterfly is run after by a bird, it closes its wings and seems to have disappeared completely.

    Many butterflies have round marks on their wings that look like eyes. The round marks have a useful function(功能). When the butterflies are resting, their wings are closed, and these marks can't be seen. When a bird sees one, and begins to attack it, the butterfly will open its wings. The bird thinks that it sees two eyes staring at it, frightened, and flies away.

    Is there intelligent(有智力的)life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no." or "we don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists(存在)somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings(人;生物).

    Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. "This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life," say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. "Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜)have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies, " says Shostak. "And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth."

    In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes(高倍望远镜)allow scientists to discover smaller planets——the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

    Have beings from space already visited Earth? "Probably not," says Shostak. "It's a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals(信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other."

W: You look worried, David, what's wrong?

M: 

W: You said you liked English. 

M: I find it difficult to do English reading, especially reading a longer passage.

W: That doesn't sound too bad.

M:  What should I do?

W: Just read quickly to get the main idea at first. Don't read word by word. Read word groups.

M: 

W: To guess a word's meaning by reading the sentences before and after it. You probably understand more than you think.

M: That sounds difficult.

W: You can improve your English reading by more practice. The more you read, the faster you'll be.

M: I'll try. Thank you, Mrs. Black.

    I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a "night out with the boys". He had no (hobby) but just took care of his family.

    For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always (interest)in my life—how my family as doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, (English) or Florida.

    Nine years ago when I bought my (one) house, my father, 67 years old, painted my house himself. He worked eight hours a day. He would not allow me (pay) someone to have it done. All he asked was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.

Five years ago, my 71-year-old father (spend)five hours putting together a swing set(秋千)for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him. But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean.

    The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me as (usually), this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.

    The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father (send)to hospital in Florida, I got on a plane immediately, and I vowed(发誓)that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him and (real)get to know him.

    I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

    In the years since his (die) I have learnt much about my father, and even more about myself. As a father, he never asked me for anything but my time. Now he has all my attention, every single day.

    Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans' education. But how are these book—filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

    Benjamin Franklin famously founded(创建)America's first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800's. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie's donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.

    Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read and use books, speeches and news.

    If you can easily find a public library in your community(社区), you'll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask for jobs online.

    Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos(乐高积木)to build images(图像)from the story happily. Today's libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.

    Benjamin Franklin once said, "The doors of wisdom(智慧)are never shut." As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!

写作要点:

1）80词左右（开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数）

2）不能出现真实的校名和人名，否则扣分;

3）写作要点必须用上，紧扣主题，适当发挥。

参考词汇: 毕业典礼graduation ceremony; 前进中学Qianjin Middle School; 学校报告厅the school hall

Dear editor,

    I'm very happy to have the chance to show my plan for the graduation ceremony.

    This is what we will do. I hope you will choose my plan.