湖北省咸宁市2019年中考英语试卷（含小段音频）

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—Sure. The pig is ________ twelfth sign in the Chinese zodiac cycle (生肖).

—Yes, we dance to fun music, such as the song Calorie (卡路里).

—That's true. It's an important part of Chinese ________.

—It is ________ cross-sea bridge in the world, linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao.

—That's great! And we will read books there ________ a month.

—Sorry, Mom. I'll ________ at once.

—Right. 5G will allow us ________ English movies faster than ever.

—No. It ________ be Sarah. She has gone to Italy.

—What a shame! He ________ according to the newly credit system (诚信体系).

—Please do something to make him ________.

—Good idea. But nobody knows if it ________.

—Take it easy. Believe in yourself!

—As we know, ________. We have made great achievements in many fields.

    John was driving through a small country town, feeling quite lost and 1. He was happy when he saw a small 2 coming up on the right side of the road. John quickly 3 his car, and walked inside the restaurant.

    John saw a blackboard with a 4 written on it. It said, "Today's Special (特价菜): Vegetable Soup with Fried Chicken and Roast Potatoes."

    "Wow, that sounds pretty good!" John thought to 5. He decided that he would try this special.

    "I'll take the special," John said to the waiter when he came over to 6 John's order. But a few minutes after receiving his order, John called the waiter 7 to his table. He was 8.

    "Is this the special? It says vegetable soup, but there are no 9 in this soup at all! It also says fried chicken, but the chicken isn't 10. And it says roast potatoes, but these potatoes aren't toasted—they've been boiled. What is going on here?"

    The waiter was not used to 11 people from the city. He wasn't quite sure what to say to this angry customer. But he finally found a way to answer the man. "My good man," the waiter said while looking down at John over his glasses, "that is the reason why it is so 12!"

    In ancient times, there was a king who loved flowers, His palace was always decorated with beautiful orchids (兰花) and other flowers. As the king grew older, he knew that one day he would have to give up his throne (王位). So he had to find someone to rule the country.

    The other day, the king had an idea. He asked his servants to travel to every part of the country and give every citizen a single orchid seed (种子), He then announced that the person who grew the most beautiful orchid would take his throne.

    Everyone in the country then got their own seed. One young man named David was especially excited about the news, because he had experience in growing flowers himself.

    David planted his seed in a pot and put it in a place where it would get lots of sunlight. He watched it carefully every day. But as hard as he tried, his flower simply would not grow.

    Finally, it was time for everyone to give their flowers to the king. David took his empty pot to the palace. "Your Majesty (尊敬的陛下), I am sorry to say that I could not grow an orchid, But I hope you can see that I tried my best," he said.

    The king was moved by David's honesty. Although he did not choose David as the new king, he gave David a job as a royal court judge (法官).He believed that David's honesty would make him the right person to make sure the justice (公正) in the country.

    The year 2022 will be a big year for sports in China. That's because it will hold not only the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing, but also the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

    On Aug. 6th, 2018, the official emblem (会徽) for the HangZhou Asian Games was released (发布). The city won the hosting rights for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.

    First held in 1951, the Asian Games is the largest multi—sport event in Asia. It also means a lot to China. The Beijing Asian Games was the first large international sports event to be hosted by China. China News Service reported.

    To make the Games a great success, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Beijing built a great number of roads and gyms, including the famous Beijing Olympic Sports Center and Asian Games Village. The Games helped the world see China and its achievements. Since then, China has improved its global image (国际形象), China Youth Daily reported.

    For the 2022 Asian Games. Hangzhou has already started building 33 sports venues (场馆), according to China Youth Daily. The themes of the Hangzhou Asian Games are "green, smart, economical (节俭) and civilized". All the Games' buildings will be environmentally friendly.

    Look around when you're on a subway. What is the most popular time-killing (消磨时间的) activity? In China, most people play on their smart phone. While in other countries, people often enjoy reading.

    On average (平均), each Chinese person read less than eight books in 2018, according to a recent survey from the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication. But Chinese people ①/spend/________ an average of 26 minutes on WeChat Reading every day.

    ②在许多西方国家，人们在任何时间都会阅读。Even backpackers (背包客) enjoy reading books when they are having a break at the beach or relaxing from a hike. Reading books builds a bridge ③/ bɪˈtwiːn/________ our lives and the unknown world.

    Many hotels abroad also offer book-exchanges for visitors. Simply drop off your finished books and take those ones that other people left behind.

    In most US middle schools, teachers give students a reading list every few weeks. ④Most books are easy to read, so students won't lose their confidence of reading.

    Good reading habits lead you to a lifelong love of books. In order to encourage people to read more. China is planning to foster (培养) the habits of reading in its law, Although this has both good and bad sides, ⑤________.

    Confucius is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on S 28^th, 551 B.C.in the Kingdom of Lu, in today's Shandong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard l. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well in it. Then he went on l other subjects. When he was thirty, he b a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether they were r or poor. He had about, 3, 000 s and many of them became famous.

    Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker w had many wise ideas about human nature and behavior. And he is also regarded a the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are about kindness and g manners. He said young people should t care of the old. People should not only always think of themselves, but work for o. His ideas are around in people's everyday life. Today people can still hear the ideas, and they even go far into east a south Asia.

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Friday, May 11^th, 2019                                                   Sunny

It was sunny yesterday. Our school held a spring sports meet.