山东省德州市2020年中考英语试卷（含听力音频）

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    Li Shijin, 30, didn't expect to make a living through his voice.

    Li began to work as a company salesman in Liaoning Province in 2012. He tried to find a part-time job as a wedding host to improve his confidence.

    Around the spring festival in 2014, he started listening to audiobooks (音频书). After being a listener for two years, he decided to record himself reading books. Then, he posted his first audio book Youth Will Not Return on Qingting in 2016. It was broadcast(广播) and listened to about 20 million times.

    A year later, after he had read three audiobooks, he was signed up as a voice performer by Qingting. However, he was under great pressure (压力) when he was signed up by Qingting. "To improve my ability, I didn't sleep for more than five hours a day during that year. I had better results the following year." Also, to improve his performance, Li attended a training course at Communication University of China to learn dubbing (配音) and how to write a play in 2018. So far, he has completed nearly 30 works on Qingting.

    On the road to success, Li put a lot of effort. Many people tried to get a foothold (立足地) but failed, while he made it!

    When talking about the secret of his success, he said, "Many people have good abilities and many work very hard, but they may fail. Early birds get worms. I believe they will get chances and succeed sooner or later if they hold on to their dreams and keep on trying."

Stop motion movies

    Stop motion is a special type of movie-making. It uses real objects—instead of drawings—to tell a story. The story characters can be people, animals, or even everyday objects. You can make them out of clay (橡皮泥) or just use some small toys.

    How did people tell the time before clocks were invented?

    At first, the ancient people looked up at the sun and could tell it was the middle of the day when the sun was directly overhead in the sky. They also knew when it was morning or evening.

    Later, the Egyptians used sticks. These sticks measured (测量) time during the day. The sun shone on the tall stick and the stick made a shadow (阴影). As the sun moved across the sky, the position (位置)of the shadow changed. This would let people tell what time it was.

    Over time, Chinese first used sundials instead of shadow sticks. The sundial has a type of shadow stick on it. As the sun shines on it, a shadow appears on the numbers. Each number stands for an hour of the day. But sundials don't work at night or on a cloudy day! There are no shadows unless the sun is out.

    Water clocks used water to measure time at night. Water dripped (滴落) slowly from one bowl into another. The level of the water in the bowls showed the time.

    People also used sand-glasses. You may have seen one. Some games still use sand-glasses. The sand falls from the top of the sand-glasses to the bottom. It measures short amounts of the time. The more sand falls, the more time has passed. When the sand has finished falling, you have to turn the sand-glasses over.

    The opening of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway took place in December, 2019. The railway is a milestone in China's railway development because it has used the latest technologies in railway building.

    The railway is 174 kilometers long, with 10 stations. The stations are managed by one control center, which is described by China Railway Beijing Group－also known as CR Beijing－as an "intelligent brain". The center collects and shares the stations' real-time information. "With the information, the workers in the center can control the stations' lighting and temperature, monitor (监测) trains' operation and deal with emergencies (紧急情况)," said Zhu Dianping, from CR Beijing.

    Zhu said some trains on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou line are "smart" as they provide 5G signals and wireless charging (无线充电) for passengers, as well as intelligent lighting. These trains can start and stop, open and close doors, and deal with emergencies themselves.

All the ten stations provide e-ticket services. Travelers who have bought tickets online can use their ID cards instead of waiting in line for paper tickets.

    At Qinghe Railway Station in Beijing, China's first visual remote ticket vending machine (远程可视售票机) has been installed (安装) to help passengers who are not able to afford tickets online. Passengers keep in touch with the conductor through the machine and buy tickets according to video instructions.

    In addition, the Badaling Great Wall Station, the deepest underground railway station in China, is another great example of the country's achievements in railway building.

Want to save the earth? Plant a tree!

    What's causing global (全球的) warming? Is it man-made? Or are temperatures simply changing naturally? Whatever the case, we can at least try to slow things down. But how?

    The Wilderness Project has an idea. . If the earth has more trees, greenhouse gases will be reduced, and this will help stop global warming. and improve air quality (质量).

    . In Belgium, the Organization for Forests worked with farmers to help them plant more trees. In Spain, the Canopy Project plants one tree for every Spaniard (西班牙人) in order to improve the environment. In Germany, a teenager named Felix Finkbeiner has been leading a global movement to plant more trees..

    Now, lots of people all over the world have already been planting more trees. In fact, if everyone plants one tree, just one, it will do great good to our environment.

    So what can you do to help? , although you need to get advice on how to look after it. Or you can join a tree planting project such as the ones mentioned above to help save the Earth. 

    So, go on, plant a tree… and save the earth!

The secrets of self-control

    A new book, the bestseller, Willpower, says that having strong willpower (意志力) is necessary to a successful life.

    The book starts by describing a famous experiment: The Marshmallow (软糖) Test. In 1972, a psychology (心理学) professor Mischel tested the willpower of 600 kids. In the experiment, each child was left alone in a room for fifteen minutes with a marshmallow on a table in front of . They were given two : they could either eat the marshmallow or, if they waited fifteen minutes, they'd be given a marshmallow (and then they could eat both).

    So, what did the kids do? 70% ate the first marshmallow within the fifteen minutes， the other 30% showed willpower—they didn't eat the first one and waited for the second marshmallow .

    Twenty years later, Mischel discovered something . He got in touch with the children and found that those with strong willpower were getting better marks at university, were better behaved and were more popular. So, important it is to have strong willpower！

    But don't worry you aren't good at controlling yourself. The authors say that willpower is like a muscle (肌肉). The more you exercise it, the it gets. However, just any muscle, your "willpower muscle" can get tired. So, if you have to do lots of things that need willpower, take a break. That way, you'll build up your willpower again.

    Lastly, the authors mention that people who learn foreign languages usually have a lot of willpower. So, congratulations!

    It was a fine day. The sun was shining and the wind was gentle.

    The kids in their backyard when a little cat tried to cross into their yard. Unluckily, it got stuck (卡住的) under the fence (篱笆). The kids tried to free the cat, but they couldn't. So they asked their mother for help. The mother freed the cat. The cat so cute that the children begged (乞求) to keep it. Their mother said, "I suppose we can. I don't mind myself, but you must ask your father too."

    The kids waited anxiously (焦急地) for their dad back from work. "Do you think our dad us to keep it?" the girl asked. Before the boy answered the girl, they heard their father opening the door. "Hi, daddy," they both shouted loudly at the same time.

    "You are surely happier than usual to see me today. What is up?" their father said.

    "Nothing, daddy. We just love you so much," the girl replied. That's when their mother said, "Go ahead. your dad."

    The girl told her dad what had happened and asked to keep the cat. The father said, "No, you can't. We 5 cats so far. Your mommy and I have no time care of any more." Hearing this, the kids lowered (低下) their heads disappointedly.

    Seeing the sad looks on the kids' faces, he his mind. He said, "All right. Since you it so much, you can keep it." Hearing this, the kids happily screamed, "Hooray! Thank you, daddy!" However, the father added (补充说) that they to look after the cat by themselves.

    The kids were so happy to have another pet friend. Then the cat the name "Lucky" by the kids.

    So the cat had a place to call home.

Songs about growing up

    Thousands of songs about growing up are available (可得到的). They can always get a response (反应) from teenagers in some way. While listening to the songs, old or new, teenagers can always feel themselves or understand themselves.

a. Songs about being a teenager

    Growing up isn't always easy. Teens always want to be independent, but parents have a hard time letting go. There can be moments of worry, uncertainty, and even anger. Some songs speak of those feelings and can help them get through this period.

b. Songs about ____________

    As teenagers grow, they're likely looking toward the day when they'll be able to work hard to achieve their dreams. The Westlife's song I have a dream is well-known. The key lyrics (歌词) are "I have a dream, a song to sing. To help me cope(处理) with anything…You can take the future even if you fail". This song has encouraged so many teenagers to fight for their dreams.

c. Graduation Songs

    Graduation songsusually speak of the joy of this season of their life. These songs are perfect for graduation parties and get-togethers with friends. As they graduate, they can sing "Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten..."

    When teenagers grow up, they find childhood is a bittersweet (苦乐参半的) time. They've looked forward to the day for so many years and finally it is here. However, they may not be sure about whether they're ready for it. At this time, listening to songs about the sweet days of childhood can always make them relaxed.

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    As teenagers, we are the future of our homeland. We should develop ourselves fully. But how? Here is my opinion.