广东省汕头市濠江区2020年初中英语学业水平模拟考试卷

    There once was an oldman named Sai Weng who lived with his son in a village. They both enjoyedriding horses and lived1 life on feeding horses.

    Then one day, Sai Wenglost2 ofhis most prized horses. After hearing about this, some of the old man's friendsand neighbors came to comfort him. "How unlucky it is3 that horse!" they said.

    However, the old man4 smiled and said "Maybe".

Aftera while, the lost horse returned, bringing back5 it another beautiful horse from theneighboring country. His friends and neighbors said "What luck for you tohave6 acouple of nice horses."

    However, once againthe old man said "Maybe."

    Oneday, his son fell from the new horse and broke his leg while he7 on it. The doctor said, "Bad luck thatyour son's legs8 inthe accident."

    But the old man wasstill said "Maybe."

    A year later, allable-bodied men in the village were called on to join the army. Later theyfought in a war9 killed many soldiers. However, because of thebroken legs, Sai Weng's son was not chosen to join the army and was thus(因此) spared from10.

    One sunny Sundaymorning Harry was having breakfast with his Grandpa. Little Harry talked abouthis1 the night before that he was the captain of apirate(海盗) ship looking for losttreasure. Grandpa said to little Harry, "You can never find the losttreasure2 without a map. There were a lot of dangers atsea for pirates in3 oftreasure."

    So little Harry andhis Grandpa4 all that sunny afternoon making a map to findthe lost treasure. Just when they finished the map, Harry's mum came and tookhim home.

    The next day Harry'sGrandpa decided to start5 Harry's amazing pirate ship from his dream.Grandpa found an old car steering wheel(方向盘)and an old bell that were used to hang on the door of the shed(库房). Laying out plenty of "rubbish" from his shed afterhours' work, he had a(n)6 look in his eyes. With the decision to7 his grandson's dream, the old man made aneffort to build the ship within the next few weekdays.

    Saturday morning wasthe day of the big8 for little Harry. Seeing the ship, LittleHarry climbed up into it9. "Youare really a hero! Thank you, grandfather!"10 he felt tired, the old man was proud, "Gofor your treasure! Captain Harry!" What a joyful moment they had!

    In 2019, Alipay Ant Forest was awarded(奖励) the United Nation's highest environmental honor – the "UN Champions of the Earth" award – for encouraging over half a billion people to take action in their daily lives to live greener lifestyles and help protect the environment with digital(数码) technology.

    Ant Forest is an app-based game that is sweeping across China. The users of the game get green energy points for choosing low-carbon(低碳) activities like taking a bus or using less plastic. Once players have gotten enough green energy, they can plant a virtual(虚拟的) tree in Ant Forest. For every tree planted in the virtual game, a real tree is planted by Ant Forest in China's countryside. Ant Forest says 100 million real trees have been planted so far, covering a total area of 933 square kilometers — almost the size of 130,000 soccer fields.

    In order to make it possible for more than 500 million users to watch their trees growing, Ant Forest works with GaGo Group to monitor trees using satellites(卫星). Two satellites took pictures of the desert areas before and after the tree planting to show users how their everyday actions have made a difference.

    Alipay Ant Forest shows how technology can change our world. Internet connects the virtual world with the real world. This has been easily accepted by the Chinese youth. Alipay Ant Forest's popularity shows that the public is ready to take action to protect our living environment. Many Chinese net users said that they were so proud that they had made a contribution to the greening of the world through online games.

    "Put one foot in front of the other, smile and just keep on rolling."

— Kobe Bryant, 2008.

    Kobe Bryant was famous as  basketball player, but his achievements stand far outside the basketball world. He  an Oscar for his short film, "Dear Basketball", in 2018. It was based on a poem he wrote announcing his retirement(宣布退役) from the NBA.

    Bryant said the idea to make it into a film was from his , Gianna, who told him, "Dad, you always tell us to go after  dreams, so man up." And she was right. He called the Oscar a  meaningful achievement than winning an NBA title(称号)."To be honest, I feel better than winning a championship," Bryant said  he was interviewed by some reporters.

    Kobe  considered as one of the greatest NBA players of all time. As a child, he worked really hard to make his basketball dream come . He is a super star that hundreds of thousands of basketball fans look up to. However, to all fans' sorrow(悲痛), he and Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash  January 28, 2020. It is a huge loss for not only his family  also the basketball world. Kobe Bryant will live in the hearts of his fans forever and Mamba Mentality(曼巴精神) will keep encouraging them. 

    Australia has always had bushfires, but this year it's had an early and huge start to the bushfire season. Several bushfires that were already huge have joined together to cover an area of nearly 2,000 square miles.

    It's hard to find enough fire fighters and equipment to deal with all the fires. This week, the government began to get the army involved(参与) in the fire-fighting.

    Though thousands of fire fighters have been working to fight the fires, some fires are simply too large to be controlled. Winds have helped spread the fires. And dry weather conditions have made it harder to find the water needed.

    Recent fires have trapped(困住) some people in cities and towns along the coast. On Wednesday, around 4,000 people were forced to the beach by a big bushfire and trapped there until the wind direction changed.

    Tourists have been told to leave a 112-mile-long stretch(地带) of coast in New South Wales. Fire fighters warn that visitors leave the area before Saturday, when conditions are expected to get worse.

    However, leaving won't be easy, since many roads are closed and many gas stations are running low on fuel(燃料). What would help the most at this point is rain. An expert said, "It was nature which started the fires and it will be nature that stops these fires."

近半年来，巴西、澳大利亚及我国多地均出现不同程度的山火，近期我们濠江区也有居民因引发山火受到处罚，山火的危害须引起大家的重视。你所在的社区拟出台一份森林防火须知，请你帮助社区撰写一份英文版，内容包括：

1）山火的危害（两点）；

2）我们应该如何防范森林火灾（两点）；

3）遇到森林火灾，我们应怎么做（两点）；

4）呼吁居民爱护森林，善待自然。

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    Bushfires can break out at any time of a year.