广西北部湾经济区2021年中考英语全真模拟试卷（一）（含听力音频）

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— It will be held on time if it _________________ next week.

An artist who had painted many pictures of great beauty found that he had not yet painted one "real" picture.

In his search along a dusty road, he met an aged priest(牧师). The priest asked1where he was going. "l do not know, " said the artist, "I want to paint the most beautiful thing in the world. Perhaps you can direct me to it. "

"How simple!" replied the priest, "in 2church, you will find it — 'Faith' is the most beautiful thing in the world."

The artist traveled on.3, he met a young bride who told him that the most beautiful thing in the world is" Love". "Love"4the world go round. It builds poverty into riches, sweetens tears and makes much of little5love, there is no beauty.

Still the artist continued his search and met a soldier. The artist asked him the6question and the soldier answered, "Peace" is the most beautiful thing in the world. 'War' is ugly and wherever you find peace, you'll find beauty, faith and love."

"How can I paint them— Faith, Love and Peace? "thought the artist. As he went on his walk, his mind wondered on the "real" picture he hoped to paint. He was7that without thinking where he was going, he had reached his familiar surroundings. As he entered the doorway, light glistened(闪光) in his eyes and he realized that his8was over.

In the faces of his wife and children, he saw Love and Faith. "Not a minute passed by that our children and I had not9you. We prayed that you would return to us safely," his wife said as they embraced him. He sat on his old chair and his heart was in10.

Finally, the artist painted the most beautiful thing in the world and called it "HOME".

One day a little mouse looked everywhere for water to drink. She climbed up onto a table, and she saw a bottle on it. She looked inside the bottle. "Aha, there is some milk in it. That's great. "She went into it and began to drink.

After a moment she drank enough. Her stomach(肚子) was too big and she couldn't come out of the bottle. She cried for help. Just then a cat came up to the table. When the cat heard the cry, he jumped onto the table so happily, and said, "You'll be my nice lunch!" The little mouse was very clever and she thought for a moment and said," Brother Cat, you mustn't roll(滚动) the bottle. "Why?" asked the cat. "I would get dizzy(头晕目眩的)," said the mouse. The cat thought it would help catch the mouse soon. So he began to roll the bottle. Suddenly the bottle fell down onto the floor and it was in piece. The little mouse ran away as fast as she could. When the cat ran after her, the mouse already went into her home.

①Socrates(苏格拉底) is the famous ancient Greek thinkers, philosophers(哲学家), educators. On the first day of school, Socrates told his students, "Today, we'll only learn one thing, that is, to stretch(前伸) for your arms, then try to swing(甩动) them back. "He showed them and as a result, all the students laughed. "Sir, is it also learned?" one of the students laughed.

②"Of course! You think this is an easy thing, but in fact, it is very difficult. "Socrates answered seriously(严肃地). Hearing this, all the students laughed even harder.

③Without being a little angry, Socrates said, "In this class I'll teach you how to learn this action well. After that, start today, and you will do it 100 times a day. " 10 days later, Socrates asked, "Who still insists(坚持) on swinging his arms?" About 80% of the students raised their hands. 20days later, Socrates asked again, "Who still insists on swinging his arms?" About 50% of them raised their hands. 3 months later, Socrates asked again, "Who still insists on the simplest action of swinging?" This time, only one student raised his hand. He was Plato.

④From this example, we can see that perseverance is the easiest but the most difficult thing in the world, because everyone can do it, but not everyone will do it. Only the one who can insists on an easy thing may make it!

The Internet has influenced our daily life, and some world's leading tech companies are planning to build smarter online communities. They discussed this at the World Internet Conference, which was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang.

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) was a hot topic at the meeting. If a machine can learn and solve problems as humans do, it can be called AI.

The company Alibaba uses Al technology in its unmanned supermarket in Wuzhen. There is no salesperson in the supermarkets, just a pad on a desk that says" "please smile". If you smile, it gives you a special discount(折扣) off your food. The bigger you smile, the more discounts for your food. Payment is done itself through your Alipay number. When you first enter the supermarket, the supermarket's Al recognizes(识别) your face and your account(账号).

There is also Al that can read lips(唇). Sougou brought its lip-reading system to the conference. It recognizes your mouth's movements and turns them into voice or text messages. This could be very useful when you are trying to talk to someone on your phone in a noisy place. Police could also use the technology to help them catch criminal suspects by lip-reading recordings from video camera.

Another type of Al focus on understanding human emotions(表情). Microsoft Chat box XiaoIce can talk with people like a real friend. Xiaolce has WeChat account. After following the account, users can start talking with her. She knows when to comfort you or tell jokes. She keeps improving herself by talking with users.

These technologies are being put into wider use. We may see a smarter world and better life in the near future.

A: Excuse me! I'm afraid I got lost.

B: Yes. There is one on Qingdao Road. There is an art exhibition there.

A: How far is it from here?

B: You can take the underground there. It takes you 10 minutes to get there.

A: Thank you. By the way,

B: Go to the end of this street. I'm sure you can find it.

A: It really helps me a lot.

B: My pleasure.

When you are lost or have some kinds of problems, it might be an idea to ask for information or , so it's important to know how to ask for information and properly(合适地).

Usually people change the they speak when they talk with different people. It mostly on the people you are speaking to or your relationship(关系) with them. Sometimes, when you know the people very well, you may talk more directly(直接地) to them, just "Tom, where is my pen? "or" Lucy, what's the time? "However, if you don't know very well, it might be better to speak in a more polite way like "Excuse me, could you please…" "Sometimes it may take you a little time to express(表达) what you want, such as "I am sorry to trouble you, but… "or "Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me …." before for help.

In a word, if you want to get some help from others you are in trouble, you must be polite first, you won't get the answer you want.

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