浙江省宁波市2021年中考英语模拟卷（二）（音频暂未更新）

I'm Jim. When I was cleaning my room yesterday, I found an old box of my father's. He gave it to me last year. It was really interesting to discover something about my father's life as a child. He liked writing to people from all over the world，and they sent him letters back. People also gave him things from different countries. My father even kept the ticket from his first football match. The box made me think about my hobby. I want to keep my old picture books and magazines for a long time, too.

请看下面的情景提示：

上周六天气晴朗，我去图书馆看书了。

要点：

1）我有一个好朋友，他的名字叫Tony；

2）Tony和我都喜欢运动，周末我们常常一起打网球；

3）Tony的英语比我好，所以他总是帮我练习说英语，现在我的英语提高了很多。

Billy Ray Harris was homeless. He spent each day on the streets of Kansas City, asking for money, for food and maybe a1for the night. Every day, as he sat thinking about his life, he sometimes 2 the sound of a coin or two dropping into his cup. One day, the noise was 3 than usual. A little later, when he looked into the cup, he was 4 to see a shining diamond(钻石)ring inside.

Billy's first 5 was to go straight to a jeweller's(珠宝店)and that's 6 what he did. To his surprise, he was 7 $4, 000. Billy thought long and hard.

Was it a mistake?8 then he thought about his grandfather who had brought him up and always asked him to do the right thing. He made up his mind to 9the ring and maybe one day its owner would return.

10, he did not have to wait long. Two days later, a young woman came near 11while he was begging. She introduced herself as Sarah Darling and asked 12 he'd found anything unusual in his cup. Billy reached into his pocket and pulled out the13. He gave it back to her.

Sarah and her husband decided to raise money for Billy to help him 14 the streets. Soon Billy got over $200, 000. And thanks to the news report, he got together again 15 his brother who he had been unable to find for 16 years.

All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing—returning something that did not belong to him.

Many people dream of going on a great travel adventure. Most of us keep dreaming; others make it happen.

Gregg Bleakney's dream was to travel the Americas from top to bottom. He got the idea after he finished a 1,600 ­kilometer bike ride. Gregg's friend, Brooks Allen, was also a cyclist. The two friends talked and decided their goal: they would travel from Alaska(阿拉斯加)to Argentina(阿根廷)—by bike.

To pay for the journey, Gregg and Brooks worked and saved money for years. In 2005, after four years of planning, they set off. Once they were on the road, they often camped outdoors or stayed in cheap places. In many places along their way, local people opened their homes to the two friends and gave them food. During their trip, Gregg and Brooks cycled through deserts, rainforests, and mountains. They visited modern cities and researched ancient ruins(遗迹)such as Tikal in Guatemala(危地马拉). In many places, they met other cyclists from all over the world.

In May 2007—two years, 12 countries, and over 30, 500 km later—Gregg finally reached Ushuaia, Argentina, at the top of South America. (Near Guatemala, Brooks had to return to the US and Gregg continued without him.)

Gregg and Brooks kept a record of their adventures in an online blog. The trip taught both men a lot about traveling. Here is some of Gregg's advice：

★Travel light. The fewer things you have, the less you'll worry about.

★Be flexible. Don't plan everything. Then you'll be more relaxed and happy, even when there are challenges along the way.

★Be polite. As one traveler told Gregg, "Always remember that nobody wants to fight, cheat, or rob a nice guy."

Food miles How well­traveled is your food?

The Issue

Next time you sit down for dinner, make a list of all the foods on your plate. Make a survey on where those foods have come from. You could be in for a big surprise.

Has your rice come from Thailand? Have your oranges come from America?

"Food miles" is a term(术语)that describes the distance food travels between where it is grown, caught or processed and your dinner table.

Why should we worry about it？It is important because the further food travels, the more fuel(燃料) is needed to carry it and the more greenhouse gases are created.

Research has found that the contents of the average family shopping basket have traveled a surprising 70, 000 kilometers.

Everyone can make a difference. If you care about the future, reduce your food miles and your impact on the environment.

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Men and women do things differently. Scientists want to understand why. They have found some interesting things about the brains of men and women. In general，women's brains tend(倾向于)to let them see and remember more things. This means that women tend to remember the smells，sounds，and things they see around them. Men，on the other hand，tend to have brains that allow them to just think about the work they need to do. This means that men will think and work in a way doing one thing until it is completed. Each of these ways of thinking shapes the understanding men and women have of their lives. Women tend to see all parts of their lives as connected to each other. Men tend to see each part of their lives as a different piece of their lives. Women tend to talk about their problems so they can talk about their feelings. Men tend to talk about problems so they can find answers to them. Both ways of seeing the world are useful for finding answers.

Men and women work in different ways in teams. Women tend to share ideas and build good relationships. Men tend to give everyone a certain job and make sure that everyone is working well. In general，women tend to think more about how things are getting done. Men tend to think of the goal and how to finish the work well.

Men and women are different，but those differences are good. Both ways of thinking about the world help answer questions，and both ways are useful for solving difficult problems.

Listening in class is not like listening to TV program, listening to a friend, or even listening to a speaker at a meeting. The difference, of course, is that what is said in class is important to your success in the class. Knowing how to listen can help you get more out of what you hear, understand better what you have heard, and save you time in the process.

Here are five strategies that will help you be a more effective listener in class：

Prepare yourself to hear, to listen, and to receive the message.

Even if you are an expert on the topic, you can still learn something new. Supposing you have already heard all this before means that your mind will be closed to any new information.

Hearing sounds is not the same as hearing the intended message. Listening involves hearing what the speaker wants you to receive, to understand, and to learn.

Decide whether you think what you have heard is important. Reflect on the new information.

If you did not hear or understand what was said, raise your hand！Now it is the time to clarify things. Typically, one student will ask a question that many students in the room are wondering about.

Halloween is celebrated in North America. People celebrate it on October 31st. Many people make their look scary by turning off the lights or putting spiders and ghosts around their doors and windows. Children love the festival they can dress up as ghosts or black cats. Some dress up as fun things like cartoon characters. Their parents take them to visit neighbors. They like to play a game Trick or Treat. It means if you don't give children a treat, they will play a trick on you. Although Halloween is popular in North America, people in China seldom celebrate it.

Miya, aged nine, and her six­year­old sister Tiffany were in the swimming pool in the back garden of their house in Grandwille, USA. Their father David was with (they). It was a lovely day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Suddenly David shouted. He was trouble. It was his legs. His legs weren't right. He was in pain. Then he was under the water. The girls weren't scared but they were (worry). Was it a joke or was he really in danger? Twenty seconds later he was under the water. Now Miya was scared.

There was no time (wait). In seconds, Miya was under the water with her father. He was heavy but with the help of the water, she was able to pull him to one side of the pool. Now his head was out of the water. He was alive he wasn't conscious(有意识的). Tiffany called 911 as (quick)as possible. Ten minutes later, doctors came. Soon their father was conscious . The girls were happy to see that.

David still doesn't know was wrong with his legs on that day. But he knows that his daughters were (hero) and thanks them every day for saving his life. He is a very proud father.

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Dear Jim，

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Li Ming