广东省云浮市新兴县2021年中考一模英语试题

One day, I had a meal in an expensive restaurant. A young couple with a small boy entered the restaurant and sat down at a table. They only ordered a piece of 1 cheapest beef steak.

"Sir, anything else? One piece is not enough 2 all of you." The waiter said.

The dad was a little embarrassed. He said, "Thanks. It's enough. We 3 supper already. We just want to bring our boy to have beef steak."

I watched 4 for a while. I found that the parents not only took the boy to have beef steak, but also regarded it as a kind of learning. The parents taught the kid 5 to use a knife and fork and told him some table manners.

I was a little interested, so I want 6 friends with the family. Then I walked over and asked 7, "May I offer each of you to a cup of coffee?" They accepted my coffee with a smile. We began to chat.

"To be honest, we are very poor, 8 we can't buy any expensive food at all. However, we believe he will achieve great success in the future. That's why we teach him the good table manners," said the dad. "We hope our kid can be a person 9 respects himself and others."

We became friends and got on well with each other. Afterwards, great progress 10 by the kid. He became a successful businessman. He even invited me to drink a cup of coffee in the most expensive restaurant in England!

For many people, his name is another word for "genius". He is the father of the theory of relativity(相对论). He is Albert Einstein, one of the most famous 1 in the world.

On March 19^th, 2012, some of Einstein's scientific research papers were 2 online for the first time. They gave people a 3 to know more about Einstein as a person.

Einstein was born on March 14^th, 1879, into a Jewish family in the German city of Ulm. At the age of 15, Einstein left school and moved to Italy with his 4. Later, he went on to study physics in Switzerland. He worked so 5 that he made great achievements in his career.

Einstein published four important papers in 1905. He then 6 the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. But Einstein's greatest work is the theory of relativity. It shows to people that time can be 7 or sped up depending on the speed of a moving object. This theory 8 changed the way people understand the universe(宇宙).

But Einstein wasn't just a scientist. He was also a regular man and lived a 9 life. He liked playing Mozart on his violin as well as walking to his office every day. However, Einstein didn't 10 much about power. In 1952, the young nation of Israel asked Einstein to be their president, but he refused to take this job.

Schools in China are studying how they can put VR(=virtual reality 虚拟现实) lessons into their classroom experience. One such lesson uses VR to teach children fire safety. Instead of pens and paper, students wear VR headsets in the classroom. They are put into a virtual environment where a fire has broken out. They must find their way out and escape carefully.

At the VR medical school under Sichuan University, a virtual system allows medical students to examine human body in different ways. They can even separate organs for closer examination. Students can practice their operation skills without a real body.

Simon Leung, vice-chairman of a VR company, said the company has developed VR classrooms and computers that send students to a 360 degree digital world. Moreover, the VR headsets can tell whether children are focused on the task at hand, Leung said.

Chinese parents, however, have a different opinion on VR lessons. They are suspicious of VR because they are unsure if the technology will have any bad effects. They are worried about their children's eye sight, too.

Besides, VR equipment comes at a price. A top VR headset and computer could cost up to 10,000 yuan(1,475 U. S. dollars). "We need to do more to lower the cost and improve the user's experience," said Huang Ronghuai, professor at the Smart Learning Institute under Beijing Normal University, "But we are sure that we will change the model of education in the future."

Travelling around the world is the dream of many people. But few people can afford(付得起) a global tour, because hotels, food and airplane tickets are expensive. However, some people have thought of some ways to make their dreams come .

Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune are a couple from Britain. They decided to travel around the . By looking after pets for rich house owners, they have found a good way to . for their trips. They have looked after animals . as horses, dogs and fish. In exchange(作为交换), they can stay in the houses . free. The home owners may also give the couple some local food to eat. In two years, . have been to many countries like Australia, Spain and Italy.

Another person . tries to realize her travel dream is Rhiannon Taylor. She also knows . to make money during travelling. Taylor travels around the world to visit and take photos of . best hotels. She also shares the food she eats on the Internet.

With these creative ways, it is . longer a problem to travel around the world. Do you want to have a try?

2）梦想产生的原因；

3）你将如何实现梦想。

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Dear teachers and friends,

Dreams are important to our lives. I'm happy to be here to share my dream with you. That's all for my speech. Thank you for listening.