吉林省长春市2021年中考英语二模试卷

—                . Because I like painting so much.

—Really? I can't wait to see them.

—I bought it at the bookstore near my school.

Anna: Hi, Dale. Good news is coming.

Dale: What is it?

Anna: Changchun Workers' Cultural Palace has reopened.

Dale:

Anna: It opened on April 9, 2021. It has a new style.

Dale: What does it look like inside?

Anna: It follows the rule of keeping it in an old style but provides many new services.

Dale:

Anna: We can watch free movies.

Dale: Sounds good. What else?

Anna: We can also go to the Dancing Club to do exercise.

Dale: That's cool.

Anna: And it offers training classes and has the cloud service.

Dale: How interesting!

Anna: Both are OK. Besides, there is a big hall where we can watch performances.

Dale: Sounds like that it's very relaxing.

Anna: Yes. Let's go there to enjoy our weekend!

From April 13 to 15, the 16th China Daily "21st Century New Oriental Cup" National English- Speaking Competition was held in Hangzhou. Jin Ruiqi, a 13-year-old boy from Shanghai, 1 the junior group's final prize. In fact, the road to his success was 2 and full of hard work.

During the competition, Jin amazed 3 of the people with his English and his critical (批判性) thinking abilities. Besides, he showed his 4 for observing(观察).

During the Q&A part, one judge asked him whether he liked memes (表情包). Instead of 5 answering yes or no, Jin explained his opinions in two ways. He said he didn't like memes made with photos of 6, as he believed this was against the law. Memes made with cartoon characters could make chatting online more colorful and easier.

His thoughts were logical (有逻辑的) and reasonable. A professor said Jin had great critical thinking abilities, which 7 let him think things in an all-around way and 8 many difficult problems. Of course, it 9 Jin a lot of time to learn his skills. Jin said the best way to 10 these kinds of skills was to read and think a lot.

He prefers to read in the morning, which makes him 11. Whenever he finishes a book, he writes an English report, recording his opinions of the book. He also likes to 12 with classmates and teachers, so he can get new ideas by hearing different people's points.

He believes being a good 13 is helpful. "I enjoy finding interesting things 14 me and doing research. For example, why do 24-hour convenience stores have locks on doors? At the beginning, I'll search for the 15 online, and then consider other possibilities after doing more research," Jin told TEENS.

In the end, he added, "Learning is a lifelong journey. I will keep fighting!"

Last month we asked 1055 students in our city about their living habits. They are teenagers between 13 and 16 years old. Our questions were about exercise, eating fruit and vegetables, and doing eye exercises. The results are shown below:

More and more students pay attention to their health. However, it's difficult for them to exercise quite often because of hard schoolwork. Some students don't have any time to exercise. The survey shows that most of them eat fruit and vegetables very often. Most students do eye exercises every day, which improves the situation of short-sighted (近视眼的) students.

Experts suggest that students should balance their exercise and diet. Parents should manage to spend more time with their children going out to nature to exercise and enjoy themselves. It is good for both the mind and the body.

Early today, the body of a 25-year-old man John Miller was found in West Town. The police found that John was a computer engineer. He was last seen leaving his office in East Town at about 7 p.m. yesterday. He said he was going to visit his parents.

The police believe that the murder (谋杀案) took place between 9 p.m. last night and 1 a.m. this morning. They are still working at the scene of the crime to find out whether John was killed somewhere else and then brought to West Town, or killed at the place where he was found.

"We're asking anyone who saw anything strange near West Town last night to call us," said Officer Lu. "John was wounded with a knife and lost too much blood to death as a result."

The police are wondering if John had any enemies. He was not married. He had many friends and a well-paid job. However, he was charged with breaking into several computer systems (系统) over the last year. He was punished because of that. Officer Lu said, "We're not sure whether this made him any enemies. We suppose that John knew his murder."

Last night, an old woman saw a short thin man running down Corn Street at 10 p.m. The man was breathing heavily and had blood on his shirt. However, the man could not be found till now.

John's parents have offered 50,000 yuan for information about the murder. Anyone who can provide useful information should call the police.

Kitts is one of "Tomorrow's people"—people who have electronic body parts. She has an electronic arm. One year, Kitts lost her arm in a truck accident. She felt angry and sad. She couldn't accept it. But then she heard a piece of good news that a doctor could use her remaining nerves (神经) in her shoulder to fix an electronic arm.

Before long, the doctor decided to move Kitts's nerves to different areas of her top arm. For months, the nerves grew and moved deeper into their new homes gradually. After three months she started feeling a little painful. The doctor helped her a lot to reduce (减少) pains. A month later, her pains disappeared and she got her new electronic arm. An engineer worked with Kitts to connect the computer programs with her real movements more and more closely.

Today, Kitts's arm is great, but it's not yet perfect as normal people. She wants feelings in her hands. For example, she needs to feel whether something is smooth or not. She also needs feelings to do one of her favorite things—drinking coffee. One time at a coffee shop, she, together with her friends, wanted to drink coffee as they talked happily. However, her hand kept closing until it broke the coffee paper cup. "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands to the songs my kids are singing…" she said with hope and pride.

Will this year's gift money from your parents and grandparents be the most that you've ever had? Yes?

"Once, I wanted to swim. I spent 2,000 yuan and decided to take a swimming class," said 12-year-old Wang Yue from Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. I regretted the decision that I made.

It can be difficult to keep your money when shopping. Everything is packed to catch your eyes. And there are advertisements designed to push you into buying. But if you ask yourself a few questions, you may save your money: Do I need it? If I don't need it, do I want it? Could I find it cheaper somewhere else? After answering these questions, will you still buy? Probably not. They will also help you to get a proper choice. If you truly like it but can't decide now, ask your parents for help and tell them what you will do with it.

Follow these ideas. Once it starts, there will be a second and third time. Your money will run out before you want to use it. If there's something that you think you like a lot, stop, look again and think twice.

It was two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Snow White bike was just too old to ride, and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas came closer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, for she didn't mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys.

Then much to our surprise, on the evening of December 24, she said she terribly wanted a bike more than anything else.

Then we didn't know what to do. It was just too late for us to make her dream come true. So there was no time to buy the "right bike" for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we tried to deal with the problem.

Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. "What if I make a little bike out of clay and write a note that she could trade in the model bike for a real one?" "Perfect!" I shouted. So he spent the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a small bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited to wait for our daughter to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened it and read the note loudly. She looked at me and her father, and said, "So, does it mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?" Smiling, I said, "Yes." Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, "What a wonderful surprise I have! I will never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike." At that moment, we would have bought her every bike on the earth.