海南省2023年中考考前最后一卷

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— Yes. She is ________ girl from Shaoyang.

—Work hard, ________ you can make it.

—Me, too. We have taken another step ________ our space dream.

—No, it isn't. ________is in the schoolbag.

—Yes, the folk songs________ nice.

—I'm afraid not, ________ you have finished your homework.

— Really? ________ big success it was!

This might seem crazy, but many students in the United States do jobs 1 being paid! Yes, they volunteer. And they like it, too! Many girls volunteer to work in hospitals. Other kids volunteer to work at zoos or in an old people's home.2 they don't get paid, they get to spend their day 3 animals. There's also a Big Brother Foundation in the US where older kids often train younger kids and 4 them with their homework.

Maybe you don't have the same opportunities (机会) in 5 to volunteer as kids in the US have. But don't worry! If you volunteer to help people, there are many 6. You can volunteer to help at a hospital, you can help elderly people, or you can volunteer to 7 rubbish on the ground.

Why volunteer? Volunteer work gives you experience. It might help you get a dream 8in the future. Doing volunteer work shows that you care for 9 and are generous (慷慨的) with your time. Some bosses like people who do these things. 10 helping others is helping yourself, and volunteering also makes you feel happier. Try it! It could be the best improvement to your summer.

Here is HongXing Junior School's notice board.

It is well known that crayons are the best tool for children to learn color painting. The invention of crayons inspired (激励) children's imagination (想象力) and creativity and made their childhood colorful.

In 1885, Mr. Edwin Binney and Mr. C.  Harold Smith set up Binney & Smith Company in New York. The company's early products were mainly red paint and black powder (粉末) for making tires (轮胎). In 1900, at the new factory in Easton, Black Mill, the company made the first pencil for the school. In 1902, under the demand (需求) of school teachers, the company began to produce dust-free chalk, and achieved great success, and won the gold medal at the Saint Louis World Expo.

Alice Binney, Mr. Edwin Binney's wife, was a teacher, found that children like to use a kind of thick black pencil to draw on paper. This was just the early crayon with only black color. So she suggested that the company should produce crayons in many colors. In 1903, they experimented with a series of colors and invented the world's first box of modern crayons with black, brown, blue, red, green, orange, yellow and purple.

Then Alice Binney proposed to create the "Crayola" brand. She combined (结合) "Craie" in French with "oily" in English to create the new word—"crayola". Since then, crayola has become the synonym (代名词) of crayon. Crayola was founded in 2007. Until now, Crayola has been one of the most popular children's products brands in the world. With the development of science and technology, today's crayons have reached 152 colors.

Can plants talk? Modern research has found something amazing: they do communicate with each other.

It has been known for some time that plants use chemicals to communicate with each other. This happens when a plant gets attacked by insects. The plant gives out chemicals from the leaves that are being eaten. This is like a warning, or a call for help: "I'm being attacked!" When another plant gets the chemicals, it starts to give out its own, different chemicals. Some of these chemicals drive insects away. Others attract the wasps(黄蜂；蜜蜂)! The wasps kill the insects that are eating the plants. Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system, so that we can use it to grow more crops.

More surprisingly, plants also use sound to communicate. People can't hear these sounds; but plants are making them. Some plants make noises with their roots. Com and chili plants do this. Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water.

Most surprisingly of all, plants have an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest. Scientists call this system the "wood wide web". The wood wide web is linked underground by fungi (霉菌). It links the roots of different plants to each other. It is in some ways similar to the Internet we use. Using the wood wide web, plants can share information and even food with each other. However, it may lead to bad effects. Plants may use it to steal food from each other, or spread chemicals to attack other plants. Perhaps one day scientists will learn how to create a "firewall" to help prevent these attacks within the wood wide web.

Scientists are learning more every day about the secret ways in which plants talk to each other. Maybe one day we will know enough about plant communication to be able to "talk" with them ourselves.

A: Hello, is that Fuhong Hotel?

B: Yes. What can I do for you?

A:

B: Sure. We have a standard room with air-conditioning and a fridge. It's clean and nice.

A:

B: Yes. You can enjoy eggs, milk, bread and noodles for breakfast.

A: How much is a room?

B: How many rooms do you want to book?

A: I need three rooms.

B:

A: Five nights. From next Monday to Friday.

B: OK.

A: Tom Brown. My phone number is 15979892341.

B: Thank you, Mr. Brown. We'll have the rooms ready for you.
 

As Grade 9 students, every day we have lots of exercises to do and many exams to take. Some of us feel worried, and some even lose heart.

There is a saying, "Difficulty is like a spring(弹簧). If you are weak, it will be strong." So we will not help ourselves if we lose heart.

Once I read a short story called The Smile, written by a French writer. In this book, he talks about his own experience in World War Ⅱ. As a pilot, he tried his best to fight for his country. The enemy caught him and sent him into jail(监狱) unluckily. But he tried to think of ways to escape(逃跑).

One day he asked his jailor(狱卒) for a light. When the jailor came up to him, he smiled politely and naturally. The jailor seemed to be affected and smiled too.

Then they began to talk. They both took out pictures of their families and showed them to each other. The pilot said sadly that he would never see his family again because he was to be killed. He would not have a chance to see his children grow up.

The jailor was moved by the pilot's words. Without saying a word, he quietly set the pilot free.

This man did not give up, even in such a terrible situation. Surely we can do the same.

One day a man put an advertisement (广告) in most of the newspapers in England. He said that he was a young man with great knowledge. He'd like a girl to be his wife, and the girl must be like the one in books written by Somerest Maugham. This advertisement was known by thousands of parents and young girls. Parents to bookshops to look for the books. They bought those books for their daughters as presents. Girls tried to read in detail (细节). Everyone wanted to know what kind of person the rich man wished for and hoped to be the girl. Before long all the books written by Maugham were sold out, but that man didn't appear again.

In the end, all the people knew who the rich man was.

要求：1. 要点齐全，适当发挥；
2.行文连贯，语法正确，书写规范；
3.文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名；
4.词数：80词左右。（开头句和末尾句已给出，不计入总词数。）
 

Dear Li Hua,

Thanks for your letter. I'm sorry to know that you are having trouble in your life at the moment.

……

Best wishes to you!

Judy