江苏省连云港市2023年中考英语真题

—For three years. 

—It's on April 23. 

—____!

Avery and I are good friends, but once something unpleasant happened when we both tried for roles in Alice in Wonderland. 

Avery really1 to be Alice and I was sure she could get the role. However, it2 that I was picked to be Alice and Avery only got the part of the March Hare. "Do you want to practice together with me?"I asked. "Sorry, I' m busy this week,"said Avery,3 looking at me. "And I will be always busy. "

That night at dinner, my parents noticed I was not that4 about getting the lead role. They wondered what happened. "Well, Avery was not picked to be Alice, but I was. She was unhappy. Maybe she will throw away our5 . "

My father said,"Don't worry about it. I think this is a6 for you to be an extra-good friend. "

"Dad's right,"said my mother. "Sometimes7 our friends do well, we may have feelings of envy and don't know how to act. Try giving8 a lttle time, space and understanding, and she will change her mind soon. "

Over the next week, I tried my best to give Avery some9 . Then one day, on the way to our practice, I10 her. "I just want to say, you' re such a great actor when acting as the March Hare. "I smiled. She seemed happy and11 how she underslood the role. When I asked her to help me with my role, she agreed and smiled, too. She12 said sorry to me for acting that way at first. Later, we became13 to each other.

I've learned that people often have a14 time dealing with envy and disappointment (失望). If you have similar15 ，you could try taking my parents'advice. Give your friend a litle time, space and understanding. This might be the perfect time to be an extra-good friend.

The next day, Peter held up a notice as The Green Dragon came out of the tunnel towards the cottage (a small house in the country). The notice said, "LOOK OUT AT THIS STATION. "

The old gentleman saw the notice. He looked out at the station as the train came in. He saw a lttle girl—it was Phyllis—running towards his carriage. He stood up and leaned out of the window of his carriage. 

"Please read this, "Phyllis said, and put a letter into his hand.

The train left the station. The old gentleman sat down and read the letter. It was from Peter. The letter said:

Dear Mr. We do not know your name. 

Mother is ill, and the doctor says we must give her some special things. But Mother can't afford them. We do not know anyone here because Father is away, and we do not know where he lives. Father will pay you, or ifhe has lost all his money, I will pay you when I am a man. I promise you. Please get all the things on this list, and give them to the station master tomorrow.

The letter was signed by Peter, Roberta, and Phyllis. 

The old gentleman read the letter and smiled. Then he put it in his pocket and started to read his newspaper again. 

That night there was a knock on the door of the cottage. The porter from the railway station was there. 

"An old gentleman gave this parcel (包裹) to the station master," he said. "It's for you. "

The parcel was full of everything on the list of special things to make Mother well again. There was a letter from the old gentleman. It said:

Dear Peter, Roberta, and Phyllis,

Here are the things on your list. I am very happy to give them to you, and I hope your mother is soon better. When she asks where the things come from, tell her they are from a friend. When she is well, you can tell her the truth. She may say that you were wrong to ask a stranger for these things. I think you were right. 

The letter was signed"G. P. "and something that the children could not read.

"I think we were right to ask the old gentleman for his help," Peter said. "The important thing is for Mother to feel better. "

Seiichi Sano, an 89-year -old Japanese man, rides a wave at Katase Nishihama Beach, Thursday, March 30, 2023. He has been recognized as the oldest male to surf (冲浪) by the Guinness World Records. 

But maybe he will just keep surfing. "I think it would be interesting to try to surf until I' m 100," Sano said. "I think I take better care of myself when I have dreams like this. Even now, I take better care of myself than I did before. "

Sano said he got the idea to try surfing from a worker at his local bank. The man's skin was

always dark and he did not look like a usual worker. His secret to keep healthy and energetic, he said, was surfing. So, Sano found a teacher. 

Sano gets out most weekends on the black-sand beach. "I don' t consider myself an old man," he said in his wet suit, board standing next to him. "I have never thought of myself as an old person. I always feel that I can still move forward. I can still do it. I can still enjoy it. "

Several young students who also work with Sano' s surf teacher tlked about Sano. 

"I think age doesn' t matter in surfing," a 12-year-old surfer said.

"He is so amazing," added his younger brother.

"To be honest, I was surprised by his age," said Sano's surfing teacher. "I was worried that he would get hurt. I did not know how fit he was. "

Sano still works 9-to-5 at his job. Surfing helps make him less stressed. "People often say that surfing is life itself," he said. "I think it is true. "

Many of us have seen rainbows in the sky once the sun starts

shining again after it rains. For us to see a rainbow, the conditions need to be just right. We need some water drops in the air, like rain or even fog, and we need the Sun to be behind us and quite low to the ground. This is because a rainbow is created by light passing through water drops. 

The light that comes from the sun seems white to us. But the white light we see is made up of a mix of different colors. When the light goes through a raindrop, these colors can separate out. 

Each of the colors in the rainbow has a different "wavelength" (波长). Raindrops look like lttle balls. When light hits one of these lttle balls of water, the light can change direction. We call this "refraction"(折射). Each of the different wavelengths is refracted differently. If the light hits the raindrop at the right place, the refraction separates the wavelengths out into their different colors.

We are taught there are seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. But this isn't exactly true. Blue and green are next to each other in the rainbow, which is why we can see turquoise (a mix of blue and green). Brown is a mix of red and green. But they aren't next to each other in the rainbow, so we don't see them mix to make brown.

We would never see black and white in a rainbow. Black is what we see when there' s no light at all. On the other hand, white is a mix of all the colors together. When light is refracted by raindrops, it separates the white light out, meaning it is no longer white. 

"I feel my heart beating, my eyes widen and almost automatically (自动地)，I start to smile,"Prayitno Goenarto said. This is how he feels when he sees a new kind of bird.

Goenarto is a birdwatcher and wildlife photographer from Indonesia. He is now 31 years old. When he became sick in college, his doctor asked him to go out more often for sunlight, exercise and fresh air. 

A birdwatcher needs to know a lot and be brave and strong. Goenarto spends most of his time working in the wild. He knows where and when to find different kinds of birds. Sometimes he has to go deep into the forest to find the shy birds. He might get lost. He has to look out for snakes and some big animals. Once, Goenarto went to a faraway island to look for some rare birds. He worked in wet clothes for the whole trip. 

Goenarto loves his work. Birdwatching helps him stay healthy and he can make friends with other birdwatchers. This helps more people learmn about birds and take action to protect them. That's the best part of the job!

They study and protect the rare birds. Terry Townshend is a British birdwatcher in China. He has studied Beijing swifts for over ten years. Xu Zhuo protects red-crowned cranes in Heilongjiang. Her father, aunt and grandparents also spent their lifetime looking after the birds. Now the young girl has the job. 

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar has 24 solar terms (节气) in a year. Ancient Chinese

people created this system to m the change of time based on the sun' s position. In ancient times, this system guided farming activities. It t, farmers what to do according to the changes in temperature. Today, 24 solar terms still play an important role in Chinese people's e life. They remind people of the changes in s and to eat suitable food. This ancient time system has gained new charm now. In Bejjing 2022 Winter Olympics, the director used a new countdown (倒计时) method, showing 24 solar terms instead of numbers. This creative method was grealy p by people around the. world. They are amazed by the wisdom of Chinese people. 

One day, a young boy named Zhang Liang was walking along a bridge. He saw an old man stting there. One of the old man' s shoes was left under the bridge. 

"Go over there and get my shoe, young boy! "the old man ordered. Zhang Liang felt surprised, but he still picked it up for the old man. The old man said, "Five days later, please come to meet me at the bridge early in the morning. "

Five days later, Zhang Liang went there as promised. But the old man came there before him. The old man got angry about his lazy habit. 

Zhang Liang was asked to come again. The next day, Zhang Liang arrived earlier than before. But the old man was still before him. The old man became much angrier and asked him to get there again the next morning. 

This time, Zhang Liang arrived at the bridge late at night. He spent the whole night there. When the old man came the next early morning, he was happy to find Zhang Liang there earlier than him. 

The old man nodded with a smile and gave Zhang Liang a valuable book. Zhang Liang read the book carefully day and night and learned many skills from it. Many years later, he became a wise general (将军) and made great achievements. 

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