甘肃省兰州市2023年中考英语真题

I told my parents that I wanted to visit my grandparents alone. I didn't see them for a long time and I 1 them a lot. Although my parents agreed, they were 2 worried about my safety. So they told me something that would happen on the way 3 my grandparents' and encouraged me to solve the problems by myself.

When the 4  came, my parents came to the train station to see me off. While we were waiting for the train, my father gave me a letter. He told me I could read it if I felt afraid on the way. With the train moving slowly, I said 5  to them. 

I looked out of the window and saw green farms and beautiful villages along the way. And I was very 6 . At one station, a tall and heavy man got on the train and sat next to me. I got a little nervous. Suddenly, I 7 what my father gave me and told me at the station. I opened the letter. It said, "Never be afraid. I'm together with you in this train. " Seeing this, I began to feel relaxed. I tried to speak with the man and he talked with me so 8 . We both felt quite happy all the way.

In our life, there are many times when we need to do something 9 . We needn't be afraid because our parents are always with us. Remember we should try 10 best to solve all the problems by ourselves.

What people eat and how they eat are different from place to place. For example, in Lanzhou, people usually have beef noodles for breakfast while cheese sandwiches are very popular in London. Here are the recipes(烹饪法) of making them. You can have a try if you like!

Pandas are very popular in China. People around the world like this black and white animal very much, too. Ya Ya is among them. Now let's know more about Ya Ya.

When Ya Ya was born in the Beijing Zoo, she weighed about 0. 14 kilos. For a research and protection plan, she was taken to the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee in 2003. But there was something wrong with her fur in 2006. Her health condition became worse in 2014. Experts at the Memphis Zoo and in China tried many ways but couldn't solve the problems. On April 27, Ya Ya returned to China after staying for 20 years in America. The panda was then quarantined(隔离) in Shanghai Zoo before moving to Beijing. On May 29, Ya Ya arrived at its home, the Beijing Zoo.

The Beijing Zoo has prepared a special feeding place for Ya Ya as well as feeding plans, care and medical support, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. As she is old, she needs to rest and adapt(适应) to the new environment. So she will not be visited for a short period of time. The zoo will tell the public about Ya Ya's health condition through its official Weibo account, according to the administration.

A lot of people pay much attention to Ya Ya. They hope she will get better soon. 

There is a great need to search for clean and renewable(可再生的) energy to meet our needs. It seems that wind energy is a good choice. Do you know anything about wind energy?

The first advantage of wind energy is that it truly is a renewable resource. No matter how much wind we use to produce electricity, we will never reduce the supply(供应) of wind. This is its greatest advantage compared with non-renewable resources like coal or oil. Second, wind energy is a clean source of energy, which means it produces environment-friendly electricity. What's more, the large towers,which provide the base for the wind turbines(涡轮机), don't take up lots of space. They can share land with farms.

However, each coin has two sides. That is to say wind energy does have some disadvantages. Wind does not provide supply of energy without stopping. Even the windiest places on earth have periods of calm. If there isn't a strong wind, wind turbines are not able to produce electricity. The large blades of wind turbines can be very dangerous for birds and bats. The turbines cause noise pollution. It can also be bad to people living around.

Although wind energy has disadvantages, its advantages shouldn't be forgotten.

A new study shows that 1 billion young people are at risk for hearing loss（损失）. Because music, movies, phones and concerts have a influence on it. It's common for young people to listen to something too loud for a long time. Maybe it's time to turn the volume（音量）.

The World Health Organization（WHO）says that millions of people around the  have serious hearing loss, especially young people. Because they overuse listening devices （设备）. For example, too much use of earphones among them increases hearing loss. It may  to tinnitus （耳鸣）for a while or long time. Besides, they often visit  with loud music. It is reported that there are about 0. 67 to 1. 35 billion young people joining in unsafe listening activities,  they are also at risk for listening loss. The earlier they are in noise environment, the more  they will have hearing problems. 

As hearing loss is becoming worse and worse, hearing and understanding others is getting more difficult. What should you do? To prevent hearing loss, you'd better the advice：

Keep the volume at a safe level. 

Reduce the time of  earphones. 

 staying in loud spaces for a long time. 

Increase the distance between you and the source of the noise. 

One afternoon, a woman visited her neighbor. When she was about to knock at the door. she heard someone talking in the room. 

A little girl said, "Would you like some chicken today?" Another girl said, "No, I would like some beef. "

Hearing the words, the woman knocked at the door and went into the room. She saw them siting at table. To her surprise, there were only some pieces of dry bread and two cold potatoes and a glass of water on the table. The woman said. "I heard you talking about chicken and beef, but…" One girl said, "I just imagined that. In this way, I think simple food will be       ①      .

The other girl said happily, "When you imagine the bread as cakes, the bread will be very tasty. If you consider the bread as ice cream, it will be even more delicious. "

After leaving the family, the woman realized that she had a new understanding of life. She found that the key to happiness is not from substance （物质）, but from people's heart. ②She also learned that the active attitude （态度）creates wonderful life while the negative attitude wastes life. 

Life is like a book. Everyone has two pens to write this book. One is picturing happiness and the other is showing sadness. 

—Sure, there is a restaurant on Center Street. 

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