(三) (中考•黄冈)

        You can buy chewing gum in nearly every country of the world.①But it wasn’t always like that.

        The American Indians were the first people to chew gum. This gum came from a special tree that grew on their land. In 1848,a sailor called John Curtis began selling it. He was the first person to sell chewing gum. The gum he sold cost just a few cents for two pieces. H became popular very quickly even though it was very hard to chew. ②Nowadays, other things are added to the fflim to make it soft and sweet.

        By 1890,there were hundreds of different chewing gum. The most famous name in chewing gum,however,was probably William Wrigley. He spent a lot of money in advertising and even sent free pieces of gum to children on their birthdays.③He also said that chewing fflim helped people work better and that it stopped people from feeling tired.

        Although today many millions of people chew gum,not everyone thinks it is a good thing to do. Many people think it is dirty. The Singapore government does not allow people to buy chewing gum. One reason for this is that when some people have chewed all the taste out of their piece of gum,they take it out of their mouths and put it on to the backs of seats or other places.

1 .请将①处翻译成汉语。

2. 请根据②处内容完成下面句子。(每空一词)

People make chewing gum soft and sweet something to it.

3. 请把③处改为直接引语。(每空一词)

He also said,“Chewing gum people work better and it people from feeling tired. ”

                              (二) (2015 •鄂州)

       “The Chinese Dreams” is a hot topic these years.(1) Many Chinese people are inspired by the Chinese Dreams. They give us courage and confidence to keep us going through difficulties.

        People could realize the importance of dreams and know that dreams give meaning to life. Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. Teenagers and young people should be encouraged to dream. (2) Older people should also believe that it is never too late to dream and that human mind is never too old to make dreams turn into realities.

        Here is some advice on how to realize our beautiful dreams.

        Never giving up is the key to make our dreams come true. We may fail from time to time,but we can learn from failure,correct our mistakes and try again until we achieve our goals. Our life is like a long journey which is not all roses. (3) It sometimes has wind and rain. We believe rainbows will appear after storms.

        Cooperation is also necessary. Everyone likes a person who is good at cooperating with others. Besides,in our society most problems can9t be solved by one person alone. (4) 合作正成为人们解决问题的最重要的方法之一. especially for people living in the developing society.

At the same time,we should learn to examine our a-bilities because it helps us know our advantages and disadvantages as well as get a full control of ourselves. Then we may be confident enough to face challenges.

Follow the suggestions above,and our dreams are sure to come true.

1. 将(1)处英文翻译成汉语。

2. 将(2)处英文翻译成汉语。

3. 写出(3)处“It”所指代的内容。

4. 将(4)处汉语翻译成英文。

5. 给该文段拟写一个标题。

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                       (一) (2015 •孝感) 

        The Sunday Mail magazine interviewed some parents about whether children should do chores at home. Different people have different opinions.

        Ms Miller thinks that kids these days already have e-nough stress from school. They do not have time to study and do housework,too. Housework is a waste of their time. They should spend their time on schoolwork in order to get good grades and get into a good university. When kids get older,they will have to do housework. So there is no need for them to do it now. She thinks that doing chores is not so difficult.

        However,Mr. Smith disagrees with her. He thinks it is important for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It's not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend on their parents too much. Doing chores helps to develop children's independence and teaches them how to look after themselves. It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Everyone should do their pari in keeping the house clean and tidy. The earlier kids learn to be independent,the better it is for their future.

1. 请将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。

2. 请在文中找出与此句意思相同的句子。

If kids learn to be independent earlier,it is better for their future.

3 .请回答问题：What does Mr. Smith think doing chores can help?

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

                                     (七) 

        Do you know what the s (1) bird in the world is? If your a (2) is “ hummingbird (蜂鸟) ”，you are right. Let's learn more about hummingbirds.

        Hummingbirds are really small. Some are less than three inches (英寸) 1 (3) ! There are some different k (4) of hummingbirds such as the Mellisuga helenae,the Archilochus colubris and the Patagona

gigas. A (5) all the hummingbirds,the Patagona gigas is the largest. Its w (6) is only about 20 grams (克).

        Hummingbirds are beautiful. They have colorful feathers (羽毛 ) . What's more,their feathers look shiny. Most of the hummingbirds have s (7) beaks (鸟嘴). But some hummingbirds have curly beaks.

        Hummingbirds get their name from the s (8) that their wings (翅) make. Hummingbirds flap their wings as many as 80 times per second!This makes a humming sound. A hummingbird's wings are long and

thin. The wings 1 (9) like the oar (船桨) of the boat. The shape of its wings let it f (10) fast.What's more,the hummingbirds can fly in any direction. They can fly backwards. They can e (11) fly upside down!These are things that other birds cannot do.

                                       (六) 

        My teachers thought I was the worse student. My family also had the s (1) thought as my teachers.

        When I was going to give up my studying,a new teacher,Miss White came to our school. She was young, beautiful and knowledgeable.

        One day I was sitting a (2) in my seat,Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon the

s (3) on her face swept away my unhappiness.

       “Do you think I can go to college?” I didn't know why I asked such a q (4) . I thought she must say “no”，because everyone e (5) said so. But she said,u Dear,you can do what you want. Just try,and you'll get c (6) to success. I believe you are the best! ”

        I was touched d (7) by her words. I decid- ed to study hard. From then on,we became good friends. She often helped me with my study in her f (8) time.

        In the end I did well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel (天使) . Her words have kept me g (9) forward. She helps me to see that I am special and can be successful in life.

        Do you have problems learning your 1 (10) ? If so,follow my example,never give up,little by little,youll make it. Remember as a saying says,“N (11) is too difficult if you put your heart into it.”

                                     (五) 

        Not many years ago,some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chickens. The farmers didn9t know what to do. F (1) they went to the country officials and asked for help.

       “ Kill the hawks ,” the officials said. “ We will even pay for them. ” So the farmers began to think of w (2) to kill the hawks.

        The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new w (3) . Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers' grain.

        How did this happen?

        Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice t (4) chickens. But the farm- ers didn't know this. When they killed a lot of hawks,they c (5) the balance.

        When people move into a new place,they often destroy many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals can't find e (6) plants to eat,they will starve or have to leave the place.

        In one part of the USA. for example,the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses. The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer,mountain lions and wild roses doesn't change much i (7) people leave things as they are. But people killed many mountain lions in o (8) to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they a (9) up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green 1 (10) of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat,and many of them died. This was a (11) lesson from nature.

        To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.

                             (四) (中考•咸宁) 

        Wang Yaping is a Chinese spacewoman. She has made history when she was thirty-three years old. She has been China's f (1) teacher in space.

        Wang t (2) Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics phenomena (现象) in space. She prepared w (3) for the lecture and expressed full confidence about the lesson.

        Meeting the media,she said ,“We are all s (4) facing the space. We are 1 (5) forward to encouraging our young friends to learn and research the mystical and beautiful space.”

        Wang was bom in J (6) 1980. She is f (7) east Ghina's Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the Peopled Liberation Army Air Force with experience of 1 ,600 h (8) of flying.

        Besides the space lecture,Wang w (9) responsible (负责的) for monitoring (监测) the conditions of spacecraft,space experiments and operation of equipment,among others.

        Wang has served the People's Liberation Army s (10) August 1997. In May 2010,Wang h (11) a member of the second batch of Chinese astronauts. Wang was chosen to be the member of the Shenzhou-10 space group in April 2013. She was China's second woman astronaut w (12) was sent into space after Liu Yang who flew with the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft.

        How great Wang Yaping is!

                            (三) (中考•襄阳) 

        When I was young,my family lived a hard life in the country. As you can i (1) , many country roads were difficult to walk on. One evening we were visiting some relatives and the weather was very bad. It began to rain on our way back home. Dad c (2) me on his back. Mom gave her coat to my brother. We walked t (3) in the rain for more than an hour.

        I was fat at that time and Dad must be tired to h (4) me for such a long time. He almost fell down many times. I tried to get down and walk myself,but I a (5) nothing since I was just a little kid.

        When we arrived home,the inside of our house was

c (6) with rainwater. The rain had come t (7) the leaky (有裂缝的) rooi and water was everywhere. Mom put bowls all around the house to try to c (8) the rain. Then she put me and my elder brother to bed,c (9) placing us on the remaining dry place. I fell asleep soon. When I opened my eyes,I found Dad and Mom were sleeping in chairs,both having caught as (10) cold.

        It happened more than twenty years ago. And now I am a mother, too. I can remember neither the b (11) nor the end,but whenever I think of it,tears run down my face from my eyes because I fully understand what the parents' love means.

                                      (八) 

        Are you bored with your school life? If your answer is yes,I s (1) doing the following things. Then you'll not feel bored.

        Learn to swim.

        Seriously,this is so important that it can save your 1 (2) . If you can't swim well,you won't be a (3) to do water sports like waterskiing,surfing (冲浪) and diving (潜水) . Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. It may be difficult to learn,but you should be p (4) .

        Try at least one kind of team sports.

        Being a good team player is a h (5 ) skill in life. You need to work well with your p (6) .Without them,you can't w (7) the game by yourself. Other advantages of team sports are that they keep you healthy,and theyVe also interesting. Teams usually have a good social life,too. It can help you become more a (8) . And you'll make many friends.

        Collect something.

        One of the best h (9) is collecting things.Collecting can help you get lots of knowledge. You could collect some stamps,or you could collect things t (10) make you remember what you have done,like cinema tickets for films you have seen. You have many c (11) . Then the best way to collect something is to have a special album (册子) to put your collections in and to write what each thing means to you.

                             (二) (中考•武汉) 

        Maria Vas and her dog walked down the hall of the nursing home and stopped in front of the old lady with a nurse at her side.“Would she like to s (1) my dog?”Maria asked.

       “No,a visit won't h (2) her,”said the nurse. Then she e (3) that the lady was too sick to appreciate visitors.

        But Maria decided to try anyway. She had done research on animal assisting therapy (辅助疗法) for 10 years. And she was very successful in this a (4) . She'd seen even the sickest patients enjoy a visit from a lovely dog.

        Maria carried the dog over to the old lady. Immediately,the woman r (5) out toward the dog!She was so p (6) that she began smiling and trying to talk. The nurse stood aside,w (7) them in amazement. This woman had never communicated with anyone. It was like she wasnH even a (8) until the dog came to visit.

        Around the world sick adults and c (9) fill lonely hospital rooms. They may have an illness or need to be c (10) for. A dog's friendly eyes and warm paws (爪子) may be just what the doctor ordered to en- courage them and help them heal (治愈) .