2020广东省中考英语专题特训--回答问题

2020广东省中考英语专题特训--回答问题一Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude(态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chances to make themseIves successful. But how can we be more confident? Here are some suggestions:Speak loudly. When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in such a low voice that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can understand you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.Play sports. Playing sports makes you tired but completely relaxed. When you do sports, you will be full of confidence.Encourage yourself. Write down a list of things you did during the day and see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everyone laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done.Get rid of(消除) fear. Fear comes along with failure(失败). But it's easy to get over if you know that failure is part of your life, Don't hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.Pick up what you like to do. If you like singing. sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you excellent. And it will make you happy and confident.1. Who are much healthier according to a study?2. What can make you tired but relaxed?3. What comes along with failure?4. Is it good to pick up a hobby in order to make yourself confident?5. How many suggestions are given in the passage?二Many Chinese mothers are afraid that their children will fall behind their classmates. so these mothers are becoming "tiger mothers". They believe the harder their children study. the happier life they will have in the future. Is it true? Lulu and her sister Sophia may have the say.Lulu and Sophia have a "tiger mother". She pushed them a lot when they were young. For example, they were not allowed to get grades lower than A. They had to practice the piano or violin for several hours a day. There were no games or TV.The tiger mother, Amy, is a Chinese- American professor at Yale Law School in the USA. Several years ago, she wrote a book named Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and shared her strict parenting style(教养方式) in it.Many people don't like Amy's style of parenting. They once worried that her daughters would not be happy. However. the two girls have grown up and they are thankful to their mother. Sophia has just graduated from Yale University. She is hard-working, friendly and helpful. Not long ago, she shared some useful studying tips online. Lulu is also a warm, smart and popular girl in her friends' eyes. She said tiger mothers believed that a child could succeed by being pushed to go all out.Still, not everyone agrees with the tiger mother s parenting style. In fact, there isn't a parenting style that fits everyone. What' s the best parenting style for you? Maybe you should work it out together with your parents.1. How long did Lulu and Sophia have to practice the piano or violin a day?2. What's the tiger mother, Amy's job?3. What did Amy do in her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother?4. Which university did Sophia graduate from?5. Were the two girls thankful to their tiger mother?三The population of the world continues to increase, but in some areas the population is falling. This is true in Europe and especially in Eastern Europe. In Russia, the population is going down by about 100 people every hour! Russia's population could fall by one third by the year 2050! And in Poland(波兰) the population is also going down because people are leaving to work in other countries.One of the main reasons is a change of lifestyle. All over Europe，people, especially educated women，have a different attitude( 态度) to children than their parents.“I have one child and she is enough for me,”said Galina Tereschkova, a doctor from Moscow.“My husband and 1 both work full-time. We can't imagine having more than one child. ”Many women decide to have children later in life or not to have children at all.“I don't want to have any children until I have worked for at least 10 years," said 19- year old student Hana Markova from Prague. Her opinion is typical of women between 18 and 24 years old everywhere in Europe.In Poland, the population is going down for a different reason. A lot of people, usually aged between 20 and 30，are leaving the country to work abroad. Poland joined the European Union in 2005 and since then more than half a million people have moved to Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy. Even so, the population of those four countries and many other countries in West Europe is also going down.Many governments are now encouraging people to have larger families. In France, women now receive nearly $ 1 ,000 a month for a year if they have a third child. Austrian women receive $ 700 a month for three years when they have their first child.1. Where is the population getting smaller in the world?2. How many children does Galina Tereschkova want to have?3. What does Hana Markova want to do before she has children?4. Why is the population in Poland going down?5. How does the French government encourage people to have larger families now?四One day, you open the fridge and find some moldy(发霉的) food. But before you can throw it away, your mother stops you. She doesn't want to waste food. She cuts off the moldy part and eats the rest. Is it safe to do this?Mold(霉菌) can grow on almost all kinds of food. Mold is usually green, white, black or grey. Mold makes food soft and changes its color. Moldy food tastes quite bad and it's not safe to eat.If you find mold in soft food, just throw it away. Bread, tomatoes and hot dogs are soft food. This kind of food allows mold to easily grow below its surface.But it's easy to remove mold from hard food. The mold can't grow very deeply inside this kind of food. According to the BBC, you should cut about 2.5 cm around and below the mold and remove it.It's OK to cut the moldy parts out of hard food and eat the rest. But if the food is completely covered with mold, you should still throw it away.Most kinds of mold are bad for us. But some kinds of mold can be used to make food. For example, penicillium(青霉菌) can be used to make many types of cheeses, such as blue cheese. These cheeses are safe to eat and they 're quite delicious as well.1. What color is mold?2. How does moldy food taste?3. How should we deal with the soft food when we find mold in it?4. Is it easy to remove mold from hard food?5. What can some kinds of mold be used to do?五Helen has always been interested in helping her community(社区). Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer.After she retired( 退休)，she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading. She thought it would be fun to read to the elderly people in her community.She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published(出版). Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and grandchildren.After a strong storm hit some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care center.One day, Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees(难民) who needed to learn English. So she met once aweek with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.Helen says,“The real value of my volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help. They enrich(丰富) my life as well as I enrich theirs. ”1. When did Helen first volunteer for the American Red Cross?2. What did Helen do just after she retired?3. Why was Ann excited when her book got published?4. Why did Helen give Sahra a camera?5. What do you think of Helen?六The Seed Vault(种子地窖)A lot of countries need different kinds of seeds so that they can plant them again. There is an important reason for this. Sometimes plants can't grow in a country because of bad weather or disease, so farmers need new seeds.You can keep seeds in a“seed vault". It's a place at a special temperature. The seeds don't grow, but they can live for a long time. Norway has the biggest seed vault in the world---the Svalbard Global Seed Vault--and it has seeds from a lot of different countries.The vault is on the island of Spitsbergen. The island is about one thousand kilometers from the North Pole. It's a very cold place so it's good for seeds. Above the ground, the doorway is small, but inside, the building is huge. You walk down a long corridor(走廊)，which is one hundred and thirty meters inside a mountain. At the end of it，there are three large areas with seeds.There are about half a million kinds of seeds inside the vault. For example, there are all kinds of seeds for rice from Asia and Africa, 32 kinds of seeds for potatoes from Ireland and seeds for different tomatoes from the USA.The seed vault has space for a lot more seeds. You can put about 2. 2 billion( 十亿) seeds inside. The seeds can live here for thousands of years because of the cold temperature of--18C. So，in the future, humans can grow any seed they want. In other words, the seed vault is the difference between life and death.1. Why can't plants grow in a country sometimes?2. Where is the biggest seed vault in the world?3. How far is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault from the North Pole?4. How many seeds can be put in the seed vault?5. What place is a seed vault?七Once a king got two nice falcons( 猎鹰) from his son. He had never seen such beautiful falcons before. He loved themso much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to fly.After several months, the king came to see how the training was going on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky, while the other one was staying on the branch(树枝) of a tree quietly without moving.The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to try every way they could to make it fly. But none of them succeeded. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his mind. He decided to find someone who knew the natural environment well to solve the problem. Then he sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.The next morning，the king saw the other falcon flying above in the sky freely. “It is unbelievable!" shouted the king.“How could you make it happen?"The farmer replied, “It's very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested on, It is always the same to humans. We all have “two flying wings" in our hearts as well, but we often seem not to notice them and stay where we feel safe and comfortable. So we won't realize we can fly so high and freely until the “branch" we are resting on breaks.1. Where did the king get the falcons?2. Why did the king ask the farmer to train the falcon?3. What did the farmer do to make the falcon fly?4. What do you think of the farmer?5. To reach high, can we just stay where we feel safe and comfortable?八As a student, you must have homework every day. How do you deal with your homework? When do you usually finish your homework? Here is some advice for you to help you finish your homework well.Homework should be done as soon as you get home from school. If you have after-school activities, the homework should be done first. At the same time, it is fine to have a snack or have stretching(伸展) breaks.You should also remember that it is your duty to do your homework. Don' t depend on your mum or dad for help. Please try to find the answer by yourself because you will learn much more in this way.When you have a question, especially something about science or maths, don't always turn to your teacher! It is a good idea to try to find the answer by yourself. If this doesn't work, you can also look at your textbooks carefully. They may help you understand the problem.Finally, while doing homework, don' t think about or do other things. Keep working. Setting a time limit( 限制) often helps with this. Different ages decide different amounts of time. 10-15 minutes is good for a child aged 6- 8. 20-30 minutes is about right for a child aged 9-12. Children aged between 13 and 15 can keep studying for 30-45 minutes. This, of course, depends on your ability to pay attention to and stay on homework.76. When should we begin to do our homework according to the passage?77.Is it our duty to do our homework by ourselves?78.If we can't find the answer, what can we do?79. What can help us keep working?80. How long can a 14-year old child keep studying?九On September 19，2014, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange( 纽约证券交易所)，raising $ 25 billion through an IPO(公司股票的首次公开发行)，which is the biggest in the US history. It shows that Ma Y un has done his business successfully. The short Chinese man seems to be the tallest in the world right now. Ma, who was an English teacher, has become one of the richest men on the Chinese mainland.Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Ma grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12，he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 a. m.，cycling 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat with foreign tourists.On a trip to the US in 1995，Ma knew the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him“Crazy Jack Ma”. But 15 years later，Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce(电子商务) company. .No one thinks he's mad now. Ma's favorite line has been printed on Alibaba's souvenir(纪念品) T-shirts. It reads, “Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?”1. How much did Alibaba raise through an IPO on September 19, 2014?2. Where was Ma Y un born?3. What did Ma want to do when he was twelve years old?4. Was Alibaba set up in 1995?5. What did Ma do after coming back to China from the US?十One morning, Emma discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows. but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was so excited about it for the first two days that she couldn't listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement(安排). "Now our class is quieter," said Emma. "What's more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It's a better way to study.”David liked it, too. "Group members first discuss." he said, "and then show their answers to the whole class. It encourages us greatly. ”This was part of a reform(改革) at No. 1 Middle School. The school made this reform because they wanted to offer students easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. “Our school hopes to improve students' abilities to study by themselves and work in groups." said Linda. an English teacher.However, the reform has requested more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give a lesson that wouldhave been taught in 40 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to leach more effectively(有效地)。