2020广东省中考英语专题特训--回答问题(包含答案)

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