浙江省杭州市2016-2017年英语中考英语模拟试卷（三十四）

    A picture of a facial expression soon went hot on China' s social media platform during the 2016 Rio Olympics. Fu Yuanhui, a 1996-born girl ,became the second most popular word on the hot topic list because of her ecstatic(狂喜) reaction to her performance.

    In less than 24hours, Fu has been discussed thousands of times on Weibo, Wechat and other platforms. Her photos have been used as emoticons(符号表情) and in cartoons. Her fans went from 100,000 to over 2.7 million on her Weibo in just two days.

     “I did not reserve my strength. I have tried my best… I am very satisfied with the result and I have never thought about the final,” Fu said in her interview after the semi-final（半决赛）.

    Fu was quite humorous in the interview. She used a phrase called “Hong Huang Zhi Li” to describe the great efforts she had made in preparing for the match, which also became a popular word on the Internet.

     “Hong Huang Zhi Li” means “the strength which can separate the heaven from the earth in the chaotic(混沌的) world of ancient times”. While “Hong Huang” refers to “the chaotic state in the ancient times”, “Li” refers to “strength” in Chinese.

Everyone surfing the web has billions of choices on what they can be viewing. And always we can find many different kinds of ads. Some of them are annoying, but some of them are useful. Here are some ads from the Internet. Maybe they are helpful for you.

    Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth. The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs. They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed to be safe at that time. There were many different kinds of dinosaurs and a number of them used to live in China. The eggs of twenty-five species (种类) have been found in Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan Province. Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province. When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees. They learned this from the way the bones were joined together

    Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more .Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.

    We know many other wild plants, animals, insects and birds have died out more recently. According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years. The dodo is one of them. It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal. But it disappeared in the late of sixteen century.

    Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass ball is. When you learn all these about the ball , you really see it well.

    With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the differences between two different coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.

    All children soon learn what “Don' t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things that we might buy. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or hard floor. All feel different under your feet.

    Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show.

    There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body and the air on your skin.

    If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!

    It's important to protect our planet. Everyone should play an important role in it. You can do this by riding a bike to school or taking a bag to the mall. We all know that it' s the small acts that make the world a better place.

    Many people think that money is the most important thing in the world. But can you buy friendship, health, time or love with it. So pay more attention to the beauty around you. You will be happier.

    No one can succeed overnight. If you want to be successful, you need to start from the smallest things. Remember small acts make a big difference.

    It's necessary for you to know some basic information when you want to go abroad for your further study. For example, you need to know the customs, the traffic rule and so on. Of course, you need to know its language first.

    Keep quiet in the reading room. You couldn't take any food or drinks in it. Also, you need to shut off all the electric devices. Don't forget to take your school ID card with you.

     I love running at a young age. I wished I could run in the Olympics and win lots of medals some day.

     One day my mother saw an advertisement 1 a race in a newspaper. “Are you interested in taking part in this race?” she asked me, 2the advertisement. “Yes, of course.” I answered. I spent the next few days 3 for the race. My sister set up a table in the backyard 4 she could fill me water and help me.

    On the day5 the race, my father said to me, “Don' t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race. You need to keep energy but you can run much faster in the end.” The race began. Following my dad' s words, I didn' t run as fast as I could. Then other runners started passing me, which made me feel 6. I began to feel tired, and I started slowing down and breathing 7. Just at that moment I heard, “Come on, Kelly. You can do it! Don't give up. Keep running!” out of the corner of my eyes, I saw 8running beside me. I took a deep breath and tried my best to go on running. I didn't 9the race, but I felt like a winner. After all, I had10and I hadn't given up.

    11, as I thought of the race, I felt thankful that my dad had never left my side. He always encouraged me 12 I stopped and wanted to give up. He ran alongside me through my life. I would remember my dad' s words forever, “Never give up. You can be a winner, 13you lose.” It leads me forever. I believe I can go14 in the future. It is this kind of 15 that leads a bright way for my life in the future.

    One day, all feelings vacation on an island, and each was having a good time. Suddenly, there was a strong storm, so they all rushed to their boats. Yet, Love didn' t wish (run) away quickly. But as the clouds darkened, Love realized it was time to leave. But there were no boats to use.. Love looked around with hope.

Just then Richness was passing by. Love asked “Richness, can you take me with you?” She answered, “No, I can' t. There' s a lot of gold in my boat. There' s no place here for you.”

Sorrow passed by after a whileAgain, Love asked for help. But it was useless. “No, I can' t take you with me. I am so sad. I want to stay on (I) own.

When (happy) passed by a few minutes later, Love again asked for help. But he was so happy that he couldn' t care about (someone) else.

Love was growing hopeless. Just then somebody shouted, “Come, Love. I will take you with me.” Love didn' t know who was so kind, jumped onto the boat happily.

After Love (save), he met Knowledge. Love asked, “Knowledge, do you know the one was so (help) to give me a hand when no one else wished to help?”

Knowledge smiled, “That was Time.”

“Time?” asked Love. “But why did time help me?” Knowledge smiled and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand valuable Love is.”