浙江省新目标（Go for it）版2021年中考英语模拟卷（7）

A kid hero

    "If you could have any three things, what would you want?"

    Eleven-year-old Ruby Chitsey loves asking that question, but it's not a game she plays. She asks the seniors(老年人)at nursing homes in Arkansas where she lives. Even more amazing, she then sets out to make their wishes come true. Ruby has long been close to the elders. Her mother has worked in nursing homes for many years. Ruby often stays with her in summer and asks the seniors if they need anything.

    Last May, Ruby noticed an old lady named Pearl staring(凝视) out a window. She seemed sad. "What are you looking at?" Ruby asked. Pearl said she was watching her dog being led away by his new owner. Ruby asked around and discovered that nursing home doesn't allow the seniors to have dogs and Pearl couldn't afford to pay anyone to look after her dog. Ruby also heard many stories about Pearl's friends here and found that they were unable to afford life costs. That was when she decided to do something about it.

    She started by asking the seniors what three things they wanted most in the world. Her mother worried that people would ask for cars and other things that an 11-year-old wouldn't be able to provide. Instead, they asked for chocolate, fries, and even just pants that fit properly.

    "I felt really upset," Ruby says. "We left the nursing home that day and went straight to a store and bought as many things as we could."

    Using their own money, Ruby and her mother helped about 100 people in three months. Then, they started asking for donations (捐款). The good people in Arkansas strongly supported them, so Ruby and her mother set up a GoFundMe page—Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents. After GoFundMe named Ruby a Kid Hero and spread her story internationally, Three Wishes raised more than $250, 000 in five months. One of Ruby's new goals is to set up a shared computer in one nursing home in each state.

    Ruby doesn't plan to stop there. "I consider kindness to be my hobby" she says, "and I'm very good at it."

    I strongly believe that we can have an important effect on anyone we meet. The right words at just the right time could totally change someone's life. That's what happened to me years ago.

    When I was a 3-year-old boy, my parents discovered I was totally deaf. After asking many doctors, educational specialists and parents of other deaf children, they decided to put me in a mainstream school. All of my classmates and teachers would have normal hearing.

    From the time I started going there in the third grade, I was the only deaf child at Blue Creek Elementary School in the small town of Latham, New York. From almost the first day there, the other kids made fun of me and called me names mainly because of my hearing aid and the way I talked.

    I worried throughout Elementary school because, except the problems of "fitting in" with the other students, I also struggled with most of my schoolwork.

    Although I seemed outgoing, my self-esteem (自尊心) was quite low. I saw myself as an ugly kid wearing a weird-looking box around his neck who wasn't even smart enough to keep up with the other kids.

    Mrs. Jordan, my fifth-grade teacher, changed all of that with a simple three-word phrase. Mrs. Jordan was a large woman with a voice that bounced (反弹) off the walls of her tiny classroom. One morning, she asked the class a question.

    I read her lips (嘴唇) and immediately raised my hand. For once I knew the answer. But, when she called on me, I was afraid. I took a deep breath, stood up slowly and answered Mrs. Jordan's question in a low voice.

    I will never forget what happened next.

    Mrs. Jordan pointed directly at me. With shining eyes and a wide smile she cried: "That's right, Stephen!"

    For the first time in my life, I was an instant star. My confidence soared like never before.

    I decided right then and there that I would make a place for myself in this world. No matter how many difficulties I might meet in life, I knew I could overcome them. A simple three-word phrase delivered with incredible enthusiasm had totally changed my young life. "That's right, Stephen!"

    Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Brown, told us that our school had a chance to take part in Smart Aleck—a wonderful game show. My best friend Nancy and I both1 it. Nancy has a good imagination and I know a lot of history, so we thought we'd be good 2 for the team.

    A few days later, Mr. Brown held a meeting with everyone who was 3 the show. He told us that Smart Aleck used a five-member team and three more people would be needed as backup(替补). Mr. Brown said we would have a(n) 4 among all the students at the meeting and the top 5 students would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a 6 way to decide.

    Yesterday, all of the 7 got together. Mr. Brown acted as the host. After a couple of hours, all the positions on the team were set 8 one. Nancy and I tied(打成平手) for that last position. We had to hold a one-on-one competition. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the 9.

    Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to perform better than Nancy. Then I saw the look on Nancy's face. I waited for a second and knew 10 I had to do. I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, 11 Nancy wanted it even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Nancy 12, just by a little bit. When she realized she would be on the show, she felt sorry for my not being on the team. 13, as a backup, I would still be able to see the show up close.

    Was I 14 by not trying as hard as I could? I don't think so. No one noticed, and Nancy and I didn't say it. It wouldn't influence the team because Nancy would be a very good competitor on the real show. I think making my best friend happy was the 15 thing to do.

    Zhong Nanshan is a well-known doctor in China as well as around the world.

    Dr Zhong was born in (十月) 1936 in Nanjing. He grew up in a family of doctors. In 1960, he finished Beijing University Medical School and worked there (直到……为止) he was sent to the Southwest in 1966. During 1979 to 1981, he had a further study in the UK. Now at the age of 84, he is still (忙碌的)working in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.

    Many know Zhong as a famous doctor, but few know he was once an excellent sportsman. Zhong (打破) the national record for the 400-meter hurdle when he was in the university. After the games, he decided (继续) his study for a doctor. Although Zhong chose to be a doctor, he is always (积极的) in sports. Zhong exercises 3 or 4 times every week. Years of physical exercise has made him in good. (状况、身体状况).

    Zhong's life has been mainly linked with his (病 人) and the development of the nation. Zhong was once known to China as the SARS hero. (最近，近来), Zhong worked very hard to fight against COVID-19. He even worked for long (没有) a good rest. With his professional medical skills and great spirit, Zhong has become a hero for Chinese people at the difficult time again.

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    "Twinkle, twinkle, little star…" These words are part of a familiar song. However, they were(actual) written for a poem first. Some people believe one of(famous) composers in the world-Mozart wrote the music for it. But the(true) is that the tune came from a French children's folk song. It was written byunknown musician. Mozart used the same tune(create) a new piece of music. Mozart's musical piece was a set of twelve(change) for the piano. This means what you hear is repeated twelve times. Each time it is repeated, the song is changedadding more notes or playing notes at different speeds. Later, the music piece found(it) place in the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" together with the words from Jane Taylor's poem.

    Mozart did not write the tune for it, he helped make the tune famous. Since then, the tune(become) so well-known that it has been used in several children's songs and nursery rhymes.

    As we all know, self-confidence is the first key to success. So we often say, "Where there is a will, there is a way."

    However, confidence isn't something you have to be born with—it can be learned. What can we do to become a confident person? I'd like to share some secrets with you.

    Secret 1 Make confident friends.

    Confidence can spread. I have a ton of confidence that comes from friends. They love and believe in me, and they are confident themselves. If you're less confident, find friends who feel good about themselves. They can make you feel good about yourself too.

— Li Guoqing

    Secret 2 Show it till you feel it.

    Just walking with your head held high and a smile on your face make people think you have all the confidence in the world. If you're always slouchy( 垂头丧气的), people will think you are shy and unconfident.

— Zhang Chenggong

    Secret 3 Believe in yourself.

    If you listen to your heart, you're not letting others tell you what you can or can't do. You naturally have confidence because you're doing what you believe in and know is right.

—Liu Xu

    Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world. 29 billion bottles of water are drunk each year. It takes 17 million barrels of oil to make these bottles. That's enough oil to keep a million cars going for twelve months.

    So why don't more people drink water from the tap in the kitchen? Some people drink bottled water because they think it is better for them than water out of the tap, but that's not true. In the United States, the government makes sure water from the tap is safe.

    People love bottled water because it is convenient to take with them. But maybe if they understand the problems it makes, they will try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable bottle instead of a plastic one. Although plastic water bottles can be turned into some other useful things, only a small number of them are reused. The rest are taken away in rubbish trucks, or even worse, they end up as rubbish on the land and in rivers, lakes, and the ocean. Plastic bottles take hundreds of years to break down.

    Water is good for you, so keep drinking it. But think about how often you use plastic water bottles, and see if you can make a change. If you take one to school, don't throw it away — bring it home and put tap water in it for the next day.