2019年浙江省中考英语真题（单词拼写）

    If you are tired of making human connections, Lover can be a great choice for you. A Japanese company (发明) it in December, 2018. It is a friendly robot which can make (孤独) people feel the love.

    The (名字) "Lovet" comes from the two words—"love" and "robot". With two bright eyes and a (柔软) body, Lover moves around your house and asks you for hugs. It doesn't talk. but chirps (作唧唧声).

    Lover follows you with the help of a  (照相机) on its head. It also has abilities to tell who you are by reading your face. It can (甚至) remember up to 100 faces.

    The robot cannot help you with housework, hut it will (发展) your ability to love. It moves around on three wheels and waves its two little (手臂) to show surprise and love, or to ask for a hug. It sleeps when it's hugged and it follows you when it is called. It is (害羞的) around strangers. When you open the door, it will hide (在……后面) you. If you want to make it laugh, just touch it.

    Lover will do all it can to fill you with joy.

    Cooking was once regarded as a necessary part of education in England. But in recent years, it has become less important in schools. As a result, (基础的) cooking and food preparation skills are being lost. It is also making more children overweight, as parents use too much fast food that is (有害的) to their health.

    The government is worried and is looking for ways to (解决) the problem. A new law has been passed. All secondary schools should offer cooking (课程) to students aged from 11 to 14 years old. They hope that this will encourage people to cook instead of eating (准备好的) meals, fast food and snacks.

    Students will learn to cook for one hour a (星期) for one term. They will learn to use simple and fresh ingredients (原料) to prepare healthy, tasty food, following (说明). These cooking skills will be helpful in their future life. Schools are also setting up cooking clubs all over the country. The clubs will (提供) more children with the chance to learn to cook.

    There are still difficulties. Head teachers are worried about the things they will need for the cooking. And about 15% of schools do not have (厨房) and there are not enough teachers.

    The speaker from the government (允诺) to train 800 teachers and to give schools2.5 million pounds a year to help children from poorer families to pay for ingredients.

    A group of rubbish collectors in Turkey are recycling the books that people have thrown away. They have (已经) created a mobile library. There are now over 9, 000 books, which are divided into 20 kinds, including (医学的) care, politics, literature, history, healthy living and so on. The library is inside a (卡车) that tours schools in the countryside. They hope to create a greater passion(热情) for reading books in children, (尤其) in the age of mobile phones and computers. Many schools do not have a reading room or their (自己的) library.

    The library has got lots of attention in Turkey. People from all over Turkey are (送) their old books to the library. A (女士) working at the mobile library said, "The interest is growing. Each day we have guests coming here to 58 (借) books or have a quiet time to read." The director of the library said, "We have books here for kids aged from four to (十), and books for older children, like world classics and (诗). We hope that it will develop their love for books."