浙江省湖州市十二中2018年英语中考三模试卷

    When high school started, Sally and I became best friends. We shared many interests and quickly became very close.When high school ended, we both cried because we would enter different 1 in autumn.

    Our first term of college life was 2, so we often sent long e-mails and encouraged each other. We missed each other so much! In the second term, I found some new friends and I felt very 3 with them. These were friends with whom I could be myself and pour out my feelings. I wanted to share my new friends with Sally.

    When Sally 4 visited me at my school, we were excited.

    She brought a toy bear to me 5a present and told me about her college life. 6, something unexpected happened when I introduced her to my new friends.Her eyes grew dark and I could see the sadness in them.My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Sally seemed unwilling to accept it.I didn't understand 7the people I loved most couldn't love each other.

    Sally left. I knew she was not happy. I thought long about what had happened. I asked her many questions but she didn't answer me. I 8 that she was jealous(嫉妒). She saw me with my new friends and was afraid that we no longer shared the same experiences. She saw that I could still enjoy myself  9 her and wished she could be a part of it.

    I wrote Sally a letter to 10 she's always my best friend. I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life's greatest 11.Sally wrote me back soon. She was in agreement and felt sorry about 12 she had done.

    I think Sally and I both 13 an important lesson from it. Nothing can influence our 14  and change the experiences we've shared.We are now walking on two different paths of life. While new friends are special and exciting, old friends are 15 there, waiting to share their heart, no matter how far away they are from each other.

    Zhang Heng was a famous scientist in the history of China. His invention Hou Feng Seismometer was a great success and it helped us understand the world better.

    The volunteers who brought the nine-year-old girl to the orphanage(孤儿院) knew little about her. They found her in the street which had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They had left her long ago.

    At the orphanage, the girl was taught to read and write. There she also learned to be independent(独立). At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary.

    And then, in 1975, she entered the Miss Hong Kong competition -- and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now Mary Cheung was very popular in Hong Kong.

    Mary entered the competition because she was full of ambitions（抱负） and she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then to a business manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn't good enough.” she said. Fortunately, her husband helped her.

    Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own company in 1995. But she was still working hard to develop herself. She then studied for a Fine Arts degree at the University of Hong Kong. Her ambition was to teach arts in Hong Kong. Since 1987, she has spent a lot of her time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places, including China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV and for charity, to write for newspapers and bring up her family.

    The girl from street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.

    Some parts of rules for the University Entrance Examination in the United States

    ●You must be at the examination center ten minutes before the examination starts. If you are more than ten minutes late, you may not enter the examination center. The examination takes place at the same time in different states.

    ●Depending on which examination you are taking, you may bring certain items into the examination center. Mathematics examinations may allow you to use electronic calculators. Other subjects may allow you to use dictionaries and other reference material. Please read the notes sent with your timetable carefully.

    ●You must bring your own pencils. None will be provided for you. The following items are not allowed in the examination center: walkmans and radios, head sets, any food or drink, schoolbags, electronic equipment (unless specifically permitted for various subjects), and mobile phones.

    ●If you need a drink or toilet break, you should raise your hand and wait for the supervisor to speak to you. You will be given water or the supervisor will take you to the bathroom. You are not allowed to talk with anyone during the break.

    ●You may leave the examination room at any time if you do not plan to return. If you finish early and want to leave, please move well away from the examination center.

    ●The supervisor will warn you fifteen minutes, five minutes and one minute before the end of the examination. When the supervisor says that the time is up, you must put down your pencil and wait at your desk until your paper is collected.

    A man in Pakistan is now working to help children get an education. When he was a child, he did not go to school because he was too poor.

    It is reported that Pakistan has 25 million children who do not go to school. That is the second ­highest number in the world. Only Nigeria has more. Many Pakistani children must work to support their families.

    Mohammad Ayub was once one of those children. He is now a firefighter. He also manages a small school. VOA recently visited the school in the capital Islamabad.

    Ayub started with just one student in 1982. He saw a boy cleaning cars for days. He asked him, "Why don't you go to school?" The boy answered that his parents were dead and he had to work to help support his five brothers and three sisters.

    Ayub was also an orphan and he, too, had to work to help support his five brothers and three sisters. He said, "When my father died, everyone who came to the funeral said they were sorry, but no one helped." He sold newspapers and did other work to earn enough money to pay school fees for his brothers and sisters.

    Ayub wanted to help the young boy who washed cars, but he did not have enough money to pay the boy's school fees.

    Today, Ayub teaches many children at his school in a public park. Some of the children attend other schools in the morning, but come to Ayub in the afternoon to get help with their homework.

    Ayub has helped a large number of poor children since he began teaching. Many of them come from very poor areas near the park.

    Ayub said," I used to argue with kids who worked ' Why are you washing someone's dishes or their clothes? Why don't you study? ' "

    One of the children he advised to attend classes was Farhat Abbas. Ayub found him working with his friends about 12 years ago. "He followed us back home. He told our parents he wanted to teach us and asked them to send us to his school, "Abbas said.

    Today, Abbas is taking classes at a college and is helping Ayub.

    Many children are out of school, and those who do attend classes often get a poor education. Information gathered by an organization shows half of all Pakistani children in the 5th grade do not understand basic mathematics and cannot read a story in their language.

    A group in Islamabad reports Pakistan spends less on education than any other country in South Asia.

SIMPLE WAYS TO HAPPINESS

    Have you been feeling like true happiness is impossible to obtain? Whatever difficult you are facing at this very moment will surly pass. Happiness is right before our eyes. Here are simple ways to seek out happiness in your everyday lives.

GET OUTSIDE

    Sit for a while and pay close attention to your surroundings; I'm sure you'll soon be reminded of the beauty of life.

FIND YOUR INTERESTS

    Whether it's writing, drawing, playing sports, or learning to play an instrument,

WAKE UP EARLY

    The earlier you wake up, the more you get done.

GET A GOOD NIGHT REST

    This is truly necessary to your health. if not more. If you find yourself sleeping less, make an effort to turn off all electronics an hour before bed so you have some time to relax.

MAKE IT A GOAL TO MAKE SOMEONE SMILE EVERY DAY

It doesn't have to be something very expensive. It truly is the little things that mean the most in life—- such as smiling at a passerby, complimenting someone on her clothes.

    Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, you can （改进；更新） it if you are patient. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take (行动). You must first go where there are people. You won't make friends staying home alone.

    Joining a club or a group, talking to those who like the same things as you do is much easier. Or join someone in some (活动).

    Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it's human (自然) to feel a bit unpleasant about the unknown. Most of fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about (我们自己). We imagine other people are judging us—finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don't （忘记）that they must be feeling the same way. Try to （接受） yourself as you are, and try to make others feel at home. You'll all feel comfortable.

    Try to be (勇敢的) even if you don't feel that way when you enter a room full of (陌生人). Walk tall and straight, look directly at other people and smile.

    If you see someone you'd like to speak to, say something. Don't wait for the other person to start a talk.

    Just meeting someone new doesn't mean that you'll make friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual likings and "give and take". It takes time and effort for us to develop friendship. And there are things that stop a new friendship from growing.

    Srikanth Bolla, 24 years old, is the first blind CEO in the world, who built a company valued at over $75 million. Today, he considers himself the (lucky) man in the word, not only his (succeed), but also for having great parents and friends who always stand by him.

    When Srikanth was born, some of his (parent) friends and relatives advised them not to keep him, because it was difficult for a poor family (raise) a blind baby. But his parents didn't follow them. They decided to give Srikanth a positive, loving environment.

    Life was not easy for Srikanth. He had to face many challenges all his life. He (refuse) by his village school. So he had to go to school for special children. He did very well in studies and also developed many hobbies such as chess and cricket. Later Srikanth found a teacher who was kind enough to turn all his lessons into audio clips, and helped him his exams.

    high school was difficult for a blind student, Srikanth didn't give up. Instead, he worked very hard and tried his best to go to MT(麻省理工), and graduated from university in 2012. After his graduation, he returned to India, and decided to start a company employed disabled people like him.

    Srikanth said, “Compassion(怜悯) is showing somebody the way to love and giving them the opportunity to grow up. If you do something good, it (come) back to you.”

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Enjoy reading, enjoy life

    Premier Li Keqiang has put the National Reading in his government work report. It is really meaningful for us to read books in our daily life.