浙江金华市金东区2021年初中毕业生英语升学模拟考试试卷

    Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. The boy followed his nose down the street with a 1 look on his face. Suddenly, he tripped and dropped all of the2he was carrying along with two sweaters, a baseball bat and a glove.

    Mark knelt（跪）down and helped the boy 3the things. Since they were going the same way, he 4to carry some things for the boy.

    As they walked, Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill. He loved video games, baseball and history, but he was having lots of 5with his subjects.

    They reached Bill's home and Mark was invited in for a Coke. The afternoon passed 6withsome laughs and talks. Then Mark went home.

    They 7to see each other around school, had lunch together, then both graduated from junior（初级的） high school. They ended up in the same senior（高级的）high school.

    The senior years passed in a flash of light. Three weeks before8, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

    Bill reminded him ofthe9severalyears ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was 10so many things home that day?" asked Bill.

    "You see, I cleaned out my desk on that day11I didn't want to go to school any more. I was so 12without friends around in my junior high school. Also, it was too hard for me to deal with my13at that time. But after we spent some time together talking and 14I realized that if I had dropped school, I would have missed out so many 15times with friends. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You changed my life. "

What Are People Doing to Stay Healthy?

The COVID-19 pandemic（新冠肺炎大流行）has led many people to pay more atention to their health. Exercising is an excellent way to keep fit. So what are the most popular activities? And what holds people back from physical fitness? Let's look at the results of a recent survey on Chinese people's health and exercise released by iResearch.

When you wear clothes made from cotton, do you know where the cotton comes from? Countries along the Indus River like India are believed to have grown cotton for the first time, bu China is the world's largest cotton producer now.

China produces about 22% of the world's cotton, of which 87. 3%comes from Xinjiang, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region（新疆维吾尔自治区）in the northwest of China is home to the nation's largest cotton-producing area.

The planting of cotton in Xinjiang dates back to the late Western Han Dynasty（朝代）. According to historical records, cotton was introduced from West Asia to Xinjiang. It soon spread across Xinjiang because of the region's full sunlight and plenty of water, which the plant needs.

Xinjiang is famous for its long staple cotton（长绒棉）, which is popular among customers. In the past, people mainly picked the cotton by hand, but now machines have gradually replaced it. In Xinjiang, nearly 70% of cotton is grown mechanically. The use of machines prevents the cotton from being polluted and improves its quality （质量）.

After bags of cotton are packed and transported to many factories, they become clothes, shoes, dolls, toys and many other things we see in our daily life. Therefore, the versatility of cotton has earned it a nickname —"white gold".

"What's success here?" When Finnish children are asked this question, the answer goes like this, "When you get a job, find a wife and have some money, you're successful" , or "Everyone is pretty and equal （平等的）, and nobody is the most outstanding".

This is a country where people are so confident about their education. They even say: "If you ask me which school is the best, it's the one that's closest to home. "But when you walk into the local school, you might think you've arrived at an amusement park（游乐园）by mistake.

In Japanese kindergartens（幼儿园）, children must run very fast and climb up and down with bare feet every morning to wake up their bodies.

Japanese children are taught to keep the group order and obey rules since they're in kindergartens. So they are asked to have the right posture（姿势）from an early age. Those little kids sitting together share the same posture.

But there are also worries that Japanese children might lose their personalities under such education. Japan has a new job in long-suppressed social relationships: Tear Therapist. This job mainly helps people cry.

And even in Finland, ▲ Some feel that Finland has lost its competitiveness because of its high welfare（福利）. A headmaster at a local school thinks that the children are living a much easier life now with watching TV and playing games, who have lost the hardworking spirit of Finns.

①At the age of 14, I had an illness which the doctors said would leave me in a wheelchair at 25. Luckily, it didn't happen as predicted. I am very thankful tat the illness never spread to my legs.

② Still, everything I did hurt, from opening a door to putting on my clothes. Two years later, I no longer had the ability to move my left hand. I was in constant pain because I didn't have the muscle（肌肉） strength required to do these simple tasks.

③ After undergoing 40 years of this illness, I decided to step into the world of new healing. I learned to allow the flow of peace to heal and care for me. Healing is having the courage to love yourself, and trusting you have a better life. When I got used to that new belief system, I started to become healthy.

④ Slowly and steadily, I was unlocking myself from the only world I had known. I began to imagine a new life filled with joy and thanks. If my heart healed, my body would heal.

⑤ As I became more in touch with the energy around me, I learned the unbelievable power of words and how we receive exactly what we ask for. I came to understand that everything in life is an offering, a chance to grow.

⑥ We always have a choice. We can be lost in past belief patterns and behaviors that no longer serve us, or we can create a new story, one that is truer to our real self.

⑦ I learned that forgiveness +compassion（同情）= healing. When we forgive ourselves, and others. we heal the hurt and discomfort. When we are kind and graceful, we attract the same. Healing is based in the heart, not the mind. As a result of my learning, I now live each day in joy and thanks.

Oxford University is one of the world's oldest and most famous universities in Britain. Do you know what the study （习惯）of the top students of Oxford University are?

Go to your lectures.

When I studied at Oxford, I went to almost every lecture. Lectures were FUN! I found so many speakers that（影响）my thinking and so many speakers who got me （兴奋的）about the topic. I remembered more things! And my mind changed a lot!

Be an active student.

For my first year there, I said nothing and I didn't volunteer in discussions. As a result, I didn't understand much. Then in my second year, I got over （我自己）and offered more of my own. I responded to others, asked questions and learnt from other （聪明的）people.

Create a perfect study environment.

This is a very personal place and it needs to be somewhere you （立刻）click into study mode. It might be your bedroom, a （图书馆）or a local coffee shop. My perfect study environment was actually the Oxford English Faculty building It was so（寂静的）.

Study in small blocks.

When you plan your studying, the most important task is to make sure you are remembering the information you have （已经）learned. You need to break your studying up into manageable blocks and （复习）what you've learned in each block. In this way, you can get more information and improve your memory.

    In the autumn of 1955, a big ship took a man back to China across the Pacific Ocean. He was Qian Xuesen, famous scientist and top aerospace engineer in the US.

Qian was born in Shanghai in 1911. He graduated National Chiao Tung University in 1934 and then he went to the US for his further study. He studied rocketry and got doctoral (degree) in both math and space science in the US.

He was talented and (become) an excellent young professor in MIT and CIT.

 he worked for American army, Qian cared about China all the time. After the founding of New China, he gave up his high payment (work for his motherland However, his way back was not easy at all.（unlucky）, he was under arrest（拘留）for five years in the US. At last, he returned to China with the help of Premier Zhou Enlai.

In order to make China (strong)than before, Qian devoted all his life to the research and development of China's missiles（导弹）, rockets and spacecrafts. Therefore, he （call） the father of China's pace program.

Qian made great contributions to building a nation where Chinese can live with dignity（尊严）and  (happy). Let's remember the great scientist forever!

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