浙江省台州市仙居县2022年中考英语一模试卷

Paca's life changed the day she watched TV for the first time. It was a rock concert and Paca was 1 not by the music, but by the singers' long hair.

"Oh! What long and pretty 2! I want something like that, something that shows I'm 3, " But Paca was 4 a frog (青蛙). She didn't even know that frogs don't have hair. She thought that her hair would grow if she 5. Her voice didn't work with rock music, opera or pop, 6 she carried on performing everywhere she went. She went to towns and cities, to the sea and mountains, into streets and gardens7 one day she gave a concert in a hairdresser's.

While Paca was singing, without anyone knowing that there was a frog there, the hairdresser was8 a customer's hair. A large piece of hair fell onto Paca's head, and seeing9 with so much hair, she thought that her dream was finally coming true.

In her excitement, she sang so loudly that she 10 Fredo, the hairdresser's cat. Seeing the pile (堆) of moving hair, the cat caught her, mistaking her for a 11.

Because Fredo didn't like the cold touch and smooth feel of Paca's skin (皮), he 12 her as soon as possible. So, in that way Paca learned that13 a frog also had its good side.

From that moment on, Paca studied all the 14 as a frog. "It's important to accept yourself as you are, " she said. Then Paca started a school 15 frogs, where they can get a good education and enjoy the growth.

Can't find any place on Earth for your next holiday?Lucky for you, a Californian company is going to offer you a chance to take a vacation in space by building a hotel in orbit (轨道).

The Orbital Assembly Corporation plans to build Voyager Station, a space hotel that includes rooms for tourists, in 2026, and open it in 2027. It will be able to carry up to 400 people.

The space hotel will be shaped like a large wheel, with 24 space pods (around the outside of the 200-meter-wide structure (结构体). Each pod is 24 meters long and 12 meters wide. The pods will be used for restaurants, bars, gyms, rooms for tourists, laboratories for research and so on.

The company says that some pods will even be private homes that people can buy.

"Finally, going to space will just be another choice for people's vacation, just like going on a cruise (巡洋舰), or going to Disney World, said Tim Alatorre, senior architect (建筑师) of the space hotel. He said that the space hotel may even include a concert hall and a movie theater.

The company says that the space hotel will have gravity (重力) that is about one-sixth as strong as Earth's. The low gravity means people can do things like jump higher, lift heavier things and enjoy sports such as basketball in a new way.

Blind Box Pets Craze

Blind box toys have become very popular recently in China. For many young people, not knowing what is inside the box until they open it adds more surprise and fun to their buying experience. More and more companies start selling their goods in blind boxes, such as stationery, books and even flights. However, some of them have really gone too far.

On May 3, 160 little dogs and cats were found inside a van (厢式货车) at a delivery station (快递站点 )in Chengdu. Like other goods, they were packed in boxes to be sent to different places through the post.

According to the Chengdu Aizhijia Animal Rescue Center, when volunteers found those animals, four of them were dead and many were sick. All of them were under three months old.

In fact, the sale of blind box pets is nothing new. On Taobao and Pinduoduo, some live animals were being sold for prices as low as 9. 9 yuan. Lots of animals on sale died on their way to their buyers or within weeks after arriving. As a rule set by those pet shops, buyers cannot return whatever they get because that is how blind boxes work. So if the buyer gets a dead cat in the post, that's bad luck!

The delivery company, ZTO (中通快递), has said sorry on Weibo for collecting live animals from sellers for delivery, yet public anger is not cooling down. People are calling for an end to the crazy sale of blind box pets. State media (媒体) also asks buyers and sellers of such blind boxes to have" more kindness and more respect (尊重) for life".

Many people in Venice knew who Antonio Rossi was. Like his father, Antonio was a very talented glassblower. He made many beautiful glass products.

Antonio's daughter Clara liked her father's workshop. She loved to look at all of the beautiful and colorful products he created. One day, she walked into the workshop and her father was there, standing beside two glass vases (花瓶).

"Do you like them, Clara?" he asked proudly. "I have made them for Mr. Lombardi, the great writer here in Venice."

"They're beautiful, Father. "Clara said.

"I must go and get Mr. Lombardi," said her father. Then, he left the workshop.

Clara looked at the vases. Beside them was a note. Clara read the note and smiled. As she turned, she bumped the vases.

"No!" She tried to catch them, but it was too late. They fell to the ground and broke into many pieces. Only the round bases (底部) at the bottom were not broken, "What will I tell Father?" _______

It was then that she saw Mr. Lombardi's note as she looked through the glass. The letters were…BIG!

Clara picked up the other base and looked through it. It worked, too! The words looked bigger!

Clara thought quickly. She found a wire (金属丝) and carefully wrapped (缠绕) it around the two glass pieces a pair of glasses was made in such a way.

As Clara finished, Mr. Lombardi and her father walked in.

"Now let me show you the…"Clara's father stopped, and stared at the broken vases on the floor, "Oh, Clara!"

"I'm so sorry, Father, " Clara said in a low voice.

Mr. Lombardi looked at the two pieces of glass in a wire frame (框架) in Clara's hand. "What do you have there?" he asked.

"I made it from the broken piece," said Clara. "Look through them. "She held up the note for him to see.

Mr. Lombardi's eyes opened wide. " The words! They're big!" He looked at Clara's father, "My wife can't read my books because of her eyes. This will be my gift to her! It will be the greatest gift ever!"

Clara's father smiled. "I don't know how you did it, Clara," he said, but you made something very useful. "

Clara did make something very useful she invented eyeglasses!

①Dr. Nate Lewis patiently adds a chemical to a machine in his laboratory. The chemical smells a little bit like rotten (变质的) fish. We would know that because we have our noses to identify (识别) it, Dr, Lewis, however, wonders if his machine can smell the chemical, too. The machine is actually an electronic nose.

②You might wonder why anyone would want to build an electronic nose. After all, if you want to smell something, you can just breathe in through your own nose. For example, it's common for someone to smell a bottle of milk to check if it has gone bad. But imagine if a person had to smell the thousands of bottles of milk that farms produce every day - all that milk would go bad long before the testing was done! The food industry uses electronic noses every day to test the foods for freshness.

③There are millions of different smells in the world. How can our nose tell the difference between all these smells? Scientists know there are cells (细胞) in our noses that act as smell detectors(探测器). They think that a certain pattern of cells responds (回应) to every smell. Our nose creates a fingerprint for each smell using this pattern. Our brain understands all the odor (气味) fingerprints, Dr. Lewis's electronic nose is modeled after the human nose to detect odor fingerprints.

④The biggest difference, however, between human noses and the electronic noses that have been built so far is the brain. We need our brains to explain each smell we meet. But the electronic nose can only identify the chemical makeup of a smell while our brain can decide whether something your nose smells is good or bad. " It doesn't know which smells it likes and which is terrible because it can't think, " explains Dr. Lewis.

⑤Dr. Lewis is working on how to make the electronic nose get smarter. Maybe someday fridges with electronic noses will tell you when food has gone bad, or your locker room will use them to remind you to wash your sports clothes. There are many possible uses for a machine to take the place of the human nose. Every day scientists are getting closer to building a more perfect electronic nose.

A.

After deciding to buy something, it is necessary for you to look for less expensive ways to buy it；search for what you want on the internet or in shops and flea markets (跳蚤市场). Sometimes you can find the same thing at a much lower price.

B.

Ben found he really wanted a toy ship, but it cost ＄50. He had ＄22 in his pocket and gets ＄1. 50 a week to spend. His mother helped him work out how many weeks he would need to save to get the ship：19.

C.

Seeing a ＄25 (about 159 yuan) gumball(口香糖球)machine. Ben wanted it. But after thinking about it, he decided that it would be exciting only for a day or two. "Besides, it's not possible for me to chew that much gum, "he said wisely.

D.

If the thing passes the "really-wanting-it" test, try to wait for a week to see how strong the desire (欲望) is. This strategy works for grown-ups, too!

E.

Ben agreed to wash the downstairs windows at a dollar each. So he got ＄10 for himself and bright sunlight for the whole family.

Made Janur Yasa from Bali loves his hometown. He turns his love for his hometown into a great project.

Bali is a beautiful island in Indonesia, and  (当地的) people mainly make money from tourism. But when COVID-19 came along, a lot of people began to (丢失) their jobs, and many had to move (回原处) to their home villages. With more people returning to the villages, more trash was created. What's worse, those people who were out of work were also feeling (饥饿的).

Born and raised in Bali, Yasa wanted to do something to help. So he started a project where villagers could exchange plastic for (大米). By doing this, he hoped to help people in his community get through the hard times while solving the problem of plastic(污染). In May, 2020, he hosted the first plastic exchange event in his village. It was a success, and quickly(传播) to other villages across Bali.

Yasa said his project has helped feed thousands of families and collected over 500 (吨)of plastic in Bali. Yasa's project has(改变)the attitudes of the people in Bali. "Now, people think that(有害的) plastic waste must be collected and then exchanged. There are even people collecting plastic on the streets every day, "said one islander.

Disabled people who climb a skyscraper

In January, Lai Chi-wai used a rope to pull himself up over 820 feet (250 meters) along the side of a skyscraper in Hong Kong. Mr Lai is a disable person  can't move his legs. He was strapped into his wheelchair as he climbed.

Before 2011, Mr Lai was one of  (good) rock climbers in the world. He ranked (排名) the  (eight) in the world, and had received many prizes. He also taught  (other) how to climb.

That ended 10 years ago, when Mr Lai met  car accident. It left him paralyzed(疾的) from the waist down. He was unable to move his legs. Since then, he has needed to use a wheelchair (get) around.

However, Mr Lai couldn't get over his love of climbing. He came up a way to climb again. He began working as a climbing teacher once more.

In 2016, Mr Lai climbed a 495-metre mountain in Hong Kong. "While I (climb), I forgot that I was a disabled person. I could still dream and I could still  (successful) do anything I liked doing," he said. "Usually, disabled people (think) as being weak. I hope my climb will send a different message. If a disabled person can shine," he said, "they can at the same time bring about chances, hope and light. "