Afel was only a very small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. It had lots of ______ of children playing in big white fields. He asked, "Mum, what are those white fields?" His mother laughed, "That's snow, and they are making a snowman!" She tried to ______ what snow was. Afel didn't really understand because there was no real snow where he lived. But he showed great interest.
One day when he was 12, Afel was watching a programme on TV with his uncle. It was full of snow, and there were people flying across the snow. They looked like fantastic birds. They had hats covering all their heads and big goggles over their eyes. And on their feet, they had ______ shoes.
"What are those?" he asked his uncle ______. "Skis," replied his uncle. "And those people are called skiers." At that moment, he decided to be a ______. "What is the programme?" he asked. "The Winter Olympics," said his uncle. "It's like the normal Olympics and they have it every four years."
Afel found out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Beijing, in 2022. "Perfect," he thought. "Enough time for me to become an excellent skier."
"But there's no snow here!" People told him. "Where are you going to ski?" "How will you go to the Olympics?" People asked him. "Our country doesn't even have a skiing team." But Afel didn't ______.
He made himself a pair of skis from two pieces of wood. He tied them to his feet and practiced with two sticks in his hands. He practised again and again until he could move quite quickly across the sand. He tried to fly down the hills like the people on TV, but he couldn't.
"Never mind," he thought. "It's a ______…"
So every night, Afel practises skiing down sand hills. He ______ that he will bring home a medal one day.
1.A.videos B.pictures C.clothes D.tools
2.A.draw B.circle C.prepare D.explain
3.A.strange B.strong C.valuable D.comfortable
4.A.politely B.hopefully C.excitedly D.nervously
5.A.coach B.winner C.writer D.skier
6.A.refuse B.learn C.care D.complain
7.A.way B.start C.chance D.suggestion
8.A.dreams B.predicts C.proves D.realizes
科目：初中英语 来源：2020年北京市大兴区中考一模英语试卷 题型：阅读单选
Travel in the Future
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight takes about 16 hours. You also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer (换乘) onto a different airplane. If you add all of that extra time, the trip takes at least 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from New York to Beijing might only take two hours.
Right now, a company is developing something called ET3, which stands for "evacuated tube (真空管) transport technology". Here's how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules (舱) move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule. The capsules use electricity instead of oil. For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6,500 kilometers per hour. That's much faster than airplanes—most modern airplanes usually only fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.
So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they have to move through air. The air slows the airplanes down. Because there isn't any air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very high speed. Also, the capsules are quite light. Each only weighs 183 kilograms.
There are other advantages to ET3. Because it uses electricity, it's quite clean. Also, it's a lot quieter than airplanes and cars. Finally, ET3 tubes and capsules don't require very much building materials.
Of course, ET3 doesn't come into use yet. The technology is still being developed. Developers still have to solve a lot of problems. The biggest problem is that right now ET3 would be far too expensive. In order to make ET3 cheaper, we will need much better technology.
It's exciting to think of how ET3 will change the travel in the future. Who knows? Maybe someday you'll be able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
1.According to the passage, an ET3 looks more like a ________.
A.spaceship B.bus C.plane D.subway train
2.ET3 travels at the very high speed because _________.
A.it is powered by electricity and oil B.it is much lighter than an airplane
C.it moves through a tube without air D.it is made up of fewer capsules
3.From the passage, the writer expects that ________.
A.modern technology will be used in airplanes B.ET3 will take the place of airplanes some day
C.less money will be spent for passengers on ET3 D.ET3 will change the travel in the future greatly
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我们还会好好游览一番，并且在海滩上野餐。
We're also _________ _________ and going to have a picnic on the beach.
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—Do you think girls will beat boys in the competition?
—Yes, they are more hard-working, so I ___________ them to win.
A.expect B.advise C.hope D.decide
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科目：初中英语 来源：2020年北京市燕山区中考一模英语试卷 题型：回答问题
Pizza: the World's Favorite Food
Food, and the way we eat it, is always changing. As society develops, we learn new ways of growing, processing and cooking food. What we ate 200 years ago was very different from what we eat today. Also, when people travel to live in other countries, they take their knowledge of cooking with them. And food must fit modern lifestyles and local tastes, too. One food that has done this successfully is pizza.
The pizza we recognize today first appeared in Italy in 1889. A famous baker from Naples made a special Pizza for the Italian royal (皇室的) family. He was very worried they wouldn't like it, but they did. Queen Margherita loved the dish so much, and the baker named it after her. Since then, this simple meal of bread, cheese and tomato has traveled the world, and it has adapted (适应) to local cultures. The pizza began its journey in the 1890s, when many Indians moved to New York in search of a better life. There they continued to make pizzas, and the first pizzeria opened in 1905.
At first it was only popular with Indians, but by the late 1940s, Americans discovered a taste for it. Today they spend $37 billion a year on pizzas. That's more than $100 per American.
The Pizza continued its travels around the world, adapting all the time. In Sweden, for example, it is usual to have bananas on pizzas. In Belgium, people eat chocolate pizzas with marshmallows on top. Japan is a nation of seafood lovers, so not surprisingly, they love octopus and squid, as well as roasted seaweed, toppings. Australians sometimes choose kangaroo or crocodile on their pizza.
The popularity of the pizza is also related to our changing lifestyles. In today's super-fast society, people often don't have the time or energy to cook. So, they order take-out and very often, it's a pizza. Sometimes you don't even have to pick it up, it's delivered (递送) to your home. If you don't even have time to sit down, buy a single slice and eat it standing up.
The Pizza has come a long way. From its beginnings in an Italian city, it has grown to become one of the world's favorite foods.
1.What do people like taking when they travel to live in other countries?
_____________________
2.Did the Italian royal family like the pizza?
_____________________
3.When did the pizza move to New York?
_____________________
4.In which country do people love pizzas with bananas?
_____________________
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
_____________________
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We believe China is ________ country in the world.
A.strong B.more stronger C.stronger D.the strongest
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Zhong Nanshan is a famous doctor. ________ is also a hero in our hearts.
A.He B.She C.Her D.His
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科目：初中英语 来源：湖南省2018-2019学年八年级上学期第三次月考英语试卷 题型：单选题
________ to do eye exercises after reading for a long time.
A.Remember B.Remembering C.To remember
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科目：初中英语 来源：湖北省美加分校2019-2020学年八年级下学期6月月考英语试卷 题型：材料作文
假如你叫魏华，即将升入九年级，请根据提示给你的笔友 Tom 写一封信，介绍你的近况，词数 60-80。信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
内容要点如下： 1.过去两年你改变了不少，学习取得了很大进步,交到了很多朋友；
2.空余时间里喜欢阅读，已经读过多本中外名著；
3.假期去过很多地方，参观了不少名胜古迹和博物馆，开阔了眼界；
4.进入九年级后，你要更加努力学习，考上理想学校；
5.补充一至两点你的个人想法。
参考词汇：make much progress 取得巨大进 Chinese and foreign classics 中外名著
broaden one’s horizon 开阔眼
Dear Tom,
It’s been two years since I wrote to you last time. How time flies！ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Could you give me some advice? Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Wei Hua
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