2013（中考冲刺）天津市英语中考模拟题(4)

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●Teach your kids good manners in the form of a game. One night a week, try to have a formal dinner. Try dressing up, serve a special meal, and expect more formal manners. That will help improve their sense ( 意识) of manners.

● Make kids understand part of the tradition. Invite guests over and let kids help serve them. This helps them indirectly learn about table manners.

●Try dining out once in a while. Fast food restaurants aren't counted(算在内). Try a nice restaurant and let kids order their own food, pay the bill and give the tip.

61. The passage is mainly written for ____. A. kids guests

62. Which of the following should parents do to help their kids learn good table manners?

A. Try dining out in fast food restaurants once in a while B. Point out what’s wrong with the kids’ behavior at dinner. C. Keep telling the kids how to behave themselves at dinner.

D. Improve kids’ sense of manners by having a formal dinner at times. 63. The kids should do the following EXCEPT ______. A. going to a formal dinner in underwear the guests

C. ordering their own food and paying the bill to keep their clothes clean

64. The underlined part “turn kids off” in the second tip probably mean “_____” A. make kids pleased with C. make kids tired of

B. make kids interested in

D. make kids fond of

D. unfolding the napkin

B. helping parents to serve

B. parents

C. hosts

D.

65. What is the best title of this passage? A. Seven tips to good table manners C. Good manners

C

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except

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B. At the dinner tables

D. At table

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for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.” We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked. “Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” 66. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ________.

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A. show she was familiar with the city time

C. let the driver earn more money on time

B. see some places for the last

D. reach the destination(目的地)

67. The taxi driver did not charge(收费) the old woman because he ________. A. wanted to give her a hand

B. shut off the meter by mistake

D. was in a hurry to take other

C. had received her payment ahead of time passengers

68. According to the underlined sentence, the old woman did so because________. A. she was tired

B. she may be lost in her memories D. she was excited

C. she was frightened

69. What does the underlined word “remark” mean? A. 标记

B. 话语

C. 记号

D. 评论

70. What can we learn from the story? A. Giving is always a pleasure. other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to appreciate(感激) others’ concern(关心).

D

A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you combine (联合) the two to do something for your local environment? As early as next year it may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone, you will be able to bury（埋） it in the garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.

A biodegradable (生物可降解的) mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage people to recycle. Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other plastic, but overtime it can break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicals. British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover with a sunflower seed. When this cover turns into waste, it forms nitrates

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B. People should respect each

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(硝酸盐). These feed the seed and help the flower grow. “We’ve only put sunflower seeds into the cover so far. But we are trying to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time.” said one scientist.

As phone technology is developing so quickly, people are always throwing their mobiles away. This means producers are under pressure to find ways of recycling them. Some 650 million mobile phones have been sold this year. Most of them will be thrown away within two years, adding plastic, heavy metal and chemical waste to the environment. A biodegradable cover can reduce the harm to nature, according to the scientists. “The seed is released and the flower grows in the pot so you don’t have to worry about the phone when you have finished using it,” said Kerry Kirwan, the leader of the research team, which is based at the University of Warwick in Britain.

71. How do people deal with the used mobile phone at present? A. They throw it away. C. They recycle it.

B. They bury it in the garden. D. They turn it into nitrates.

72. Scientists do this type of research in order to ________. A. make the mobile phones more beautiful problems

C. to find a new way to grow flowers

D. to produce more mobile phones B. to deal with environmental

73. What does the underline phrase “break down” mean? A. 抛锚

B. 崩溃

C. 撞毁

D. 分解

74. We can infer (推断) from the passage that ________. A. the new type of mobile phones is already on the market B. some 650 million mobile phones will be thrown away C. a group of British researchers are doing the research D. other flowers may be used in this type of mobile phones 75. The main idea of the passage is ________ .

A. the relationship between high tech and environment technology is developing

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B. the phone