2012年上海中考英语一模--回答问题

Many people slowed down their paces-and put some money into the hat of the young man.

The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station, and put his hat on the

ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on me ground and put some stones on it. Before long, the young violinist ,was surrounded with people, who were all attracted by the words on that paper. It said, \claim it soon.\

Seeing this, it caused a great excitement and people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, \

The young violinist asked calmly, “Are you Mr. George Sang?\The man nodded. The violinist asked, \\

The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. \

George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, and then he danced with the violinist.

The story turned out to be this: George Sang is an office clerk. He bought a lottery ticket issued by a bank a few days ago. The awards opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000. So he felt very happy after work and felt the music was so wonderful, that he took out 50 dollars and put in the hat. However the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna. He had booked the ticket and! would fly that morning. However when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled-the flight and came pack to where he was given the lottery ticket.

Later someone asked the violinist: \violin in the subway station every day to make the money. Then why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself?\

The violinist said, \I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever.\

93. Where did the poor young artist play the violin? He played his violin in New York.

94. What attracted the people, the music or the words on the paper? . 95. What did George Sang put into the young artist's hat on Friday? He put into the hat.

96. Why did the young artist cancel the flight to Vienna?

Because he . 97. The young artist didn't need money, did he? ________, . 98. What can we learn from the young artist?

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金山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题): (12分) This letter was sent to a newspaper in Germany.

13 October

Dear Editor

I am writing to ask what has happened to our youth. They are not as polite, hard-working or clever as my generation. I will give you two examples.

Last Friday, I got on the underground at 9.15 a.m. It was very busy so there were no free seats. There were some teenagers sitting on the seats nearest me. I don?t know why they were not at school. They were talking loudly and laughing. It was difficult to read my newspaper with all the noise. A heavily pregnant(怀孕的)woman and her daughter got on at the next stop, with lots of shopping bags. I expected the teenagers to let them sit down. They saw the woman but did nothing. I had to ask them to give her a seat. They reluctantly(勉强地)did so but gave me a rude look. I got off at the next stop and was glad that the teenagers didn?t follow me.

Last Saturday, I had dinner with my friend?s family. I was looking forward to meeting his children, who I hadn?t seen for ten years. During dinner, we started talking about world politics. It soon became clear that they didn?t know much. They couldn?t tell me the name of the King of Spain or the President of Italy. All they knew about was the internet and which singers were the most beautiful. In my day, students knew the kings, queens and presidents of every country in Europe.

I worry about the future of Germany. How could these young people become responsible workers and parents? They sit around Mcdonald?s after school instead of going to the library like I did at their age. Maybe they have too much money. Perhaps another reader can give us an idea about what to do with this ?lost generation?. Franz Vogts Hamburg

93. Who was the letter sent to?

It was sent to ____________ of a newspaper in Germany. 94. How did Mr. Vogts travel last Friday?

He travelled ______________________________________.

95. During the dinner, the children seemed to know much about politics, didn't they? ____________,______________________________________. 96. What is the Mr. Vogts' worry?

_________________________________________ is Mr. Vogts' worry. 97. What did Mr. Vogts do after school when he was young?

___________________________________________________. 98. What do you think your generation? Why?

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静安区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)：(12分)

On December 23, 2008, Niu Niu held a piano recital(独奏会) at the national Grand Theater. As an eleven-year-old boy, he became the youngest pianist ever to perform a concert at the theater.

Never too young to learn

Niu Niu was born into a musical family in Xiamen. His father Zhang was a piano teacher. Niu Niu grew up listening to his father's student playing the piano. At just three years old, Niu Niu asked his father to teach him to play, too.

\gave Niu Niu some sheet music(活动乐谱)and helped him find the eight notes(琴键)when he first played the piano. To my surprise, he played nearly 80 percent correct,\an age to learn piano, but Niu Niu changed his mind. He continued to allow Niu Niu to watch his teaching of other students and gave him more sheet music to play. Playing for fun

Zhang started teaching Niu Niu standard piano lessons when he was four. Unlike many other piano teachers, Zhang didn?t insist that Niu Niu play strictly with the correct finger positioning(指法). He said that the strict finger positioning would rob some kids of fun of playing. So Niu Niu could play in his own way. He could play the tone successfully. But Niu Niu was required to play the music without looking at the sheet music. Now he can memorize about 80 pages. Rising to fame

In 2003, at the age of 6, Niu Niu successfully held a sole concert(独唱音乐会) in his hometown Xiamen. At the age of 8, he gave a performance at the International Piano Festival in France. At the age of 10, Niu Niu played in London and his performance was praised by Prince Charles. Last year, this young pianist published his first album(专辑)“Niu Niu Plays Mozart” and over 10,000 copies have been sold in the world.

We are very glad to see a young Chinese pianist rising in the music world.

93. How old was Niu Niu when he performed a concert at the National Grand Theater?

___________________________________________________________________________ 94. Niu Niu?s father Zhang wasn?t a piano teacher, was he?

____________________________________________________________________________ 95. What did Niu Niu?s father feel when Niu Niu played nearly 80 percent of the sheet music correct? _____________________________________________________________________________ 96. Should Niu Niu play the piano with the correct finger positioning or in his own way?

____________________________________________________________________________ 97. In which year was Niu Niu?s performance praised by Prince Charles?

____________________________________________________________________________ 98. What do you think of Zhang?s way of teaching his son Niu Niu? Why?

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卢湾区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)：(12分)

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe (成熟) or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns (角) had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from early 1900s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues growing long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy (嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature (生物) from outer space. It is an expression firstly used about 400 years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play \

he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. 93. What does a greenhorn now refer to?

94. Is the person with a green thumb good at growing plants?

95. Who works hard and helps to develop new kinds of rice and other grains? 96. People don't use green to describe people's feeling, do they?

97. When was the expression \98. What kind of person with the green-eyed monster do you think he/she is?

闵行区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷

Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)：(12分)

Anna lived on the side of a valley in Australia. Although she was poor, she was always helpful. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses were washed away. Anna?s house was high enough to escape the flood. So, when the water had disappeared, here house was not damaged.

However, Anna?s house was quite small and there were only two little bedrooms. Her husband died of illness when their four children were very young. But, Anna shared her house with one of the families that had lost everything in the flood until it was possible for them to rebuild their own house.

Anna?s friends were very puzzled when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give herself so much more work and trouble when she had so many children to support. Life would be even harder when another family joined them.

“Well,” Anna explained to her friends, “ 30 years ago, a woman in the town where I then lived in Germany found herself very poor, because her husband had been killed in the war, and she had a lot of children, as I have now.”

The day before Christmas, the woman said to her children, “We won?t have much for Christmas this year, so I am going to get only one gift for all of us and I am sure we will all be glad to have it. Now I?ll go and get it.” She came back with a little girl who was eve poorer than they, and who had no parents. “Here is our gift,” she said to her children.

“The children were very excited and happy to get such a gift. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas gift.”

93. Was Anna?s house washed away in the big flood?

, . 94. How many people were there in Anna?s family?

. 95. How did Anna?s friends feel when she shared her house with a homeless family? They . 96. Where did Anna live 30 years ago?

. 97. Who was once given as a Christmas gift to a poor family? . 98. Why did Anna like to help the poor?

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浦东新区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷