江苏省江都区三中2018届九年级第三次中考模拟考试英语试题

C. to honor all male adult who act as a father

D. not to honor stepfather

( )32. What’s the underlined word observe mean in paragraph 2?

A.观察 B. 庆祝 C. 评论 D. 遵守

( )33.Which of the following is True?

A. Father’s Day is on June 19

B. It was President Lyndon Johnson who first proposed the idea of “father’s day”

C. The date of Father’s Day might differ in different years

D. Mrs. Dodd’s mother died of illness

B

What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers? Most people don't know what to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more are simply thrown away as the rubbish.

Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products (产品). Dell, Hewlett Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers.

In some countries, laws have been passed, too. Computer companies have

to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay for the cost. That will encourage them to make computers that are easier and cheaper to repair and

upgrade (升级).

Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford them at all. Hundreds of organizations are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers.

The computers then go to schools, charities and people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person's rubbish into someone else's useful things and cut down waste, too.

( )34.What do many people do with old computers?

A. They repair them B. They sell them

C. They send them to others D. They stop using them

( )35. According to the laws in some countries, computer companies must ________.

A. Recycle most of their products B. Collect all their used products

C. Repair and upgrade old computers D. Make more cheaper computers

( )36.What do organizations do to solve the problem of old computers?

A. Help the computer companies to collect them

B. Repair and send them to those who need them

C. Help people to learn to use them

D. Turn rubbish into useful things

( )37. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Repairing old computers. B. Encouraging to make cheap computers

C. Recycling old computers D. Helping those who need computers

C

School uniforms are becoming more and more popular across the U.S.A. That’s no surprise, because they offer many benefits. If all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing, and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes.

Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule — wanting to look just like their friends. The difference is that the

clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers(障碍); school uniforms break those barriers.

As in other places, uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties. For example, when a man or woman puts on a police uniform, he or she becomes the symbol of law and order. The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to others. People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another. For students, the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an education.

Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children’s “creativity.”(创造力) First, the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily（必然地） express their individuality(个性). They just copy their classmates. Second, students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they’re in school, their job is to read or write; this should take up all the creativity they have. Having those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way.

( )38. In Paragraph 1, the word “benefits” probably means _________.

A. tasks B. messages C. differences D. advantages

( )39. From the passage we learn that uniforms in general ___________ .

A. prevent the wearers from being laughed at