发布时间 : 星期三 文章2017年江苏省扬州市区值、梅岭中学等六校中考英语三模试卷更新完毕开始阅读17ae4667814d2b160b4e767f5acfa1c7aa0082ee
Princess： Shall I cook something？
Reporter： No kitchen． Nothing to cook． I always eat out． Princess： Do you like that？
Reporter： Well， life isn't always what one likes， is it？ Princess： No， it isn't． Reporter： Tired？ Princess： A little．
Reporter： You've had quite a day．
Princess： A wonderful day． May I have a little more wine？ I'm sorry I couldn't cook us some dinner．
Reporter： Did you learn how in school？
Princess： （Looking proud） I'm a good cook． I could earn my living at it． I can sew， too， and clean a house and iron． I learned to do all those things． I just haven't the chance to do it for anyone．
Reporter： Well， looks like I'll have to move and get myself a place with a kitchen． Princess： Yes， I shall have to go now．
Reporter： There's something that I want to tell you．
Princess： （Going into the bathroom quickly） No， please， nothing． I must go and get dressed．
31． What does Princess mean by saying \， it isn't．\？ A． Life is always what one likes． B． Life isn't always what one likes． C． Life is never what one likes． D． Life is always what one dislikes．
32． The words in brackets， such as \（Going into the bathroom quickly）\tell ．
A． what the play is about
B． what the writer acts in the play
C． what the characters are saying to each other
D． what the characters are doing and how they are acting
33． Which of the following shows where the scene happens？ A． MOVIE： Roman Holiday
B． CHARACTERS﹣Princess and Reporter C． SCENE 8﹣Reporter's small flat D． Reporter： You've had quite a day
34．（8分）Zhou Youguang is often considered as the \． He created the writing system that turns Chinese characters into words using letters from the Roman alphabet． He died at the age of 111．
Mr． Zhou， who was born in 1906during the Qing Dynasty， studied in China's first Western﹣style university， St． John's in Shanghai， where he studied economics and linguistics． As a young man， Mr． Zhou spent time in the US and worked as a Wall Street banker and had several chats with Albert Einstein， according to New York Times． He returned to China in 1949and was given a task to create a new writing system using the Roman alphabet to help increase literacy．
Mr． Zhou spent three years developing the Pinyin system in the 1950s． It changed the way the language was taught and helped raise literacy rates（识字率）． \spent three years developing Pinyin． People made fun of us， joking that it had taken us a long time to deal with just 26letters，\． He is the man who helped simplify Chinese．
Before Pinyin was developed， 85% of Chinese people could not read， now almost
all can． It is also widely used to type Chinese characters on computers and smart phones． Now mobile phones and computers regularly use it for Chinese text input． \（时代） of mobile phones and globalization， we use Pinyin to communicate with the world． Pinyin is opening up the doors to the world，\told NPR． ﹣﹣From BBC
34． What form of literature is this article？ A． News． B． Novel． C． Poem． D． Play．
35． The underlined word \ ． A． 简单 B． 简化 C． 减少 D． 优化
36． Why was Mr． Zhou given a task to create a new writing system？ A． To take the place of the Chinese characters． B． To realize his own dream． C． To help increase literacy． D． To communicate with the world．
37． According to this passage， which of the following statements is TRUE？ A． Zhou used to be a banker in the UK．
B． Now all Chinese people can read with the help of Pinyin．
C． The Pinyin system told people what to teach and helped raise literacy rates． D． Zhou created the writing system that turns Chinese characters into words using letters．
38．（8分）One of the biggest challenges in trying to finish any personal goal is that we always put them off until tomorrow， that is because we always think we have more important things to do． So how do you make the time for your personal goals， here are some steps．
●One goal at a time． We have a list of things we want to finish． Too many goals can make us feel stressed， and because of that we never start． Or instead， perhaps we start with one goal and achieve it quickly， because it's quite difficult to keep attention and energy for too many goals at once． Now， focus on one goal at a time． Once you finish it， go to the next one．
●Make sure you really want it． It has to be something you really want． Ask yourself why you want to achieve this goal， and how much you want it． Plan out your motivations（动力）． That's important to do early on， or you won't make time for it．
●Keep it simple． It's important not to make your personal goal too difficult． You don't want to have a huge list of things to do in order to finish your goal． You'll be stressed． Instead， focus on a smaller sub﹣goal that will lead you to your bigger goal． If you have a long goal， you can finish it for steps．
●Make it part of your daily routine． This is important to keep the goal going for a long period of time． The most valuable goals are ones that it takes time to finish， and for those， you'll need to make it part of your daily routine．
●Show that you're serious． Tell as many people as possible about your goal． Write down your goal， and be in details． Then write out a plan， with dates and actions． Think about goals， and write down your ways for achieving them．
38． According to the passage， what can you do to keep your goal simple？ A． Make a huge list of things to do．