阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 C Ricardo Semler became the boss of his father&#039;s compan...

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2017年浙江省台州市椒江二中英语中考模拟试卷

阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Ricardo Semler became the boss of his father's company in Brazil at the age of 21. The name of the company is Semco. It sold parts for ships. Semler worked like a mad man, from 7:30 in the morning to midnight every day. One afternoon, while he was visiting a factory in New York, he fell down. The doctor said, “ There's nothing wrong with you. But if you continue like this, you'll find a new home in our hospital.” Semler got the message. He changed the way he worked. In fact, he changed the ways his workers worked, too.

At the same time, Semler changed the office. Instead of walls, they have plants at Semco, so the boss can't shut himself away from everyone else. And the workers are free to decorate their workplace as they want. As for uniforms, some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts.

Semco has flexible working hours: the workers can decide when they need to arrive at work. Also, Semco lets its workers use the company's machines for their own projects, and makes them take holidays for at least thirty days a year.

It sounds perfect, but does it work? The answer is in the numbers: in the last six years, Semco's revenues (收益) have gone from $35 million to $212 million. The company has grown from 800 workers to 3,000. Why?

Semler says it's because of “peer pressure” (同辈压力). Peer pressure makes workers work hard. It means if someone isn't doing his job well, the other workers will not allow the situation to continue. In other words, Semler treat his workers like adults rather than children, and expects them to act like responsible (负责任的) adults. And they do.

（1）、Why did Semler change the ways he and his workers worked?

A、Because he became mad. B、Because he had to stay in hospital. C、Because his father asked him to do. D、Because he realized the danger of overwork.

（2）、What does the underlined word “ flexible” probably mean in Chinese?

A、灵活的 B、短暂的 C、漫长的 D、固定的

（3）、What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?

A、Adults. B、Semler's workers. C、The bosses. D、Semco's revenues.

（4）、In Paragraph 4, the writer mainly wants to tell us .

A、the company made a lot of money B、the reason for Ricardo Semler's success C、Ricardo Semler's idea sounded perfect but it didn't work D、Ricardo Semler's method of running the company was successful

举一反三

   I heard the bees long before I saw them. It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John suddenly started to shout then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly followed but I was too far away to jump. I was trapped.
   I heard a low hum(嗡嗡声)，which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me. All I could do was cover my face with hands. Crazily, I thought that if I sat very still, the bees would think I was just another rock. After a few minutes, I knew my plan hadn't worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast. But it wasn't so easy. I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and frightening, but I had no choice.
   I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don't remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe, and the water felt wonderful. But we still weren't out of danger. Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting our heads under the water from time to time to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.

Zhang Li lies in bed sadly. The 24-year-old young man lost his right leg because of a blood disease. The doctor said that his 10 years of smoking had caused the disease. “I began to smoke when I was in Junior 3. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was really wrong.” said Zhang.
It is a mistake many teenagers make. It is said that about 40 million of the country's young people between 13 and 18 have tried smoking. Nearly 68 percent of teenager smokers smoked their first one before the age of 13. Those who live in big cities started even earlier. Many teenagers see people smoking in the movies. But in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing. In fact, smoking is one of the top killers in China. Each year one million people die from smoking-related(与吸烟有关的)diseases. Smoking causes illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease.
Doctors say that the younger a person starts smoking, the worse it will be. If a person starts smoking as a teenager, he or she may live twenty-two years less than non-smokers.

   Tom lived in a town near New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven years old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far(远的) from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never(从不) late for class and his teachers likes him very much.
   It was Monday that day. Miss Green was teaching them to count(数数) from one to ten in the morning. Tom was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Green was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Tom?”
Tom stood up and said, “Two, Miss.”
   “Who are they?”
   “My father and my mother.”
   “Oh,” Miss Green was surprised. She then said, “There're three people in your family.”
   “But now I'm not at home. I'm at school, you know!”

阅读理解

"I am a selfish child.

I hope the sunshine lies only upon me, so I can feel its warmth.

I am a selfish child.

I hope there is a corner of the world that can comfortable for me when I am sad,

I am a selfish child.

I hope my mom belongs only to me, so I can enjoy the sweetness of love. "

This poem was written by a middle school student in a lonely mountains town in Yunnan Province during her first poetry class. The girl missed her mother, who died when she was 5.

Kang Yu, the teacher who taught the girl how to write the poem, graduated from Renmin University of China in Beijing in 2015. Soon after her gradation, Kang moved to a town in Yunnan, and worked as a teacher at a middle school there.

Kang said, "Compared with students in the city, perhaps students in the countryside need a way to express their feelings and be heard more." Supported by the headmaster and other teachers, the school held eight poetry classes for students every year.

As the classes grew in popularity, Kang became the school's favourite teacher. After she finished her teaching at the school in June 2017, she returned m Beijing and planned to study abroad.

However, on Teachers' Day in 2017, Kang received a big box full of poems and Letters written by students at her old school. She felt she was needed and decided to abandon her plan of studying abroad. Instead, she set up Enlighten our Future, a charity that reaches students in the countryside how to write poems.

"Now, I go to several places every week I sleep less than six hours a night and the job provides no vacations and little money, but the happiness and satisfaction I feel is rewarding enough." Kang said.

请阅读下面短文, 理解其大意, 然后从每小题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中, 选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Last Monday, Miss Li cheerfully asked her students what their weekends were like. A boy said that he had spent a1 weekend —he had his teeth pulled out and they still hurt.

"Miss Li, why do you always seem to be so2 ? "he asked.

Hearing the question, Miss Li answered with a smile, "Every morning, you have a choice about how you will treat your whole day. I3 to be cheerful. "

"And today is my lucky day. "she added. "This morning. I rode my e-bike to school as usual.4 , the c-bike didn't work, so I had to go another kilometer down the road. "

"The e-bike is broken and it's your lucky day? "The students were amazed.

"What do you mean, Miss Li? "one girl asked curiously(好奇地).

"It broke down a quarter.5 class, so I left it at a right place and walked down the road. You know, it's spring now. The beautiful flowers, green trees and sweet bird songs were greeting me all the way. So I had the chance to 6 them. It took me ten minutes to arrive and I was still able to teach my class on time. "

The students' eyes opened wide, and then they smiled. Miss Li gave a 7 back. At that moment, her story touched them. She was happy that her students had a perfect chance to think about8 in a new way. Thinking in a different way can bring us a new world.

阅读短文，然后根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。

Rick, a school boy, had a love for playing video games. Every day, his1 reminded him to take some exercise instead of playing video games. However, he didn't always 2 .

Once again, Rick's mom told him seriously that his eyesight (视力) might get poor if he spent too much time on video games. It was a pity that he still didn't listen 3 . He kept playing. One day, during a math class, Rick's teacher got upset when he couldn't give an answer to a question like "2+2=?". After class, the teacher asked him why he couldn't solve such a 4 problem. Rick said that he knew the answer 5 couldn't see the board clearly. His teacher was worried and 6 his parents.

Realizing what had happened, Rick's mom warned him again that it was harmful to his 7 to play video games too much. And Rick's dad took him to an eye doctor for a check-up. The 8 showed that his eyesight had weakened. After asking about his habit of using eyes, the doctor advised Rick to take action to protect his eyes.

From that day on, Rick decided to 9 playing video games and take some exercise every day. Later Rick fell in love with sports and 10 his school soccer team. Now he has become stronger and healthier. His eyesight has also got better.

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