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广东省广州市2020年中考英语试卷
Storytelling
Storytelling has caught the human imagination for thousands of years. People everywhere have told stories to amuse, to teach, to remember, and just to pass the time. People started telling stories long before writing was invented.But people all over the world still tell one another stories out loud. A person who can tell a good story nearly always finds listeners.
Before people developed writing, storytelling was the most important way to pass along information. Anything a culture wanted to protect—its beliefs, its history, and its traditions—had to be told out loud. Each generation would tell the culture's stories to the next.Knowledge passed on in this method is called the spoken tradition. Even cultures that know how to write still pass along some information in this way.
In other cultures only special storytellers were trusted to do this important job. A culture's best storytellers had good memories. They could also make the stories very interesting, so people would listen and remember them. Sometimes people would sing the stories or tell them in the form of poems.
However, stories told aloud change over time as different people tell them. A storyteller might change a story in order to make it better. Or a teller may simply not remember all the details of a story. Unlike written stories, the spoken tradition is not created by any one person. Sometimes the stories are collected and written down long after they have been created.
A. In this way the stories were passed along. B. In some cultures everyone would pass along the stories. C. Songs and poems can both make stories easier to remember. D. Instead, a whole culture helps shape the changing stories throughout history. E. Today stories are also written down in books and acted out in movies, TV shows, and plays. |
Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. If so, the following health habits may help you.
Eat breakfast every morning
Research(研究) shows that if you eat a meal in the morning, you may not become too fat or eat too much during lunch. Eating breakfast can help people feel better through the day.
Get enough sleep
Poor sleep can influence(影响) our memory and learning. It can also cause traffic accidents! Studies show that people who don't get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So stay safe and get enough sleep!
Take a walk every day
Walking is an easy way of exercising. You'd better meet friends for a walk, not for a meal. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you'll find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy.
Join social groups
Social groups can provide support. They might include sport teams, art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and can help each other in difficult times. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy. And active mind is a healthy mind.
Have a hobby
A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest. Hobbies bring us joy, too.
Title: Ways to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} our health | |
Eat breakfast every morning | ◆Breakfast stops you from eating too much during lunch. ◆It can help you feel better {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the day. |
Get {#blank#}3{#/blank#} sleep | ◆Poor sleep influences your memory and learning. ◆It may {#blank#}4{#/blank#} traffic accidents |
Take a walk every day | ◆Walking is an easy way of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. You'd better meet friends for a walk {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of a meal. ◆Enjoy the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} world around you while walking. |
Join social groups | ◆You can get much support, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and help from social groups. ◆Being in a group keeps your{#blank#}9{#/blank#} busy. |
Have a hobby | ◆Different hobbies can help you relax and rest. ◆Hobbies bring us joy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} well. |
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Jack likes studying about Chinese diet culture. He is going to buy some cooking books to learn how to cook.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Lu Fang is good at cooking. She is preparing for the food festival. She can make many delicious food.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Ann is from England. She is interested in uniforms. She wants to learn how to design uniforms.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Tim loves Chinese clothes culture. He wants to learn about the Tang costume.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Li Hua said she wanted to buy a cheongsam. She thought it was fantastic. |
A. The Tang costume is one of the Chinese fashion cultures. There will be a speech about the Tang costume at 3:00 p.m. at school hall. Everyone comes on time. B. What a beautiful dress! I will take it for my mother. C. There will be a food festival on the playground at 8:00 next Saturday. We hold the food festival in order to raise some money for the poor children. Please come. D. The women's wear section is in the second floor of the Dongsheng Supermarket. There are all kinds of clothes for women. E. Mrs. Wang can design all kinds of uniforms. She teaches us to design uniforms at the Yinglun Fashion Hall at 10:00 a.m. every day. F. The first music festival is open now. Thanks for coming. You will have a wonderful time. G. There are all kinds of books in the Hongxing Bookstore, especially about cooking books. Welcome. |
Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Getting angry with others can cause you to lose friends.
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen.
The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} "Getting angry is not a natural way to act," the book says, "It's just a bad habit, like smoking."
The book says you can control your anger easily—all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.
The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Keep a record. When you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.
Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.
A. Here are the top three. B. Do something different. C. It can never make them better. D. You may ask how to use the tips. E. If you do, you need to control your feelings. |
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