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北京门头沟区2020年中考英语二模试卷

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    The 21st century discoveries about the human brain and its functioning have showed the surprising fact that human abilities are not fixed at birth. In other words, what you are able to do with your life is not fixed when you are born. It is not all in the genes (基 因 ). It is not just nature: nurture (教育, 培育) plays an important part in the moulding (塑造) of what a person is, and what he/she can be.

    Brain plasticity (可塑性) or neuroplasticity (神经可塑性) refers to the amazing ability of the human brain to modify (修改) its structure and functions according to the changes within the body and/or in the outer environment.

    In his book „The Brain that Changes Itself‟ psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., offers an introduction to the great scientists strongly supporting neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've changed. The book describes real life stories of stroke( 中 风 ) patients learning to speak again, and the amazing story of a woman born with half a brain that restructured itself to work as a whole. It is a book that changes the way we think about our brain, its nature, and its potential (潜能).

    The genes we receive from our parents are finite (有限的), no doubt about that. However, our brain's ability to develop is infinite. New brain cells are being born all the time, and to keep them alive and growing, we have to stimulate (刺激) them.

    Here lies the promise of neuroplasticity in the moulding of children into adults who are capable of realizing their potential. For, genius is nothing but a human being who has realized his /her inborn potential! What Mozart, Einstein and da Vinci had was inborn potential plus (和,外加) the right environment.

    All geniuses started life in exactly the same way. They had parents who supported the development of their individual gifts and talents. They had the right environment and stimuli (刺激, 刺激物) that led to the best development of themselves.

    You can think about your child's gifts as the merging (融合的) colours of a rainbow. The possibilities are endless. All children are born with three natural abilities that provide them with the potential to think like a genius: the abilities to think, to learn and to develop their own individual way of thinking and learning.

    Can your child be a genius? Yes, he/she can be, if you give him/her the right environment, the right stimuli and the right guidance.

(1)、What does the human brain modify when the outer environment changes?
A、The world. B、The stimuli. C、Its colour. D、Its structure and functions.
(2)、Which statement is true according to the passage?
A、Human abilities are fixed when they were born. B、A stroke patient can never learn to speak again. C、Nurture can mould of what a person is because our brain has its nature and potential. D、The genes we receive from our parents completely decide what we can do or can‟t do.
(3)、What's the main idea of Paragraph 7?
A、Discovering the time your child can be a genius. B、Discovering the gifts and talents of your child. C、Discovering the reason your child wants to be a genius. D、Discovering the colour of the natural abilities of your child.
(4)、Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A、Is your child a genius? B、Can your child be a genius? C、Do you want to be a genius? D、Is it important to be a genius?
举一反三
 D. Read the passage and answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) 

During the years of game making, there have been a number of games. Many old games have gone since modern games came out.

Teachers at a primary school asked their students to write articles about games they knew and were surprised by the results. Half of the 50 children in one of the classes wrote about online games. It is easy to see that traditional games like hide-and-seek and jump rope games are unfamiliar to many of today's schoolchildren. They like to play computer games, especially in the cities, with the rising popularity of TV, the Internet, video and online games.

An educationist said, "Traditional games used to be so popular, but over just a few years, kids have forgotten them. It's sad."

The games that many parents once played were generally outdoor activities which were enjoyed by students during breaks or after school. They usually needed several partners and just a little space.

Jump rope games, for example, have always been popular in many countries around the world. A kind of jump rope game, played with rubber bands which are connected together to make a long rope, is played in many countries.

Rubber band jumping was once very popular in primary schools. Girls loved playing this game. It can help kids practise their jumping skills and develop coordination (身体协调性), and also help them meet lots of friends.

It is common these days to see primary school students spending their breaks in the classroom. They are busy with their studies.

"When we were young, we played many different outdoor games, but today's children don't know what to play or how to play," a 40-year-old mother said. "They don't know what teamwork is."

Being worried by the situation, educational officers have tried to make some programmes to educate children on traditional games.

 Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.

Tigers are fierce animals. They are the bosses of the Asian jungles with their cleverness,quickness and strength. A pussycat,on the other hand

As a mother,the Chinese﹣American writer Amy Chua is definitely a tiger. Her book,Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (虎妈战歌) tells of the strict upbringing she gave her two children. She thinks that being  strict is the only way to d {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a child's potential and to make them strong,i{#blank#}2{#/blank#} and successful. Her kids were not allowed to watch TV or play video games. They were not allowed to "hang out" with other kids after school. They had to be the top students in their classes. And they had to p{#blank#}3{#/blank#} the piano and violin for hours every day. As a result,her kids became successful. She admits this caused a lot of tears and anger but she has few regrets (后悔). 

Chua says,like her,most A{#blank#}4{#/blank#} mothers are tigers because they believe their children can a{#blank#}5{#/blank#} a lot if they're pushed hard enough. She says American mothers are really cats. They care more about their children's self﹣esteem (自尊). They don't want to push their kids too hard for fear of hurting their feelings. W{#blank#}6{#/blank#} soft words and understanding,they encourage their children to find their own path. 

So,is a tiger mom better than a pussycat? Perhaps it depends on the differences between Asian and Western cultures. It may also depend on the child himself. Some kids need to be pushed w{#blank#}7{#/blank#} others respond to a gentler hand. 

To growl or to purr? There is no easy answer. 

 完形填空

My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to spend a week with my

husband Mike in Miami, Florida. 1 had been working in Florida for five months. Kallie       2 her dad terribly. 

The plane was full. I had3 a group of Boy Scouts(童子军) at the gate and said to my daughter that 4

anything happened, we would be OK with all those scouts on our5 !

Because we did not get our boarding passes until we6 the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together. That wasn't such a big deal, except that Kallie had counted on me reading to her the whole way. 

When the 7 in my row boarded the plane, I asked if they would change places with Kallie or me. They 8 , saying they wanted to stay in their own seats. 

At the same time, a mother and her two children several rows ahead of us also met the same 9 . The mother could hold her baby, but her 6-year-old son had to sit with strangers.  10 nobody offered to help her. 

Suddenly, the scout leader stood up and said: "Ma'am, I think we can help you. " He then 11 five minutes

rearranging his group so there was space available for the family. And then the mother was much more12 . 

Amazingly, the man sitting next to the scout leader, turned to me and asked: "Would you and your daughter like our13 ?" We changed seats and continued on our trip, very happy to be together. 

Would that man have 14 us his seat if the scouts hadn'tdone so for the mom and her children? I don't know. But

I do know that 15 is good, and good deeds cause more good deeds! Being kind is important and can be an example for everyone around you. One act of kindness can in turn cause many more kind acts. 

 完形填空

What does making a wish mean to you?

Do you like to make wishes? In the west, an old tradition is to make wishes with 1 .Because water is so important to life.People feel it is a 2 from the gods.So, they start throwing coins into wishing wells or fountains(喷泉).They must say their wishes out loud.This way, they believe the spirits(精灵) of the water will 3 the wishes and make them come true.

Disney's film Wish(《星愿》) 4 in November, 2023.It's about a girl and the wishing star.In the film, 17-year-old Asha makes a wish to the sky.

In Australia, where I'm from, we like to make wishes in 5 ways.Playing outside, you see a dandelion(蒲公英).Pick one up and 6 its seeds away, and then make a wish! Or you could throw a coin into a wishing well or fountain to make a wish.And of course, no one 7 making a wish on their birthday.

I would sometimes make wishes at Christmas.One year, I left cookies and milk for Santa Claus and wrote a note to him, "Dear Santa, please tell my dad to stop smoking.It is 8 for his health."On Christmas Day, I saw the reply from"Santa".He wrote, "Dear Maddy, thank you for the cookies and milk.As for your dad's smoking problem, that is something he has to do for himself." Can you guess who wrote it?

I felt a bit 9 that Santa couldn't help my dad.But it 10 me something important—only the person himself or herself can really make the wish come true.

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