题型:阅读理解 题类: 难易度:普通
浙江省宁波市江北区2024年中考英语一模试卷
①My daughter's pet fish is dying. Recently I find myself spending minutes and even hours staring at the clear round bowl, hoping for another performance of its wonderful dance. To be honest, I am not a fish person. Compared with cats and dogs, fish can neither play nor walk with me. To me, they are just so boring.
②But every morning now, I tap on the bowl, shake out some fish food and carefully throw it into the bowl, hoping the fish can eat it with the least effort. I try to make the fish more comfortable. Yet there's so little that I can do. The fish just remains still (一动不动的) at the bottom of the bowl.
③"Come on! Eat something!" I say. And suddenly I realize that somebody said the exact same sentences to me before. Many times.
④I think of the banana pancakes that my mother would serve me every time I became sick and stayed in bed. They were my favorite treat and always made me feel much better. "Come on! Eat something! Your body needs to be strong!" My mom would always say. What made me even warmer was the idea that she would always, always be there when I needed her.
⑤Many years later, I tried to do the same when my mother became sick. She was only 61 but seemed to get weaker every day. "Would you like some green tea?" Again and again, I would ask, "What about some cake? Hot chocolate? Strawberries?" I gently encouraged her to eat because I didn't know what else to do. "Please, Mom! Eat something! Your body needs to be strong!" But she would not. There she was, lying still on the bed, with her eyes closed. That was the last time I saw her.
⑥The fish is still lying at the bottom of the bowl. I stare at it and suddenly a familiar (熟悉的) face comes into my mind. Then I say in a low voice, "Mom, ▲ ."
Have you ever tried traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)?It's becoming popular among young people. According to the results of a 2023 survey by China Youth Daily,93. 3 percent of the young people said they had tried different kinds of TCM treatment methods such as tuina.
"Many young people in their 20s come to me for neck and back pains which are usually connected with the elderly,"said Ma Huifang,a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,who is also a TCM doctor. "I have noticed such diseases becoming more common among a younger age group. "When faced with the choice between Western medicine and TCM,young people often prefer TCM because it does work for these diseases,according to Ma. "One of TCM's main advantages is that it can provide a more proper and personalized medical method for different patients,"Ma added.
TCM has a growing influence on young people's lives,too. Many of them not only add TCM practices into their daily lives,but also learn TCM skills to treat themselves and others.
| I took a three﹣month training course on acupuncture and tuina. You wouldn't believe I overcame my sleeping problem with traditional methods. I also made some changes to my lifestyle according to the Five Elements Theory(五行说). |
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TCM is becoming popular in different countries around the world. Jia Kejie is a TCM doctor in Switzerland. Jia said that about a total of 5,000 people have come to her clinic(诊所) and received TCM treatment since it opened in 2002. Many international students come to China to study TCM as well. A report published in April 2023 said that the total number of international students studying TCM in China was 8,187 in 2020.
Dear Mary, Thanks for your email. I am happy to be your friend. I had a very busy weekend. Now let me tell you something about it. On Saturday morning, I got up early. At eleven o' clock, I went shopping in the supermarket. Then I went swimming in the swimming pool(泳池). After that, I had lunch at home and then cleaned the house. In the evening, I went out to ride bikes with my friends in the park. We like riding bikes. On Sunday morning, I also got up early. After breakfast, I read English books. English is my favourite subject(科目). I am good at it. In the afternoon, I visited my grandparents. They live far from my home, so I often go there by bus. This is my weekend. What do you think of it? Write to me and tell me about your weekend! Yours, Lucy |
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