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山东省泰安市岱岳区满庄一中2018届英语中考模拟试卷
On June 2, 1886, a German captain threw a message in a bottle into the water while his ship crossed the Indian Ocean. Around 132 years later in January, the bottle was found on the Australian coast
The bottle was thrown into the water to track ocean currents (洋流). Between 1864 and 1933, German sailors threw thousands of bottles into the sea.
But throwing messages in bottles into the ocean is not just for scientists. People send out such messages for many reasons. Some people write information about themselves in the hopes of finding a pen pal And still other people just write down some jokes, song lyrics or anything else they think might be fun.
There are even online messages in bottles. People can send the messages through WeChat or QQ.
The reasons and ways might be different, but the goal is always the same: to reach out and try to connect with someone In 1988, the British band The Police wrote a song called Message in A Bottle that describes this feeling.
As the song's lyrics say, we are “a hundred billion castaways(被抛弃者) looking for a home”. When will you feel relieved (释然的) ? “A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
A. Others write down secrets, hoping that the waves will wash them away.
B. This kind of shared feeling might be why this tradition has remained popular for so long.
C. making it the oldest-known message in a bottle in the world.
D. Seems I'm not alone at being alone.
E. Some 663 of those messages were found later.
Mr Green is our foreign(外国的)teacher. He is a good teacher. He likes to teach us a lot, and he is nice to every student. His lessons are very interesting. we usually have fun in his classes. We all like him.
He is a tall and strong man. He says he is 40 years old. But he looks very young. He comes from the USA. Now he lives in Nanjing with his family. He has a daughter. She is a pretty girl. And she studies at our school too.
Mr Green is very"in". He can sing many English songs. We all like to listen to him singing. He also likes sports. He is in the school basketball team. Mr Green likes reading. He has lots of books. We often borrow books from him.
I think we are lucky(幸运的)to have a teacher like Mr Green.
根据短文内容,完成下面的表格。(每空一词)
Name | Mr Green |
Job | A {#blank#}1{#/blank#} |
Nationality(国籍) | {#blank#}2{#/blank#} |
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} | 40 |
What he is like | Mr Green is tall and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. He looks {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. His {#blank#}6{#/blank#} are interesting and he likes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} his students a lot. |
His likes(喜好) | Music ,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} and reading |
Family | He has a pretty {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. She {#blank#}10{#/blank#} at our school. |
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Henry Clark is an ordinary worker who is crazy about mysteries of science. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Linda White, CEO in an IT company, always shows great interest in the information about modern technology. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Colin Zhang is a Chinese student who has difficulties in learning English, and she wants to make progress in it and write some articles about Chinese culture in English. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Mary Green is a woman who tries her best to keep pace with the fashion. She wants to buy something that can help her. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Thomas Brown is a historian who is interested in English history. He likes reading that kind of" books in his spare Lime. |
A. Wire It j s a magazine. It is designed for leaders in the field of information engineering, including top managers and professionals in the computer, business, design and education industries. It has articles on how technology changes people's lire. B. Crazy English It is written for the students who are learning English as a foreign language. The writer Li Yang says it will be of great help to the person who reads it carefully. C. A bite of China Do you know to make your favourite food, where to buy the best ingredients(食材)for it, where to find the best place for eating and the history of the dish? Maybe this book will answer all of these questions. D. Self It is a handbook about women's physical and mental health. It contains useful articles, such as "Style Lab". in which wearable clothes are mixed and matched on" Non—models "and" Eat—right Road Map", with tips on how to eat properly. E. A History of the English—Speaking People The book was written by Winton Churchill. It tell s us about something that happened during the time when the New World was discovered by Columbus. F. Discovery It j s a kind of news magazine of science about the wonders and stories of modern science, written for the general educated readers. It tells many stories which are also read by professionals in Scientific American. G. Weather Language The book tells us British people are famous for talking about the weather, while the weather also affects the way they speak and the phrases they use. |
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