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江苏省淮安市2019年中考英语试卷
A young lady was driving a family car home with her father when they were caught in a heavy storm. The young lady was a little afraid and asked her father. "What should I do, stop or keep driving?"
Her father said, "Keep driving."
After driving a few kilometers, the storm was becoming heavier and heavier. The young lady noticed that some cars and big transport trucks were pulling over（靠边停）to the side of the road. The young lady asked her father again if they should stop. But her father said nothing. So, she had to keep on driving.
Ten minutes later, the storm started to become small and she could see a little more clearly. After a couple of kilometers, she drove out of the storm. Moreover, the sun came out and the road ahead was dry.
Her father told her to stop and get out of the car.
"But why now, Father?" she asked in surprise.
Her father said, "When you get out, you can look back at all the people in cars and big trucks that gave up and they are still in the storm. Now, your storm is over because you didn't give up.
Don't give up, even if the stronger do. If you keep going, soon your "personal storms" will be over. The sun will shine on you again and the road ahead will be dry and clear.
Some of you might often feel unhappy or forget how great you are. But do you want to make you feel good about yourself? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Look at the mirror and say to yourself, I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything. It may not sound good, but it really works!
Smile. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Look for the good things in your friends and family.
Do something nice for someone. Helping others always makes you feel good.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Have you ever wanted to decorate(装饰) your own room or learn how to swim? Go for it! New challenges are fun and give you a sense of achievement when you have finished.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Turn off the TV, be friends with the books and let your dream fly!Write down your thoughts, dreams or anything you want! Writing always helps to open up your thoughts.
Stay with your family. We all need our family time. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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A. Learn something new. B. Read and start a diary. C. Ask your friends for help. D. Be friendly to people you meet. E. Here some suggestions for you. F. Talk with your mum or dad or maybe even your cousin. |
Do you have a tail? Of course not, we know. But tails are like opinions, actually, everyone has them: fishes, birds, most reptiles, and even some of our closest relatives
Since tails first evolved(进化) at least 500 million years ago. Geckos (壁虎)use them to store fat. birds use them to steer through the air, But for most mammals (哺乳动物).{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Yet, as you get closer to humans on the evolutionary tree, tails disappear, Gorillas(大猩猩)don' t have them, and neither do chimps(黑猩猩) or any other apes (类人猿) including us, of course, To understand why, take a look at how we walk.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}walking like this gives us a huge advantage because unlike four﹣legged animals. which have to pour energy into every step they take, two legs take advantage of gravity(重力),which does some of the work for us. You see, each time we take a step, gravity pulls us forward. The end result is that when we walk, we use around 25% less energy than walking on all fours, and this way of getting around also totally eliminate (淘汰) the need for a tail.
It's said that you can still see a reminder of a time when our ancient ancestors had one. Just look at a human spine(脊椎).{#blank#}3{#/blank#}That's your tailbone. It's all that's the rest of our tail.
Now, babies are born with what looks like a tail, but that's not what's really going on. Most often, these tails are actually a parasitic twin(寄生虫). These types of tails usually form as a birth defect(瑕疵).{#blank#}4{#/blank#}
So the tail of humans has gone, it's the result of evolution millions of years Will humans be much taller, stronger or smarter in the future?
| A. Nowadays, humans can walk completely upright. B. And in these situations, doctors will advise to remove the tails with no harm to the babies C. they serve one major purpose—balance. D. You can see how the last few bones are partly fused(融合) together |
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