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陕西省2020年中考英语试卷

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New Zealand offers free school lunches to thousands of kids

    WELLINGTON, Feb. 20 ( Xinhua) – “Thousands of children have begun receiving a free lunch on schooldays under the government's free and healthy school lunch program," Prime Minister (首相) Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.

    "The program is for 7 ,000 students at 31 schools right now. The number will extend to 21,000 students in 120 schools by the start of 2021 ,"Ardern said while she was serving up lunch at a school in Hawke's Bay.

    "A full stomach makes all the difference to a child's learning," Ardern said.

    "Providing a free and healthy lunch at school is one way to help New Zealand become the best place in the world for school children. And people can see that difference right away," she said. She added that providing these lunches was also a great way for local families to have jobs.

    "The program is one of 75 plans from New Zealand's CYWS (Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy). It started last year and developed with the money from 10,000 New Zealanders including 6,000 young people," said Education Minister Chris Hipkins.

(1)、What kind of writing is it?
A、Story. B、News. C、Email. D、Invitation.
(2)、The underlined word "extend" here means "__________".
A、increase B、double C、remain D、fall
(3)、From the second paragraph, we know that Ardern was __________ when she explained the program.
A、planning for the free lunch program B、giving lunch to the school children C、thinking how to provide jobs for local families D、collecting money from New Zealanders
(4)、By "A full stomach makes all the difference to a child's learning," Ardern meant that "__________".
A、learning well mainly depends on eating B、learning to eat a proper lunch is important C、eating has nothing to do with learming D、children will learm better if they eat well
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Welcome to Beijing, the capital city of China. I'm Ma Li. I'll be your1 . You'll have a two-day tour in Beijing. 

On the first day, you'll get up2 in the morning and then go to Tian'anmen Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony(升旗仪式). After that, you can take a walk in the square. At about half past eight, you'll3 the Palace Museum. There you'll see many4 things in ancient times. At eleven o'clock, you'll walk to Beihai Park and stay there for two and a half5 . You can go boating in the park. In the afternoon, you'll go to Wangfujing Dajie. There are many large shops6 the street. There you can go7 and buy your favourite things. 

On the second day, you'll go to the Great Wall after you have breakfast. You'll have two hours to8 on the wall. So don't9 your mobile phones and cameras in the hotel rooms. After you have lunch in a10 , you'll leave for the Olympic Sports Centre. After that, you'll go to the Summer Palace. At six o'clock, you'll11 your tour and go back to your hotel.

Living in a big city also12 a few bad things. People are everywhere, especially on the underground. There are a lot of cars. So the traffic is a little13 because of traffic jams. 

Come and visit Beijing. And I14 you will fall in love with this city. I'm sure that you will have a15 time during your two-day tour in Beijing. 

 阅读理解

You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?

Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions (《红楼梦》), written by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763). Now the book has been made into an English-language opera. After being performed in San Francisco, US, the performance came to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan in 2017. 

Many of the opera's creators have backgrounds in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights (剧作家). Their understanding of both cultures helped them change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera. 

The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Hwang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a heartbreaking tragedy that everyone would understand. 

The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes and stage settings. He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin showed up on stage, there was usually water around her on the stage. 

The creators considered it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Westen audiences. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to "have made a contribution to the land where my parents were born."

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