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安徽合肥市瑶海区2020年九年级下学期英语中考二模试卷

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    Everyone, likes to feel that he or she is special. Unfortunately, many of us grow up believing that we're not special at all. We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, or the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz (《绿野仙踪》), we believe we're not good enough just as we are. In the movie, the Scarecrow wishes that he had a brain. The Tin Man wishes he had a heart, and the Lion wants courage. In the end, each of them realizes that he already has what he needs.

    Most parents want us to be the best we can be. They sometimes try to encourage us to do better by comparing us to others. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we're not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed. There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. There are plenty of people around who may not be as smart as we are but who are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is impossible for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

    Like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, we all want what we believe will make us better people. What we don't realize is that often we already have inside us the very things that we seek. Parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough just as we are. Maybe no one told them that when they were growing up, or maybe they just forgot. Either way, it's up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are ... is enough.

(1)、Parents often ____________ to encourage us to do better.
A、read us The Wizard of Oz B、compare us to others C、buy us plenty of things D、tell us we are common
(2)、The writer of this article wants to tell us that _____________.
A、the Cowardly Lion doesn't have courage B、smart people are more special than others C、it is important to be better than everyone else D、we are all good enough just the way we are
(3)、This article was most probably written by a_________________.
A、patent B、teacher C、teenager D、sportsman
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There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food. Taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need. But

regardless of (不管) age, some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.

The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough. According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100,000 traffic accidents a year. Also sleep problems can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure.

Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are usually seen as "lazy". Also, you can sometimes hear some people say proudly that they don't have much time to sleep. They only sleep four or five hours a night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you'll do.

How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas, an expert in sleep. He says , "Sleep is like a credit card. When you sleep less. you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don't sleep, the more hours you should sleep to ‘pay back' the hours on your ‘sleep credit card'."

For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said. "Don't think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more."

 阅读下面的短文,然后根据括号内所给中文意思写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

The Chinese government promised to achieve carbon neutrality(碳中和) in the future. This has brought more chances for China's hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle industry(氢燃料电池汽车产业). When {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(比较) with traditional vehicles, we find hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are much friendlier to the environment. 

Now hydrogen fuel- cell vehicles cost a large {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(数量) of money. As a result, some people who want to buy them may need to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(借入) money. The vehicles that they prefer are still {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(主要地) traditional ones. However, as the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(技术) improves, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are sure to become much cheaper. 

Although the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle industry is still young, it is growing very fast, and may soon become more {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(有影响力的) than the traditional vehicle industry. In China, the hydrogen fuel- cell vehicle industry is taking shape. More than 2 billion yuanhas been spent on the research and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(发展) of hydrogen fuel- cell vehicles so far. Now there are more than 400 hydrogen filling stations across the country. This will surely cause a great increase in the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(交易) of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. So what {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(方向) will traditional vehicles take in the future? Will they be {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(取代) by hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles? Let's wait and see. 

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