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河南省2020年普通高中招生英语预测考试卷（五）（含听力音频）
Because of the high price of housing, many of us are living in smaller spaces than we'd like. However, living in small spaces is not that bad. It has some advantages.
It can take thousands of dollars to make a large space look better. Small spaces, however, make decorating simpler and more affordable. Instead of many pieces of large, expensive furniture, you only need a few to make your style. You'll have plenty of money left for other things.
They're easier to clean. This must be one of your favorite things about living in a small space. The bigger the space is, the longer it takes to tidy up. That's why small spaces are welcomed by those who like being surrounded by cleanliness and don't want to spend much time and energy in keeping them that way.
It takes a lot to pay for heating, cooling and electricity, which can also cost much energy. When you compare the electricity bill of someone living in 500 square feet with that of someone living in 3, 000 square feet. the difference can be great, We use less energy and produce less waste when we live in small spaces.
They're easier to show your own style. Have you ever walked into a large home that feels more like a museum than the small home of someone you know? It's usually not the most familiar or welcoming atmosphere. Actually, you want your home to show your personal style.
A. They're cheaper to decorate.
B. No one wants to spend hours just cleaning.
C. So it also does good to our beloved Mother Nature.
D. They're money-saving and environmentally friendly.
E. It is much easier to decorate a small home in your own style.
My "perfect holiday"
Henry was a bus driver in a big city and he worked very hard. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. "Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air! Horse riding! Walking! Camping! Cheap and interesting."
"{#blank#}2{#/blank#}" he thought. "I'll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and camping. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside and water sports."
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first day of July, he left for West Hill Farm.
But four days later, he returned home.
"What was wrong with West Hill Farm?" his best friend, Ed, asked him. "Didn't you enjoy country life?"
" "Country life was very good," Henry said "{#blank#}4{#/blank#}"
"Oh. What problem?"
"Well," he said" The first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.'
"What's wrong with that?" Ed asked. "Fresh meat is the best."
"It's good, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner."
"Lucky you!"
"You don't understand, "Henry said."{#blank#}5{#/blank#} and we had roast pork for dinner. "
"A different kind of meat every day," Ed said loudly. "And you are complaining!"
"Let me finish, "Henry said." On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare to stay for dinner!"
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A. This sounds like a good idea. B. But there was a problem. C. On the third day, a pig died. D. He wrote a letter to the farmer. E. In his holidays, he enjoyed travelling. |
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A. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. B. It tells the students how to study well. C. Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. D. It tells teenagers how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. E. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. F. Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school? |
Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} If you do, you need to control your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with others can cause you to lose friends.
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.
"Getting angry is not a good way to act，" the book says. "{#blank#}3{#/blank#}".
The book says you can control your anger easily—all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.
The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three：
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Look at it later, and you will realize you get angry too easily.
Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
Do something different. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
We live on the earth. We use the sea around us. What do we take from the ocean? And what do we give to it?
We take fishes from the ocean—millions of kilograms of fish, every year, to feed millions of people. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}We take minerals (矿物) from the ocean. We can get salt by evaporating (蒸发) seawater. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}such as gold. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Seaweed (海草) becomes food of many kinds—even candy and ice cream—as well as medicine. Believe it or not, fresh water is another gift from the sea. We can't drink ocean water. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}But ocean water becomes fresh water when the salts are removed. In the future, we will find ourselves depending more and more on fresh water from the sea.
The sea gives us food, fertilizer, minerals, water and other gifts. What do we give the sea? We pollute the ocean all the time. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Throwing waste into the ocean is killing off sea life. Yet as the world population grows, we may need the sea and its gifts more than ever.
We are finally learning that if we destroy our sea, we might also destroy ourselves. Hopefully, it is not too late.
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A. Other gifts, such as seaweed, can be also got from the sea. B. Huge as it is, the ocean can't hold all that we pour into it. C. Along with salt, other minerals are left after evaporation. D. We even use their bones (骨头) for fertilizer (肥料). E. Some of its contents (所含物) may cause illness. |
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