广东省广州市2019届中考英语模拟试卷（七）

    People can hardly believe that Fred Carey is one of the best students in his class. He1a trouble maker and often drove his teachers mad.

    Fred's father died when he was just a 2 boy. Life became 3for him. His mother had to work to pay for his education. As a result, she was seldom at home. She tried to look4him well, but Fred caused a lot of problems for himself and his family. He had no 5 in studying and often got into trouble with the police. Luckily, his mother was very patient and didn't give up 6him. 7 the end, she made a difficult decision 8 him to a boy's boarding school. Fred hated it at first and caused even9 trouble. He told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. Even the teacher agreed that Fred was wasting his time.

    The headmaster suggested that Fred should have a talk with his mother. "It was exactly10 I needed." he said. "My mother helped me understand how much she had given to me." She also told me that 11 my father was no longer with us, he was watching me and would always be proud of everything 12I had done. That's the time when I decided to change. I realized that since my father died, I had been afraid of being alone, and had tried to make my mother 13 more about me.

    Now Fred has really changed. He has been working hard. How was he able to change? His mother's love helped him to feel 14about himself, and as Fred himself says, "15 very important for parents to be there for their children."

    Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered and never gave way to 1.

    One day the father decided to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 2his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got what his father wanted, he turned 3 and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn't 4enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But 5of them would give way to the other. They 6straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. "What shall I do? My son hasn't 7yet. I can't wait any longer." He wanted to know what was the 8with his son. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to town to look for his son.

    "You may first take the 9 home for my friends. Let me stand here against him10." He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

    Parking has been a problem for drivers for a long time in Taizhou. The Transportation Department is mapping out a new plan for the city's parking system. There are about 100 thousand cars on the road in Taizhou but only enough parking space to provide room for 15 percent of these vehicles. It is no wonder that local drivers get so worried trying to find a place to park.

    The number of the private car owners is becoming larger and larger. In March, the city sent out 1,500 private car licenses, the highest number of licenses ever sent out in a month. And prices rose to over 2000yuan, 500 more than in February. Industry experts say this suggests that local people want to have their own cars.

    By the year 2020, the number of cars in Taizhou will probably reach 200 thousand. If one parking lot is for each car, then a lot of parking space should be built for these vehicles. The center of Taizhou is most short of parking space. However, experts point out that simply building more parking lots in these areas is not practical and doesn't solve the problem. The idea of "Park & Ride" system has been suggested. This means that underground train and city train should be developed quickly. Drivers can leave their vehicles in car parks near subway and bus stations and then they can ride public transport to go to the city center. Based on this idea, the city will cut down the number of parking lots in the city center and need higher parking fees. Meanwhile it will build more parking areas near main subway and bus stops.

    Once upon a time there was an old man. He was really good at fishing. One day, he was fishing on the bank of a river. Soon he caught a full basket of fish. Just at that time, a child came and said to him, "Can you give me the fishing rod(钓鱼竿) in your hands? The old man looked up at him and said, "I can give you a full basket of fish." But the child shook his head. The old man was surprised and asked, "Why do you want the rod instead of the fish?"

    "Oh! You know it doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any fish to eat."

    You may certainly think that the child is very smart. Wrong! If he doesn't know how to fish, he cannot eat any fish, even if he has the fishing rod. It's useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are more important than the fishing rod.

    Too many people think that if they have "a fishing rod" in their life, they will no longer fear the wind and rain. In fact they will make the same mistake like the child in the story.

    Since the beginning of history, man has been fascinated by the idea of living forever, of winning the fight against death and disease. So far, this has only remained a dream, though a very powerful one. Many people have wondered whether it would be possible to find a way to preserve human bodies, and what would be the best way to preserve human bodies.

    It has long been known that meat or fruit can be kept fresh for long periods by freezing; in ancient China, for example, food was stored with ice to keep it fresh. This method could also be useful for preserving humans, and in fact many people have explored this possibility.

    However, most living beings that exist under warm conditions die when frozen. This is because of the harmful effects of freezing ice crystals, which are not only larger than the volume of the water originally in the cells, but also form sharp cutting shapes that harm the cells.

    In the 1940s Dr B. J. Luyet and a group of scientists in England were working on the problem of freezing cells without damaging them. Since the harm caused by ice crystals was the main cause of the damage, Luyet suggested removing some or all of the water from the cells before freezing them.

    Using living cells from chicken, Luyet and his assistants discovered that they could partly dry the chicken cells, using a mixture of the white part of an egg and glycerin, a clear thick liquid made chiefly from fats and oils. Some success was obtained. The chicken cells were dried, frozen for a period of time, and then carefully unfrozen.

    Almost all the cells recovered when they reached normal temperature. Since then, the cooling of whole animals to a temperature very much below freezing point for later unfreezing has become more of a possibility, and the glycerin method would probably be used to accomplish this. When this can be done completely and successfully, science will have moved much closer to its aim of freezing and storing incurable patients until the day they can be cured.

    Welcome to this short tour of London. In this square we are standing in the middle of London. Opposite is the National Gallery, a museum with lots of famous paintings. Go along the red street to Buckingham Palace. The queen lives here.

    Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Opposite you can see the London Eye. It takes you 135 meters above the River Thames. You can see most of London on a clear day.

    When you are tired, the best way to see London is by boat. You can get the boat near Big Ben. As you go along the river, the London Eye is on your right, near the Railway Bridge.

    Get off the boat at Tower Bridge. Then you can see the Tower of London next to the bridge. The Tower of London is the city's oldest palace. It is nine hundred years old.

    Take the boat back along the river. Get off the boat and go past the station and walk along the street. Opposite is the old fruit and vegetable market. They don't sell fruit and vegetables now. There are stores and restaurants, and lots of street musicians. Turn left into King's Street, and go past the church. You're now back where you started, at the square. Now you finish your tour.

    Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy. A true friend does indeed find pleasure in our joy and share sorrow in our grief. In time of trial, he or she is always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort.

    We must choose someone who has a good character, whose activities are good and who shows kindness of heart.

     If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she won't tell anyone else. Friends share each other's joys and sorrows. They help each other when they are in trouble and cheer each other up when they are sad.  In conclusion, when you have made a good friend, don't forget him or her.

A. Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very careful in our choice of a friend.

B. It is very difficult to find a better definition of friendship.

C. A true friend can always be trusted, loved and respected.

D. The most important thing is that a friend always understands you.

E. We should avoid these shallow people who are easily changed by adversities or misfortune.

It's wet everywhere.   it is!

He asked me fly a kite.

Smoking in the library.

We have classes .

He know the bad news his mother told him.

There a talent show in our school next week.

I am looking forward you soon.

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    I did a survey in my class about "Should middle school students bring their mobile phones to school？"Here are the results.