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四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共 10 分，每小题 2 分）（房山二模）

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that connected Europe, Africa and Asia long ago. It was named by F. von Richthofen, who was a famous German geographer. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. People reached these different places along these roads. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 7,000 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Businessmen travelled along the Silk Road to carry silk, of course. They also carried and traded other things like spices (香料), cloth, jewels and gold.

Along and around these ancient paths ( 小 路 ), have come many fascinating and mysterious stories.

It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They decided to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the stories of the blondhaired, blueeyed tribes of China was started.

Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir were taken away from their country Israel. They were prisoners (俘虏) of war almost 2,800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish way of life for a long time. During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods from different areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes 路线( ) are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35, 000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples. 34.Who gave the name “Silk Road”? 35.How long was the Silk Road?

36.What did people trade along the “Silk Road” in the past? 37.Did people share languages and cultures along the Silk Road? 38.How does China protect the history of Silk Road?

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五、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共 10 分，每小题 2 分）（丰台二模）

We see them everywhere — on boxes of food, on packages and on CDs. They, of

course, are bar codes. The invention of bar codes has changed the way we shop and

how companies learn where their products are.

It was two university students from America, Bernard Silver and Norman

Woodland, who first got the idea of bar codes. In 1948, they heard that the president

bar codes of a food company was looking for a way to easily get information about

what was being sold to customers. They tried to help by using a code system. They

invented a large electronic reader to read the codes. However, computers couldn’t easily

record the data that was read.

Then, in the 1960s, David Collins made important developments in bar codes. He developed a system for recognizing train carriages. In order to develop the recognition

system for other kinds of businesses, Collins started his own company. In 1969,

Collins’s company put a bar code reading system in a car factory, showing that bar

codes could be useful.

Shortly after Collins started his company, an American electronic company called

RCA also saw the potential (潜力) of bar codes to help businesses. RCA’s system,

which recorded how much of a product was sold, was not perfect. Since bar codes were

not common, not all products had them and different companies used different codes.

Then, Woodland helped develop the Universal Product Code (UPC), which gave every

product a code that included information about the manufacturer and the kind of product

being sold. This made bar codes much more practical.

In addition to shops, hospitals use bar codes to recognize patients by giving them cards with bar codes on them. Libraries use bar codes to record which books have been

lent, and airports use them to find out where bags are going. Bar codes have made life

much easier and simpler.

34.What changed the way we shop?

35.Who first got the idea of bar codes?

36.Why did Collins start his own company?

37.What do hospitals use bar codes to do?

38.What is the passage mainly about?

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六、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共 10 分，每小题 2 分）（昌平二模）

My Mother, My Role Model

My mom is one of the most important people in my life and what makes her so

special is that she seems to have no idea how encouraging she is. She has led our family

and guided my brothers and sisters and me simply by being herself. She leads by

example, showing us her values and making sure we live by our own. She carries out

this example by pushing us to do our first volunteer work when I was only seven, and

she joined in herself. She pushes us to treat everyone we meet with respect and I have

never heard of her speaking ill of others or putting someone down.

She cares for the people she loves from the bottom of her heart and always puts

our needs before those of her own. My mother herself is easygoing and selfless and

works hard to connect and understand each of her children to make sure we are able to

laugh at ourselves and never take life too seriously. She strongly believes in treating

everyone equally (平等的), but not completely in the same way. She could always find

the right way for the different child so that everyone can get the most from her advice.

She looks to the goal of making us independent, successful, and capable ( 有能力

的) in the world and while she encourages me to work through difficulties, she also

hardly ever pushes her ideas onto me. She is always there supporting me whether I win

or lose, pass or fail.

She is my leadership role model and from her I learn to focus on one’s strong

points, but not weaknesses. I learn to not only set a drive in my followers but also have

them know that they are important to me no matter what they achieved.

In my last leadership experience, the girls in my group were to examine their lives

and decide who they want to be for the future. My mother’s example helped me find

ways to make these girls comfortable enough to open up and share their experiences. I

have taken what my mother has taught me and carried it out into a special leadership

style that perfectly puts her practice and my own experience together.

34. Who is the writer’s role model?

35. When did the writer start to do volunteer work?

36. Why can different child get most from the mom’s advice? 37. What goals does the mother have for her children? 38. How does the writer develop his leadership?

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2014海淀二模

Today, young people spend about six hours a day in front of a TV or a computer

and less than four minutes playing outdoors. It is not healthy for the mind and the body when time spent using technology replaces outdoor time.

Some health experts( 专 家 )call green time “vitamin G”. Kids who don’t get

outdoors much are likely to have trouble in school. Doctors believe that is because being outdoors excites the mind more than sitting around indoors. Even those who usually spend a lot of time outdoors notice a difference when they don’t get green time. Madelyne P., 14, says, “I feel more tired when I don’t get outdoors.”

Researchers believe the positive( 积极的 )effects of green time come from the

physical activity in pastimes such as hiking or boating. Exercise produces brain chemicals that improve learning, mood, and sleep. It also improves learning by increasing connections between nerve cells that are important in learning and memory. Some schools hold classes outside for those reasons. Student Hannah Smith, 18, says she believes the outdoors helps her focus and gets her to learn. Learning in a forest sparked her interest in art and photography, too.

Even doctors are helping give their patients a dose of vitamin G. Miller writes

“park prescriptions(处方)” for her patients because, she says, “being outdoors is good

for health.” She finds that when she gives patients park prescriptions, they are likely to continue with them.

Getting outdoors can be simple, just like calling together your family for a picnic

lunch. All it takes is five minutes or more of green time. Get outside, and get your vitamin G!

64. Do young people today spend more time in front of a TV than playing outdoors? ___________________________________________________ 65. What do some health experts call green time?

___________________________________________________ 66. Where do the positive effects of green time come from?

___________________________________________________ 67. Why does Miller write ―park prescriptions‖ for her patients? ___________________________________________________ 68. What does the passage mainly tell us about vitamin G?

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20152016 海淀九年级期中考试

Films provide more than just entertainment ．Watching foreign language films is

a way to develop language skills．While watching a film，you are immersed（沉浸）

in the language and can pick up new expressions that you might not find in a

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textbook ． Some difficulties can arise when watching foreign language filmsfor

example，unfamiliar colloquial language or strong regional accents．With this in mind，

here are my tips to help you make progress in English learning while enjoying the films．

Choose a film type that you enjoy.

If you like action films，watch an action filmfor example Indiana Jones ．If you

prefer comedies，watch a comedyanything with Hugh Grant in always provides a laugh！ It's simple enough ，but if you choose something you enjoy watching in your native language，you're more likely to enjoy it in English．

Choose something that you are familiar with.

It's best to start off with something simple because in this way you have a higher

chance of understanding the film ．Disney films such as The Lion King ，or the more recently released Tangled ，are classic examples ．Other cartoons such as Rango and The Lego Movie are also worth a watch． If you need to，use subtitles（字幕）．

Subtitles are very helpful for beginners ．using subtitles in your own language is

the easiest choice ，but for more advanced learners why not consider using English subtitles ？ This way ， you can match the written subtitles to the words spoken on .screen．It helps you to develop your language further.

I hope you find these tips usefulif you want to recommend a film to other users ，

feel free to use the comments section！

61 ．Is watching foreign language films a way to develop language skills？ 62 ．What film type can we choose to learn English？ 63 ．Why is it best to start off with something simple？

64 ．What are helpful for beginners while watching English films？ 65 ．What is the passage mainly about？

九年级期中考试

Summer camp is a great place for making new friends and finding people to hang out with. Even if you do have friends, just consider it an opportunity to find new people

and make new friends, and maybe start up one of those lifelong friendships.

Firstly, try to start conversations. Go up to people and introduce yourself. Don’t

laugh too hard or talk too loud just to appear confident. Ask people to go get ice cream

with you or to go to the pool. Make your social group as large as possible. At camp there are normally at least a hundred kids, and there will be all different types of people to make friends with.

Enjoy the bus rides. One of the easiest times to make new friends is during the bus

ride. Talk to a few people before the bus leaves. Then once you get on the bus, ask one

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to sit next to you. If he or she is excited and asks you to sit with him or her on the ride,

you know that you are liked. Bring along some card games or other multiplayer activities to do on the bus. You might be able to make friends before you even leave the bus!

People will only want to hang out with you if you’re both interestedand interesting.

So, be prepared to ask questions and answer them too. Keep in mind that music is a

great way to bring people together, so if you’re not sure what to talk about, ask someone about their favorite singer or band.

Be creative. If there is nothing to do, think of something! Make people think of you

as the one to have fun with. All around camp there are things to do. You will be highly

respected by turning the most boring activities into the most interesting ones. Don’t be afraid of new ideas. Sometimes they can make you popular.

59. Should you laugh too hard to appear confident?

60. What can you bring on the bus ride?

61. What can you do if you are not sure what to talk about? 62. How can you be highly respected? 63. What is the passage mainly about? 九年级期末考试

Can you imagine a world without a writing system for

your language? It may be hard to picture it now, but a man

named Sequoyah lived in such a world. Sequoyah was a member of a native American tribe, the Cherokee. Cherokee people speak their own language, but for hundreds of years they did not have a system of writing. Without a writing system, the Cherokee had no newspapers or books before 1809.

Sequoyah was probably born around the year 1770 and lived with his mother in a

small village in the mountains of Tennessee. When he grew up, he became a blacksmith.

When he was doing business with those “Englishspeaking people”, he noticed that they used paper with marks to record their thoughts and ideas. Sequoyah called these pieces of paper with marks “talking leaves”. He began to wonder why people who spoke Cherokee did not have a way to write down their words.

In 1809, Sequoyah decided to give the Cherokee their own “talking leaves”. At

first he tried to make a different symbol for every word in the Cherokee language. But

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in that case, there would be so many symbols and too hard for people to remember, so

he decided to make a picture for each syllable (音节 ). After much hard work, Sequoyah invented 85 symbols. In order to see whether it would work, he helped his sixyearold daughter Ayoka learn each symbol and found she could learn to read and write very quickly. Sequoyah’s invention was a success!

Before long, Sequoyah’s writing system had spread far and wide. Cherokee people

living in all different parts of the country learned to read and write. In 1825, Sequoyah’s

system was made the official written language for Cherokee people. To this day, Cherokee speakers still use Sequoyah’s writing system. In some parts of the United States, you can see street signs and billboards written in both English and Cherokee. Sequoyah will always be remembered for his important contribution to Cherokee people.

58. Did the Cherokee have newspapers before 1809?

59. What did Sequoyah call the pieces of paper with marks?

60. How many symbols did Sequoyah invent in the Cherokee language? 61. When was Sequoyah’s system made the official written language? 62. Why will Sequoyah always be remembered?

一模

Cartoonist: Charles Schulz

Charles Schulz is a true hero. For nearly 50 years, Schulz eanuts ’s comic strip, the P

collection, has been the most well-known cartoon in the world. It has 355 million daily readers in 75 countries. On February 13th, 2000, Schulz died of cancer. But he will always be remembered by people old and young worldwide.

In Schulz’s works, he always stayed positive. He tried to give readers a happy feeling. Kids like Peanuts because the characters live a simple life and go through the same troubles as they do. He did not pick out stressful topics of the day. Instead, he

always brought readers into a joyful world by writing about a happy place with simple worries.

Schulz was also a good father of four children. It’s said that he never failed to stop his work to play a pick-up baseball game or have lunch with his family. He was always very involved in his children’s lives and supported their decisions. He taught them the importance of a person’s inner worth. His family describes Schulz as a man with the

fewest needs.

His youngest daughter, Jill, said, “He’s a fighter, but he always hasbad luck.” When

— he learned his cancer was serious, Schulz was forced to give up the job he loved writing the Peanuts cartoons. Unluckily, Schulz died the night before the last strip of

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his comics came out in the Sunday papers. Some might say this was unlucky, but Jill

said her father enjoyed spending his whole life writing to make people happy.

Charles Schulz put a little comedy into our oftenstressful world. He will be

remembered as the world’s favorite cartoonist. “You’re a good man, Charles Schulz!” 34. How many daily readers does the Peanutscollection have?

35. How did Schulz bring readers into a joyful world?

36. What did Schulz teach his children?

37. When was Schulz forced to give up the job he loved?

38. Why is Charles Schulz a true hero?

二模

Email helps workers to communicate at any time, from any place. Email is an

important tool, but it can also lead to a waste of time. How can workers make sure that

email is a tool and not a timewaster? Here are some simple tips to follow. They can

help you use email more efficiently (高效地 ) at work.

First of all, turn off the sound in your computer that tells you that you have a new

email message. That “You’ve got mail!” sound is like a telephone or a doorbell. It

interrupts your work. When you hear it, you will want to check your messages. And it

will take you at least a few minutes to get back to work after that. Can you imagine how

much time you waste because of that little sound?

Second, limit how often you check your email. Try checking it only three times a

day, for example, at 9:00, 12:00 and 16:00. Also, limit the time you spend reading and

answering email each time. Fifteen minutes is usually long enough.

Third, use a separate email account for work and personal life. Do not give your

work address to friends or family, and do not give your personal address to people at

work. If you are working on several projects at one time, use a separate email account

for each one. So you can focus on the most important project.

Fourth, you won’t have to read all the email messages every time you open your

email. You can look quickly at the subject lines and then decide which messages to

answer right away. You can read the others later.

Finally, do not always use “reply to all” to answer email. Only send the message

to people who need to read your answer. That way, you won’t fill your workmates’

inboxes with messages that they don’t need. And they won’t waste time reading them.

If you follow these simple steps, you will be a more efficient worker. Best of all,

you will be able to leave the office earlier.

34. Does email help workers to communicate at any time?

35. How long should you spend reading and answering email each time?

36. Why is it necessary to use a separate email account for each project?

37. How can you decide which messages to answer right away?

38. What is the passage mainly about?

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