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D. Because he wan ted to make it safe for himself.
B
Share and Read Do you have any books on your bookshelf for many years? In stead of throw ing them away , here is another way for you to consider. If you have books that you do not read anymore , you can share them with others. You can take the books to Share and Read. Share and Readoffers used books in differe nt categories（类另U）, such as storybooks, children books , Ianguage books, cook books and computer books, etc. All the books are sold at low prices. Share and Read also aims to help poor children in Chi na. The money raised will be give n to help build schools in the rural area. We welcome all quality books. We do not want textbooks , magazines and dictionaries. Just make sure that your books are in good con diti on before giv ing them to us. Address:201 Riverside Main Street Work ing hours:Saturdays to Sun days from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Hotline: 7654-4321 We look forward to seeing you at Share and Read ! 41. What is this piece of writi ng?
A. A postcard. B. A poem. C. A diary. D.A n advertiseme nt. 42. What do we know about Share and Read from this piece of writ ing?
A. It buys and sells books like other bookstores. B. It collects old books and uses them to help others. C. It buys books and gives them to schools in the countryside. D. lt in vites pare nts to read books together with their childre n.
43. What does Share and Read wa nt us to do?
A. To buy new books for them. B. To give our used books to them. C. To sell our old books to them.
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D. choose good books for them.
44. Which of the follow ing will be accepted by Share and Read?
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A. Textbooks. B. Magaz in es. C. Dicti on aries. D. Storybooks.
45. If you don't have used books but still want to help , you can ____ .
A. buy books from them B. get in touch with them on li ne C. visit them on weekdays D. collect broke n books for them
C
A high school in En gla nd has found a new soluti on to allow stude nts to sle ep Ion ger in the
morning. The $ 25, 000-a-year Hampt on Court House School is start ing a 1:30 to 7 :00 pm timetable in September. It will become the only school in Brita in that starts less ons in the after noon. Head teacher Guy Holloway said the changed hours should help students get higher grades. He said research on huma n brains shows stude nts can do better if they can sleep Ion ger in the morning. Mr. Holloway said: \get students into an environment where they can get quality sleep and their bodies are working well in correct ways.\“ It'sabout what works in our n eighborhood.
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The afterm oon start is supported by research by Oxford Uni versity. Researcher Dr. Paul Kelley said: “ You can ' train yourselves to get up at a practical time. ” Haid we are not in control of choosing the best time to work because it's biological（生物钟）—our nature, just like we have no control over our heartbeat or how our ears do their work. Dr. Kelley added: “Anything you do to cha nge the tim ing of your body means differe nt parts of your body will not be able to work together at the same time to keep you going and this is where people get ill ?.??It is no fixing it by giving some one an alarm clock. ” A stude nt at the school , Gabriel Purcell-Davis, 15 , is in support of the idea. He said students are tired all day now ,\as soon as 10 o'clock hits , that's when we ...do all our wo rk ”
46. In what way will the school be different from other schools in Britain? A. It will have more stude nts tha n any other school. B. It will ask for more money from the stude nts. C. It will beg in a school day in the after noon. D. It will have fewer less ons in September. 47. The school takes this new move to ____ . A. let the stude nts slee p Ion ger in the morning B. en courage the stude nts to have less ons at homeC. help pare nts spe nd more time with their childre n D. give the stude nts more cha nee to work after school
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48. Mr. Holloway believes that the stude nts can do better by ____ . A. spe nding less time at school
B. work ing together with pare nts
C. hav ing a good rest i n the morning D. going ho me earlier in the after noon 49. Dr. Kelley is tryi ng to tell us that ___ .
A. we ' d better follow our nature to decide when to work B. people can get ill by gett ing up early in the morning C. mornings are the worst time for stude nts to have less ons D. the alarm clock is a good invention to keep students at work 50. In the end , Cabriel Purcell-Davis is mentioned to show that _____ . A. this new pla n is welcomed by the stude nts B. most stude nts don't like the new timetable C. stude nts can get higher grades by gett ing up late D. stude nts are tired of going to school in the after noon
D
Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed.
Most of theses kids like Mum's storytelling more than Dad's , researchers said.
They carried out a study that showed youn ger childre n aged 3-4 were most hungry for more stories.
Over three-quarters of them said they wished their pare nts to read to them more ofte n.
More than half of all children aged 3-8 said story time was their favorite pastime with their pare nts.
“ The rsults of our research reveal the traditional activity of storytelling continues to be a powerful
learning and emotional resource（ 资源）in children's lives, \
Storytelli ng ran ked before televisi on or video games among pastimes for kids. 82 perce nt of them said reading a story with their parents helped them sleep better. This finding came from a survey of 500 childre n aged 3-4 in Brita in. Accord ing to the research, there are two ways for mothers to become best storytellers. They can use funny voices to show different characters in a story. They can also make their own special sounds to keep the story in teresti ng and attractive. When mum and dad are not at hand, celebrities will do: over 30 percent of children said they would like to hear a bedtime story from famous people like Harry Potter , star Daniel Radcliffe. Other movie stars like Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus and Emma Wats on also welcomed by childre n.
\It can be very difficult for parents to find the time to read with their children. But these mome nts can
help build close relati on ship betwee n pare nts and childre n, and also can play an importa nt part in their
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child's developme nt,\
51. What do the childre n want most accord ing to the study? A. Stories from Da niel Radcliffe. C. Stories from Mum.
B. Stories from Dad. D. Stories from Zac Efron.
52. The study shows that as childre n get older, they ___ . A. depe nd more on stories from pare nts B. become less thirsty for bedtime stories C. show more in terest i n playi ng outdoors D. become better storytellers to other childre n
53. If a mother wants to be a better storyteller, she'd better ____ . A. use differe nt sounds to make the story sound more real B. i nvite other family members to read stories together C. ask children to play different roles in the stories D. make a lot of noises to keep the children awake
54. The word\（扌旨）persons _ . A. who love childre n very much C. who write stories for childre n
B. who are known about by many people D. who can tell stories very well
55. With the last paragraph , the passage wants to tell us that ___ . A. few parents can afford the time to tell stories B. with love Dads can also become good storytellers C. it really pays to spe nd time readi ng with our childre n D. it does n't take much time to enjoy stories with our childre n
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Rosalia Mera， the world ' richest self-made woman has died at the age of 69 in August ， 2013. She started as a poor Spanish seamstress（a woman clothes maker）, and later founded the well-known fashion retailer（零售商）Zara. Mera was the richest woman in Spain with a worth of S 6
， 100,000，
000. Mera was seriously ill while on holiday and died in a hospital in the town where she was born ， La Coruna in n orther n Spain.
Having left school at 11 years old ， Mera worked as a seamstress as a teenager before setting up a company, which would grow into one of the biggest clothes retailers in the world. Today the brand （ 品 牌）n ame sits above 1,763 Zara stores around the world.
The Zara model grew up from the idea that first sent Mera into bus in ess: produci ng speedy and cheap imitations（仿制品）.Mera was one of the first players in the field of so-called
fast fashion ”
Though she was extremely rich, Mera stayed close to home and was often seen talking with friends and n eighbors in Galicia's bars.
The world ' s richest smfde woman
2014年四川省绵阳市中考英语试题含答案
