But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages(工资) or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays require travel and other costs that are difficult for many families to meet.
For working parents, the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. Their leave is only five weeks each year, but there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples（夫妻）can find themselves taking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holiday. For some people，this makes even an affordable family holiday difficult.
The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced teachers who are working on giving our children a caring and inspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham and many schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools have programs of group or single educational support. Schools also have an important role in safeguarding children's welfare(福利) through the support with their pupils. During the long summer holidays, much of this is missed.
While teachers are having holidays in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where they live. The lack(没有) of free school meals for six weeks can result in the increase in family spending and an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning.
In making its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council (市议会)is planning to reduce（减少） the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of eight weeks, each followed by a two-week break. We believe this will give real “break time\pupils but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning.
We know that this change may be difficult for some school teachers. However, we must consider the benefits of children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care.
53. The word “unobtainable” in paragraph 2 probably means . A. unaffordable B. unbelievable C. unchangeable D. uncomfortable 54. From the passage we can infer that _______.
A. working parents can enjoy a five-week break to care for their children B. the long summer holiday gives teachers and students real \
C. the suggested plans for a five-term school year can hardly be carried out D. some school teachers will say “No\ 55. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To let us know school teachers don’t want to change the holidays. B. To tell us the plans for a shorter summer holiday benefit children. C. To advise us to enjoy the long summer holidays without other costs. D. To show the problems for working parents during the summer break.
七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。（共10
分，每小题2分）
This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady. She lived a hard life. 56 , she was always nicely dressed every day.
This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home. The nursing home was very busy, 57 . After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. On the way to her room, I told her what the room was like.
Suddenly she said, “I love it!”
“But Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.
She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is placed. 58 . I have already decided to love the room before I actually see it.”
Then she continued, “I have a dream. I can spend the day in bed and consider how small my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can still enjoy a new day. 59 , I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account(账户) before.”
Life is like a bank account, 60 . If you have put a lot of happiness in your bank account, you can
take out some of it when you feel sad.
Attitude is everything. A. Each day is a gift B. Although her life was hard C. so she had to wait for her room D. you can take out what you’ve put in E. It depends on how I decide to think about the room 八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）
At the moment, it may be difficult to imagine, but many people believe that, by the year 2100, we will live on the planet Mars. Our own planet, Earth, is becoming more and more crowded and polluted. Luckily, we can start again and build a better world on Mars. Here is what life could be like.
First of all, transport(交通) should be much better. At present, our spaceships are too slow to carry large numbers of people to Mars—it takes a few months. However, by 2100, spaceship can travel at half the speed of light. It might take us two or three days to get to Mars!
Secondly, humans need food, water and air to live. Scientists should be able to develop plants that can be grown on Mars. These plants will produce the food and air that we need. However, can these plants produce water for us? There is no answer now.
There is a problem for us to live on Mars. Mars suck(吸引) us much less than Earth does. This will be dangerous because we could easily jump too high and fly slowly away into space. To prevent this, humans on Mars have to wear special shoes to make themselves heavier.
There will probably be no school on Mars. Every student will have a computer at home which is connected to the Internet. They can study, do their homework and take exams in online schools. Each student will also have their own online teacher called “e-teacher”.
Life on Mars will be better than that on Earth in many ways. People will have more space. Living in a large building with only 10 bedrooms is highly possible. Many people believe that robots will do most of our work, so we have more time for our hobbies.
However, in some ways, life on Mars may not be better than that on Earth today. Food will not be the same—meals will probably be in the form of pills（片状物） and will not be as delicious as they are today. Also, space travel will make many people feel ill. The spaceship will travel fast but the journey to Mars will probably be very uncomfortable.
61. Is Earth becoming more and more crowded and polluted?
62. How long might it take us to get to Mars by spaceship by 2100? 63. What can the students do in online schools on Mars? 64. Why will life on Mars be better than life on Earth？ 65. What’s the passage mainly about?
书面表达（共15分）
九、文段表达（15分）
66． 从下面两个题目中任选一题，根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总．．．．
词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。 题目① 假设你是育红中学初三（1）班的班长李华, 你们班的外教Peter已经结束本学期的教学工作回到美国，请代表你们班给他写一封感谢信。信的内容包括你们为什么感谢他，你们从他的课上学到了什么以及为了学好英语你们打算怎么做。
提示词语：help…with, kind, like, improve, learn, western culture, interested
提示问题:● Why do you thank him?
● What have you learned from his lessons?
● What are you going to do to learn English better?
Dear Peter, How have you been? My classmates and I miss you very much. I’m writing to express our thanks to you. ____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ We wish you joy and happiness every day! I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua 题目②
中国已经发射了多艘神舟飞船，多名中国航天员升入太空执行任务，例如：杨利伟、景海鹏、刘洋等。某英语报社正在以“我钦佩的宇航员”为题进行征文活动，请你用英语给报社写一篇征文，谈谈你最钦佩的宇航员是谁，为什么钦佩他（她）以及你用怎样的行动向他（她）学习。
提示词语：Chinese astronaut(宇航员), admire, brave, in space, proud, study hard, dream 提示问题: ●Who do you admire most? ● Why do you admire him/her? ● What will you do?
英语试题答案 听力理解
一、听对话，选图。
1.B 2.A 二、听对话或独白，选择答案。 6.B 7.A 11.A 12.C 三、听对话，记录关键信息。
3.C 8.C 13.A
4.C 9.B 14.A
5.A 10.B 15.B
16. Mick 17. football 18. three/3 19. water 20. 924
知识运用
四、单项填空
21.B 26.A 五、完形填空
31.C 36.C
22.C 27.D 32.B 37.D
23.B 28.C 33.B 38.A
24.D 29.C 34.A 39.A 阅读理解
25.B 30.A 35.D 40.C
六、阅读短文，选择最佳选项。 41.D 42.C 46.C 47.A 51. A 52. B 七、阅读短文，还原句子。 56.B 57.C 八、阅读短文，回答问题。
43.C 48.D 53. A 58.E
44.A 49. B 54.D 59.A
45.B 50. D 55.B 60.D
61. Yes.
62. Two or three days.
63. They can study, do their homework and take exams.
64. Because there will be more space and more time for their hobbies/ less work. Because people will have more space and more time for their hobbies/ less work. 65. Good points and bad points/advantages and disadvantages about living on Mars. /Something about living on Mars.
书面表达
九、文段表达 66. 题目① Dear Peter,
We all thank you because you have helped us a lot with our English. And you are so kind and patient to us that everyone in our class likes you very much.
With your help, we improved our spoken English and became more confident when we speak English. What’s more, we learned so much about western culture and became more interested in learning English.
In order to learn English better, we are going to talk more with foreigners and read more English books.
题目② I admire Yang Liwei most because he is a brave man and is the first Chinese astronaut who flew in space. I hope to be an astronaut in the future so that I can walk in space.
I know it's not easy to be an astronaut, so I will learn from him. I’ll work harder and try to learn
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