河南省郑州重点中学2023年英语中考二模试卷

A jobless man applied（申请）for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

You are employed, "he said, "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application form to fill in, as well as the date when you may start. "

The man replied, "But I don't have a computer or an e-mail. "

"I'm sorry, "said the HR manager, "If you don't have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And the one who doesn't exist cannot have the job. "

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do. With only s 10 in his pocket, he decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded in making his money double. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with ＄60.

The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started earlier and returned late.

Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck and then he had his own fleet to send food. Five years later. he became one of the most famous food sellers In the US.

He started to plan his family's future, so he called an insurance broker（保险经纪人）to have a discussion. When the conversation was over. the broker asked him for his e-mail. The man replied again, "I don't have an e-mail. "

The broker answered in surprise, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have become such a successful businessman. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?"

The man thought for a while and replied. "Yes, I would be an office boy at Microsoft. "

Have you ever met large changes in life and work?How would you feel?In fact, we all have to go through the grief cycle（悲伤循环）which has the following periods:

The first period: "it can't be happening. "

Anger: "Why me?It's not fair. "

Depression: "I'm so sad. Why do I have to do all of these?"

Acceptance: "It's going to be OK. "

I'm honestly not sure how scientific this model is but I certainly believe that you will work better after going through these changes.

Find out what your anger does for you--good or bad?Think back to the situation where you have been angry at work and ask yourself how it influences you, including: your relationship with co-workers, the quality of your work and health, your relationship with friends and family.

Find out what makes you angry and less angry. Which thoughts, situations, people or conversations makes you less angry?I'm sure you are not angry all the time. What makes you calm and stops you from feeling angry?Find out, then start doing less of what makes you angry and more of the things that cool you down.

Focus on gratitude. What are you grateful for?As I mentioned above, anger is part of the grief cycle which is connected with what you lose. Gratitude is the opposite of loss because it comes from the good things you have in your life. Every evening, sit down with a piece of paper and make two gratitude lists: three things I was grateful for at work today；three things I was thankful for in life today.

Change your focus from "What was done to me" to "What I can do?" Life is 10% about what happens to you and 90% about how you deal with it. You must take responsibility for your own situation rather than be a victim（牺牲品）of it. That kind of advice can get pretty boring but that doesn't make it less true.

Many people believe that only talented people can come up with new invention ideas. In fact, it is possible for anyone to have good invention ideas.

First, you need to find fields that you know well. You can make a list of them. By making the list, you will find the fields easily. What fields are you good at?You can ask yourself these questions and write down the answers on your list. Your aim is to find what can be improved in your fields. You can ask people around you about their problems. If you are too shy to ask. you can use the Internet to get some information. Your new invention ideas need to solve those problems.

The next step is to research the market. Once you know the needs, you can start researching. The only thing you can do is find ways to improve these tools and make them better. If there are no such tools, you can think about creating them.

When you have finished all these steps, you will get some interesting ideas. So why not start to have a try now?

Once in a physics class, the teacher asked students, "Why do we have brakes（刹车）in our car?"After a few minutes of1 students gave different answers. A student got up and2 , "Sir, to stop the car. "Another one said, "To reduce and control the speed of the car.

However, none of the3 were the same as the teacher's. Then he said, "I appreciate all of your answers. But in my opinion, the brakes in our cars make us be able to drive4 .

Listening to this, the whole class was silent because no one had5 this answer. The teacher continued, "6 our cars have no brakes, then how fast are we ready to drive our car?It is the brakes in our car that gives us courage to drive our car faster and reach our destination7 .

Similarly there are many such brakes in our life. They seem to8 us. For example, our parents may ask us about our9 in life. Their questions and advice may be10 as brakes that slow us down. But what if we see11 as our supporter that can protect ourselves while taking risks. From time to time, we have to stop or even12 so that we can take a big step.

In fact, we should be13 for brakes in life. Without these brakes we could lose14 or get into danger. So we need to understand that brakes in our life don't15 to push us back. Instead , they help us move forward faster than before.

There were four great inventions in China. They all helped people a lot. But for us students, papermaking and printing are especially . They play an important part in our studies.

Paper was and improved by Cai Lun in Eastern Han Dynasty. "Before that, people used bamboo pieces and some things to write on. Books made of bamboo pieces were very heavy. "Later, silk and cotton were also used for but they were too expensive. Then after a lot of practice, Cai Lun made paper.

The earliest printing was woodblock printing. Around 1040, a man called Bi Sheng made the first known movable type. printing system. It was more convenient and than woodblock printing. Both the inventions made it easy for us to have lighter books to carry and, more information to read.

In recent a number of China's technological inventions have been making their moves in the world. them, Shared Bicycles, High-speed Rail, Alipay and E-commerce（网购）stand out with a reputation（名声） of China's "four great new inventions" in times , which have made the daily life of the public more and more efficient（有效率的）.

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. The first computer made in 1946. It was big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller,   they work faster and faster.

The Internet came a little later computers. But it can be found almost everywhere. We can read books, send emails, do some shopping, play games or make friends by using the Internet, we can use computers and the Internet learn about the world. But the same time, we should remember that computers and the Internet could not do all the things. We should always use them in a proper way.

David: Hi, Gina!I am preparing for the school project with my friends.

Gina:

David: About kites-they were invented by Chinese People over 2000 years ago.

Gina: That sounds amazing.

David: No, we won't. We will make a kite by ourselves. The school kite festival is coming soon.

Eina: When is the kite festival?

David: On Friday afternoon. Do you have any activities at school?

Gina: Yes. That's my favorite.

David: Sounds interesting. By the way, I will fly kites with my parents on weekends.

Gina: Yes, I'd love to. I can't wait to fly kites with you.