Disney has made many cartoon movies． The princesses in the movies are often girl's favorite characters． From Snow White to Moana， every princess leaves a deep impression on people． However， have you noticed that Disney princess are changing？
In the early Disney cartoon movies， princesses like Snow White， Cinderella and Aurora from Sleeping Beauty are usually good-looking and kind-hearted． But they have to depend on others to get out of trouble and find happiness． They end up living happily with their princes．
Now， people still love those princesses， but more and more girls know they have to fight for their own happiness． Disney has noticed the change． So the princesses in its newer movies don't just have good looks．
Merida from Brave is a good example． She was born as a princess and she likes going on adventures． She spends her days practicing archery（射箭术）， riding her horse and experiencing the world around her． She loves her family， but she wants to take control of her own life．
Some times ago， Disney even put up their "10new rules for being a modern princess"． The rules include： Care for others； Live healthily； Don't judge a book by its cover； Be honest； Be a friend you can trust； Believe in yourself； Right wrongs； Try your best； Be loyal and Never give up．
None of the rulers are about the looks of a princess． Anyway， one's beauty is more valuable． Don't you think so？
（1）Snow White is a good-looking and kind-hearted girl．
（2）All Disney princesses can get out of difficulty and find happiness by themselves．
（3）The princesses in Disney's newer movies just have good looks．
（4）Merida wants to take control of her own life．
（5）Disney has found it more valuable to have inner beauty than to just have good looks．
【湖北省荆州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
If you need glasses to read this, you are among most of Chinese students. About four-fifths of high school students in China have poor eyesight(视力). And now more and more children in primary school need glasses, too.
Two main reasons can cause poor eyesight: too much time spent indoors studying and too little time spent outdoors playing. Reading and writing for hours and hours, sometimes in poorly lighted rooms, causes eyesight to weaken. But students have to do this because there is so much pressure on them to succeed in school. They have less time to enjoy the sun.
The sun, it turns out, is important in developing good eyesight. According to a study by Australian National University, Australian children and Chinese children have the same level of eyesight before they start school, but once they enter primary school, Chinese children only spend about an hour a day outside, while Australian children spend three to four hours each day in the sunshine. The result is that while about forty percent of Chinese primary school students need glasses, only three percent of Australian children do.
And poor eyesight at a young age can have serious long term influence. As you get older, your eyesight can worsen.
With all that in mind, don’t you think it’s time to give your eyes a break?How many high school students have poor eyesight in China according to the reading?
| A．A half of them. |
| B．Three percent of them. |
| C．Forty percent of them. |
| D．Four-fifths of them. |
Which can cause poor eyesight according to the reading?
| A．Like reading and writing very much. |
| B．Spend too much time enjoying the sun. |
| C．Spend too much time indoors studying. |
| D．Start primary school at a young age. |
What can we learn from the third paragraph?
| A．Primary school studying can be very harmful to young students. |
| B．Australian children spend more time outdoors than Chinese children. |
| C．After primary school, children in China and Australia have the same eyesight. |
| D．Fewer Chinese primary school students have poor eyesight than Australian ones. |
What does the writer want to tell us?
| A．Remember to give our eyes a break. |
| B．Develop good eyesight in Australia. |
| C．Avoid poor eyesight at an old age. |
| D．Spend little time outdoors playing. |
【湖北省荆州市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A new term might be the best time to make new friends, but it can be hard to begin the first conversation. Below are four useful ways. Take a look.
Search for common interests. Talking about shared interests, such as sports and popular talent shows, is the easiest way to make a successful talk with someone.
Welcome the silence. In fact, sometimes silence is needed in order to continue a conversation. Remember that if you say something, the other person may need time to understand it.
Keep it positive(积极的). To make great small talk, you should keep things fun. You should be cheerful and able to laugh over things that aren’t very interesting. These will make the other person want to keep talking to you.
Take it as a learning experience. Every time you meet someone from other places, it’s a good chance to learn something new. You can learn more about their cultures and nations. These make you a more interesting person to talk to as well.How many ways are mentioned to start a conversation in the reading?
| A．Only one. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
You can start a meaningful conversation by according to the reading.
A. travelling to other countries
B. studying very hard in the class
C. talking about the same interests
D finding someone from other places If someone is talking about something you don't like, you should according to the reading.
| A．stop the conversation at once |
| B．be cheerful and relaxed |
| C．keep silent all the time |
| D．talk about something new |
【广州市2015年初中毕业生学业考试英语】阅读下列短文，从每题所级的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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What is true about New York according to the website?
| A．People are now afraid to visit. |
| B．Millions of tourists go there. |
| C．It has some new activities. |
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A person going to the page “The Magic of Night Markets” would expect to find______.
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From which page can a reader get some useful advice on photography?
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What has been the most popular story on the website this week?
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【广东省2015年中考英语试题】阅读理解
Garden Tour & Cooking Class 909 North Cumbre Road. Santa Barara, CA
Saturday, October 24, 2015. 9:30am-1:00pm
Cook with Suzzane Traditionally, American Indians’ dishes were made with corn,beans,potatoes and pumpkin. Takea tour around Trinity Garden, pick some of these foods and returns in the kitchen. There you can watch Suzzane prepare delicious dishes with them.It is surely a new experience! Suzzane will make an introduction of three traditional foods and tell you what they meant to the American Indians hundreds of years ago. At the same time,you can learn how to cook with these autumn harvest(收获) vegetables.
The means includes the following:
Hot Potato Pie with Cornbread Topping
Thanksgiving Soup
Fresh Vegetable Salad
Trinity Fruit Ice-cream
★$35 per person,including printed recipes (菜谱), the four dishes above and a book by Suzzane, Children under 8 can come for free.
★Booking by email by Oct 15; Suzzane landry @ alt. Net
About Suzzane Landry: She is the writer of Healthy Eating and Fresh Food Matters. To look for new ideas to add to her cooking, she traveled a lot,working in kitchen all over the world.This brought her the idea of “fresh food cooking”. Then she set up the website below to get people’s attention to healthy eating. She is excited to share her knowledge through cooking chooses, cookbooks and DVDs. Her teaching is popular with people from different countries. Learn More: Visit WWW.freshfoodcooking.com Follow Suzzane on FACEBOOK and TWTTER.
The cooking class in advertisement will be given______.
| A．In spring | B．in summer | C．in autumn | D．in winter |
In this class ,you can watch Suzzane cook dishes with the foods______.
| A．brought from home |
| B．picked in Trinity Garden |
| C．bought from the market |
| D．onbooked from the Internet |
The menu offered by the cooking class including the following EXCEPT______.
| A．cake | B．soup | C．Salad | D．ice-cream |
If Mr.Green goes to the class with his parents and his 6-year-old son, be should pay____.
| A．$35 | B．$70 | C．$105 | D．$140 |
According to the advertisement, we know that__________.
| A．we can book the cooking class on the phone |
| B．only American Indians enjoy Suzzane’s teaching |
| C．Suzzane got her cooking ideas from different DVDs |
| D．Suzzane Landry wrote two books about eating and food |
【2015年安徽省初中毕业学业考试英语试题】阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Research says that husbands do not do their fair share of work around the house. A study from an American university says that men seldom do the same share of housework. Researchers interviewed 182 working couples who became first-time parents. Both husbands and wives worked almost the same number of hours in full-time jobs. However, men did five hours a week less housework than women after their baby was born.
It is a different story for mothers. Becoming a parent added 21 hours a week to a mother’s work. Most of this was looking after her baby. New fathers did not do more woke because they did not realize the mother was doing so much more. Another reason is that after a baby is born, fathers follow the “traditional” roles. That is, the mother looks after the baby and the father works outside. This happens even when the mother is working the same number of hours in her job.It is found that ______ do less housework.
| A．wives | B．husbands | C．parents | D．babies |
The underlined sentence “It is a different story for mothers.” Probably means ______.
| A．mothers come from different families |
| B．mothers like reading different stories |
| C．mothers work more hours than fathers |
| D．different mothers have different children |
What is the “traditional” role of a father?
| A．Working outside |
| B．Looking after the baby |
| C．Doing housework |
| D．Doing part-time jobs |
Which part of a newspaper can this passage be taken from?
| A．Sports | B．Medicine | C．News | D．Society |