【中考冲刺】2023年山东省威海市中考模拟英语试卷 (附答案) .pdfVIP

2023 年山东省威海市中考模拟英语试题 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、阅读单选 Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York. “Teaching means everything to us,” Tim would say. In April 1998, be learned be would need a heart operation It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about lifes purpose. Not long after the operation, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Partons foundation(基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singers home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire,” Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, “as a reminder.” Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination . The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts. The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didnt want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda The books—reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members—included classics(杰作) such as Ezra Jack Keatss The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdneys Llama Llama series. Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books Ive never heard of.” The Richters spend about $ 400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.” 1． led Tim think seriously about the meaning of life. A ．Tims health problem B ．Tims l