D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)（12分）
Flynn McGarry，a 14-year-old American boy, controls the kitchen easily. He is now crowned as (被誉为)“the country’s hottest chef（厨师）.”
McGarry began his cooking career four years ago and said it was something he was soon drawn too.
He wanted to cook as much as he could .Before he tried cooking at home, he looked at all these cookbooks and surfed the Internet, he thought he could achieve that on day. McGarry said. “Every time I try it, I hope to keep getting better and better. I just fell in love with it.”
He said his mother’s cooking was another reason for him to cook. He didn`t quite like his nother’s food, so he decided to try something simple, and cook for himself. Every day after school, he began practicing his knife skills. That`s important to cooks. Then, he started creating dished for a few of his mother’s friends. Soon after, he created more complicated(复杂的) and expensive dishes for famous restaurants in America.
The real “I want to be a chef” moment came when McGarry decided to create his won dishes. When his skills in the kitchen got better, he worked in top restaurants all over the country. His accomplishments(技艺)may seem like the work of an experienced chef, but this cook is only 14 years old.
The young man has a strong passion(热情) for cooking. He even turned his bedroom into an experimental kitchen lab. You can’t see any video games, basketballs or movie posters there.
McGarry’s mother is proud of him and she fully supports her son. She said, “He showed such passion for this that it was an obvious choice to allow him to do what he loves to do.”
When Flynn McGarry was interviewed him, he said, “Focusing on your passion and hard work certainly pays off in the end, your dream will come true.” 88.How old was Flynn McGarry when he began cooking? He began cooking when______________________________. 89.When did McGarry try cooking at home?
He tried cooking after________________________________. 90.Garry didn`t like his mother`s food,did he? _____________,he _________________________. 91.Who did McGarry cook for at first?
For__________________________________.
92.What did McGarry do when his skills in the kitchen got better? ____________________________________________
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93.What do you think of McGarry ? And what can we learn from him? He is __________________and we can learn_____________________. Ⅶ. Writing （作文）(共20分)
94. Write a letter in at least 60 words according to the given situation(根据所给情景写一封不少于60词的信)
假如你是Linda，你收到英国笔友Mark的来信，他现在住在北京姑妈家，春节期间他收到一些长辈给的压岁钱，请写一封回信，对有关“如何使用压岁钱”提一些建议。）
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初三英语参考答案
26-30 BCCDA 31-35DDCAB 36-40 DBDCB 41-45CBAAC 46-49 CAED 50-53 GJFI
54.scarves 55.freedom 56.success 57.themselves 58.behaviors 59. decide 60. immediately 61. unnecessary
62.Did,set 63.Why was 64. were shown 65.How serious 66.because of 67. if, had 68.It will take the engineers at least three months to design the bridge. 69-74 CABCDC 75-80 BCDAAC
81. become 82.destroy 83. responsible 84.mixtrue 85. especially 86.population 87. allowed 88. he was 10 (years old)
89. looked at all the cookbooks and surfed the Internet. 90.No,didn`t 91. himself
92. He worked in top restaurants all over the country. 93. Any reasons.
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初三英语参考答案解析
阅读理解
69.第一名女性空乘
70. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer—she wanted a more adventurous (冒险的)life. 71.B选项文中未曾提及
72. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed. 73.她的生活态度 74空乘人员的发展历史
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