【正文】 addicted. In addition, statistics piled for 1217 year olds show that teenage girls are more likely than teenage boys to begin overusing psychotherapeutic medication such as painkillers, tranquillizers, stimulants and sedatives.（6）The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud music. Other people don39。. . . . .中考英語七選五試題1. 記敘文 （簡單）Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放棄) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ” Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad. ____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they bee smokers again. ____5____ (240) A. It is very hard to quit smoking. B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here. C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes. D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start. G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking. 遼寧2010I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收銀臺）in her general store. 1 I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you.”At first I was paid in candy. 2 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 . to 7 . My father helped me set up a bank account. 3 By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妝品）. I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “ What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妝）ideas. 4 The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a Rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener. __5___ Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me。s boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak! A. Some people don39。ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school . It39。不奮斗就是每天都很容易，可一年一年越來越難。t think much of it. . By the way, I am a thief. I am not going to steal anything tonight. But if you bee a famous writer, I will return.”. Then he sat down and finished the story. but when he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a halffinished story on his desk.A. Please read my advice and you can write a wonderful storyB. but had no idea.C. Please write down my advices and you can finish you story.D. Tom read the thief39。ll see policemen at the centers of the crossroads directing traffic. There are more than million policemen in China. Other police have different responsibilities (責任). Some are firefighters (消防員). Some watch out for bad guys and solve crimes. Others keep the peace. Special polic