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浙江省萧山区党湾镇初级中学2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语开学考试试卷(含听力音频)
A. My Grandpa's Healthy Life B. My Birthday Party C. My Eating Habits D. My Living Habits E. My Favorite Animals F. My Best Friend's Day |
Steve Jobs was famous for starting Apple Computers. In a speech to graduating students at Stanford University, Jobs told students about some of life-changing experiences. Jobs believed these experiences helped him achieve success.
Job's biological mother was a college student. As a young mother, she felt unable to bring Jobs up so she put him up for adoption. Job's adopted parents were simple working-class people. When Jobs was 17, his parents used their saving to send him to college.
After six months of college, Jobs decided it was not for him. Around that time, he had read a quotation that went something like,“If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.”The quotation made him think about his life and his future. He started to question if he should stay in college. Was he doing what he really wanted to do? Eventually, he decided he had to change something; he decided to drop out of college.
Jobs was lucky because he knew what he loved to do. He started Apple Computers in his parents' garage with a friend when he was 20. In just ten years, Apple grew into a $2 billion company. However in 1985, Jobs was fired from the company.
Jobs was shocked. He lost everything at once. He quickly realized that he still loved what he did, and over the next five years, he started two highly successful companies. next and Pixar. Jobs also met his future wife, Laurence. Jobs was happily married with a family, working for Apple again and living every day as if it were his last.
Paragraph 1 | Steve Jobs was famous for starting Apple Company. He believed that {#blank#}1{#/blank#} helped him achieve success. |
Paragraph 2 | Jobs'adopted parents were simple working-class people. They {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that they could only use their savings for Jobs' college education. |
Paragraph 3 | A quotation made Jobs think about his life and his future. After six months of college, Jobs didn't think {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and he decided to leave college. |
Paragraph 4-5 | After {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of firing from Apple, quickly Jobs realized he still loved what he did and started two highly successful companies. |
Conclusion | According to Jobs' story, if we want to achieve success, we should make a right decision, do what we love, never give up and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} |
A. Spring Festival It falls on the first day of the first lunar month. On the eve of the festival, the whole family get together for a big dinner. People stay up to eat dumplings at midnight for good luck and health. People light fireworks(爆竹), too. |
B. Tomb-Sweeping Day It is also called Qingming. It comes on April 4th or 5th.It is a day for the living to show love and respect to dead friends and relatives. People will sweep the tombs(坟墓), put meat, vegetables, wine in front of the tombs. |
C. Mid-Autumn Festival It's on the 15th of the eighth lunar month. People enjoy the "Lady in the Moon" at night. Mooncakes are the traditional food. People eat them for family reunion(团圆)and happiness. |
D. Lantern Festival It comes on the 15th of the first lunar month. It marks the end of the Spring Festival. On this day, people eat yuanxiao for good luck. Special activities include the display of lanterns and riddle solving. |
E. Dragon Boat Festival It's on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It's for the great poet Qu Yuan. People gather to watch the colourful "Dragon Boat Races". People eat zongzi this day. |
A. Think big. B. Start small. C. Follow the leaders. D. Find the work you love. E. Be prepared to work hard. |
The Secret of Success |
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Your best chance of Success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, "If money was not so important, what kind of work would I do for free?" Then Just do what you like to do. |
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it maybe quite a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you're dreaming to be a star, you have to start at the bottom. |
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Great ambition is necessary. An English student called Richard Branson opened a student magazine when he was only 16 years old. But he didn't stop there. He also opened a record business with many shops, and now his company has planes, trains and ears. |
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}The only people who succeed without hard work are lottery(彩票)winners. You need a "can do" attitude and you must work step by step. which will help you get what you really want. You are on the right way to win the success. |
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}If you always say someone is successful, it doesn't mean anything to you. Learn from these who have already succeeded in something, especially where they do the same as you want to do. |
In many children's stories, a girl meets a prince and falls in love. They get married and live happily ever after. As a child, Meghan Markle may never have imagined marrying a prince. But that is exactly what happened on May 19th!
Who is this young lady who just married into Britain's royal family (王室)? Meghan Markle was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. Her mother, Doria, was a doctor, and her father, Tom, was a television lighting director. For 10 years after school each day, young. Meghan spent time at the studio where her father worked. This experience allowed her to become very comfortable with the acting business. For that reason, she knew she wanted to become an actress from a very early age. As a child, she felt strong about something else, too: People should be treated fairly. This passion (热情) to help others is still a big part of her life today.
Her acting career (生涯) began in 2002 when she made her first appearance on TV. Other small parts on TV and in a few films followed. Nine years later, Markle got her big break. She won a lead role in the popular TV series Suits.
Meghan Markle — The Actress Who Just Married a Prince |
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What she {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on May 19th |
Britain's royal family |
Her birth place |
Los Angeles, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} |
Her parents' {#blank#}3{#/blank#} |
A doctor and a television lighting director |
Why she wanted to become an actress from a very early age |
Because of the experience of becoming very{#blank#}4{#/blank#} with the acting business |
Nine years {#blank#}5{#/blank#} she got her big break |
Beginning her acting career |
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