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浙江省Q21联盟2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中质量检测试卷（含听力音频）
English is the first language of several countries. However, it has many differences. British, American, and South African English are all spoken differently. In many English language courses, the British and American differences are taught. There are important differences between the two.
Probably the biggest difference between American and British English is the vocabulary. Different words and expressions are used to talk about the same thing. For example, in the United States, people throw their garbage into the trash can. In England, people throw their rubbish into the dustbin. In Britain, people take a lift to the fifth floor. In America, people take an elevator.
American and British grammar can be also different. For example, speakers of British English will ask "What did you do at the weekend?", but Americans usually say "on the weekend." In the United States people usually say "I've gotten a new car.", but in the UK they will say "I've just got a new car."
The pronunciation in American and British English is also different, even when the spelling is the same. The word "tomato"—pronounced "to-mah-to" in British English—is a classic example of this.Vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation are three ways English is different in different parts of the world.
Learning all these is not easy, so English learners should just know that they are always there.
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Vocabulary |
●Throw the rubbish into the dust-bin ●Take a to the fifth floor |
●Throw the garbage into the ●Take the elevator |
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Grammar |
●At the weekend ●I've just a new car. |
● the weekend ●I've gotten a new car. |
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Tomato—pronounced "to-mah-to" |
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⑴If the person has stopped breathing, you must try to start his/her breathing at once. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ⑵If the person is bleeding badly, you must try to stop the bleeding. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ⑶If you are bitten by an animal, you must do something to stop it. The cold running water is the best. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ⑷If you are burnt (hurt by fire of something very hot), deal with the burnt part at once. The cool water is better. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} ⑸If there is a fire in a building, stairs are safe and lift is dangerous. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} | A. Don't use lift. The lift may get trapped between floors. Use the stairs and leave the building at once. B. Use hot water. Use hot water to clean the cut. Then go to see a doctor. C. Wash the cut. Wash the cut under cold running water. Cover the broken part, if there is any, with a piece of clean cloth. Then see a doctor as soon as possible. D. Press hard. You should press on the bleeding point with a piece of cloth and hold up the part to the body which is bleeding. E. Mouth to mouth. You should lay the person on his / her back and F. Use the lift. Lift is convenient. Take the lift to the first floor and you can go to see the doctor quickly. G. Cool the burnt. Run cool( not cold) water over the burn until it is less painful. Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the burnt part. |
Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Paper was first created about 2, 000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}No, I don't think the poster about Yao Ming on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a two-metre-high computer!
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A. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. B. So will books be replaced by computers one day? C. Can we imagine life without paper or print? D. Then printing was invented in China. E. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly. |
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