根据短文内容回答下列问题。 A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple trees he grew. One ...

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初中外研（新标准）版八年级英语下册Module 5 Cartoons Unit l It's time to watch a cartoon.同步练习

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple trees he grew.

One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.

He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbours would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his woods. But without sunlight and good soil(土壤), the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference?" the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.

"Yes, "said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed(毁掉) a good apple tree!"

（1）、What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day?

（2）、How many people are there in the story?

（3）、Where did the farmer plant the apple tree at last?

（4）、Why did the apple tree soon die?

（5）、Who destroyed the apple tree?

举一反三

     When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause （引起）people to die.
    In Sweden（瑞典）, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
    Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.
    Because of the experiment(实验), tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.

      John lived with her mother when he was young. He didn't know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.
     One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A car knocked the woman down and the policemen took her to the hospital. She didn't tell John that his father deserted(遗弃) her before he was born until she died. She left her son the name and address of his father.
John found his father, Mr. Brown, in another city. He was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a rich life. He ate all kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But he didn't go to school and could not read or write.
Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car's wheels(轮子) were upward(向上).He called out,“ Oh, dear! An accident happened!”
    All the people were surprised and began to read the newspaper. But soon they all began to laugh. Do you know why?

    An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
    At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don't want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”
T    he artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It's not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I'll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”

阅读理解

John and Bobby joined the same company together just after they completed their university studies the same year. Both of them worked very hard. Several years later, however, the boss promoted(提拔) Bobby to manager but John was still a worker. John could not take it, and gave his resignation(辞呈) to the boss. He complained that the boss did not think much of those who were hard- working, but promoted only those who flattered(奉承) him.

The boss knew that John had worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said," Thank you for what you said, but I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave."

John agreed the boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much they cost every kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the seller to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 every kilogram,

The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Bobby went and returned, saying. Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $1.2 every kilogram, and $10 for 10 kilograms. The seller has 340 melons. On the table there are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 2 kilograms. They were brought from the South two days ago. They are of good quality.

Hearing what Bobby said, John realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided to stay and learn from Bobby.

请根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡。

Lingling's plan	Daming's plan
Monday: 5: 30 pm- play basketball with Alice	Monday: 3 :00 pm-do his homework
Tuesday: 11 00 am- see a film	Tuesday: 5: 30 pm - play computer games
Wednesday: 9: 00 am -watch a football match	Wednesday: 2: 00 pm - meet some friends
Thursday: 10: 30 am -go shopping	Thursday: 7: 00 am - have breakfast
Friday: morning- go to the park	Friday: evening -read books
Saturday: evening-have dinner with Tom	Saturday: 8: 00 pm - go to Jim's birthday party

Information Card

The thing Lingling wants to do on Thursday	{#blank#}1{#/blank#}
The thing Daming wants to do on Tuesday	{#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Jim's birthday party is on	{#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Seeing a film is	{#blank#}4{#/blank#} plan
The people is going to have dinner with Lingling	{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

阅读理解

Li Yugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won third prize in CCTV's Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the man had learnt something from Mei. Lanfang's students.

People in China usually don't like cross-dressing(反串).But people are really surprised at Li's beauty and grace when he sings and dances.

Do you know who invented QQ? It was Ma Huateng. He was born in Guangdong in 1971. He chose computer science when he entered Shenzhen University in 1989. He worked as a computer programmer for a company in Shenzhen for five years after he graduated in 1993. Later he left the company and started his own company in 1998.

Yue Fei was a famous hero of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family in Henan Province. He was very brave and won many battles with his soldiers. But Qin Hui killed Yue Fei for Mo Xu You. Later a temple about Yue was built in memory of him at the foot of Qixia Ling by West lake, in Hangzhou.

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