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浙江省杭州市滨江初中2016-2017学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷

阅读下面短文,然后从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

    Emergency(紧急情况) always happens every day in every country. What will you do if you meet with emergency? If you don't know what to do, just remember some emergency numbers. When emergency happens, stay calm, take out your mobile phone and call the emergency number you need. Different countries have different emergency numbers.

    The USA

    When you are in the USA, remember to call 911 when you are in an emergency. The number 911 links callers to emergency services. It can tell the place of the caller's mobile phone.

    The UK

    In the UK, people call the number 999 when they are in an emergency. Each call center has interpretation services with 170 languages.

    South Korea

    The emergency number 112 is only for police in the country. Most of the telephone operators speak Korean. But there are some operators who can speak English, Chinese or Russian. And then they can offer better service for foreigners.

    China

In China, 110 is a 24-hour emergency number. On average each telephone operator answers 800 to 1000 emergency calls every day. Operators should deal with an emergency call in 57 seconds. Police need to get to the scene in five minutes in cities. In the suburbs, it is 10 minutes.

(1)、When you are in London, you can call _____ when you are in an emergency.

A、911 B、999 C、112 D、110
(2)、In South Korea, the telephone operators can speak some languages EXCEPT ______.

A、Chinese B、English C、Russian D、German
(3)、In China, police need to get to the scene in ______ minutes in the suburbs.

A、5 B、10 C、15 D、20
(4)、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A、There are three countries mentioned in the passage. B、The number 911 can't tell the location of the caller's mobile telephone. C、In Britain, call centers have interpretation services with more than one hundred languages. D、In China, on average each telephone operator answers 80 to 100 emergency calls every day.
(5)、What's the best title for the passage?

A、Police Numbers in Different Countries B、Interpretation Services in Different Countries C、Emergency Numbers in Different Countries D、Importance of Telephone Numbers
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 阅读理解

If you've been studying for a while, you'll notice that there is more than one type of "English". The website, Big Seven Travel, made a list of the world's 50 most attractive accents(口音), and many different kinds of English made the list. 

The main reasons that affect the way people speak a language are geography — where they are in the world, and society — the way their communities speak. As a result, English has many differences in vocabulary and slang(俚语). 

Located in two different places, the US and the UK provide great examples. They often have different words for the same things. The US people call the back part of a car, used for carrying big and heavy things or suitcases, the"trunk", but in the UK, people call it the"boot". In the US, the word"boot" means a wheel clamp(车轮夹锁) that police put on a car. 

Slang also causes confusion (困惑). The US slang is hugely different thanks to many kinds of people who have moved to the country. African- American slang is especially confusing for foreign language learners. It uses its own grammar. For example, "a person who is awake to reality" would be called"a woke person". Southern American slang also can be confusing. "I'm fixing to fix it" means"I'm getting ready to fix it". Australian slang, meanwhile, is all about abbreviations(缩写词). They say"sanga" for"sandwich", "brekkie" for"breakfast", and"arvo" for"afternoon". It can make you wonder if either of these countries is actually speaking English. 

English writer Virginia Woolf once wrote, "Language is wine upon the lips. " The next time you're speaking English with someone, check the accent on the bottle!

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