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新目标（Go for it）版初中英语八年级上册Unit 5 单元卷
The Kennedy Elementary School band (乐队) is special. That's because Tony Boland, a member of it, is 79-year-old flute (长笛) player. His story tells us that you're never too old to toot the flute.
After working at the school for more than ten years, Tony joined the fifth graders in the band. His grandchildren were at the school. He helped children with their reading.
He started tooting the flute many years ago, when his wife tried to throw away (扔掉) their daughter's' flute.
"You will play better if you play with others," he told a reporter.
Brian Enabnit thought Tony would make a difference to the band.
"He's great. He's helping the students around him," Enabnit said.
Tony practises with the students once a week and performs with them. They played at the Dubuque Community School District's Band Festival earlier this month.
Fifth-grade student Courtney Less thought her older classmate was successful.
"He's an excellent player," Courtney said. "All of us are afraid when giving a performance, but he isn't."
Long ago, people did not need money. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families produced more than they needed, so they started to trade (交易) with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, etc.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods (货物) and lasted a long time. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as early as the eleventh century. The Italian traveller Marco Polo saw the Chinese using paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Today, we have many ways to pay for things. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Often, people prefer to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of "real" money.
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A. Later, countries began to make their own coins. B. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. C. They lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants. D. However, European countries did not start using paper money until the 1600s. E. We do not use only coins or paper money. |
Car pool(拼车)
"Beep, beep," goes the car horn(喇叭).You've got dressed，but you've not had time to eat breakfast. You run out of the front door with your schoolbag, and jump into the waiting car. Inside, your Friends say "hey" as one of their parents drives you to school. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Car pools are a common way of transportation for many students in the US. You, along with many of your friends, can sit in one car.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} And your parents may take turns to drive you all to school {#blank#}3{#/blank#} If you're late, you can eat that breakfast you don't have time for at home. If you're behind on your homework. this is your last chance to finish it before class. Some simply add to their sleep time before classes begin.
Besides walking or cycling to class, car pools are green if you can't take the school bus. Instead of four cars taking four students to school each day, they can all squeeze (挤) into one. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
More importantly, car pooling teaches students valuable life lessons not taught in class. It can teach students about being on time. It can also teach them the bad influence of being late. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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A. What do friends do in the car? B. This is the daily car pool to school. C. Of course, it's better to take the school bus. D. Why is car pool so popular in the USA? E. Think of how much oil that can save! F. You share the journey to school each day. G If you're late, then all of your friends will be late too. |
word ring next on and open sleep it angry when pick late |
It was a hot summer day. Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the doorbell {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . He turned {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock."Who can it be at this time of night?"he thought. So he got up and went to the door. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he opened the door, there was nobody,"That is very strange."Then he went back to his room, got back into bed, turned off the light{#blank#}4{#/blank#} tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes {#blank#}5{#/blank#} , the bell rang again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very fast and rushed to the door. He opened {#blank#}6{#/blank#} , but again he found no one there.He closed the door, making himself calm down and trying not to be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} . Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it up in surprise. There were some {#blank#}9{#/blank#}on it,"It's now after midnight, so it is April Fool's Day. April fool to you!""Oh, it was the English boy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} door!"
"What a naughty boy he is!"Mr. Lee said to himself.
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