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吉林省四平市铁东区2019-2020学年七年级下学期英语期末考试试卷(含听力音频)
It's December. It's snowing and the weather is really cold in the north of China. You can see many children playing with snow. Some of them are making snowmen. Some are skating on the river, because it's so cold that the water in the river freezes(结冰). It's a white world. How beautiful! But in Australia now, the weather is hot. Many people go swimming in the sea. They are having a good time. Jim and his friends are playing soccer near the sea. The sunny weather is really cool to them. They want to swim after playing soccer.
Why are they swimming in December? That is winter, isn't it? Yes, it is in China. But it isn't in Australia. Because China and Australia have opposite(相反的、相对的) seasons in a year.
In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In Western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000years ago. He made it from wood. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day.
Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don't, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.
A. Now paper still comes from trees. B. Everyone can help to save paper. C. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century. D. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. E. So how can we save paper? F. Paper is made from trees. G. China is the first country that use paper money in the 7th century. |
Running two miles on the playground isn't a fun thing to do for most students. But students in Miss Brown's class at Mark Twain School in the USA gladly put on their running shoes. They wanted to raise money to help a dog in need.
Miss Brown told her students about Peter, a dog who had a hard start in life. At less than a year old, Peter's owners found out that he was not healthy. Something was wrong with his body. Medicine could help but it was very expensive. For Peter to have a better life, he needed surgery (外科手术). But his owners couldn't afford that. Finally, they had to leave Peter at the animal hospital.
"I love dogs and when I hear about Peter, I felt so sad for him," says student Tony.
Miss Brown's class decided to hold a Jog-a-Thon to raise money for Peter's surgery.
"At first I felt like the Jog-a-Thon was just to get us to exercise," says Mike "but then I wanted to help this dog."
"I just wanted to make a difference in Peter's life," adds student Chance Wood.
News of the Jog-a-Thon spread throughout the school. Before long, five other classes also took part in the event. "I started receiving money from all kinds of people in our school community," says Miss Brown. "We raised $3,180.64 in all."
A {#blank#}1{#/blank#} activity | |
Background | A dog named Peter had {#blank#}2{#/blank#} problems before he was one year old. Medicine and surgery can {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his health, but his owner didn't have enough {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to pay for them. |
Act | Miss Brown's class made their {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to raise money for Peter by {#blank#}6{#/blank#} an activity. The activity is called {#blank#}7{#/blank#} which is about running. |
Idea | In Miss Brown's class, students felt sorry for Peter and wanted to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his life. |
{#blank#}9{#/blank#} | They raised $3,180.64 in all and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} five classes joined the event. |
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