题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
河北省武邑中学2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语3月网上月考试卷
ABite of China
Are you aneating-lover? Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world? Then do youwatch the popular programA Bite of China?It's a TV program on Chinese delicious food which has been produced by CCTV. Isthere any holiday that isn't celebrated with special festival food? Here are severaltraditional Chinese foods:
Noodles are a symbolof long life in Chinese culture. They are as much a part of Chinese birthdaycelebration as a birthday cake with its candles lit in many western countries.Since noodles mean long life, it is considered very unlucky to cut it off.
Although westernerssometimes may be very sorry to see fish lying on the plate, in China a wholefish is a symbol of richness. In fact, at a party it is a tradition to servethe whole fish last, pointed towards the most valued guest. Fish also has aspecial meaning because the Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for richness or plenty, and it isbelieved that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come.
A very popular dishduring the Dragon Boat Festival is Zongzi. This tasty dish is made of rice dumplingswith meat, peanuts or other delicious food in bamboo leaves. The tradition ofZongzi is meant to remind us of a great man, Qu Yuan in Chinese history.
Little Mechanic Helps Stop an Accident Ten-year-old Larry Champagne from St. Louis, Missouri, saved many students on board from disaster. On the way to school, the school bus driver suddenly fell ill. Seeing the bus was running away, the other kids started to scream, but Larry ran to the front and pressed the brake pedal (刹车踏板). Larry is something of a mechanic (技工) He often helps his neighbor work on his old truck and he knows where to find the brakes. Rain or shine, Zhong Jing opens the door of her clinic in the village no later than 7: 30 a. m. clinic day. The clinic is the only place where the villagers can see a doctor. And the locals treat her as one of their own. But fourteen years ago, when the young doctor appeared in the village in Guizhou Province to set up practice, she ran into a wall of distrust. Write a Letter to an Animal Every morning, Amanda Clark checks on the cows, pigs and dogs on the farm located in Pennsylvania, US Because of some uncertain reasons, the farm has been lonely for a long time. The animals have been missing visitors. Clark came up with a good idea to connect these animals with people. She posted the animals' basic information online. And people could visit the farm's website and choose an animal to write to. |
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