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安徽省芜湖市2020年初中英语九年级毕业暨升学模拟考试卷（三）（含听力音频）
Asthe host city of the next Winter Games, Beijing held a wonderful eight-minuteshow at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics, sendinga warm invitation to the whole world.
The show was directed by Zhang Yimou, a famousChinese director who was also responsible for the eight-minute summer handoverin Athens in 2004 as well as the opening and closing ceremonies in Beijing in2008 that had a big success in the world.
UnlikeAthens which focused on showing Chinese history with traditional culture likered lantern and jasmine(茉莉花), "Beijing 8 Minutes" gave special importance to theChinese people's sincere welcome to the world by using modern technology.
Leading the team were two dancers in costumesof pandapuppets that are the world's largest but thelightest at the same time, each weighing only about 10 kilograms. To reduce thepressure on the two dancers, researchers had tried hundreds of differentmaterials until ending up with high-technology ones.
Duringthe whole performance, the dancers and robots both wore LED lights on them thatcould be fit for the cold weather at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium without therisks of breaking. The costumes were also made with a kind of special materialto keep the dancers warm.
Performersdanced with 24 intelligent robots – standing for Beijing hosting the 24thWinter Olympics. They showed scenes of sports such as skating and skiing.
Pictureswere projected to the icy floor while dancers skated across it, making a senseof augmented reality(增强现实). A number of moving screens in the middle of the field were alsocontrolled by artificial intelligence(人工智能).
Do you know what makes lightning (闪电)? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Lightning strikes happen when ice and water in clouds rub (摩擦) together, and cause atmospheric (大气层的) changes. When this happens, it creates a static charge (静电). Lightning can strike inside the cloud, between two clouds or between a cloud and the earth. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Lightning can be very dangerous. Every year, lightning kills people because it can start big fires or because it reaches a temperature of 28,000℃. About 1,000 people are hit by lightning every year in the United States, and about 100 of them die as a result.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Scientists think that there are more than three million lightning strikes every day in the world. An American man, Roy Sullivan, who worked in a park, survived from the most lightning strikes. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}And he keeps the highest world record.
Lightning is sure not something to play with. When lightning strikes, it's best to stay inside a large building. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Also, do not lie down on the ground, or the electricity may go through you and cause a heart problem.
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A. It's the last kind of strike that is the most dangerous for humans. B. Lightning makes people shocked, and it happens all over the world! C. Between 1942 and 1977, he was hit seven times! D. Why does lightning strike (击打)? E. To stay safe, do not stand under trees, on hills or near water. |
Table manners
All societies have customs about how to eat politely. In English, we call these customs "table manners". Based on culture and location, table manners can be quite different from place to place. It's very interesting! {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
●In some cultures, it's polite to serve food to guests, while in other cultures, people don't do this because it makes the guests feel like they are being forced to eat.
●In most East Asian countries, people use chopsticks at the table. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Do you know that in some places people simply use their hands to eat? And in some places, only their right hand?
●In Russia, it's polite to leave a bit of food on your plate to show the host that there was plenty to eat. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} It means you enjoyed the food.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} So when you visit another place or another country, take the time to learn the local customs and manners. Remember, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
A. Here are some examples. B. Different table manners show different cultures. C. In Western countries, people usually eat with a knife and a fork. D. But in India, finishing the food on your plate is considered polite. E. Throughout the world, you will find many different table manners and customs. |
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Chinese people had hotpot as early as the Shang Dynasty. At that time, people boiled foods in bronze cauldrons(青铜鼎), which had two parts — one was the pot to cook foods in soup, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the other part was a space inside the cauldron to hold firewood.
People started to have lattice (分格的) hotpot {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Han Dynasty. They divided pots into several parts to enjoy different tastes.
Yuan Mei was a poet who was very fond of food in the Qing Dynasty. He mentioned huoguo, the Chinese name for hotpot, in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} book about all kinds of food. At that time, hotpo t was very popular. People put all kinds of meat and vegetables into the hotpot. They also used different {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to make pots such as copper(铜) and iron.
It's said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty {#blank#}5{#/blank#} hotpot. He had it for almost every meal. He once held a big hotpot party and invited more than 5,000 people to enjoy 1,550 hotpots.
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