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广东省广州市黄埔区2019-2020学年初中毕业班英语综合测试试卷（6月）
Schools in the UK are quite different from those in China. In the UK, at the beginning of the term, students must select their courses and teachers first.
So in the first term, don't select too many courses, or you'll feel nervous and it may influence your study. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. Different teachers have different teaching methods.
If the teacher is called "killer" by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him, because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, give too many exams and too low grades.
How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in the UK are very expensive. Each copy is about $30 -50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks.
In class, discussing is very important. The teachers always encourage you to ask questions or show your own opinions freely. They don't usually ask you to sit well. They usually don't give you much homework to do. So in the schools in the UK you can learn knowledge and do exercises by yourself. You must do almost all things independently.
A. And some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library.
B. At the same time, you must select the teachers.
C. Selecting is very important for your grades in the UK.
D. Instead, they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like.
E. There is another thing after you select the courses and the teachers.
Britons are well known for drinking tea. The average (典型的) person in the UK drinks around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That's around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all levels of society. But tea does not grow in Britain. Most tea grows in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?
Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea could be bought from the market. However, it was only for the rich people.
At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount (数量) of tea arriving in Britain increased rapidly. Black tea arrived at this time. At first this tea served exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British colour.
In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time, they began to have "afternoon tea". They drank tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a still going today but has become less popular in recent times.
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●Drinking tea is an important part of British culture. ●The average British drinks about 1.9 kg of tea every year. ●Tea is not {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the UK, but mostly in India and China. |
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●British ships discovered tea in China while exploring the world and it arrived in London in the 1600s. ●Black tea arrived at the beginning of the 1970s and Britons first drank it exactly the same way as the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} did. ●A little milk and sugar were found to be a perfect {#blank#}4{#/blank#}for black tea and a special British drink was born. ●Britons began to have 'afternoon tea' in the 1800s and it has {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a tradition since then. |
Have you seen new plants starting to grow? Have you noticed the days are getting longer? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It tells us that no matter how dark or cold things might be, better days are on the way.
What is hope? Bernadette Russell, who wrote the book How to be Hopeful, says, "Hope, on one hand, is the knowledge that things can get better. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}" Russell speaks of people who have got over very difficult moments, such as firefighters (消防员). Once one firefighter said, "{#blank#}3{#/blank#}" explains Russell.
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How to be hopeful? Being disappointed and feeling bad are part of life. If it's possible to see hope in those moments, you should. If it isn't, don't worry. Try to keep eyes on good things. For example, you can't change the fact that someone is bad to you. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Even in the most terrible situations, you can decide what you say and do to each other.
A. Why is hope good for you? B. These show that spring is coming. C. It's terrible that some people fight it. D. And on the other, it is also about taking actions. E. If no people fight it, there's no chance of enjoying a new day. F. But you can do something kind instead of making things worse. |
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Have you ever seen a capybara (水豚)? The capybara is a large, heavy animal. An adult capybara is about the size of a medium dog. The average {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is around 45 kilograms.
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