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山西省阳泉市平定县东关中学2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语3月教学质量检测试卷
For thousands of years, people have used plants to make medicines. They used different parts of the plants—the roots, the leaves, the flowers, and the bark(树皮). Today, doctors have rediscovered more medicinal(药用) values of some plants. Let's look at some examples.
Foxglove is a common plant.People have used it to make the heart slow down. Recently scientists havedeveloped another drug from it. This new drug helps prevent other heartproblems.
In some areas, malaria(疟疾) has been aproblem. Scientists have learned that the bark of a South American tree, thecinchona, can be made into a drug to prevent malaria. For a long time, theChinese have known that a special plant, wormwood, can also fight malaria.Scientistshave been working with it to develop new drugs against malaria.
In Germany, some scientistsstudied garlic(大蒜)for four years. They found that it helps prevent the build-up ofplaque(血小板)because too much plaque is bad for health.This very common plant continues to be studied.
众所周知,世界上大约有25万种开花植物。 Scientistshave only studied little more than one percent of plants for their medicinalvalue. Maybe medicines for AIDS and cancer will be made from the other 99percent.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}⑴Helen wants to go to a beautiful place. There she can enjoy beautiful natural scene.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}⑵Lucy would like to go to a theme(主题) park and buy some souvenirs(纪念品).
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}⑶Jack wants to go fishing by boat or ship.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}⑷Li Mei is from Zhejiang. She wants to go to the north to see the snow.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}⑸Peter is interested in history and he likes traveling in the city.
A. Shanghai Disneyland is a good place for a visit and shopping. B. Xinjiang is a large place with many grasslands. The grasslands are really beautiful. C. Beijing is a big and modern city with a long history. D. Hainan is a wonderful island with the sea around. E. Heilongjiang is very cold and snowy in winter. You can make snowmen and play snowball fights. |
I always knew that I depended way too much on my phone, but I didn't know how much. So I decided to do this challenge(挑战) to find out.
Every morning since I got a smartphone, I've used The Weather Channel App to find out what to wear. On the first morning I had to dress without guidance, but thankfully I was able to guess that the day would be cold and foggy by looking out of my window.
I couldn't tell what time it was. I haven't worn a watch for more than a year, because my phone showed the time. So I was late for picking up friends who had been on the bus for two hours from Santa Monica to Palos Verdes. I was also late for my part-time job. And even worse, I couldn't call people to tell them that I was running late.
Getting to places was harder, too. I got lost because I couldn't use the GPS(导航系统) on my phone. My driving, though, got a lot safer because I no longer had my phone in one hand checking directions while driving with the other.
But the number one trouble was not having my contact list (联络簿). I forgot to write down my friends' and family members' phone numbers before I started the challenge. It was sad to realize that I couldn't remember my brother's and my mom's cellphone numbers. Oh, how I wished to turn on the phone for just a second to look up phone numbers!
Even with all the problems, however, I found peace not worrying about missing a text message or an email.
This challenge was a great learning experience. It surprised me how I'd taken no notice of even the simplest things like remembering phone numbers. We all should take some time to think about how we can depend less on our cellphon
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Disadvantages |
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● His driving got a lot safer because there was no{#blank#}9{#/blank#} to check directions on the phone. ● He found peace not worrying about missing a text message or an email. |
Conclusion |
We all should depend{#blank#}10{#/blank#}on our cellphones. |
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