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江苏省盐城亭湖区2015-2016学年七年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
Live Music—-Late Night Jazz (爵士乐)
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known (出名) to play well in the early hours. So don't want to get much sleep.
PLACE: The Jazz Club
PRICE: ¥200-250
DATES: 15-23, June
TIME: 10 p.m. till late
TEL: 4668736
Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.
PLACE: Jack Stein's
PRICE: ¥180
DATES: 10-20, May
TIME: 7—10 a.m.
TEL: 4021877
Shows –Anhui Museum
There are 12,000 pieces on shows here. You can see the whole Chinese history.
PLACE: Anhui MuseumDATES: 1Mar--30 Jun
PRICE: ¥60 (¥30 for students) TEL: 4888688
TIME: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. –5 p.m. Weekends 9 a.m.—9 p.m.
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On this day, families gather together for another reunion dinner,much like they do on Chinese New Year's Eve. However, the Lantern Festival has its own unique traditions and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Every household hangs lanterns in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}of the gate or on the balcony. It's also common to see streets and public spaces adorned(装饰) with lanterns and colored lights, creating a magical and dreamy atmosphere.
In some specially-held local lantern fairs, there are riddles written on paper hanging under the lanterns. People can enjoy themselves by guessing the answers of the riddles. A typical food on that day for northerners is Yuan Xiao, a ball-shaped dessert made {#blank#}5{#/blank#} glutinous rice. Southerners eat Tang Yuan, a similar meal made by different techniques.
Scientists have found fossils of animals with tails since hundreds of millions of years ago. Back then, early fish used their tails as fins(鳍)to swim through oceans, and run away from enemies. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Scientists believe that dinosaurs used their tails to balance their heavy heads and bodies while they walked. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Similarly, kangaroos use their tails for balance. But their tail also works as their third powerful leg, it can help push them forward. In addition, a monkey's tail can also act like a hand, helping it to hold onto tree branches.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}But their roles are quite different. Most tailed insects use their tails to lay eggs. Birds use their tails to balance while sitting on trees. They also use tails to control directions. For many birds, a spread and raised tail is part of the lover-finding show. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Male ones will spread their colorful tails to attract female ones.
Besides, animal that live in groups, like wolves, use different tail position to show their rank. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Scientists believe those tails disappeared around 20 million years ago. Once they started walking upright, we lost them because we had no use for them anymore.
A. Although humans don't have long tails like monkeys, we did have tails! B. As the fish walked onto the land, their tails started to change too. C. This helped them run fast enough to catch and kill other animals. D. Many insects also have tails. E. Take peacocks for example. |
Dancers Wanted for Our School's 25thAnniversary To celebrate our school's 25th anniversary (周年纪念日), we are going to choose a number of dancers. Come and show yourself at 9:30am this Friday in the concert hall. | Join us! We are Heart Beat. We have a pianist, a guitarist and a drummer. We need YOU to sing with us. Join us at 4:00pm this Tuesday in the school music hall. Let's play wonderful music together. |
Shining Club We have all kinds of paper-cutting works for you. You can learn about Chinese traditional art from them. Create your own paper-cutting work and take it home. TIME: 9:00am next Wednesday PLACE: Room A201 | Famous Environmentalist to Give a Talk Air pollution is causing more and more problems. What can we do? A well-known environmentalist will come to our school and give a talk. Come to know more and take action! TIME: 3:30pm - 5:30pm next Thursday PLACE: Hall 2 |
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