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北大附中学河南分校2015-2016学年八年级下学期英语3月月考卷

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    What do you think of black cats? Are they unluckier than cats of other colors? Many people in Western countries think so. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), did a study on cat colours and people's understandings of cat personalities.

    The study found that people do judge(判断) cat personalities by color. Scientists did a survey(调查) on the Internet. There were 49 statements (描述) matching five cat colorings with 10 personalities. People think orange and bi-colored (双色的) cats are friendly, tri-colored (三色的) cats are not generous, and white cats are calm, lazy and shy. As for black cats, people think they don't have special personalities.

    But why do so many people dislike keeping black cats as pets? People think black cats have less special personalities, which might be because of their bad reputation (口碑). They think black cats may bring bad luck, especially at Halloween. Movies and television shows also make people believe that.

    Although people have these ideas, UC Berkeley scientists give another reason: people don't think black cats are pretty enough. After all, nothing can show black cats are unluckier than other cats. “You can't judge a cat by its color, because it's the personality of the cat, not the color, that will let you know if the cat is right for you,” Cathy Marden, a scientist said.

(1)、Many people in Western countries may think black cats are ______.
A、lovely animals B、a sign of bad luck C、a sign of good luck D、unfriendly animals
(2)、The main idea of paragraph 2 is that ______.
A、people often complain(抱怨) about black cats on the Internet B、people think cats of different colors have different personalities C、black cats are less popular than other cats D、the study is a great success
(3)、According to the study, people think that______.
A、black cats have special personalities B、orange and bi-colored cats are generous C、cats with three colors are friendly D、white cats are calm, lazy and shy
(4)、People don't like black cats for the following reasons EXCEPT ______.
A、black cats often appear in TV shows B、black cats bring bad luck to people C、black cats have bad reputations D、they don't think black cats are beautiful
(5)、The passage mainly talks about ______.
A、why black cats are popular in movies B、why people are not willing to keep black cats as pets C、different color cats have different personalities D、different people have different ideas on black cats
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    If you were in Xi'an in Shanxi Province on April 18, you might feel like you were back in ancient China. There were catwalk shows and traditional music concerts held by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing, or huafu. Huafu fans from across the country got together there to take pictures and post them online for a huafu photo competition, which will last for a month. People were doing these to celebrate a new national holiday — the first China Huafu Day. It wants to encourage young Chinese to be proud of traditional clothing, as well as classic Chinese culture.

    The government chose the third day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar(农历) as China Huafu Day. This day is said to be the birthday of the. Yellow Emperor. This year, the China Huafu Day fell on April 18.

    Huafu includes the traditional clothing of all ethnic (民族的) groups in China. Among them, hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group, has the most fans in recent years. Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty. It has been around for about 3,000 years and changed greatly across different dynasties. It is hard to count the number of people who wear hanfu today. But hanfu clubs may be found almost in every university and city. Many young people wear hanfu to look like characters from comics and games. This really brings us back to the ancient fashion.

    "China is becoming a leading power in the world, and the Chinese feel more confident about its traditional culture," Chen Chuyu, leader of a Beijing-based hanfu institution (学院), told People's Daily Online. "Wearing traditional clothing might be an interesting way of showing how they feel about this."

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We all enjoy being part of a group — there's no better work than teamwork, right? Actually, I disagree. Teamwork can be hard. In fact, it was so difficult that I left my office job and started working from home on my own. It's much better fit for me, and it has made me think about why teamwork can make our job harder rather than easier.

Personalities(个性) can make teamwork difficult. There is often someone on the team that puts their needs first. The team often goes along with this person whose ideas might not be the best, just the loudest. Just one difficult personality can make teamwork hard. Combine(结合) several challenging personality types and it's even harder.

Not having enough time together can also make teamwork challenging. For example, I was once on a team where we never had enough time to meet as a group. To successfully work as a team, you need time together — and lots of it.

A final reason teamwork is difficult is because there is often no training on how to work on a team. You can't just put people in a room and expect them to work well with each other. You need to build trust with your team members. Think of football players: They aren't just given a ball and told to play. They practice, and they train.

Team can be hard, but working alone has its challenges, too. When my computer doesn't work, I don't have an IT person to turn to. When I have a great idea, I don't have anyone to share it with to see if it really is a great idea. Don't get me wrong — I still like my team of one and enjoy making all of important decisions myself. But now I realize what was wrong with the teamwork I did in the past and how good teamwork could be if done correctly. And that's useful information — because one day I might want to turn ME TEAM into a WE TEAM.

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Hukou Waterfall: Water Falls from the Sky

Hukou Waterfall is the largest yellow waterfall in the world. It is also the second waterfall in China next to Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou Province. 

From its headwater in Qinghai Province, the Yellow River 1  all the way to the east and finally to the sea. It carries Chinese history and civilisation(文明) of more than 5, 000 years, so the Yellow River is 2  as China's" Mother River". 

As it flows to Hukou Village, the river sharply reduced from 500 metres 3  to only about 50 metres. The calm water suddenly falls down into a deep pool 4  thousands of wild horses run forward wildly. As a result, a wonderful waterfall 5 . It seems that the water pours down from a big teapot(茶壶), so the waterfall has the name Hukou — meaning the 6  of teapot in Chinese. 

The falling water brings huge smoke and clouds, with colour 7  from yellow to grey, grey to blue. People 8  this heart-shaking sight "smoke from the river". There is also a stone under the waterfall. It moves up and down 9  the falling water. You can see it all the time as the water is always changing, so it is 10  guishi, meaning the"mysterious stone". 

Over history, lots of poets and painters once travelled here. They really enjoyed the 11  view, and left a lot of works about the great waterfall. Li Bai's Invitation to Wine(《将进酒》), one of 12 , maybe the best-known. It says, " Do not you see the Yellow River 13  the sky, rushing into the sea and never come back?"

There are many 14  at Hukou Waterfall, such as smoke from the river, boats on land and rainbows in the sunshine. April and October are the best time to 15  Hukou Waterfall. Why? Because the water is full!

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