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上海市延安中学2016-2017学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷
Your nose has many important jobs, and is always busy.
Smelling
Smelling helps you gather information about the world around you. A good scent (气体),like flowers, brings you pleasure. A bad scent, like smoke or sour milk, warns you of danger. Most things around you release scent particles (微粒) into the air. These invisible chemicals enter the nose when you breathe. Nerves in the nose send information to the brain to identify a smell. You are able to recognize thousands of smells.
Breathing
Most of the air you breathe enters through your nose. The nose uses hair and mucus (粘液) to clean dust and germs (细菌) out of the air. The air that enters your nose contains oxygen. Your body uses oxygen to unlock the energy in the food you eat. Even when you sleep, your body needs energy to keep your heart beating and your brain working.
Tasting
Your nose helps you enjoy food. Flavor is a mixture of taste and smell. The smell of the food helps you identify what you are eating. The sense of smell contributes more to (贡献) food flavor than the sense of taste .When you are sick and have a stuffy nose, your food doesn't taste as good because without smell, food loses most of its flavor.
Smell memory
Smells can bring back memories. Your brain uses a process to create a picture in your mind from the odors(气味)you smell. Smells can affect your feelings because the part of the brain that helps you identify smells is close to the area that affects your emotions, mood and memory. More smell memories are collected as you get older.
Your nose has many important jobs, and is more than just a smeller!
Have you ever been to Singapore? For many Chinese tourists, this small island in Southeast Asia is a wonderful place to take a holiday. On the one hand, more than seventy-five percent of population are of Chinese descent, so you can simply speak Mandarin most of the time. On the other hand, Singapore is an English-speaking country.
When the ancient Chinese paid their first visit here in the early 14th century, it was still a small seaside city. Later in the 1820s, the British Empire claimed it as a colony (殖民地). Singapore hasn't been an independent country until 1965. From then on, it has become an important port of trade and business between different countries.
One great thing about Singapore is that the temperature is almost the same all year round. It seldom drops below 20℃. It's warm and wet the whole year. This is because it is so close to the equator (赤道). So you can choose to go whenever you like—spring, summer, autumn or winter! And, of course, it's not too far from China. For those who enjoy the sun and the beach, Singapore is an ideal place.
On the northeast coast of Singapore, Changi Village is far from the noise of central Singapore. The buildings are modern, but there's still a village terminal (晚期的) atmosphere. There's a small, attractive seaside camp site across the Changi Creek from the bus terminal, where you can watch the planes gliding into Changi airport while relaxing on the sand.
Most large cities have zoos, but have you ever been to a zoo at night? Singapore has a night zoo called the "Night Safari". It might seem strange to go to a zoo when it's dark. But if you've ever been to a zoo during the daytime, you might understand why Night Safari is so special. A lot of animals only wake up when it goes dark at night, so this is the best time to watch them. At the Night Safari, you can watch these animals in more natural environment than a normal zoo.
Singapore | ||
Location | ●A small island which lies in the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} part of Asia. | |
Population | ●Over three {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of people are of Chinese descent. You can communicate with most local people in Mandarin {#blank#}3{#/blank#} difficulty. | |
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} | ●The ancient Chinese first came about seven {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ago. ●It has become an important port of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} trade and business since 1965. | |
Weather | ●The temperature stays almost {#blank#}7{#/blank#} 20℃ all year around as it is very close to the equator. ●You can choose to go there in any {#blank#}8{#/blank#} because of the climate. | |
Sights | Changi Village | Unlike {#blank#}9{#/blank#} central Singapore, it is a quiet village with modern buildings. |
Night Safari | Evening is the best time to visit the zoo because lots of animals only wake up when the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} falls during the night. |
A. Pulborough—A small house in the country, two miles from the village but near the bus stop.480 dollars a month. B. Storring—A big house with a garden, quiet. 750 dollars a month. C. Modern bedrooms near the centre of town, good schools nearby, bus and subway stations.460 dollars a month. D. Crawley-A nice modern house with nine bedrooms, a swimming pool and a lovely garden.1,500 dollars a month. E. Stetning-A small house in a quiet village, no buses but many trains to New York City. 300 dollars a month. |
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