题型:阅读补充句子 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
河北保定高阳县三利、宏润中学2015-2016学年八年级下学期英语期中联考卷
If you need to call your parents but your smartphone(智能手机) is not with you, can you remember their numbers? To remember 11 numbers is not difficult. _______, many of us can't because of the smartphone. What's more, people are not good at giving directions and face-to-face talks because of smartphones. Even when friends are having a meal together, it's common to play with their phones. Smartphones weaken(削弱) our skills in many ways.
According to a study, Chinese people spend about 170 minutes on their smart phones every day. For students, spending much time on smartphones isn't good for their study. The study shows children who spend more than four hours a day on their phones get much worse grades in school tests than those who play with their phones for 30 minutes.
It's true that the smartphone makes our lives easier. But many people also think spending too much time on it is bad for their study or work. People are trying to change that.
People make a new game called Forest. It lets users plant a seed that grows into a tree over the next 30 minutes. During it, users can't use their phones, or the tree will die.
There is a restaurant in the USA. It gives people a discount(折扣) if they don't play with their smartphones during a meal. Owner Mark Gold said that he hoped it gave people a way to enjoy their meal and talk with friends and family.
Because of the smartphone, people have fewer face-to-face talks.
If people don't play with their smartphones during a meal in a restaurant in the USA, they will pay money than usual.
English is the first language of several countries. However, it has many differences. British, American, and South African English are all spoken differently. In many English language courses, the British and American differences are taught. One is not more correct than the other, but there are important differences between the two.
Probably the biggest difference between American and British English is the vocabulary. Different words and expressions are used to talk about the same thing. For example, in the United States, people throw their garbage into the trash can. In England, people throw their rubbish into the dustbin. In Britain, people take a lift to the fifth floor. In America, people take an elevator.
American and British grammar can be also different. For example, speakers of British English will ask "What did you do at the weekend?", but Americans usually say "on the weekend." In the United States people usually say "I've gotten a new car.", but in the UK they will say "I've just got a new car."
The pronunciation in American and British English is also different, even when the spelling is the same. The word "tomato"—pronounced "to-mah-to" in British English—is a classic example of this.
Vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation are three ways English is different in different parts of the world. Learning all these is not easy, so English learners should just know that they are always there.
Differences | ||
Br E | Am E | |
Vocabulary | ●Throw the rubbish into the dustbin ●Take a ( 2 ) to the fifth floor | ●Throw the garbage into the ( 1 ) ●Take the elevator |
Grammar | ●At the weekend ●I've just ( 4 ) a new car. | ● ( 3 ) the weekend ●I've gotten a new car. |
( 5 ) | Tomato—pronounced “to-mah-to” |
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I am walking through the winter park where the trees stand cold and bare (光秃秃的). The yellow leaves have fallen to the ground. Now, a group of women gather at the sides of a path. In the cold winter, they're moving their arms and legs to a rhythm (节奏). They are, of course, the dancing aunties.
It seems that if you go to any public space around China, you're likely to see these dancing aunties. When I first came to China, it was one of the first things that annoyed me. That's because in Britain dancing in public is not a cultural habit. You won't see any age group swinging their arms and tapping their feet in a park. Usually, they just take a walk for exercise.
Now and again the dancing aunties have hit the headlines (头条新闻). Some people find them annoying. But others respect their right to dance in public. Most of them are middle-aged. They finally have some free time to do whatever they like. There is no more work, and their kids have left.
All in all, I like seeing these women enjoying themselves. They remind us of the importance of exercise as we get older. Besides, most of them have raised the whole families. Now it is their time to have fun and enjoy some peace.
The Dancing Aunties in the Cold Winter | |
What can you see in the cold winter? | The {#blank#}1{#/blank#}are bare and the{#blank#}2{#/blank#} are on the ground. |
A group of women gather together | They're {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and legs. |
What can you see in any public space China? | The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} |
The writer's opinion about it. | They remind us exercise is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. |
A. It tastes like medicine! B. This time she didn't shout. C. It's said that there are five tastes. D. and then poured in boiled water softly. E. One afternoon she called a friend to talk about them. |
Recently, Gina felt sad. Several unhappy things happened to Gina. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} After hearing her words, the friend invited her to her home for tea and said, "All trouble will disappear after tasting tea."
Gina couldn't believe her, but she still decided to go for relaxation. At the friend's home, her friend took out a square box and said, "I asked someone to buy the tea from China. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} "Then, her friend opened the box slowly, took out a spoon of tea carefully, put it into the teapot(茶壶)gingerly. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Only one minute later, the friend poured out a cup of tea and asked Gina to taste it. Gina drank it but nearly puked(吐)it out. She shouted, "Is this tea? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} " The friend just smiled She repoured boiled water into the teapot. After a minute, the friend poured out another cup and asked Gina to try the second one. Gina took a drink and found it was not as terrible as the first one but still bitter(苦的) {#blank#}5{#/blank#} When Gina drank the fifth cup, a sunny smile shone on her face. She said, "It tastes good! I've never tasted such a wonderful flavor(味道)."
The friend said, "Life is just like this! Only when we taste it patiently can we feel happy."
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