题型：阅读选择 题类： 难易度：困难
江西省宜春市丰城重点中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期开学英语试题
You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic (诗意的) Chinese?
Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions (《红楼梦》), written by Cao Xueqin(1715- 1763). Some artists made the book into an English-language opera. They first put the opera on the stage in September, 2016 in San Francisco, US. And the next year it came to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.
Many of the opera's creators have backgrounds ( 背 景 ) in both Chinese and American cultures. Their understanding of both cultures helped them to change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera.
The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Hwang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a heartbroken tragedy ( 悲剧) so that everyone would understand it.
The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreigners understand the characters by using costumes and stage settings (布景). He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin shows up on stage, there is usually water around her on the stage.
The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to western audience ( 观众 ). Hwang told China Daily, "I am happy to have made a contribution to the land where my parents were born."
Stay at home Plans: 1. do homework 2. see a movie/... 3. help with the housework 4… Opinion: relaxing... | Go out to travel Plans: 1. where to go 2. how to go 3. what to do 4…. Opinion : fantastic... |
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1.不能出现真实的个人身份信息，内容可适当拓展。
2. 词数： 80词左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
My Plan For The May Day
With the May Day holiday coming, I will make plans for it.
I think the May Day holiday is a fantastic time to do something meaningful. And we need to make good plans at first.
姓名 | 年龄 | 上课时间 | 特别喜欢的科目 | 特别喜爱的日子 | 特别喜爱的老师 |
王浩 | 14岁 | 周一至周五 | 科学 | 星期三 | 科学老师Mrs. Li |
原因：轻松、有趣 | 原因：星期三下午有科学课 | 原因：非常有趣、喜欢在课堂做游戏 |
草拟要点：
短语：1) his favorite subject/day 他特别喜欢的科目/日子2) science teacher科学老师
句式：1) He has classes from…to…2) His favorite day is…because he has…
My Good Friend
March 2, 2024 Page 29 ————————————————————————KID———————————————— Secret of the best stone Do you love skipping stones(打水漂) across the water? Then, you should know the best skipping stone is flat, thin and small enough to hold in one hand. But now scientists say a heavier one, but no heavier than a tennis ball, is also good. That's because. . .
When a heavier stone hits the water, a bigger part of it goes under the water so it gets a stronger push from the water. *Top tips: 1 Find the right stone.
3 Turn the stone around quickly when you throw it. Don't throw hard. Instead, try to throw the stone quickly. 4 The best angle(角度) to skip the stone is 20 degrees.
Hold the stone between your thumb and middle finger. Put your pointer finger around the edge(边缘) of the stone. *The biggest number of skips of a stone on the water is 88. |
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2 Flat, calm water is best, like a lake or pool. 
*The best way to hold a stone: