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江西省景德镇市乐平市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题
Every school day, we use schoolbags to carry all of our things to school. They are a big 1 of our lives. But have you 2 thought about the history of the schoolbag?
In the Han Dynasty (汉朝), students in old-style schools used bamboo boxes to 3 books to school. People think the bamboo boxes to be the 4 schoolbags. There were usually two or three layers (层) in the box. Kids put different things 5 books, brushes, ink stones and paper in the boxes.
Hundreds of years later, people developed a new kind of schoolbag 6 the budai. The budai was lighter than the bamboo box. People can carry it 7 . With the founding (成立) of the People's Republic of China, military rucksacks (军用帆布包) became popular. Many people carried them 8 they were in school. Ask your grandparents or parents 9 these bags. Maybe they can tell you about their 10 of carrying them when they were in school.
A new style of school bags 11 in recent years. Many of them have colorful and fashionable designs on them, such as pictures of cartoons or pop stars. And they are 12 comfortable to use. Some students pull wheeled bags filled with heavy textbooks and 13 carry backpacks.
Electronic (电子的) schoolbag are being used in many places now. Students don't 14 carry heavy schoolbag to school anymore.
Do you know what future schoolbags will be like? Let's 15 it.
A Use chants, songs and pictures to help you remember new words. Word cards can also be used for enlarging your vocabulary. Then test yourself again after one or two days. Don't forget to review the new words often! | B For long passages, try to understand the general meaning and key points first. It doesn't matter when you read some sentences with difficult words that you don't know. Just read the sentences before and after and try to guess the meaning of the new words. |
C Just start with some short sentences and do it day by day. You'll find that you can write long sentences and even paragraphs one day! If you have some time, try to read some books before writing! | D It's useful to talk to yourself in English as much as possible. Besides, going to the English Club in your school will be better. Just stick it out, and after some time you may feel less nervous when you speak English in class. |
Chopsticks are an important tool to have meals in China.
When were chopsticks invented?
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Most people believe that Chinese invented chopsticks. There are many stories about the inventor of chopsticks. Someone says that Jiang Ziya, a wise man, created chopsticks. Actually, no one knows for sure. We can only say that the inventor was a clever ancient Chinese.
What shape are chopsticks?
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How are chopsticks used?
Many people think it's difficult to use chopsticks. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Hold them between the thumb and other fingers. The key is to hold one piece tight and move the other to control movement and force. Remember, practice makes perfect.
Chopsticks are also one important part of Chinese culture. In China, it is polite to pick up food for the old. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} And never make your chopsticks stand straight in a rice bowl. Don't use chopsticks to hit the side of your bowl, either.
A. In fact, it's not. B. Who invented chopsticks? C. This shows respect to the nature. D. Chopsticks first appeared in ancient China. E. But it's impolite to point at others with them. |
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