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江西省鹰潭市2024年中考一模英语试题
① Animal behavior is an interesting and attractive study. Scientists research the ways animals use to look for food. They study how animals protect themselves from their predators, and which animals kill other animals for food. All of this helps us understand how useful animals can be.
② Each country or culture raises some animals for food. In the United States, people mainly eat meat from cows, chickens and pigs. In some other countries, people might raise sheep or buffalo for meat. These differences come in part from weather and other environmental conditions (状况). People around the world eat all kinds of fish and shellfish from oceans and rivers. In some countries, people don't always choose some animal groups, such as dogs, for food while in other countries such animals may become people's favorite food.
③ In West Africa, animals provide humans with more than food. They have been helping people do daily work for thousands of years. Horses, oxen, and other work animals pull heavy things. Elephants, camels and other animals carry people and things from place to place. Carrier pigeons (信鸽) have been used to send messages.
④ People also receive health benefits (利益) from animals. For example, dogs and cats can help calm people down. This is helpful for people fighting illnesses. Animals can also reduce stress, helping people to draw their attention to learning new information, such as reading. When people are walking their dogs or horses, it encourages exercise.
⑤ Animals and humans share space on Earth, so keeping a healthy relationship with animals around us is in our best interest.
a. Pull heavy things.
b. Carry people.
c. Send messages.
d. Look for food.
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Grain in Ear, also Mangzhong in Chinese, is the 9th solar term (节气). It usually begins on June 5 and ends on June 20. During the period of Mangzhong, farmers in South China are busy growing rice {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. How about the farmers in North China? They need to harvest wheat before {#blank#}2{#/blank#} days come. In order to celebrate the solar term, there are many activities.
When Mangzhong comes, people in Anhui Province make different types of anmiaobao and colour it with vegetable juice. Anmiaobao is a kind of bread {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of wheat flour. People hope to have a good harvest in autumn by making it.
In Guizhou, people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} mud wrestling (泥摔跤) matches during Mangzhong for many years. On this day, new couples plant rice together with good friends. While {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, they throw mud at each other. The person who gets the most mud {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to be the most popular person.
Boiling green plums (煮青梅) is also a popular activity among people. In South China, June is the best time to harvest plums. And eating green plums is good for {#blank#}7{#/blank#} health. But remember to boil green plums before eating {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.
{#blank#}9{#/blank#} of years ago, people used solar terms to help with farm work. But even today, they are still of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to our life. We can learn a lot from them. For example, life is like farming, and you get what you plant.
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