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河北省张家口市桥西区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题
Nature is amazing! Take a close look at the world of insects, and you'll discover many unbelievable things. Consider butterflies (蝴蝶), for example. They have beautiful wings and magical flying skills. On summer days, you always see them flying freely over flower gardens and wild fields.
But did you know how butterflies become the flying insects? It is one of the wonders of nature. In the beginning, the mother lays a small and colourful egg on a leaf or stem of a plant. It is hard to believe that the egg will become something completely different in a few days. It becomes a walking insect. This insect is called a caterpillar. It now has legs, eyes and a large body. A new life begins. The caterpillar can eat, walk and see. But it is still not a butterfly.
Soon, after growing big, the caterpillar makes a cover for itself. It covers itself in the nice protective blanket (保护层) and goes to sleep. This is known as the "pupa (蛹)" stage. After some time, the blanket breaks and a wet butterfly appears. It now has six legs, a mouth, eyes and wings. Shortly, the beautiful butterfly spreads (张开) its wings and flies away. After a few weeks, this butterfly lays her eggs, and the cycle (循环) begins all over again.
This is just one example of the wonders of nature. Look around the natural world, and you will learn many truly amazing things.
①It becomes a pupa. ②It becomes a walking insect.
③The mother lays an egg. ④It spreads wings and flies away.
Plants grow almost everywhere there is land on Earth. Even in a city, you will find plants. Trees grow along streets. Grass grows in parks. And that is a good thing because plants give off the oxygen we all breathe(呼吸). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} People have found many uses for this green life that shares our world.
People use plants for food. ▲ .
People also wear clothes that are made from plants. For example, cotton(棉花) comes from the white seeds of the cotton plant. It feels soft, warm and comfortable. Also it's good for our health. Linen is another cloth that is made from a plant. A linen shirt is soft, light, and cool.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Wood comes from trees, and wood is used to build houses and make furniture. Reeds(芦苇) are also useful in making objects. People have made baskets of reeds for thousands of years. The rubber in your eraser comes from plants as well.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Others have almost countless uses. Take bamboo, for example. This strong but light grass grows tall very quickly. You can eat it. You can wear it. You can use it to build everything from a bridge to a bike. People have even built cars from bamboo!
Plants provide so much for people. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} They give us beauty! Imagine a world without colorful flowers, tall trees, and swaying grasses. Is that a world you would want to live in?
A. Plants do more than that, however. B. Many plants are useful for just one thing. C. Another use of plants is for building and making things. D. We should not forget one other important thing plants give us. |
根据第二段所给句子， 在▲ {#blank#}5{#/blank#}处补充适当内容。(30词左右)
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