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上海市罗南中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期第一次阶段测试英语试题
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Soccer has truly become the world's sport. Much like the Olympics, it is a thing that brings nations together. People from all over the world are the World Cup. David Beckham is one of the players who are liked by people around the world.
However, soccer also causes . Many fights have been started at soccer matches. Clearly, soccer is important to a lot of people.
I have never soccer that closely. In America, it is not a very popular sport, but I used to play it when I was in . I always liked being the goal keeper, because I could wear a shirt! I was never a very good player, either. Maybe that is why I don't watch soccer matches that often! Although I am not a big soccer fan yet, I still appreciate (体会) its effect on the world and its importance in people's lives.
The human spine(脊柱) doesn't just help us stand up straight. Inside the spine is the spinal cord (脊髓) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The legs and feet send "sense" information to the brain, saying they're hurt or hot, for example. And the brain sends messages to the lower body, telling the legs to walk, dance or sit down.
When someone's spinal cord is hurt, information about senses doesn't reach the brain from the lower body. And control messages can't make it to the lower body from the brain. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Surprisingly, now scientists in Switzerland have given three paralyzed men the ability to walk again. All of the three men had damaged their spinal cords in motorcycle accidents and couldn't move their legs. To help them walk again, a special device (装置) was put directly on the lower part of their spinal cord.
The scientists controlled the device from a computer. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} In the past, scientists have had some successes with the similar device in the lower spine. Some patients have even trained themselves over months to be able to walk.
But this research is different. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Instead, the computer tells the device to send "walking" messages. The scientists use computers to create patterns of movement—like taking a step—that work well with each patient. The patients then choose the pattern they want, and the muscles (肌肉) move in the chosen way.
Over time, the three men are able to walk on their own, using a special walker with buttons to trigger (激发) each leg. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} The scientists are hopeful that in the future, this technology will allow more paralyzed people to walk again.
A. When that happens, a person is paralyzed (瘫痪的). B. The patients' brains aren't sending "walking" messages to their legs. C. The solution isn't perfect and the patients can't walk without the system. D. One of them has walked for half a kilometer on his own with the walker. E. It carries important information between the head and the lower part of the body. F. Just hours after the device was first used, all the three men were taking steps, with support. |
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According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them out to ask for help when in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They are made of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanterns are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, they slowly rise into the air like small hot—air balloons for all to see. They are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}as bright symbols of happiness and good wishes.
Paper cutting has been around for over 1,500 years. Paper cutting {#blank#}4{#/blank#}very easy but it can be difficult to do. The paper, usually red, is folded before it is cut with scissors. The most common pictures are flowers, animals, and things about {#blank#}5{#/blank#}history. During the Spring Festival, they are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year.
Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very 61. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. The pieces are usually cute children or lively {#blank#}7{#/blank#}from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story. The pieces are{#blank#}8{#/blank#} shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry. After drying, they are fired at a very high heat. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}are then polished and painted. It takes several weeks to complete everything. These small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinese people have for life and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}
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