题型:语法填空(语篇) 题类: 难易度:普通
湖南省长沙市开福区北雅中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期英语入学考试卷
Mmm... chocolate smells so good. They make our mouth water. Where does chocolate come from?
Chocolate is made cacao (可可豆). Scientists ( think) cacao came from Central America to Mexico 3,900 years ago. But now scientists from Canada found that people in some ( country ) of South America grew cacao. They firstly grew over 5,000 years ago.
Chocolate is popular around world. Let's ( learn) more about this snack(零食).
The color of dark chocolate is dark brown. It has more cocoa butter(可可油). Cocoa butter is good for ( we) teeth(牙齿). White chocolate is very sweet. There ( be) not any cacao in it. Many people think it is not a ( really) chocolate. Milk chocolate has a mild flavor(淡味). It is light brown. It tastes sweet.
Some scientists say chocolate has too much sugar (糖 ) and this can give people bad teeth, others say eating chocolate makes people feel happy. Also, dark chocolate has less sugar and
fat. It is good for the heart. Guess what? I want to have a box of dark chocolate now!
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Tigers are very strong and scary. We may see tigers in Europe, Asia and America in the mountains. The tigers live far away from {#blank#}1{#/blank#} houses. They eat birds, hares (野兔) and other small {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In the day they hide in the dens (巢穴), and at night they go out {#blank#}3{#/blank#} food.
In {#blank#}4{#/blank#} when tigers are hungry, they will become very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} But now, people cut down many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, so tigers are losing their homes. Also, some people kill tigers to get {#blank#}7{#/blank#} fur. Some people even buy things made {#blank#}8{#/blank#} tiger bones (虎骨). So the number of tigers {#blank#}9{#/blank#} getting smaller and smaller.
Animals are our {#blank#}10{#/blank#} friends. In order to protect them, we must build many natural reserves. And we must stop people from hunting.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Jim loves music very much, especially rock. He has been a rock music fan since he was in primary school. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Linda is an animal lover. She's very ineresed in the movies about different animals. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Gina always chooses to watch comedy when she is unhappy. She thinks it's the best way to help her forget sadness. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Maria is a big fan of soft music, and she listen to some soft music every night before she goes to bed. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Sam says pop music is his favorite, and he never gets tired of listening to pop music. | A. Pop music is always new and fresh. It's right for those who love something new and different. They don't need to worry that they won't like a certain pop song some day, because there will always be a new one waiting for them. B. Scary movies are usually scary but exciting. The stories in them are so real that we always feel we are in the movies. By the way, it's great to watch scary movies with our friends. That helps bring us closer to each other. C. Usuary, rock is exciting but loud and noisy. Listening to too much rock is bad for people's hearing. If you are a rock lover, give your ears some time to rest after listening to such music for a long time. D. Soft music is a kind of music that makes people comfortable. According to some studies, listening to soft music is good for our health. For example, it can help us sleep well at night. E. If you want to laugh, then comedy will be your best choise. The stories in comedy happen in funny situations, and you can get much fun after watching it. Mr. Bean is a great example. F. Movies about animals are usually interesting and touching. Most of them are about cute animals and the relationships between animals and humans. A Japanese movie Hachi(《忠 犬八公》) is one of the most famous and touching. G. Folk music is considered as the music of the people. Folk songs tell stories about people's jobs, friends, life and so on. They also express ideas about love and war. Usually they are real and touching. |
Several months ago, New Zealand announced a plan. Under the plan, the country would make it illegal(非法的) for people born after 2008 to buy cigarettes(香烟). {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. And it won't make a difference to smokers now.
Starting in 2023, people under the age of 15 would be stopped from buying cigarettes. After that, the age limit(限制) for buying tobacco products would be raised every year. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In short, the move will stop people born after 2008 from ever buying tobacco products.
Tobacco products contain something poisonous(有毒的) called nicotine(尼古丁). Though nicotine isa poison, when people have a little bit of it, it can give them an excited feeling. Over time, nicotine changes the body so people feel like they need more of it. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Then people are unable to stop taking it. That's why it's so difficult for people to stop smoking.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. It's one of the leading causes of deaths around the world. In New Zealand, about 5,000 people die every year from illnesses connected with smoking.
No country has ever tried an age limit- raising smoking plan like New Zealand's before. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. We expect the plan to have important influences.
A. This may be a good try B. They may feel sick if they don't get more C. Smoking is very dangerous to human health D. People spend a lot of money in buying cigarettes every year E. The plan is made to prevent young people from ever starting to smoke F. By 2050, someone would have to be at least 42 years old to buy cigarettes |
tradition; off; eight; symbol; important |
Do you know the Mid- Autumn Festival? It is a popular and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} festival in China. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} month in the Chinese lunar calendar. This day is in the exact midst (中间) of autumn, so it's called the Mid- Autumn Festival. To celebrate it, people usually have a day {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.
There are some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at the Mid- Autumn Festival. For example, family members usually get together to have a big dinner and enjoy the full moon. Eating moon cakes is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of reunion(团聚). Moon cakes are in the shape of a full moon. As time goes by, they are much more expensive than before, but their meaning remains.
I like the Mid-Autumn Festival because all my family members always enjoy ourselves on that day.
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