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四川省广安市岳池县2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末质量检测英语试题

 阅读下列短文,从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Brighton, a famous holiday town next to the sea in Sussex, on the southeast coast of England, is only 50 minutes on a fast train from London. The town usually has about 134, 000 citizens(市民), but it gets a lot of tourists all year round. 

A long time ago, Brighton was a quiet fishing town. Later on, when swimming in the sea became popular, many rich and important people, as well as musicians and writers began to arrive and Brighton became a popular seaside holiday town. 

Prince George, the future King George IV, first visited Brighton in 

1783. He liked it and spent part of the summer there because of his poor health. He asked John Nash, a very famous builder, to build him a palace. It took about 40 years to build the palace and it cost 500, 000 pounds! Now more than 400, 000 tourists visit Brighton and the palace—the Royal Pavilion every year. 

The Royal Pavilion, with its beautiful rooms and museums, is not the only interesting thing in Brighton. In May, this friendly and colourful town holds an international(国际的)festival with many different kinds of music, dance and theatre. 

(1)、Brighton was ____ a long time ago. 
A、a fishing town B、a festival town C、an important town D、a holiday town
(2)、Why did Brighton become popular?
A、Because there were many writers there. B、Because the king lived there sometimes. C、Because an important museum was there. D、Because people liked to go swimming there.
(3)、King George IV liked to spend summer in Brighton because ____. 
A、he wanted to catch fish B、he was not very healthy C、he did not like London D、he was interested in paintings
(4)、What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to(指的是)?
A、King George Ⅳ. B、Brighton. C、The palace. D、The builder.
(5)、What can we know about Brighton today?
A、It is only busy during the international festival. B、Rich and important people must go there. C、There are many wonderful activities for tourists. D、It is not as popular as it was some years ago.
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   Americais a mobile society. Friendship between Americans can be close and real, yet disappearssoon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmasgreetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while, then no more,If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up thefriendship.

   Thiscan be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendship betweenus flows more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸) sometimesdeeply into both families.

   Americansare ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays and theirhome life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept theirhospitality (好客) easily.

   Anotherdifficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they includeus warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness tous if it requires a great deal of time.This is usually the opposite of thepractice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes,we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet afriend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends.Americans, however, express their welcome at home. But they truly cannot managethe time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They willprobably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. Andthey expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes,the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves to be treatedhospitably.

   ForAmericans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to theirhomes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accepttheir hospitality at home!

 根据短文,内容回答问题。

Jin Ying, 25, is a lover of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM). She took part in a three- month training course on acupuncture and tuina(针灸推拿) in the winter of 2023 at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. 

Jin's life has been different since the training. She changed her life habits after learning the Five Elements theory(五行学说). For example, she avoided sweating(流汗) too much during exercise in winter because the cold of winter means people should slow down , according to TCM. For her, learning these skills and theories was not about becoming a TCM doctor but rather about embracing(拥抱)a new lifestyle. 

She is not an unusual example of young people becoming interested in TCM. A survey by China Youth Daily showed that 93. 3 percent of the 1, 000 young people who took part had tried different TCM treatments. 

"I have seen a rising number of young people come to me for neck and back pains. which are usually related to the elderly, " said Ma Huifang, a TCM doctor at Guoyitang, a TCM hospital affiliated(附属) with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. 

Between Western medicine and TCM, young people often choose TCM due to its efficacy(疗效 ), according to Ma. Some people question why TCM treats the same illnesses with different prescriptions(处方). "This. is actually an advantage of TCM, rather than a shortcoming, as it can be a more accurate treatment(精准的治疗) for different patients, " Ma explained. 

Younger age groups are embracing TCM, and, at the same time, TCM is also benefiting young people. As Jin noted, "It helps young people understand Chinese medicine and learn why it is believed to be a treasure of our Chinese culture. "

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