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广东省揭阳市惠来县2024-2025学年八年级上学期第一次月考英语试题
Cannon is American and his hobby is unusual. He is interested in flags and his collection includes more than 200 flags of countries around the world. Because of his hobby, he gets the nickname(绰号)" The flagman".
Emma likes listening to music in her free time. She also likes reading books and one of her favorite books is The Old Man and the Sea. But her favorite hobby is making clothes. She thinks it is very interesting.
In Bill's free time, he likes reading books, drawing and playing volleyball. He also enjoys talking with his friends and playing the piano. He has piano lessons every Thursday and Sunday.
In Tina's free time, she often helps her parents do housework. She cleans the rooms, washes the dishes, walks the dog and helps her sister with her studies. But her favorite thing is cooking. She wants to be a great cook when she grows up.
Jessica likes doing volunteer (志愿者) work in her free time. She goes to the old people's home with her classmates twice a month. And sometimes she goes to the market to help old people. She also helps clean the park in her neighborhood.
First name: Jack Last name: Green Age(年龄):11 Phone number: 289-4567 Favorite thing(最喜欢的物品):a black watch Family member(成员): his father, his mother, his sister | |
First name: Gina Last name: Smith Age:11 Phone number:567-4589 Favorite thing: a purple jacket Family member: her grandma, her parents, her brother | |
First name: Paul Last name: Brown Age: 13 Phone number:681-5698 Favorite thing: a white model plane Family member: his father, his mother, his two sisters | |
First name: Kate Last name: Miller Age: 14 Phone number: 820-6789 Favorite thing: a blue schoolbag Family member: her grandparents, her parents, her brother |
How much do you know about terraces (梯田) in China? Imagine mountains are in silver (银色) water, shining in the spring sun.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} During autumn, these same mountains are gold, and in winter they are covered with white frost (霜冻 ). These are the amazing colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.
It was hard to build these terraces for the local Zhuang and Yao people in Guangxi.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom to the very top.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} First, building the terraces meant that they could have more fields to grow rice. Second, the flat (平坦的) terraces catch the rainwater and stop the soil from being washed away.
People have worked in harmony (和谐) with nature to make these terraces. The terraces have hundreds of waterways (河渠). During the rainy season, rainwater along these waterways moves down the mountains and into the terraces.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} This forms clouds and then rain falls down onto the mountain terraces once again.
Though modern technology could help produce more crops (庄稼), these terraces still mean a lot to the local people. For them, traditions have too much value (价值).
A. Why do people turn the mountains into terraces? B. It is quite useless for the people to work there. C. The sun heats the water and turns it into vapour (水蒸气). D. Summer sees the mountains turn green with growing rice. E. It took them hundreds of years. |
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