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浙江省杭州市公益中学2024-2025学年上学期八年级英语Unit 1~3月考卷
" How are you?" is a friendly greeting. It often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks" How are you?" expec's to hear the answer "Finè" even if the person isn't fine. The reason is that " How are you?" isn't really a question and " Fine" isn't really an answer. They are common ways of saying " hello" or" hi".
Sometimes, people don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks " Do you agree?", the other person may be thinking " No, I don't." It isn't polite to disagree strongly, so he might say," I'm not so sure."
People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking to other people. For example, many conversations over the phone end when one person says," I've got to go now," or the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse such as " Someone is at the door." the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say so. An excuse doesn't hurt the other person's feelings.
Whether they are greeting each other or ending a conversation, people often don't say exactly what they are thinking.
A. The excuse may be real, or not. B. If you disagree with others, they will hate you. C. However, " How are you?" is also an unusual question. D. This is a nice way to say that you don't agree with someone. E This is one way of being nice to people, and it's a part of the game of language. |
According to the text, what might a person say when he/ she disagrees with someone?(10个词以内)
Over the past few years, cars have become smarter and smarter. Some of them can even drive themselves. Now, our roads have followed the steps. In the United Kingdom alone, there are around650 kilometers of" smart roads" in use. Across the world, many more are being built. Some new technologies are being put to use.
▲ Roads that recharge(给……充电)
Global warming has forced us to search for new energy sources. Why not look to the roads? Piezoelectric roads, a new kind of smart road, use vibrations(震动) from passing cars to produce electricity. In fact, Piezoelectricity was invented in
1880. However, it has never been widely used before now. The U. K.'s Lancaster University is going to improve it.
▲ Built- in brain
Roads of the future may be able to know how many people are on them, send drivers updates(最新的情况) on weather and traffic jams, and recharge electric cars while driving.
This seems impossible, but one American company has almost made it come true. By sensing the weight of a car, the smart roads can track the speed of each wheel. The smart roads are like large touchpads(触摸屏) so that they can collect data(数据) by looking for wheels. And then the roads will send it to the drivers.
▲ Roads that never freeze
It can be dangerous to drive in snowy weather. A tech company in Israel has developed the Snowless roads. When they find snow or ice on their surfaces, the roads will heat themselves up, melting(使融化) them away. The company has succeeded in testing this project on a few Canadian roads and in some of its car parks.
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Types | Roads that recharge | Built- in brain | Roads that never freeze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Development | Nowadays, smart roads with new technologies are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in some countries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Your opinion | Is it possible that" smart roads" would be widely used in China? Why or why not?{#blank#}5{#/blank#} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Do you feel down more often during the winter months? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} so, you might have winter depression. It's also known to doctors as seasonal affective disoder(SAD, 季节性情绪失调).
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