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广东省广州市铁一中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期11月期中考试英语试题
Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.
In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.
For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for "making a fortune (发财)". So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone number or on their vehicle license plate (车牌照) number. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 p. m. on Aug. 8, 2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors' robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon had nine children. The number 9 also stands for "long lasting". That' s why a man always proposes (求婚) to a woman with 99 or 999 roses.
So, what's an unlucky number in China? One example is 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the character for "death".
Because of this, many buildings skip (跳过) the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in some areas in Hong Kong. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.
What will our life be like in the future? Let's learn about some of the cool things in the future.
CARS Our car will be another home for us. The room will be very comfortable. We will free our hands when we travel in a car, So, we can drink a cup of coffee in our car when we feel tired. And we can travel anywhere by car, not only over land, but also over the sea. |
ROBOTS In the future, everyone will have a robot. The robots will have different shapes (形状). Some will look like people and others will look like animals. When we go out, we can take a small robot with us. The robot will tell dangerous things so that we will be safe. |
CLOTHES Clothes won't just be for wearing in the future. They can even give direction. That is to say, if we want to go somewhere, our clothes will take us there. And we won't need to wash the clothes at all. What's more they can charge(给……充电)phones. |
A zero- waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}So the zero- waste store is about providing a kind of everyday and good- looking zero- waste products to help people start on a zero- waste life journey.
Zero- waste was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} For example, stop the use of one- off objects; give unwanted things to others and so on.
Yu Yuan, 27, is attracted by this idea. She and her boyfriend used to buy something unwanted until she saw a video about "zero- waste". {#blank#}3{#/blank#} She had a deep impression.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} They tried to follow the six rules. She started making her own toothpaste and taking reusable bags shopping. Step by step, she made small changes. From August to October, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish.
Now the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing. People can buy the reused products there. "It is not something that can happen overnight. " said Yu. "I hope more people will change their lifestyle after visiting our shop because zero- waste life is just around us at our fingertips. "{#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. She hopes more friends will join her on the road to zero- waste. B. It follows the 6R rule: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair. Recycle and Rot. C. Later, Yu wanted to experience this zero- waste lifestyle with her boyfriend. D. In the video, a family of four placed the rubbish they produced every year in a jar. E. Her idea is to try not to create any rubbish and to save the environment. |
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