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广东省广州市白云区永平片2024-2025学年八年级上学期英语期中练习题
Do you know your mobile phone number well? You may sometimes find it hard to remember your number. That's because China has the longest mobile phone numbers in the world. Why is that?
The 11 digits (数字) include three parts. Each part has a different meaning. The first three numbers tell you the mobile phone service provider (服务提供商) you are using. For example, 135 is for the China Mobile Communication Corporation (中国移动) and 186 is for China Unicorn (中国联通). The fourth to the seventh digits tell you where the number is from. And the last four digits are random (随机的).
The main reason for using 11 digits is that we have the largest population (人口) in the world. We once had 10 numbers. But as our population grew, there were not enough numbers for us to use. So we began to use 11 digits from 1999.
11 digits can make tens of billions of mobile phone numbers. That's enough for each person to have seven or eight phone numbers to use in China. Also, we can reuse the mobile phone numbers. Usually, the service provider will use a canceled number again after three to six months. If you call a number that you haven't called for a long time, you may find its owner has changed.
Besides China, Britain and Japan also use 11-digit mobile phone numbers. But their numbers always start with 0. So they cannot make as many numbers as we can. Countries like the United States, Australia and India use phone numbers with 10 digits. Canada's mobile phone numbers are perhaps the world's shortest: they use seven digits.
Do you want to make some new friends? Here you can know something about three different animal friends. Let's have a look. I think you will like them.
Hello! I'm Koala Bear. Do you know where I am? Yes. I'm in Australia. I'm two years old. I don't often drink water I like sleeping (睡觉) in the tree. My phone number is81093456. Welcome to visit me. | |
Good morning! My name is Mickey. I am from the USA. Now I am in Shanghai, China. I have big ears and eyes. I have a good friend and his name is Donald Duck. But he is in America now. I am always happy. Do you like me? My phone number is 96384251. | |
Nice to meet you, everyone. I am Panda. I live in Sichuan, China. I am 3 years old. I like eating bamboo (竹子). Do you like me? My phone number is 71368997. Welcome to Sichuan. |
Jessie is an eleven-year-old student in Star Primary School (小学). It is a big school with many trees and flowers. There are 220 teachers in it. Sixty classrooms are in the classroom building. And every class has 30 students.
Here is a map of her school. Let's have a look!
(1) Sports hall (2) Science building (science labs and computer rooms) (3) Library (4) Classroom building (5) Teachers' building (6) Art and music building (7) Sports field (8) Dining hall |
Jessie likes her school very much. But she likes the music classroom best because it is very special. There are some desks in it, but there aren't any chairs. Guess where they sit! They sit on yoga balls. Sitting on yoga balls is so fun. All the students like it very much. In every classroom there are many pictures on the wall and there are many flowers in the front of the classroom. They make the classroom very beautiful.
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