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广东省惠州大亚湾区外语实验学校2024-2025学年八年级上学期第一次月考英语试题
France is wellknown for its fine art, tasty food and beautiful scenery(风景). So about 75 million visitors come here every year.
France is the largest country in Western Europe. It has a population of over 66 million. There are many famous places of interest in France, like the River Seine as well as the Eiffel Tower.
Many visitors also come for the country's art. If you visit France today, it is not a surprise to meet street artists in the city or come across a singer in the subway.
No visit to Paris is perfect without a trip to the Louvre, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. Inside, there are 35,000 works of art, such as the painting Mona Lisa by Da Vinci and the statue(雕塑) David by Michelangelo. It would take nine months to enjoy all works of art.
French food is also worldfamous. Bread is very important in France. The best known French bread is called a baguette(法棍面包). It's long and delicious and tastes salty. Snails(蜗牛) are also a musthave here. French people eat 40,000 tons of snails every year!
But France is not always good. Paris, the city of light, may also show its dark side to visitors. Chinese visitors feel sorry about the crowded subway in Paris.
A.Here's one man's story about test stress. B.Then he rode on a horse through Chang'an City,writing a poem C.Meng Jiao loves writing poems but he is poor D.You worry that you won't know the right answer. E.Meng Jiao's poem tells about his feelings. F.During his ride, Meng Jiao wrote a poem. |
Tests can be stressful.You worry that you haven't studied enough. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}You worry that you do know the answer but will still get it wrong on the test.Tests have been stressing people out for thousands of years.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}
During the Tang Dynasty there lived a talented poet named Meng Jiao.who was born to a poor family. Writing poetry was not a good paying job at that time. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} He realized this had to change and decided to take the Ke Ju exams,which were open for anyone.Meng Jiao studied hard for the tests and took them several times.Each time,he failed,but he never gave up.Finally,when he was 46 years old, Meng Jiao passed the test! He was so happy that he put on new clothes and tied on red flowers to celebrate. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}In English,it is"Horseback riding fast through the spring breeze( 微 风 ) ,while seeing all the flowers of Chang'an in one day."
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} It tells of the excited feelings of seeing all of Chang'an City in a day.On that day,he was able to let go of the disappointments of the past.The poem became famous and was passed down through the years.
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