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广东省深圳中学2024-2025学年七年级上学期期中测试英语试题
Foreign travelers took a photo after practising Tai Chi at the Temple of Heaven on July 9.
The 144-hour visa-free policy(过境免签政策) helps foreigners know the true China.
You might have heard"city bu city"(city or not city). A foreign blogger said this when he visited the Great Wall. It soon became popular. People now use it to ask if a place has the fashionable feel of a big city. There are many more foreign travelers like him in China. This is partly thanks to China's 144-hour visa-free transit policy.
A popular policy
The visa-free transit policy means foreigners can visit China without getting a visa. It started in 2013. At first, it only worked in seven big cities. At that time, people could stay for only 72 hours. But now, people can stay in China for up to 144 hours. The policy works in more places now. People from 54 countries enjoy this policy.
The policy helps draw(吸引)more travelers to China. This year, more foreigners visited China through visa-free policies.
Seeing the real China
Reporters in the West often write untrue news stories about China. They call China"unsafe and underdeveloped". But now, this policy lets more people sec the real China.
"This is the whole reason why we decided to come to this country—we wanted to see what it's like for ourselves, "Luke, an Irish travel blogger, said. He thinks Chengdu is really"good, beautiful and modern" .
Scientists have found fossils of animals with tails since hundreds of millions of years ago. Back then, early fish used their tails as fins（鳍）to swim through oceans, and run away from enemies. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Scientists believe that dinosaurs used their tails to balance their heavy heads and bodies while they walked. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Similarly, kangaroos use their tails for balance. But their tail also works as their third powerful leg, it can help push them forward. In addition, a monkey's tail can also act like a hand, helping it to hold onto tree branches.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}But their roles are quite different. Most tailed insects use their tails to lay eggs. Birds use their tails to balance while sitting on trees. They also use tails to control directions. For many birds, a spread and raised tail is part of the lover-finding show. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Male ones will spread their colorful tails to attract female ones.
Besides, animal that live in groups, like wolves, use different tail position to show their rank. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Scientists believe those tails disappeared around 20 million years ago. Once they started walking upright, we lost them because we had no use for them anymore.
A. Although humans don't have long tails like monkeys, we did have tails! B. As the fish walked onto the land, their tails started to change too. C. This helped them run fast enough to catch and kill other animals. D. Many insects also have tails. E. Take peacocks for example. |
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I'm learning English. It's difficult for me to remember new words. Could you help me with that? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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☆Vocabulary Book Vocabulary Book is a kind of notebook. In the book, you can write down the new words you want to learn. Next to the word, write down its part of speech (n./ v./ adj./ adv./ …) and its English meaning. Try to understand the new word in English, not in your mother language. You can also write down the synonym of the new word to better understand or remember it. For example, the word great is a synonym of the word excellent. ☆ Word Map Word Map is a useful way to connect your vocabulary together. In this way, you can remember more words for a longer time. There are different kinds of word maps, such as:
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My vocabulary book:
My word map:
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试题篮
Question: How can I remember new words?
Best answer: Here are two ways to help you.
Thank you. I find the ways are useful.
