题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:普通
浙江省杭州市余杭区2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中英语试题
Doorbells are the bells(铃)for people to ring at a door. When someone hears it, he or she can open the door. Do you know that you can ring a doorbell for fish, too?
Every spring, millions of fish migrate(洄游)along the river in the city to find better places to lay eggs. But in the river, there are many locks(水闸). They stop fish from swimming through. Weerd Lock is in Utrecht, the fourth largest city in the Netherlands. When fish get there, they have to wait a long time before the lock opens for boats to pass through. The lock keeper there is glad to open the lock for fish, but he cannot tell when fish want to get through. So in 2021, Mark a scientist, came up with a good idea to help solve this problem— by using the fish doorbell.
Under the water near the lock, there's a camera. People from around the world can visit a website to see fish through the camera. When you see a group of fish waiting, you can ring the doorbell on the screen. And when the lock keeper notices it, he will open the lock for the fish.
In its first spring season in 2021, people around the world rang the fish doorbell more than100,000 times. If you want to join them to help fish, visit the website and ring the fish doorbell next spring!
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Junior Journalist(新闻记者) Competition We are searching for new junior journalists for Kids News. The free competition is open to children in Grades 3-9, with four groups for both primary and high school students: · ●News story — print · ●News story — video · ●Sports story — print · ●Sports story — video The first-prize winner will make a guest appearance(以嘉宾身份出现) on Channel 10's Studio 10 program, hosted by Nareld a Jacobs. Jacobs has been a television journalist for more than 20 years. She said it was important for kids to take an interest in news. "Knowledge is power, " she said. "Knowing what's go- ing on in the world around kids can help them form their own opinions and ideas. " Besides, there are four second-prize winners and five third-prize winners. They will receive $1, 000 and $ 750 each person. How to enter ●Write a story or create a video story about something that has happened or is about to happen in your school or local community. Your story should be true. ●You can submit(提交) your work from January 6 to March 6. ●E-mail your work to juniorjournalist@ news. com before 5 p. m. on March 6. |
Dublin Zoo is one of the most popular places of interest in Ireland (爱尔兰). The opening hours are as follows: ●January: 9:30 am—4.30 pm ●February: 9:30 am—5:00 pm ●March to September: 9:30 am—6:00 pm ●October: 9:30 am—5:30 pm ●November to December: 9:30 am—4:00 pm (African Plains closes half an hour earlier.) |
On 5th November, there are some great shows. ● The elephant show (10:00 am—11:00 am) Elephants say hello to people with their noses and give a show of eating bananas. ● The monkey show (10:00 am—11:00 am) Monkeys learn to wear clothes. ● The panda show (2:20 pm—3:20 pm) Pandas from China have a birthday party for a little panda. She is one year old that day. ● The tiger show (3:30 pm—4:30 pm) The tiger runs after rabbits. |
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