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外研版英语2017-2018学年八年级上学期期中综合能力评估试题(含听力,音频暂未更新)
My name is Jerry Zhang, and I am a father of two young daughters -- one is about four years old and the other is only about one.我来自中国,现在住在美国。
One day, my older daughter, Madison, told me she didn't want to be Chinese. Those days she was quite interested in the book characters (角色) Madeline and Eloise. She asked me all the time why she was Chinese and they weren't, and how she could have yellow or red hair like them.
This made me look for books with Asian (亚洲的) characters for Madison to read. However, I only found a few, and they were heavily cultural (文化的) and Madison didn't connect herself with any of the characters in them. And she wash' t interested in them at all Then she told me again that she didn't want to be Chinese, and it made me sad.
In most of the books for children in the US, the characters look like Americans. There are over 17 million Asians and Asians and Americans in this count, but few of them have Asian faces. I think it's important for Asian children to see themselves in books as interesting and clever kids.
So I created (创作) a book for Madison. Pepper Zhang in the book is an Asian girl. Her imagination (想象) takes her on a trip to creativity and art I want my children to know that being Chinese or being Asian is a great thing too.
Because of this,I looked for books with Asian characters to let Madison read.
Chris Jones 刚刚结束了一次不同寻常的印度之旅,记者就此对他进行了采访。以下是采访的部分内容。请根据Chris Jones的回答,从A, B, C, D四个选项中选择恰当的问题填入下面小题的空格处。并完成第(2)小题
A. Can you tell me the journey? B. Did you have any problems on your journey? C. How long did it take to find a suitable elephant? D. What gave you the idea to travel around India on an elephant? |
Reporter: ①
Chris: Well, it all started two years ago when I was having a trip to India. I visited a photographic exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only way to travel around India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant. I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I asked an expert for help. He taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter: ②
Chris: Not too long. I bought an elephant called Tara for about USD 6,000.
Reporter: ③
Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were heading to Sonepur in northern India. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour. It took us 64 days to complete the journey.
Reporter: ④
Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. But that got better quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Last week, I had a great vacation to Hainan with my family. We had great fun playing in different places. On Monday, the weather was sunny and hot. We went to White Beach and swam in the water. On Tuesday, it was cloudy. We visited two museums. We saw a lot of things. On Wednesday and Thursday, It was rainy and windy. We walked around the city. We bought interesting things and ate some delicious food. On Friday, the weather was cool. We climbed mountains. We were very tired but felt very happy. I really enjoyed my vacation.
When |
Where |
Weather |
Activity |
Monday |
White Beach |
sunny and hot |
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Tuesday |
museums |
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Visit two museums |
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city |
rainy and windy |
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Friday |
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cool |
climb mountains |
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