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浙江省金华市义乌市2024-2025学年八年级上学期11月期中考试英语试题
People have told stories about Robin Hood for more than 700 years. Nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character. In the legends(传说), Robin was quite smart and had a playful sense of humour. He loved playing jokes and tricks on people.
"Pick a card, any card!"
The stories say that Robin Hood was a skilled archer(弓箭手) and he always carried a bow and arrow.
"Ha ha, too easy!"
He wore green clothes and a hat with a green feather. He lived in Sherwood Forest with a group of outlaws(逃犯), known as his‘Happy Men'. The group included Friar Tuck, "Mmm. yummy!" Little John, who was unusually tall, "Little is just my nickname!", and Robin's true love, Maid Marian. "Take that!"
Sherwood Forest was a royal(皇家的) hunting forest near Nottingham in England. Most people thought that forests were dangerous places to go. People travelling through the forests were often robbed by outlaws.
"Your money, please, my Lord!"
"Oh no, it's Robin Hood!"
The stories say that Robin Hood only took money from rich people so that he could give it to people who needed it. So he became famous for‘robbing from the rich and giving to the poor'.
"Here you are, my dear."
"Oh, thank you, Robin!"
The Sheriff(郡长) of Nottingham was Robin's arch-enemy. It was the sheriff's job to keep the woods safe and to make sure that nobody stole the king's deer.
"What's that? Is that Robin Hood?"
The Sherlff of Nottingham tried to catch Robin Hood, but never succeeded.
"Oh no, not again!"
Centuries ago people loved to tell each other stories of Robin Hood. Later he became a famous character in books, and nowadays Robin is still a well-loved hero in books, theatre, TV and films.
In recent years, science fiction (科幻小说) has become more and more popular in China, especially after the sci-fi writer Liu Cixin won the Hugo Award in 2015. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It has been popular all over the world.
In an interview, Liu said that science fiction would open our minds to everything in the future. " {#blank#}2{#/blank#} And it opens up a new world to them, " he added.
According to Liu, young readers should read different books in order to find out what they are truly interested in. Liu once said, "I've read a lot of works of Leo Tolstoy and Arthur Charles Clarke. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} "
The Chinese sci-fi film The Wandering Earth was a real hit in 2019. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Liu said the success mainly came from the hard work of the movie's team. "As the first Chinese sci-fi movie, I must say that it's very exciting and encouraging, " he said. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} He believed that there would be different kinds of Chinese sci-fi movies in the future.
A. Science fiction makes young people interested in science. B. Reading all those books has helped make me successful. C. The Three-Body Problem is Liu's most famous fiction. D. Liu thought that sci-fi movies had a bright future in China. E. It came from Liu's fiction of the same name. |
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