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浙江省宁波市海曙区储能学校丽园校区2024-2025学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷
We' ve talked about snails(蜗牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don't move at all. They' re in their shells - - - sleeping.
Hot sun will dry out a snail's body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into its shell and closes the opening with a thin cover. Then it goes to sleep. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So whenever it rains, it goes inside its shell house and goes to sleep. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It can take a short sleep. Or it can sleep for days at a time. And it spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep.
In spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out of from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. It can' t see very well. Its eyes, at the ends of the top feelers are very weak. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to the new greens. Then the snail's little mouth goes to work.
A snail's mouth is no longer than the point of a pin(针). Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are so small that you can't see them. But they do their work.. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out. And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones.
Mostly, a snail looks for food at night. But on cloudy days it eats in the daytime. It eats all day long. A snail can go on eating for hours and never feel full.
More than two billion tons of rubbish is created around the world every year. Rubbish influences not only the environment but human health. To mark the World Earth Day, let's learn about the harm rubbish does and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.
A history of rubbish
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Environmental problems
It is said that around one billion tons of waste are burned each year. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Burning waste can also produce chemicals that can make people ill. Landfill(废渣埋填法)also causes climate change and pollutes rivers where people get their drinking water.
The role of recycling
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Reducing the rubbish and recycling are important for the environment and the planet's future. World Earth Day 2024 pays attention to the problems caused by rubbish. It has an activity called the Great Global Cleanup to encourage people to pick up rubbish from beaches, parks, rivers and streets.
A. Cleaning up B. how we can make a cleaner future C. Any rubbish is harmful to our environment. D. Recycling is when something is used again. E. This is called "landfill" and is used widely today. F. Everyone should care for wild animals and plant more trees. G. Burning produces carbon dioxide(二氧化碳), causing climate change. |
Success is often considered to be the opposite of failure. To teenagers, it is the achievement of a goal or completion of something they really need, such as good grades or the ability to get on well with others. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} However, now they care more about their moral(道德的)education and character-building.
Schools give students chances to discover their hidden abilities so that they can enjoy some type of success. For example, those who are good at speaking are advised to take part in the speaking competitions while those who are interested in art are expected to perform in front of their classmates. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Teenagers are often told that success is not easy to achieve. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Great effort(努力)should be put into the work. Don't put off doing things, or it'll lead to a mountain of work. It'll make them nervous. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It makes them remember that a task has to be completed.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Honest teenagers will win the trust of friends leading to good relationships. What's more, teenagers should develop self-motivation(自我激励). Then they'll have the strong will to achieve success.
A. Success lies in hard work. B. They can enjoy the pleasure of success. C. And a sense of responsibility is also important. D. Sticking to moral values(道德观)is the key to success, too E. Schools used to look at students only according to their grades. F. Students also can the of success when their favorite clubs. |
John Smith is an exchange student from New York. Here is a letter to his friend in his hometown.
Dear David, How time flies! It's been 3 months since I came to China. I'm having a great time on my student exchange program here. So far, I've completely got used to the life here and have known a lot about traditional Chinese culture. I'd like to share some with you. In China, there are many different kinds of traditional art forms, such as paper cutting, Chinese clay art and so on. Among them, the kite interests me most. The first ancient Chinese kite appeared more than 2,000 years ago. Then flying kites was spread into Japan , Korea and Malaysia during the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Kites are regarded as the earliest craft (飞行器).They played an important role in the process of inventing the plane. Tea culture is important in China. Tea was discovered as a kind of drink by accident about 5,000 years ago. It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. It didn't appear in England until around 1660. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. Now tea has become one of the most popular drinks around the world. Lastly, I'd like to tell you something about one of the traditional Chinese festivals——the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar (阴历).Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying moon cakes for centuries. If you'd like to know more about traditional Chinese culture, I will talk about it in the next letter. Best wishes! Yours, John |
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