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浙江省宁波市江北实验中学2024-2025学年七年级上学期期中考试英语试题
Evan, an orange and white fox, has a farm. It's Evan's home. His friend, a black and white dog, often stays there with him and they always help each other. They drive Evan's farm truck (卡车) and play games. They read books and have ice cream. But their favorite thing is working in Evan's yard. In the yard, plants are big and beautiful. The live happily there. But one day, the dog dies, so Evan loses his best friend. Without his best friend, the yard becomes a sad place. Evan feels so bad that he destroys (破坏) his yard.
But a good place will not stay empty (空着) for long. New plants quietly start to grow. One day, Evan finds a small pumpkin vine in his yard. He starts to look after it. Fall comes and there is a huge pumpkin in his yard.
It is the fair (集市) week. Evan takes his big pumpkin to the fair. He meets his old friends there and he enjoys nice food. Best of all, his pumpkin wins him a prize: 10 dollars or a little dog. What does Evan want? You might know the answer. Yes. He drives home with the dog.
This is the story of the book The Rough Patch. It is a 2018 picture book by US writer Brian Lies. The book won the 2019 Caldecott Medal (凯迪克大奖—绘本大奖) .
Teleport Specialist: Imagine walking onto a teleport station. Immediately you disappear, and then suddenly you reappear at the place you want to go. There will be no more cars and no more auto mechanics (机械师). Instead, the teleport specialist will help you move from place to place. ▲Dirigibles (飞船) may change life in much of the world. They're relatively cheap to operate and don't require expensive airplane runways. They can stop in mid-air to drop off passengers or deliver goods. Skilled dirigible pilots will be in great need. ▲More and more people will be taking leisure trips to space, and they will need tour guide. One company has already begun a space programme with trips costing about $ 200, 000. In the future, these high prices should become more affordable, and more space guides will be needed. ▲Robot Mechanic: The robots available now mostly clean carpets or mow lawns. Someday these machines will become cheaper, and more families will be able to buy robotic personal assistants or companions. Some people will work as robot mechanics to take care of the mechanical problems of these robots. www. sunshineschool. englishnewspaper. com.cn |
Here list some biggest and best bookstores in Beijing:
Wangfujing Xinhua Bookstore Opening Hours:09:00——21:30 Location:No.218,Wangfujing Street,Dongcheng District It offers a large number of books about politics,economics,literature,art and science. CDs and digital reading materials can also be found. |
China Bookstore Opening Hours:09:0——17:00(Weekdays) Location:No.115,East Liulichang Street,Xicheng District It offers many traditional Chinese literature works.The new books here are at a 20% discount(打折) normally. |
Beijing Language and Culture University Press Bookstore Opening Hours:09:00——17:00(weekdays) 09:00——16:00(weekends) Location:Chengfu Rd,Haidian District There are Chinese language learning books,encyclopedias(百科全书),linguistic books and reading materials. |
Beijing Book Building Opening Hours:09:00——21:00 Location:No.17,West Chang'an Avenue,Xicheng District You can find different kinds of dictionaries here.The staffs(工作人员) in the bookstore are friendly,and they can communicate in English. |
Personal traits (个人品质) | Descriptions |
Be self﹣disciplined(自律的) | I take my health seriously,even though no one asks me to do that. For example,I do exercise four times a week and never eat junk food. I think being self﹣disciplined is important in my life. —Bill |
Be outgoing | I am an outgoing person. I like to make lots of friends. And I don't really care if my friends are the same as me or different. —Jason |
Be helpful | Sam missed many classes because he was in hospital for weeks. After he returned to school,I helped him with schoolwork. Surprisingly,he got good grades in the final exams. —Lisa |
Be a good listener | I care about people's ideas and feelings. I listen to others carefully and don't stop their talking. I look at people's eyes when I'm talking with them. —Sally |
Be hard﹣working | I'm a student in Grade 8 now. I become more hardworking than before,so I often get good grades in English tests. I always believe that the harder you work,the luckier you are. —David |
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