题型:阅读还原 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
河南省信阳市浉河区2017-2018学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷
Memory(记忆) is very important. It helps you remember who you are, where you live, what you have learnt and what you plan to do in the future.
Memory has close relationship with the brain(大脑). For example, you can do new things. If you walk a different way to school or take a different bus. You will keep your brain active. You can try to remember something new. You can try to learn new skills. Your brain gets lost of regular exercise if you do any of these things.
If you live a healthy life, your memory will work better. You must have a balanced diet(均衡饮食)not just fast food. Unless(如果不)you get enough sleep every night, you will not remember things well.
If you get too worried, your brain will slow down, and your memory will become less sharp. So, to improve your memory, you should exercise your brain, live a healthy life and stay relaxed.
阅读下面方框中的五个选项(ABCDE),从中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并将其标号填在相应的横线上。
A.You can also study a foreign language. B.It is important to exercise your brain. C.So, how can you improve your memory? D.To make your brain work well, you need to relax. E.And you must give your brain enough time to rest. |
We always think classical (古典的) music fans are quiet and shy, and lovers of rap (说唱音乐) are outgoing.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}According to a study in Edinburgh, it is.
Professor North, who did the study, says that people often show their personalities through the kind of music they listen to. More than 36,000 people from around the world joined-the study.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Here are some of the results:
Western and country music fans are hard-working and not shy.
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Classical music fans are quiet.
Rap fans are outgoing.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} People think heavy metal fans are very sad and unhappy. But like classical music fans, they are in fact easy-going and creative, and not very outgoing.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Heavy metal fans in Sweden have more in common with heavy metal fans in Brazil than with Swedish fans of pop.
A. Fans of pop songs aren't creative, but are hard-working and outgoing. B. Maybe the most surprising result is that classical music fans and heavy metal (重金属摇滚乐) fans have very similar personalities. C. But is it really true that our musical tastes show our personalities (性格)? D. They talked about their musical tastes and did personality tests. E. Professor North says that the results also explain (解释) why so many people are good friends with people who like the same music. |
If your children are learning to read, it's wonderful! Whatever they're reading, they're probably super-excited readers! But the fact is, reading is skill {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Create a comfortable reading place.
Choose a special place with right furnishings(装饰), blankets and pillows for your children put a bookcase of your children' s books. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} If your children feel like they have got their own special place for reading, they will probably spend time in their little space with all their new favorite books…
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If you want your children to learn to love reading, set aside a few minutes every day to read together, no matter how busy you are. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Plan to go to bed a few minutes earlier each night so your children have the time to choose a book to read. Besides, reading aloud to your children can make them more willing to read on their own.
Make the library and bookstore a special treat.
Whether your kids are big readers or not they are only children. They may be excited about new clothes and toys, but not books! Try to use that excitement to help your children love to read. Making a special treat of spending some time at the library or bookstore can be the perfect way to get your children excited about reading {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. Set aside time to read together. B. Ask your children about their favorite books. C Reading together is the perfect way to relax before bedtime. D. This special place may push your children to start 10 love reading! E Here are some useful ways 10 help make your children love reading! E. Let them have fun around there and they can choose whatever excites them. |
What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Why does this season have two names in English? According to Dictionary.com, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was the first to describe this season. During this season, crops(庄稼)would become ripe(成熟)and farmers would have a big harvest(丰收). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaf', or "fall" for short.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} It gradually replaced(替代)"fall" as the word for this season.
At the same time, British people were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. English speakers needed a different name for the season. B. The season in October is autumn. C. But at the end of the 1600s, "autumn" from the French word, came to England. D. So in Old English, this season was simply called "harvest". E. That's why today's Americans have two names for one season. F. But if you go to the US, you will find that people use both "autumn" and "fall". G. Why is it called both "fall" and "autumn"? |
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