题型：阅读表达 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
山西省太原市2018-2019学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
Bananas are good snacks. They are not only sweet and delicious, but also easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas have different things that the human body needs!
Bananas grow best in warm places with lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out. These flowers produce (生产) bananas.
Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. Then after about three months, farmers will pick the bananas. At this time, they still aren't the sunny yellow color bananas. Then the green bananas are shipped to stores. They turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.
If you love bananas, you've got a lot of company (同伴). The first shipment of bananas arrived in the United States in 1876. After that, Americans showed great love for bananas. Until today, Americans still eat more bananas than any other fruit. We can see that clearly in the following chart.
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Anderson, a Danish writer, is famous for his fairy tales（童话）. Both children and adults love his stories. For example, The Ugly Duckling is well-known to people around the world. In fact, Andersen used to be an ugly duckling when he was young.
In 1805, Andersen was born into a poor family in Denmark. As a young boy, he was tall and ugly and had a very big nose. His friends always made jokes about his big nose. Later, because of his father's death, little Andersen had to make a living by himself. He once
worked as a dressmaker and made money in a theater.
The difficulties in life helped him create his fairy tales. In The Little Mermaid, he talked about love and sacrifice(牺牲）.In Emperor's New Clothes, He made fun of the authority(权威).
Besides creating stories, Andersen also loved travelling. His famous saying was, "To travel is to live."
Today, Andersen's fairy tales have been printed into over 100 languages. The Hans Christian Andersen Award is named after him. It's the highest award to give a writer of children's books.
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| Optimism | ●Try hard{#blank#}2{#/blank#} people who do expect to win. ●Have a clear aim and a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for doing something because a key to getting success is motivation. |
| Creativity | ●_{#blank#}4{#/blank#} about things in a different way. ●Study how other people would do the{#blank#}5{#/blank#} thing. |
| {#blank#}6{#/blank#} | ●Help you know about how {#blank#}7{#/blank#} have got success. ●Read books about{#blank#}8{#/blank#} people such as Bill Gates and Jerry Yang to encourage yourselves. |
| Practicing | ●Know the{#blank#}9{#/blank#} of practice because “Practice makes perfect.” ●Believe in yourself and do _{#blank#}10{#/blank#} _you want to do confidently. |
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{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Jerry is a super fan of cars. His father bought him lots of model cars. But he wants to know more about them. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Communication technology makes the world smaller and smaller. It's so amazing that Jenny would like to learn something about the history of it. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Bob plans to go for a holiday to a western country to improve his knowledge about the history of some ancient countries. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Daisy learns Chinese hard and wants to go to China to learn about the country and its history. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Ken likes science very much. He wants to know something about the Energy Machine and the history of it. | A. Shanghai Science and Technology Museum has 13 main exhibitions and 4 science theaters. Lights of Exploration is one of them and it shows human scientific achievement in the 20th century. B. Shanghai Auto Museum is the first museum with a wide range of exhibits including hundreds of cars from China and other countries. It's a place where children can learn how the car works. C. Hong Kong Science Museum covers a wide range of science and food science. The biggest exhibit is the Energy Machine. Victors can learn about science there. D. Nanjing Museum is one of the largest museums in China. It's just like a Chinese history book. You can find what Chinese people used and how they lived in the past. E. British Museum is a museum in London which tells human history and culture. You may find the history of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and even China. It's free for every visitor. F. The communication Museum is a part of Macao Post, which brings knowledge of communications to visitors. You can enjoy the history of Macao Post, collections of stamps and communication instruments. G. Chemical Industry Museum of China shows the development of China's chemical industry. It's an interesting place for children to learn more about chemistry by watching all kinds of experiments. |
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A. Then, the drone will fly to the person. B. But they have other uses now. C. Luckily the drone tracked (追踪) him down in 20 minutes. D. Drones can serve people coffee. E. Drones can also save lives. |
Drones (无人机) can do a lot of things for us, taking photos, delivering (递送) things from packages(包裹) to pizzas to beer and following wild animals.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Can you believe it?{#blank#}2{#/blank#} US company IBM has made this kind of drone. It can deliver coffee to sleepy people. The drone can know when to bring a cup of coffee by studying a person's personal information. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} There is a special device (设备) under the drone. It helps the drone to give coffee. The drone can also learn about someone's coffee-drinking habits and tell when someone need next cup of coffee.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} One company in Africa use drones to deliver medicine and blood fast and save many people's lives. The drones are able to fly at speeds of up to 60 mph and when they are within a minute of the destination(目的地), the doctors receive a text and wait nearby. The drone drops off the package and then returns to its home.
A 92-year-old hunter in Virginia was lost and had to spend a night in the woods. The police searched for him all night but failed to find him.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Also, drones helped firefighters know about the fire in wildfire fight.
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A. Actions speak louder than words. B. Another proverb says "Love is blind." C. He was also famous for his proverbs. D. This means that money should not be wasted. E. He included many proverbs that he had heard or created. |
A proverb is a short, well-known saying that expresses a common truth or belief. Proverbs are found in most cultures and are often very old.
In American history, Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, inventor and writer as well as a leader of the American Revolution. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Franklin wrote a book called "Poor Richard's Almanac". {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Some of them are still used today, like this one: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
Franklin is also remembered for other proverbs like, "A penny saved is a penny earned." {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Here are other examples of proverbs that Americans use. The first ones are about love. Some people say, "All is fair in love and war." They mean that anything you do in a relationship or in battle is acceptable.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} In other words, when you are in love with someone, you may refuse to see anything bad about that person.
Here is another popular saying about love: "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Some people believe that a woman can win a man's love if she prepares his favorite foods.
"{#blank#}5{#/blank#}" This proverb is true in love and war or other situations. It means that what you do is more important than what you say.
We have to stop here, so we must say, "All good things must come to an end."
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