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浙江省宁波市北仑区2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷（含听力音频）
How do other countries celebrate New Year's Day? Here are some of the special traditions for the holidays.
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Brazil In Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, New Year's Eve is all about lucky underpants. People wear red ones if they're looking for love and yellow if they want to get some extra cash. |
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Finland To celebrate the new year, some Finnish people throw molten(融化的)tin into boxes of water. When they see the hard tin, people look at its shape to see how the coming year will go. |
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Panama Panama gets a bit special with its celebration - burning pictures of famous people. The idea is that the pictures means the old year; burning them leads the way into the new one. |
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Belarus On New Year's Eve, unmarried women take part in a game in which lots of corn is placed in front of each woman. People set a rooster free and it will go to one of the young women's corn. It is believed that this lucky young woman will be the first to marry in the coming year. |
Man has invented four kinds of satellites(人造卫星).
The first kind of satellites studies the geography of the earth. They are used to make maps. They also help countries to see where they may find oil or gold. |
The second kind of satellites is used to guide ships and planes. A ship or a plane can send a message to the satellite, and the satellite can find out where the ship or the plane is. |
The third kind studies the weather. These satellites watch clouds and strong winds moving across the earth. They warn countries to make preparations when very bad weather is coming. |
The last kind is used for communications(通信). Telephone calls between countries can be sent. by these satellites. Some can carry hundreds of calls at the same time. The call is sent to the satellite, then the satellite' sends it to a station in the country and this country is being phoned. These satellites also carry pictures; they can receive and send about eight programmes at a time. |
(Tom and Bill are talking in the classroom.Tom=T Bill=B)
T: Hi, Bill! You are reading the novel again.
B: Yes, Tom. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
T: How many times have you read it?
B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new.
T: Really? Who is your favorite writer?
B: Charles Dickens. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} What about you?
T: Me, too. He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.
B: OK, here you are! {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
T: It is wonderful. I haven't read such a nice novel for long. Where did you buy it?
B: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
T: I don't know where it is. Is it far from here?
B: No. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
T: Oh, I see. I'm going there to get one, too. Thank you!
B: You're welcome.
A. It's far from here. B. In Rose Bookshop. C. Is it your favorite novel? D. I'll never be tired of it. E. What do you think of this novel? F. I think he is a great English writer. G. Only 10 minutes' walk from here, next to People's Cinema. |
During a National Day holiday, some movies hit the theatres.
Many of them tell stories of common people. From steel workers to members of the flight, from doctors and nurses to diplomats(外交官), the movies show ordinary people can be heroes by doing great things.
Here is a poster of the Movie World.
| Steel Will Type: Historical film Details: Steel Will tells a real story — the birth of the first furnace(熔炉) molten(熔化的) iron in Northeast China in the late 1940s. Price: ¥35 per person (Children under 6 years old: free) |
| Ordinary Hero Type: Drama Details: Ordinary Hero tells a real story of doctors, police officers, and members of the flight work together to save an injured boy in Xinjiang. Many popular stars play important roles in it. Price: ￥40 per person (Children under 6 years old: half price) |
| Home Coming Type: A war film Details: Home Coming is based on real events. It tells the story of Chinese diplomats saving overseas (海外的) Chinese. The film topped China's National Day Holiday box office(票房). Price: ￥45 per person(Children under 6 years old: free) |
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