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湖南省醴陵市2018—2019学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷

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    In nature, you may see many insets(昆虫) and animals of different colors. Have you ever wondered why?

    Locusts are super delicious food for birds, but it is not always an easy job for birds to catch them. It is neither because locusts are good jumpers or runners nor because they are smarter than their enemies. The reason is that the color of locusts change with the color of crops(庄稼). When crops are young, locusts look green. But when autumn comes, locusts change to the yellow and brown color as crops do.

    Brown bears, tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They can't be seen easily by their enemies. This is because they have colors similar to the trees. For the same reason, polar ears that live on a land of snow and ice are white. Butterflies and bees living among the flowers are colorful like flowers. Soil insects are mostly dark—colored and they live under the soil(土壤)in a dark and wet environment. However ,insects with colors different from plants can easily be found and eaten by others. So in order to survive, they have to hide themselves in the daytime and appear only at night.

    Have y ou ever noticed some even stranger acts? The ink fish in the sea can send out some very black ink when it faces danger. As the ink spreads over, its enemies will find themselves suddenly in a dark world. At the same time the ink fish immediately swims away. That is how it keep itself safe though it is not strong at all.

(1)、It is not easy for birds to catch locusts because _________.
A、locusts are good runners B、locusts can change their colors C、locusts are smarter than birds.
(2)、According to the passage, most soil insects ________.
A、do not have bright colors. B、change their colors with the soil. C、eat colorful insects like butterflies and bees.
(3)、What's the meaning of the underlined word "survive" in paragraph 3?
A、繁殖 B、产卵 C、生存
(4)、The ink fish ________ so that its enemies will not see it.
A、changes its color B、makes the water around it black C、appear only at night
(5)、What is the main idea of this passage?
A、Some insects and animals use colors to protect themselves. B、Some insects and animals have different skills. C、Some insects and animals are cleverer than we think.
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①Japan's population is rapidly aging, with 28 percent of its people aged 65 or older. This means there aren't enough young people doing jobs that need physical strength (力量) like building things and farming.

②To encourage older people to work on, technology companies in Japan have developed special suits called exoskeleton (外骨骼). These suits can make it easier to lift and carry heavy objects.

③"We have no choice, elderly people need to stay in the workplace," says Daigo Orihara at Innophys. This company has made a suit called the Every Muscle Suit. It's light, weighing less than 4 kg. It doesn't need any batteries (电池) or motors (发动机). When users put it on like a backpack, they pump (抽气) air into it 30 times with a hand pump. Then, the suit can help them lift up to 25 kg easily. The suit costs about 1000 pounds and is used by food companies to help worker lift big boxes, by old people's homes to help workers lift people in and out of bed, as well as by food factories and building companies.

④Another company, Panasonic, is also developing different exoskeleton suits. Its most important one—the Atoun Model Y—costs 4200 pounds. It uses motors instead of air to work and can last for 8 hours. It weighs 4.5 kg and can help users lift up to 10 kg.

⑤Similarly, Japanese company JTEKT, part of the Toyota group, also began selling an exoskeleton. It's used to help older workers and also runs on a motor.

⑥As Japan is facing the problems of fewer and fewer workers, they may need to raise the age when people stop working. This means there will be even more need for exoskeleton to help older people keep working.

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 "Guilin's scenery is the best in the world, and Yangshuo's scenery is the best in Guilin,"goes the old saying. Why is the scenery of Guilin and Yangshuo so great? It's probably because there is a beautiful river running {#blank#}1{#/blank#} them. It is the Li River.

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