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广西2016-2017学年八年级下学期英语期中质量检测试卷(含听力音频)

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    Two young women started a program in Beijing. The goal (目标) of the program was to help children with autism (自闭症) from the Stars & Rain Education Institute.

    Elaine Ho from the United States and Cui Kaixuan from China invited 26 artists from China and other countries to take part in the program. They donated (捐赠) their time and works to help children with autism. Most of the artists finished some works for the program, and some even finished their works with the help of the children from Stars & Rain.

    One in every 150 people has autism, but most people still don't know about it. The two young women started this special program to help children and their families. They hope more people will learn the importance of helping people with autism.

    "The real goal of the program is communication. We hope that the activity will give a chance to artists and those children to communicate with each other. In this way, more great ideas may be brought to the artists' works and these children will get rich experiences which will stay with them for the rest of their life. Of course, all the art works will be sold and the money will be donated to the children in Stars & Rain."

(1)、What was the program for?

A、All children in Beijing. B、The children with autism. C、The artists. D、Two young women.
(2)、How many artists did they invite? 

A、2. B、8. C、26. D、150.
(3)、What did the two young women want more people to know more?

A、About the art works. B、About autism. C、About Stars & Rain. D、About the artists.
(4)、What did the artists do in the program?

A、They held an art show. B、They helped children with autism. C、They took the autism to the hospital. D、They gave money to children with autism.
(5)、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A、The two young women came from different countries. B、There were 26 people working for the project. C、The art works were given to the children in Stars & Rain. D、The artists were all from China.
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 阅读理解

With the background sounds of traditional Chinese instruments, Yuanxi, China Daily's digital worker, introduced the 9,000-year-old stone carvings from the Helan Mountains in Ningxia on October 14. "The meeting of the virtual (虚拟的) human and traditional Chinese culture is quite interesting," an Internet user said.

With the rise of the virtual space, China's virtual human industry is growing. According to a research report by QbitAI, it is estimated that the overall market size of China's virtual humans will reach 270 billion yuan by 2030.

Though these virtual humans are not real, they share similar identities (身份) with us and work in different fields of our daily lives, including education, broadcasting and business. For example, in June 2021, Hua Zhibing, a virtual human who can write poems, was officially accepted as a student at Tsinghua University. Throughout the 2022 Winter Olympics, China's first AI sign language presenter worked for those who have poor hearing. Because of their perfect image and interesting set-ups, some virtual humans even get a large number of fans and become idols (偶像) in real life. Luo Tianyi is one of them. As a virtual singer, Luo has over 5 million followers on a social media platform. When she and other virtual idols held a concert in Shanghai in 2019, more than 10,000 fans cheered for them. Gao Yu, a fan of Luo, told Economic Information Daily that "just like chasing human idols, Luo's fans also hold birthday parties for her and buy the products she recommends".

"Generally speaking, virtual humans are often seen as the way to the virtual space and have shown economic value, but there's still a lot of room for development," reported Xinhua News Agency.

 阅读理解

Even though African elephants are protected, many of them are still being killed for their ivory.

At the end of the 1970s, over 1.3 million elephants walked around Africa, but today, their numbers have fallen to around 450,000. This is mainly caused by illegal(非法的) hunting for ivory. Need for ivory in markets, especially in Asia and Africa, continues to push the illegal trade. This has resulted in the deaths of at least 20,000 African elephants each year.

Ivory, also known as "white gold", has long been considered valuable. Its unusual look has led to its use in lots of expensive things, including jewellery, musical instruments and art. And the ivory material itself can stand the test of time. So many people are willing to pay a high price for ivory products.

However, no matter how much real ivory is sold for, it's certainly not worth the harm to elephants. That's why some scientists are working to achieve the same beauty of ivory without killing any animals.

Thaddaa Rath and her team at the University of Vienna have created the ivory called "Digory". The high-tech ivory is made from synthetic resin(合成树脂) and calcium phosphate particles(磷酸钙颗粒). It's first formed into the shape by a 3D printer. And then it is color-matched and colored. Next, it is polished(抛光) to make it look like real natural ivory.

Although Digory looks so real that it is hard to tell it from real ivory, its chemical structure is completely different from that of the real one. Fritz Vollrath, a biologist who is against killing elephants for ivory, felt excited about the invention and spoke highly of it for the fact that Digory could save many elephants from risks. Scientists have made some achievements, but we still need to do more research to make sure that it is widely used. It's still hopeful that scientists can be able to protect African elephants by making high-tech materials to take the place of the real ivory.

 阅读短文,回答问题

Among all the pen productions, the writing brush(maobi)is a kind of special writing tool mainly made in China. 

Archaeologists(考古学家)said that writing brushes first appeared about 5, 000 years ago. Hengshui, Xuancheng and Huzhou were three centers for making writing brushes in Chinese history. Many people still celebrate the invention of the brush every year. 

____ Materials for the head part include rabbit hair, horse hair and so on. Some Chinese people like to make the writing brush with babies' lanugos(胎毛). People believe that a writing brush made of the hair of newborn habies will bring good luck while taking exams. As for stalks(笔杆), normal materials are usually wood, but we can also see some special ones made of ivory, gold and some other expensive materials. 

It's considered that the writing brush is the most important one among the Four Treasures of Chinese Study. In Chinese calligraphy(书法)and Chinese painting, the writing brush is widely used. In ancient China, children had to learn calligraphy and try to write a good hand. Even the emperors were good at calligraphy. Nowadays, some Chinese people still practice calligraphy with a writing brush from a very young age. Calligraphy is beneficial to people in some ways. When writing, people will forget all worries and even themselves, turning all thoughts into the beauty of art. People think it helps improve a person's temper(脾气). 

Writing or painting with writing brushes is not only a way of communication, but also a way of expressing a person's inner world. 

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