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山东省淄博市高青县2020年中考英语一模试卷
Why do many Chinese people refuse to cut their hair during the first month of the lunar year?
This is because people believe that getting a haircut during the first lunar month is not a good idea. Tradition says that doing so will cause your mother's brothers to die. Although it's not true, some people still believe it.
So, after a month's wait, people usually flock to cut their hair on Dragon Head-Raising Day —the second day of the second lunar month. It was once tradition to line up outside of barber shops on this day.
Dragon Head-Raising Day falls on Feb 24 this year. It is an important traditional Chinese holiday. Ancient people believed that after this day, rainfall would increase because the rain-bringing Dragon King would wake up from his winter sleep. So that day is the start of spring and farming.
A well-known phrase (俗语) goes, "On the second day of the second month, the dragon lifts his head." Besides cutting their hair, there are also other ways to celebrate this holiday. For example, people eat food with "dragon names". People call noodles dragon's beard. Dumplings are dragon's ears and spring rolls (春卷) are dragon's scales (龙鳞).
The Wandering EarthⅡ came out on January 22, the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2023. The film tells the story of human beings building planetary machines on the surfaces of the Earth and the moon to push the Earth as the sun rapidly burns out.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} They all believed the film is the top science fiction in Chinese film history.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} In the face of disasters(灾难 ), instead of leaving home planet, Chinese people try to bring the Earth on their travels, for they have a deep love for the country where they have lived for a long time.
What makes the movie unusual is its characters. Unlike the characters who save the world in most Western superhero films, the Wandering Earth Ⅱfocuses on a group of common people from different countries and backgrounds who make sacrifices(牺牲) to protect their home. A total of 300 characters from all countries bravely come together to save the Earth. One is Chinese astronaut Liu Peiqiang. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
The movie also shows the spirit of unity(团结一致) that runs through the blood of Chinese people and can be shared with the rest of the world. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} And it seems truer today as courage and unity can win over difficulties, both in science fiction and in reality.
A. He leaves his family to take part in the planet-saving project. B. It is what brings Chinese people everlasting hope. C. You must have been surprised by the technologies in it. D. Chinese people have a strong sense of home and country. E. The film surprised many people and received high praise. |
New books recommended (被维荐) for both adults and children.
Please match the names of the books with the right brief introductions(简介).
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The book is for children aged 5-10. With beautiful pictures and vivid language, it can let young readers know the history and function of the karez underground irrigation system(坎儿井灌溉系统) in Xinjiang.
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The beauty of the ruined(被毁坏的)Old Summer Palace could only be found in paper. However, Guo Daiheng, a professor of Tsinghua University, and her students give life to 60% of the Palace's look with the modern technology. The book, with hundreds of pictures, is a record of their work.
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The book is written by Tan Kai. It is about Isabel Crook, a woman who spent many years on China's English language education and the communication between China and Canada.
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Written by Wu Bin, once the director of the Shenyang Palace Museum, the book is about special people and great events in history when Chinese culture went abroad.
A. Great Wall Underground: Karez Irrigation System B. Love China All My Life: Isabel Crook's Stories C. A Brief History of the Spreading of Chinese Culture D. Britannica Discovery Library E. An Appreciation (欣赏)of the Old Summer Palace |
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A. Culture. B. Business. C. Health. D. Sports.
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My name is Betty. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} am twelve. I have some {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. We are middle school students. We are in Class Two, Grade {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. This is Miss Green. She teaches{#blank#}4{#/blank#}English.
This is my new classroom. In the classroom you can see many desks {#blank#}5{#/blank#}chairs. A blackboard, a clock and a map of China are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the wall. On a desk you can see some pencils. The {#blank#}7{#/blank#} one is mine. The green one is Mike's. Kate's pencil isn't there. Her pencil {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in her backpack (背包).
Look! You can {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a ball under the desk. That's Kate's desk. The ball is Kate's too. This is my desk. You can see some {#blank#}10{#/blank#} on it.
Alice found some big plastic bottles when she was cleaning up her house. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Mr. Green moves into a new house. But he thinks the wooden sofas in his old house are too hard. He wants to buy some soft ones instead. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Tom can't sleep well on an uncomfortable mattress (床垫) every night. He wants to buy a new one. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Kate was born in a poor family. She thinks her old clothes are out of fashion and some of them are won out, But she doesn't have money to buy new ones. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} John's mother bought him lots of books when he was young. He has read them again and again. Now he wants to give the books {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to others. | A. Do you have any old clothes that can be used again? Give them to children in poor areas. This is helpful to the environment. B. If you have some books which you don't need, you can give them away to our school library. C. Street artists can. turn useless mattresses into sculptures (雕塑) which look like some big delicious cakes. People can enjoy the creative street arts when they pass by. D. Add some colorful stones into your big glass bottle. Put your little cute fish in it and you can give your fish a new home. E. Redesign the old clothes and change them into new fashion. Then you can continue to wear them. Sometimes cover the small holes with hand embroidery (刺绣) . F. If you have old wooden sofas you don't need, you can give it away to the charity. Maybe someone else needs them. G. Cut a hole in the middle of each plastic bottle and fill the bottles with some soil. Then plant some flowers in them and put them int he yard |
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