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广东省茂名市高州市2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷(A)

阅读理解

A Bite of China is a documentary(记录片)that started on CCTV on May 14th, 2012. It tells the stories behind delicious food from different places in China and shows a lot about Chinese culture.

Britain's Got Talent(《英国达人秀》) is a British television talent show and competition which began in June 2007. Anyone of any age with some kinds of talent can apply for(申请) a chance against each other to win prize.

The Voice of China is a television singing competition. It started on July 13th, 2012 on Zhejiang TV. It is like The Voice of Holland which started in Holland in 2010.

Mythbusters(《流言终结者》) is a science entertainment(科技型娱乐) TV program. It is one of the oldest and the most popular shows on Discovery Channel. On the show, the hosts(主持人), Adam Savage and Jamie Hynema, take a scientific look at what people say or think to see if it is true.

(1)、What can we know from A Bite of China?
A、Some scientific stories. B、Some best singers. C、Stories about delicious food. D、Some talent people.
(2)、Who can apply for a chance to perform on the Britain's Got Talent?
A、Only man. B、Only woman. C、Any talented people. D、Teenager aged 12.
(3)、When did The Voice of China start?
A、On July 13th, 2012. B、On July 14th, 2012. C、On June 13th, 2013. D、On June 14th, 2013.
(4)、What do the hosts of Myth busters do on the show?
A、They introduce delicious food. B、They tell some jokes. C、They use a scientific mind to see if what people say or think is true. D、They choose the best singers.
(5)、How many kinds of Chinese TV programs are mentioned according to the passage?
A、One. B、Two. C、Three. D、Four.
举一反三
阅读填空。

请阅读短文并从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中,使原文的意思完整、连贯。

A. Choose the Right Entrance.

B. Free for children under 120cm tall.

C. You don't need to be an art lover to enjoy the visit of the Palace Museum.

D. You don't need enough time to explore the whole museum before the closing time.

E. However, it's suggested avoid going there on weekends or public holidays of China.

F. The following will help you enjoy yourself with all the best the Palace Museum offers.

Most of tourists would like to visit the local museums when they travel to a totally strange city, which is considered the fastest and most effective way to learn about the history and culture of a new place. If you're planning a trip to Beijing, the Palace Museum is not to be missed. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

Best visiting time for The Palace Museum

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Tickets for The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Additional 10RMB respectively for ticket to the Treasure Gallery and the Hall of Clocks.

For foreigners, passport is needed when buying tickets.

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The Palace Museum has two entrances: the southern gate and northern gate. The southern gate is Meridian Gate (Wumen). It is linked to Tiananmen Square to the south. The northern gate is Gate of Divine (Shenwu Men). You'd better enter the Palace Museum from its southern gate and get out from its northern gate, which is traditionally adopted as a one-way travel route.

Come to visit the Palace Museum to have one of the most unforgettable and wonderful days of your life.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.But while visiting it, you will always find a reason why the Palace Museum is a must-see Beijing attraction.

 阅读理解

①Love them or hate them, emojis (表 情 符 号 ) have become an important part of our twenty-first-century culture. Over 90% of the world's 4. 6 billion internet users send them every day. In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries chose Face With Tears of Joy as its Word of the Year. 

②However, some language experts are against this form of communication. They consider it a step back into the dark ages of illiteracy. Emojis, they say, are making us lose the ability to speak. People are depending on these "picture characters"rather than words to express their feelings. 

③I want to challenge this opinion. I'm afraid these experts have misunderstood how communication works. 

④Emojis aren't taking the place of language. Instead, they are making our messages more understandable. Here is an example. Without an emoji, what means by the following message would be puzzling (迷 惑 ):"Hey, I fell over and got my head hit on the kitchen cupboard. "My friend on the other side of the phone might have difficulty working out my true feelings. Should he laugh ("Ha-ha! You're so silly! ") or take pity on me ("Oh. Hope it doesn't hurt too badly")?However, using an emoji ( or ) will spell out the meaning behind my words. Emojis are to text messages what body language is to spoken communication. They allow us to communicate better. 

⑤So, as long as we don't overuse emojis, these lovely characters are helpful. 

 阅读理解

Charles Darwin

Early years

Charles Darwin was one of the six children from a big family. His grandfather and father were doctors and the young Darwin went to Edinburgh University to study medicine. However, he hated to see blood and he soon realized that he couldn't be a doctor. He then went to Cambridge University and discovered that he had a great interest in studying plants, insects and animals. Luckily, one of Darwin's university teachers helped him join the perfect trip for a biologist: a voyage around the world to study nature.

The Beagle

In 1831, Charles Darwin left Plymouth on The Beagle, a ship that took him around the world for five years. While he was travelling, he studied the plants and animals in the countries and on the islands that the ship visited. Darwin also spent his time on The Beagle writing notes about the things he had seen. When he finally arrived back in Britain, Darwin was already starting to create his famous theory that all living things had a common ancestor (祖先).

Down house

At home at Down House, a place that you can still visit today, Darwin wrote many articles and books about his travels, but he didn't want to make anything about his theory known to the public. He worked in his study, where he wrote 250,000 words about his theory of evolution (进化论), but he was frightened about what people might say about his idea that monkeys were the ancestors of humans. He thought the public would be against it and was so frightened that he became ill with worry. However, when another scientist started to write about similar ideas, Darwin decided to print his book, On the Origin of Species.

Most scientists accepted Darwin's theory and people continue to study it today. On 12th February, the day he was born, Darwin Day is celebrated around the world to encourage more people to study the natural world.

 阅读理解

It has been more than 40 years since anyone has found a Japanese river otter. It is just one of the animals that have been listed as extinct(灭绝) or locally extinct in recent years. But the development of technology could mean that the extinction of other animals is not likely to take place.

A huge challenge scientists face is watching endangered animals in order to help them. This is where artificial intelligence (Al) has brought a turning point in the way information on these animals is collected and studied. The Maui dolphin is one of the most valuable and endangered dolphins in the ocean. With a collection of their summer behavior facts, researchers knew that there were just 54 of these mysterious animals living off the coast of New Zealand. However, because of weather conditions, researchers know almost nothing about their winter behavior. After four years of developing and testing, these scientists were able to use a drone(无人机) with AI to watch the dolphins no matter the season. The result was more wild areas provided for them to live.

In Zambia's Kafue National Park, home to more than 6,000 elephants, AI is being used to enhance traditional methods of preventing hunting. Cameras record any boats that try to enter the park. AI immediately notices this activity and warns park guards, who deal with the hunters.

In Brazil, AI quickly studied over 150,000 satellite pictures, discovering that the world's largest wetland has lost 74 percent of its surface water, Not until that discoveries did governments realize how serious the situation was. The use of AI has helped to speed action and increase our ability to protect the natural world for the future to come.

 阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

In 1937, my father, who was almost 20 years old, started a long journey. He traveled a thousand miles across China with his university, Zhejiang University, during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression(抗日战争). The Chinese government wanted to keep the university students safe because they were important for the country's future. As the university planned for the journey, the Head Librarian of Zhejiang Library, asked the university to take a valuable collection of books with them.

The books were called" Siku Quanshu". Created in the 18th century, this was a huge encyclopedia(百科全书) with 2.3 million pages and about 997 million words. It was so important that plans were made to protect it at any cost, even though it added another 230 boxes to the students' cargo.

The journey was not easy. Students and teachers were facing the dangers from air attacks.(空袭). They were always tired and hungry. They had to sleep on the ground in old temples(寺庙) but they continued their classes whenever they could. To protect the books, they tried to move by boat or truck whenever possible; at other times, they would put the boxes into carts(手推车). Sometimes the students had to carry some of the books in their backpacks. One scary moment was when a box of the Siku Quanshu books fell into a river. They quickly saved the books and dried them in a local temple.

After 1,400 miles and 28 months on the road, the university group finally reached a small town called Zunyi in Guizhou province. They stayed there in simple classrooms and dorms, until the war moved deeper into China. To further protect the Siku Quanshu, the books were hidden in a nearby cave, guarded by university staff. The books made it through the war in surprisingly good condition and were sent back to Zhejiang Library.

This amazing story shows how a group of young students and their teachers did everything they could to protect their culture's treasures. They faced many dangers and hardships, but they never gave up. They worked together to keep their knowledge safe.

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