题型：阅读表达 题类：常考题 难易度：困难
山西农业大学附中2016-2017学年八年级上学期英语12月考试卷
Potato chips are Americans' favorite snacks(零食). Where do potato chips come from? In 1853 a native(本土) American named George Crum made the first potato chips. Crum was a chide(头目) in an expensive restaurant in Saratogasprings， New York. One day， a customer(顾客) did not like the French fries. He said they were too thick(厚的). So Crum made more， this time thinner. The customer still didn't like them. Crum got unhappy. He decided to make the customer angry. So he cut the potatoes， very thin. The customer loved them.
Other people wanted Crum's potato chips. Now， there was a new food on the menu— Saratoga chips. Soon Crum opened his own restaurant and made his special chips.
It took a long time to make potato chips. People peeled the potatoes by hand. Then in 1920，the automatic(自动的) potato peeler changed everything. Now it was faster and easier to make potato chips. Now potato chips were not a specialty. They were a popular snack food， but only in the north.
A salesman named Herman Lay wanted to sell potato chips in the south. He sold potato chips in bags. His business grew. Today， Americans eat a lot of potato chips every day.
Hopes, ambitions(抱负) dreams. How many of your will you achieve? When you look back at your life in the future, will you have good memories of all the things that you did? Or will you regret all the things that you didn't do?
Of course, there's no easy road to success, but one thing is certain: success won't come if you don't do anything. So how do you do it? This four-step model will help you to make your dreams come true.
Step 1: {#blank#}1{#/blank#}What would you like to do? Write down all your ambitions. They may be very general, such as I would like to be fitter. I want to be famous. or It would be nice to have more friends. Or they may be more specific, like I've always wanted to play a musical instrument. | Step 2: {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Now you need to do two things: 1. Choose one or two ambitions. 2. Set a time limit(限定) For example, I would like to be fitter in Step 1 now becomes I will be fit enough to join a half-marathon race by the end of August. |
Step 3: {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Now that you've made your choice, what are you actually going to do to achieve your goal? So, in our example, I will be fit enough to join a half- marathon race by the end of August, becomes I'm going to join a running club.Or I'm going ta go jogging three times a week. | Step 4: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}This is when you change your intentions(意图) into specific actions. Prepare to do something at a specific time. So now I'm going to join a running club. becomes I'm meeting the president of the Cheetahs Running Club on Monday evening at 5:30. |
Don't let your ambitions die. Follow this four step plan and make your dream come true.
A. Change I would like to...to I will.... B. Change I did...to I do... C. Change I'm going to...to I'm doing...on...at... D. Think about your ambitions E. Change I will...to I'm going to... |
Will you try the four steps plan to make your dream come true? Why or why not? {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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Many families have a pet. Most pets will feel {#blank#}1{#/blank#} when their owners (主人) go to school or work. But some pet cats in South Korea are much luckier. They can go to kindergarten.
My friend Tina is busy with work in the daytime, before she {#blank#}2{#/blank#} home in the morning, she will say to her pet cat, "Play with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ! Have a good day!"{#blank#}4{#/blank#} , without a friend, her pet will only sleep. So she sends the pet to the kindergarten. There are 30 cats every day. They can play with each other and make friends. There are also {#blank#}5{#/blank#} at the kindergarten. There the cats fight and climb. They look very cute!
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