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浙江省绍兴市柯桥区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末检测英语试题

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Dancing is popular all over the world. People dance in theaters, in parks or in their own living room. But Yang Liu, a woman in Guizhou, dances in an unusual place. Her dancing place is a bamboo pole(竹竿).

Yang is a performer of bamboo drifting(独竹漂). It is a traditional skill(技术)in the girl's hometown. In the past, the local people were so poor that there were few bridges over the river for people to walk across. They crossed the rivers by riding on a bamboo pole. Now, bamboo drifting has become a folk sport.

Yang started to learn bamboo drifting at the age of seven. The bamboo pole is very slippery and it never stops moving. Yang fell into the water again and again. But the girl didn't want to give up. She always got back up on the pole and tried again. She practiced hard every day for three years. Finally, she was able to keep her balance on the pole.

But Yang didn't just stop there. She wanted to live out her dream of becoming a dancer on a bamboo pole. The girl practiced many difficult movements on the pole. She failed lots of times, but she never stopped trying.

Her hard work finally paid off. Now 26, Yang has made a name for herself as a dancer on a bamboo pole. People can't believe their eyes whenever they watch her performances. Through Yang's dances, many people now know about bamboo drifting. They have learned the beauty of this traditional skill.

(1)、Yang Liu learned bamboo drifting because she ____.
A、wanted to make money for her family B、liked crossing the river in a special way C、hoped to find the beauty of her hometown D、followed a traditional sport in her hometown
(2)、Paragraph 3 mainly talks about ____.
A、why Yang learned to dance B、how Yang practiced dancing C、when Yang started to dance D、what Yang liked to learn
(3)、The underlined word "failed" in Paragraph 4means ____.
A、失败 B、训练 C、拒绝 D、表扬
(4)、From the last paragraph, we can learn that Yang ____.
A、got popular as a bamboo drifting dancer B、performed bamboo drifting best in the world C、stopped dancing in the face of hard work D、played a great role in traditional music
(5)、The best title for the passage might be ____.
A、A sport for unusual people B、The dream of leaving home C、A dancer on a bamboo pole D、The beauty of traditional sports
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 阅读下面的短文,根据短文内容回答问题。

Who do you think is the greatest English writer of all time? I think that person should be William Shakespeare. His popular sayings, like "To be or not to be, that is a question", and his stories such as the tragedy(悲剧), Romance of Romeo and Juliet, are almost known in every corner of the world.

In 1594, William Shakespeare became a key playwright(剧作家) of a popular acting company in the city. Whether comedies or tragedies, Shakespeare's plays catch people's hearts with the complicated(复杂的) characters and plots(情节) that show truths about human nature.

His comedies are always full of romance, and they always have happy endings. That's why people enjoy his comedies a lot. His tragedies, however, can be very dark, Macbeth tells the story about a Scottish man who becomes the king by killing all his enemies(敌人).

Shakespeare's works have had a big influence(影响) on the English language. He was a master(大师) of words. He created about 1,700 English words, including everyday ones like "lonely", "hurry" and "critical", according to the New YorkPost.

Of course, Shakespeare wrote 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today. His plays have been translated into many languages and are acted more often than any other playwright. There are over 400 films and TV dramas adapted(改编) from his works. Shakespeare is not for an age, but for all time.

请阅读下面材料, 从每小题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中, 选出一个最佳选项。

Dublin is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland. It is also the political(政治的, economic, cultural, tourism(旅游)and transportation center of Ireland. For tourists, they like taking the bus tour to go city sightseeing because it's very convenient(方便的)and relaxing. 

City Sightseeing Bus Tour in Dublin

Do you want to have fun in Dublin? Take a bus tour!

Timetable

Stop Name               First Tour           Last Tour

Tallaght Village              09:30           18:00

Walkinstown Shopping Center   09:35           18:05

Crumlin Hospital            09:50          18:20 

St. Patrick's Cathedral         09:55         18:25

College Green              10:00          18:30

Tour Prices

24 Valid ticket Adult(16+)£15. 5 Student£13 Child (5- 15) £10

48 Valid ticket Adult(16+)£19 Student£15 Child (5- 15) £11

A valid ticket: it can be used for a certain period of time.

You can see…

St. Patrick's Cathedral     It is the largest church in Ireland. 

The National Gallery      There are lots of paintings from masters like Picasso. 

Guinness Storehouse      You can get everything you want about Guinness black-beer.

Trinity College Dublin          The library of the college is used in the Harry Potter films. 

 阅读下列短文, 从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项

During the National Day holiday, the sky above Shenzhen was lit up by impressive drone 〔无人机〕 light shows. This" cyber fireworks" lit up the night, painting a lively picture of Shenzhen as a" City of Miracles, City of Innovation, City of Future". A total of 10, 197DAMODA drones took to the sky at the same time, setting two Guinness World Records. So how does the drone light show work?

 Before a drone light show begins, drones are usually put on the ground one by one and it would take a lot of time to prepare a show with more than ten thousand drones. To shorten the time, the DAMODA drone company thought of a solution. The company put groups of drones into big boxes with specific OR codes on it. By putting the boxes into correct places, thousands of drones can be ready in a short time and they can go back to their"homes" by scanning the OR codes. 

 In drone shows, each drone is programmed by a computer to follow its own flight direction, carefully avoiding the other drones. They communicate with neighbouring drones and use sensors(传感器) to keep a certain distance. The position and LED colours change throughout the performance to show different objects in the night sky. 

 Drone light shows are thought to be more environmentally friendly — and certainly cause less noise and light pollution — than fireworks shows, so lots of big events are turning to them instead of fireworks. Drones can also be reused again and again so they will probably be more popular in the future. 

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