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河北省邯郸市峰峰实验中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题
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More and more scientists are interested in learning about dinosaurs. They want to find out the reasons why dinosaurs died out.
Most scientists think that millions of years ago, dinosaurs lived on the earth happily and safely because the earth was warm and wet. At that time, there were rain forests everywhere. Dinosaurs could easily find enough food. About 95 million years ago, most of the earth became cold and dry because a little planet hit the earth heavily. As a result, almost all the forests . The dinosaurs couldn't find enough food, so most of them died.
However, other scientists don't think so. Some of them think fighting between the animals is the main for the dinosaurs' death. At that time, there were also many between dinosaurs. Another reason is that they think about 95 million years ago some new kinds of animals with big brains came to the earth and they killed many dinosaurs. Although these happened more than 100 million years ago, we can tell by the animals' they left.
The plum blossom (梅花) is the number one of the Chinese Top Ten Famous Flowers. It is very important to Chinese people because of its history and cultural meanings. The plum blossom came from the south of China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Plum blossoms are popular with Chinese people and often used as home decoration during Spring Festival. The city of Nanjing has designated plum blossom as the city flower and the Plum Blossom Festival is held every year. Thousands of people visit the Plum Blossom Hill and enjoy the flowers in the snow.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Firstly, this kind of flower has five petals (花瓣). They are a symbol of happiness, good luck, long life, smooth sailing (一帆风顺) and peace.
Secondly, when a heavy snow comes and all the other flowers fall, only plum trees stand straight and blossom in rich colors to bring people the news of early spring. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Because it blossoms in the cold winter, the plum blossom is seen as one of the "Three Friends of Winter". Do you know what the other "Three Friends of Winter" are? They are pines and bamboo. The plum blossom is also one of the "Four Gentlemen" of flowers in Chinese art.
Thirdly, it plays an important role in Chinese literature. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Many poets and painters have been drawing inspiration from plum blossoms and they have created a lot of great works.
A. The plum blossom is famous for its cultural meanings. B. So the plum blossom also means courage, hope, beauty and the new life. C. For this reason, people call them "Three Friends of Winter" D. It has been in Chinese poetry and art for hundreds of years. E. Later it was introduced to Japan, Korea and Vietnam. |
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