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江西省赣州市南康区2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题(音频暂未更新)
You may have got much New Year money from your parents and other family members this year. But if you don't have a plan for spending it, it may run out very fast. So you may want to plan your budget(预算).
Budgeting can help you save for the things you want, but can't pay for right now. Sounds useful? Look at the following things before you start your budget.
First, every week, there are things we have to pay for, like school lunches and buses. These are our weekly expenses(支出).
Second, since we can't have money for everything, we have to make choices. Needs are what you must have in order to live, like food and water. Wants are things you would like to have or do, but you can still live without them such as CDS and cartoons.
Third, list what you spend on needs--and if there is money left over, you will save for the things you really want.
Fourth, if you don't have enough money for what you need and want, you may have to give up one for the other.
No budget is fixed. Maybe you wanted a comic book, but now you want a video game. Either your needs may change into wants, or your wants may change into needs.
A. We need to ask if we really need some or just want it. B. If you really like it, you can buy it. C. A budget is a plan to find out where your money goes. D. This is called a budget. E. There are also things we like to spend money on just for fun. F. Keep an eye on yours. G. Spend your New Year money as you wish. |
Every year thousands of students leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. What they learn during this time does not come from books. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several programs that help students to gain (获得) the experience they are looking for.
Country | Job | Time | Activities |
India | Teaching young children | Two months | * Teaching music and art * Helping children to learn how to communicate |
Ghana | Health care worker | Three months | * Seeing how doctors work in a less developed country * Helping care for sick people |
Thailand | Saving elephants | Three weeks | * Caring for elephants * Helping train elephants |
One interesting program is saving elephants in Thailand. Most people think of elephants as animals in zoos or circuses. However, many elephants are no longer kept in captivity (囚禁). Now, hundreds of them are homeless. These gentle animals are often found on the streets because they do not have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don't have enough food to eat.
One center in Thailand cares for these elephants. It provides a safe and natural living space for them. When they are at the center, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help there. The students work with the elephant keepers and help then a train elephants. These keepers teach the students how to care for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the center. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
You speak, write a letter, send an e- mail and make a telephone call. Your words carry some messages. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Do you think you can communicate without words? {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Tears in your eyes probably tell others that you are sad. When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. In China, you shake your head and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".
Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, blue seas and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} And we can understand what other people are thinking about.
A. People communicate through words. B. People can communicate in many other ways. C. A smile on your face shows you are happy or kind. D. And you receive messages from the signs all the time. E. They can help us to know what is going on in the world. |
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