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江苏省盐城市2024年中考英语真题
At present, many foreigners show great interest in learning Chinese idioms (成语). Terry and Kate are among them. Most Chinese idioms have four characters. For example, qingchuyulan (bluer than indigo), and houjibofa (success comes with time and effort). Terry and Kate are now reading stories behind the Chinese idioms they have learnt recently.
In the Spring and Autumn period, Duke Huan of Qi led his army to help the State of Yan fight the enemies. They set out in spring. However, when they won the war and went back home, winter began. Everything in the mountain was covered with snow. They walked and walked only to find they came back to the same place. The army felt hungry and cold. As that time, the minister Guan Zhong picked out some old horses and set them free. The horses started to walk by themselves. The army followed the old horses, Soon, they found their way and walked out of the mountains. | In the Spring and Autunm period, the Stute of Wu and the State of Yue didn't get along well. They were fighting for years. People in each state didn't have a good relationship, either. Oue day, the people of Wu and Yue happened to be on the same boat to cross a river. When the boat was in thus center of the river, a strong wind came. It seemed the boat would turn over anytime. Just then, they forget all the hatred between the two states and began to help and support each other just like they were family. In the end, they safely got to the river bank. |
Do you know any special inventions? Here are four smart inventions made by students.
A Safe Window Xiao Ming, a 12-year-old boy from China,invented a safer window for kids. When the window moves up, the part for safe guard will work. It can stop children from falling out of the window if they open it. When the window is pulled down, the guard will go up. | A Smart Homework Collecting RobotXiao Li, a student from China, invented a smart robot that collects homework. When a student puts his notebook on the robot, the robot will read his name and collect it. The teachers can connect their phones with the robot, and know if the students hand in their homework. |
An Special Umbrella Jenny, an 11-year-old girl from America, invented a smart umbrella. It has a handle(手柄) in the shape of a circle to hold a cup. With it, you can drink easily when you walk on a rainy day. | A Solar(太阳能) Flower Pot Arthur, a 9-year-old boy from Britain, invented a solar flower pot. The pot has a special part to get solar. It also has three wheels, so the pot can run around the garden and look for sunlight by itself. In this way, the flowers can get enough sunlight. |
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