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上海市民办欣竹中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月英语月考考前复习卷
Pictures are falling off the walls. Lights are waving. Bed is shaking. Everything is moving. What's going on? It's an earthquake.
Earthquakes are horrible disasters(灾难）and some of them are destructive, The top layer of the earth is made up of huge pieces of rock. They move past each other all the time along fault lines(裂纹线）. But sometimes two pieces get stuck together. When they finally move away from each other, they move suddenly. And this makes the land above them shake. This is the most common cause of earthquakes.
During a small earthquake, you will feel a little shaking. But during a strong one, you will be thrown about. A strong earthquake is very horrible. Cracks will appear on the ground and windows and doors will break. Buildings will even fall down. So watch out! I f an earthquake happens at sea, it can make big waves called "tsunamis" (海啸). When these waves reach land, they can destroy villages.
Earthquakes are measured on a scale of 0-9. It is called the Richter scale. A size 9 earthquake is the strongest and most dangerous. Since 1900, more than two million people have died in earthquakes. In 1976, a size 7. 8 earthquake hit Tangshan, China. It killed more than 240, 000 people!
Many earthquakes happened in China, so it is important for us to know what to do when an earthquake hits. Here are some tips on how to stay safe in an earthquake.
Indoors
※Hide under a desk or bed. Stay away from windows and anything that could fall on you.
※Do not get into a lift during an earthquake! When an earthquake has ended, stay under the desk until it is really safe to get up.
※Open a window and get out of the building quickly if the gas line in your house is broken.
Outdoors
※Move away from buildings and street lights.
※Do not run outside if you are in a shop and far from the door.
※Make sure you wear shoes after an earthquake. There may be broken glass on the ground.
Are you wondering what future life will be like? Let's check out the news from the 2042.
TODAY'S WORLD FASTER TO MARS 22nd July 2042 Tomorrow will be another great day in the history of space flight when the SS Marstrek makes its first journey to Mars. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The spacecraft takes_off at 10 o'clock in the morning and arrives the next day at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (Mars time). To begin with, there will only be one flight a week. WILL MEAT BE HISTORY SOON? Government officials from the whole world are meeting on Monday next week to discuss stopping all meat production. One official who will be at the meeting said yesterday, "We know how much people like eating meat. But the fact is that more and more people are becoming vegetarian. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}" SLEEP TO BECOME"A THING OF THE PAST" Sleep will become unnecessary by 2050, say scientists. They are working on a device which will make sleep a thing of the past. Instead of going to bed, all a person will have to do is put their hands against a charger and rest for about half an hour. After that, they will not feel tired any more. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They are going to start tests next month to make sure that there are no side_effects. SENDING MESSAGES BY THINKING Thought messaging! {#blank#}4{#/blank#} So, instead of writing a message, all you do is pick up your mobile phone, think "message Jim" and then you think the content of your message ("Hi Jim, how about coffee tomorrow morning?"). You don't need to do anything, and the message goes automatically to your mobile phone, which writes it and sends it to Jim! Scientists say that this will be possible in two years' time. |
请将以下的句子分别填入文中的横线里。有一个多余选项。
A. You just need to tell your mobile phone what you want.
B. Imagine that you want to send a message to your friend.
C. The spaceship will reach the red planet in just 28 hours!
D. We also know that meat production is bad for the environment.
E. Doing this once a day will be enough for people to stay awake for 24 hours.
请选择文中划线的黑体单词或短语补全以下句子。有一个多余选项。
This lady says NO to any meat, because she is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.
If we take too much medicine, there may be some {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.
The door closes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} after the boy walks through the door.
I forget to bring my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, so my computer won't work for a long time.
My friend and I are on the same {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, because we plan to visit Hong Kong together.
The plane is going to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in three minutes, so please turn off your mobile phone.
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