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贵州省遵义市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight will take about 16 hours. You also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane. If you add up all of the time, the trip will take at last 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from New York to Beijing might only take two hours.
Right now, a company is developing (开发) something called ET3—"evacuated tube (真空管) transport technology". Here's how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules (舱) move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule.
For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6,500 kilometers per hour. Why can they travel so fast? Because there isn't any air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules can move at such a high speed. Also, the capsules are quite light. Each only weighs 183 kilograms. There are other advantages (优点) of ET3. Because it use electricity, it's quite clean. Also, it's a lot quieter than air planes and cars. Last, ET3 tube and capsules don't need much building materials.
Of course, there are still some problems about ET3. The biggest problem is that right now it would cost a lot to build ET3. To lower the cost, we will need much better technology.
However, it's still exciting to think of how ET3 will change the travel in the future. Who knows? Maybe someday you can have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
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A. There he studied educational philosophy under the guidance of John Dewey, an American philosopher and educational reformer (改革家). B. Even during the anti-Japanese war, Tao never forgot his dream. C. To solve the problem, Tao organized young workers and farmers to study while working. D. They are tasked with the mission to spread knowledge ideas and truth. E. On the voyage of life, he lit the light of hope for everyone. F. Apart from reforming(改革） education methods, Tao also tried his best to promote the education for ordinary people. |
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He is Chinese educator Tao Xingzhi. Last year marked the 130 anniversary of his birth. People in different parts of China memorize Tao by visiting his memorial halls or holding meetings to think back on his thoughts on education.
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After conducting surveys in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai in 1921, Tao was surprised to learn that the rate of urban illiteracy (文盲) in China went beyond 70 percent. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.To deal with the lack of teachers and money, in 1927, Tao set up Xiaozhuang Normal college (晓庄师范学院) in the northern suburbs of Nanjing to train teachers and educators ,most of whom became teachers at rural schools.
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Maybe Tao's moto is the best explanation for his life, "Giving a whole heart, yet taking nothing in return, not even a leaf of grass."
The Wild World of Extreme (极端的) Weather | |
Table of Contents (目录) Introduction: ExtremeWeather …………………3 Part One: From One Extreme to Another Chapter 1: The World's Hottest Weather …15 Chapter 2: The World's Coldest Weather …43 Chapter 3: The World's Wettest Weather …69 Chapter 4: The World's Driest Weather ……95 Part Two: Severe (恶劣的) Weather Events Chapter 5: Hurricanes (飓风) ……………123 Chapter 6: Storms …………………………147 Chapter 7: Floods (洪水) …………………179 Chapter 8: Lightning (闪电)………………201 | Part Three: Weird (离奇的) Weather Chapter 9: Pink Snow and Other Colorful Weather ………………………………………………225 Chapter 10: It's Raining Fish and Frogs—Really!…………………………………………253 Glossary (词汇表) of Weather Terms ……………281
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Now many students have to spend most of their time studying to get higher marks. For this reason, there's often little time left for {#blank#}1{#/blank#} or communicating with others. This passage will list several causes of the situation and offer some advice.
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