题型：阅读选择 题类： 难易度：普通
浙江省绍兴市绍初教育集团（共同体）2024-2025学年八年级上学期期中检测英语试题
Once upon a time, the colors of the world started to argue. All said that they were the best, the most useful, and the most beautiful.
Green said, "Clearly I'm the most important. As the sign of life and hope, I'm chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all the animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see me almost everywhere. "
Blue interrupted(打断), "You only think about the earth, but consider the blue sky and the blue sea. The sky gives space and peace. Water of life comes from the deep sea. Without my peace, you would all be nothing. "
Yellow laughed, "You' re all so serious. I bring laughter, joy and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, and the stars are yellow. Without me, there would be no fun. "
Orange started telling stories, "I'm the color of health and strength. I don't hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so fantastic that no one gives another thought to any of you. "
Red also shouted out, "I'm the ruler of you all. I'm blood— life's blood! I'm the color of love, passion(激情) and bravery(勇敢). I'm willing to fight for anything. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. "
Purple rose up to his full height, "Kings and leaders have always chosen me for I'm the sign of power. People never question me! They listen and obey. "
Suddenly a rainstorm started to pour down heavily. All the colors calmed down. "You are foolish colors, " Rain began to speak. "Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me. "
Doing as they were told, the colors joined hands. Rain continued, "From now on, when it rains, each of you will make up a rainbow in the sky to remind that you can all live in peace. "
The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow. It always lets us remember to thank one another.
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I went to the UK last weekend to lean English. So far I have already had a few friends and had some traditional English food here. But after having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes, I thought none could be more delicious than Chinese food, especially my favourite — huoguo. You can't imagine how excited I was when I got to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the way to the canteen, I seemed to smell huoguo in the air.
To my surprise, when I went into the room, I didn't see any sign of huoguo. Where was it? With many questions in my mind, I sat down to have the free meal. After talking with an English girl, I got to know that Chinese huoguo is completely different from hotpot. Chinese huoguo is written in two words — hot pot. However, hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.
Hotpot is made from mutton and onion. On the top are pieces of potatoes. People put it in the oven all day in a heavy pot at a low heat. It takes very little effort to prepare. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it's easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.
Hotpot doesn't taste bad. However, I still miss huoguo, hot pot, two words!
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