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浙江省杭州市大江东开发区2016-2017学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷(含听力音频)

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    No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.

    The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.

    In Beijing, more and more people are taking part in the activity. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5th (World Environment Day). The slogan for the day is, "If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day."

    So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. "We can't control the weather, but we can choose not to drive," said Wu Zhonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2007, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.

(1)、No Car Day was started _____________.
A、to save money B、to control the weather C、to make the air cleaner D、to keep out dust from the desert
(2)、The No Car Day activity asks Beijing drivers ____________.
A、to work hard to get fewer blue sky days B、not to work on World Environment Day C、to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work once a month D、to leave their cars at home for a week each month
(3)、What does the underlined word "slogan" in paragragh 3 mean?
A、目标 B、方针 C、格言 D、口号
(4)、Which of the following about No Car Day is WRONG?
A、It was first started in France in September, 1998. B、It was started in China in 2001. C、It is supported by over 1,000 cities around the world. D、It was first started by a car club chairman in Beijing.
(5)、What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A、More and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs. B、People will have one more World Environment Day each month. C、More and more people won't drive on No Car Day in Beijing. D、The car club chairman Wu Zhonghua won't drive any more.
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    In recent history, there have been some amazing inventions which have changed our lives. The plane has made international travel faster and easier. The Internet has brought people closer. And you must know the names of some famous inventors like Henry Ford or Steve Jobs. But there are many everyday objects which you probably don't notice and you don't know who invented them. Take for example Nils Bohlin who invented the modem-day car seat belt (安全带).

    Before 1959, only two-point seat belts were available, and the only people who often wore them were race car drivers. The two-point seat belt couldn't protect passengers from internal injuries (内伤) during serious car accidents.

    In 1958, Bohlin joined Volvo Car Corporation as a safety engineer. Then he came up with the three-point seat belt to keep passengers from flying out of their cars during collisions. The three-point seat belt used one strap (带子) across the chest (胸部) and another across the legs and then the two joined at me same place.

    Amazingly, this was a very simple idea which no one had tried before. The three-point seat belt was introduced on Volvo cars in 1959. For more people's safety, Volvo made the new seat belt design available to other car makers for free. Since then, engineers have worked to improve the three-point seat belt, but the basic design remains Bohlin's.

    At the time of Bohlin's death in September 2002, Volvo announced that the seat belt had saved more than one million lives since it was introduced.

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