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英语上册Unit2 Numbers测试习题

英语上册Unit2 Numbers测试习题英语上册Unit2 Numbers测试习题一、单项选择1. Long ago, people wrote numbers many different ways.A. atB. inC. withD. by2. I found it difficult to communicate with him .A. at firstB. in firstC. on firstD. to first3. Everything begin in spring.A. to growB. growC. growsD. grew4. Please open the window we can breathe fresh air.A. ifB. butC. so thatD. such that5. Working hard English can lead a good job.A. at; inB. in; atC. in; forD. at; to6. In this test, were asked to write a passage of about .A. 80-wordsB. 80-wordC. 80 wordsD. 80-words7. If anything the machine, please let us know.A. happens toB. happens toC. happened onD. will happen to8. fans would like to go to Brazil to watch the World Cup.A. Million ofB. Millions ofC. Millions9.---Do you know that Mrs. Obama came to China with her mother and two daughters?---Yes, And it is their visit to China.A. oneB. firstC. the firstD. once10.This movie wasnt . He fell asleep half way through it.A. interesting enoughB. enough interestingC. interested enoughD. enough interested二、阅读理解AMobile phones are more important than ever in the daily lives of students, but how they use them has changed greatly in the past six years. While phones are still widely use for communication, a recent study has found that most students think talking on mobile phones is nowold-fashioned.London University researchers surveyed 1055 young people aged 13 to 18 about their mobile phone habits. The researchers divided mobile phone use into “communication” and “entertainment”. Communication included talking on the phone and writing messages using texting(短信)or chatting software. Entertainment was made up of playing games, watching movies, listening to music and surfing the Internet. The findings were then compared to a 2008 study, to see what changed. The results are shown below:Perhaps most surprising is how little time students spend talking on their phones these days. Six years ago the average student spent 36% of their mobile phone time making or receiving calls. In 2014, only 10% of time was used for talking. When students use their phones to communicate, more and more often it is done by using chat software like qq or we chat.“Communication is still an important function of mobile phones. But now mobile phones are being used more for entertainment than for communication,” said Dr Harry Lectre, the research leader.1. What was the most popular mobile phone activity in 2014?A. Talking.B. Texting.C. Playing games.D. Watching movies.2. In total, what percentage of time did students use their mobile phones for communication in 2008?A. 16%.B. 28%.C. 35%.D. 71%.3. Which of the following is true about watching movies on mobile phones?A. It has increased most over the past six years.B.14% of students now watch movies on their mobile phones.C. It was the most popular type of mobile phone entertainment in 2008.D. Students now spend more time watching movies than talking on their phones.4. Which mobile phone activities were more popular than surfing the Internet in 2014?A. Chatting and watching movies.B. Chatting and listening to music.C. Playing games and watching movies.D. Playing games and texting.5. The passage can best be described as a/an_______.A. reportB. storyC. advertisementD. argumentBHow quickly can you count from one to ten? Do you use ten different words to do it? Can you do it in English, or do you have to use your first languages? Do you count on your fingers? Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world. But scientists have discovered that it is not true.People in different parts of the world use different ways to count on their fingers. In the United States, people think begin counting with their first fingers, which they extend or stick out. They then extend the rest of their fingers and finally the thumb(拇指)to count to five. Then they repeat this with the other hand to get to ten. In China, people count by using different finger positions. In this way, a Chinese person can easily count to ten on only one hand.Besides ways of finger counting, scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers. Some languageshave only a few words for numbers, and others have no words for numbers.A group of scientists studied aboriginal(土著的)people in Australia. These people dont have hand movements to stand for numbers. They dont even have word for numbers. However, they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers.In a similar study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered that people of the Piraha tribe(部落) in northwestern Brazil dont have words for numbers such as “one” or “three.”. They are not able to say “five trees” or “ten trees” but can say “some trees,”“more trees,” or “many trees.” Professor Edward Gibson said that mist people believe that everyone knows how to count, “but here is a group that does not count. They could learn, but its not useful in their culture, so theyve never picked it up.”Although all humans are able to understand quantities(数量),not all languages have numbers and not all people use counting. Number words in a certain language are a result of people needing numbers in their daily lives. Now we know that people have different ideas about numbers and math, too.1.The writer begins with the four questions in order to______.A.make a surveyB.interest readersC.tell a storyD.solve math problems2.What do we learn from the difference in finger counting between the U.S. and China?A.People from China count much faster than people from the U.S.B.People from China need two hands to count from one to ten.C.People of different cultures may use different ways of finger countingD.People of different cultures use the same way of finger counting.3.Which of following is true about aboriginal Australians?A.They have only a few words for numbersB.They have hand movements to stand for numbersC.They can only count to five on their fingersD.They can understand different ideas about numbers4.The study of the Piraha tribe shows that____A.people all over the world know how to countB.People of the tribe have words for numberC.Some groups of people are not smart enough to countD.Counting is not useful in the culture of the tribe5.What is the main idea of the passage?A.people from different cultures have different ideas about numbers and mathB.Chinese people can count more easily on their fingers than AmericansC.In some aboriginal culture,people dont even know how to countD.Some languages don”t have number words because people dont need numbers.CHow green are you? Do you know how to be green?We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you.ReduceReduce means “use less”. Dont waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary—or maybe the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad.ReuseReuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last a long time. We should look after them so that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Dont use a paper cup of a paper bag. Its better to use a china cup and a lunch box because you can use them again.RecycleRecycle means “change things into something else”. Though it takes energy to change something into something else, its better than throwingthings away or burning them. Find out what can be recycled in your neighbourhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.So please remember these three words: reduce, reuse and recycle.1.What is the passage about?A.How to produce things.B.How to burn things.C.How to help others.D.How to be green.2.Which of the following is right?A.Dont waste things.B.Always throw away old things.C.Always buy new things.D.Buy too many things from abroad.3.Why is it better to use a china cup and a lunch box?A.You can burn them.B.You can use them again.C.You can throw them away.D.You can change them into something else.4.To protect the environment, we should remember these three words: _______.A.waste, reuse and recycleB.repair, burn and recycleC.reduce, reuse and recycleD.reduce, waste and recycle.5.The passage may come from ______.A.a menuB.a dictionaryC.a storybookD.a magazine三、拼写单词1.C your homework before handing it in.2.A terrible traffic a happened yesterday. Luckily, nobody was hurt.3.Congratulations! Youve won the first p in the swimming race.4.My grandfather is a w man. I often ask him for advice.5.Tell me the secret. I p not to tell anyone.四、完成句子1.老师叫学生们抄下这些数学问题。

2024初中英语中考阅读理解高频考点必刷专项练习卷 (4784)

一、阅读理解文章大意：本文主要介绍了一种新的生活方式——水上生活。

1. 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出能够填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺连贯，其中有两项是多余选项。

There are at least 3,000 miles (about 4,828 km ) of waterways in Britain. On these canals（运河）and rivers, there are over 30,000“houseboats”—boats that people use as homes. 1Houseboats communities are typically made up of people who are looking for a slower way of life and who want to be in touch with nature.Living on the water sounds romantic. 2 There are daily things that need to be done, like bringing fuel and water on board and dealing with “waste ” water from the kitchen sink（水槽）, shower and toilet. 3 And there is always feeling of being wet. Of course, most boats are quite small inside, so you don’t have much space, especially if you are a couple, family or group of friends.4 But the number of people living on Britain’s waterways has increased by around 50 percent over the past ten years. This is not onlybecause they like the idea of life on water but also because it is much cheaper to buy or hire a boat than a flat or house. 5 Houseboat neighbors often become friends for life. This is quite a different story from people who live in flats or houses and may hardly know the people next door at all.A．But it is also hard work.B．In winter, living on boat can be very cold.C．Houseboats are a traditional lifestyle in Britain.D．Around 10,000 of them are located（坐落）in London.E．There is a great sense of community on the waterways.F．More than 10,000 houseboats are open to British people.G．There are many difficulties for people to live on the water.文章大意：本文讲了回收利用变得越来越重要，详细地介绍了未来十年里垃圾回收的变化和如何利用。

安徽省合肥市庐阳中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中英语试题

安徽省合肥市庐阳中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中英语试题一、单项选择1．Zheng He is such a great ________ in exchanging cultures that Chinese people today still remember him.A．pioneer B．pilot C．president D．postman 2．Photos are ________, but they say a lot about our lives.A．special B．strange C．silent D．silver3．No matter where his job took him, he always ________ to be home for Thanksgiving.A．allowed B．managed C．continued D．agreed4．—As 2024 comes, what would you like to say to your 2023?—I’m happy that I didn’t ________ on the way and finally found what I truly want.A．give in B．give away C．give up D．give out5．Li Lei didn’t play computer games last weekend. ________, he worked as a volunteer in an old people’s home.A．Instead B．Certainly C．Naturally D．Though6．Time waits for no man. But some people won’t realize it ________ it’s gone.A．as B．when C．until D．since7．Mrs. Li always speaks at the top of her voice________ the students at the back can hear her.A．so that B．ever since C．as soon as D．as long as8．— ________ will the Whites be here?— In fifteen minutes. They just called me.A．How often B．How soon C．How long D．How far9．He ________ China for only a month, but he gets on well with his classmates.A．has been in B．has been to C．has gone to D．has come to 10．—I need to clean the kitchen. Could you please give me a hand, Rita?—________. I’m coming.A．That’s terrible B．I’m so sorry C．With pleasure D．Good idea二、完形填空Do you like skating? For normal people, it’s not a（n）11 sport. Even the professional （职业的）players can get hurt easily when playing it.Dan Mancina is 36 years old and he is 12 for his good skateboarding skills. Dan started skating 29 years ago and took it more 13 at 13. He became interested in the sport because it could help him show himself. However, Dan was sick and became blind at the age of 23. He was really 14 . “I thought my skating life came to an end,” the American said. Later, he stopped skating.In March of 2012, he started skating again. He made short 15 of skating and put them online. Because of those videos, Dan met a new group of people to skate with and it gave him enough 16 to return to the streets. “Then I realized I could be the same person and that I could still do the things that I 17 . I just have to do them in a different way,” Dan added. Dan wants to 18 a special park for blind skateboarders in his hometown. “Some people think it’s crazy and 19 for the blind to skate, but I don’t think so. Don’t let other people 20 what you can do or you can’t do. You know, it’s all up to you,” Dan said. 11．A．difficult B．easy C．unhappy D．exciting 12．A．ready B．late C．sorry D．famous 13．A．clearly B．seriously C．recently D．carefully 14．A．sad B．happy C．excited D．relaxed 15．A．films B．shows C．stories D．videos 16．A．happiness B．hope C．confidence D．reason 17．A．learn B．love C．hate D．want 18．A．make up B．look up C．set up D．take up 19．A．terrible B．helpful C．interesting D．impossible 20．A．decide B．know C．find D．affordDreams may make you smart. This was discovered by scientists who do research on dreams.What is a dream exactly? Scientists explain that during sleep time your brain review your21 in the day. It tries to connect your 22 experiences with the old memories (记忆). As your brain connects things, it turns them into a(n) 23 , and then you get a dream.Dreams may help you 24 worries and fears. What has happened during the day may be painful. While you are sleeping, however, the brain will 25 the painful memories again in a safe dream space. There the bad memories become less painful. And you will feel 26 after waking up.Dreams also seem to be able to help you learn. So scientists advise you not to stay up all night studying, 27 when an exam is coming. They say a sweet dream might help you get higher marks.Dreams may make you more 28 , too. It was reported that a famous songwriter came up with his best song in a dream, 29 he woke up, he wrote it down. However, dreams alone can’t bring about creativity (创造力). 30 , the songwriter spent a lot of time thinking about the song before the dream.In a word, hard work is more important for creativity, though dreams also have a role to play.21．A．lessons B．subjects C．experiences D．luck 22．A．gold B．new C．strange D．bright 23．A．story B．work C．study D．rock 24．A．look up B．deal with C．try out D．write down 25．A．play B．invite C．choose D．pick 26．A．smarter B．lazier C．better D．friendlier 27．A．luckily B．especially C．honestly D．secretly 28．A．outgoing B．confident C．nervous D．creative 29．A．as soon as B．even though C．because of D．so that30．A．In fact B．As a result C．All of a sudden D．To our surprise三、补全对话根据对话内容，从选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。

人教版九年级英语上册Unit 5 培优检测卷含答案

人教版九年级英语上册Unit 5 培优检测卷第一部分选择题(共50分)一、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分)第一节阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A1. Where can you buy these things according to the ad?A. In a mall.B. In a shop.C. In a supermarket.D. On the Internet.2. From the ad, you can buy the bicycle for a child of____.A. 2B. 5C. 8D. 103. The best birthday gift for your grandpa is ____.A. some buttonsB. a teapotC. a handbagD. a children's bicycle4. If you have ￥400, you can buy ____.A. two handbagsB. 500 buttonsC. a handbag and a bicycleD. a teapot and a handbagBZhang Fuhai is a follower of sugar painting—the intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产)in Tianjin. The sweet business was inspired by his father, who was also a sugar pa inter. “When I was a little boy, the children in the neighborhood would beg my father for sugar paintings，” he said. At 9 he began to copy the flowers and insects his father painted, and would even try to create sugar paintings himself. “I thought it was fun, but I never expected to become a sugar painter myself，” said Zhang.In 1966 he finished high school and became a carpenter (木匠) and part-time tailor(裁缝) dealing with all kinds of drawings. He didn't make up his mind to join the family business until 1980. In the following years, he spent days observing small animals in the fields and rivers. Years of experience as a carpenter and tailor helped improve his painting skills.His paintings are very creative. So far, he has created close to 200 sugar painting styles and he updates (更新)all the styles every one or two years. If his customers ask him for something he doesn't know, he will search on the Internet andtry to design the styles in his head. For now, he is a little worried about passing on the art. “Few young people are interested in learning sugar painting，” he said. “I hope the younger generation(一代)can pay more attention to sugar painting; it will sweeten their lives, I promise. ”5. The underlined word “observing” is the closest in meaning to “____”.A. drawing slowlyB. catching quicklyC. watching carefullyD. raising happily6. What worries Zhang is that ____.A. he can't create new styles himselfB. there are fewer customers than beforeC. his sweet business is faced with some problemsD. sugar painting might disappear in the near future7. It can be inferred(推论)from the passage that ____.A. carpenters and tailors all enjoy drawing picturesB. Zhang's father's sugar paintings were freeC. Zhang's job experience has some influence on his jobD. the styles of Zhang's sugar paintings come from the Internet8. The best title of this passage is “____”.A. The Sweet FamilyB. A Sugar Painter's LifestyleC. To Be a Sugar PainterD. The Follower of Sugar PaintingCWhat is the English word for the Chinese food jiaozi?Maybe you would say “dumpling”. But in fact, you can just say “jiaozi” , because it has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.People in English-speaking countries now know more Chinese words and their spelling in pinyin, according to a recent report. The report lists the top 100 Chinese words that people in these countries use most often. “ Shaolin”，a place in China that is famous for kung fu, is at the top of the list. Other popular words include “yinyang”“yuan”“gugong” and so on. Why have these words become popular among English-speaking countries? It may be because people in those countries have shownmore interest in learning Chinese than before. The Confucius__Institute offers Chinese lessons around the world. It has started over 1，000 classrooms in more than 150 countries and areas, with 2. 1 million students in all.When Chinese gets more and more popular, China's manufacturing (制造) comes first in the world too. For people in many foreign countries, things made in China are part of their daily lives and may help them understand China better. All in all, China is on its way to becoming stronger and more powerful.9. More Chinese words are becoming popular around the world because____.A. people are more interested in ChineseB. teachers offer more Chinese lessonsC. more students need to learn ChineseD. more daily things are from China10. The underlined phrase “Confucius Institute” may refer to a ____.A. hospitalB. schoolC. factoryD. charity11. What can we learn from the passage?A. “Jiaozi” has not been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.B. Shaolin is a place for people to enjoy kung fu in China.C. There are 2. 1 billion students in the Confucius Institute.D. China's manufacturing comes last in the world.12. What is the passage mainly about?A. Chinese and Western cultures.B. Different languages in the world.C. Daily lives in Western countries.D. The rising of Chinese and China.DWhen we think of art, we probably think of painting a picture on astrong cloth or special paper, even on walls of a city. However, in manycultures people paint their faces instead.①________In fact, face painting may be the very first form of art. Painted faces are in different colors and patterns. This has been part of people's traditions for thousands of years. The way that people painted their faces can tell stories and lessons from the past.②________People still paint their faces for lots of reasons. Patterns on faces connect people to a tribal (部落的) family and can show who is the most important person in the family. For fighters, it is a way to make their enemies afraid. Face painting is also used in many ceremonies(典礼) and special celebrations.How is face paint important in theater?Face paint was important in Japanese and ancient Chinese ceremonies. It was also used in traditional theater to change the actors' roles. Actors in those countries still wear white, black and red face paint today to show feelings and make the bad people look dramatic and terrible.③________Tribal people make face paint from the natural colors in plants and earth. Plant parts are used to make different colorings. The materials are dried over a fire and then made into a powder (粉末). This is then mixed with animal fat.13. Match the title with each part.a. Is face painting art?b. Is wall painting a symbol?c. Why do people paint their faces?d. How to wear the face paint?e. Where does the paint come from?A. ①-a, ②-b, ③-cB. ①-b, ②-e, ③-dC. ①-a, ②-c, ③-eD. ①-b, ②-d, ③-c14. How long has face painting been part of people's traditions?A. For a few years.B. For several centuries.C. For about 100 years.D. For thousands of years.15. Why did fighters paint their faces when they fought?A. To look friendly.B. To look scary.C. To look funny.D. To look painful.16. What can we know about face painting?A. Painting on the walls is the first form of art.B. Animal fat is used to make different colorings.C. Patterns on faces can show people's ages in a family.D. Faces painted in colors can show actors' feelings in China.第二节阅读短文，从方框内所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个多余的选项。

英文版《道德经》by Arthur Waley

Terebess Asia Online(TAO)IndexHomeThe Tao Te Chingby Lao TzuEnglish version byArthur Waley, 1934The Way and its Power: A Study of the Tao Te Ching and its Place in Chinese Thought , 1934http://afpc.asso.fr/wengu/wg/wengu.php?l=DaodejingMore English versions1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980811The Way that can be told of is not an Unvarying Way;The names that can be named are not unvarying names.It was from the Nameless that Heaven and Earth sprang;The named is but the mother that rears the ten thousand creatures, each after its kind.Truly, “Only he that rids himself forever of desire can see the Secret Essences”;He that has never rid himself of desire can see only the Outcomes.These two things issued from the same mould, but nevertheless are different in name.This “same mould” we can but call the Mystery,Or rather the “Darker than any Mystery”,The Doorway whence issued all Secret Essences.up2It is because every one under Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty,That the idea of ugliness exists.And equally if every one recognized virtue as virtue,this would merely create fresh conceptions of wickedness.For truly, Being and Not-being grow out of one another;Difficult and easy complete one another.Long and short test one another;High and low determine one another.Pitch and mode give harmony to one another.Front and back give sequence to one another.Therefore the Sage relies on actionless activity,Carries on wordless teaching,But the myriad creatures are worked upon by him;He does not disown them.He rears them, but does not lay claim to them,Controls them, but does not lean upon them,Achieves his aim, but does not call attention to what he does;And for the very reason that he does not call attention to what he doesHe is not ejected from fruition of what he has done.up3If we stop looking for “persons of superior morality” (hsien) to put in power,There will be no more jealousies among the people.If we cease to set store by products that are hard to get,There will be no more thieves.If the people never see such things as excite desire,Their hearts will remain placid and undisturbed.Therefore the Sage rulesBy emptying their heartsAnd filling their hearts?Weakening their intelligenceAnd toughening their sinewsEver striving to make the people knowledgeless and desireless.Indeed he sees to it that if there be any who have knowledge,They dare not interfere.Yet through his actionless activity all things are duly regulated.up4The Way is like an empty vesselThat yet may be drawn fromWithout ever needing to be filled.It is bottomless; the very progenitor of all things in the world.In it all sharpness is blunted,All tangles untied,All glare tempered,All dust soothed.It is like a deep pool that never dries.Was it too the child of something else?We cannot tell.But as a substanceless image it existed before the Ancestor.up5Heaven and Earth are ruthless;To them the Ten Thousand things are but as straw dogs.The Sage too is ruthless;To him the people are but as straw dogs.Yet Heaven and Earth and all that lies betweenIs like a bellowsIn that it is empty, but gives a supply that never fails.Work it, and more comes out.Whereas the force of words is soon spent.Far better is it to keep what is in the heart.up6The Valley Spirit never dies.It is named the Mysterious Female.And the doorway of the Mysterious FemaleIs the base from which Heaven and Earth sprang.It is there within us all the while;Draw upon it as you will, it never runs dry.up7Heaven is eternal, the Earth everlasting.How come they to be so?It is because they do not foster their own lives;That is why they live so long.Therefore the SagePuts himself in the background; but is always to the fore.Remains outside; but is always there.Is it not just because he does not strive for any personal endThat all his personal ends are fulfilled?up8The highest good is like that of water.The goodness of is that it benefits the ten thousand creatures;Yet itself does not scramble,But is content with the places that all men disdain.It is this makes water so near to the Way.And if men think the ground the best place for building a house upon,If among thoughts they value those that are profound,If in friendship they value gentleness,In words, truth; in government, good order;In deeds, effectiveness; in actions, timeliness -In each case it is because they prefer what does not lead to strife,And therefore does not go amiss.up9Stretch a bow to the very full,And you will wish you had stopped in time;Temper a sword-edge to its very sharpest,And you will find it soon grows dull.When bronze and jade fill your hall.It can no longer be guarded.Wealth and place breed insolence.That brings ruin in its train.When your work is done, then withdraw!Such is Heaven's Way.up10Can you keep the unquiet physical-soul from straying,Hold fast to the Unity, and never quit it?Can you, when concentrating your breath,Make it soft like that of a little child?Can you wipe and cleanse your vision of the Mystery till all is without blur?Can you love the people and rule the land,Yet remain unknown?Can you in opening and shutting the heavenly gates play always the female part?Can your mind penetrate every corner of the land,But you yourself never interfere?Rear them, then, feed them,Rear them, but do not lay claim to them.Control them, but never lean upon them;Be chief among them, but do not manage them.This is called the Mysterious Power.up11We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel;But it is on the space where there is nothingThat the usefulness of the wheel depends.We turn clay to make a vessel;But it is on the space where there is nothingThat the usefulness of the vessel depends.We pierce doors and windows to make a house;And it is on these spaces where there is nothingThat the usefulness of the house depends.Therefore just as we take advantage of what is,We should recognize the usefulness of what is not.up12The fives colours confuse the eye,The fives sounds dull the ear,The five tastes spoil the palate.Excess of hunting and chasingMakes minds go mad.Products that are hard to getImpede their owner's movements.Therefore the SageConsiders the belly not the eye.Truly, “he rejects that but takes this”.up13Favour and disgrace goad as it were to madness;High rank hurts keenly as our bodies hurt.”What does it mean to say that favour and disgrace goad as it were to madness?It means that when a rule's subjects get it they turn distraught,When they lose it they turn distraught.That is what is meant to by saying favour and disgrace goad as it were to madness.What does it mean to say that high rank hurts keenly as our bodies hurt?The only reason that we suffer hurt is that we have bodies;If we had no bodies, how could we suffer?Therefore we may accept the saying:“He who in dealing with the empire regards his high rankAs through it were his body is the best person to be entrusted with rules;He who in dealing with the empire loves his subjects as one should love one's bodyIs the best person to whom one commit the empire.”up14Because the eye gazes but can catch no glimpse of it,It is called elusive.Because the ear listens but cannot hear it,It is called the rarefied.Because the hand feels for it but cannot find it,It is called the infinitesimal.These three, because they cannot be further scrutinized,Blend into one,Its rising brings no light;Its sinking, no darkness.Endless the series of things without nameOn the way back to where there is nothing.They are called shapeless shapes;Forms without form;Are called vague semblance.Go towards them, and you can see no front;Go after them, and you see no rear.Yet by seizing on the Way that wasYou can ride the things that are now.For to know what once there was, in the Beginning,This is called the essence of the Way.up15Of old those that were the best officers of CourtHad inner natures subtle, abstruse, mysterious, penetrating,Too deep to be understood.And because such men could not be understoodI can but tell of them as they appeared to the world:Circumspect they seemed, like one who in winter crosses a stream,Watchful, as one who must meet danger on every side.Ceremonious, as one who pays a visit;Yet yielding, as ice when it begins to melt.Blank, as a piece of uncarved wood;Yet receptive as a hollow in the hills.Murky, as a troubled stream —–(Tranquil, as the vast reaches of the sea,Drifting as the wind with no stop.)Which of you an assume such murkiness,To become in the end still and clear?Which of you can make yourself insert,To become in the end full of life and stir?Those who possess this Tao do not try to fill themselves to the brim,And because they do not try to fill themselves to the brim,They are like a garment that endures all wear and need never be renewed.up16Push far enough towards the Void,Hold fast enough to Quietness,And of the ten thousand things none but can be worked on by you.I have beheld them, whither they go back.See, all things howsoever they flourishReturn to the root from which they grew.This return to the root is called Quietness;Quietness is called submission to Fate;What has submitted to Fate has become part of the always so.To know the always-so is to be Illumined;Not to know it, means to go blindly to disaster.He who knows the always-so has room in him for everything;He who has room in him for everything is without prejudice.To be without prejudice is to be kingly;To be kingly is to be of heaven;To be of heaven is to be in Tao.Tao is forever and he that possess it,Though his body ceases, is not destroyed.up17Of the highest the people merely know that such a one exists;The next they draw near to and praise.The next they shrink from, intimidated; but revile.Truly, “It is by not believing people that you turn them into liars”.But from the Sage it is so hard at any price to get a single wordThat when his task is accomplished, his work done,Throughout the country every one says: “It happened of its own accord”.up18It was when the Great Way declinedThat human kindness and morality arose;It was when intelligence and knowledge appearedThat the Great Artifice began.It was when the six near ones were no longer at peaceThat there was talk of “dutiful sons”;Nor till fatherland was dark with strifeDid we hear of “loyal slaves”.up19Banish wisdom, discard knowledge,And the people will be benefited a hundredfold.Banish human kindness, discard morality,And the people will be dutiful and compassionate.Banish skill, discard profit,And thieves and robbers will disappear.If when these three things are done they find life too plain and unadorned,Then let them have accessories;Give them Simplicity to look at, the Uncarved Black to hold,Give them selflessness and fewness of desires.Banish learning, and there will be no more grieving.up20Between wei and oWhat after all is the difference?Can it be compared to the difference between good and bad?The saying “what others avoid I too must avoid”How false and superficial it is?All men, indeed, are wreathed in smiles,As though feasting after the Great Sacrifice,As though going up to the Spring Carnival.I alone am inert, like a child that has not yet given sign;Like an infant that has not yet smiled.I droop and drift, as though I belonged nowhere.All men have enough and to spare;I alone seem to have lost everything.Mine is indeed the mind of a very idiot,So dull am I.The world is full of people that shine;I alone am dark.They look lively and self-assured;I alone depressed.(I seem unsettled as the ocean;Blown adrift, never brought to a stop.)All men can be put to some use;I alone am intractable and boorish.But wherein I most am different from menIs that I prize no sustenance that comes not from the Mother's breast.up21Such the scope of the All-pervading Power.That it alone can act through the Way.For the Way is a thing impalpable, incommensurable.Incommensurable, impalpable.Yet latent in it are forms;Impalpable, incommensurableYet within it are entities.Shadowy it is and dim;Yet within it there is a force,Is none the less efficacious.From the times of old till nowIts charge has not departedBut cheers onward the many warriors.How do I know that the many warriors are so?Through this.up22“To remain whole, be twisted!”To become straight, let yourself be bent.To become full, be hollow.Be tattered, that you may be renewed.Those that have little, may get more,Those that have much, are but perplexed.Therefore the ; SageClasps the Primal Unity,Testing by it everything under heaven.He does not show himself; therefore he seen everywhere.He does not define himself, therefore he is distinct.He does not boast of what he will do, therefore he succeeds.He is not proud of his work, and therefore it endures.He does not contend,And for that very reason no one under heaven can contend with him.So then we see that the ancient saying “To remain whole, be twisted!” was no idle word;For true wholeness can only be achieved by return.up23To be always talks is against nature.For the same reason a hurricane never lasts a whole morning,Nor a rainstorm all day.Who is it that makes the wind and rain?It is Heaven-and Earth.And if even Heaven-and Earth cannot blow or pour for long,How much less in his utterance should man?Truly, if one uses the Way as one's instrument,The results will be like the Way;If one uses the “power” as instrument,The results will be like the “power”.If one uses what is the reverse of the “power”,The results will be the reverse of the “power”.For to those who have conformed themselves to the Way,The Way readily lends its power.To those who have conformed themselves to the power,The power readily, lends more power.While to those who conform themselves to inefficacy,Inefficacy readily lends its ineffectiveness.“It is by not believing in people that you turn them into liars.”up24'He who stands on tip-toe, does not stand firm;He who takes the longest strides, does not walk the fastest.”He who does his own looking sees little,He who defines himself is not therefore distinct.He who boasts of what he will do succeeds in nothing;He who is proud of his work, achieves nothing that endures.Of these, from the standpoint of the Way, it is said:“Pass round superfluous dishes to those that have already had enough,And no creature but will reject them in disgust.”That is why he that possesses Tao does not linger.up25There was something formless yet complete,That existed before heaven and earth;Without sound, without substance,Dependent on nothing, unchanging,All pervading, unfailing.One may think of it as the mother of all things under heaven.Its true name we do not know;Were I forced to say to what class of things it belongsI should call it Great (ta)Now ta also means passing on,And passing on means going Far Away,And going far away means returning.Thus just as Tao has “this greatness” and as earth has it and as heaven has it,So may the ruler also have it.Thus “within the realm there are four portions of greatness”,And one belongs to the king.The ways of men are conditioned by those of earth.The ways of earth, by those of heaven.The ways of heaven by those of Tao, and the ways of Tao by the Self-so.up26As the heavy must be the foundation of the light,So quietness is lord and master of activity.Truly, “A man of consequence though he travels all dayWill not let himself be separated from his baggage-wagon,However magnificent the view, he sits quiet and dispassionate”.How much less, then, must be the lord of ten thousand chariotsAllow himself to be lighter than these he rules!If he is light, the foundation is lost;If he is active, the lord and master is lost.up27Perfect activity leaves no track behind it;Perfect speech is like a jade-worker whose tool leaves no mark.The perfect reckoner needs no counting-slips;The perfect door has neither bolt nor bar,Yet cannot be opened.The perfect knot needs neither rope nor twine,Yet cannot be united.Therefore the SageIs all the time in the most perfect way helping men,He certainly does not turn his back on men;Is all the time in the most perfect way helping creatures,He certainly does not turn his back on creatures.This is called resorting to the Light.Truly, “the perfect man is the teacher of the imperfect;But the imperfect is the stock-in-trade of the perfect man”.He who does not respect his teacher,He who does not take care of his stock-in-trade,Much learning through he may possess, is far astray.This is the essential secret.up28“He who knows the males, yet cleaves to what is femaleBecause like a ravine, receiving all things under heaven,”And being such a ravineHe knows all the time a power that he never calls upon in vain.This is returning to the state of infancy.He who knows the white, (yet cleaves to the blackBecomes the standard by which all things are tested;And being such a standardHe has all the time a power that never errs,He returns to the Limitless.He who knows glory,) yet cleaves to ignominyBecome like a valley that receives into it all things under heaven,And being such a valleyHe has all the time a power that suffices;He returns to the state of the Uncarved Block.Now when a block is sawed up it is made into implements;But when the Sage uses it, it becomes Chief of all Ministers.Truly, “The greatest carver does the least cutting”.up29Those that would gain what is under heaven by tampering with it -I have seen that they do not succeed.For that which is under heaven is like a holy vessel, dangerous to tamper with.Those that tamper with it, harm it.Those that grab at it, lose it.For among the creatures of the world some go in front, some follow;Some blow hot when others would be blowing cold.Some are feeling vigorous just when others are worn out.Therefore the Sage “discards the absolute, the all-inclusive, the extreme”.up30He who by Tao purposes to help a ruler of menWill oppose all conquest by force of arms;For such things are wont to rebound.Where armies are, thorn and brambles grow.The raising of a great hostIs followed by a year of dearth.Therefore a good general effects his purpose and then stops; he does not take further advantage of his victory.Fulfils his purpose and does not glory in what he has done;Fulfils his purpose and does not boast of what he has done;Fulfils his purpose, but takes no pride in what he has done;Fulfils his purpose, but only as a step that could not be avoided.Fulfils his purpose, but without violence;For what has a time of vigour also has a time of decay.This is against Tao,And what is against Tao will soon perish.up31Fine weapons are none the less ill-omened things.(People despise them, therefore,Those in possession of the Tao do not depend on them.)That is why, among people of good birth,In peace the left-hand side is the place of honour,But in war this is reversed and the right-hand side is the place of honour.(Weapons are ill-omened things, which the superior man should not depend on.When he has no choice but to use them,The best attitude is to retain tranquil and peaceful.)The Quietist, even when he conquers, does not regard weapons as lovely things.For to think them lovely means to delight in them,And to delight in them means to delight in the slaughter of men.And he who delights in the slaughter of menWill never get what he looks for out of those that dwell under heaven.(Thus in happy events,The left-hand side is the place of honour, in grief and mourning,The right-hand is the place of honour.The lieutenant general stands on the left,While the supreme general stands on the right,Which is arranged on the rites of mourning.)A host that has slain men is received with grief and mourning;He that has conquered in battle is received with rites of mourning.up32Tao is eternal, but has no fame (name);The Uncarved Block, though seemingly of small account,Is greater than anything that is under heaven.If kings and barons would but possess themselves of it,The ten thousand creatures would flock to do them homage;Heaven-and-earth would conspireTo send Sweet Dew,Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.Once the block is carved, there will be names,And so soon as there are names,Know that it is time to stop.Only by knowing when it is time to stop can danger be avoided.To Tao all under heaven will comeAs streams and torrents flow into a great river or sea.up33To understand others is to have knowledge;To understand oneself is to be illumined.To conquer others needs strength;To conquer oneself is harder still.To be content with what one has is to be rich.He that works through violence may get his way;But only what stays in its placeCan endure.When one dies one is not lost, there is no other longevity.up34Great Tao is like a boat that drifts;It can go this way; it can go that.The ten thousand creatures owe their existence to it and it does not disown them;Yet having produced them, it does not take possession of them.Makes no claim to be master over them,(And asks for nothing from them.)Therefore it may be called the Lowly.The ten thousand creatures obey it,Though they know not that they have a master;Therefore it is called the Great.So too the Sage just because he never at any time makes a show of greatnessIn fact achieves greatness.up35He who holding the Great From goes about his work in the empireCan go about his, yet do no harm.All is peace, quietness and security.Sound of music, smell of good dishesWill make the passing stranger pause.How difference the words that Tao gives forth!So thin, so flavourless!If one looks for Tao, there is nothing solid to see;If one listens for it, there is nothing loud enough to hear.Yet if one uses it, it is inexhaustible.up36What is in the end to be shrunkMust first be stretched.Whatever is to be weakenedMust begin by being made strong.What is to be overthrownMust begin by being set up.He who would be a takerMust begin as a giver.This is called “dimming” one's light.It is thus that the soft overcomes the hardAnd the weak, the strong.“It is best to leave the fish down in his pool;Best to leave the State's sharpest weapons wherenone can see them.”up37Tao never does;Yet through it all things are done.If the barons and kings would but possess themselves of it,The ten thousand creatures would at once be transformed.And if having been transformed they should desire to act,We must restrain them by the blankness of the Unnamed.The blankness of the UnnamedBrings dispassion;To be dispassionate is to be still.And so, of itself, the whole empire will be at rest.up38The man of highest “power” does not reveal himself as a possessor of “power”;Therefore he keeps his “power”.The man of inferior “power” cannot rid it of the appearance of “power”;Therefore he is in truth without “power”.The man of highest “power” neither acts nor is there any who so regards him;The man of inferior “power” both acts and is so regarded.The man of highest humanity, though he acts, is not regarded;Whereas a man of even the highest morality both acts and is so regarded;While even he who is best versed in ritual not merely acts,But if people fail to respondThen he will pull up his sleeves and advance upon them.That is why it is said:“After Tao was lost, then came the 'power';After the 'power' was lost, then came human kindness.”After human kindness was lost, then came morality,After morality was lost, then came ritual.Now ritual is the mere husk of loyalty and promise-keepingAnd is indeed the first step towards brawling.”Foreknowledge may be the “flower of doctrine”,But it is the beginning of folly.Therefore the full-grown man takes his stand upon the solid substanceAnd not upon the mere husk,Upon the fruit and not upon the flower.Truly, “he reject that and takes this”.up39As for the things that from of old have understood the Whole —The sky through such understanding remains limpid,Earth remains steady,The spirits keep their holiness,The abyss is replenished,The ten thousand creatures bear their kind,Barons and princes direct their people.It is the Whole that causes it.Were it not so limpid, the sky would soon get torn,Were is not for steadiness, the earth would soon tip over,Were it not for their holiness, the spirit would soon wither away.Were it not for this replenishment, the abyss would soon go dry,Were it not that ten thousand creatures can bear their kind,They would soon become extinct.Were the barons and princes no longer directors of their peopleAnd for that reason honoured and exalted, they would soon be overthrown.Truly “ the humble is the stem upon which the mighty grows,The low is the foundation upon which the high is laid.”That is why barons and princes refer to themselves as “The Orphan”,“The Needy”, “The Ill-provided.Is this not indeed a case of might rooting itself upon humility?True indeed are the sayings:“Enumerate the parts of a carriage,And you still have not explained what a carriage is,”And They did not want themselves to tinkle like jade-bells,While others resounded like stone chimes”.up40In Tao the only motion is returning;The only useful quality, weakness.For though all creatures under heaven are the products of Being,Being itself is the product of Not-being.up41When the man of highest capacities hears TaoHe does his best to put it into practice.When the man of middling capacity hears TaoHe is in two minds about it.When the man of low capacity hears TaoHe laughs loudly at it.If he did not laugh, it would not be worth the name of Tao.Therefore the proverb has it:“The way out into the light often looks dark,The way that goes ahead often looks as if it went back.”The way that is least hilly often looks as if it went up and down,The “power” that is really loftiest looks like an abyss,What is sheerest white looks blurred.The “power” that is most sufficing looks inadequate,The “power” that stands firmest looks flimsy.What is in its natural, pure state looks faded;The largest square has no corners,The greatest vessel takes the longest to finish,Great music has the faintest notes,The Great From is without shape.For Tao is hidden and nameless.Yet Tao alone supports all things and brings them to fulfillment.up42Tao gave birth to the One;The One gave birth successively to two things,Three things, up to ten thousand.These ten thousand creatures cannot turn their backs to the shadeWithout having the sun on their bellies,And it is on this blending of the breaths that their harmony depends.。

灶神之妻读后感

灶神之妻读后感此书讲述了关于两家华人美籍移民的沉重往事。

以母女对话的形式安排叙述结构，将一段段关于“逃难”与战争、关于祭祀与死亡的在中国的回忆娓娓道来，揭开了一个家族（主要讲女儿对母亲的再认识）的秘密，写出了母女内心关于爱情、家庭、婚姻等话题最隐秘最深切的感受。

之前听到过有人批评Amy Tan对很多传统的、中式的习俗和思维方式进行抹黑，并用了很不好的字眼对她进行攻击。

之前读《喜福会》的时候并没有发现存在这种情况，书中展现的也仅仅是两代人的割裂和互不相通，或许这是很多华裔家庭的真实情况。

而在《灶神的妻子》当中，虽然也不乏一些很鲁迅式的、现代人很不愿意面对的（关于日军侵华时）描述：I tell you, that day, when this fear sickness spread, everyone becamea different person. You don’t know such a person exists inside of you untilyou become taonan. I saw people grabbing for food, stealing things.Vendors walked away from their steaming pots. I saw fights andarguments, children lost and crying, people pushing to get into a bus, thenemptying out of the bus when they saw the streets were too full for anyoneto move forward. –P270但是我们可以看到书中有很多关于上海美食、江南美景的描述，穿插在一段段对于贫穷、劣根、三从四德的指责或是作壁上观的书写当中。

所以究竟是否存在“抹黑”，我很难回答。

九年级全一册a

九年级全一册3aUnit 1 Section A 3a How I Learned to Learn EnglishLast year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything.Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch other English movies, too. Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words. My pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences like “It’s a piece of cake”or “It serves you right”.I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary.Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.Unit 2 Section A 3a Full Moon, Full FeelingsChinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Changt’e was HouYi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back!After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.Unit 3 Section A 3a Fun Times Park --- Always a Fun Time![Alice and He Wei are in Space World.]Alice: I wonder where we should go next.He Wei: How about that new ride over there?Alice:Well … it looks scary.He Wei: Come on! I promise it’ll be exciting! If you’re scared, just shout or hold my hand.[After the ride …]Alice: You were right! That was fun! I was scared at first, but shouting did help.He Wei:See, that wasn’t so bad, right? You never know until you try something. Alice: Yes, I'm so glad I tried it!He Wei: Do you want to go to Water World now?Alice: Sure, but I'm getting hungry. Do you know where we can get some good food quickly?He Wei: Of course! I suggest Water City Restaurant in Water World. It serves delicious food.Alice: Great! Let's go![On their way to Water City Restaurant, Alice and He Wei pass by Uncle Bob's.] Alice: Look! This restaurant looks interesting. The sign says a rock band plays here every evening.He Wei: Why don't we come back here for dinner later? Let's ask what time the band starts playing.[Alice and He Wei walk up to a staff person at the door.]He Wei: Excuse me, could you tell us when the band starts playing this evening? Staff: Eight o'clock. The restaurant is always busy at that time, so come a little earlier to get a table.He Wei: OK. Thank you!Unit 4 Section A 3a From Shy Girl to Pop StarFor this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop asar Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attentioneverywhere I go.”However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others, and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I don’t have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me. ”What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? “Well,”she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.”Unit 5 Section A 3a The Difficult Search for American Products in the US If you go to another country, what kinds of things would you buy? Would you buy a camera in Japan, some beautiful clothes in France, or a watch in Switzerland? No matter what you may buy, you might think those products were made in those countries. However, you could be wrong. Kang Jian is a 17-year-old student from Shanghai. Last year he went to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco. He found it interesting that so many products in the local shops we re made in China. “I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the toys were American brands, they were made in China.”Toys are not the only things made in China. “I wanted to buy a pair of basketball shoes,”he explains. “But I had t o visit five or six stores before finding a pair made in America!”He realized that Americans can hardly avoid buying products made in China. “In fact,”he continues, “there were many other things there made in China --- footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones. Even Americanflags are made in China!”Kang Jian think it’s great that China is so good at making these everyday things. However, he wishes that in the future China will also get better at making high-technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world.Unit 6 Section A 3a An Accidental InventionDid you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world after water, was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s fav orite drinks was invented.A few thousand years later, Lu Yu,” the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660,but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.Unit 7 Section A 3a Mom Knows BestWhen I was a tiny baby crying all night, my mom sang to me and stayed by my side. When I was tired and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep in.When I was two running through the field, she made sure I was safe and kept me from danger.When I fell and hurt myself, she gave me a hug and lifted me up.When I was seven coughing badly, she said no ice-cream for me.But I talked back loudly, “I should be allowed to eat some! Give it to me now!”When I was nine watching scary movies, she said it'd give me awful dreams.But I shouted back angrily, “I should be allowed to watch it! I'm not a baby!”When I was a teen going out with friends, she said, “Please be back by ten!”But I talked back again --- “I should not be told what to do! I'm seventeen now!”Now I'm an adult, thinking back to those times.I coughed for days after eating that ice-creamAnd had scary dreams after watching that film.I was late for school from staying out past ten.I regret talking back, not listening to Mom.Mom knows best, and for me she wanted only the best!Unit 8 Section A 3aWe live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called thepolicemen, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!”Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog.But then, what could it be?” One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to b e a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.Unit 9 Section A 3a What Do You Feel Like Watching Today?While some people stick to only one kind of movie, I like to watch different kinds depending on how I feel that day.When I’m down or tired, I prefer movies that can cheer me up. Comedies like Men in Black or cartoons like Kung Fu Panda have funny dialogs and usually have a happy ending. The characters may not be perfect, the problems suddenly seem less serious and I fell much better again. Laughing for two hours is a good way to relax!I don’t watch dramas or documentaries when I’m sad or tired. Dramas like Titanic make me feel even sadder. Documentaries like March of the Penguins which provide plenty of information about a certain subject can be interesting, but when I’m tired I don’t want to think too much. I don’t mind action movies like Spider-Man when I’m too tired to think. I can just shut off my brain, sit backand enjoy watching an exciting superhero who always saves the world just in time.Once in a while, I like to watch movies that are scary. They can be fun, but I’m too scared to watch them alone. I always bring a friend who isn’t afraid of these kinds of movies, and it doesn’t feel so scary anymore.Unit 10 Section A 3aTeresa Lopez, Cali, ColombiaWhere I'm from, we’re pretty relaxed about time. We don’t like to rush around, so we don’t mind if people are a little late sometimes. If you tell a friend you're going to their house for dinner, it’s OK if you arrive a bit late. We like to enjoy our time slowly. We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our everyday lives. We often just drop by our friends’ homes if we have time. We don’t usually have to make plans to meet our friends. When we see each other, it’s polite for boys to shake hands and for girls to kiss each other on the side of the face. We often just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can!Marc LeBlanc, Lausanne, SwitzerlandIn Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time. We’re the capital of clocks and watches, after all! If someone invites you to meet him or her at noon, then you’re expected to be there at noon. If you’re even 15 minutes late, your friend may get mad. So I make an effort to be on time when I meet my friends. I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic because I think it’s impolite to keep others waiting. Also, we never visit a friend’s house without calling first. We almost always make plans to see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together.Unit 11 Section A 3a The Shirt of a Happy Man (Part I)A long time ago, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king, He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating. His face was always pale as chalk. He often cried for no reason. This made the queen and his people worried.One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he found nothing wrong with his body. “It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. That’ll make him happy.”The prime minister was called to the palace. But when they explained the king’s situation to him, he said, “ Although I have a lot of power, it doesn’t make me happy. I’m always worried about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position.”Then, the king’s banker came to the palace.“Oh, I’m afraid I’m not happy either,” he said. “I have a lot of wealth, but I’m always worried about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day.”Next, the palace singer came to the king’s room. But this was what he said: “It’s true that I’m famous and everyone loves my songs. But I’m not happy because I’m always worried about being followed by others. I cannot be free!”Finally, the king’s top general was told to go out and find a happy man in three days’ time.Unit 12 Section A 3a Life Is Full of the Unexpected.In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building at around 8:30 a.m. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. As I was waiting in line with other officeworkers, I heard a loud sound. Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building. We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building. I felt lucky to be alive.Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm never went off. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off. “This is the first holiday I’ve taken in a year, and now I’ve missed my plane. What bad luck?” I thought to myself. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing.Unit 13 Section A 3a Save the Sharks!Many have heard of shark fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is especially popular in southern China. But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup?When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the shark back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment. Without a fin, a shark can no longer swim and slowly dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If their numbers drop to o low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.Environmental protection groups around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF,are teachi ng the public about “finning”. They have even asked governments to develop laws to stop the sale of shark fins. So far, no scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good fins are good for health, so why eat them? Help save the sharks!Unit 14 Section A 3a I RememberLooking back at these past three years I remember many thingsTrying to be on time for morning readingsRunning when the lunch bell ringsI remember the excitementOf the school sports day each year The many long hours of trainingPride of overcoming fearI remember starting day oneThe shyest in my whole classNever speaking to anyoneAnd thinking I would not passThen slowly I made some new friends To remember foreverHelping each other with homework Getting better together Preparing for art festivalsAnd making a great big mess Having fun at New Year’s parties Wishing everyone the bestWe have learned a different languageThat is from a foreign land English brings many challenges We work hard to understandAnd now it’s time to graduate We will leave our lovely school I can’t believe it’s been three yearsI’m trying to keep my coolBut it’s difficult not to cry I’ll miss the school tress and flowersAnd our kind and caring teachers Wonderful memories of ours。

名校课堂配套试卷八下英语

名校课堂配套试卷八下英语一、单项选择（每题1分，共15分）1. — How long have you _______ this book?— For two weeks.A. borrowedB. lentC. hadD. bought.2. My sister is _______ in English. She thinks it's very _______.A. interested; interestedB. interesting; interested.C. interested; interestingD. interesting; interesting.3. — Have you ever been to Shanghai?— Yes. I _______ there last year.A. goB. wentC. have goneD. will go.4. The population of China is much _______ than that of England.A. largerB. largestC. moreD. large.5. — _______ do you help your mother do housework?— Twice a week.A. How oftenB. How longC. How soonD. How far.6. I can't find my pen. Could you help _______ find it?A. meB. herC. himD. them.7. There _______ a football match on TV this evening.A. will haveB. is going to beC. hasD. is going to have.8. The boy is _______ young to go to school.A. soB. veryC. tooD. quite.9. She _______ her homework at home yesterday.A. leavesB. leftC. forgetsD. forgot.10. I don't know if it _______ tomorrow. If it _______, we will go out for a picnic.A. will rain; won't rainB. rains; doesn't rain.C. rains; won't rainD. will rain; doesn't rain.11. — What a nice dress! How long _______ you _______ it?— Just 2 weeks.A. will; buyB. did; buyC. are; havingD. have; had.12. The old man lives _______, but he doesn't feel _______.A. alone; aloneB. lonely; lonelyC. alone; lonelyD. lonely; alone.13. I'm not sure _______ he will come to my party.A. ifB. thatC. whatD. when?14. — _______ is it from your home to school?— About ten minutes' walk.A. How longB. How farC. How manyD. How much.15. My mother made me _______ my clothes last Sunday.A. to washB. washC. washedD. washing.二、完形填空（每题1分，共10分）I have a good friend. His name is Tom. He is a nice boy, but he eats too 16 and doesn't like sports.He has a big 17 every morning. He has four eggs, 18 of bread withbutter and 19 big glass of milk for it. 20 lunch, he eats two hamburgers, a lot of French fries 21 some chicken. He drinks a lot of Coke or soda too. For dinner, he likes beef and salad.He 22 eats beef, chicken, hamburgers and eggs. He likes ice - cream, Coke and soda 23.Too much food is not 24 for health. So Tom is very 25.16. A. many B. much C. some D. any.17. A. breakfast B. lunch C. dinner D. supper.18. A. much B. many C. lots D. lot.19. A. a B. an C. some D. any.20. A. For B. On C. In D. Of.21. A. for B. and C. of D. but.22. A. often B. never C. seldom D. not.23. A. and B. but C. too D. also.24. A. bad B. good C. important D. hungry.25. A. healthy B. fit C. thin D. fat.三、阅读理解（每题2分，共30分）A.Most people like bikes. Perhaps you ride a bike to school. Riding a bike can be great of fun. Do you know how to ride a bike safely?Careful boys and girls learn to ride their bikes well before they go out on the road. How can you tell whether you are a good rider?If you can ride a bike in a straight line, you can ride well. If you can't, you should practice riding in a safe place.To be safe on a bike, you need to use both hands and both feet. Keep your feet on the pedals(踏板) and your hands on the handle bars(把手) atall times.Do you have a basket on your bike? If so, put your books and packagesin it. Then you can keep both hands on the handle bars.You know that your bike is made for one person. It is not safe to carry anyone with you.Keep yourself safe when you ride a bike. Watch where you are going at all times.26. Before you learn to ride your bike well, you can't _______.A. go to schoolB. ride on the roadC. practice ridingD. carry your things.27. When you ride a bike, it is _______ to keep both your hands on the handle bars.A. safeB. dangerousC. importantD. interesting.28. What does the underlined word "straight" mean in Chinese?A. 弯曲的B. 垂直的C. 倾斜的D. 笔直的。

Unit 8-Chinese Number Culture 演示文稿

中国诗词博大精深，中国古典文学名著中的数字文化更是让人深思,且多与"9"关系密切. 西游记》文化更是让人深思,且多与"9"关系密切.《西游记》中孙悟空有72变，猪八戒有36变，金箍棒重10 中孙悟空有72变，猪八戒有36变，金箍棒重10 万8千斤，龙宫有十八般兵器，唐僧师徒经历81 千斤，龙宫有十八般兵器，唐僧师徒经历81 难；《水浒》中有108将，36天罡，古书中有难；《水浒》中有108将，36天罡，古书中有 “36计”“18般武艺”……为什么古人要钟爱 36计”“18般武艺”……为什么古人要钟爱于18、81、27、72、36、63、45、54、108这 18、81、27、72、36、63、45、54、108这些数字呢？也许因为它们是9 些数字呢？也许因为它们是9的倍数且各位数值之和等于9 之和等于9吧！看来，古典名著无疑证明了古人对9的崇敬。
Numbers are, in fact, originally coming from the early hunting practice. The ancients worship numbers as they do to the language, so numbers are always culturally connotative. People believe that some numbers can bring fortune and luck, and some may bring misfortune and even disaster to them. In China, the mystery of numbers has been much influenced by the concept of Yin and Yang. Ancients divide the ten numbers into two groups: the odd numbers are Yang, implying "the Heaven, the male" ; while the even numbers are yin, implying "the Earth, the female".

期中易错点专项复习-专题06 阅读理解四年级下册牛津上海版(试用版)一起

期中易错点专项复习-专题06 阅读理解四班级下册上海牛津版（试用版）一起学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读选择第一篇Australia is a country of many interesting animals. One of these is the kangaroo (袋鼠). It looks like a giant rabbit. It has big strong hind legs (后腿) and a very thick tail. Kangaroos also have big ears, so they can hear well with them. Kangaroos don’t walk. They use their legs to hop about. They can hop very high. Baby kangaroos are born (诞生) very small. They are smaller than a child’s little finger. The mother kangaroo has a pouch on her body. Baby kangaroos live in their mother’s pouch. Kangaroos sleep all day. At night they are busy finding food. They eat plants.( )1．The kangaroo looks like a giant ________.A．panda B．parrot C．rabbit( )2．Kangaroos’ big ________ help them ________ well.A．mouth; taste B．ears; hear C．legs; run( )3．The baby kangaroos are ________.A．tiny B．big C．thin( )4．The underlined word “pouch” means “________”.A．围裙B．育儿袋C．前肢( )5．Kangaroos find food ________.A．all day B．in the morning C．at night其次篇阅读短文，选择正确的答案。

英语教育格言

英语教育格言Teach all knowledge to all people. 格言是可以作为人们行为规范的言简意赅的语句，是人们机智的精华、众人汇成的睿智、是指导人生走向成功之路的法宝，时刻激励人生取得进步。

下面小编给大家整理了一些英语教育格言请笑纳!英语教育格言11、把一切知识教给一切人。

Teach all knowledge to all people.2、教育是国家的主要防御力量。

Education is the chief defense of nations.3、培养人就是培养他对前途的希望。

Cultivation is his hopes for the future.4、用千百倍的耕耘，换来桃李满园香。

With one thousand times for the peach garden sweet.5、前后不一致是教育中最严重错误之一。

Inconsistent is one of the most serious mistakes in education.6、让每一个学生在学校里抬起头来走路。

Let every student in the school looked up and walk.7、愿乘风破万里浪，甘面壁读十年书。

Let the wind to break the waves, side wall read ten years.8、给学生一个世界，给老师一片天空。

Give students a world, a piece of the sky to the teacher.9、教育的艺术是使学生喜欢你所教的东西。

The art of education is to make students like what you taught.10、评价不是为了排队，而是为了促进发展。

Evaluation is not to queue, but in order to promote development.11、不会触类旁通，研究哪一门学问都难有成就。

广西南宁市宾阳县2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题

广西南宁市宾阳县2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题一、听力匹配1．你将听到五个句子，请选出与所听句子内容相符的图片，有一幅图是多余的。

每个句子读两遍。

A．B．C．D． E. F.二、听力选择2．How much are the glasses?A．7 dollars.B．17 dollars.C．70 dollars.3．Why is Tony sad and unhappy?A．He has no friends.B．He has no money.C．He has no time.4．What does Bill look like?A．He’s heavy.B．He’s short.C．He’s tall.5．How was John’s trip to Nanning?A．Great.B．Bad.C．Terrible.6．Where did the girl go?A．To the mountains.B．To the beach.C．To the summer camp.听对话，回答以下各小题。

7．What did Linda do first last Sunday?A．She visited her grandparents.B．She did morning exercises.C．She did her homework.8．Where do Linda’s grandparents live?A．In the city.B．In the countryside.C．In the town.9．How often does Linda visit her grandparents?A．Once a week.B．Once a month.C．Twice a month.听对话，回答以下各小题。

10．What is Diana’s mother good at?A．Swimming.B．Boating.C．Cooking.11．Where will Diana have a picnic tomorrow?A．In the mountain.B．In a boat.C．By the river.12．How is the weather this week?A．Sunny.B．Cold.C．Warm.听对话，回答以下各小题。

江苏省徐州市区2024-2025学年七年级上学期期中测试英语试题

江苏省徐州市区2024-2025学年七年级上学期期中测试英语试题一、单项选择1．In the picture, the girl is ________.A．paper-cutting B．painting C．jogging D．dancing 2．Sandy and I are in the library. ________ both like reading here.A．We B．You C．They D．She3．The school meeting takes place ________ the first day of the new term.A．in B．at C．on D．from4．—How ________ ChatGPT is!—Yes. It can help people do many different things.A．bright B．pretty C．amazing D．empty5．My bike doesn’t work. My friend and I work together to ________ it.A．fix B．borrow C．practice D．pick6．—________ does your mother go to the supermarket?—She goes there to buy some vegetables.A．What B．When C．Why D．How7．—Do you hear of Li Keran?—Sure. He is a great painting ________ and paints more than a thousand pictures.A．model B．master C．scientist D．designer 8．—Glad to meet you, Millie.—________.A．No problem B．Good luck C．Same here D．Of course 9．—Why can’t you go to the farm with us, Amy?—My mum is ill, and I have to ________ her at home.A．take part in B．take apart C．take care of D．take place 10．Simon is telling Daniel about his school life. What may he say?A．I am 12 years old. I live in Xuzhou now.B．I often read books in the school library.C．I am not tall, and I wear glasses.D．I like listening to music at home.二、完形填空Hello! My name is Luban. I am a lovely and beautiful cat. Let me tell you something about me.I have big brown eyes. I am a little heavy, but I am still very 11 . Some people say I look a little proud (骄傲的) and serious in some books and pictures. Oh, maybe it’s 12 I live in the Palace Museum in Beijing.I can do many things in the museum. When it is 13 , I enjoy the relaxing time on the grass of the Palace Museum. When I am tired, I usually take a walk 14 sleep in the garden to take a rest. I have a great time there. Every day people and other cats come to play with me. There are over 200 cats in the museum. Thanks to us, you can’t see one 15 in the Palace Museum.These days, I become 16 because of the TV show ShangXin Le Gu Gong. I have lived in the Palace Museum since I was born, so I know lots of things about it. That’s why people ask me to 17 with them. In the TV show, I work with some famous stars. We often spend a lot of hours 18 interesting places in the Palace Museum. After that, they 19 the national treasure (国宝) and make many interesting things.Do you want to visit the Palace Museum with me? Do you want to meet me? Follow me and start your happy 20 now.11．A．large B．quiet C．slim D．cute 12．A．because B．why C．when D．before 13．A．rainy B．snowy C．sunny D．foggy14．A．so B．or C．but D．also15．A．dog B．mouse C．fish D．bird16．A．pretty B．shy C．smart D．popular 17．A．work B．chat C．join D．start 18．A．designing B．changing C．visiting D．introducing 19．A．talk about B．talk with C．take turns D．enjoy themselves 20．A．hobby B．event C．dream D．trip三、阅读理解SongMonday, Monday, we are back at school.Saturday, Sunday, is your weekend cool?Do you go anywhere?Yes. I enjoy the fresh air. We walk from home, and we stop at the square.Do you go to the park?No, we don’t this time. But we go to a film. It ends at nine.Do you have a good time?Yes, I do. It is great. We watch some TV, and we stay up late.Do you see your friends?Yes. I play with Mark. We play volleyball in the park.Do you play any sports?Yes. I play basketball. I’m very good at it. I’m not bad at all.And after that?We play computer games. We listen to music the rest of the day.21．What does the writer do according to the song?A．He drives around the park.B．He has a walk to the square.C．He plays with the teachers.D．He watches a film at twelve. 22．What is the song about?A．Talking about Monday.B．Going to a new school.C．Spending the weekend.D．Learning about sports.Leo is an English boy. He came to China with his father and mother. Leo’s parents came here to work and Leo came to study.He is in No.3 Middle School. He gets up early every day. He is never late for school and he studies hard. He can read and write English very well. He often helps us with our English, and we often help him with his Chinese. After class, Leo enjoys playing football, running, jumping and riding his bicycle. He has made many friends here and we enjoy playing with him.On Sundays, Leo often helps his mother clean the house, fix something or do the shopping. He really likes Chinese food. Leo likes living here. He likes the Chinese classmates very much. We all like him too.23．Where does Leo come from?A．The USA．B．Canada.C．Australia.D．England. 24．What does Leo do on Sundays?a. Read and write.b. Do some cleaning.c. Fix something.d. Do some shopping.A．a, b, c B．b, c, d C．a, c, d D．a, b, d25．What can we know about Leo from the passage?A．Leo likes cooking best.B．Leo likes sports very much.C．Leo goes home very late.D．Leo speaks Chinese very well.“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. But when a person (人) says “How are you?” he hopes to hear the answer “Fine.” even if (即使) the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question, and “Fine.” isn’t really an answer. They are common (常见的) ways of saying “Hello” and “Hi”.Sometimes people also don’t say exactly (确切地) what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?” the other person may be thinking, “No, I don’t agree. I think you are wrong.” But it isn’t very polite, so they may say, “I’m not so sure.” It’s a nice way to say that you don’t agree with someone.It’s interesting when people want to finish talking. For example, when a person wants to finish talking with the other person on the phone, he may say “I have to go now.” Sometimes he gives an excuse (借口) , for example, “Someone is knocking at the door.” The excuse may be real, or it may not be. It’s a polite way to finish talking and it doesn’t hurt the other person’s feelings.People don’t always say exactly what they are thinking. And it’s a part of the game of language. 26．What can we learn from Paragraph 1?A．Saying “Hello” or “Hi” isn’t a friendly way.B．“How are you?” means saying “Hello” or “Hi”.C．“Fine” is the only answer to “How are you?”.D．Only Americans greet with “How are you?”.27．When someone says “I’m not so sure,” what may they really be thinking?A．They really agree.B．They disagree politely.C．They have no idea.D．They need time to think.28．Why do people find excuses when they want to finish talking?A．It is a polite way.B．The excuse may be real.C．It will hurt others.D．They don’t like talking.29．What is this passage probably from?A．Story book.B．Sports world.C．English magazine.D．History book. 30．What’s the best title for the passage?A．A Style of Making ExcusesB．Different Ways of GreetingC．A Polite Way to Finish TalkingD．A Kind of Language Game阅读短文，从短文后A至E五个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

英语写译

研究生英语写译教程（翻译部分）答案（一）P221翻译下列句子，注意下画线词或词语的词义的选择：1.通过市场营销，口头宣传，以及凭借显而易见的可靠性，牛仔裤已成为美国的寻常裤装。

2.凭着我的决心，我的运气，还有许多善良人们的帮助，我终于获得了新生。

3.唉，人类现在也没有做好管理地球的工作。

也许到那时候，我们真应该豁达大度地让到一边，把工作交给更为称职的去做。

4.我心里在嘀咕：“对不起，我有什么举动冒犯你了吧？”可我很清楚，我并未做出什么举动——是我的肤色触犯了她。

5. That book, who se author doesn’t seem to have his own viewpoints, is full of parrot-learned knowledge.6. The people on parade marched in the street, carrying flowers and banners in their hands.7. Sitting on his uncle’s lap, being humored all the way, he was feeling ver y happy.8. After graduation from a university, I was assigned to work as a teacher in a high school, where I met Mei, who later became my wife. But I am so ordinary a man that I never attracted any of her attention then.研究生英语写译教程（翻译部分）答案（二）P227（一）将下列句子译成汉语，注意词类的转换：1.他深信，只有对历史加以透彻研究，才能真正学到知识。

2.他统治那个地区长达16年。

人教版英语九年级全册 Unit 14 全单元练习题

4第一课时 Section A (1a—2d)Ⅰ. 根据首字母及句意补全单词。

1.M r Green is very up to date in his mof language teaching.2.A lways read the i before you starttaking the medicine.3.L ucy sets such high s for herselfthat she often disappoints herself.4.T he number of students in the football teamalmost d in two years.5.T ina reached out her hands to the k and began to play the beautiful song.Ⅱ. 根据汉语意思完成译句。

1. 职业篮球的水平从来没有这么低过。

The professionalbasketball has never .2. 这是第三个星期天连着下雨了。

T his is the third Sunday that it .3. 昨天他们买了一张双人床。

T hey yesterday.4. 调查显示75%的人赞成新颁布的法规。

that 75% of the peopleapprove of the .5. 汤姆对孩子们总是非常好，很有耐心。

T om kind and children.Ⅲ. 补全对话（有一项多余）。

A:W elcome to I COOL, YOU COOL, madam.How can I help you?B: 1 A:T his way, please. These are the latestfashion. 2 B:I t looks cool. But I don’t like bright green.A:W e’ve got other colors: pink, grey, dark redand yellow. 3 B:P ink. Could you show me that light pinkone?A: 4 And it’s very thick.B: I like it. How much does it cost?A:I t was 100 dollars and now it’s only 80dollars.B: 5 I’ll take it.A. I think it’s my size.B. That’s a great price.C. I want to buy a coat.D. What’s your favorite?E. What do you think of this one?F. Certainly! It’s very beautiful, isn’t it?1. 2. 3. 4. 5.Ⅳ. 阅读理解。

重庆市2024年中考英语模拟试卷(含答案)2

重庆市2024年中考英语模拟试卷阅卷人一、听力测试，第一节（每小题1.5分,共9分）得分根据你所听到的句子，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最恰当的答语。

1．A．Good morning,sir.B．Goodbye,sir.C．Good night,sir.2．A．Good idea!B．Take it easy.C．You're welcome.3．A．Certainly!B．Let's go!C．Have fun!4．A．I hope so.B．That's right.C．Sorry to hear that.5．A．I really like them.B．It doesn't matter.C．Help yourself.6．A．Well done.B．OK,I will.C．Come on.阅卷人二、听力测试，第二节（每小题1.5分,共9分）得分根据你所听到的对话和问题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案。

7．A．Xi'an.B．Chengdu.C．Beijing.8．A．One.B．Two.C．Three.9．A．Lucy.B．Bill.C．Lily.10．A．Spring.B．Summer C．Autumn.11．A．A math teacher.B．A scientist.C．An engineer.12．A．Because it's interesting.B．Because it's useful.C．Because it's educational.阅卷人三、听力测试，第三节，根据你所听到的长对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案。

（每小题1.5分,共6分）得分听材料，回答问题。

13．When did the man hurt his back?A．On Wednesday.B．On Thursday.C．On Friday.14．What did the doctor help the man do?A．Lie down.B．Get an X-ray.C．Put some medicine.听材料，回答问题。

Unit 2 Lesson 8 What's Your Project 七年级英语下册冀教版

swoomrdews.here, anywhere, nowhere,
everywhere 1. I want to gsoom___e_w__h_e__r_e warm, it’s too cold
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2. Did yonuowfinheder________ relaxing?
Dig In 有个人去武场观看比赛，身上误中一箭。找外科医生来为他治病，医生说：“小事一桩。”于是用锯子锯掉体外的箭竿，就索要费用打算离开。有人问：“留在体内的箭头怎么办？”医生回答说：“这是内科医生的事。”
A man went to the martial arts field to watch the game and was struck by an arrow by mistake. When the surgeon came to see him, he said, “It's no big deal.” So he sawed off the arrow pole with a saw and asked for the money to leave. Someone asked, “What about the arrowhead?” The doctor replied,
Dig In
What is a joke? A joke is something funny you say to make people laugh. Do you know any jokes in Chinese? Can you translate any jokes into Ejonkgelis玩h?笑，开玩笑 make a joke 说笑话，开玩笑 play a joke on sb. 取笑某人，作弄某人

数字万的英文作文开头

数字万的英文作文开头
英文，When it comes to the number ten thousand, it holds a special significance in many cultures around the world. In Chinese culture, the number ten thousand represents completeness and infinity. It is often used to express the idea of "everything" or "all". For example, when Chinese people say "ten thousand things", they mean "everything". In English, the number ten thousand is often used to represent a large quantity. For example, when we say "ten thousand dollars", it means a lot of money.
中文，说到数字万，在世界上许多文化中都具有特殊的意义。

在中国文化中，数字万代表着完整和无限。

它经常被用来表达“所有”的概念。

例如，当中国人说“万事万物”，他们的意思是“一切”。

在英语中，数字万通常用来表示大量。

例如，当我们说“一万美元”，意味着很多钱。

重庆市求精中学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期开学考试英语试题

重庆市求精中学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期开学考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、单项选择1．—Would you like tea ________ juice?—I don't like tea ________ juice.I'd like some coffee.A．and，and B．and，or C．or，and D．or，or 2．—Who cleaned the room?—John________．A．is B．does C．did D．do3．The math problem is too difficult. Only ________ students in our class can work it out.A．many B．a few C．much D．a little 4．Dear classmates, may I have your attention, please? I have ________ to tell you.A．important somethingB．important anythingC．something importantD．anything important5．—What kind of noodles would you like?—I’d like ________ noodles please.A．a large bowl B．chicken and cabbage C．a small bowl ofD．tomatoes6．__________ there any sheep on the farm last year?A．Is B．Are C．Was D．Were7．We __________ play with fire. It’s too dangerous.A．can B．must C．mustn’t D．needn’t 8．Some chicken __________ in the bowl. And some __________ are in the garden.A．is; chicken B．are; chicken C．is; chickens D．are; chickens 9．Grace, remember __________ dinner for your mother tonight.A．cook B．cooks C．to cook D．cooking 10．—What does Sally look like?—She ________ of medium height, and she ________ long straight hair.A．is; is B．is; has C．has; has D．has; is二、完形填空England or America, don't have fresh food because they buy their food from supermarkets. Western people do not have skills(技能) for cooking, mostly they only boil(油炸),and chocolate. These food are very sweet and can make you 17 fat quickly.In China, the person who invited other people for meal pay for the meal, but it's not 18 in western countries. In western countries, people will think you invite them but don't need to pay for them, and maybe they 19 happy if you pay for them.20 in eating is that Chinese people use chopsticks and western people use knives and forks.Chinese people only have three meals during a day but western people may have more. They usually have afternoon tea when they would have fruit, cakes or biscuits with cheese. 11．A．has B．have C．with D．without 12．A．in B．on C．for D．at 13．A．cook B．cooking C．to cook D．cooks 14．A．messages B．things C．ideas D．kinds 15．A．and B．or C．like D．for 16．A．For example B．First of all C．At last D．By the way 17．A．become B．to become C．becoming D．became 18．A．different B．the same C．normal D．usual 19．A．don’t have B．aren’t C．won't have D．won’t be 20．A．The other difference B．Another differenceC．Other difference D．Other differences三、阅读单选Hello! My name is Bob. I’m an English boy. But now I’m in China with my parents Jack and Helen, and my sister Sally.In China, November 11th is a special day. Many people buy a lot of things on Taobao. This year, my mother buys some things for us. They are a quilt, four jackets, two cups and a pen. The quilt is blue. It’s for me. The yellow jacket is for Sally. The black jacket is for my father and the green jacket is for me. My mother buys herself a red jacket. She likes red very much. The white cup is for Sally and the other cup is for my father. It’s blue. The pen is black. It’s for Sally.My mother likes shopping on Taobao. She says it’s convenient because she doesn’t need to go out. What do you think of it? Tell me about your ideas.21．Bob’s mother buys ________ for Sally.A．a red jacket and a white cup B．a green cup and a red quiltC．a yellow jacket, a white cup and a black pen D．a yellow jacket, a green cup and a blue pen22．The underlined word “convenient” means________ in Chinese.A．浪费的B．靠近C．迅速的D．方便的23．What’s the passage mainly about?A．It’s about different ways of shopping.B．It’s about what Bob’s mother buys for him.C．It’s a special way of shopping—shopping on Taobao.D．It’s some information about Bob’s family.Everyone loves going on holiday to foreign countries. Here is something you can do to make sure you enjoy your holiday.Get ready for itDid you take your passport（护照）? Every year, thousands of people can't take their planes because they leave their passports at home, they arrive at the airport too late, ,or even go to the wrong airport.Search for some informationHow much do you know about the place you are going to visit? Learning some traditions of a country will help you know the people well. Learning a few words of another languagecan also help you make new friends.Help the local（当地的）peopleYou can help local people a lot by staying in local hotels and eating in local restaurants. This means your money will go to local people, but not a large foreign company.Always remember your holidayYou always want to remember your holiday. Write down something about your holiday to remember all the good time you had and also the new friends you made on holiday. Do you want to send them picture or presents? Remember to do it!24．Learning something about a country will help you to _____ .A．find the airport.B．learn the language.C．make new friends.D．buy somepresents.25．You can help the local people by _____ .A．staying in local hotels.B．finding a large company.C．learning some traditions.D．arriving at a local airport.26．You need to write down something about your holiday because it can help you to _____ .A．get ready for your holiday.B．send your friends some presents.C．know the local people well.D．remember the good time and friends. 27．Where can you read a passage like this?A．In a story book.B．In a guidebook.C．In a sports newspaper.D．In a clothes magazine.What do you do to relax? Do you watch TV? Do you read a book? Or do you listen to music? How many of you play a musical instrument（乐器）? How many of us go to concerts? How important is music in our lives? What kind of music do we like?The survey（调查）above shows the musical habits of a few of our readers. Interestingly, fourteen people out of the twenty questioned actually play a musical instrument, and only six people don’t. Out of these, ten people practice（练习）their musical instrument between 0-3 hours a week and the other four between three and six hours a week.The best instrument to play is the guitar. Eight people say it is their favorite instrument to play. Another four people like playing the piano and two like playing the violin. Two people, however, don’t like playing the violin or the piano as they think they are too difficult.Pop concerts are always popular, but in this survey only eight people say they like goingto concerts, six to pop concerts and two to jazz concerts.A higher number, eighteen, say they like listening to music as they find it relaxing. Only two people don’t like listening to music at all. These results（结果）seem to suggest that we are more actively musical than we think.28．________ people are questioned in the survey.A．Fourteen B．Twenty C．Eight D．Ten29．Two people in the survey don’t like playing the violin or the piano because ________.A．they think it boring B．they think it interestingC．they think it difficult D．they think it excitingA．作为B．当……时候C．因为D．与……一样31．The main idea of the passage is ________.A．different hobbies of people B．a survey about people’s love for music C．why people like music D．people like to play instrumentsElizabeth is an 8-year-old girl from UK. She has a big dream—flying to space（太空）.In July 2020, Elizabeth saw on the news that NASA（美国宇航局）sent Perseverance Rover to Mars. After that, she became very interested in space science. She started to learn all about it. And she started an online channel（在线频道）to share a lot of interesting things about space science. She even made a rocket（火箭）at home. ▲ .Some scientists at NASA watched her videos. Elizabeth didn’t send her rocket into space, but her love for space science touched（感动）the scientists. The scientists decided to take one thing of the little girl to the moon. At last, they took a sticker（贴纸）with the name of her online channel “Astro Liz’s Lab”.“I’m so happy. My parents and friends are all happy for me, too. I hope I can ride a rocket to the moon to find my sticker one day,” Elizabeth said.32．Elizabeth became interested in space science after ________.A．she had a dream B．she started an online channelC．she made a rocket D．NASA sent Perseverance Rover to MarsA．And she gave the rocket to NASA B．But her mom didn’t like itC．And she sold the rocket D．It could fly about 9 meters high in the air34．We can infer（推断）that ________.A．her dream is flying to space B．she can ride a rocket to the spaceC．she will be a scientist D．her parents support her35．What’s the best title for the passage?A．Space Channel B．Made a RocketC．The Little Space Lover D．NASA’S DreamI really love this job because I enjoy working with small children. I also think my work is very important. But there was a time when I thought I would never have a job like this.I wasn’t the best student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. Just before I left school, I started thinking what I might do and found that there’s not much I could do. I thought I wasn’t that kind of person to have a job.I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls for a family. It wasn’t difficult at first. But problems began when I agreed to live in, so that my boss could go out to work in the evenings. I got very tired because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Mary who used to go to school with me. I told her about my job. She said that I should get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. And it would help me learn more skills to look after children better without feeling too tired. Her idea made sense, I decided to take part-time lessons. In that way, I had to leave the family. But all the lessons I took helped me look after children better and helped me get a job at a kindergarten.Now I have a job as a professional（专业的）teacher at a kindergarten. I should be thankful to Mary. I would never have a job if it wasn’t for her.36．The writer’s first job was to________.A．teach part-time lessons B．help children with their schoolworkC．take care of children for a family D．look after children at a kindergarten 37．When staying with the two girls’ family, the writer________.A．worked long hours B．got help from her bossC．made a lot of money D．taught the two girls a lessonmeans________.A．Mary was right B．Mary had feelingsC．Mary got a good job D．Mary made a good plan 39．The structure of the passage is ________.A．①①; ①; ①; ①B．①; ①; ①; ①①C．①; ①; ①①; ①D．①; ①①; ①; ①四、补全对话7选5从方框内选择合适的句子填空，补全对话。

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Ten Things that Chinese People Say All the Time, But Native Speakers Never SayAlthough the number of foreign teachers in China is increasing, most students are educated by Chinese teachers for many years before they enter university where they finally have a chance at speaking with a native speaker. Of course there are many wonderful Chinese teachers that work very hard and do their best to educate students to be as close to native as possible, but due to the age of some of the teaching materials and sometimes old-fashioned teaching practices certain errors have developed in a large number of Chinese students.Luckily, you’ve stumbled across this article. That means, as soon as you finish reading you can begin breaking the bad habit of using these words or phrases in speech and in writing.Before we begin this list, let’s of course point out the one everyone knows:“How are you?”“Fine, thank you, and you?”1. “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”This really is like listening to nails on a chalkboard for native speakers in China. It’s so overused that when we hear it we have already begun to dislike what you’ve said even more. I tell my students that if I was hanging out with my friends and decided to say this to them they’d likely give me a very strange look.2. “Every coin has two sides.”Okay. So this one is very common, but it is so widely understood that it doesn’tneed to be said again. Besides, it isn’t very inspirational. Why focus on the good and the bad? Instead, just “look on the bright side”.3. “A double-edged sword” sometimes said “two-edged sword”Most Chinese students I’ve met get the phrase wrong and say “two-edged sword”, and even though the correct one is the first one it is still strange to say in everyday life. It may be used for writing, but it does change the tone of your piece. We can say that using a double-edged sword is a double-edged sword… I’ll move on…4. “Play”“Do you want to play with me?” is a question that should only be asked if you really know the person. When I say really, I mean really ;) The rule is sports and games ONLY. You have a couple more options which are “hang out”, “go out”, and “spend time” followed by “with”.5. “Pardon?”This is a hard one, because my best friend says “pardon” all of the time and I think it’s weird when he says it. Despite the fact that I know a native speaker that uses it a lot, I strongly believe that “sorry, I didn’t hear you” or “can you say that again?” are both better choices.6. “Clever”You’re not clever. You’re smart, funny, tale nted, interesting, or wonderful. Only if you are tricking someone to do something that you want them to do are you clever, or if you think of something very quickly that is unique. Other than those twosituations, use a different word.7. “Fine”If I ask you to do something or I ask for permission, don’t use the word “fine”. The meaning of this word as a response to a request means that you don’t really want to do it but you will do it anyway. For example, “Have you done your homework?” “Fine.” You see, this is okay because it means I don’t really want to do my homework.8. “Quarreled”It may be strange for you to say, but instead of this word use the word “fight”. Like, “My wife and I had a huge fight yesterday!”doesn’t mean that we hit each other!9. “Lover”This is a little awkward to explain, but just don’t use it. I know you probably hear it in songs and sometimes in TV shows, but don’t use it. Seriously. Nobody wants to know that the person you’re dating is your lover. Be a normal person and use boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife.10. “TV dramas”So I meet you for the first time and I tell you that I am American, so you tell me “I love watching American TV dramas!” It’s become so common now that I don’t often correct it anymore. I just say, “Wow that’s great! What do you like to watch?” then they will say, “Two broke girls.” The problem is, that show is a comedy, not a drama. Just say, “TV shows” from now on and you will always becorrect!Honorable Mentions:-“In a word”-“As we all know”-“What a pity”My suggestion is that you shouldn’t rely so much on phrases. In English sometimes the long way to describe a situation is best and more specific. Put together your own sentence and don’t rely so much on memory. English is flexible.。