专项突破5 还原型阅读-【名校课堂】2022-2023学年八年级下册初二英语期末真题卷（人教版）

专项突破5还原型阅读 A(湖南省长沙市南雅中学期末) People have been playing rock-paper-scissors for a long time.The game was from about 2,000 years ago.1 In Indonesia,it's known as semut-orang-gajah.This means "ant,person,elephant".The Japanese version of the game is called jan-ken-pon.People in Singapore play bird-stone-water.Some cultures use different hand symbols ()2 You face off against your friend.Each player "throws"one of three hand symbols.You win,lose,or tie.3 Your chances of winning or losing seem the same.But the game is not completely random().All serious rock-paper-scissors players know this.A 2014 study in China found two key patterns symbols.But losers tend to go from rock to paper to scissors. So what's the best way to win a game of rock-paper-scissors?4 They also think about what their opponent's next move might be.There are lots of different strategies for different players. In order to get good at the game,what can we do?5 You can try practicing against yourself in front of a mirror.But maybe that always ends in a tie. A.Practice is very important. B.But the idea of the game is the same. C.Great players think about their next move. D.Today,people all over the world still play it. E.Many people think rock-paper-scissors is all luck. 2. 3. 4. s B(湖南省长沙市雅礼教育集团期末) Do you have an English name?If so,chances are good that you either picked your name yourself, 1 But I've noticed one thing:There are a lot of Chinese people who have unusual English names. One of my good friends calls herself Big Bird,like the character from the children's TV show Sesame Street(《芝庥街》).2 In one of her classes,she had students with the names Tomato and Potato.In another class,she had two girls named Echo.Before I came to China,I had never met anyone with these names. 3 Sometimes it's because someone famous chose the name first.For example,the famous writer San Mao chose Echo as her English name,inspiring()many girls after her to choose it as well.Other times,they choose names that have the same mea