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八年级(上) Units 7~8
四川英语
英语
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Ⅰ. 选择型阅读
Kiara Lynn Garcia Hernandez, an American, went to Nan’ao in Dapeng New Area to learn how to make zongzi to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival from Zhang, the fourth-generation inheritor(继承者) of the Nan’ao sea urchin(海胆) zongzi cooking skills.
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated to honor a famous poet—Qu Yuan. Zongzi is a special snack for this Chinese festival. Zhang told Hernandez stories about sea urchin zongzi making traditions in Nan’ao
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and how the local zongzi has gained popularity around the whole country. Hernandez followed Zhang’s instructions step by step: positioning leaves, filling with sticky rice, peanuts and fresh sea urchin, wrapping leaves and tying the zongzi with strings(绳).
Hernandez said, “It shows that people care about the environment here and are remembering where they come from. I think it is important to show other people the culture and continue passing on the sea urchin zongzi cooking skills. People take a lot of pride in this.”
Before saying goodbye, Zhang gave the American a box of sea urchin zongzi as a gift. “I was thinking about how to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with friends. Now I can share it with my friends.” Hernandez believes she can help others with her Chinese background.
【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了美国人赫尔南德斯向南澳海胆粽子烹饪技术的第四代传人学习如何包粽子来庆祝端午节的经历。
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1. Why is the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated? ___
A. To honor the poet Qu Yuan.
B. To invent a new snack.
C. To celebrate the harvest.
【解析】 细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句可知,端午节是为了纪念屈原。
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2. Which is the correct order of making zongzi? ___
a. tying the zongzi with strings b. wrapping leaves c. positioning leaves
d. filling with sticky rice, peanuts and fresh sea urchin
A. b-d-c-a B. b-c-d-a C. c-d-b-a
【解析】 细节排序题。根据第二段的最后一句可知,制作粽子的正确顺序为:放好叶子,包上糯米、花生和新鲜的海胆,包好叶子,用绳子扎好粽子。即正确顺序为c-d-b-a。
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3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to? ___
A. A box of sea urchin zongzi.
B. The way to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
C. The way to make the sea urchin zongzi.
【解析】 代词指代题。根据“Zhang gave the American a box of sea urchin zongzi as a gift.”及“ ‘I was thinking about how to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival’ ”可知,此处指分享海胆粽子,因此it指代的是A box of sea urchin zongzi。
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4. What do we know from Paragraphs 3 and 4? ___
A. Fewer people care about the environment here.
B. Hernandez helped many people with her Chinese background.
C. Hernandez believes the sea urchin zongzi cooking skills should be passed on as an intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产).
【解析】 细节理解题。根据第三段的第二句可知,赫尔南德斯认为,海胆粽子的烹饪技术应该作为一种非物质文化遗产传承下去。
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5. Which of the following can be the best title? ___
A. An American learns to make zongzi.
B. The history of the Dragon Boat Festival.
C. Chinese culture becomes well-known and popular.
【解析】 标题归纳题。通读全文可知,本文主要讲述了美国人赫尔南德斯向南澳海胆粽子烹饪技术的第四代传人学习如何包粽子来庆祝端午节的经历。结合选项,A项“美国人学包粽子”最适合作为本文的标题。
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Ⅱ. 完成对话
A: Do you have any activities in your school this term?
B: Yes, there is always something special in our school. Only the students in our school have this activity this term. That is Four Skills Learning(四学会).
A: Wow. That must be cool. Can you tell me more about it?
B: We learned many things 1.___________ listening to lectures(讲座),
watching movies and some other things. They are 2._________ from the
subjects we are learning in class. We can learn something in nature.
A: What made you the most excited?
by/through
different
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B: The cooking 3.____________. We cooked in groups, and our teacher
chose who cooked the best. Luckily, I won.
A: That’s fantastic. I know you 4._______ cook at home.
B: That’s true. I only cook on my parents’ birthdays. It was my 5._____
time to cook with my classmates. However, I cooked 6._______ than
anyone that day. At last, I got first prize. I was so happy. You know
7.________ in the world is happier than getting rewards(回报) after
we work hard. And I took quite a few photos that day.
competition
hardly
first
better
nothing
A: Really? Would you mind 8.________ them with me? I 9.________
what dishes you cooked and how delicious they were.
B: Of course. They are in my phone. Let’s take a look.
A: Wow, the dishes look so wonderful. It seems that you did a good job.
You are 10._____________________ talented in cooking.
B: Thank you. These activities taught me a lot.
A: I hope I can go with you next time.
sharing
wonder
truly/really/quite/very
【主旨大意】本文是A和B两人谈论B学校的活动——四学会,并介绍了最让B兴奋的烹饪比赛。
1.___________
by/through
【解析】 根据“We learned many things…listening to lectures…”可知是通过听讲座等学习很多事情,表示“通过”用介词by/through。
2._________
different
【解析】 根据后文对话中谈到烹饪学会上学到的东西和课堂上学的科目是不一样的,be different from“与……不同”。
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3.____________
competition
【解析】 根据“We cooked in groups, and our teacher chose who cooked the best. Luckily, I won.”可知此处指烹饪比赛,competition“比赛”,此处用名词单数。
4._______
hardly
【解析】 根据后文“That’s true. I only cook on my parents’ birthdays.”可知B在家几乎不做饭,只在父母生日的时候做饭,hardly“几乎不”。
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5._____
first
【解析】 根据“It’s my…time to cook with my classmates.”可知这是他第一次和同学一起做饭,表示顺序用序数词first“第一”。
6._______
better
【解析】 根据“I cooked…than anyone that day. At last, I got first prize.”可知最后得了一等奖,因此是比其他人做得好,用比较级better“更好”。
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7.________
nothing
【解析】 根据“in the world is happier than getting rewards(回报) after we work hard”可知没有什么比努力工作后获得奖励更快乐的了,nothing“没有事情”。
8.________
sharing
【解析】 根据“And I took quite a few photos”以及“them with me”可知是分享这些照片,share“分享”,mind doing sth.“介意做某事”。故填sharing。
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9.________
wonder
【解析】 根据“I…what dishes you cooked and how delicious they were.”可知是想知道做了什么菜,wonder“好奇”,句子用一般现在时,主语是I,谓语动词用原形。
10._____________________
truly/really/quite/very
【解析】 根据修饰形容词talented用副词truly/really“真的”或quite“相当”或very“非常”。
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Ⅲ. 完成图表
Close your eyes and imagine you are living in the next two centuries or more. Technology will allow homes in the future to be “smart”. Household machines will communicate with each other and with you. Your stove will tell you when your food is cooked and ready to eat. Fridges will suggest recipes(食谱) according to food materials you already have. You’ll live in a world filled with smart robots, which will help you to take care of your children or your elderly parents in your home. You’ll live much longer thanks to the medicine made by genetic
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(基因的) science. And mankind may be going farther in space than ever before—you will live on the Moon or Mars.
How should we view the changes that wait for us in the future? Should we be optimistic(乐观的) about the years ahead or worried about what the future holds? Some scientists and experts are having a discussion about how technology, science and society will develop in the future.
“I’m looking forward to the day when more technology will come to my life,” says John Searle, a professor at the University of California
Berkeley Philosophy. “Because I think further research in such areas as genetics, physics, chemistry and medicine will help us to live longer and happier.”
Hugh Herr, at MIT’s Biomechatronics Group, says, “The growing role of technology in our life is a big problem. Machines taking over what humans do is not a good thing. The long-term future we are building will have no space left for human beings because computers are much better than humans.”
【主旨大意】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了未来生活会是怎样,并提出了两种截然相反的观点,有人很期待,有人很担心。
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【解析】 1. 通读全文以及空格后的内容可知,此处主要列举了对于未来生活的不同观点,故填different。
2. 根据第一段的内容,炉灶会告诉你食物何时开始煮、何时煮熟;冰箱会根据现有的食材推荐食谱等,可知科技使得我们的生活更加便捷,故填convenient。
3. 根据“you will live on the Moon or Mars.”可知人类可以不仅仅生活在地球上,也可以生活在月球或火星上,故填Earth。
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4. 根据全文的内容以及空格后的内容可知,此处列举的是人们对未来生活的担忧,与optimistic相对,故填worried。
5. 根据“The growing role of technology in our life is a big problem.”可知,科技在我们生活中扮演着越来越重要的角色,句首单词首字母需大写,故填Technology。
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