Marco Polo(马可波罗) was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous foreigner to visit Asia(亚洲)during the Middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard. Many people in the west read the book, but few believed what Marco Polo said in the book. He told stories about a lot of strange people and places. But at that time nobody knew these places and the people.
When Marco Polo was still very young, he decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to travel to China, later he became a friend of the Chinese emperor (皇帝) . He learned to speak Chinese when he traveled around, and he talked to many people in Chinese. The emperor liked him and made him a Chinese Official(官员). At that time Marco Polo was only thirty years old. After nearly seventeen years’ travel in the east, Marco and his father wanted to go back home.
When Marco and his father arrived in Venice many years later, their family and friends saw them again. They couldn’t believe their eyes because Marco and his farther were quite old. Marco Polo and his father had been away for almost 25 years.Marco Polo was foreigner the Middle Ages.
Marco Polo wrote a famous book ___________ “The Travels of Marco Polo”. He wrote __________ _ he saw and heard in the book.
Many people in the west read the book, but ____ _____ believed ________ ____.
It took Marco Polo and over three years to ________ __________.
Marco Polo and his father had been away ____ .
Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Nanjing Sunshine Secondary School. The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价).He draws faces to show his progress:Li Ping thinks he did best in ______ in Unit 1.
A.opposites | B.using a dictionary |
C.a report | D.present perfect tense |
What does Li Ping need to improve(提高) in Unit 1?
A.Present perfect tense. | B.Using a dictionary |
C.A report. | D.Opposites. |
Which do you think Li Ping does well in?
A.Present perfect tense. | B.Passive voice. |
C.Organizing information. | D.Favorite educational computer game. |
What is Li Ping NOT very good at in Unit 2?
A.Suffixes ‘full’and ‘less’. | B.Past continuous tense |
C.Linking words. | D.My best holiday. |
From the table we know Li Ping is weak in ________
A.Vocabulary | B.Main task |
C.Study skills/Pronunciation | D.Grammar |
Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.Who invented the tea bag?
A.An English tea seller. | B.Chinese. |
C.Lipton. | D.Thomas Sullivan. |
The tea in silk bags was welcome because________.
A.the tea in bags was free and very good |
B.the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash |
C.people were happy, with the loose tea |
D.people didn't know any better way to enjoy the tea |
The material of the tea bags is usually_________now.
A.silk | B.gauze | C.paper | D.plastic |
The underlined sentence "Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK" probably means “_______in the UK”.
A.Tea bags soon became popular |
B.Tea bags surprised everyone very much |
C.Tea bags kicked the loose-leaf tea out of the market |
D.Tea bags weren't allowed to be sold |
The reading mainly talks about________.
A.the invention of tea |
B.the way of drinking tea |
C.the history of tea bags |
D.people' s favorite tea in the world |
Dogs are friends of man. They work for us. They hunt with us. They also play with us. But a long time ago, all over the world, dogs were wild. Dogs can go back to the Stone Age. All dogs had the same ancestor (祖先). It is believed that this ancestor was much like a wolf. Other animals, like fox, also came from this ancestor. Thousands of years ago, man began to tame (使驯服) the wild dogs. When the dogs were tamed, they were trained well. The strong dogs then became working animals. They were trained to pull heavy loads (担子). They learned to keep watching over sheep and other animals. Working dogs could do other things, too. Some dogs were not strong. But they could help man hunt. Other dogs were best at pets. At first, there were only a few kinds of dogs. Today, there are more than 100 kinds.The word “wild” in the first paragraph means ___.
A.温顺的 | B.野生的 | C.凶残的 | D.善良的 |
Dogs can go back to the Stone Age. Here “go back” means ___.
A.追溯到 | B.回来 | C.违背 | D.返回去 |
From this passage, we know that ___.
A.all the animals have the same ancestor |
B.all dogs are as wild as they were many years ago |
C.man has helped change dogs |
D.animals never change |
What jobs can dogs do?
A.Keep watching over sheep. | B.Hunt with man. |
C.Pull heavy loads. | D.All the above. |
The main idea of the whole story is that ___.
A.man and dogs have the same ancestor |
B.all animals are too wild to be man’s friends |
C.dogs and man have been friends for a long time |
D.people like to keep foxes as pets because they are tamer |
Mascots for the Olympic Games
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20th |
23rd |
26th |
1972 |
1984 |
1996 |
Munich (慕尼黑) |
Los Angeles |
Atlanta |
Germany |
America |
America |
Europe |
North America |
North America |
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27th |
29th |
2000 |
2008 |
Sydney |
Beijing |
Australia |
China |
Oceania |
Asia |
From the above, we know the Olympic Games is held(被举行) every ____ years.
A.3 | B.4 | C.5 | D.6 |
The Beijing Olympic Games has 2 more mascots than those for ____Olympic Games.
A.Sydney | B.Los Angeles | C.Atlanta | D.Munich |
The 20th Olympic Games was held in ____.
A.North America | B.Europe | C.Oceania | D.Asia |
The 23rd and 26th Olympic Games were held in the same ____.
A.town | B.city | C.country | D.province |
Which of the following information is NOT true?
A.The 1996 Olympic Games was held in America. |
B.The 27th Olympic Games was held in Europe. |
C.Beijing held the 29th Olympic Games. |
D.The mascot for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is not only one. |
At midnight Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldn’t go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer. He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears(眼泪) ran down his face. He didn’t see his wife was standing by him.
“What’s wrong with you, dear?” asked the woman.
“Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands.
The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now.”
“I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can’t I do that?”
“But I think health is more important.”
Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think.”
The doctor told Mr. King to have an Xray examination of his lungs. And then he looked at the Xray carefully for a long time.
“Tell me the truth, doctor.”said Mr.King, “Do you see any shadows(阴影)in my lungs?”
“No, I don’t see anything.”
“Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”
“Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?”Mr.King got up to .
A.smoke again |
B.talk with his wife |
C.read the medicine book |
D.take some medicine |
Mr. King coughed because .
A.he couldn’t go to sleep |
B.he was afraid to die |
C.he smoked too much |
D.he was too old |
, so tears ran down his face.
A.Mr. King thought he had lung cancer |
B.Mr. King couldn’t understand the book |
C.Mr. King was too sad to go to sleep |
D.The doctors refused to help Mr. King |
The doctor told Mr. King to have an Xray examination because .
A.he was sure the man would die soon |
B.he wanted the man to stop smoking right now |
C.he wanted to know if there was something wrong with his lungs |
D.he was sure the man would soon be all right |
Which of the following is true?
A.There was nothing serious with Mr. King. |
B.Smoking too much caused Mr. King’s lungs to turn black. |
C.The doctor found some shadows in Mr. King’s lungs. |
D.Mr. King decided to stop smoking at once. |