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I’m Sarah. I live in a big city. Usually my father goes to work by car. He likes driving, but he doesn’t like driving to work. Why is that? Because it takes too much time. There is always a lot of traffic. His car is very slow. He goes home very late every day. And he is very tired(累的). He doesn’t like playing with me after work. Today, he is happy. He says:“There is going to be a train near our home! I am going to work by subway next year. It is fast. I can read hewspapers on the train. I can listen to music, too!” My Mom says, “Then you can come back early and cook the meals.” I say, “You can play with me after work.”
判断正误,正确用T 错误用F表示Sarah’s father goes to work by subway.
He likes driving.
He goes home very late every day.
He often plays with Sarah after work.
He often cooks the meals after work.
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.
But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens (公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist, C.N.Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.“ABC” in this passage means “”.
A.three English letters | B.a kind of banana |
C.Chinese born in America | D.Americans born in China |
Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because .
A.their bodies are white inside but yellow outside |
B.they think like Westerners but look like Chinese |
C.they were born in China but got to study in America |
D.they like to eat bananas |
The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .
A.国籍 | B.血统 | C.爱心 | D.皮肤 |
This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. different kind of bananas B. the life story of C.N.Yang
C. the Noble PrizeD. overseas Chinese
A good reader is very much like a driver. He must change his reading speed to fit(适应)what he is reading and what he is reading for, just as a driver does to fit the road situation.
A good reader may read at 1,000 WPM(每分钟…词 )when he looks for something for a report in the library. But once he finds what he needs, he may slow down to 100 WPM. A good reader may read newspapers and story books at 600 WPM. But he may read his science or maths books at 150 WPM. Just as a driver has a wide change of driving speed, so a good reader has a wide change of reading speed.The writer thinks that a good reader can____.
A.read at 1,000 WPM | B.read as fast as he can |
C.change the reading speeds as he needs | D.spend more time reading |
A good reader may read fastest____.
A.when he reads newspapers and story books |
B.when he reads something most useful to him |
C.when he is trying to work out a maths problem |
D.when he is trying to find something for his report |
Which is the best title for this passage?
A.The Importance of Having Fast Reading Speed |
B.A Good Reader and His Reading Speed. |
C.The Best Way of Fast Reading |
D.The Difference Between Driving and Reading |
Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Zhenjiang Sunshine Secondary School.The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价).He draws faces to show his progress:excellent
OK
weak
Read the table and find out how well Li Ping is doing.
Unit/ Item |
Unit l Past and present |
Unit 2 Travelling |
Unit 3 Online travel |
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Vocabulary |
opposites |
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Suffixes‘ful’ and‘less’ |
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Words about computers |
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Grammar |
Present perfect tense |
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Past continuous tense |
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Passive voice |
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Study skills/ Pronunciation |
Using a dictionary |
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Linking words |
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Organizing information |
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Main task |
A report |
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My best holiday |
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Favourite educational computer game |
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What does Li Ping need to improve 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.Favourite educational computer game. |
From the table we know Li Ping is weak in _____ .
A.Vocabulary | B.Main task |
C.Study skills/Pronunciation | D.Grammar |
Something interesting always happens(发生) in our life. John is a doorman(看门人) of a club in a big city. Every day hundreds of people pass his door and a lot of them stop and say to him, “①What’s the time, please?”
A few days later, John thinks, “②I don’t want tothis same(相同的) question, I’m going to the shop anda big clock. Then I’m going to put it up on the wall here.” He buys a clock and puts it up on the wall.
“③No people are going to ask me the time again,” he says happily. But after that, a lot of people also stop every day, look at the clock and say to John, “Is that clock right?”写出划线部分①的同义句。
在②句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。
将句③译成中文。
What’s John’s job?
找出或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子:
English breakfast is a very big meal —eggs, tomatoes, tea, coffee….
For many people lunch is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of sandwich (三明治)bars ,where office workers can buy brown or white bread or a roll (面包卷),and then all kinds of salad(色拉)and meat or fish to go in the sandwich. School children can have a hot meal at school, but many just take a sandwich, a drink and some fruit from home.
“Tea” means two things. It is a drink and a meal , some people have afternoon tea, with sandwiches, cakes and a cup of tea.
They usually have the evening meal quite early, between six o’clock and eight o’clock, and often all the family eats together. On Sundays many families have a traditional(传统的)lunch. They have chicken, pork,… with potatoes ,vegetables…
The Englishmen like food from other countries too, such as French, Chinese, Italian and Indian. People often get take-away meals---they buy the food outside and then bring it home to eat.Many people in England have a ______ breakfast and a _____ lunch.
A.fast; small | B.little; slow | C.big; quick | D.slow; big |
In _____ there are a lot of sandwich bars.
A.small towns | B.villages | C.countries | D.cities |
The office workers can buy the ______ bread for lunch.
A.white | B.black | C.red | D.orange |
What don’t they have when they have afternoon tea in this passage?
A.Sandwiches | B.Chicken | C.Cakes | D.A cup of tea |
When they get a take-away meal , they have it _______
A.at home | B.in the school | C.outside | D.in the bars |