情景交际
1.你想告诉同桌，安静的音乐使你犯困，你会怎么说：
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2.你想告诉老师，当你到校时，你意识到你把书包忘家里了，你可以这样说：
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3.你想告诉同桌，离开房间要随手关灯，你会这么说：
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4.你呼吁大家应该尽自己所能减少污染，你会说：
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5.你想知道你的同桌在八年级发生了什么有趣的事情，你会这么问：
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Music plays an important part in many people’s lives. It has changed through the years. 1..
Pop is a simple form of music, with melodies and rhythms ( 旋律和节奏) that are easy to follow and remember. 2. The lyrics are often about feelings, usually love. Songs by The Beatles are examples of pop songs.
Rock music is usually loud, with strong beats from drums and two or more electric guitars. One guitar (the bass) usually makes very low, deep sounds, while the other (the lead) makes high, quick sounds. 3. The Rolling Stones was one of the early rock bands.
Hip hop is a style of music that has a DJ making electronic instrumental sounds, while a singer raps ( 说 唱 ). The lyrics are considered to be the most important part of hip hop. They usually tell a story about the singer, and sometimes use a lot of strong or bad language. 4.
Rhythm and Blues (often just called R&B) has a strong beat and rhythm, with sounds from guitars, keyboards and vocals. 5. Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez are two singers who mix styles to create new musical sounds.
A.Rock songs can be fast or slow, with strong vocals (声乐部分) and lyrics.
B.Today there are several different styles of music.
C.These days R&B is often mixed with pop or hip hop.
D.An example of a well-known hip hop singer is Eminem.
E.Pop songs are often short three-minute songs and people like them right away when they first hear them.
Colorado has more fourteeners — mountain peaks (山峰) over 14,000 feet — than any other state in the US. Many people believe that Colorado’s 53 fourteeners are reachable by only the most experienced mountaineers. In fact, climbing those fourteeners is hardly an impossible task for most climbers.
Surprisingly, unlike climbing Denali (the highest point in North America), a climb to one of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks seldom takes more than a day. Pikes Peak is a well-known difficult climb, yet a college teacher in his middle seventies makes the climb every day in the summer. A friend of mine, Carson Black, in a day, once climbed four fourteeners. Three of them — Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, and Kit Carson Peak — are the most difficult in the state. Only a handful of climbs took more than a day.
Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks are also easy to climb because they often require no special climbing tools. The climb to Capitol Peak is probably the most difficult, yet most climbers who carry ropes don’t use them when they see the ridge ( 山 脊 ) is not very frightening. The highest peak in the state, Mt. Elbert, is so simple to climb that one man rode a 24-year-old bicycle to the peak last year.
Another sign that climbing Colorado’s highest peaks is not very difficult is the number of climbers each summer. After going down from Torreys Peak one weekend in August, I counted over seventy cars in the parking lot. On a weekend of another August, I passed fifty people in different stages (路段) of Mt. Elbert. Last year, 4,226 people climbed Longs Peak. Its parking lot today is about a quarter-mile long.
In a word, Colorado’s peaks are not hard to climb. Most of them take only a day to climb, require no more than simple climbing skills, and are topped by many people each year.
1.What does the writer think of many people’s belief in Paragraph 1?
A.He disagrees with it. B.He worries about it.
C.He is uncertain about it. D.He pays little attention to it.
2.Which of the following climbs may take more than a day?
A.Climbing Crestone Needle. B.Climbing Crestone Peak.
C.Climbing Pikes Peak. D.Climbing Denali.
3.What may be the writer’s advice for Capitol Peak climbers?
A.Ropes are usually necessary. B.It is better to reach the top by bike.
C.No special climbing tools are needed. D.Climbing the peak is not as easy as expected.
4.Why does the writer mention Longs Peak’s parking lot?
A.To prove it has a parking problem. B.To advise climbers to travel by car.
C.To show its effort to draw climbers. D.To show the large number of climbers.
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Colorado has the most fourteeners in the US. B.Colorado’s fourteeners can be easily climbed.
C.Topping a Colorado fourteener takes courage. D.Climbing Colorado’s peaks requires experience.
Something unexpected happened in the summer of my eleventh year. The home I had grown up in burned to the ground in the middle of the night. Thankfully, my mom, dad, grandma, brothers and I escaped (幸免于难) along with our dogs. Yet, we had nothing but the night clothes we were sleeping in. I spent the rest of that night with a friend of our family. I tried unsuccessfully to sleep in a bed in his house. I was too scared.
The next day my mom brought me a few T-shirts and pairs of jeans that another friend gave to her. One pair of them was too short and the other pair too long, but I didn't care. At least I had some clothes again. My dad returned to our broken home to see what he could find. The only thing he could save was my mom's rings.
To spend the summer my dad rented (租借) us a big house on the same road as our old house had been. As we moved in, our friends and our community continued to donate ( 捐 赠 ) all they could to help us get back on our feet. There were more clothes, furniture (家具), food, money, and even some books for me to read. Love was around us.
Looking back now I am thankful for all we went through that summer because it taught me so much about life, love and people. It showed me that when you have nothing left but love, for the first time you see that love is enough.
1.What can we know about the fire accident?
A.It happened at night. B.It killed the writer's grandma.
C.It was caused by the writer's dogs. D.It happened when the writer was 12.
2.What did the writer's dad find in their broken house?
A.Some books. B.Some T-shirts.
C.His wife's rings. D.A few pairs of jeans.
3.The house the writer's father rented________.
A.was small B.had no furniture
C.was near their broken house D.belonged to one of their friends
4.How does the writer feel about the summer experience?
A.She is proud. B.She is scared.
C.She feels sorry. D.She feels thankful.
5.How is the last paragraph different from the rest of the story?
A.It teaches a lesson. B.It describes a memory.
C.It gives some examples. D.It uses some imagination.
My name is Igor, and today — April 10 — is my name day. It is _______________ my cousin's name day because his name is Igor, too. We live in Slovakia (斯洛伐克) in Europe. In our_____________, each day of the year has a name, and a person's name day is that date on the calendar that has their name. My cousin and I_____________ our name day with all the other Igors in Slovakia.
A name day is _______________ a second birthday but not as important. In one way, my name day is better than my birthday, because sometimes my friends don't remember my birthday. But they never _____________ my name day because it is right there on the calendar. This morning, my mother gave me a new book. My sister, Laura, gave me five _________________. She gave me five of them _________________ an even number (偶数) of flowers is considered unlucky.
At school, my cousin Igor gave me a card he had made himself. I gave___________ a box of chocolates in return. After school, my father took us both to the zoo. My sister had to stay at home and do her homework. Of course it made her_______________. When she complained ( 抱 怨 ) to my father, he told her that on June 5 she ________________ go someplace that is fun, because June 5 is the name day for Laura.
1.A.even B.also C.still
2.A.school B.city C.country
3.A.describe B.change C.share
4.A.on B.for C.like
5.A.celebrate B.forget C.mention
6.A.cookies B.apples C.flowers
7.A.though B.because C.unless
8.A.him B.her C.them
9.A.upset B.worried C.nervous
10.A.must B.could C.should
—I think it's good to stay at home and watch TV on weekends.
—________. I think we should go out and breathe some fresh air.
A.I disagree B.I hope not C.I'm not sure
