Thousands of years ago, people only ate food that was grown near their homes. Some kinds of food were only grown in one place, so people from other places didn’t know about them. When Europeans first traveled to Central and South America in the 1500s, they discovered strange kinds of food that they had never seen before. Today, these are grown in a lot of different countries and they’re sold in supermarkets all over the world. They don’t seem strange any more!
Potatoes were first grown in the Andes in South America. In 1586， they were taken to Europe by explorers(探险家).In 1719， they were taken to North America. Before 1719， nobody in North America had ever seen or eaten a potato. Today each American eats more than 60 kilos of potatoes a year.
Tomatoes were also first grown by native(本地的)Americans. When European explorers visited the south of America in 1500, they took tomato seeds(种子)back to Europe. Soon, tomatoes were grown in Europe, but people in England didn’t eat them. At that time, a lot of English people thought that tomatoes were poisonous!
Chilies(辣椒)have been eaten in Central and South America for more than 8 ，000 years ！ In the 1500s, chilies were taken to Europe by explorers. Today, they are grown in hot countries all over the world.
11. How many kinds of food are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
12. People in Central and South America have eaten chilies for more than years.
A. 1,500 B. 1,586 C. 8,000
13. The underlined word "poisonous" in the passage means " " in Chinese.
A.有毒的 B.重要的 C.辛辣的
14. According to the passage, we know that .
A. people only ate food grown near their homes after 1719
B. people in Europe were the first to plant potatoes
C. the European explorers took chilies to Europe in the 1500s
15. Which of the following is the best title(标题)for the passage?
A. Traveling to America
B. "Strange" Food
C. The Earliest Explorers
“地球一小时”是世界自然基金会应对全球气候变化所发起的一项活动。倡议世界各城市在特定时间熄灭一小时，以表明对环保行动的支持。请根据下面表格内容，以“Earth Hour”为主题写一篇短文，宣传这一倍受全球瞩目的环保活动。
| 时间 |
2007年4月31日，悉尼（Sydney）率先行动；超过220万家庭在晚上7：30同时熄灯 |
| 2010年3月27日，全球有125个国家参加，我国有33个城市也参加了“地球一小时”活动 |
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| 目的 |
节约能源(save energy)改善气候(improve climate) |
| 方式 |
与家人共进烛光晚餐（in the candlelight） 与朋友一起分享(share) 故事 |
要求：1、内容完整，意思连贯，书写规范，文中不得出现真实的姓名和校名。
2、必须用上表格中所有的提示信息，词数80左右。
Earth Hour
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你是北京阳光中学八(1) 班的班长Simon ,你准备邀请老师和同学在阳光公园为两位来自英国的老师举办一个告别会。时间:星期日,十一月十三日下午两点到四点,你们将在公园门口集中。食品饮料自备,活动有:唱歌,跳舞,做游戏,拍照(take photo
s)。请你写一封邀请信。（开头和结尾已给出）
Class one , Grade Eight
Beijing Sunshine Secondary School
Beijing China
13rd,November
Dear teachers and classmates
______________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Yours faithfully
Simon
Monitor of Class1, Grade 8
你收到你英国朋友Jason的信，要你也介绍有关你的学校学习和生活的情况．请你根据以下信息，简单介绍你的学校学习和生活情况．字数在80字左右．(已写出的句子，不计算在内)可根据自己情况，适当增加内容．但文中不能出现真名．
| 学 习 |
1．每天上午7:00骑自行车上学，7：40开始上课．下午4:00做课外活动． 2．特别喜欢英语．擅长于画画． 3．不喜欢踢足球，因为跑不快（fast） |
| 生 活 |
1．早餐在家吃一些面包、鸡蛋．午餐在学校吃。 2．放学后，有时去学校附近的公园．有很多人，玩得很开心。 |
Dear Jason．
I’m happy to get your letter to know about your study and life at school．
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Yours sincerely
Tom
以My Favorite TV Program为题目写一篇作文。要求如下：
1. 字数80字左右，开头已给出，不计入字数。
2.介绍你最喜爱的电视节目，并介绍喜爱的原因，或节目的特色。
There are many kinds of TV programs on TV. I like______________________
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--Are there ___________ birds in the tree? --Yes, there are __________.
| A．any, any | B．some, some | C．any, some | D．some, any |
The old man lived _____but he didn’t feel ______
A. lonely, alone B alone, alone C. alone , lonely D .lonely , lonely
Having Fun "Growing" and "Stealing" ?
Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can "farm" on a piece of "land" and "grow", "sell" or even "steal" "vegetables", "flowers" and "fruits" on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more "seeds", "pets" and even "houses",
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
Harold: I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan: I enjoy putting some "bugs" in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for（渴望） the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure (压力); besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a "thief".
Ivy: Well. It’s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on（专注于） their study.According to the passage, people can’t __________ things in this game.
| A．grow | B．borrow . | C．steal | D．sell |
Among the people Joyce interviewed, _________ likes the game while _________ dislikes the game.
| A．Laura; Allan | B．Allan; Harold | C．Harold; Ivy | D．Ivy; Allan |
Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?
| A．They are longing for country life. |
| B．They can have fun with friends. |
| C．The game can relax people and give them a new experience. |
| D．They are confident enough to face the real world. |
Where can you find this passage?
| A．In a car magazine. | B．In an advertisement. |
| C．In a newspaper. | D．In a science book |
—Would you please give me ____bread? I’m hungry(饿).
--Sorry, I don’t have _____.
| A．some, any | B．any, some | C．some, some | D．any, any |
Many people think the 1 time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole day doing school work 2 the three meals.
Modern students have many 3 . They love sports, computers and music. A 4 holiday can get them away from too much school work , and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not 5 it. Because they have too much homework, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they don’t do it 6 Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes teachers 7 .
Things always get worse 8 right ideas. Too much school work makes students lose 9 in learning. It’s also bad for their health.
A horse runs faster after a rest. But for students only a rest is not enough. So such a condition（状况）should be 10 to give students both pleasure and knowledge.
( )1 A. many B. much C. more D. most
( )2 A. except B. for C. during D. with
( )3 A.hobbies B. books C. pens D. friends
( )4 A.two days B. two-days C. two-day D. two-day’s
( )5 A. talk about B. think about
C. speak of D. look after
( )6 A. on B. except C. after D. until
( )7 A. to get angry B. get angry
C. to feel unhappy D. quite surprised
( )8 A. to B. by C. without D. with
( )9 A. interested B. interest
C. interesting D. themselves
( )10 A. changed B. kept C. taught D. made
The most unusual museum in London is the Science Museum. In most museums, there’s no shouting and no running, and you aren’t allowed to touch the exhibits(展品). But the Science Museum is different, because it’s noisy! People talk about what they can see and do there, and some of the machines are noisy as well. Visiting the Science Museum is fun and it’s a great way to learn about science because you can work things out and try out ideas.
When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch Pad. This is my favourite room because you can do physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with falling sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels into the correct position. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how we travel into space and back again.
Then I go upstairs to Human and Nature room. You can compare your speed with animals there. You hear a noise and push a button(按钮). If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.
There are also rooms on transport, the environment and space technology, as well as maths, physics and chemistry.
You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn’t take photos of the exhibits in the museum. But you can buy postcards of them in the museum shops.
Above all, the Science Museum is free. That means you can drop in for a few minutes or you can stay as long as you like—it’s open every day, from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It’s my favourite museum in the whole world.
1. What is the writer’s favourite room?
A. The Launch Pad.
B. The rooms on space technology.
C. The Human and Nature room.
D. The Rocket Show.
2. What can’t you do in the Science Museum?
A. Touch the machines.
B. Do chemistry experiments.
C. Take photos of the exhibits.
D. Talk loudly about what you see.
3. How much does it cost to go into the Science Museum?
A. $10 for adults. B. $6 for children.
C. Only free for children. D. Free for everyone.
4. How long can you stay at the Science Museum?
A. 6 hours. B. 8 hours. C. 10 hours. D.12hours.
5. In what way is the Science Museum different from other museums?
A. We can see a lot of exhibits in the Science Museum.
B. People can talk to each other in the Science Museum.
C. There’s no shouting and no running in the Science Museum.
D. You can work things out and try out your ideas in the Science Museum.
For many years, artists have flocked（聚集）to Paris, France, to paint or to learn to paint. Perhaps artists first went there because of the city’s beauty. They went to paint pictures of the broad tree-lined streets, the great churches, and the graceful river bridges. The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people of the city had always enjoyed art. Paris had great art museums, filled with famous paintings and statues from many countries. And the people of Paris had always welcomed new ideas. In this city, artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting. As soon as famous artists painted in Paris, students came to learn them. People came to buy paintings. Men called art dealers（商人） set up galleries where paintings could be bought and sold. Others kept shops that sold artists’ paints and supplies. Students and the artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money. They learned by studying great art in the museums, and they learned from one another. They held art fairs, hanging their paintings outdoors along the streets.
Today, New York City and Florence, Italy, are also famous art centers. But the world’s principal art exhibits are still held in Paris. Important judges of art live there. Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris. So artists and art dealers still go to Paris because it is the world’s leading art center.
（ ）6. Artists first went to Paris because _____.
A. it was very beautiful
B. it was cheap to live there
C. there were a lot of streets, bridges and churches
D. there were a lot of art museums
（ ）7. Artists still go to Paris now because _____.
A. it is still very beautiful
B. it is still cheap to live there
C. there are more art museums
D. it is the leading art center of the world
（ ）8. The main idea of the story is about _____.
A. the world’s most famous art center
B. how to buy a painting in Paris
C. the famous art centers of New York and Florence
D. art museums and art dealers
（ ）9. The story leads us to believe _____.
A. all artists who go to Paris will become famous
B. the people of Paris have never liked new ideas
C. people can buy fine paintings in Paris
D. Paris is the most beautiful city in the world
（ ）10. The story makes us think _____.
A. that Paris is famous for its artist’s paints
B. that there is more than one way to paint
C. that art fairs are held in galleries
D. that few artists will go to Paris in the future
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran(经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original(原先的) Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing.
In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.
Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores—and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!
Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers.
11．What is the main idea of this passage?
A．How Starbucks has grown
B．What Starbucks makes．
C．Starbucks’customers．
D．How Starbucks makes its coffee．
12．Which is true about Starbucks’first ten years of business?
A．It grew very quickly．
B．It was run by Howard Schultz．
C．It made special coffee makers．
D．It was a small company．
13．Who is Howard Schultz?
A．A coffee seller in New York．
B．An Italian coffee maker
C．The man who changed the company．
D．One of the original owners of the company．
14. How many new Starbucks stores probably opened in the year 2000 around the world?
A.Three. B.About1095. C.Two thousand. D. Thirty-six.
15．What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?
A．Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year．
B．Only selling locally produced coffee beans．
C．working with other major coffee-making companies．
D．Learning about local customers．
根据句意和汉语解释，在空格内写出各单词的正确形式（10%）
1.He is here in body , but not in ______ (精神)
2.The young man went to Moscow to have _________(进一步的) study.
3.It is ____________ (不必要的) for her to finish the work in half an hour.
4.Gao Xiaosong got a (惩罚) because he drove his car after he drank on May 9th.
5．Wang Xiaoli is so _________ (幽默) that he is always making us laugh.
6. Carol won the first prize in the English competition.She must be very proud of (she).
7.Tomorrow is my grandmother’s ____________ birthday. (ninety)
8. ________, he hurt himself badly in the traffic accident. (luck)
9.Doing some exercise every day can keep you even _______(health )
10.She likes staying in a place alone and doesn’t like sports.She is an_______girl.(active)
动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
1.A good teacher always among the students. (go)
2.She to the English program when I went to see her yesterday. (listen)
3.You’d better _________(not take) away today’s newspaper . I want to read it soon.
4.Many things can’t without friends, but reading can. (enjoy)
5.The water_________cool when I jumped into the pool for
morning exercise. （feel）
6.How heavily it ! We have to stay at home today. (rain)
7.If you are free, go and have my bike (repair).
8.The girl sitting next to me on the plane is very nervous.
She _ never_______before. (fly)
9. ______ you ______ him if he calls to say sorry? (forgive)
10. I’m afraid this is the best way we can think of ________you. (help)
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