福建省三明市尤溪县2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

—For two weeks. I'm feeling terrible.

—Yes.          seriously it was struck!

—take it easy. Come on.

—I      ofo with friends in the Yellow River Park.

—      I'll be free then.

    Ancient(古代的)China had four great inventions: compass(指南针), gunpowder(火药), paper making and printing(印刷术). These inventions 1the world.

    In recent years, China has made great 2 in technological(科技创新). The most famous are "China's four great 3inventions". They are high-speed trains, bike sharing, 4payment and online shopping.

    China was not the 5inventor of these creations. But the country is 6the world in these areas. These innovations have made people's lives7and better. They were8discussed last year.

    Some of them have gone abroad. For example, Chinese companies are 9 high-speed railways in Europe, Southeast Asia and South America. Chinese bike- sharing companies Mobike and Ofo are also 10in other countries, including Singapore, Russia, the UK and the US.

    He was a poet (诗人) known for the nostalgia(思乡之情) he expressed in his poems. Now, it's time for us to express our nostalgia for this great writer. On December 14, famous Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong passed away in Taiwan, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

    Born in 1928 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Yu and his family moved to Taiwan in the 1950s.He lived and worked there until his death.

    Nostalgia(《乡愁》) is Yu's famous poem in which he expressed his homesickness for the Chinese mainland when he was in Taiwan. Published in 1971, the poem was popular among Chinese all around the world. Even those who little about literature(文学) are familiar with lines from the poem. The poem is chosen in Chinese high school textbooks.

    Besides his achievement in poetry, Yu was also a successful essay writer, and translator. He once translated English poet Siegfried Sassoon's poem In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet into Chinese. It is regard as an accurate and powerful translation, in which the most famous line is "心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇" for "In me the tiger sniffs the roses". Yu spent his whole life writing.

    Chinese is a country with a long history. This history has left us with many cultural relics(文物). A CCTV program about cultural relics is now popular. It may give you a new way to enjoy them.

    The show is called National Treasure. It shows 27 treasures(珍宝) from nine museums across China.

    The show uses high-tech methods to show us the relics. there is an IMAX-sized LED screen(屏幕) on a stage. It shows the treasures carefully. More importantly, the show doesn't just tell the stories and history behind the treasures. It lets famous actors play out these stories. For example, Emperor Qianlong wanted to make a big vase(花瓶). The vase had as many as 17 different kinds of glaze(釉).In a dream, he talked about this idea with two artists and his father, Emperor Yongzheng. But they didn't like Qianlong's idea and thought he knew little about art. They liked a simple style. Qianlong felt sad. He tried to explain that the vase could show the greatness of his time. Because it is funny and interesting, people have enjoyed this show very much. Actor Wang Kai played Emperor Qianlong. Fans made lots of memes(表情包) of him after seeing the show.

    The aim of this show, according to its director Yu Lei, is to make national treasures come "alive". It seems that they did it.

    Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and other animals. Man gets his food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why there are so many plants around us.

    There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruit. Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers. You cannot see many non-flowering plants around you.

    If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us, we can live on the earth.

    Backpacker(背包客) usually carry big bags on their backs. They wear jeans and T-shirts. They  a guidebook and a map. They spend the  money to visit the most places.

    Backpackers do lots of homework about the places they want to go  setting out: food, hotels(青年旅社). things to buy and so on. They also have to knowto catch a train.

    In their big bag they put  like clothes and medicine. A tent and a sleeping bag are also  when they have to live outside.

     backpackers choose hotels to stay in because they are cheap an comfortable. There are usually six or eight beds in  room.

    Backpacking  travelers see and know more. American Charles Veley was the world's most traveled backpacker. He went to  90 countries in ten years! And he will travel on.

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