浙江省外研版初中英语八年级上学期期末模拟试卷（7）

    A group of frogs(青蛙) were travelling through the forest, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how1the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't 2and tried their best to jump out of the hole. The other frogs3saying that they were sure to die. 4, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, 5. Then he fell down and died.

    The other frog, however, 6 jumping as hard as he could, and at last he made it. When he 7, the frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog, who had poor 8, explained(解释) , "I thought you were encouraging me all the time. "

    The story teaches us a 9 that there is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue(舌头). 10words to those who are down can help them out while discouraging(使人泄气的) words can kill them.

    My great-grandmother, Ethel, came from England to the United States in 1921. She brought almost nothing with her-just a few clothes and trinkets(小饰物). But she did bring some customs from "the old country" that she had learned as she grew up.

    One custom was that if you dropped a glass or a cup and it broke, you would throw a little salt over your left shoulder. It was funny that she did that-she wasn't superstitious(迷信的) in other ways. I think that she grew up doing that, so she continued to do it as a connection to her childhood.

    Ethel also taught us a New Year's Day custom that our family continues to follow today. To celebrate the new year, we would travel to a friend's house for a quick visit. My great-grandmother always took a pound of butter with her on our visits. We would enter the friend's house through the back door. The butter we brought was to give our friend a "gift of gold" to symbolize hope for prosperity in the new year.

    After my great-grandmother died, we still visited people on the first day of January, but eventually we stopped bringing the butter. We never did throw salt over our shoulders after breaking a glass or a cup. Some customs are continued when they cross from one country to another, but some customs fade away.

    India has a population of about 1.32 billion. Its population is the second largest in the world. China has the largest population of about 1.4 billion. About one sixth of people on this planet live in India. Although the crown(王冠) of the country which has the largest population has been on China's head for several years, India will take the position by 2024.With the population growth rate(率) at 1.2%, India will have more than 1.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

    Now more than 50% of India's population are below the age of 25 and over 65%are below the age of 35.About 72.2%of the population live in villages.

    Some of the reasons for India's quickly growing population are poverty, illiteracy(无知) , decrease in the death rate and immigration(移民) from Bangladesh and Nepal. India started taking measures to stop the growth rate quite early. India had the" National Family Planning Program" in 1952. It became the first country in the world to have a population policy. However, it failed to reach the final goal(目标) .

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        The wedding customs are various in different places in China. Here's a traditional and typical wedding in the northeast China.

        In the morning the groom(新郎)and his groomsmen take cars to the bride's house to meet the bride. Before they enter the room, they have to stand outside the door and answer the questions which the bridesmaids(伴娘) ask. If the groom gets the wrong answers, he has to sing or say some silly words as the punishment(惩罚). After he passes the tests, he must carry the bride in his arms out of the house towards the wedding car waiting outside. Then the wedding car and other cars carrying guests go to the restaurant where the wedding will be held.

        At the wedding, the bride and the groom bow(鞠躬) to their parents and the guests. Then the new couple(夫妇) bow to each other and exchange the wedding presents—the ring for the bride and the watch for the groom.

        After the wedding ceremony(仪式), the bride's and the groom's parents offer a meal to the guests. There are usually twenty tables or more. There are all kinds of delicious food. The new couple will toast(敬酒) the guests from a table to another. The bride usually changes gowns(女礼服) two or three times during the reception(接待). One is a white or red western wedding dress, another is a red traditional wedding dress. I'm sure it's amazing for a foreigner!

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Ladies first

        In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic (交通). But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host (主人)or hostess (女主人) or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there are no people sitting on it.

    Jack was careless and he was always having accidents. He paid no (注意) to what he was doing or where he was going. He was always in (麻烦) .

    A few months ago, a car hit him while he was on his way home from school. The driver was a bit tired, so he did not see Jack. And Jack was talking on his mobile phone and was riding in the middle of the road. He was hit by the car. He broke his leg and was in hospital for (几个) weeks.

    Last week, he (跌落) down into a hole in the park. As usual, he was not looking where he was going. He (设法) to climb out of the hole with the help of some people.

Then people sent him to hospital because he was in great (痛苦) . (幸运的是) , he did not break an arm or a leg. At the hospital, the doctors gave him some (医疗的) treatment and then he went home.

    I always (告诫) him to be careful before. But he did not listen to me. After the two accidents, he (许诺) to take my advice. Now he is much more careful than before.

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