广东省深圳市2021-2022年八年级上学期英语期中模拟试题

Now more and more children seem to get lost in a "sea of digital technology(数字技术)". As they use digital technology too much, they are losing their 1 to do easy things. They can't make toys themselves with hands or help Mum cook dinner. And worst of all, they seem to become less 2 in talking with others.

"I have talked with a number of teachers. They are 3 about the growing numbers of young students who can only play with computers or smart phones, but have few or no skills to play with making things," said a teacher, Colin Kinney. Many students can't get on well with others, but their parents say proudly that their children can 4 a computer or a smart phone well.

Instead of playing with other children, more and more children are choosing to stay indoors and 5 play on a tablet(平板电脑) on weekends and after school. How can a child grow up to be a very good 6 if he doesn't learn how to use a paintbrush and develop his painting skill? How can a child learn to make friends as he gets older if he doesn't learn to 7 with others at a young age?

Digital technology can be used for good or bad. We can use a stone to either break a window or 8 a house. We shouldn't blame(责备) the children. We should help them make right choices. It is certainly 9 for children to know how to use digital technology in today's world. But what's more, we should 10 them to develop social(社交的) abilities. It will do them good when they grow up.

A young man wanted to find a job. He went into the company （公司）Microsoft. The manager of the company asked him some questions and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

"You are in," he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the information you need to write down, as well as date when you may start."

The man replied, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail."

"I'm sorry," said the manager. "If you don't have an e-mail, you are not living in the world. So you cannot have the job."

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he doubled his money. He continued to do it a few times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars. 

The man realized that he could live in this way. Then he started to go every day earlier, and return late. So his money doubled and doubled every day. In a short time, he bought a cart（手推车）,then a truck, and then he had his own team. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers（销售商）in the US.

One day the man was having a talk with a businessman.

When the conversation finished, the businessman asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail. "

The businessman answered surprisedly, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have done such a successful job. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"

AI is a double-edged sword. It can help us, but also cause us harm. Who is using AI? Is AI replacing humans? What should we do to avoid the risks and dangers that AI might bring?

Artificial intelligence is set to benefit mankind in many ways. It will make everyday tasks easier and bring efficiency to various industries. It might just prove to be one of man's greatest inventions.

And yet, like any other technology,      ▲    . In February 2018, a group of AI experts got together to discuss the possible misuse of AI. What they found was that "Every AI advance by the good guys is an advance for the bad guys, too," according to Quartz.

Their biggest concern was that criminals (罪犯) could use AI for wrongful purposes. One of the areas they looked at was the use of AI to create websites that could be used to steal people's personal information. Another possibility is that AI programs could be taught to hack software and break into computer secure systems.

There are some other concerns as well. It is possible that AI could be used to create fake images and videos. Chinese tech giant Baidu, in fact, has developed a program called Deep Voice that can "clone" anyone's voice by studying a 3.7-second audio sample.

Many leading figures in the tech world have expressed concern about AI. People like Bill Gates and Elon Musk have called for the industry to be more strictly regulated, as there are few laws right now on the use of AI.

However, this is set to change. In March 2018, the European Union plans to set up a group that will discuss the moral and ethical dangers of advanced AI – and hopefully, suggest some regulations that will help us keep it safe for mankind.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of 2,000 years. During these 2,000 years lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people.

The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes together and making Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don't do these three things.

In some places in China people celebrate the festival in different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taro(芋头) to celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest occurs at the same time as the festival. They eat taro and hope the harvest is good in the next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck with sweet-scented osmanthus (桂花) , because Nanjing people think sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of peace. In some places people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business.

In the literary history of China, many poets penned praise to the pure moon of mid-autumn night and gave words to their delicate feelings. The following is one of the best of those poems.

Thoughts in the Silent Night

-Li Bai

The moonlight is shining through the window,

And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground,

Looking up to see the moon,

Looking down I miss so much about my hometown.

Li Bai used his lines to express his homesickness at the Moon Festival.

Do you like the number 13? In the past, a lot of tall buildings didn't have the 13th floor.

  For example, the number "4" is said to be unlucky because it sounds like the Chinese word for "death". But that's just one example about numbers in China.

When I first came here, I was surprised to see that many websites had numbers in their names instead of letters. I soon found that this is actually convenient, as Chinese characters (汉字) cannot be used for website addresses.

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In pinyin, the telecom company China Unicom is called Zhongguo Liantong. If the company used their pinyin name for their website address, it would be quite long. .

In addition, the pronunciations of some numbers sound similar to other words in Chinese. This is wordplay (双关语). For example, the numbers "5-2-0" in Chinese sound similar to the pronunciation of the Chinese phrase "I love you". .

A. Digital robotic pets

 Pets play an important part in people's lives now. You may one day be able to buy digital robotic pets. The best part about them is that you don't have to feed them, and they don't need to be cleaned, either.

B. Dough figurines

 The dough figurine is also called miansu in Chinese. There are figurines of Chinese characters from different films and cartoons such as the Monkey King. They are popular among children.

C. English e-dictionaries

 Do you feel worried when you don't know the meaning of English words while reading? Here is a special English dictionary for you. It will be the best friend for English learners.

D. Chinese knots (中国结)

 Chinese knots are made of thin, red ropes. They are often used as decorations (装饰) of gifts to express happiness or good luck on important days.

E. Longjing tea

 Longjing tea is a kind of green tea. Tea in our shop is produced in  Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is produced mostly by hand there. It smells fragrant (芳香的) and tastes sweet.

F. Cheongsams (旗袍)

 The cheongsam is a traditional Chinese dress for women. Our shop has many kinds of cheongsams in different colors, and sizes. I'm sure you can find the one that fits you perfectly.

Two friends were having an adventure(历险). They were walking a desert(沙漠). They had fight, and the taller friend hit the shorter one. The shorter one was hurt, but without (say) anything, he just wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend hit me." They went on (walk) until they found an oasis(绿洲), where they decided (take) a bath. Suddenly, the shorter one fell into the river and started sinking down, but the taller one saved him. After he (get) out of the river, he wrote on a stone, "Today my (good) friend saved my life." The friend who hit and (save) his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?" The shorter one replied "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in the sand winds can blow it away. But when someone does something good us, we must write it on the stone so it can last for a long time."

1）速度快，时速达250-350公里，从广州到武汉只需4个多小时。节省时间。

2）舒适，平稳，沿途可以欣赏美丽的风景。

3）价格低，出行方便。

4）适当补充。

提示词语：technological invention, help, spend, comfortable, convenient, develop

Technological inventions play an important role in our daily life.