内蒙古呼伦贝尔市阿荣旗2022-2023学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题

—Sure.

—Because she couldn't ____ to go to school at that time.

—Er, most people don't mind it.

—We are proud of them. They do well. 

—Yes. His skin is ____ than his grandpa's.

—I don't know ____ the COVID-19 there is serious or not.

—OK, mom. I will. 

—I agree with you.

—It's a pity that you can't see the cloud sea.

—That's true.

—He said he ____ a math problem with his teacher on the internet now. 

—Sure, potato salad and beef. 

—Certainly. It will start at ten tomorrow morning. 

I learned to cook in our school's labor classes. 1 Mother's Day, I decided to cook for my family to show my love for my mother. I chose the steaks because they are 2 for our health. I looked up the best cooking way on the website in order to cook it 3 .

Before cooking, I prepared all the things well. They were fresh steaks, butter, and a pan. Before cooking, I cut an onion into 4 , and put them aside（一旁）.

First, I heated the pan, and put some butter in it. The butter could provide the steak a sense of fragrance (香气). 5 , I put the steak in and fried one side lightly. After some minutes I turned the steak over to 6 the other side. Then I 7 some onion pieces. When the steak was cooked well, I put it onto the plate. With a bunch of flowers beside, I thought my mother could feel my love 8 she wouldn't mind whether the dish was delicious or not.

When my mother sat at the table, I gave her a set of knives and 9  to thank her for taking good care of me. She was so moved and 10  all the dish.

My mother said she would remember this Mother's Day all her life. That was the most delicious food.

When people eat, western people are used to using knives and forks, but Chinese people are used to using chopsticks. More than 3000 years ago, Chinese people ate with chopsticks. Who invented the chopsticks?

Long ago, Chinese people used to eat with their hands. In Shang Dynasty, the last king, Zhou was cruel（残酷的）. He always killed people because the food was too hot or too cold. It made people afraid to serve him. His favorite Daji was also afraid.

One day Daji served King Zhou his meal. When she tried the dish for the king, she found that it was too hot. Daji felt very nervous because the king would be angry. Suddenly she had an idea and she used two pieces of her long hairpins（发簪） to put the food to the king's mouth.

The King Zhou found it so interesting to eat with two long sticks that he forgot how hot the food was. After that, Daji thought it was a good way to solve this problem and asked people to make two long-thin gold sticks. People found it better to eat with sticks than with their hands. But they were too poor to afford the gold sticks. Then they found bamboo was good material to make chopsticks. Since then, people have invented chopsticks. 

Rose is my good friend. She told me that she would come to Japan for vacation in July. But she was very anxious. She said she didn't know what to do in Japanese restaurants. I had to ask her to understand these table manners and tell her what to do in the restaurant.

Some restaurants in Japan have tatami floor（榻榻米地板）. When you step in a restaurant, you must take off your shoes. When you sit at the table, you will receive a small wet cloth at most Japanese restaurants. Use this to wash your hands before eating, then carefully fold it and set it aside on the table. Don't use it as a napkin, or to touch any part of your face.

Before and after a meal, it is important to say traditional thank-you words. You can make a little noise when you eat. For example, it is common to make some slurping noises while eating noodles. Japanese can say it tastes better if you slurp. For sushi, you should eat up. It is polite to lift small bowls of rice or soup when you eat. After you finish your meal, it is good manners to restore all your dishes to the way they were at the beginning of the meal. For example, you can put chopsticks back on the chopsticks shelf. I think these manners are helpful to her.

In America, Thanksgiving Day is an important festival. It comes on the fourth Thursday in November. On this day, people walk or drive cars full of flowers on the streets and eat turkey and pumpkin pies at home. They have different kinds of activities to celebrate it. It's a day to remember the history and to show their thanks.

People usually come back home on that day. All the family members get together with some friends. Everyone is glad to see each other. At about four o'clock the family and their friends sit down to dinner. They give thanks for the good things they got, and then start to share the turkey. People always have a big dinner. They usually eat turkey and pumpkin pies. After dinner, no one go away and they all sit around and talk, play word games, or tell jokes（笑话）until it is time to go to sleep. It is always difficult to leave because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days for family get-together around the year.

A: Good morning, sir! 

B: I'd like a suit for the meeting.

A: Great, we have got some new suits yesterday.  

B: I need a large one.

A:  

B: The black suit. 

A: It is made of cotton. You will feel very comfortable in it.

B: Oh, it also looks quite suitable. 

A: 268 yuan. 

B: OK, I'll take it.

We can often see soldiers, firefighters and policemen in their uniforms. And almost all students wear uniforms on weekdays. Most school uniforms in China are sports . Schools think sportswear has some advantages. This kind of school uniforms is cheap and every family can them. Students don't need to spend time thinking about to wear. School uniforms become a part of Chinese school . But the color of school uniforms is . Students think they aren't beautiful. They don't like them, but they have no .

Now school uniforms change in many schools. You can see boys wearing pants and shirts with . And the shirts and skirts make girls look  beautiful. Students can even wear other  of uniforms in different occasions. Perhaps one day students can make uniforms for . New school uniforms will make the school life more colorful.

内容包括：
1.吃饭前和吃饭时的礼仪，怎样做才是有礼貌的；
2.写作的内容比较广泛，你可以自由发挥，谈谈你对餐桌礼仪的看法。

作文要求：
1.不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现真实的校名和个人的真实姓名。
2.语句连贯，至少列举四个有礼貌的餐桌礼仪，词数80个左右。
作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

As we all know, different areas have different table manners.