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Frost's Descent (霜降) is the 18th of the 24 solar terms (节气) in the Chinese lunar calendar. It usually starts around October 23rd and ends around November 6th. It is the last solar term of autumn. This means winter is coming soon. It is called "Frost's Descent" because this is the time of year when frost starts to appear. During this time, temperatures drop a lot. Because of this, we can see frost begins to form on the ground and plants. Many trees lose their leaves, and some animals start to prepare for their winter sleep.

For farmers, it's a busy season. In northern China, they are finishing the harvest. In the south, they are gathering crops like sweet potatoes and protecting winter crops from the cold. It's also a great time to go hiking and enjoy the beautiful red maple leaves.

What do you like to eat to keep warm in cold weather? Persimmons (柿子) are a popular choice during Frost's Descent. People believe that eating persimmons can help keep them warm and make their bones stronger. Apples and pears are also good for health. In some places like Fujian and Taiwan, people often eat duck. There is even a saying: "Even nourishing (滋养) all year is not as good as nourishing the body during Frost's Descent".

Have you ever looked up at the stars and dreamed of traveling through space in a spaceship? But becoming an astronaut is far more than just having a dream.

Can anyone be an astronaut?

Of course not. You don't have to have a science degree, but most astronauts do. Most of them are pilots, too. You need to be easy-going, patient, and helpful to spend so much time in a small space with other people.

People have to train for years to learn how to stay healthy and safe. They practise space walking and living in zero gravity. Everyday tasks like eating, washing and sleeping can be difficult in a spaceship. There is no running water, so you have to wash with wet tissues (湿巾). It's hard to enjoy the dry food that astronauts have to eat. And to sleep, you must cover your eyes because the sun rises every 90 minutes on the International Space Station.

What health problems do astronauts have?

Living in a zero gravity environment causes changes to our bodies. Astronauts often get backaches because you grow in space—up to 8 centimeters! It's also common to have headaches and to feel sick, especially at the beginning.

Are you still interested?

So now you know.

A. They train in difficult conditions to learn how to solve problems and to work in a team.

B. If you still want to go to space, study hard, learn to fly and take care of your body and mind.

C. Life in a spaceship is hard, so you must have a healthy body and mind.

D. But you don't have to put on sun cream because space suits protect your skin.

E. What's the training like?

F. Bones and muscles become thin and weak, so you must do a lot of exercise in space.

In 1930, Sanders managed a gas station in Kentucky. To earn more money, he began cooking and selling meals to travelers. His delicious dishes, such as pan-fried chicken and ham, made him well-known in the area. A few years later, he opened his first restaurant.

Sanders never stopped improving his chicken recipe (菜谱). In 1939, he invented a new way of cooking chicken using a pressure cooker. This new method reduced the amount of grease (油脂) and made the chicken taste even better.

In 1952, Sanders started franchising (特许经营) his fried chicken business. The first franchise was sold to Pete Harman. Harman sold Sanders' chicken in his restaurant in Salt Lake City and named it "Kentucky Fried Chicken".

Later, Sanders sold his own restaurant and traveled all over the country. He went from one restaurant to another, cooking large amounts of chicken. He made sure to get five cents for every chicken the restaurants sold. Today, his face has become an important part of the KFC brand.

Imagine your family and friends with big smiles, chatting, and listening to your favorite music. You're at your own birthday party. You're following a tradition to celebrate your life up to now. But different people celebrate birthdays in many different ways.

Think about a birthday pie on the table instead of a cake. What if your home is decorated (装饰) with paper flowers? Or what if your friends are about to play a game called "cat and dog"?

In Canada, the United States, Egypt, and some European countries, having a cake with candles is very popular. This tradition first started in Germany. Germans were well-known for making beautiful candles. About 200 years ago, they began to put candles around birthday cakes. After some years, Germans started putting candles on the cakes. Then the birthday kids would make wishes and blow out the candles.

Zheng is from Shandong Province. She came to Italy in 2021 and studied for a master's degree in Milan. She started playing the erhu when she was 9 years old and won several prizes in national music competitions in China. Since April 2023, Zheng has been doing street performances in her free time. She usually gives performances three or four times each month. Before every erhu performance, she gets ready carefully. She wears nice makeup and traditional Chinese Hanfu clothes. She also checks and adjusts (调节) her music equipment to make sure the music sounds great.

When choosing the music to play, Zheng makes sure to have a variety. She plays traditional Chinese folk songs like "Horse Racing". She also combines parts of popular songs and famous Italian music.

Her wonderful erhu music always catches the attention of people walking on the street. They stop, listen, and clap their hands. It's clear that they are very interested in the erhu and the music she plays.

For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What1 are in fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashionable" in the same way: "She was wearing a2 coat." "His shirt had a really fashionable color." But of course, there are fashions3 many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are4 fashions in school subjects, jobs and in languages. Fashions5 as time goes.6 you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different7 one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1850. Today fashions change very quickly. We hear about things8 more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions send information from one country9 another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will10 new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

Last weekend, after finishing all my homework, I went on a trip to Doupengshan Mountain with my friends. We took early bus and arrived at the foot of the mountain half an hour later. The weather was clear and sunny, perfect hiking. We began climbing the mountain. The landscape was beautiful—lush green trees, colorful wildflowers, and the sound of birds singing. The climb was a little tiring, we encouraged each other and kept going. At noon, we reached an open area near the top and had a picnic under a big tree. We shared sandwiches, fruits, and snacks enjoying the fantastic view. After lunch, we took many photos to capture (捕捉) happy moments．

We felt tired after the trip, but the joy of overcoming the challenge and spending time our friends made every step worthwhile (值得的). It was truly a happy and unforgettable day!

（1）What is your new friend like?

（2）Are you the same or different? How?

（3）What do you think a true friend should be like?

（4）Say more about both of you.

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Dear Teng Fei,

How is everything going?

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Best wishes!

Yours,

Fu Xing

After her first success, more people brought Judy wounded (受伤的) sloths or baby sloths they found. Judy then opened a help centre. Today, the help centre has saved more than 500 sloths.

Sloths live in the forests of Central America. We can also see them in South America. They hang onto the trees with their claws (爪子). There are two main types of sloths. You can know them by the number of their claws. Sloths hardly move. They spend most of their time sleeping in the trees.

But now, with the increase of population, human beings cause a lot of problems for these slow and quiet animals. The main problem is that the forests are becoming smaller and smaller. When trees are cut down, sloths will fall and hurt themselves. Some sloths live near human beings and they sometimes are hit by cars or killed by dogs.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

We may have the same hobbies as our friends. And when we get together, we talk a lot about our hobbies and do what we like to do happily. So we can do what we like best with our friends on that day.

If we love shopping, we can call our friends and spend some time in shops with them. As friends, we know what our friends really like. We can also buy something as a present to give them a surprise on that day.

Having a party is the best thing to do together. We can go to a restaurant to eat some delicious food with our friends or play some games with our friends at home. Singing and dancing together will make the party more interesting.

Thank some people for being our friends. These activities can tell our friends that we really care about them and enjoy ourselves on that day.

（a）根据以上内容，从方框中选出与每段相匹配的信息，其中有一个选项是多余的。

（b）根据以上内容，补全下面方框中的句子，每空一词。

What do you like best when you are at home? Maybe you like to play with your brothers and sisters. Maybe you enjoy staying with your mum and dad. Spending time with them is one thing that makes being at home special.

Your bedroom is another thing that makes home special. Your toys, your books, and your favourite things are in your bedroom. Maybe you like to have a quiet place to read a book or to think about your day.

Families sit around the table to eat the food Mum or Dad has prepared. It's a time to share interesting stories about your day. There are a lot of things to do to make home a special place.

Who does the chores like cleaning, cooking, and doing yard work? When families work together to do the chores, it makes them easier and more interesting for everyone. Maybe you can pull weeds (杂草) out of the flower garden. Maybe you can water the vegetable garden or the houseplants.

根据短文内容，将下面的选项还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺，每个选项只能用一次，其中有一个选项是多余的。

A. They are your loved ones.

B. Think about what you like best about it.

C. Mealtime can be a special time at home.

D. A lot of people and things we love are at home.

E. Maybe you can help lay the dinner table.

F. Most kids don't like home.

根据短文内容，判断下列各句正 (T)、误 (F)

②Andy, an E-person

I enjoy trying new things and playing with many friends. Ken and I head for the sea on Saturdays to surf, and on Sundays, I hang out with Tom, eating and riding. At school, Larry is my best friend. I don't spend much time with him on the weekend because he likes to play video games at home just by himself. I'm cool with it because I can visit other friends. I value (重视) his friendship a lot because Larry cares about me and often gives great advice on my problems.

③Anna, an I-person

I think nothing is more enjoyable than staying on the sofa by myself with a great book in my hand. However, I do also need time with my two best friends, Sue and Tina. Sue is so full of life that her jokes bring much joy to my quiet days. Tina is more like me, and she understands me better than I do. We often take a long walk to share our feelings. I love both my friends and need their different personalities to make my life colorful.

④Well, there we have it from the horse's mouth. From Andy and Anna, introverts (内向的人) and extroverts (外向的人) can be friends and also need friends with different personalities. So start to make different friends and enjoy the special friendship!

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

根据表格内容，选择正确答案。

Last summer, I went to Yunnan on vacation. Let me tell you about my trip there.

Yunnan is in the south of our country. It is really a very beautiful place with high mountains, clean rivers and friendly people. Trees and flowers are. Every year, a lot of spend their holidays in Yunnan.

On the day, I visited the Stone Forest (石林). There are different kinds of stones. Of all the stones, the stone which a beautiful girl named Ashima is the most famous. I took a lot of photos that day. I went to Lijiang on the second day. A river runs the whole town. The river can help you know you are and how to get to different places. If you don't go along the river, you will get lost. I really enjoyed walking around the town. There I saw many buildings. Some of them are new, but some of them are very old. I to know what life was like there in the past. On the third day, I went to Kunming Zoo. In the zoo, I saw some cute animals, such as elephants, monkeys and peacocks (孔雀). In the evening, I tried Yunnan Guoqiao Rice Noodles for dinner. They were really. I liked them very much.

Do you want to pay a visit to Yunnan? If you need more, please e-mail me at 44893672@qq.com.

Lily Miller is a Grade 8 student. She loves living in the city, especially during the vacations. But this summer vacation, her parents1 to go to her grandparents' farm.

After a 2-hour bus ride, they arrived at the family's2 in a village. Lily was so unhappy that she ran upstairs (向楼上) to her bedroom. She spent the day in her room. She3 disliked the countryside. It was too4 for her. There were very few things Lily liked doing.

When it was dark, Lily was5. She went downstairs and ate dinner with her family. To her surprise, it was6! She ate mashed potatoes (土豆泥) and apple pie. The next day, Lily went outside to play. She7 to the top of the hill to play with butterflies and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. She also saw quite a few8 flying in the sky and some horses running on the farm!

A week later, Lily was sad because she had to leave. On the way home, she wrote in her diary about how much she9 herself. Because of her parents, Lily tried10 different and had a great holiday.

Mike: Hi, Jim,?

Jim: Oh, we are talking about something in the forest.

Mike: Which do you like, plants or animals?

Jim: I don't like animals. I like plants.

Mike: Why?

Jim: Because plants are beautiful, and I like bamboo best. you?

Mike: I like animals better. I think animals are very interesting and we can play with them.

Jim:?

Mike: I like pandas best. They are very lovely.

Jim: Why not go to the Forest Park?

Mike:! Let's go to the Forest Park this Sunday.

Jim: OK. See you then!

Mike:.

A: Hi, Peter!

B: Yes, I do.

A: What do you think a good friend should be like?

B:

A: Who is your best friend?

B: Mike. We are in the same class.

A: Are you the same or different?

B: We are different. And I am more outgoing than him.

A: Does he like to do the same things as you?

B: Yes.

A: I see. Thank you.
 

A. I think he or she should make me happy and help me.

B. We often do the same things together.

C. Who is much smarter, you or Mike?

D. He is a handsome boy.

E. Do you have any friends at school?

F. He is good at swimming, but I can't swim.