Unit1Where did you go on vacation 同步阅读练习（无答案）人教版英语八年级上册

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阅读短文,补全后面的句子,每空不超过两个单词。
Chinese people see spring flowers and the autumn moon as the most beautiful seasonal views. We enjoy the full moon during Mid-Autumn Festival. But do you know we also have a festival to celebrate flowers
Flower-Worshipping Festival(花朝节) is the birthday of flowers and the goddesses(女神) of flowers. It started in the Tang Dynasty(AD 618-907), People celebrate it in the second lunar(农历的) month, which is usually in March or April, The exact dates are different in different places across China.
There are 12 goddesses of flowers, Each is in charge of a month of the year, On a flower's birthday, people often offer incense(焚香)and spirit(烈酒)to the flower goddesses. In this way, they wish for good weather and a good harvest.
People usually have fun outdoors during Flower-Worshipping Festival. A spring outing in the countryside is very common, Families have a picnic near flowers. Some may also plant some flowers.
Flower-Worshipping Festival is also a festival for girls, Girls get together and make friends, They wear flowers in their hair, catch butterflies and tie red ribbons(丝带)on trees to enjoy the red flowers. They also make pretty rice cakes with flowers.
The festival is like a big birthday party for flowers. Do you want to join it .
1.Flowers and the goddesses(女神)of flowers on Flower-Worshipping Festival.
2. The exact dates of the festival always in different places across China.
3.People good weather and a good harvest by offering incense and spirit to the flower goddesses.
4. During the festival, it is common for people to go in the countryside.
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There is a famous English saying “ You are what you eat", and it means what you put in your mouth will become part of you, Many experts(专家) use it to tell people it's important to have a good eating habit, For example, too much sweet food makes a person overweight, To avoid being fat, kids are told to keep off sweet food, However, a team of American scientists have discovered something new about eating sweet food.
“When we say some people 'sweet’, we mean they are kind and friendly to us. Perhaps this word can help us learn more about people's feelings and acts.” said Brian Meier , a scientist from the study team, “Taste is something we experience every day. What we have done is to find whether we can know someone's character and behavior depending on their taste.”
In one of their experiments, college students were asked questions about their character-whether, for example, they were soft-hearted or not, Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food, According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.
In their another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet food such as cookies and chocolate were more willing to help other people in need, and those who ate non-sweet food such as chips weren't, For example, people with a sweet tooth were more likely to volunteer(志愿服务) to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.
The result of the experiments is that people's helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food, So eating sweet food is a useful way to make people nice and helpful, Next time, try some ice-cream.
1. The famous English saying“You are what you eat means it's important to .
2. Some sweet people means some people who are .
3. One experiment showed that students who liked sweet food .
4. Fating sweet food may to make people nice and helpful.
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阅读短文,回答问题。
Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, is a religious holiday that celebrates(庆祝) the patron saint(守护圣人)of Ireland, According to the legend, St, Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland, St, Patrick's Day has also become, especially in the United States, a day to celebrate Irish culture, In major cities across the country like in New York and Boston, there are parades(游行)and festivals. People wear green and decorate(装饰)with shamrocks, a type of three-leaf clover, Some people wear buttons or T-shirts that say “Kiss me, I'm Irish", In the U.S, St, Patrick's Day is not a legal holiday, meaning government offices and schools are open.
The biggest and oldest parade took place in New York City. It actually began about 250 years ago before the U.S, was even its own country, Every year thousands gather along to watch hundreds of Irish step dancers and bagpipe players march, Irish step dancing is done in groups or solo, Dancers perform complicated moves with their feet and legs while keeping their upper bodies still.
St. Patrick's Day has also become associated with the drinking of a lot of alcohol, specifically beer, One drink that is often seen around the holiday is “Green Beer". This is really just regular beer with green food coloring, Many people think the holiday celebrates stereotypes about the Irish, like the myth that they all like to drink and get drunk. Others complain that the holiday has become too focused on drinking, with public drunkenness as a problem in major cities around the holiday.
Why did people celebrate St. Patrick's Day
When and where did the biggest and oldest parade take place
What does the word “solo” in Paragraph 2 mean
What problem about the festival was mentioned in the passage
5.According to the passage, what can government officers and students do in a legal holiday
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All over the world, and tor many different reasons,there are millions of people who rarely or never eat meat, These people are called vegetarians, To people who eat meat,being a vegetarian may seem like a very strange thing, Here are several different reasons.
First, vegetarians have a health advantage. One of the major health problems in modern societies is not too little protein(蛋白质) but too much fat, especially in the form of animal fats, Medical study suggests that animal fat improve the development of cholesterol(胆固醇)in the human body, seems; fat; heart disease; too much; to; cause;Eating. Most vegetarians have low level of cholesterol, Eating too much meat also seems to
lead to certain kinds of illness, and vegetarians have fewer chances to the illness than people who eat a lot of meat, Better health is one reason that people choose to become vegetarians.
Another reason is religion(宗教), Some religions stop people from eating meat, The largest of these is the Indian religion, which has about 600 million believers in the world. Although not all Indians are vegetarians, many are, and there are many believers of other religions such Buddhism and even some Christian religions that also do not eat meat.
Many vegetarians do not eat meat only because they do not like the taste of it, They just do not like meat, Another important reason that vegetarians give for not eating meat is the health advantages that were given above.
Lastly, there are many people who do not eat meat because they just do not like the idea of killing animals for food, They believe that all life is valuable, and that we do not have to destroy life to feed ourselves when there are other good sources(来源) of food.
What does the underlined word “vegetarians" in Paragraph l mean
Put the underlined words in Paragraph 3 into a sentence.
Which religions don't allow believers to eat meat
What is the last reason for not eating meat mentioned in this passage
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阅读短文,完成文后的表格,每空一词。
Living far away from home makes it interesting to celebrate the holidays.
Take Christmas, for example, In the US, families will get together and decorate their homes with colorful lights and a tree, We'll have a big fancy dinner with turkey and pie.And on Christmas morning, we'll all sit under our tree and open our presents.
But here in Beijing, my foreign friends in China and I celebrate Christmas a bit differently.One of the things we like to do is having a Christmas potluck dinner. This is a group dinner where each guest brings a dish they made at home. We bring dishes like mashed potatoes(土豆泥) and baked ham(烤火腿). It's a fun way to get together and celebrate when we can't all be with our own families.
Another thing we enjoy is playing a game called “white elephant". This is a gift-giving game where each person brings a “mystery gift", We take turns trading our gifts with each other and if someone else gets a gift that you think might be good, you even have one chance to steal it! Everyone ends up with a unique gift.
There is also an event called Santacon, It's an all-day party where people dress like Santa Claus and go to different places in a big group. It started in Western countries, but people in some Chinese cities have also been celebrating it, It's a fun way to spend time with your friends and meet new people.
Title: 1. ways to celebrate Christmas
In 2 Families will 3 and decorate(装饰)their homes. People will have a big fancy 4 with turkey and pie. On Christmas morning, people will all sit under our tree and open our presents.
In Beijing A Christmas potluck dinner Each guest brings a dish they made at home like mashed potatoes(土豆泥)and baked ham(烤火腿), It's an 5 way to get together and celebrate. A game 6 “white elephant” Each person brings a “mystery gift". People take turns to 7 their gifts with each other. Finally, everyone 8 a unique gift.
In some Chinese cities An event called Santacon The party lasts a 9 day, People dress like Santa Claus and go to different places in a big group. People can stay with their friends and 10 new people.
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阅读短文,完成文后的表格,每空一词。
Valentine's Day, February 14, is a holiday that celebrates love and friendship in the United States. Most people think of it as a romantic day to show the one you love how much you care by sending them cards and gifts. Valentine's Day is also an extremely commercial(商业的) holiday. People spend money on flowers, balloons, chocolate, and jewelry, People also go out for expensive dinners, Valentine's Day is even celebrated by school children, who give thank-you cards to their teachers. Some high schools have Valentine's Day dances, Classmates give each other little cards, These cards can be bought at any store with famous cartoon characters, It is considered much more thoughtful(体贴的)to have kids make handmade cards to give to friends and teachers.
Valentine's Day is also a great day to announce(宣布) your love to someone, Some people even get married on Valentine's Day. However, you don't have to be in love to share in the festival, You can also say “Happy Valentine's Day" to friends and coworkers.
Valentine's Day is not an official holiday though in the U.S., meaning government offices and schools are open as usual, The date used to be the celebration of a Saint named Valentine who saved a young girl's life, It wasn't until the Middle Ages that romance somehow got mixed in with the date and lovers would send each other handwritten love notes. Back then you couldn't just go to the store and buy a card the way you can now.
You know Valentine's Day is around the corner when stores begin to decorate(装饰)with red and pink hearts and the symbol of Cupid, a winged ancient Roman god said to strike(击中) the hearts of people with his arrow, Now it seems Cupid goes straight after your wallet because you will also see many more jewelry ads(广告) as Valentine's Day comes.
Title: Valentine's Day
Basic information It is on February 14. It is a holiday celebrated by lovers and 1. It is even celebrated at 2. .Students send cards to each other and their 3. .
Function A day to announce(宣布)your love to someone. A day to get 4 A day to say “Happy Valentine's Day" to friends and people you 5 with.
History It used to be celebrated 6 Saint Valentine saved a young girl. In the Middle Ages, the date was mixed with romance. From then on, lovers 7 love notes and sent them to each other.
Signs When Valentine's Day is 8 , people can see red and pink 9 and the symbol of Cupid in the stores. Cupid, an ancient Roman god, who used to strike the hearts of people with his arrow,now aims at people's 10 because people will spend some money as Valentine's Day comes.
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根据上下文内容填写空格,每空一词,使短文内容完整、通顺。
The Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday, falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar(阴历).
The full moon s 1. for family reunion in Chinese tradition. Just as Western people go back h 2. at Christmas and Thanksgiving, families also try to get t 3. for the Mid Autumn Festival in China.
As with every Chinese holiday, the Mid-Autumn Festival has its own s 4. food.People eat moon cakes d 5. the festival, These are small cakes with fillings(填充物) s 6. as nuts, sugar and egg yolk(蛋黄). The round shape of the cake makes it l 7. like the full moon.
During the day of the festival, family m 8. get together and enjoy a big dinner.They sit around a table chatting while e 9. moon cakes and fruit, When they look up at the b moon at night, they all express their best wishes for their family and ancestors.
The festival inspired(激发) lots of Chinese poets to show their feelings. Many of their poems have become very popular, For example, Su Shi of the Song Dynasty wrote The Mid-Autumn Festival, Tune: Prelude to Water Melody(《水调歌头 明月几时有》) during the Mid-Autumn Festival, This classic tells the story of people who miss their families and hometowns.
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John was driving through a small rural(乡下的) town, feeling quite lost and hungry.He was happy when he saw a small r 1. coming up on the right side of the road. John quickly pulled over(靠边),p 2. his car, and walked inside it.
John saw a blackboard with a notice written on it,It s 3. ,“Today's Special(特价菜):Vegetable Soup with Fried Chicken and Roast Potatoes.”
“Wow, that s 4. pretty good!" John thought to himself, He d 5. that he would try this special.
“'ll take the special," John said to the w 6. when he came over to take John's order, But a few minutes after r 7. his order, John called the waiter back to his table.He was mad.
“Is this the special It says vegetable soup, but there are no vegetables in this soup at all! It also says fried chicken, but the chicken isn't fried, And it says roast potatoes, but these potatoes aren't roasted they've been boiled(煮的). What's going on here ”
The waiter was not used to dealing with people from the city, He wasn't quite sure w 8. to say to this angry customer, But he finally found a way to a 9. the man. “My good man," the waiter said while looking down at John over his glasses, “that is what makes it so 10. !”
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