安徽省芜湖市2021-2022学年八年级下学期英语期末教学质...

—He __________ to New York on business. He ___________    the airport at five in the morning.

—Well, just as the saying goes, "_________________". I do hope that you will act soon.

—Why? It's ____________than the pictures I have ever seen.

—____________. Look at the sign. It says, "No smoking."

In recent years, with more and more cars on the road, flying robots are used to deliver (递送)mail. Flying robots can 1 mail to people's houses without having to deal with heavy 2. But they will spend too much time in returning. A research center is trying to improve its flying robots with the 3 of homing pigeons (信鸽).

Homing pigeons are pigeons that are 4 trained to fly home from somewhere else. In tests, researchers 5 that homing pigeons were 6 efficient (高效的) than flying robots at returning to their home. So the research center is trying to use a flying robot, together with a 7, to deliver mail. After the robot finishes its tasks, it can 8 the pigeon back in the shortest possible time.

Although it will cost more money to 9 pigeons, the research center says that it can 10 time. And the time it saves will make up for the cost.

Once my mother told me a story. In Africa, when an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, "I must be able to run faster than the 1 lion, or (否则) I will be killed". At the same time, a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, "I must be able to catch the slowest antelope, or I will starve (挨饿) to death. " So, almost at the same time, the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the 2 sun.

This is life; full of chances and challenges (挑战) . Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you 3 go ahead when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we do not study hard, sooner or later, we will fall behind the others. At first, I did not know what the word "exam" 4. Later, I knew an exam was a kind of competition. There are5 winners and losers in competitions. As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one's life, there must be competitions, so people can 6.

Each time I saw children playing games, and heard their laughter (笑声) , I7 I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents' words: "You must work very hard in order to have a good future. " So I 8 my pen and began to study hard again.

I was still not sure what competition really meant. One day, I was taking part in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me 9. I suddenly knew what competition was. It is not as cruel (残酷) as my teachers and parents told me. 10, competition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary.

Now I understand more about the world. Competition is important for us all.

A: Excuse me, Madam. You can't park your car in front of the shop.

B: I'm so sorry. It's my first time to drive alone.

A: There is a car park near the supermarket. I think you can park there.

B:

A: About two kilometres.

B: Thanks.

A: You can use the guide map in your car.

B: But I don't know how to use it! Can you help me?

A: All right, it's OK now.

B: It's very kind of you. Thank you so much!

A: You are welcome.

Sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.

If you are a visitor to Mongolia and some friends ask you to eat with them, what kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud "burp"（打嗝）after you finish eating. Burping will show that you like your food. In some countries, if you give a loud burp, you should say, "Excuse me, please. "

In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts of Polynesia, it is bad manners to let others see you eating. People show their good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.

How about visiting a friend in Arabia? Do you walk past every house? No, you shouldn't do that. Do you know why? You must walk behind each tent till you reach your friend's tent. It's because if you are invited into a tent, you cannot say "no". If you do, you'll be very impolite.

Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners begin in the same way. People need ways to show that they want to be friends.

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St All bans, a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class.

After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits (承认), he didn't work hard. 

He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got marks.

It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease (运动神经元疾病), an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctor s said they had no way to help him. He would die before 23.

At first, Hawking became very depressed (沮丧的). After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, "Before my illness was diagnosed (诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital. I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do." Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, how bad their situation is, should lose hope. "Life is not fair. " He once said. "You just have to do the best you can in your own situation."

If you want to go to visit Shanghai Disneyland, you can learn some things about it.

Shanghai Disneyland opened on June 16, 2016. It began selling tickets on March 28 through several ways: the official website, Ali-rip website and the central phone. Its price is the lowest of all the Disney theme parks. So far, quite a lot of people have booked tickets.

The park is built in the 963-acre field and costs $5.5 billion. Almost 400 designers and engineers have taken part in the design work. The Disney castle in Shanghai is the tallest and largest one in the Disney family around the world.

When you visit Shanghai Disneyland, you can follow the advice.

* Buy souvenirs in advance. Disney is so popular that it is easy to find these souvenirs anywhere. It isn't necessary for you to buy them at Disneyland because they are too expensive there. You can save a lot of money in this way.

* Eat breakfast before you arrive. You can save quite a bit of money by eating breakfast before you go to the park.

* To save more money, you can plan your trip during the park's off season (淡季). Lots of things, from airfare (飞机票价) to souvenirs, can be cheaper during these months.

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