深圳市坪山区2023-2024学年七年级上学期期中模拟练习

Jayden read the task and then said, "No way can we find all these colors in nature" Ms. Snyder said, "1 you look for them carefully, you will."

Jayden looked around. Some colors were easy to 2 . The grass was green. The dirt (泥土) was brown. And since it was autumn, the leaves were orange, yellow, and red. But where were purple and blue?

"3 colors have you found?" Ms. Snyder asked. "Five."

"You will find more colors if you spend less time focusing on (集中于) your paper and more time looking around 4 ," Ms. Snyder said.

Jayden picked his 5 up from his paper. He saw a small stream (小溪). "The water looks blue," he said.

"Yes, it 6 the color of the sky," Ms. Snyder said.

The 7 ! Why didn't he think of that sooner? "The sky is blue," he wrote the answer on his paper. Jayden saw his friend Allie and said to her, "I have found 8 colors, but I still can't find purple." "You aren't careful enough." "Yes. I am."

"Really?" She lowered her eyes to the ground. Red leaves surrounded (包围) them. Jayden 9 a leaf. "It is red, not." He stopped when he saw the back of the leaf.

"The back is purple." "Yes," Allie smiled.

‘'Jayden,' Ms. Snyder asked. "Have you found all the 10 ?"

"Yes. But I'm sure there are even more." He continued trying to find more colors in nature.

It's commonly known that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO₂) causes global warming. The whole world has made great efforts to improve the situation. Especially, the trees planted in China are playing an important role.

A report published in Nature shows that CO₂ absorption (吸收) in two new forest areas in China is more than we thought. The two areas are located in China's southwestern and northeastern provinces. They make up over 35 percent of China's carbon sinks. Carbon sinks are natural systems that absorb and store CO₂ from the air. The main natural carbon sinks are trees and other plants.

According to Paul Palmer, these provinces have been working on rapid forestation (造林) in large areas. Over the past 10 to 15 years, the forest areas have kept increasing by 400-4,400 square kilometers per year.

China is one of the world's biggest countries of human-produced CO₂,   ▲   . In 1978,

China began a national-level forestation project. Many trees have planted in the areas of northern China to act as windbreaks. For example, about one third of the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia is now covered with trees. In 2019, Alipay's Ant Forest program planted 122 million trees and won the UN Champions of the Earth award for helping 500 million people live low-carbon lives.

China's goal is to reach carbon neutrality by 2060. Carbon neutrality refers to removing as much CO₂ as one puts into the air. If China's goal is achieved, it will lower global warming by around 0.2 to 0.3 C alone, according to Climate Action Tracker (CAT).

    In Germany, there is a special museum. It is the only one of this kind in the world and only very y few people know it. Every year, the number of people who come to visit the museum is only about one thousand. What kind of museum is it?

    It is a museum about taxes (税收). In this museum, you can see the history of taxes and all kinds of taxes in different countries in the world.

    After visiting the museum, people can draw a conclusion (得出结论). That is from 3000 B. C. (公元前), the kings, dictators (独裁者) and finance ministers (财政部长) could tax people freely. They taxed people heavily because of such things as wars, weddings (婚礼) or road building. They needed money and they got money by taxing their citizens (公民).

    In the early times of Egypt, farmers had to pay heavy taxes if the water level (水面) of the Nile River rose. The kings said that if the water level rose, there would be much more earth in farmers' fields. So the farmers could get a good harvest and they should pay more taxes.

    A strange kind of tax 一 Window Tax appeared (出现) in England. It lasted more than one hundred years. How? If there were more windows in the wall, the people must pay more taxes. So in those years, people built windows in the wall as few as possible.

    Russian people once paid a tax for their beards (胡子). The people who had paid this tax would get a special piece of paper. But what about the people who didn't pay for their beards? Of course, their beards would be cut. But without a beard for a man is a way to scorn (蔑视) God. He would also be punished.

 Is your food and drink healthy? A lot of ice cream, hamburgers and cola is unhealthy. Meat is healthy but too much meat is not good for children. Cola and candies are very sweet, and too much sugar(糖) is bad for you.

Eat the right food and be healthy. Carrots, eggs and sweet potatoes are good for your eyes. Milk, cheese and fish are good for your teeth. A bit tired? Have lots of delicious chicken soup!

It is important to remember: eat well, stay healthy, and don't get fat!

★ Eat noodles or rice, not hamburgers.

★ Eat a good breakfast every morning.

★ Drink juice, water, tea and milk, not cola.

★ Eat lots of fruit and vegetables.

Sorting trash is good for us

Take a look at the trash bins outside of your house.But this isn't just for fun-those colors tell you how you should sort(分类) your trash.

. There is household trash-things like banana peels and leftover(剩下的) food. There's harmful trash, such as batteries.It's important to sort these kinds of trash correctly.

We can make sure that harmful things, such as batteries, don't pollute our ground and water. We can reuse some trash, such as paper, metal, glass and old clothes, to make new things.

How do we sort trash? It's easy. You can have three bins in your home--one each for household, harmful and recycle trash.

In China, the Spring Festival is the most important festival. It falls the first day of the first lunar month.

Before the Spring Festival comes, people go out (buy) things, as meat, chicken, fish, fruit, sweets and new clothes. They clean their houses and decorate (装饰) them. The Chinese character fu is a must. It is (usual) stuck (贴) upside down, which means fu comes.

The celebrations begin on the eve of the lunar New Year. The family get together for a big dinner. If a person is far home, he will always try to get home for this big dinner. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV.

During the holidays, they go to visit relatives and (friend) and exchange New Year greetings. They sit around (talk) and eating candies, cakes and all kinds of delicious foods. Every family prepares something special. Each child will get money a New Year gift. People in the north of China often eat dumplings for breakfast. People in the south often eat niangao because niangao means (high) and higher one year after another.

The celebrations last 15 days. They will come to end when the Lantern Festival is over.

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