湖南省永州市冷水滩区2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中考...

We asked people about their reading habits in 2020 till now.

Here is a survey of students' favorite jobs in my class.

I'm planning to visit Xi'an for my vacation this summer. I'll fly there on July 28 and stay there until August 6. First I want to see the old city wall. There are many old city walls in Xi'an in the past. But now there are only a few left. They are more than 100 years old. Lots of them were pulled down in the 1960s.

People thought they were not useful and they made the traffic heavy and the streets crowded. Some of them were even dangerous. Today, our country is trying to build some of the old city walls again, because they can help us to remember our history.

Second, I'm visiting Emperor Qin's Terra Cotta Warriors(秦岭兵马俑）. It's very famous in China. And I will take the camera with me. I'm taking photos there.

I think my trip will be very interesting and I'm taking photos there.

Beijing Opera is our national opera. It came into being after 1790 and has a history of over 200 years. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Chou. Beijing Opera is full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, wonderful gestures and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but most are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can't agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Sometimes they are frightened and worried. Then they find a way to make peace with each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.

Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In China it used to be popular with old people while young people didn't like it very much. However, more young people are becoming interested in it nowadays. And more people around the world are learning about Beijing Opera's special singing, acting and facial paintings.

Yesterday was Saturday. When Billy was watching a football game, the phone rang(响起铃声). It was his mother. She asked him to go round for lunch.

Billy quickly drove to his mother's house. His sister and her children were there. The children were happy to see him because he always played with them. They wanted him to play games with them and Billy said OK. They played for hours. By lunchtime, Billy was tired but the children still wanted to play. Luckily, it was lunchtime and Billy used that as an excuse to stop playing with the children.

After lunch, Billy's mother wanted Billy to take a chair to his grandfather's house. However, the lift(电梯）was not working. Billy had to take the stairs(爬楼梯).After taking the chair to his grandfather's house. He helped his grandfather clean the house. Then he read newspapers to his grandfather.

After Billy got home, he went to bed straight away. Billy felt even more tired than on a working day.

Many people like to watch TV. There are all kinds of programs on TV.The soap opera was first on the radio in the 1920s.Then it started on TV in the 1940s.Why do so many people like to watch soap opera on TV, especially young people?Let's find out.

First, what's happening in the soap opera is very different from our life. Everything is perfect in the play.People don't have money problems. Second, there are many beautiful girls and handsome boys in the soap opera .They are so cool .They make young people crazy and happy.It makes people relax after a day's hard work. Even some old people like to watch it. too.

They think the show is too slow and too long. Do you like watching soap operas? What do you think of it?
 

There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl 1 big eyes. Her big eyes are2 us her dream: I wish to3 !In China ,there are still4 girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their5 are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to 6 the money for all the children. So the parents often ask7 to stay at home, and boys to go to school.

Now they needn't8 the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don't have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government to make their life9 . Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is10 great.

—Nobody, I taught(I).

Joe Smith is a singer. He and his wife like traveling a lot. Every year they visit a small town called Gum Tree in January and July and they sing for people there. 

One summer, they went there by train again. On the first day, they planned to go hiking in the mountains, but it rained a lot. So they decided to go to the only cinema in town and watch a movie there. 

There were only nine people in the cinema hall. When people saw the Smiths, they started to clap（鼓掌）. Joe was excited and said to his wife, "Aha, I cannot believe people here all know me and they are friendlier than I thought. They must like my songs." 

Then a young man said to them, "Thanks for your coming! The cinema shows the movie only after ten people buy the tickets. There are eleven now, so the movie will be on soon."

Now more and more people like to travel during their holidays. The other day I read a report about the ways people spend their holidays. It is reported that in recent years several new holiday habits have developed. Among them, 我认为露营是最有趣的。

In 1990, about 40% of people like to stay at home instead of going out for their holidays. However, now the percentage (百分比) has fallen to 9%.人们享受新鲜的空气 when they go camping in the places far from the city. In the 1990s, 38% of people enjoyed going to the seaside while in 2002 only 27% preferred to go there. Compared with going to the seaside, they think going camping should be a better choice. What great changes!

There are several reasons. Firstly, it is because people can afford to travel. Secondly, people prefer to live a high quality and more wonderful life. Thirdly, their attitudes to the relaxation have changed. Fewer and fewer people want to save lots of money by living a simple life.

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Hi，Laura！I'm happy to say that I made a new friend a month ago.