Last week, I asked a worker to help me repair my old house. On the first day of the job, it was so awful. When he was about to work, he found he had left his tools for work at home, and his car broke down on the way. While I drove him home, and his wife telephoned to say that his son had a bad cold.
He was silent all the way. When we arrived, he invited me to meet his family.
As we walked towards the front door, he stopped at a small tree and touched the tree with his hands. When we opened the door, I was very surprised to see that the worker wore a big smile. It seemed that he changed into another person. He hugged his son and gave his wife a kiss.
After a while, when he walked to the car, I asked him why he had touched the tree.
“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he answered. “Sometimes I have trouble with my job, but one thing is for sure—it doesn’t belong to my wife or my son. So I just hang up the trouble on the tree when I come home every night. Then the next morning I pick it up. However, when I pick it up, I hardly remember what I put the night before.”
That’s true, sometimes the best way to deal with the trouble is to put it down.
回答下列5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。1. How was the worker’s first day of the job?
2. Where did the worker stop as they walked towards the front door?
3. What was the writer surprised to see?
4. When does the worker hang up the trouble on the tree?
5. What can we learn from the story?
6. 书面表达
一直以来，我们被很多闪光的人物感动着，他们有为国争光的奥运健儿，有风雨无阻的外卖小哥，有起早贪黑的环卫工人……他们在各自的工作岗位上奉献着光和热。阳光学校英文网站正开展以“My ideal job”为题的征稿活动，请根据提示写一篇英文短文参加投稿。
(1) 词数100词左右 (文章开头已给出，不计入总词数)；
(2) 文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息；
(3)文章必须包含所有要点，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。
My ideal job
Everybody has his ideal job.
Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world. Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then.
Tea has a history of over 4,000 years and China is the home of tea. In ancient China, tea was used as a kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily.
Longjing, Pu’er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Thanks to the climate and soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces.
The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like ‘cha’i’ in Russian. And the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.
Now, tea culture is a part of Chinese culture, which includes tea planting, tea leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is also popular in some sayings, like “A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea.” In dances, songs, poems and novels, tea is often mentioned, too.
根据短文内容，回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。1. How many drinks are mentioned in this passage?
2. How long has tea been an important Chinese export?
3. What did people use tea as in ancient China?
4. Why is tea mainly produced in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan in China?
5. What can be the best title for the passage?
（二）书面表达
6. 让人成长的不是年龄，而是阅历。看过的电影，读过的书，交过的朋友，游览过的风景，做过的难题，和我们促膝交谈的师长……都是我们成长过程中不可或缺的部分。丰富多彩的初中生活充满了苦辣酸甜，让我们哭，也让我们笑。请你描述印象最深刻的一次经历，以“It makes me ________”为题写一篇作文。注意事项：
1.补全题目；2.文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等；
3.词数100词左右；4.语言通顺，意思连贯，可适当发挥。
It makes me _________
Our junior high school life is full of sweetness and bitterness.
3 . You may have heard a lot about the word “cloud”. The name might make you think that it’s just like real clouds. But in fact, it is not the clouds in the sky, but the “cloud” that stores your photos, emails, movies, music and so on.
The “cloud” is made of millions of hard drives, computer servers and fiber-optic cables (光纤电缆). When you open a website online, you are actually asking a server to give you data (数据). The data may travel thousands of kilometers from a data center to your computer through underground cables.
Where are these data centers? In China, most are now in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. They take up lots of land and energy. Recently, China has made plans to build 10 data center groups in the right areas. Many are in western and northern regions like Ningxia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Guizhou. There is more land in these areas. They also have more green energy like wind and solar energy. This can make the data centers more environmentally friendly.
4Building data centers can also help the development of these areas. Now big data has become a key industry in Guizhou.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过7个词。1. What is the “cloud” in the passage used for?
2. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us?
3. Where are the date centers in China now?
4. What plans about data center groups has China made recently?
5. How many reasons are there for China to build data center groups in areas like Guizhou?
（二）书面表达
6. 在科技发达的时代，人们有多种多样的阅读方式，比如看纸质书、报纸和杂志，在线阅读或者使用app听书等。你最喜欢哪一种阅读方式呢？请以“My favorite way of reading”为题写一篇英文短文。
提示问题：1. What’s the importance of reading?
2. What’s your favorite way of reading?
3. Why do you choose this way?（至少写出2点理由）
注意事项：(1) 词数：90词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
(2) 文中
(3) 文章必须包含所选两个方面的全部要点，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。
My favorite way of reading
Today, reading has become an important part of everyday life.
Do you like the blind box (盲盒)? It has been popular among young people. Buyers won’t know what type of toys they will get until they open the box. That sounds funny and exciting, but is it good for us to buy them? Let’s read the following students’ opinions.
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I like the blind box. First, in this period of rapid development, everyone is under pressure. Opening blind boxes is such a thing that can make us relaxed. Second, blind boxes also have their social influence (影响). Nowadays, many teenagers have a 2D circle, where the toys in the blind box are closely related to it. Buying blind boxes is to pay for their hobbies and interests. At the same time, they get friendship by showing, sharing or exchanging toys in these circles. Even so, we still need to treat blind boxes in a proper way. Edward |
Though opening blind boxes is exciting, I think teenagers should avoid (避免) it. First, the prices of the blind boxes are mostly high. Second, opening blind boxes may lead to addiction (上瘾). If teenagers don’t get what they want in the first place, they may buy more boxes until they get what they want. This is not good for them. Lucy |
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Send and close1. How does the writer start the passage?
2. How does Edward feel about opening blind boxes?
3. How do teenagers get friendship in their 2D circles?
4. What does Lucy think of the prices of the blind boxes?
5. Who thinks teenagers should avoid blind boxes?
6. 书面表达。
| *Mini-dictionary* 盐城自然保护区 Yancheng Nature Reserve 丹顶鹤 red-crowned crane 盐城大洋湾景区 Yancheng Dayang Bay Scenic Spot 金沙湖 Golden Sand Lake 珠溪古镇 Zhuxi Ancient Town 乐队 band 盐城市文化馆 Yancheng Cultural Centre |
盐城，这座充满活力与魅力的城市，正以其独特的“盐”值吸引着越来越多的游客。“落霞与孤鹜齐飞，秋水共长天一色”，在盐城沿海有一处全世界最大的丹顶鹤自然保护区；春节期间，大洋湾水木烟花秀，天上水中交相辉映；在金沙湖的冰天雪地里尽情滑雪，体验不同的冬日乐趣，热“雪”燃冬；元宵佳期，来自全国的50多个乐队齐聚珠溪古镇，音乐、青春和元宵灯会相得益彰；“等闲识得东风面，万紫千红总是春”，3月份，在盐城市文化馆举行了各种音乐、舞蹈、戏剧等演出……
作为中学生，用英语书写家乡的文化，也是我们热爱家乡的一种方式。请以Fang Hua的名义，给外国的笔友 Simon回信，介绍自己过去的两个月里在盐城游玩的经历。根据以上的提示，自选2-3个活动进行描述（也可适当自由发挥）。
| 要点: 1. When and where did you visit? 2. What did you do there? 3. How did you feel? |
1.文中不能出现真实姓名、校名等信息；
2. 词数100左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
3.文章必须包含所有要点，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。
Dear Simon,
Glad to receive your letter. My hometown is a fantastic place to take a tour of and I visited some places last two months. I’d like to share some of them with you.
Yours,
Fang Hua
5 . 读写综合。
回答问题。
You may have seen such a photo: with a long white beard (胡须) and wearing a bamboo hat, an old fisherman sits on a boat. Huang Quande looked like this when tourists took photos with him on the Lijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi. He became so famous online that many believed the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan renminbi banknote (纸币) was based on him. Sadly, Huang died at the age of 94 on Feb 1, 2023.
Huang gave up fishing and became a photo model in 2008. He showed the true spirit (精神) of Lijiang River—being positive and friendly. In his 90s, Huang could still move his boat with speed.
The image of the fisherman on the back of the 20-yuan banknote is not just about one man. Instead, it is a cultural symbol of Guilin landscape (风景) commented Guangming Daily.
In fact, the different backsides of the fifth series of renminbi banknotes show the most iconic (标志性的) landscapes in China. Each of them carries its own cultural value. For example on the back of the 5-yuan banknote is Mount Tai in Shandong. In ancient times many emperors would go there and pray (祈祷) for the country. On the back of the 1-yuan banknote are the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon (三潭映月) in West Lake, Zhejiang. It is a great place for moon watchers during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Because of the renminbi pictures, these places have attracted more tourists than before. Following the banknotes from 1 yuan to 100, Pan Jinyu from Chongqing had a “banknote tour” when he was 21. “I want to finish a ceremonial (有仪式感的) journey and feel the beauty of our country” Pan told Chongqing Economic Times.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. When did the old fisherman die?2. What is the true spirit of Lijiang River?
3. On which banknote is the picture of Mount Tai in Shandong?
4. Why are there more tourists than before in these places?
5. What do you think of these renminbi pictures?
6. 写作。
假设联合国教科文组织正在举行“保护地球”英文征文活动，请以”Save the Earth!”为题写一篇短文投稿。内容要点包括：
*现状 | *地球变脏、变暖； *动植物处于危险之中； *…… |
*原因 | *砍伐森林； *杀戮动物； *…… |
*建议 | *不吃野生动物； *回收废物保护环境； *骑自行车减少污染； *…… |
注意事项：1)词数：100左右 (文章开头已给出，不计入总词数)；
2)文章必须包括所有要点，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺。
Save the Earth
Our earth was healthy and beautiful in the past. However,
6 . （一）阅读并回答问题
A different culture keeps my eyes and mind open. When I stayed in Russia as an exchange student, I learned about it.
One day, a Russian friend invited me to a well-known restaurant in Moscow (莫斯科). I looked forward to trying local food. After arriving there, I found nothing on the table but several small plates, on which there were nuts, a few slices (片) of tomatoes, and several pieces of onions. Although the dishes were simple, we drank a lot and I felt the passion (热情) from the bottom of his heart. In China, when we invite friends or relatives, we always treat them to a big dinner. We buy as much food as we can to show our friendliness.
What a different culture it is! Even though we try our best, it’s very difficult to get used to their customs.
Another Russian custom also impresses me deeply. As we know, it is very cold in winter there. When winter comes, Russians love to swim. They even take their kids outside together. Like their parents, Russian kids rub (擦) their bodies with snow before jumping into the water. Although the water is freezing cold, they all play happily in it.
What fun it is to know about a different culture!
1. What did the writer look forward to doing when his friend invited him to a restaurant?（二）书面表达
6. 2023盐城马拉松暨大运河马拉松系列赛 (the Marathon and Grand Canal Marathon Series) 正式拉开序幕，各地选手相聚一起，作为盐城市民(citizen) 的你应该为这场活动作出哪些贡献呢？美化环境 | 不乱扔垃圾 (litter)，保持公共场所干净整洁 (keep...clean)； 植树种花，保护环境 …… |
文明礼貌 | 主动向客人问好 (say hello to...) …… |
乐于助人 | 向客人介绍盐城的历史文化，带领客人赏美景 (beauty)，品美味 …… |
其它 | …… |
要求：
1. 词数90词左右；开头已给出，不计入总字数；不得出现真实的人名、班级名；
2. 短文应包括表格内所有内容要点，不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯通顺。
Working for the Yancheng Marathon
Yancheng officially raised the curtain for the Marathon and Grand Canal Marathon Series. Players from all over the area get together.
7 . （一）阅读并回答问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
A movie named Full River Red caught people’s eyes. At the same time, many people were moved by the poem written by Yue Fei.
As we all know, Yue Fei is a famous anti-gold star. He is a national hero in many Chinese people’s hearts. Yue Fei was born in a village. His father was a farmer. The poor living conditions even made his four elder brothers dead. That’s why he was called Wulang. When he was ten years old, his parents were almost 50 years old. So he was not even able to study more but he was hard-working. He learned his martial art (武术) from Zhou Tong, who was known for his archery (骑射). Later, Yue Fei learned spear (枪) from Chen Guang, who was also a very good teacher. Living in the difficult conditions, although he was not strong enough because of malnutrition, he tried his best to improve himself and finally became a man with strong power.
Yue Fei’s mother is also a common woman from village. However, she loved the country very much. After she heard that Yue refused to be a traitor, she felt very happy. One day, she said to her son, “Dear son, I am so pleased that you have done the right thing. I feel proud of you!” She asked Yue Fei to take off his coat and wrote Four big Chinese characters “Jing Zhong Bao Guo”.
Later, Yue Fei was very brave and succeeded in many wars. Although he was persecuted (迫害) at last, his spirit lives forever in the heart of every Chinese.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
1. Why was Yue Fei called Wulang?（二）书面表达
6. 作为一名八年级的学生，与以前相比，发生了许多变化。请以“I have changed a lot!”为题，根据以下要求与提示，用英语写一篇短文，具体描述你最重要的变化及其如何发生的。要求：1．短文不得出现任何真实人名、校名及其它相关信息；2．90词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
提示：1．What did you use to be like? 2．What is the most important change? 3．And how did it happen? ...
I have changed a lot!
My life has changed a lot in the past few years. I used to
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
8 . 阅读并回答问题。
After that party, Beth often appeared in Mr. Laurence’s house, coming and going unseen. She lost herself in playing the piano there. She never knew that Mr. Laurence opened his study door to hear the music. She only knew he was kind, and she enjoyed herself heartily.
“Mother, I’m going to work Mr. Laurence a pair of slippers. He is so kind to me. Can I do it?” asked Beth, one day.
“Yes, my dear. It will be a nice way of thanking him. The girls will help you about them, and I will pay for the making up,” replied Mrs. March.
After many serious discussions with Meg and Jo, the work started. Beth worked away early and late, and the slippers were finished soon. Then she wrote a short, simple note, and with Laurie’s help, got them onto the study table one morning before the old gentleman was up.
When this excitement was over, Beth waited to see what would happen. On the afternoon of the second day, when she came back home, from a distance, she saw her sisters waving their hands at the windows, and several joyful voices screamed, “Here’s a letter from the old gentleman!”
Beth hurried on. At the door her sisters stopped her, all pointing and all saying at once, “Look there! Look there! Beth did look, and turned pale with delight and surprise, for there stood a little cabinet piano, with a letter lying on the glossy lid, saying” “For Miss Elizabeth March”
“For me?” gasped Beth, holding onto Jo.
“Yes, all for you, my precious!” cried Jo, hugging her sister and offering the note. “You read it! I can’t, I feel so excited!” said Beth. Jo opened the paper and began to read:
“Miss March, I have had many pairs of slippers in my life, but I never had any that suited me so well as yours. I like to pay my debts, so I know you will allow “an old gentleman” to send you something which once belonged to the little granddaughter he lost. With hearty thanks and best wishes. Your grateful friend, James Laurence.”
回答下列5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
1. Why did Mr. Laurence open the study door?成长路上，你曾经遇见过很多人，如一位师长，一个朋友等；你也曾经历过很多事，如一次比赛，一项活动等；你也有自己喜欢的东西，如一首歌，一本书；这些人、事物或多或少的对你产生影响，让你发生一些变化，这些变化往往会有助于你的成长。请以“__________ made me a difference”为题写一篇英语短文。
以下问题供你参考：
According to an experience of your own, talk about：
1. Which person or thing touched you?
2. How did you feel and what did you gain?
3. …
注意：
1. 观点明确，语意连贯，层次清楚，书写规范。
2. 表达中不得提及真实姓名和校名等相关信息。
3. 100 词左右。（开头已给出，不计入总词数）
__________ made me a difference
In our life, our family or friends, even some strangers, as well as we’ve gone through in our study or daily life, may make us a difference.
9 . 读写综合
阅读并回答问题。
You don’t know me unless you read a book called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck’s my name, Huckleberry Finn. That book ends like this: my best friend, Tom Sawyer, and I found $12,000 in gold in a cave. We became rich. We got $6,000 each.
My mother died long ago and then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was always drunk and he often beat me. Then a kind old lady called Widow Douglas took me into her home to live. She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table. She sent me to school every day.
I hated those new clothes. I missed my old life. I put on my old clothes and ran away and was free and happy, but Tom Sawyer found me and said that if I wanted to join his club, I would have to return to live with the widow. For this reason, I returned to live with her.
The months passed and winter came. The weather got cold. One morning I woke up and there was snow on the ground. On my way to school I saw some footprints outside the widow’s house. My heart jumped. Pap!
“He’s heard about my money,” I thought. “And he wants it!”
When I lit my candle and went up to my room that night, there sat Pap—his own self! I expected to be scared of him now, but I wasn’t. I stood looking at him; he set there—looking at me.
Pap was nearly fifty years old. His black hair was long and uncombed and dirty. He had allowed hair to grow on his face, which was ghostly white. Just looking at the ugly white skin made me feel sick. His clothes? —dirty and torn. His feet showed through large holes in his shoes. His hat was on the floor—an old black hat with a large hole in it.
—Taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
1. Who is telling the story?“一粥一饭当思来之不易，半丝半缕恒念物力维艰”，勤俭节约是中华民族的优良传统，即使我们现在的生活条件有了极大的提高，我们也不应该浪费粮食。假如你是李华，你所在的学校英语校报专栏向全体学生征稿，主题是 “节约粮食”。请你根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文。
1.食物提供给我们每日所需能量，美食使人心情愉悦。
2.浪费粮食的现象随处可见，如家庭、校园食堂、餐馆等。
To save food
The Great Wall of China is called the “Ten Thousand Li Great Wall” in Chinese. In fact, it’s over 21,000 kilometres long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.
The Great Wall has a history of over 2,000 years. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were built to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. Later, the Qin dynasty united the different parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up.
The Great Wall is wide enough on the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to watch enemies. They lit fires on the towers as a warning when the enemy came.
It was very difficult to build such a wall in ancient times without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. There’s a famous Chinese saying—He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
1. How long is the Great Wall of China?
2. When did people start to build the Great Wall?
3. When the enemy invaded, what did the soldiers do on the watchtowers?
4. How was the Great Wall built?
5. How do you understand “He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.”?
（二）书面表达
6. 读书使人明智，读书使人聪慧，读书使人明理，读书使人善辩。假如你是李明，你的英国网友Peter给你写了一封信，想具体了解你和你的同学进行课外阅读的相关情况。请你根据Peter的来信，用英语写一封回信。
| Dear Li Ming, Glad to hear from you. You said at present only a few students do some reading in their free time. I’m very surprised to hear that. Why don’t they have enough time to read books? How much time do you spend on reading? What types of books do you like best? In your opinion why do the students need to read books? Hope to hear from you soon. Best wishes! Peter |
1. 信件必须包含所有提示内容，可适当发挥，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2. 词数100左右，信件的首尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I’m very happy to share my ideas about reading with you.
All the best,
Li Ming
