In Germany, there is a special museum. It is the only one of this kind in the world and few people know it.Every year，the number of people who come to visit the museum is only 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 River Nile 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—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 as few windows as possible in the wall.

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.

1.Which is right about the museum?

A. It is in Germany.

B. It is a museum about taxes in German history.

C. It is the only museum in the world.

D. It is very famous in the world.

2.Which is the best title for this museum?

A. A German museum

B. A tax museum

C. The only museum in the world

D. A very small museum

3.The history of taxes may have lasted ________ years at least.

A. 3, 000 B. 5, 000

C. 6, 000 D. 2, 000

4.Which is right?

A. Only Egypt, England and Russia have taxes.

B. The taxes are free now.

C. The taxes were heavy.

D. The taxes were completely used for people.

5.Which is right?

A. Egypt—Window Tax，England—Water Level Tax，Russia—Beard Tax

B. Egypt—Water Level Tax，Russia—Window Tax，England—Beard Tax

C. Egypt—Water Level Tax，Russia—Beard Tax，England—Window Tax

D. Egypt—Beard Tax，Russia—Water Level Tax，England—Window Tax

If you spend some time in an English?speaking country you might hear the term “etiquette”. It means normal and polite social behavior. This may seem like a difficult word at first，but it can be very useful to understand.

Etiquette is not the same in every culture or in every situation.For example，standing very close to the person you are talking with is quite common in some Asian countries.However，if you do this in Europe，some people might feel uncomfortable.Even in China，we all know that etiquette is not the same in all situations. Perhaps we think that talking loudly in our own homes is fine，but there are other places where talking loudly is not allowed.For example，most people would agree that talking loudly in a library，a museum or a movie theater is impolite.Even if you are with your friends，it is better to keep your voice down in public places.

If we see someone breaking the rules of etiquette，we may politely give them some suggestions. One of the most polite ways is to ask someone，“Would you mind doing this or Would you mind not doing that？”People don't usually like to be criticized，so we have to be careful how we do this.

Although__rules__of__etiquette__can__often__be__different，some__rules__are_ _the__same__almost__everywhere__in__the__world！For example，dropping litter is almost never allowed.If you see someone you know doing this，you can ask them，“Would you mind picking it up？”

根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

1.What does the word“etiquette”mean?

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2.Find out the key sentence of Paragraph 2.

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3.If your friend talks loudly in the library，what would you say to him/her？(根据你对短文的理解，写出一个委婉的建议)

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4.请将最后一段中的画线句子译成汉语。

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5.给短文拟一个标题。

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补全对话

A: Good morning, Dad. Are you free now?

B：Yes, my child. What's up?

A：1.

B：No problem! Let's go now.

(An hour later, they get to the Science Museum.)

A：Hurry up, Dad! Wow! Great!

B：Shh! Be quiet, my child. 2.

A：Sorry. 3. Can I take photos?

B：I'm afraid not. Look at the sign “No photos”．

A：OK. Let's go upstairs.

B：Good. Oh, there aren't many people in this hall. I want to smoke to have a rest.

A：No, you can't smoke here, Dad. 4.

B：Yes. Then, where can I smoke?

A：What a pity! All the halls are non?smoking areas.

B：OK. I won't smoke.

A：5. You'd better give it up.

B：Thank you, my child. I'll think about it.

A．These pictures are so beautiful and I have never seen them.

B．The sign says “No smoking”．

C．Would you please take me to the Science Museum?

D．Look at the sign “No entry”．

E．Mind your step, please.

F．Dad, smoking is bad for your health.

G．You see the notice there “No shouting”？

书面表达

假如你们要参观Green Swimming Club，请根据下面提示，写一篇80词左右的短文来介绍它。

内容提示：

1．Green Swimming Club位于市中心，任何年龄段的人都可以加入；

2．三不规则：所借的游泳衣、救生圈、椅子不得损坏 (destroy)，不准乱扔垃圾，不准在游泳区钓鱼；

3．周六、周日全天开放。

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Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us _________:since scientists can send a man to the moon, why_______they find a cure( 疗法)for the common cold? The answer is easy. There are actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses (病毒)out there. You_______know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one

When a virus attacks(攻击)your body, your body works hard to_______it. Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion(堵塞)in it. This makes you feel_______because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually "eating" the virus. Your temperature_______, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You may feel great pain, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.

Different people have different ways to deal with colds. Some people might eat chicken soup

Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids(流汁). Other people take medicine. However, some scientists say that taking medicine_______you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to fight and kill it. Bodies can do an amazing job on_______own. There is a_______about taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this：

It ________about one week to get over a cold if you don' t take medicine, but it takes only seven days to get over a cold if you take medicine.

1.A. suppose B. predict C. wonder

2.A. mustn’t B. can’ t C. shouldn’t

3.A. always B. even C. never

4.A. fight B. feel C. Protect

5.A. better B. comfortable C. terrible

6.A. improves B. rises C. raises

7.A. when B. though C. unless

8.A. our B. Its C. their

9.A. speech B. joke C. story

10.A. takes B. means C. spends

Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But during the summer vacation in 2017. Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their son: suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. "The door to his room is always shut, "Joanna noted

Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. "She used to sit with me on the sofa and talk, "said Mark. "Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady.”

Before age 11,children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. ”in fact, parents are first on the list, "said Michael Riera , writer of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers.“This completely changes during the ten years, "Riera explained. "They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents- last.”

To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental (心灵)break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children, is a better way to know them.

1.“The door to his room is always shut "means that .

A. the son is busy with his homework

B. the son doesn’t want to talk to his parents

C. the son needs some sleep

2.What troubles Tina and Mark most is that their daughter .

A. only talks to her teachers

B. asks for too much money

C. talks little in class

D. talks with them only when she wants something

3.Who do teenagers talk to first when they have problems in Michael Riera's opinion?

A. Friends B. Teachers

C. Parents D. Brothers and sisters

4.According to the last paragraph, what advice does the writer give to parents?

A. Be a manager with your children B. Never talk too much to your children

C. Be a friend with your children D. Give your children whatever they want

1.What do we know about Nina Malpas?

A. She likes Mexican food

B. She is an excellent taekwondo teacher

C. She has learned a lot from her grandparents.

D. She is teaching how to make beaded bracelets

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. A student can learn Beading on Tuesdays

B. Susanna O'Neill has never jumped rope before

C. The classes are available for over two months

D. Juan Alvarado will take students to a Spanish restaurant

3.This material is probably from a .

A. storybook B. news report C. student’ s diary D. school’s website

Do you know sand has been used to draw pictures since ancient times? Today, sandpainting, an interesting art, will be introduced to you.

Sandpainting is an art of using the sand to make a fixed or unfixed painting. Maybe we all played fixed sandpainting as we were young. We first painted a simple picture, then we brushed glue to the section, and at last we poured colored sand onto the glue in order to make it fixed.

Unfixed sandpaintings have a long cultural history around the world. People poured sand on a surface to make paintings or use some tools to draw pictures in the sand directly. They are often temporary(临时的) Different people draw sandpaintings to express different meanings：love of nature, admiration for God or love of beauty.

Nowadays, sandpainting becomes a performance art and its popularity has risen. On the stages, sandpainting performers make a series of images by drawing lines and figures in the sand with their fingers and hands. The series of images are used to tell a story

Kseniya Simonova, who is from Ukraine, is one of the greatest sandpainting performers in the world. People call her "The Lady of the Sand”.

Simonova said that she never dreamed she’d become a sand artist, and when she began practicing, she nearly gave it up. But she persevered, looking after her baby in the daytime and training every night. You Are Always Nearby is one of the most famous performances of Simonova. It is a story about a young couple separated by a war in which the soldier is tragically (悲惨地)killed, but returns in spirit to watch over his wife and child. This performance makes all audience(观众)cry

Art is everywhere and is not far away from common people. Art of painting is in our life，even in the sand.

1.Which of the following is necessary to make a fixed sandpainting?

A. Water B. A printed picture.

C. Colored paper. D. Glue

2.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. Sandpainting is becoming more and more popular.

B. A great sandpainting performer in the world

C. A story about a young couple separated by a war.

D. What sandpainting tries to express.

3.The underlined word "persevered" can be replaced by .

A. set off B. gave out C. held on D. ended up

4.What do we know about Simonova according to the passage?

A. She is the best painter in the world.

B. Being a sand artist is her biggest dream.

C. She once gave up performing for her family.

D. Her performances are popular with people.

Have you ever wondered how we know the things that we know? How do we know that the stars are really huge balls of fire like the Sun and very far away? And how do we know that the Earth is a smaller ball turning round one of those stars, the Sun?

The key to those questions is“ evidence"(证据). Sometimes evidence means actually seeing (or hearing, feeling, smelling…) that something is true. Astronauts have travelled far enough from the Earth to see with their own eyes that it is round. Sometimes our eyes need help The" evening star" looks like a bright twinkle in the sky, but with a telescope( 望远镜 ) you can see that it is a beautiful ball. Something that you learn by direct seeing(or hearing or feeling… )is called an observation(观察)

Often evidence isn't just observation on its own, but observation always hides at the back of it. If there's been a murder, often nobody(except the murderer and the dead person!)actually observed it. But detectives(侦探)can gather together lots of other observations which may all point towards the suspect(嫌疑犯). If a person’s finger- prints match those found on a knife, this is evidence that he touched it. It doesn't prove(证明)that he did the murder, but it can help when it's joined up with lots of other evidence.

Prediction helps to look for evidence. Scientists make a guess about what might be true. For example, if the world is really round, we can predict that any of us, going on and on in the same direction, should eventually find ourselves back where we started

People sometimes say that you must believe in feelings deep inside, but not all the inside feelings are real evidence.

What can we do about all this? When somebody tells you something that sounds possible, think to yourself: "Is there any evidence for that? And, next time somebody tells you that something is true, why not say to them: What kind of evidence is there for that? "Remember ,always think carefully before you believe a word.

1.Why does the writer use the example of a detective in Paragraph 3?

A. To explain what prediction is

B. To tell what observation is called

C. To introduce how detectives work.

D. To prove evidence is not just observation

2.The underlined "eventually "in Paragraph 4 means

A. probably B. finally C. completely D. luckily

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Prediction helps to prove something if it is true.

B. What you see directly is real evidence

C. People should always believe their inside feelings

D. Astronauts find the Earth is round with a telescope.

4.what's the best title of the passage?

A. Evidence speaks

B. Scientists make predictions

C. Inside feelings help get ideas

D. Observation offers the facts

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Chen Qingyuan is an ordinary(普通的)student in Grade 8 in the United States. But he has made himself a“star" on WeChat! He has a public We Chat account(微信号) to share his life in the US, from study to after-class activities. He has about 1, 200 followers (追随者).All his posts are original and he updates(更新)it almost every day.

1.“Gradually, I realized that followers prefer things that are‘useful’to themselves. Parents are more interested in how to apply(申请)for US schools, he said. For example, his most popular article was how to deal with interviews when applying for a US private high school 2.

To write high quality articles every day, Chen worked very hard. He observed life carefully, read a lot of books and even learned how to design pages.3. The key is to find a point and make it clear, " he said.

4.Through pictures, he showed that US students would receive many materials on the first school day, including the headmaster's Letter and some forms(表格)to fill in. While in China, students would have a class meeting to discuss their class rules for the new term.

5.He was happy and said he would keep writing at least until high school because he wouldn't let his followers down.

A. He shared his several interview experiences and gave suggestions in this article

B. Recently, he wrote an article about the differences between the first school day in the US and China

C. At the beginning, only a few people read his stories. But he didn't give up

D. Many readers encouraged and thanked him by sending messages

E. I found everything in life could be written about