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2022-2023学年初三第二学期中考二轮复习语法填空模拟训练I wasreally excitedwhen I1offer theopportunity togo toGuangzhou inChina formy workand Ispenta lotof timevisiting schoolsand observinglessons.The schools I visitedwere all2good equippedwithcomputers,video screensand interactivewhiteboards inmost of the rooms.The buildingswere3goodcondition andthere werespaces forthe childrento playbadmintonor basketball.I noticedsome interestingdifferences in the schoolroutine.When itwas timefor aclass to begin orend,music wasplayed on the intercom.I thoughtthis was a reallynice idea.There werealso shortbreaks foreyeexercises withmusic4play on the intercom.This wassomething Ihad neverseen5heard ofbefore soIwas veryinterested init.In someof theschoolsIvisited,the habitof6take anap atlunchtime issomethingI reallylike.The schoolsmade us7feel verywelcome andthe childrentook greatinterest inus.They werevery keento practisetheirEnglish andask usquestions.The pupilsseemed tobe very8enthusiasm about their Englishclasses.I reallyenjoyed my10days inChina.It was a greatexperience andopened myeyes to a verydifferentculture.In someways itwas bettertobethere onwork than asa tourist.You learnsomething aboutpeopleseveryday9life.If yougo onwork Ithink youlearn moreaboutthereal cultureof aplace becauseyou canseenormal peopledoing normalthings innormal places.10,next timeI goto ChinaI wouldlike tospend sometime asatouristrather thanworking allthe time.Ballet is a formalkind of dance performancewith arich andinteresting history.The wordballet”comes from the Frenchlanguage.Ballefs earlyroots1begin inItaly inthe late1400s.But itwas inFrance2ballet developedinto theform weknow today.The Frenchruler Louis the Fourteenthhad abig influence3the directionof balletinits earlyhistory.He ruledFrance forseventy-two years,4start in
1643.He starteddancing asa boyandworked harddaily.Louisthe Fourteenth turnedballet intoa formofdancethat reflected5he power and influence.Ballets manyrules and6extreme detailedmovements expresseda personspowerandsocial relations.The kingmade surethat balletbecame arequirement forthe peopleof hiscourt.He wasalso the7foundof theRoyal Academyof Dance,an institution8important peoplecould learnthis art.The aimof thisdancewas self-control,order andperfection.Ballet slowlychanged froma danceat thekings courtto one9perform byprofessional dancers.When LouistheFourteenthdied in1715,ballet l0bring tootherparts ofEurope andwas developingin otherways.We allknow cleanwater isimportant forgood health.But nowwe alsoknow weshould watch]wekeep our water in.Plastic bottleshardened with a dangerousmaterial2call BPAcan releaseachemical intoourwaterthat harmsour bodies.Since2011,many countries£ban plasticwith BPAfromuse infood containersand babybottles.But areother non-BPA plasticssafePlastic labeledBPA-free mightuse otherchemicals thathave4harm healtheffects.5Study haveshownthat lowlevels ofthose chemicalsmight havethe sameeffects asBPA.So,what shouldpeopledo The6good materialto drinkfrom isglass,J hasno chemicals that canpoison water.Another goodchoice8a drinkcontainer isstainless steel.Stainless steelbottles arebetterthan aluminumbottles,which arecovered witha thinplastic9protect themetal fromacids.There aremany goodfood-grade stainlesssteel waterbottles onthe market.If youdo decideto usea reusableplastic waterbottle,avoid10keep itinthesun.Sunlight andhotliquid speedup therelease ofchemicals intoyour drinkingwater.-四The SingingSands Mountain,asahot touristattraction,1locate inDunhuang inWestern China.Asyou walkthrough thequicksand orslide downa sand mountain,sometimes youcan hearloud noisesfrombeneath yourfeet.This ishow itgot thename“The SingingSands Mountain”.2nest betweenthe tallsand mountains,there liesa spring.It hasexisted forthousands of yearsand neverdried up.The spring,3shape likea moon,is calledthe Crescent Spring月牙泉.The formationand4exist ofthe springare relatedto itslandform.The flowingwater comestogetherhere andoverflows througha geologicallayer toform theCrescentSpring.Its5extreme dryhere,withthe amountof annualevaporation蒸发being more than60times6oftheannual rainfall.However,thestable watersource ensuresa7sustain watersupply to the spring.The CrescentSpring isalso dueto thelow-lying terrain地势.Whenever thereisasandstorm,itforms8upward airflow betweenthe surroundingsand mountainsto sendthe sandat thefoot backtothetopof thesandmountainand savesit9being swallowedby quicksand.The CrescentSpring,10terrain andlandscapeare reallydistinctive,has becomea romanticscenic spot.五English perfectlyshows thenetwork effects“of aglobal tongue:the morepeople useit,the moreusefulit is.Parents expecttheir childrenlmaster English,which isencouraging the2grow ofprivateschooling.Education authoritiesare switching to Englishmedium,in partto controlthe outflow夕卜流ofchildren intothe privatesector.Teaching children in English is fineif thatis3they speakat homeand theirparents arefluent4it.Butthat isnot5case inmost publicand low-cost privateschools.Children aretaught ina languagethey dontunderstandby teachers6Englishispoor.The childrenlearn neitherEnglish noranything else.Research showsthat childrenlearn7much whenthey aretaught intheir mothertongue thanthey dowhenthey aretaught inany otherlanguage.In astudy ofchildrenin12schools inCameroon lastmonth,those taught in Kom8do betterthan thosetaughtinEnglish inall subjects.English shouldbe animportant subjectat school,but not9necessary thelanguage ofinstruction.Rather thanswitchingtoEnglish-medium teaching,governments fearfulof10lose custom光顾to theprivatesector shouldlook atthe manypossible waysof improvingpublic schools.六IN DENMARKyoure nevermorethan30miles fromthe sea.Aside fromJutlands boundarywithGermany,Denmark isj entiresurrounded bywater,withatotal of5,437miles ofcoastline,“This madeitperfect fbrthe Vikingsociety,2sailing wasthe mostimportant wayto getaround」says RikkeJohansen,director atthe VikingShip Museum,in Roskilde.Land dividedpeople;water connected3theyFishingwas anecessity for4survive longbefore Denmark,which ismade upof406islands,5become anagriculturalnation,but today,Johansen says,water meansleisure formost DanesJWe takeit6granted;itsa wayof life.For manyof us,7look outat waterevery dayis key.The wholeof Denmarkis lowland,formed byIce Ageglaciers andglacial streams.With8highest pointjust558feet abovesealevel,the countryis easilyinfluenced byfloods andstorms.Sea levelsare expectedto risethree feetby2100,and9scientist areworried thathistorical sitesonthecoast willdisappearaltogether.In2019the120-year-old RubjergKnude light-house,originally10build656feet fromthe sea,had tobe wheeledback,as coastalerosion侵蚀had reducedthat distanceto just19feet.七Tea isone ofthel.much populardrinks inthe world.You makeit bypouring hotwater overthe driedleavesof atea plant.For hundredofyearspeople believedthat teacould cureillnesses,and theyused
3.asmedicine.Today scientistsknow thattea containschemicalsthatprevent cellsfrom dying.Most teashavecaffeine inthem,
4.makes youfeel moreactive.Some peoplehave problems5,drink teabecause itcancause sleeplessness.The teaplant6,grow bestin tropicaland temperateplaces whererain fallsthroughout theyear.Teascan begrown fromsea level7」about2,000metres,but thebest qualitygrows inhigher regions.Tea comesfromthe leaves andbuds oftea plants.Wild plantscan beup to9metres high,however,ontea plantations^.pull the leaves9」easy,people cutthem backtoabush ofabout ametre inheight.Ittakes aplant threeto fiveyears beforeit isready forpicking.A pickercan harvestabout20kg oftea10e day.On largetea plantationstheleavesare harvestedbymachines,but thequality oftea ishigher whentheleavesare pickedby handChina speed isamazing theworld.While othercountries arestruggling tomake high-speed railwayareality,the ChinaRailway Corporation]busy itselfin layingdown over25,000km of high-speed tracksoverthe pastten years-accounting forroughly two2three ofthe worldstotal lengthofhigh-speed raillines.Up tonow,China hasbuilt thelargest high-speed railnetwork worldwide.The3impact gowellbeyond therailway sector.It alsoincludes changedpatterns ofurban development,increases intourism,and growthof regionaleconomy.4boost regionalintegration andeconomic growth,plans forhigh-speedmaglev磁悬浮lines withtrains traveling5aspeedof600kph ormore aretaking shapein moreChinesecities.“China startedoperating itsfirst maglevrailway morethanadecade ago.Nevertheless,fbr lackofcritical technologiesat thattime,we onlyconcentrated onconventional high-speed rail,said SunZhang,6isa leadingrailway specialist.But theresearch team7lead byhim,tried theirbest tolearn advancedtechnologiesfrom foreigncountries andeventually developedour owninnovations,greatly8transformour wayof life.There isno denyingthat allof theseachievements makeour travelconvenient and9,rely,especially during“Chunyun“10annual testontheChina^transportation system.Thanks to“China speed,people cango backhome fbrreunions withfamilies andfriends intime.。