1．　　A lot of boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same kinds of clothes and many of them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether (#7) they are boys or girls .
　　One day, an old man goes for a walk in a park in Washington and when he is tired, he sits down on a bench (长凳) and a young person is standing on the other side of the pond (池塘).
　　"My God," the old man says to the person next to him on the bench
　　"Do you see that person with long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?"
　　"A girl," says his neighbor.
　　"She's my daughter.
　　"Oh! No!" The old man says quickly,
　　"Please forgive (原谅) me, I don't know that you are her mother.
　　" I'm not," says the other person, "I'm her father."
判断正误, 正确的在题号前写 A, 错误的在题号前写 B．

2．Sunshine International Language (语言) School
Name: John Black
Class: Class 2, Grade 8
Term: 32021

3．　　It is a beautiful sunny day. Miguel wants to go to the beach (沙滩). He calls his friends, but Mario is at work, and Rosa is at her grandmother's home. So he has to go to the beach alone. He takes his boombox with him.
　　When he arrives at the beach, there aren't many people. There is a family with two little children. There are some American visitors at the shop. Miguel puts up his beach umbrella and lies (躺) down. He turns on his radio and begins to enjoy the beautiful music.
　　Soon Miguel goes to sleep. While he is asleep, a man comes and sits near him. He has a small radio and it plays the same music as Miguel's. After a few minutes, the man picks up Miguel's boombox and walks away.
　　When Miguel wakes up, his radio is not there, and the thief's little old radio is in its place.

4．　　Plants don't eat people, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat﹣eating plant is the Venus flytrap (捕蝇草).
　　The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches (碰) one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly can't get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead (死的). Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats it. Why do plants do it?Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn't have all these important things, especially nitrogen (氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let's hope that some of the bigger plants don't get the same idea!

5．　　Can you imagine (想象) how you will go to work in 50 years?There will be a new kind of cars in the future. They are very small. But people will like these small cars better than the big (1)      .
　　The car is as small as a bike. And it can only (2)      two people. Everybody can drive it easily, just like riding a bike. Even (3)       and old people can drive it to schools or parks.
　　If everyone drives such a car in the future, there will be less pollution (污染) in the air. There will be more space (4)       people to walk on the streets.
　　The small cars will cost less money to buy and to drive. They can go only 65km an hour. So driving this kind of car won't be (5)      .
　　This kind of cars can also save a lot of gas (汽油). They are great cars, aren't they?

6．　　Hi, everybody!Welcome to Taiwan!Now I would like to show you (1)       this island (岛). It is as (2)      as many other places in our country.
　　Do you know something about the Sun Moon Lake? You (3)       ask why people call it so. If you fly high up over the lake and look (4)       from the plane, you will find the answer by yourself. In the middle of this lake, there is a small island. People call it Pearl Island (珍珠岛) because it (5)      like a pearl. That is (6)       people call the lake the Sun Moon Lake.
　　There are many (7)       around this lake. The Ali Mountain is near the Sun Moon Lake. We will stay there for three days. You can also have a dance party with the local people. You can climb the mountain and watch the sun goes down slowly in the (8)      . Of course, you can also (9)       early and enjoy the beautiful sunrise.
　　Now, do you think Taiwan is a wonderful place (10)      ?

17．A:Hi, Lucy. You look tired. (1)      
B:Today I am late for class, and I go to the classroom without breakfast.
A;You are late?
B:Yes. (2)      
A:Oh. That's too bad. (3)      
B:I stay in the school dormitory(宿舍)because it can save me a lot of time.
A:Well, it's true. (4)      
B:But they don't listen to me.
A:(5)      
B:Wow, sounds great. Thanks a lot.
A:You're welcome.

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