浙江省杭州市20xx-20xx学年人教新目标版英语八年级下学期期中试题1

浙江省杭州市20xx-20xx学年人教新目标版英语八年级下学期期中试题1内容摘要：

Elephant Training D. The Elephant Rope 【 参考答案 】 BABAD B The young violin player VanessaMae was the first musician to use dance and rock music in classical music. VanessaMae love pop music, and she was also a very good classical violinist, and she brought these kinds of music together. VanessaMae was born in Singapore on October 27, 1978. She moved to London with her family when she was four. A year later, she started to learn the violin. When she was eight, she went to Beijing to study the violin. When she was ten, she played with a very famous group of classical musicians. But VanessaMae doesn39。 t only play the violin. She learnt the piano before she started to play the violin. She likes lots of different kinds of music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music she likes. Not only has she played in classical concerts all over the world, but she has also played in pop concerts with pop stars. A lot of people don39。 t like the way she uses modern rhythms, noisy drums and guitars in traditional music. But VanessaMae has done one important thing: she has brought many new fans to classical music. For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music. 1. When did VanessaMae begin to learn violin? A. At the age of four B. At the age of five C. At the age of ten D. At the age of eight 2. What type of music does VanessaMae like? A. Only pop music B. Rock music C. Only classic music D. Lots of different kinds of music 3. Why do the young people like to listen to classic music now? Because they like________. A. VanessaMae B. Techno C. Violin D. Piano 4. Who has VanessaMae played with? A. Beethoven and the Beatles B. Many young people C. pop stars and classic musicians D. A group of classic musicians 5. The best title of this passage is______. A. VanessaMae B. A best violinist C. The first musician D. Classic music 【参考答案】 BDACA C Pigs do it. Mice do it. Dogs also do it. Kangaroos? Not so much. Why do some animas shake? The short answer is because they are wet. But there is actually more than thata lot more. In an article, Andrew Dickerson and others took a look at this strange problem. The scientists wrote down the shaking of 33 animals, of them are 5 kinds of dogs. It shows that mammals(哺乳动物 ) can keep stronger by doing their cute little shakes. If they don’t shake, animals would have to use up to 20 percent of their daily energy simply staying dry. And nearly all furry animals shake to help themselves keep dry. Those animals that are similar to kangaroos shake only part of their body. They usually live in dry places where keeping dry isn’t very hard. But not all animals。