人教版英語八年級(jí)下冊(cè)英語同步閱讀

Ml閱讀材料

第一篇

Lifeisnoteasy,soI'dliketosay,"Whenanythinghappens,believeinyourself.^^

WhenIwasayoungboy,Iwastooshytotalktoanyone.Myclassmatesoftenlaughedatme.Iwassadbutcoulddo

nothing.Later,somethinghappened,anditchangedmylife.ItwasanEnglishspeech（比賽）competition.Mymother

askedmetotakepartinit.Whataterribleidea!ItmeantIhadtospeakinfrontofalltheteachersandstudentsofmy

school!

“Comeon,boy.Believeinyourself.Youaresuretowin.ThenmotherandItalkedaboutmanydifferenttopics（話題）.

AtlastIchosethetopic“Believeinyourself*.Itriedmybesttorememberallthespeechandpractiseditover100times.

Withmymother'sgreatlove,Ididwellinthecontest.IcouldhardlybelievemyearswhenthenewscamethatIhad

wonthefirstplace.Iheardthecheersfromtheteachersandstudents.Thoseclassmateswhooncelookeddownonme,

nowallsaid“Congratulations!”tome.Mymotherhugged（擁抱）meandcriedexcitedly.

Since（自從）then,everythinghaschangedforme.WhenIdoanything,ItrytotellmyselftobesureandIwill

findmyself.Thisistruenotonlyforapersonbutalsoforacountry.

第一篇

Angerisakindoffeeling.Manythingscanmakeyouangry.Whenyourteachergivesyoutoomuchhomework,

whenyourteamlosesanimportantgame,whenafriendborrowsyourfavoritethingandthenbreaksit,youmayget

reallyangry.

Usually,yourbodywilltellyouwhenyouareangry.Forexample,youbreathe（呼吸）faster,yourfaceturnsred,

andyoumaywanttobreaksomethingorhit（打）someone,butsometimes,youhide（隱藏）youranger.Forexample,you

mayhideitinyourheart.Theproblemisthatifyoudothis,youmaygetaheadacheoryourstomachmayhurt.

Infact,itsnotgoodtohideyouranger,andit'snormalforyoutogetangrysometimes.Butangermustbeletoutin

therightway,withouthurtingothersoryourself.

Whenyougetangry,youcantalkaboutitwithotherpeople.It*shelpfultotalkaboutyourangerwithanadult,such

asparents,ateacher,etc.Whenyoutalkaboutanger,thosebadfeelingscanstarttogoaway.Herearesomeotherthings

youcandowhenyoustarttofeelangry:talktoagoodfriend;countfrom1to100;givesomeoneahug（擁抱）；gofora

bikeride;thinkaboutgoodthings,etc.

Rememberthathowyouactwhenyouareangrycanmakeeverythingbetterorworse.Don'tletyourangercontrol

you.

第三篇

（2017?四川涼山）

“HappyBirthday^^hasbecomeacakewithlitcandles.And'Tmhappy“hasbecomeasmilingface.Have

而

youeverusedemojis?Theanswerwillprobablybe"Yes”.證夕Nowadaysmoreandmorepeopleuseemojisto

communicateonline.

Emojishavebeenwarmlywelcomedsincetheywereinventedinthe1990sinJapan.Accordingtoasurveyofamobile

technologycompany,6billionemojisareusedintextmessagesaroundtheworldeveryday.Itisreportedthattheicon

冷Nwasusedoften,20percentofallemojisusedintheUKand17percentofthoseusedintheUS.Itbecamethemost

widely-usediconin2015.

Emojisarenowusedasanewexpressionwithoutlanguagebarriers,peoplecanunderstandeachothermoreeasily

eventhoughtheyusedifferentlanguages.Emojisarepopularallovertheworld,especiallyamongtheyoungpeople,

whowerebornbetweenlate1980sandearly2000s,becausetheywelcomenewtechnologyandnewthings.Andthey

thinkemojisareconvenientandshowmeaningsbeautifully.

SincetheyoungpeoplebecamethebiggestpartintheAmericanworkforce,emojishavebeenmoreacceptedinthe

workplace.Formanypeople,thetinypicturesalsoshowthattheusersarepartofmainstreamsociety.Inthedigitalage,

mostpeoplecommunicateandshowtheirpersonalitywithemojismanytimeseveryday.

Butnoteveryonethinkstheuseofemojisisagoodthing.JonathanJonesofTheGuardiansaidthatthesuccessof

emojisis“astepbackfbrhumans”,hurtingpeople'sabilitytouselanguages.

“Therearestrictlimitsonwhatyoucansaywithpictures——thewrittenwordisnecessarytoexpressyourideasand

feelingstotheirhighestlevel.^^hesaid.

j叫［㈣

Doyoufeeloraboutemojis?

第四篇

（2017?浙江麗水）

MybestfriendJennyandIgottothemallforshopping.Sheheldupawhitesweaterandmatchingskirt.t4Doyou

likethis?”sheasked.

“It'sgreat/51said.JennynoddedandcontinuedlookingwhileImovedabout,touchingthebeautifulclothes.44Til

trythison,^^Jennywalkedtowardsthedressingroom.Afterawhile,shecameoutintheoutfit（——套衣服）.Shelooked

beautiful.

Isighed.Partofmewantedtosayhowgoodshelooked,butanotherpartstoppedthewordscomingout.Jennywas

insuchgoodshapethatshe'dlookgoodintheoutfit.Sometimes,Iregrettedchoosingabestfriendwhowassopretty.

God,whycan'tIbetheonewiththerichparentsandthegreatlook?Moreandmore,Iwasenvious（妒忌的）ofher.

"Well,Teresa,whatdoyouthink?^^Jennyaskedmorethanonce."Doyoulikeit?"

Theoutfitlookedgreatonher,butIlied."Notreally.Ithinkyouneedsomethingwithmorecolors.^^

“Youthinkso?”Jennysaiddoubtfully.

“Justbelieveme.We'Hfindsomethingbetter,Itoldher,pushingherbackintothedressingroom.<4Youjustcan't

buythefirstthingyousee."IdidmybesttogetJennyoutofthestore,awayfromthatoutfit.Asweleft,Jennygavethe

sweateronelastlook.

Justdownthemall,wepassedayogurtplace.tcMytreat/5Jennysaid,pullingoutherwallet.

Icouldneversaynotochocolate,sowegotsomeandsatdownatatable.AsJennytalkedwithoutstoppingabouta

millionthings,Ithoughtaboutmyfeelingstowardher.Thosefeelingsweren'tkind.

Sittingthere,IbegantoseeJennyinanewlight.Jennywasattractive（吸引人的）notjustbecauseofhergoodluck,

butmorebecauseofherkindness.Treatingmetochocolatewasfarfromheronlyshowofgenerosity.Shealsoletme

drivehercarandborrowherclothes.

Finishingourchocolate,weheadedforthenextclothingstore."Lookatthatredsweater,Jennysaidaswepassed

thewindow.4<Itwouldbeperfectforyou.Soonmaybeyou'llhaveenoughbysavingyourbabysittingmoneytobuy

somethinglikethat.”

Afewminutesearlier,allIhadheardwasaboutsavingmybabysittingmoney.IhadhatedthefactthatJennycould

askherparentsforanything,andthey'dbuyitforher.Thistime,though,Iheardmore.Iheardthevoiceofsomeone

wholovedandcaredmeforwhoIwas.Ineededtoexpressthesametoher.

第五篇

（2017?貴州畢節(jié)）

Iusedtohatemymotherbecausesheworkedalotanddidn'tspendmuchtimewithme.ThenoneFridaymorningI

tookpartinathreedayself-helpprogramforteenagers.Whetheryoubelieveitornot,thatweekendchangedmylife.

About100otherteenagerswerethere.DuringthefirsttwodaysImetalotofgreatpeople.IwasgladbecauseI

madesomanyfriendsthere.

OnSunday,theleaderdidaninterestingexercisecalled“ChocolateorToys".Heaskedagirlwhichshelikedbetter,

chocolateortoys.Shechosechocolate.Thenheaskedhertochooseagain

betweenchocolateandchocolate.Ofcourse,shedidn'thaveachoice.

Thisexercisetoldusthatsometimeswedon'thaveachoiceinlife,andthatsometimeswehavetoaccept

something,ratherthancomplaining（抱怨）.

Agirlstoodupandstartedtalkingabouthermomwhowasadrugaddictandhowmuchshehatedhermother.

“Iwantanewmom,^^shecried.

44Unfbrtunately,youcan'thaveone,^^theleaderreplied.t€Youhavetoacceptthemotherthatyouhave.99

Thishitmehard.Irealizedthat,forbetterorworse,mymomwasmymom.Icouldn'tchooseanothermom,butI

couldtrytomakethebestofthesituation.

第八篇

（2017?四川瀘州）

Ayoungmanwithalargebagonhisbackcamefarawayforamaster（大師）.Hesaid,"Master,I'msolonelyand

sopainfulthatthelongtripmakesmetiredout,myshoesworn-out,myfeetcut,andmyhandsalsoinjuredand

bleeding...Whycan'tIfindthesunintheheart?^^

Themasterasked,“Whatdoyouputinyourlargebag?”

Theyoungmansaid,“Itisveryimportanttome,insideitincludingthepaineachtimeIfall,thetearseachtimeI'm

hurt,thetroubleeachtimeIfeellonely...Dependingonit,Icancometoyouhere.,,

Sothemastertooktheyoungmantotheriver,wheretheycrossedinaboat.Ontheothersideoftheriver,the

mastersaid,“Hurryonyourjourneycarryingtheboat!”

“What,carryingtheboat?,?theyoungmanwassurprised,cuitissoheavy.HowcanIcarryit?”

“Yes,myson,youcan'tcarryit,“themasterjustsmiledandsaid,"whenyoucrosstheriver,theboatisuseful.But

aftercrossingit,youwillputdowntheboatandhurryon.Ifnot,itwillbecomeaburden（負(fù)擔(dān)）.Pain,lonelinessand

tears—alltheseareusefultolife.Theycanimprovelife,butifyoudon'tforgetthemallthetime,theywillbecomethe

burdeninlife.Putitdown!Myson,lifecan'tbear（承受）aheavyburden.”

Theyoungmanputdownhisbagandhurriedon.Hewalkedeasilyandhappily,andmuchfasterthanbefore.

第七篇

（2017?江蘇鎮(zhèn)江?A）

Whenmeetingstrangers,weusuallynoticetheirhair,skincolourandclothes.Weliketogroupthosethingswe

don'tknowbycomparingthemwiththethingsweknow.

Sowhafswrongwiththis?Forexample,wethinkthatshortboyscan'tpossiblybegoodbasketballplayers.The

girlswholovetobedressedupcan'tbeexcellentstudents.Orwethinkshystudentscan'tbegoodatgivingspeeches.

Thesearetypical（典型的）examplesofstereotypes.

Stereotypesmakepeopleformawrongopinionaboutothersatfirstsight.Infact,ittakesalotmorethanjust

lookingatapersontoknowandunderstandhimorher.Thefollowingismystory.

Oneday,itwassnowing,butnotheavily.Beforeclass,Icollectedalltheexercisebooksandsentthemtothe

teachers5office.Theexercisebookslookedpilesinmyarms,soIcouldhardlyseetheground.Suddenly,Islippedover

（滑倒）anddroppedalltheexercisebooksIwascarrying.

Itriedtostandupbutfailed,IwasabouttopickthemupwhenIsawboycomingtowardsme,itwasMike.

MikeandIhadbeenclassmatesforover2years,butwehadneversharedmorethan5sentencestogether.Hewasa

boywithfewwords,butIlikedtalking.Weweretotallydifferent.Ididn5tlikehimanddidn'twanttobeseenatthat

moment.

''Anythingserious?^^Hiswordsbroughtmeoutofthoughts.sawyousittingonthegroundfromthebackwindow,

soIrushedhere.Letmehelpyou!”hehelpedmeupandpickedalltheexercisebooksup.

Seeingthis,IwassomovedthatIcouldn'tsayasingleword.

Wewalkedtowardstheteachers'officeandthistime,hetalkedalottome.IfoundquiteadifferentMike.

Itookadeepbreathandsaidtomyself:"Inearlymakeabigmistake-judging（判斷）Mikeonlybyhisappearance.^^

M2閱讀材料

第一篇

Aresearchshowsthatexpressionsonourfaceshaveastrongrelationshipwithourgenes（基因）.Accordingtothe

study,facialexpressionsofourfeelingsareinnateandarenotachievedinculturallearning.

Thisisthefirstresearchtoshowthatblindpeoplehavethesamefacialexpressionsasthesightedwhenshowing

certainfeelings-thesamefacialmuscles（肌肉）startworking.What'smore,theresearchgivesthenewmethodofhow

peoplecontroltheirfeelingsincertainsocialsituations.Itstatesthatpeopledonotlearntomanagetheirfacial

expressionsbyexaminingtheexpressionsofothers.

Inhisstudy,DavidMatsumoto,SanFranciscoStateUniversityPsychologyProfessor,examinedfacialexpressionsof

blindandsightedjudoathletes（柔道運(yùn)動(dòng)員）thattookpartintheSummerOlympicsandParalympics（殘奧會(huì)）.He

examinedover4,800picturesofdifferentathleteswhocamefrom23countries.Matsumotofoundthatbothblindand

sightedsportsmenhadthesamefacialexpressions,accordingtoaspecificsocialsituation.

“Thissuggestsgenesdecidefacialexpressionsoffeelings,hesaid.

Oneofhisfindingswasthe“socialsmiles^^ofjudoathleteswholosttheirmatchandgotthesecondplace.Itis

interestingtofindthatonlymouthmusclesareusedinsocialsmiles,whileduringrealsmiles,shownwhenapersonis

reallyhappy,theeyesofapersontwinkleandgetsmallerandthecheeks（臉頰）rise.

第一篇

WhenmyfamilymovedtoAmericain2010fromasmallvillageinGuangdong,China,webroughtnotonlyour

luggage,butalsoourvillagerules,customsandculture.Oneoftherulesisthatyoungpeopleshouldalwaysrespect（尊

敬）elders.Unluckily,thisruleledtomyveryfirstembarrassmentintheUnitedStates.

Ihadapart-timejobasawaiterinaChineserestaurant.Onetime,whenIwasservingfoodtoamiddle-agedcouple,

thewifeaskedmehowthefoodcouldbeservedsoquickly.ItoldherthatIhadmadesuretheygottheirfoodquickly

becauseIalwaysrespecttheelderly.AssoonasIsaidthat,herfaceshowedgreatdispleasure.Mymanager,who

happenedtohearwhatIsaid,tookmeasideandgavemealonglectureabouthowsensitive（敏感）Americansareand

howtheydislikethedescription“old”.Ithenwalkedbacktothetableandapologizedtothewife.Afterthecoupleheard

myreason,theyunderstoodthattheproblemwascausedbyculturaldifferences,sotheylaughedandwerenolonger

angry.

InmyvillageinChina,peopleareproudofbeingold.Notsomanypeoplelivetobeseventyoreighty,andpeople

whoreachsuchanagehavethemostknowledgeandexperience.Youngpeoplealwaysrespectolderpeoplebecause

theyknowtheycanlearnfromtheirrichexperience.

However,intheUnitedStates,peoplethink"growingold“isaproblemsince"old"showsthatapersonisgoingto

retireorthatthebodyisnotworkingwell.Ihadtoldthemsomethingtheydidn'twanttohear.

Afterthat,IchangedthewayIhadbeenwitholderpeople.ItisnotthatIdon'trespectthemanymore;Istill

respectthem,butnowIdon'tshowmyfeelingsthroughwords.

第三篇

Jeanisabrightyoungwomanwhocomesfromarichandfamousfamily.Shegoestoagooduniversityandhas

everythingthatmoneycanbuy.Well,almosteverything.TheproblemisthatthepeopleinJean'sfamilyaresobusythat

theycanhardlyfindtimetobewithher.Infact,Jeanisquitelonely.

SoJeanspendsalotoftimeonherQQ.Shelikesbeinganonymous（匿名）,talkingtopeoplewhodonotknowabout

herfamousfamilyandherrichlife.SheusesthenameLindaonQQandhasmadealotoffriendswhoshekeepsin

touchwithquiteoften.

LastyearJeanmadeaveryspecialfriendonQQ.HisnamewasDavidandlivedinSanFrancisco.Davidwasfullof

storiesandjokes.HeandJeanhadacommon（共同的）interestinrockmusicandmoderndance.Soitalwaystookthem

hourstotalkhappilyonQQandsometimestheyevenforgottheirtime.Ofcourse,theywantedtoknowmoreabouteach

other.Davidsentapictureofhimself:Hewasatall,good-lookingyoungmanwithabig,happysmile.Astimewentby,

theybecamegoodfriendsandoftensentcardsandsmallthingstoeachother.

WhenJean'sfathertoldherthathewasgoingonabusinesstriptoSanFrancisco,sheaskedhimtolethergowith

himsothatshecouldgiveDavidasurpriseforhisbirthday.ShewouldtakehimthelatestDVDoftheirfavoriterock

singer.ButwhensheknockedonDavid'sdoorinSanFrancisco,shefoundthatherspecialfriendwasatwelve-year-old

boynamedJim!

第四篇

LindaEvanswasmybestfriend-likethesisterIneverhad.Wedideverythingtogether:pianolessons,movies,

swimming,horsebackriding.

WhenIwas13,myfamilymovedaway.LindaandIkeptintouchthroughletters,andwesaweachotheronspecial

time——likemywedding（婚禮）andLinda's.Soonwewerebusywithchildrenandmovingtonewhomes,andwewrote

lessoften.OnedayacardthatIsentcameback,stamped“Address（地址）Unknown.,,IhadnoideahowtofindLinda.

Overtheyears,ImissedLindaverymuch.Iwantedtoshare（分享）happinessofmychildrenandthen

grandchildren.AndIneededtosharemysadnesswhenmybrotherandthenmotherdied.Therewasanemptyplacein

myheartthatonlyafriendlikeLindacouldfill.

OnedayIwasreadinganewspaperwhenInoticedaphotoofayoungwomanwholookedverymuchlikeLinda

andwhoselastnamewasWagman-Linda'smarriedname."TheremustbethousandsofWagmans,“Ithought,butJ

stillwrotetoher.

Shecalledassoonasshegotmyletter.tcMrsTobin!^^shesaidexcitedly,4tLindaEvansWagmanismymother.

MinuteslaterIheardavoicethatIknewverymuch,evenafter40years,laughedandcriedandcaughtuponeach

other'slives.Nowtheemptyplaceinmyheartisfilled.Andthere'sonethingthatLindaandIknowforsure:Wewon't

loseeachotheragain!

第五篇

（2017?廣東廣州?B）

TimBerners-Leeisnotthemostfamousinventorintheworld.However,hisinventionhaschangedourlives.

HewasborninLondon,Englandin1955.Whenhewasasmallboy,Timwasinterestedinplayingwithelectrical

things.HestudiedscienceatOxfordUniversity.Hemadehisfirstcomputerfromanoldtelevisionattheageof21.

Timstartedworkingonearlycomputers.Atthattime,theyweremuchbiggerthannow.HeworkedinEnglandthen

Switzerland.Timwasreallyinterestedintwothings,computersandhowthebrainworks.Howcouldthebrainconnect

somanyfactssoquickly?Hehadtoworkwithpeopleallovertheworld.Theysharedinformationaboutcomputers.It

washardtomanageailtheinformation.Heansweredthesamequestionsagainandagain.Ittookalotoftime.Itwas

evendifficultforcomputersinthesameofficeinSwitzerlandtoshareinformation.Timalsoforgotthingseasily.Could

acomputerworklikeabrain?Couldit“talk"toothercomputers?

TherewasanInternetalreadybutitwasdifficulttouse.In1989,TimBerners-LeeinventedtheWorldWideWeb

（WWW）allbyhimself.ThishadaspeciallanguagethathelpedcomputerstalktoeachotherontheInternet.When

peoplewantedtoshareinformationwithothers,theyusedtheWorldWideWeb.TheInternetgrewquicklyafterthat.

TimBerners-Leedoesn'tthinkhedidanythingspecial.HesaysthatalloftheideasabouttheInternetwerealready

there.AHhedidwastoputthemtogether.HesaysthatmanyotherpeopleworkedtogethertomaketheInternetwhatit

istoday.

Mostinventorswanttobecomerich.ButTimgaveawaytheWorldWideWebfornothing.HenowworksinAmerica.

HehelpspeoplesharetechnologyandwantstheInternettobefreeforeveryonetouse.Maybeheisthemostimportant

butleastfamousinventorintheworldtoday!

第八篇

I'velovedmymother'sdesksinceIwasjusttallenoughtoseeabovethetopofitasmothersatdoingletters.

Standingbyherchair,lookingattheinkbottle,pens,andwhitepaper,Idecidedthattheactofwritingmustbethemore

wonderfulthingintheworld.

Yearslater,duringherfinalillness,motherkeptdifferentthingsformysisterandbrother.<4Butthedesk,"she'd

saidagain,"it'sforElizabeth.

Ineversawherangry,neversawhercry.Iknewshelovedme;sheshoweditinaction.Butasayounggirl,I

wantedheart-to-hearttalksbetweenmotheranddaughter.

Theyneverhappened.Andagulfopenedbetweenus.Iwas"tooemotional（易動(dòng)感情的）Butshelived"onthe

surface（表面）

AsyearspassedIhadmyownfamily.Ilovedmymotherandthankedherforourhappyfamily.Iwrotetoherin

carefulwordsandaskedhertoletmeknowinanywayshechosethatshedidforgive（原諒）me.

Ipostedtheletterandwaitedforheranswer.Nonecame.

Myhopeturnedtodisappointment（失望），thenlittleinterestand,finally,peace——itseemedthatnothinghappened.

Icouldn'tbesurethattheletterhadevengottomother.IonlyknewthatIhadwrittenit,andIcouldstoptryingtomake

herintosomeoneshewasnot.

Nowthepresentofherdesktold,asshe'dneverbeenableto,thatshewaspleasedthatwritingwasmychosenwork.

Icleanedthedeskcarefullyandfoundsomepapersinside-aphotoofmyfatherandaoneletter,folded（折疊）and

refoldedmanytimes.

Givemeananswer,myletterasks,inanywayyouchoose.Mother,youalwayschosetheactthatspeakslouder

thanwords.

第七篇

Notmanyyearsago,somefarmerswereworriedbecausehawksweretakingmanyoftheirchicken.Thefarmers

didn'tknowwhattodo.Finallytheywenttothecountryofficialsandaskedforhelp.

“Killthehawks,“theofficialssaid,uWewillevenpayfbrthem,“sothefarmersbegantothinkofwaystokillthe

hawks.

Thefarmerskilledmanyhawks.Theynolongerhadtoworryabouttheirchickens.Buttheynowhadanewworry.

Fieldmicewereeatingupalotofthefarmers?grain.

Howdidthishappen?

Hawkseatnotonlychickensbutalsofieldmice.Theyeatmorefieldmicethanchickens.Butthefarmersdidn't

knowthis.Whentheykilledalotofhawks,theychangedthebalance.

Whenpeoplemoveintoanewplace,theyoftendestroymanywildplants.Oftentheseplantsarefoodforthe

animals.Iftheanimalscan'tfindenoughplantstoeat,theywillstarveorhavetoleavetheplace.

InonepartoftheUSA,fbrexamplethedeerthereliketoeatacertainkindofwildroses.ThemountainHonsthere

eatthedeer.Thenumberofdeer,mountainlionsandwildrosesdoesn'tchangemuchifpeopleleavethingsastheyare.

Butpeoplekilledmanymountainlionsinordertoprotectthedeer.Soonthereweresomanydeerthattheyateup

allthewildroses.Thenthedeerbegantoeatthegreenleavesofyoungtrees.Thesetreeswereimportanttothefarmers.

Sothefarmersthoughtofwaystoprotecttheirtrees.Nowthedeerhadnothingtoeat,andmanyofthemdied.Thiswas

anotherlessonfromnature.

Tokeepthebalanceofnatureisimportantforustoremember.

M3閱讀材料

第一篇

（2015?山東德州?D）

Greenisanimportantcolorinnature.Itisthecolorofgrassandtheleavesontrees.Itisalsothecolorofmost

growingplants.

Sometimes,theword“green“meansyoung,freshandgrowing.Forexample,agreenhornissomeonewhohasno

experience.Inthe15thcentury,agreenhornwasayoungcoworanoxwhosehorns（角）hadnotyetdeveloped.A

centurylater,agreenhornwasasoldierwhohadnoexperienceinwar.Bythe18thcentury,agreenhornhadthe

meaningithastoday-apersonwhoisnewinajob.

Someonewhoisgoodatgrowingplantsissaidtohaveagreenthumb（大拇指）.Theexpressioncomesfromtheearly

20thcentury.Apersonwithagreenthumbcanmakeplantsgrowquicklyandwell.TheGreenRevolution（綠色革命）is

thenamegivensomeyearsagotothedevelopmentofnewkindsofriceandothergrains.Itwastheresultofhardwork

byagriculturalscientistswhohadgreenthumbs.

Greenisalsothecolorusedtodescribethepowerfulfeeling.Jealousy（嫉妒）.Thegreen-eyedmonsterisnota

dangerousanimalfromouterspace.Itisanexpressionusedabout400yearsagobytheBritishwriterWilliam

Shakespeareinhisplay"Othello”.Itdescribestheunpleasantfeelingwhensomeonehassomethinghewants.

Inmostplacesintheworld,agreenlightisasignal（信號(hào)）tomoveahead.Ineverydayspeech,agreenlightmeans

approval贊成）tocontinuewithaproject.

第一篇

（2015?浙江湖州?B）

Whydoestheskychangecolors?

Whatisthesky?Howhighisit?Whatcolorisit?Whatbirdscanliveaboveit?These

questionsaredifficulttoanswer,aren'tthey?

Infact,theskyhasnocolor.Thenwhydoestheskylookblue?

Weknowthatthereisairaroundtheworld.Whenplanesfly,theyneedairtolifttheir

wings.Planescan'tflyveryhigh.Thatisbecausetheairgetsthinnerwhentheygohigher.

Thesamewillhappentousifwegohighenough.Ifwegoupabout1,200kilometersfrom

theearth,we'llfindnoairthere.Somebirdscanflyintotheskyashighasaplane,butthey

cannotflyorlivewithoutair.

Lookingupaboveus,youwillseetheblueskywithwhiteclouds.Itisusuallylight

blue.Thecolorwouldbebluerwhenyouseeonthetopofahighmountain.Andyouwill

seefewercloudsintheskybetweenyouandthesun.

Sometimestheskydoesn'tlookblue.Whenthesunrisesandfalls,youwillseered,

orange,andothercolorsinthesky.Sucharethemostbeautifulmomentsoftheday.

Whocanseethecolorsoftheskyhighabovetheearth?Theastronauts!Theycansee

thosebeautifulcolorsoftheskyfromtheouterspace.However,beforeflyingintoouter

space,theysitinaspaceshiphighabovetheearth,andthereisnoairatall.Theskywould

bethatdarkanditscolorwouldbeblack.

Nowyoumayunderstandthatweseecolorsbecausetheairscatters（使散射）the

sunlight.Lighttravelsthroughtheair.Withoutair.therewouldbenolightorcolors.

第二-'桐管

（2015?江西?D）

Thefirstpartofanewscience-fictionseries（系歹ll居U）wasshowonNBClastnight.StarTrekisaboutaspacecraft

（宇宙飛船）whichtravelsfasterthanthespeedoflightTheshowis