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Surprise Nobel Prize (P2)

Fill in the information about Nobel Prize:

Nobel Prize
founder	set up in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, a rich 1. ______ man
purpose (目的)	★to reward people for their 2. ______ ★to help people to continue working or researching without 3. ______
fields	include prizes in 4. ______
nomination (提名)	Only people who are 5. ______ can be nominated. The committees 6. ______ people to give nominations. Then the committee members 7. ______ to decide the winners.
anouncement (宣布)	The winners will get 8. ______ calls in early 9. ______, minutes before the official announcement.

Great talent and a big heart (P3)

Choose the best answer:

10. Sophia Tran played _____ in her movie.

A. a thief B. a doctor

C. a girl D. a police woman

11. Sophia Tran shot the film _____.

A. last year B. in January

C. last summer D. two years ago

12. Sophia Tran thinks ______ are important for successful filmmaking.

A. characters B. storie

C. passion and knowledge D. passion and experience

13. According to Sophia Tran, many screenplays are poorly written because _____.

A. they don't keep readers excited

B. they mostly end in an unexpected way

C. their dialogues are not interesting

D. they are not inspiring

14. The phrase “have a big heart” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.

A. have a big dream B. know a lot

C. be intelligent D. be kind-hearted

A father抯 love (P5)

完成下面的任务：

翻译句子：

15. He never criticized us. Instead, he praised us to bring out our best.

______________________________________________

16. Any time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it's a reflection of you.

______________________________________________

用文章中的词汇或短语来改写句中划线部分：

17. I wanted to learn the piano, but my sister tried to talk me out of it.

______________________________________________

18. My best friend has a strong will to succeed. He wants to make his dream come true.

______________________________________________

19. When he has decided on something, it will be hard to change.

______________________________________________

回答下列问题：

20. Why did the writer's father talk about flowers?

______________________________________________

21. What does the writer's father think of dreams?

______________________________________________

Homemade dumplings taste best (P8)

Fill in the information about how to make dumplings:

22. Prepare the ______, including tofu, beans and cabbage.

23. ______ everything into tiny cubes.

24. ______ salt, oil and soy sauce to the filling to make it more ______.

25. Buy some ready-made dough from a ______ market.

26. . Make a “______” out of the dumpling wrapper.

27. Put some filling ______ the “cup”.

28. Press the ______ together to make the

Listening

初二英语听力测试（8）

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第一节：听下面两段对话，选择正确答案。每段对话仅读一遍。



第二节：听下面一段短文，选择正确答案。该短文读两遍。

3. The man went to the shoemaker to _____.

A. buy a pair of shoe

B. learn to repair shoe

C. have his shoes repaired

4. The man left his hometown because ______.

A. he had a new job in another city

B. he didn’t like his hometown

C. he had to go and visit a friend

5. The shoemaker _____ the man’s shoes.

A. didn’t repair B. had repaired C. didn’t like

Key:

Reading

1. Swedish 2. important research, great inventions or big contributions to society 3. the pressures of money 4. physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace 5. still alive 6. invite 7. vote 8. unexpected

9. October 10—14 CACAD

15. 他从不批评我们，却总是用表扬来激励我们做到最好。

16. 当你说别人坏话的时候，其实是在说你自己。

17. sway me from my decision

18. fulfill his dream / pursue his dream

19. made up his mind

20. He wanted to show the importance of praising a person.

21. He thinks one should try their best to pursue their dream.

22. filling 23. Chop 24. Add, tasty 25. local 26. cup 27. into 28. edge

Listening

1—2 CB 3—5 CAA