江苏省盐都区第一共同体2022-2023学年八年级上学期第三...

—It has long thin necks and usually has brown feathers.

—The swan. It's so beautiful.

—Yes. People working in the reserves are doing everything they can ______ the birds.

—What's in the fridge then?
—___________.

More and more people like going bike riding in China these years. It is fun,1 and good for the environment.2can take you almost anywhere, and it's green.

Get on a bike and3around your neighborhood. You may feel fun to find something new around you. Then you can go to work by bike. Because you can stop and get off a bike more4than stopping and getting out of your car. Also, 15-minute bike riding three times a5 can make you healthy. It's6for our environment, too. It will not pollute the air. At last, bicycling can improve your mood (心情). Scientists say exercise,7bicycling ,can make people feel better and more relaxed.

In Yancheng, there are some roads for bike riding, and people call them "8roads". There are lots of trees on both sides of the road and the air is fresh. On weekends, lots of parents take their9there. They hope their children can have a good rest and do some sports after a busy week. It is also a great place for people to meet their family members or friends or relatives. So let's drive cars10and ride bikes more, and give our children a better world in the future.

As the 2022 World Cup arrives in Qatar, "Made in China" is popular there. Wangda Group、Hisense Group、Vivo and diary company Mengniu are four official Chinese sponsors（赞助商）of FIFA, while Wanda has became one of FIFA's seven corporate partners, along with Coca-Cola, Adidas, Hyundai-Kia, Qatar Airways, Qatar Energy and Visa.

Chinese Companies provided nearly $1. 4 billion. Moreover From footballs, national flags, horns , whistles, over 60% of souvenirs(纪念品) are from Yiwu. Zhejiang Province. China. "Made in Yiwu" has already become worldwide commercial symbol from China.

Lusail, Qatar's biggest stadium to hold the 2022 World Cup, was built by China Railway Construction Corp International, costing a total $770 million. CCTV news reported that Chinese companies mainly from Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces have also provided more than 10,000 container houses for the World Cup, used to treat for tourists and football fans.

Every day, it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes and your classmates'. How many different advertisements with English words can you see?

Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol called a logo (商标) is sometimes used. Logos appear on many different products (产品). They are popular because when you see a logo, it is hard to forget that product or company.

It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: "Just do it." Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it.

All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are al1 drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, "Why don't you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern."

You might think that advertisements are not after you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question: Why am I buying this product?

Being a farmer is to have a lot of work. You spend all day outdoors. Luckily, smart technology is making its way down to the farm. Drones (无人机)，apps, driverless tractors（拖拉机）Let's take a look.

Drones

With the help of them, farmers closely watch their crops, find pests(害虫) and make sure that water is being used efficiently. Drones can also help humans do lots of physical work. They can spread seeds ,fertilizer(化肥) and pesticides(农药) faster than humans.

Driverless tractors

The driverless car is an exciting new technology, There are now driverless tractors that can work in fields around the clock. Pulling in a grain cart ,the tractor can automatically (自动地) receive grain from a combine，and then send the cart to be unloaded(卸货).

The irrigation app

One of the most important jobs of a farmer is to make sure that plants get water. A new smartphone app called Smart Irrigation can help.

It connects with the weather station to learn about local rainfall.

This year, we saw six Chinese astronauts go to space. Some of them have had spacewalks. Spacewalks can be dangerous. There is harmful radiation（辐射）and there is no air at the space station. Thanks to Feitian spacesuit, astronauts can stay safe.

Let's get to know about Feitian spacesuit. It has six layers（层）. Layer 1 is the closest to astronauts' bodies. It collects astronauts' urine（尿液）. Layer 2 to 5 help to control temperature and pressure（压力） inside the suit. Layer 6 protects astronauts from radiation. Feitian spacesuit weighs（重） more than 120 kilograms. It fits astronauts from 160 to 180 centimeters tall. Astronauts can put it on within （在……之内）5 minutes. It can support spacewalks as long as 8 hours.

There is a camera in the suit. Astronauts can take pictures before they jump in the icy water on that day during spacewalk. There are headphones and speakers in it. Astronauts can talk to the space station.

Lord Ye's Love of Dragons

Long ago, there was a person. People c him Lord Ye（叶公）. It was said that Lord Ye liked dragons very much. E in his room was about dragons. The walls of his house had dragon p. The doors and windows were carved（雕刻）with them.

'I love dragons best,' Lord Ye always said to o people. When the real dragon in heaven（天堂）heard this, he f very happy. 'Lord Ye loves dragons so much. I should v him and thank him,' said the real dragon. So he f to Lord Ye's house. He put his head into Lord Ye's window and shouted, 'Lord Ye, are you in?'

You might think Lord Ye was very h to see a real dragon. But, in fact, when he saw the real dragon, he was very frightened and ran a as fast as he could.

From then on, people knew that Lord Ye o loved pictures of dragons, but not real dragons.

Dear Chairperson

Last week I heard a report on wild animals. To protect them, I would like to join the Animal Protection Society.

Yours sincerely

Sam