英语假期作业

1、英语假期作业2.20复习第八单元单词和笔记众志成城抗疫情，武汉，加油！中国，加油！.阅读理解foxes and farmers have never got on well.these small doglike animals have long been accused of killing farm animals.they are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them.farmers can also call o

2、n the services of their local hunt to control the fox population.hunting consists of running after a fox across the countryside，with a group of specially trained dogs，followed by men and women riding horses.when the dogs eventually catch the fox，they kill it or a hunter shoots it.people who take par

3、t in hunting think of it as a sport.they wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers，and follow strict rules of behavior.but owning a horse and hunting regularly are expensive，so most hunters are wealthy.it is estimated that up to 100，000 people watch or take part in foxhunting.but over t

4、he last couple of decades the number of people who are against foxhunting，because they think it is brutal (残暴的)，has risen sharply.nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of conflict between hunters and hunt opponents (阻止者)sometimes these incidents lead to violence，but mostly opp

5、onents discourage the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the foxs smell，which the dogs follow.noisy conflicts between hunters and opponents have become so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as running after foxes itself.but this year supporters of foxhunting fac

6、e a much bigger threat to their sport.a labour party member of parliament(英国议会)，mike foster，is trying to get parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal.if the law is passed，wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in britain.1wealthy

7、people in britain have been hunting foxes to abenefit the farmersbget entertainmentcshow off their wealthdlimit the fox population2the opponents of foxhunting often discourage the game by ausing violencebtaking legal actioncseeking help from farmersdconfusing the fox hunters3a new law may be passed

8、by the british parliament to aprotect wild animals like foxes bcontrol foxhunting on a large scale cprohibit farmers from hunting foxes dstandardize the behavior of foxhunting4what can be inferred from this passage?alimiting the fox population is unnecessary at all.bkilling foxes with poison is not

9、allowed by the law.chunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and violent.dfoxhunting causes conflicts between hunters and farmers.完形填空alexander the great was the great macedonian (马其顿) emperor.as a young man he once 1 himself a famous horse with his extraordinary power of observation and wisdom.o

10、ne day，his father，king philip，received a horse as a(n) 2 together with some of his men as well as the prince，the king 3 with him his new horse out on a wide plain to 4 but they soon found that the horse was very 5 it kicked and shouted loudly so that no one could get on its back.the king was 6 and g

11、ave orders for 7 to be taken back at once.but the prince，alexander，was sorry to 8 this.“its a pity to 9 such a fine horse just because 10 man is brave enough to get on it，” said he.“your 11 are brave，” said the king，feeling that his son 12 without thinking.“but are you brave enough to do that？”the y

12、oung man went up to the nervous animal，took the bridle (缰绳) and turned its 13 to the sun.he did so because he had 14 that the horse was afraid of its own shadow 15 kept moving upon the ground before his eyes.with its face to the sun，the horse could no longer see the shadow.it soon became 16 the youn

13、g man patted it 17 and by and by he jumped upon its back.then it set 18 at a great speed with the brave prince holding on.it ran farther and farther into the plain till at last it became tired and alexander rode it back.the horse was thus given to the brave man.for many years it fought battle after

14、battle together with him.one day in a fierce battle，both of them got seriously 19 the horse struggled to carry alexander on its back and ran home.then it died. 20 his horse，alexander had a city built and named the city bucephalus，which was the name of his horse.1a.broughtbgavecdeclared dwon2a.honor

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17、envelopes 1. (relate) to the chinese lunar new year for long.i myself have had plenty of 2. (experience) both receiving and giving out red envelopes in the past，and generally speaking，its been fun.i mean，who doesnt love free money?im truly surprised by the extent of peoples obsession with virtual re

18、d envelopes this year.in fact，everyone i know spent at least a day or two 3. (crazy)shaking their smart phones，mostly trying to get as much lucky money as possible.thanks to messaging app giant wechats new feature 4. allows users to send money electronically，grabbing virtual red envelopes has never

19、seemed so easy.just in case you are one of the very few people still not on the bandwagon，heres 5. it works.givers link their wechat to their bank accounts，and then they can send specified amounts of money to their wechat contacts through a personal message.they can also put the cash up 6. grabs in chat groups full of friends，and anyone who acts fast enough will get 7. share.later，receivers can transfer the funds from their wechat back into their own bank accounts.in theory，this sounds like a fun game.im always for some harmless fun in life，so my natura