《2025年学习与评价八年级英语下册译林版江苏凤凰教育出版社》

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Tourism probably started in Roman (罗马的) times. Rich Romans visited friends and family working in another part of the Roman Empire (帝国). But when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped.
In the early 17th century, the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel (英吉利海峡). They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice (威尼斯) in Italy. Their tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich.
In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to “take the waters”. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.
In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to spend their holidays by the sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.
Travelling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to far - away countries.
The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.
Thus tourism grew. In 1949, a Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holiday Group. The company organizes everything—plane tickets, hotel rooms, even food—and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour (包价旅游) and modern tourist industry was born.
(　　　)31. In Roman times, the travellers __________.
A. all travelled out of the empire
B. were very young and strong
C. had lots of money
D. travelled by boat
(　　　)32. Which of the following is TRUE about “Grand Tour”?
A. It was a short journey.
B. The young men learnt a lot from it.
C. The tourists were poor.
D. Most tourists went to England.
(　　　)33. Where did people usually go on holiday in the 19th century?
A. In European cities.
B. In large and busy cities.
C. In some towns in the UK.
D. By the sea or in the countryside.
(　　　)34. Modern tourism was born __________.
A. in 1949 B. in Roman times
C. in the early 17th century D. in the 19th century
(　　　)35. Which is the most important factor (因素) in the growing of tourism according to the passage?
A. Education. B. Transport.
C. Money. D. People’s idea.

答案： 31 - 35 CBDAB 

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Life has gone mostly online for many people around the world. With more people going online these years, global Internet traffic has become a big problem. Between January and late March, a quarter of major cities in many countries experienced an increase in Internet traffic.
Video meetings, online classrooms and stay - at - home entertainment have become a lifeline to many people. This increase in traffic is testing the Internet’s strength. In March, major phone networks in the UK experienced mass failure. People were not able to take calls, receive texts or use mobile data.
In the USA, major telecommunications (电信) companies said, traffic was up 21 per cent month over month. Video streaming services have cut their picture qualities (质量) and download speeds to reduce network traffic jams.
China has seen an Internet traffic increase of around 50 per cent compared to 2021. The network speeds went down for a while. However, they returned soon afterwards and have been working well.
This is due to China’s work in building network infrastructure (基础设施), especially 5G technology. By the end of 2022, millions of 5G base stations had been built nationwide. This has given Chinese networks the power to withstand increased traffic.
“If there were no such development (发展) in the Internet network field, people couldn’t enjoy such a colourful life at home. Online working and teaching could never be realized so smoothly,” said an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
(　　　)36. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All the digital products couldn’t work well.
B. There were serious traffic jams on the road.
C. There was more Internet traffic these years.
D. There was high demand for new kinds of entertainment.
(　　　)37. How did the Internet traffic increase affect (影响) the UK?
A. The UK had the heaviest network traffic in early February.
B. Some users couldn’t watch videos.
C. Its Internet traffic went up 21% month over month.
D. Many people couldn’t use phone networks in March.
(　　　)38. Why did some USA companies cut download speeds?
A. To improve picture qualities.
B. To reduce the number of users.
C. To test the Internet’s strength.
D. To reduce network traffic jams.
(　　　)39. The underlined word “withstand” in Paragraph 5 means “__________” in Chinese.
A. 经受 B. 影响 C. 支持 D. 促进
(　　　)40. In the last paragraph, the official thinks __________.
A. China’s Internet development is great
B. people should build more 5G base stations
C. China’s Internet is as good as that of other countries
D. online working and teaching will be realized soon

答案： 36 - 40 CDDAA