《2025年阳光夺冠八年级英语下册》

二、任务型阅读
（A）
Xie Hongxing, 40, was born and raised around Wuyi Mountain. As a bamboo weaving(编织) artist, he has been working on it for 23 years. Recently, he has become popular on the Internet because of building a mini bamboo Tiangong space station. On Douyin, a popular short - video app, Xie surprised many internet users by using a knife to quickly cut bamboo into pieces of the same width. He said it took 46 days to finish his mini bamboo space station. He used more than 12 kinds of local bamboo to show the beauty of the space station.

Xie began to learn bamboo weaving when he was a teenager. “I found that bamboo weaving is interesting. With a rich imagination, you can almost make anything. So, I decided to study this skill,” he said. After years of hard work, in February 2022, Xie achieved his dream. He successfully turned the bamboo weaving of Wuyi Mountain into a provincial intangible cultural heritage(省级非物质文化遗产).

However, it is not easy for Xie to pass on the art, but he is trying his best. He set up a museum of bamboo weaving in which visitors can watch and take photos of his works. At his studio in the Wuyi Mountain, people can learn how to make earrings or bags from bamboo.

1. What is Xie's job?
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2. Why did Xie become popular online?
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3. How many kinds of local bamboo were used to make the space station?
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4. When did Xie make his dream come true?
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5. Where can people learn to make bags from bamboo?
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答案： 1. He is a bamboo weaving artist.
2. Because he built a mini bamboo Tiangong space station.
3. More than 12.
4. In February 2022.
5. At his studio in the Wuyi Mountain.

（B）
Ludwick Marishane, a young man from South Africa, was with his friends in Limpopo when they started talking about inventing(发明) something to put on your skin so you don't have to take a bath. He used his mobile phone to do a lot of research(研究) online.

Millions of people around the world haven't got clean water. This is a huge problem because dirty water causes terrible illnesses. One of them is trachoma(沙眼). Thousands of people all over the world get it every year. They wash their faces with dirty water, get an infection(传染病) and sometimes become blind.

Ludwick started thinking. He wanted to make something to help people in parts of the world where it's difficult to find clean water. He did more research on his mobile. Ludwick had a plan. He wanted to make a gel(凝胶) for people to put on their skin so they don't have to take a bath. He wrote the formula(配方) for the gel on his mobile phone. When he was at university, he never stopped thinking about his invention. Three years later the dream came true. He made the gel and called it “DryBath”. It looks like any other gel, but it isn't! It saves lives and it also helps save water!

Ludwick Marishane is the winner of lots of prizes. People call him “one of the brightest young men in the world”. He is very happy about the success. That's important in many parts of the world where it's difficult to find clean water. Now he wants to invent other things, and he wants to help other young people become inventors, too.

1. Where does Ludwick Marishane come from?
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2. What does dirty water cause?
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3. How do people use the gel “DryBath”?
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4. What does “DryBath” help do?
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5. What do you think of Ludwick Marishane?
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答案： 1. He is from South Africa.
2. Terrible illnesses.
3. They put it on their skin.
4. It saves lives and water.
5. He is smart and helpful.