《2025年新课程暑假作业本山西教育出版社八年级综合B版》

【读一读，做一做】
People in the world do different funny sports. Read and match the pictures with the passages. Can you invent a race like this and play it with your friends?
(B)1. Why are people in the picture running with pans? They are in an interesting race in the United Kingdom. People run in the streets. At the same time, they throw pancakes into the air. And they catch them in the pans and keep running.
This race usually starts in February or March every year. People do this to remember a funny story. In 1445, a woman was cooking and was late for a meeting. So she held a pan with a pancake in it and ran all the way there.
(A)2. Kids run 100 meters. But they have to hold a spoon with a boiled egg on top. If the egg falls from the spoon, pick it up quickly, then carry on running. It is much harder than it sounds! Who will cross the finish line first?

答案： 1. B 2. A

Can you swim? Swimming is very popular in summer. People like swimming in summer because the water makes them feel cool. But if you swim in the wrong place, it may not be safe. Last summer, more than ten people died while they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. However, some people are still not careful when they are swimming. They think they can swim so well that nothing can happen to them.
When you go swimming, don't forget that even very experienced swimmers have died in the water. They died only because they were not careful, not because they could not swim. So don't go swimming alone. Go with your teachers or your parents. If there is a "No Swimming" sign, don't get into the water. If you remember these things, you will not get into trouble while swimming.

答案： popular, safe, enjoying, still, nothing, alone, sign