《2025年快乐之星暑假篇八年级英语》

Ⅲ.任务型阅读。
American country music is very old. In the west of America, cowboys(牛仔) had to look after cows and watch them all day and all night, because the cows sometimes ran away. A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. They often drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. They also sang to cows to make them quiet. They also sang when they traveled to towns for fun.
In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland and England, or France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends, families during holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, they usually sang and played country music.
Country music describes life. It talks about love, jobs, homes, friends, farms and so on. People in many parts of the world like American country music.
1. Did the people from France enjoy their own kind of music?Yes, they did.
2. How was a cowboy's life?It was lonely and dangerous.
3. What does country music describe?It describes life.
4. Do you like country music? Why or why not?
略,言之有理即可。

答案： 1. Yes, they did. 2. It was lonely and dangerous. 3. It describes life. 4. 略,言之有理即可。

Ⅰ.补全短文。
In recent years, a growing number of Chinese books and movies have been translated into other languages. 1CThey have been learning Chinese and are interested in Chinese culture. Anna is one of them. Before she translated Jin Yong's novel Legends of the Condor Heroes (《射雕英雄传》), the writer was little known to English readers. 2D
But Anna managed to do it. Impressed (使……印象深刻) by the book's themes (主题) of good against evil, loyalty (忠诚) and love, as well as Chinese philosophy (哲学), Anna hoped to bring it to new readers. After five years of work, the translated book was published in 2018. 3EMany people think Anna did a good job.
Anna studied at the University of Oxford. 4BAfter the trip she became interested in China and began to learn Chinese. She calls herself “a clumsy (笨拙的) student, just like Guo Jing from Legends of the Condor Heroes, but one of loyal heart”.
5ALast year, he translated the animated movie Ne Zha. He said, “I see China's stronger cultural influences. And we have a growing number of students majoring in Chinese. More Chinese stories will appear in front of new audiences.”
A. Like Anna, another translator David also learned Chinese in college.
B. She took a trip to China at the age of 21.
C. Many of the translators are young people.
D. One reason for this was that his works were too hard to translate.
E. It was reprinted (再版) seven times within several months in the UK.
1.______ 2.______ 3.______
4.______ 5.______

答案： 1.C 2.D 3.E 4.B 5.A