《2025年知识与能力训练八年级英语上册沪教版》

2 Write a few paragraphs about online shopping. Be sure to highlight the feature(s) by using comparatives and supporting details to organize your writing. Some clues are given below.
Features: convenient; time - saving; more things but cheaper …

答案：

Nowadays, shopping online is becoming more and more popular. Many people choose to buy things on the Internet instead of going to the shop. 

People like shopping online because it is more convenient and time-saving. People don’t need to go far away to buy things. They just need a mobile phone to buy things they want. What’s more, there are more choices on the Internet. They can search the thing and make a comparison about prices, quality and so on before they make a decision. And this won’t bother anyone. Last but not the least, things on the Internet are cheaper than those in shops. People can buy things of high quality at lower price. 

All in all, shopping online has made our lives more convenient.

Ⅰ Cloze test.
The state of Wisconsin is well-known for producing cheese. In __1__, more cheese is produced in Wisconsin than in any other state. In __2__, the state produces over 600 kinds of cheeses.
The first step __3__ making good cheese is adding milk. It __4__ ten pounds of milk to make a pound of cheese. First, cheesemakers must weigh, heat, and clean the milk before adding bacteria called starter cultures (发酵剂) to the milk for __5__. Then, an enzyme (酶) called rennet (凝乳酶) is added to the mixture to make it thick. Next, the mixture is cut into pieces to __6__ the liquid from the curds. Large curds are baked at __7__ temperatures to make ricotta or mascarpone cheeses, while smaller curds are cooked at higher temperatures to make parmesan. Curds are cooked and stirred __8__ they are firm. Different salting techniques are used to produce even more kinds of cheeses and the cheese is then __9__ into different shapes. At this __10__, the cheese is ready to be packaged.
(B) 1. A. truth
B. fact
C. reality
(A) 2. A. addition
B. order
C. danger
(B) 3. A. at
B. in
C. to
(B) 4. A. costs
B. takes
C. spends
(A) 5. A. flavor
B. favor
C. flour
(A) 6. A. separate
B. divide
C. break
(B) 7. A. low
B. lower
C. lowest
(A) 8. A. until
B. unless
C. if
(A) 9. A. pressed
B. pushed
C. extrude
(A) 10. A. point
B. moment
C. time

答案： BABBA ABAAA