“The grass looks greener on the other side of...

“The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence (篱笆).”That’s an old saying in English. It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place where you live. Some people worry that young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring (忽视) Chinese culture and instead, buying Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating Western holidays.

Foreign books and soap operas are good, but Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can never have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with (与…相比) Mid-Autumn Festival. And let’s not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best: its friendliness. Not all countries are as warm as China.

It’s good to enjoy other cultures and to learn from them, but they cannot replace (取代) your own culture. It’s good to look on the other side of the fence, but make sure you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence.

请你根据短文内容判断正误（正确的在括号内填T，错误的填F）。

1.The saying means the place where you live looks better than other places.

2.Some people worry that young Chinese ignore Chinese culture.

3.The Spring Festival is more meaningful for Chinese people.

4.Foreign culture can’t replace Chinese culture.

5.This passage mentioned (提及) three Chinese festivals.

八年级英语阅读判断简单题查看答案及解析

Some people think that the grass is greener on __________ side of the hill.

A.another B.other C.others D.the other

八年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析

Mr. White looks out of the window. There is a little boy on the other side of the street. The boy 1  a piece of bread out of a bag and begins to eat it. There is a very thin dog 2  the street, too. The boy says to it, “Come on. I’m going to give you 3  bread.” The dog is very hungry and goes to him. But the boy 4  give it any bread. He kicks(踢) 5  god. It runs away, and the boy laughs.

Then Mr. White comes out of 6  home and says to the boy, “I’m going to give you a shilling(先令).” The boy is 7  and says, “Good.”

“Come here!” Mr. White says. The boy goes to him, 8  Mr. White doesn’t give him a shilling. He hits him 9  his stick(手杖).

The boy 10  and says, “Why do you hit me? I don’t ask you for any money.”

Mr. White says, “you know the god doesn’t ask you for any bread, but you kick it.”

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Mr Stilwell looked out of his window. There was a boy at the other side of the street. The boy sat before a store and took some bread out of a bag and then began eating it.

There was a very thin dog in the street too. The boy said to it very kindly. “Come here, good dog. Do you want a piece of bread?”

The dog was very hungry and went to the boy, but he didn’t give it any of his bread. Instead, he kicked (踢) the dog. It ran away and the boy laughed.

Then Mr Stilwell came out of his house and said to the boy, “Do you want a dollar?”

The boy was happy and said, “Yes, I do.”

“Come here,” Mr Stilwell said. The boy went to Mr. Stilwell, but Mr Stilwell didn’t give him a dollar. Instead, he hit him with a stick.

The boy cried and said, “Why did you hit me? I didn’t ask you for any money.”

“No,” Mr. Stilwell said, “and the dog didn’t ask you for any bread, but you kicked it.”

1.What did the boy do to the dog?

A. He kicked the dog, then gave bread to it.

B. He kicked the dog, then laughed at it.

C. He gave the dog bread kindly.

D. He gave the dog bread, then kicked it away.

2.What did Mr Stilwell do to the boy?

A. He asked the boy to give some bread to the dog.

B. He took the boy to his house and gave him money.

C. He hit the boy with a stick and didn’t give him any money.

D. He gave the boy a dollar and then hit him with a stick.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should never play tricks (捉弄) on others.

B. Mr Stilwell was so bad to hit the boy.

C. Mr Stilwell was the boy’s father.

D. People in Western countries like dogs.

八年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There are some trees on one side of the road and some factories on _____.

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

There is a bookshop on_______ side of the street.

A. others　　　　　　　　 B. other　　　　　　　　 C. another　　　　　 D. the other

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The bank is _______ the supermarket, on the other side of the road.

A. opposite B. among C. against D. through

八年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

There’s a shop on one side of the river and a restaurant on__________.

A. another       B. any other             C. the other                 D. the others

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

There is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on ________.

A. other　　 　　 B. another

C. the other　　 D. others

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

There’s a coffee shop on one side of the river and a restaurant on__________.

A. another　　 　　 　 B. any other

C. the other　　　　　 D. the others

八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析