八年级上学期英语期中复习专题09 短文阅读填表In the film Forrest Gump, theres a famous saying: “Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know what youre going to get.” Its the same with blind boxes. The history of blind boxes can be back to lucky bags sold in Japan from the late 1860s. It becomes big business in China these days. The market for blind boxes could grow to 25 billion(十亿) yuan in 2025 from about 3 billion yuan in 2019. During the Double 11 shopping day, Pop Mart, a popular blind box company in China, sold 55,000 Labubu dolls in just 9 seconds.Why do people like these blind boxes? First, they have beautiful and cute looks inside the boxes. Second, theyre like miniature(微型的) cartoon characters. Its possible to put them almost anywhere in your home. But another, perhaps more important reason is that the “surprise factor(因素)” makes them fun to buy. Sometimes, its a toy that you want. But sometimes, its not the one you want. Each of these small, closed boxes has one of many toys in it. The buyer doesnt know what they can get until they open the box. “The most interesting thing about blind boxes is the gap(差距) between what you expect and what you get,” said Wen Xi, a blind box lover from Beijing.Some people surely get much fun from the boxes, but others worry that children might spend too much money on these toys.If you really want something special from a blind box, you might not get it in the first box. So you buy another box, hoping that youll get the toy you want this time. Then you buy another, and another. Pretty soon, youve spent all your money. I think we have to be careful about it. Part of growing up is learning self-control(自控), after all.The blind boxesThe introductionTheir 1 : The idea is from lucky bags in Japan a hundred years ago.Their meaning: When you buy one, you never know what youre going to find inside.The reasons for their 2 The toys in them are really lovely;The toys are 3 small _ you can put them almost anywhere.The buyers lose themselves in getting surprised when opening the boxes.Different opinions about themSome peopleThey think its fun to buy them.Other peopleThey are worried because people will keep on buying, if their 4 are different from what they get.The writerIts necessary for us to learn to control ourselves and spend our money 5 .（2022秋江苏南京八年级统考期中）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填 1个单词。Many Chinese primary and middle school students cant do housework today and do not take such work seriously. So some are unable to cook or wash their own clothes when they enter college. The Ministry of Education (教育部) starts new curriculum standard (新课程标准) for housework education for students from Grade 1 to Grade 9, making it an important course that students must take at least once a week. The new standard asks students in Grade 12 to learn to sweep the floor, Grade 34 to learn to plant vegetables, and Grade 56 to have the skills of cooking two to three dishes. Students in middle school will learn to repair machines instead of paying someone to do it. This new standard is popular among many people.Wang: We all know housework education is important. However, some students are unable to do the easiest housework, as their parents think they should spend more time on study. Some of them grow to be unwilling to do any kind of housework. Housework education should make students become more interested in labor (劳动), help them try different kinds of housework, and most importantly, correct the way they think about labor. The housework course will become an important way to make their personalities better.Li: In order for students to grow up in an all-round way, primary and middle schools should add the housework course to their curriculum and help students learn and love housework. It is important to make the housework class interesting so that the students will really get some skills for daily life. For this reason, schools have to invite more professional (专业的) teachers to give classes instead of putting this new stress (压力) on parents and other teachers who are already busy with their daily work.Zhang: Some people think students dont have to waste time learning housework. If you want to have meals, you can order food through the Internet. And for machine repairs, you can ask for professional help. However, people with the skills of housework can go through daily life much more easily.It is the first step in helping young students have a healthy idea of labor and be able to take care of themselves in daily life.An introduction to the 6 courseBackgroundSome Chinese students cant cook or wash clothes in college 7 they seldom do housework back in primary or middle school.New curriculum standardAll the students from Grade 1 to Grade 9 must attend 8 lessons for housework education.Primary school students will learn how to sweep the floor, plant v