鲁教版英语七年级下册--期末素养综合测试（一）（含解析）

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(满分120分,限时100分钟)

Ⅰ.完形填空 (每小题2分,共20分)
【人与自我·自我管理】(2023山东肥城期中)
I think mst peple have ambitins(志向). An ambitin is 1 we want t d r want t have. A student’s ambitin, fr example, may be t 2 his r her exams and then get a gd jb. An athlete’s ambitin can be t 3 an imprtant cmpetitin. A businessman’s ambitin is usually t 4 a lt f mney.
Hwever, nt all ambitins are 5 the success at wrk. Sme peple just want t be gd peple, have a family r help thers.
Ben’s ambitin is t be a sprts 6 . He writes reprts abut sprts fr the schl newspaper. He likes mst sprts, 7 swimming and ftball are his favrites. Judy’s ambitin is t be a pianist. She is very serius abut it and 8 every day with her best friend Lily.
Harry’s ambitin changes 9 day! Tday he wants t be an actr. The next day he is ging t drive a racing car(赛车). His mther wuld be 10 if his ambitin was t get up n time fr schl every day!
B.anything C.nthing
B.pass C.give
B.lse C.win
B.save C.make
B.abut C.with
B.runner C.athlete
B.and C.even
B.practices C.acts
B.that C.every
B.happy C.tired
Ⅱ. 阅读理解(每小题2分,共30分)
A
【人与社会·畅想未来】(2023山东肥城期中)
In 2060, there are many rbts in the wrld. Fur students are talking abut their rbts.
11.What can Jake’s rbt d fr sick children?
A.Ride a bicycle. B.Teach them t paint.
C.Ck fr them. D.Chat with them.
12.Kate thinks her rbt is like a friend because .
A.it can paint well and teach her t paint
B.it can d different sprts and fly with her
C.it can lk after sick children and ck fr them
D.it can chat with her and help with her study
13.Whse rbt can have meals with its wner?
A.Kate’s rbt. B.Cathy’s rbt.
C.Susan’s rbt. D.Jake’s rbt.
B
【人与社会·畅想未来】(2023山东泰安泰山期中)
Wall-E is an interesting and educatinal film. The stry starts n the earth abut 800 years in the future.
There are n humans n the planet. They all left by spaceship in the 22nd century (世纪) when terrible pllutin made it impssible t stay. They left behind lts f rbts t clean the earth. Hwever, the pllutin was s bad that they culdn’t cme back.
700 years later, all the rbts stp wrking but ne called Wall-E. He spends mst f his time picking up rubbish. Then ne day, anther rbt named Eve arrives. Humans in a spaceship sent her t see if there is any sign (迹象) f life n the earth. Wall-E fell in lve with Eve. When a spaceship cmes t pick up Eve, Wall-E decides t fllw her int space.
Wall-E and Eve g t a large spaceship. There are many humans and rbts. These humans are quite different. They spend their time in chairs, and becme s fat that they cannt even stand withut the help f the rbts. With the help f Wall-E and Eve, the captain (船长) finally brings all the humans back t the earth successfully.
The film shws what might happen t ur planet if we dn’t take care f it.
14.When did the humans leave the earth in the film?
A.In the 13th century. B.In the 21st century.
C.In the 22nd century. D.In the 29th century.
15.Why did the humans leave the earth?
A.Because there was terrible pllutin.
B.Because there were t many peple.
C.Because there was nt enugh fd.
D.Because they wanted t take a trip in space.
16.What is Wall-E’s jb?
A.T find a green planet.
B.T find humans.
C.T find ther rbts.
D.T clean the earth.
17.What des the film want t tell us?
A.T have a trip in space.
B.T take care f the earth.
C.T make mre rbts.
D.T be friendly t thers.
C
【思维品质·创造思维】【新素材·筹钱的新方式】(2023湖北孝感中考改编)
New Ways t Raise Mney
18.Hw des Shanghai Wild Animal Park raise mney?
A.By nline adptin.
B.By creating animal stars.
C.By live-streaming animals.
D.By making cultural and creative prducts.
19.Hw many animals in Nanjing Hngshan Frest Z have been adpted?
A.Over 350. B.Abut 150.
C.Almst 1000. D.Nearly 3.5 millin.
20. makes stuffed tys with the image f tigers.
A.Shanghai Wild Animal Park
B.Nanjing Hngshan Frest Z
C.Beijing Z
D.Nantng Frest Safari Park
21.This passage mst prbably cmes frm .
A.a strybk B.a newspaper
C.a science fictin D.an instructin
D
【新素材·AI在学习上的应用】(2023山东烟台中考改编)
AI (人工智能) can help students learn in several ways.
Persnalized learning:AI can knw better abut students, including their advantages(优点), weaknesses(缺点), skills, learning favrites, learning needs, and s n. Then it can create a right learning plan fr each student. This can help students cncentrate n(集中精神) areas that they need t imprve at their wn speed.
Interactive (交互的) learning:AI has the ability t make learning mre interactive and interesting. Things like interactive learning apps and educatinal games can make subject learning mre interesting. What’s mre, they can make students interested in a subject at nce. This kind f active learning is sure t be mre helpful than studying alne.
Autmated (自动化的) advice and help:AI can prvide autmated advice and answers t questins. It can test students’ wrk and prvide persnal help. Fr example, ChatGPT can answer students’ questins quickly in a private(私下的), lw-pressure way. This kind f advice and answers can help students better understand knwledge and use their knwledge.
Greater resurces (资源):AI can make many f the students’ learning resurces richer and wider, like electrnic textbks, nline curses, and study apps. Fr example, a bilgy textbk with AI technlgy may prvide interactive 3D mdels f a human bdy that students can study mre carefully. AI can prvide interactive examples, intrduce(介绍) imprtant passages, and give assessments (评价).
In a wrd, AI has a great ability t imprve studying and learning. By using AI, students can study mre smartly and reach higher levels f learning and success. The future f AI in educatin is hpeful as technlgies cntinue t develp.
22.What can AI d by knwing better abut students?
A.Get mre learning experiences.
B.Find ut students’ learning speed.
C.Knw mre abut learning favrites.
D.Offer prper persnal learning plans.
23.Hw might students feel abut educatinal games?
A.Traditinal. B.Interesting.
C.Difficult. D.Knwledgeable.
24.【新考法·写作目的题】Why des the writer give an example f a bilgy textbk in Paragraph 5?
A.T shw bilgy is easy t learn.
B.T describe smething mre abut 3D.
C.T intrduce a way f assessment.
D.T shw AI can prvide rich resurces.
25.What’s the best title (标题) fr this passage?
A.AI—a smart help fr learning
B.AI needs new technlgies
C.AI is much better than a teacher
D.AI—hpeful r hpeless
Ⅲ.阅读还原(每小题2分,共10分)
【新素材·除草机器人】(2023陕西中考改编)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余项。
Farmyard rbts can cut dwn chemical
pllutin.
26 ? Many f them use chemicals t kill weeds (杂草). The truble is, these weedkillers als kill wildlife, pllute rivers and are bad fr the fields. 27 . This kind f rbt can cut weedkiller use by 90%. The rbt is really smart because it nly kills weeds but nt crps (庄稼).
28
Several cameras are built int the rbt. The cameras facing the grund take phts t help the rbt “see” the plants it passes.
The rbt cmpares(比较) each pht t a library f plant phts t decide n which plants are weeds.
Rbt arms mve int psitin(恰当位置)t give a small dse (剂量) f weedkiller n the weeds.
The rbt is energy-friendly. 29 .
Hw the rbt will develp
The scientists d nt want t just stp at the achievement(成就) they have made. 30 . The imprved mdel f rbts will discver where the weeds are and dig them ut instead f weedkillers.
Rbts culd be prgrammed t leave sme harmless(无害的)weeds in the fields t supprt wildlife living there.
A.But scientists have created a farmyard rbt
B.It is pwered by the energy frm the sun
C.Where the rbt is used
D.They’re wrking n the new designs t imprve the mdel
E.Hw the rbt wrks
F.Why d farmers chse the rbt t wrk in their fields
G.Hw d farmers usually kill weeds in the fields
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Ⅳ.动词填空(每小题2分, 共20分)
用括号里所给动词的适当形式填空。
D yu lve snacks and knw where 31 (buy) the best snacks in Shenzhen? Can yu
32 (take) a great picture f a fabulus ccktail (鸡尾酒) in the right lighting?
David Fishman will tell yu a perfect app 33 (help) yu shw these skills! Yu can use the app t review restaurants, bars, and many ther things. It is like a game, s users 34 (get) pints fr reviews, pictures and s n.
The app is ppular in sme areas f Shanghai, but nw it’s ging 35 (becme) a part f the cmmunity in Shenzhen.
The app is created (设计) by a Chinese persn. Peple are able 36 (use) the app in English and Chinese.
Fishman himself cmes frm Maine, in the nrtheast part f the He 37 (mve) t Shanghai in 2014! He wrked part-time as a fd tur guide and fd writer.
Althugh Fishman lves fd, his full-time jb 38 (be) a little different. He wrks in a cnsultancy(咨询公司).
“Yeah, I have a full-time jb, but getting t d stuff abut fd lets the ther side f my brain 39 (wrk). I’m a curius (好奇的) persn. I lve t read and I lve fd. I like t write reviews abut fd,” he explains.
Fishman hpes fdies and lvers f fd will enjy the fun f using the app, and he lks frward t 40 (see) mre dining ptins fr the city.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
Ⅴ.阅读表达(每小题2分, 共10分)
【人与自我·勤于动手】(2023山东莱阳期中)
A Yung Cheese Maker
16-year-ld Pat Tullch has a different hbby. She makes cheese n the family farm in Australia. She began by making ygurt with her mther when she was little. Then she started watching her father’s wrkers make cheese. When she was ten, she made sme cheese herself fr the first time.“I wasn’t great at the beginning,” she says, “but the wrkers tld me what I was ding wrng. I tried hard day and night, and I slwly gt better.”
Pat always needs gd milk fr her cheese, but she desn’t have t buy it. Her parents keep abut 100 cws n their farm. Pat can just ask fr sme when she needs mre. Last year, Pat’s neighbur gave her a yung cw t keep and lk after, but it desn’t prduce milk t make cheese yet.
Pat helped her family create many kinds f cheese. This year they wn a prize fr ne f them. “Last mnth we started selling cheese in New Zealand. Peple there read abut ur prize in a fd magazine. Sn we’re ging t d sme advertisements (广告), t.”
Pat’s next idea is t pst sme recipes (烹饪法) fr cking with cheese n the Internet such as having cheese with eggs fr breakfast. She als thinks that peple can eat cheese with pasta (意大利面). “I hpe a restaurant might buy sme ne day”, she says. But right nw Pat is still at schl. “Making cheese is fun and winning a prize fr it is great, but ding well in my studies is mre imprtant nw.”
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
41.What is Pat’s hbby?

42.What did she d when she was ten?

43.Why desn’t Pat have t buy milk?

44.What is Pat’s next idea?

45.【新考法·开放性试题】What d yu think f Pat? And why?

Ⅵ.补全对话(每小题2分,共10分)
【新考法·选择型补全对话 】(2023山东济南中考)
阅读对话,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案完成对话。
A:Hi, Linda. I called yu yesterday afternn, and yu didn’t pick up.
B:Oh, I’m srry. I was having an art lessn. 46
A:I need yur help. Our schl talent shw is next week but I dn’t knw what t perfrm.
B: 47 Yu are s gd at it.
A:Sure enugh. But hw can I make it mre creative?
B:I can play the erhu very well. Maybe we can perfrm tgether.
A:Ww! 48
B:Which piece f music d yu like?
A: 49 What abut yu?
B:Me,t. It’s very famus traditinal Chinese music.
A: 50 And I believe it will be the mst creative in the shw.
B:Yeah. Hpe we can make it!
are yu? B.What’s up?
C.When will it begin? D.Wh is that?
are yu ding?
B.What wuld yu like?
C.Why nt play the dizi?
D.Can yu play sccer?
’s a gd idea. B.I disagree.
C.I’m afraid nt. D.Never mind.
49. A.She likes singing.
B.I’ve returned the bk.
C.He rides t wrk.
D.I like Erquan Yingyue.
a gd trip. B.That’s right.
C.Yu’re welcme. D.Thanks fr inviting.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
Ⅶ.书面表达 (共20分)
【语言能力·表达能力】(2023山东淄博临淄期中)
[含评分细则]
希望英语杂志社以“My Dream Jb”为题向中学生开展征文活动。请你写一篇短文投稿,内容包括自己理想的职业、理由以及如何实现理想。
要求:1.注意文章条理,语句通顺;
2.根据个人情况叙述,可适当增加细节;
3.词数70左右。
My Dream Jb

答案全解全析
Ⅰ. [语篇解读] 本文介绍了志向是什么,并介绍了几个人的志向。
1.A smething某事;anything任何事;nthing没有什么。根据“An ambitin want t d r want t have.”可知本句是肯定句,应用smething表示“志向是我们想要做或想要拥有的东西”。故选A。
2.B learn学习;pass通过;give给。根据“A student's ambitin, fr example, may be r her exams and then get a gd jb.”可知,学生的志向可能是通过考试,然后获得一份好工作,故选B。
3.C send发送;lse输掉;win赢。根据“An athlete’s ambitin can be imprtant cmpetitin.”可知,运动员的志向可能是赢一场重要的比赛,故选C。
4.C 根据“A businessman’s ambitin is usually lt f mney.”可知,商人的志向是赚很多钱。make mney意为“赚钱”。故选C。
5.B fr为了;abut关于;with和。根据设空处前后的内容可知,不是所有的志向都是关于成功的,故选B。
6.A reprter记者;runner跑步者;athlete运动员。根据“He writes reprts abut sprts fr the schl newspaper.”可知,他的志向是当一名体育记者。故选A。
7.B 根据“He likes mst and ftball are his favrites.”可知此处应用and连接。故选B。
8.B talk交谈;practice练习;act扮演。根据“Judy’s ambitin is t be a pianist.”可知,想成为一个钢琴家需要每天练习。故选B。
9.C 根据“Tday he wants t be an actr. The next day he is ging t drive a racing car.”可知,他的志向每天都在变,故选C。
10.B 根据“His mther wuld his ambitin was t get up n time fr schl every day!”可知,如果他每天按时起床去上学,妈妈会很开心。故选B。
Ⅱ. A
[语篇解读] 本文中四名学生介绍了2060年他们各自的机器人。
11.C 细节理解题。根据表格中“The rbt als has a cker, s it can ck fr the children”可知Jake的机器人可以给生病的孩子们做饭。故选C。
12.D 细节理解题。根据表格中的“If I feel lnely, it can chat with me. It can als help me t study.”可知Kate的机器人可以和她聊天,帮助她学习。故选D。
13.B 细节理解题。根据表格中的“It likes eating sme bread fr breakfast, sme ndles fr lunch and sme prridge fr dinner.”可知Cathy的机器人可以和主人吃饭。故选B。
B
[语篇解读] 本文向我们介绍了卡通动画电影《机器人总动员》。
14.C 细节理解题。由第二段中的“They all left by spaceship in the 22nd century...” 可知C项正确。
15.A 细节理解题。由第二段中的“They all left in terrible pllutin made it impssible t stay.” 可知A项正确。
16.D 细节理解题。由第二段中的“They left behind lts f rbts t clean the earth.”及第三段中的 “He spends mst f his time picking up rubbish.”可知瓦力的任务是清理地球,故选D。
17.B 主旨大意题。由文章最后一句“The film shws what might happen t ur planet if we dn’t take care f it.” 可知,电影的主旨是呼吁人们爱护地球,故B项为最佳选项。
C
[语篇解读] 本文主要介绍了四个动物园筹钱的不同方式。
18.C 细节理解题。根据“Shanghai Wild Animal Park live- the animals live.”可知,上海野生动物园通过直播动物来筹钱,故选C。
19.B 细节理解题。根据“Nanjing Hngshan Frest Z gets 150 animals have been adpted.”可知,南京红山森林动物园有大约150只动物被线上领养。故选B。
20.C 细节理解题。根据“Beijing Z has brught ut ice the image f tigers.”可知,北京动物园制作老虎形象的毛绒玩具。故选C。
21.B 推理判断题。根据全文可知,本文主要介绍了四个动物园用不同的方式来筹集钱,所以可能在报纸上看到,故选B。
D
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍人工智能如何通过多种方式帮助学生学习。作者认为未来的人工智能教育是充满希望的。
22.D 细节理解题。根据Persnalized learning中的描述“AI can knw better abut plan fr each student”可知,通过更好地了解学生,AI能够提供合适的个人学习计划。故选D。
23.B 细节理解题。根据Interactive learning中的描述“Things like interactive learning apps and educatinal in a subject at nce.”可知,学生会觉得教育游戏很有趣。故选B。
24.D 推理判断题。根据Greater resurces中的描述“Fr example, a bilgy textbk with AI technlgy may prvide interactive 3D mdels f a human bdy”可知,作者以生物课本为例来说明本段的中心思想:AI可以提供丰富的资源。故选D。
25.A 最佳标题题。通读全文,重点结合首段和尾段可知,本文介绍了人工智能对学生学习的多方面帮助,故A项(AI——学习的智能帮手)为最佳标题。
Ⅲ. [语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文,介绍农家机器人可以减少化学污染。
26.G 根据“Many f them use chemicals t kill weeds.”可知,他们中的许多人使用化学制品来杀死杂草,此处提到除田里的杂草,选项G“农民通常怎样除田里的杂草?”符合语境,故选G。
27.A 根据“This kind f rbt can cut weedkiller use by 90%.”可知,这种机器人可以减少90%的除草剂使用量,此处提到一种机器人,选项A“但是科学家们创造了一个农家机器人”符合语境,故选A。
28.E 设空处后三段介绍了这种机器人是如何工作的,选项E“机器人是如何工作的”符合语境,故选E。
29.B 根据“The rbt is energy-friendly.”可知,机器人是能源友好型的,选项B“它是由太阳能驱动的”符合语境,故选B。
30.D 根据“The scientists d nt want t just stp at the achievement they have made.”可知,科学家们不想仅仅停留在他们已经取得的成就上,此处提到科学家要继续做的事,选项D“他们正致力于新设计以改进模型”符合语境,故选D。
Ⅳ. [语篇解读] 文章主要介绍了一款可以寻找美食的软件,它在上海的一些地方很受欢迎,现在深圳也开始推广它。
31.t buy “特殊疑问词+动词不定式”作knw的宾语。
32.take 根据Can可知,空格处应使用动词原形。
33.t help 此处用动词不定式表目的。
34.get 所填单词作谓语,主语users是复数,本句应用一般现在时,故填get。
35.t becme be ging t d为固定结构,故填t becme。
36.t use be able t d sth.为固定结构,故填t use。
37.mved 所填单词作谓语,in 2014表示过去的时间,此处应用一般过去时,故填mve的过去式。
38.is 此处应使用一般现在时,主语jb是单数,故填is。
39.wrk let sb./sth. d sth.为固定结构,故填动词原形。
40.seeing lk frward t ding sth.为固定搭配。
Ⅴ. [语篇解读] 本文讲述了16岁的Pat Tullch的爱好是做奶酪,她还因此获奖。
41.Making cheese. 由第一段中的“16-year-ld Pat Tullch has a different Australia.”可知答案。
42.She made sme cheese herself fr the first time.
由第一段中的“When she was ten, she made sme cheese herself fr the first time.”可知答案。
43.Because her parents keep abut 100 cws n their farm.
由第二段中的“Her parents keep abut 100 cws n their she needs mre.”可知答案。
44.It is t pst sme recipes fr cking with cheese n the Internet. 由最后一段第一句可知答案。
45.I think Pat is a creative girl because she has sme new ideas t spread her recipes. (言之有理即可)
Ⅵ.[语篇解读] 本文是一则关于在学校才艺表演上演什么节目的对话。
46.B 根据“I called yu yesterday afternn, and yu didn’t pick up”及“I need yur help.”可知,询问对方找自己有什么事,B选项“怎么了?”符合语境,故选B。
47.C 根据“Our schl talent shw is next week but I dn’t knw what t perfrm.”及“Yu are s gd at it.”可知,此处在向对方提出建议,C选项“为什么不吹笛子呢?”符合,故选C。
48.A 根据“Maybe we can perfrm tgether.”及“Ww!”可知,此处是赞成对方的建议,A选项“那是个好主意”符合,故选A。
49.D 根据“Which piece f music d yu like?”可知,答语应介绍自己喜欢的音乐,D选项“我喜欢《二泉映月》”符合,故选D。
50 .B 根据“It’s very famus traditinal Chinese music.”可知,此处应是认同对方的看法,B选项“没错”符合,故选B。
Ⅶ. One pssible versin:
My Dream Jb
Different peple have different dream jbs, and I want t be a reprter when I grw up.
Being a reprter can be interesting. T make my dream cme true, I make sme reslutins. First f all, I am ging t read mre bks. I will learn a lt frm them. Then, I am ging t write articles and send them t the newspapers and magazines. This will imprve my writing skills. I am ging t study hard in the university. It will be very helpful fr my dream.
Wrk hard and try my best, and my dream will cme true ne day.
【评分细则】
一、评分原则
1.本题总分20分,按五个档次进行评分。
2.评分时,应从内容、词汇、语法和篇章结构几个方面考虑,具体为:
(1)对内容要点的覆盖情况以及表述清楚程度和合理性;
(2)使用词汇和语法结构的准确性、恰当性和多样性;
(3)上下文的衔接及全文的连贯性。
3.评分时,先根据作答的整体情况初步确定文章所属档次,然后按该档次的要求综合衡量,确定或调整其所属档次,最后给分。
4.词数在70左右,如果少于60或多于90,扣2分。
5.书写较差,以致影响阅卷,酌情扣1—2分。
二、内容要点
包括以下2个要点,缺1个扣2分:
1.你的理想职业是什么;
2.你为什么喜欢这份职业;
3.谈一谈你会如何朝着自己的理想职业而努力。
三、 各档次文章给分范围及要求
[优秀] 17—20分:要点齐全,结构完整,语句流畅,能使用较为丰富的语法结构和关联词汇,语法、词汇拼写错误极少,书写规范;
[良好] 13—16分:包含绝大部分要点,结构较完整,语句较通顺,有少量语法、拼写错误,书写较为规范;
[一般]9—12分:至少包含2个要点,语法、拼写错误稍多,书写基本规范;
[较差]5—8分:只包含1个要点,错误较多,多数语句不通顺,语法和词汇拼写错误较多,书写欠规范;
[很差] 1—4分:没有抓住要点,只写出少量单词或句子,酌情给分。
说明:空白或所写内容与写作任务完全无关,视为0分。
Jake
My rbt can help lk after sick children. It has a cmputer prgram that can tell it what t d at the right time. The rbt sends medicine t the sick children. The rbt als has a cker, s it can ck fr the children, and it can play music t make them happy.
Susan
I have a human-like rbt. It is called Dr. IQ. It is abut a meter high. It can paint pictures and its paintings are really gd. Smetimes when I can’t draw the human bdy, it can teach me hw t draw the shape, hw t use clr and s n. It helps me a lt!
Cathy
My rbt Peg has a square face. Its bdy is a big circle, and it has a small muth. It can jump high, swim slwly, and it can even fly with me! It likes eating sme bread fr breakfast, sme ndles fr lunch and sme prridge fr dinner. Lk! Peg is riding a bicycle. Be careful, Peg!
Kate
I like rabbits very much, s my rbt lks like a lvely rabbit. It has tw lng ears and tw big eyes. It can walk like a human being. It can sing and talk, s if I want t listen t music, I can turn it n like a radi. My rbt is like a friend. If I feel lnely, it can chat with me. It can als help me t study.
Live-streams(网上直播)
f animals
Shanghai Wild Animal Park live-streams every mrning t shw hw the animals live. Thusands f peple watch pandas eating bamb. S far, the z has nearly 3.5 millin fans.
Online adptin(领养)
Nanjing Hngshan Frest Z gets help frm nline adptin. It’s a new way fr mre peple t care abut animals. Abut 150 animals have been adpted(领养).
Make cultural and
creative prducts
Beijing Z has brught ut ice creams in the shape f elephants, giraffes and pandas. It als makes stuffed (填充) tys with the image f tigers.
Create animal stars
Nantng Frest Safari Park made a mnkey named Kai Sa becme a star. Thusands f Kai Sa’s fans have bught the z’s annual membership cards(年卡) and visit it every weekend.