浙江省温州市2018-2019学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力音频）

— No, I took     taxi.

—     give some money to the groups like WWF to protect them?

— I just     three hundred yuan on it.

—I am quite upset.

—Cheer up! The more you smile, the       you will be.

— Really?     !

    Many students have some problems. For example, some students do not learn their school subjects  1. Some are good at  2and do well in many exams,  3they are doing very badly in sports and they do not have strong bodies. So their classmates always call 4 "bookworms（书虫）". So many students suffer from（遭受）stress. The good news is that there are some simple ways to deal with（处理）it .

    Firstly,  5a healthy diet, getting enough sleep and doing exercise are very important.

    How can we be happy if we are unhealthy!

    As for schoolwork, making plans can be helpful. Making a list of the things they need to do and planning6 to do them can help students organize（组织）their time. If you are weak in one subject, studying hard and7 a teacher for advice can help.

    Students should not care about  8laughing. They should think about the things that are good.

    Then  students should  9make enough time for their hobbies（爱好）. Playing sports, reading and watching movies help them relax.

    Finally,  10is useful and important for students to share their problems with their friends and family members.

    I really enjoyed this movie. It's a fun movie for the whole family. I had really good laughs and enjoyed being there.

——James

    I would recommend（推荐）this movie to everyone. Whether you go with family or friends, I think this movie has something you will really enjoy!

——Sam

    I've seen several movies of this kind, but this one is the best. It is so well made——some of the scenes are so beautiful.

——John

    I went to see this movie with my 6-year-old daughter this Tuesday, really without knowing too much about it. My daughter and I were surprised at how funny it was. We just couldn't help laughing. I would recommend this movie to the whole family.

——Mary

    Amsterdam is the bike capital of the world. Biking is a fun and easy way of getting around Amsterdam.

    Students go to school by bicycle. People ride their bicycles to work. Travelers ride bicycles freely around the city. Even police work on bicycles. You can see these every day in Amsterdam. There are many roads and traffic signs（标记）for bicycles. There are also many places for bicycle parking.

    If you travel in Amsterdam, you don't need to take a bus or taxi, just a bicycle. You can ride the bicycle along the roads and the streets enjoying the scenery（风景）.  The city has a lot of bicycle shops to choose from. If you do not want to buy a bicycle, you can go to rent（租赁）a bicycle. They are in almost every part of the city. Going for a ride is enjoyable. It's a good idea to find an experienced guide. Because he would take you to some of the city's most beautiful places. Riding bicycles in Amsterdam is of great fun and relaxing; just remember to follow the traffic rules.

    Twenty years ago in Costa Rica, three girls found a baby sloth（树懒）on a road. The little animal's mother was killed by a car. These girls took the baby sloth to Judy, the owner of a hotel. Judy wanted to help, but she didn't know how to look after the sloth, so she called the zoo. With the help of the zoo, Judy took good care of the baby sloth. She named the baby sloth Buttercup.

    After her success, more people brought Judy wounded sloths or baby sloths they found. Judy then opened a rescue centre（救助中心）. Today, the rescue centre has saved more than 500 sloths. Sloths live in the forests of Central America and South America. They hang on to the trees with  their claws（爪子）. There are two main types of sloths. You can tell them apart by the number of their claws. Sloths hardly move. They spend most of their time sleeping in the trees.

    But now, with the increase of population, human beings（人类）cause a lot of problems for these slow and quiet animals. The main problems is that the forests are becoming smaller and smaller. When trees are cut down, sloths will fall and break themselves. Sloths who live near human beings sometimes are hit by cars or attacked by dogs.

    At the centre, workers care for the injured animals. Their goal is to help the sloths return to the wild when are healthy enough.

    O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen（偷）it. Because of that, he was sent to prison（监狱）. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales（故事）were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise.

    More people like living in a city now, especially young people who like new and modern things. Most people think it is much （容易）to find work in a city. They think there are a lot of （有乐趣的）things to do and places to see in the city. There are also many （选择）of public transport. When they feel tired, they can eat in good restaurants, visit museums, go to cinemas and go to（自然）parks .

    （然而）, in my opinion, living in the city will cost more. What's more, The （人口）of the city is getting bigger and bigger. So it's a  （遗憾）that the city is always（拥挤的）, noisy and dirty. And it is very difficult to find a good place where people can enjoy （和平）and fresh air. So we should try hard  （改善）the serious situation.