牛津译林版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册Unit 8 A green world单元过关卷（含听力音频）

—I think you should go by ________ bike instead of driving.

—______. You'd better be careful.

—Either is OK. It makes no ________ to me.

—________

    Nowadays, WeChat is becoming more and more popular in China. No matter where we are, we can sign up and send text or voice messages to our friends. We can also find a stranger to talk to by shaking the 1^. Another funny function is that WeChat can help to search for people  2 live nearby with the programme on. Many people like this function, 3 it can help them to find more people who they may know.

    In my opinion, WeChat is really4 useful chatting tool. It can help people 5 with their friends more easily.6 , it is also bad for people, especially for students .As you see, some people use WeChat 7 too long. It is not healthy to them .So I have some 8 on how to use it in a correct way. First, we should not use it when we are studying. We can't focus on our study if we use it. Second, we must be careful. We should neither show too much personal information9 trust strangers so much.

    We should learn how to use it properly. Remember, WeChat is not everything in your life.10depend too much on it.

A：Do you know that our class will do something to help the parks tomorrow?

B：Yes. I heard about it this morning.

A：No. What will we do?

B：Could you please ask your uncle to help us?

A：My uncle Tom?

B：Yes.

A：Right .He can make programmes to ask people to stop polluting the parks.

B：That must work well .But I'm afraid I can't go with you tomorrow.

A：

B: My sister is ill, and I have to look after her.

A：Of course. Give my best wishes to your sister.

    When I was four, one day I was playing outside our house. I saw my grandfather's truck. It was black and looked very old. I thought, "Grandpa doesn't have to drive such an ugly truck. Maybe I can make it look better." I got some paint and a brush which were left in the kitchen by my father .I painted the truck white and blue all over .I was finishing the job when my mum walked up and stopped me. She was worried that my grandfather would be angry .However, when my grandfather looked at my paintings on the truck, he laughed loudly, "Angela, that's the prettiest truck I've ever seen! I love it！"

    Sometimes adults(成年人)don't stop to see things through children's eyes. They miss so much beauty in the world .Luckily, my grandfather saw things in another way.

    If you are unhappy with China's high Internet fees and slow speed, you are not alone. So is Premier Li Keqiang. On April 14, he said in a meeting that the government should speed up the Internet and lower the fees.

    "The first question people ask at a new place is 'Is there Wi ­fi？' because Internet service fees are too high, "said Premier Li. According to a recent survey by CCTV, the average cost of 1 GB mobile Internet data per month in China is 100 yuan, while it is only 60 yuan in the US and 40 yuan in Japan. However, high prices don't necessarily mean good service .The average Internet speed in China was 4.25 Mbps(兆比特每秒)in late 2014.North Korea had the fastest average Internet speed—25.3 Mbps .People can download a 1 GB movie within 6 minutes in North Korea, but in China it would take half an hour.

    To improve Internet services, the key is to build more fiber(光纤)networks, which offer high speed Internet. Through them we can send texts, pictures and videos globally in less than a second. Besides, the lack of market competition is another problem. Having more operators(运营商)besides China Unicom and China Telecom may lower the prices.

    Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. Some students say they don't want to read for pleasure. They want to spend their time in doing some exercises on listening, grammar and new words. They say that pleasure reading is too easy and it is not helpful.

    Many experts(专家)say pleasure reading is very important for learning English. Dr Stephen Krashen, a famous expert on learning language, says that pleasure reading helps students learn many important things about English. Students can learn more grammar and words. They can also use excellent sentences when they do some writing. Dr Krashen says pleasure reading helps each student in a different way, because each student has his own learning skills or levels. Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs. Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying. When you read for pleasure, you can choose your favourite books, and don't have to remember everything. You don't have any pressure because there are no tests about it.

    In general, reading for pleasure can help：

    make students read faster in English；

    find examples of good writing in English；

    learn new words and grammar；

    know about the English native speakers' reading habits.

    Some countries are better than others at protecting the environment. In Europe, Germany and northern European countries work very hard to improve the environment. The people in Germany put their rubbish into different bags—paper in one bag, plastic in another bag, etc. The rubbish is then taken away and, if possible, recycled. There are laws that do not allow people to burn too much coal.

    In the 1970s, as people learned more about environmental problems, the "Green" movement(运动)began and soon spread all over Europe. The "Green" movement tries to get governments to protect the environment. It collects information about how industry is damaging(毁坏)the environment and tells it to the newspapers.

提示内容：1）呼吁大家为"绿色城市，健康生活"的目标而努力；

2）写自己为实现这一目标打算如何做。

    Hello, everyone. We share a common home…