浙江省杭州市萧山区城厢片五校2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语开学考试试卷（含听力音频）

    You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? Do they often go to parties? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea(韩国) and the US last year. Here are the result.

    Who studies the hardest?

    Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About one in two spends more than two hours on their homework every day. Why? Maybe they just want to improve themselves, or they do that just because of the school and their parents.

    Who sleeps most often in class?

    About 45 percent of Japanese students doze off in class. 32% of US students feel sleepy in class, while in China, there is 5% students sleeping in class. Why do Japanese students get tired and sleepy in class more easily? Because they always like to stay up late at night!

    Who is the most distracted?

    American students are the most active(活跃) in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them talk to friends in class. 46.9% of them eat in class, and 38.9% of them send e-mails or read other books in class.

    What do they do after school?

    In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most

    American students hang out with their friends or go to parties. Most Japanese students do exercise while most South Korean students watch TV.

    One day, I got off the train and was waiting for my ride .Suddenly I had an inspiration(灵感).I looked around and found a pen，but there was no paper. I sat down sadly for a few minutes. Then I looked around again. Finally, I found a dollar bill in my wallet. Although there was very little space to write on, I could write something.

    I took my pen and wrote something like this, "This is a very special dollar. I give it to you with love. Do not keep it. Do not spend it. Pass it on. Give it to someone else with love，and watch it be passed on."

    I then decorated the bill with hearts and tried to fill it with as many good wishes as I could.

    There was a woman sitting near me. She was also waiting for a ride. She seemed a little bit worried. So I walked up to her and gave the bill to her

    The woman couldn't know what I was doing at first. And then she took a second look and read it. Suddenly she was not worried and she was happy. Also, she gave me a big huge and thanked me.

    I knew that if this was the result from just one person, then this wave of warmth would probably go on.

    My ride came, and we drove off. But I thought this was not the end of the story.

    A hundred years ago, most people thought that human beings would never fly. And the idea of flying seemed crazy and dangerous. But as a new world full of new inventions（发明物）came, everyone was trying to break the old thoughts. So many inventors, like Orville and Wilbur Wright, tried to make a flying thing.

    Most plane inventors at that time were impulsive. They would think of an idea, make a plane as quickly as they could, and then try to fly it as soon as possible. All of them had the same result they took their planes home and they had no idea why they didn't work.

    However, the Wright brothers were much smarter inventors. They tested their ideas in smaller or safer ones before making a real plane. For example, the Wright brothers made a wind tunnel(隧道)to compare(比较)wing shape ideas. They also flew lots of kites to test their ideas. They studied the way birds fly through the air and tried to learn something from it when making their models. Finally, the Wright brothers felt they were ready to test their planes, but they needed to find the right place. They knew the right place to test their planes after writing to the US Weather Bureau for help. At last on December 17th, 1903, Orville and Wilbur tested the plane and they made it.

    The plane flied for twelve seconds and it traveled just 120 feet, but Orville and Wilbur were very happy. Their plane really worked! By the end of the day, both brothers had great successful flights(飞行), with Wilbur having a record of 852 feet in 59 seconds.

    Sir Steven—Winner of 5 Olympic Gold Medals.

    "in 1997 I was found have developed diabetes (糖尿病）Believing the profession trained for the whole of my life ended, I felt very sorry. Then one of my friends said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing. That was it—the encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner if I believed in myself. I am not saying that it isn't difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn't finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way. "

    Karen Pickering—Swimming World Champion(冠军)

    "I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that amount of work by putting it on top diary. This is the key to success—"you can't follow a profession in any field without being organized Make a list of what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your for the day, however small they are, and you'll be a step closer to achieving them.

    Kristen Stewart—Actress

    "When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I can't achieve anything. Then, there are other distractions, such as family or hobbies. The key is to give most of your attention to one thing. When I feel nervous, it helps a lot to repeat words such as focus, calm, peace, either out loud or silently in my mind. It makes me feel more in control and increases my confidence. This is a habit and is a powerful psychological(心理学的)tool."

    A few days ago, I decide to do something to make the students in my class excited. It was close to the end of the school year and everyone seemed to be1.

    I had a good idea after I thought2 for some time, so I found my3 after school on Monday and told her about my plan. We were4to make it come true. I went home and started to write out  21 notes the next day, each for one person I 5 these notes for two days and planned perfectly(完美地) so that6 of them would know I wrote them.

    Then on that 7 morning, my teacher gave out all of the anonymous(匿名的)notes. Except the note made for other students, there were still two notes-one for myself and 8for my teacher. So people would think we had9to do with it.

    I was really10 to see the reactions (反应)everyone had after seeing the notes. There were a lot of smiles and people started sharing their11with each other.

    The best part of it was that they looked at each other's notes and then said, "You know, that note is 12. You are a great person." "You are13 smart just as your note says." It was probably the best feeling I could have ever gotten to see people 14 and giving each other compliments(赞美). And I'll 15 it a secret forever.

    Birthday is an important day in one's life, especially for children. For 365 days the child waits for that special day because he'll become one year (old). Birthday is also the best time (have) a party with your friends and family members. To have different birthday party, you have to prepare lots of  (thing). You should get everything ready. You may invite you friends(come) to the party because you hope to celebrate the meaningful day with the ones you love. It's best (send) some beautiful birthday invitation cards to them. There(be) many ways for you to have the invitation cards. You can buy some invitation cards in the shops or choose some e-cards on the Internet.  you have time, you can even make cards by (you). They will show your effort (努力)to invite friends. I'm  (sure) people would be happy to receive(收到)those hand-make cards.

—OK, cyou later.

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    Students these days often have a lot of worries. My friend Amy had trouble in making friends, and worries for days.