山东省聊城市莘县2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力音频）

    I had very unusual experience on Sunday. At ten in the morning. I was 1 down the street when a UFO landed right 2 of me. You can imagine （想象）3 strange it was! An alien 4 and walked down Center Street. I followed it to see 5 it was going, and I was very surprised when it went 6 a souvenir shop. While it was 7 at the souvenirs the shop assistant called the 8. Before the police arrived, the alien left the 9 and then visited the Museum of Flight. 10 the alien was in the museum, I called the TV station. Isn't that amazing!

    Johnny is a lovely fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to find a friend. And the friend looks like him. Johnny sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn't look like Johnny. So Johnny goes away.

    Johnny meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. But the shark opens his big mouth and wants to cat him. Johnny runs away quickly.

    Johnny is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him." Hello! Would you like to be my friend?"

    Johnny answers," Of course! But you are round, I am fat. You don't look like me." The round fish says," But we are both fishes."

    Johnny thinks and says," You are right. Let's be friends." They become good friends.

    Everyone gets angry. Many things may make you angry. Maybe your teacher gave you too much homework. Or maybe a friend borrowed your favorite video game and then broke it. You may get angry when something doesn't go your way. Maybe you get mad at yourself when your team loses an important game. Or maybe you become a road rager（路怒族）when a driver accidentally cuts in front of you. That makes you angry!

    You need to know what to do with your anger. Here are some things you can do when you feel angry：

    ◆Talk to a friend you can trust.

    ◆Count to 10.

    ◆Get or give hug.

    ◆Take some exercise.

    ◆Draw a picture of your anger.

    ◆Play video game.

    ◆Run around the outside of the house five times as fast as you can.

    ◆Sing along with the CD player.

    ◆Pull weeds in the garden.

    ◆Think good thoughts （maybe about a fun vacation or your favorite sport）.

    ◆Take a bike ride, go skating, play basketball -do something active!

    Never getting angry is impossible. But when you're angry, you can do something and it can make things better or worse. Don't let anger be the boss of you. Take charge of it!

    We know what it is like trying to find out about junior sports and hobbies for boys and girls in your local （当地的）area from 6-17 years of age.

    We've had first experience of junior sports ourselves across a wide kind of activities. So we've set up Hobbies for Kids to help you find your way through the sporting in your place.

    Whether you want to take up a sport or hobby just for interest or to compete at a high standard （水平）, there are usually major decisions that you need to take if you are new to a sport or new to a local area.

    Hobbies for Kids will help you with ideas about choosing the right organizations or clubs for juniors, where to find top quality tuition tailored （学费定制）to the needs of juniors, buying the correct equipment and clothing at each stage of the junior development.

    Hobbies for Kids covers Junior Football, Junior Golf, Junior Cricket and Junior Swimming. Other sports and hobbies will be added soon as the site expands with your own input and requests, so keep checking back!

    We hope you find Hobbies for Kids useful and informative.

    There are millions of stars and planets in space. What's the difference between stars and planets? Stars can give out heat and light, but planets cannot.

    The sun is one of the stars. Some planets are balls of rock and some are balls of gas. We live on the planet earth. The earth spins around once every day to give us day and night. The earth goes around the sun once every year to give us different seasons.

    There are eight planets moving around the sun. We call the family of the sun and its planets the solar system. Mercury is the nearest to the sun, so it is very hot. It is the smallest planet. Venus is very bright and hot. It is the nearest to the earth. Mars is covered with orange-red desi and rocks, so it looks like a red star in the sky. It has seasons like the earth. Jupiter has more than 16 moons （卫星）and it is the biggest and heaviest planet. Saturn has more than 22 moons. The other planets, such as Uranus and Neptune, are all very far from the sun and very cold. We need a telescope（望远镜）to see them.

    I haven't (write) till now. I've been busy with the course and making new

friends (连词)I got here. I'm speaking English with classmates all the time and going out in the evenings with (they). We're a real mix of nationalities: Chinese, Russian, Italian, Spanish… We talk about all kinds of things (介词) English and I'm learning a lot about other languages and countries, too.

    My host family are very nice. The parents are very (friend) and kind. The children are both in primary school and they are very sweet. But they can be a bit annoying (恼人的)too. If we have to watch the film Frozen together one more time, I‛m going crazy! I know all the (song) by heart now!

    We live near the school. It's a short bus ride from Edinburgh city center. There is (冠词)ancient castle (城堡)and we're going there next week. Yesterday my Italian friend invited me to watch the free street shows. We (see) a magician doing card games—it was so much fun!

    I will send you some (photo) of Edinburgh Castle next time. Take care and let me (know) how you are doing.

    A cold is the most common illness among us.这里有一些建议来防止感冒。

    Drink lots of hot water. This is an effective way to stop a cold. You'd better take at least 8 to 10 glasses a day.

    Check your temperature often. If your temperature is lower than 102 degrees F, don't care much about it. With your body temperature being higher than normal, it will be difficult for the viruses (病毒)to grow. In other words, having a low-grade fever (up to 102°F) is your body's way to protect itself from viruses.

    Make your sore throat feel better. Chicken soup or any kind of sour soup you like, is an excellent choice.

    Gel enough rest and slay warm. You should get enough sleep. Make sure to keep yourself warm and dry because you may feel cold at that time. If you are starting to sweat a lot, change your clothes immediately. You do not allow your sweat to just dry especially on your chest and back. As much as possible, wear cotton-made clothes to allow your skin to breathe and make you feel more comfortable.

爱好：写作。

1）去年暑假参加了夏令营，除了平常的活动外，有一节写作课。

2）老师给我们讲有趣的故事，谈论我们的生活然后鼓励我们写我们在夏令营的经 历。

3）回到学校，我出版了一本书，许多人都喜欢这本书，所以我成为了一名成功而年轻 的作家。

4）我非常幸运，因为我的爱好给我带来了成功和快乐。