牛津版（深圳·广州）2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下学期期末模拟复习卷三

—Because of the damage of their living environment.

—In most places, bananas are usually sold by weight.

—I will do my best.

—Of course.

—Yes. It can bring me much peace.

—You need to spend more time with her and do something to make her happy.

—I want to help         people. They can't walk or move.

—         , thanks. I think I can manage it myself.

— I don't know exactly, but not too fast.

    People use different ways to communicate. We communicate with each other not only through 1 but through body language. Because body language is so2 , you have to know what yours is saying and what other people's is saying. Here are some 3 of body language and its meanings in North America

    If you drop down heavily and your head is down, this could 4that you are sad or not happy. If you sit with a smiling face and look 5 , you are expressing friendliness.

    A smile is a way of expressing friendliness and interest. But people 6smile just to be polite.

    Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person's eyes. 7yours especially when you're the one who's talking. A person who doesn't8 you is expressing that he is not interested or is shy.

    Hand gestures can mean a person is interested in the conversation. But 9 movements, like hitting a pencil lightly against something again and again, often mean the person is nervous or not patient. 10 someone who points at you while talking with you—that person might be angry at you or feel better than you.

    When you communicate with others, you express your thoughts and feelings not only through the words you choose, but also through your body language.

    To learn another language is more than just learning words and grammar. It involves (包括) learning about another culture too. Body language is different from culture to culture, so there is something that language learners should know about.

    Sometimes, cultural differences in body language can cause discomfort or misunderstanding. For example, there are cultural differences in how much distance should be kept between two people who are talking with each other. If you would like people to keep a distance, you may feel very uncomfortable when someone keeps trying to stand close to you at a party.

         In some Asian countries, a smile can show embarrassment(尴尬) or apology. However, smiling back at a teacher who is unhappy with you, or someone whose foot you accidentally stepped upon is probably not a good idea in most English-speaking countries.

    In most countries, nodding your head means "yes" and shaking your head means "no". However, nodding and shaking your head have the opposite meanings in Albania.

    Even speakers of the same language, such as British, American or Australian people, may not use the same body language .So learning how to understand and use body language is important to you to improve your communicative abilities.

    Ali, who was working a long way from his home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin.

     Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late," he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife," said Ali. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far? What does that matter?" answered Ali.

    "Well. My writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money. "Ali went away quickly.

    China has a very long history. It has many great traditional skills that have a wide influence(影响). Here we mainly talk about kites.

    The earliest mention of a kite in ancient China dates back to the 5^th century BC. It was made of wood and used as a rescue signal(求救信号).

    At the time between 770 and 221 BC, Chinese kites were actually called "muyuan". They were first invented in Shandong Province for military  purposes(军事目的). The kites were used to send important messages during the Chu-Han War(206—202 BC). During the Tang Dynasty(618—907 AD), kites were made of lighter materials, such as bamboo, silk and paper. At that time, people began to fly kites for other purposes. It was believed that letting go of the kite could remove bad luck and illness.

    Today, kite-flying is an interesting and healthy activity in China. There are large kite-flying festivals held throughout the country, and kite makers can show off their skills during the festivals.

    In the Kingdom of Arendelle, Princess Elsa has the power of freezing and creating ice and snow, and her younger sister Anna loves to play with her. When Elsa accidentally hits Anna on the head with her gift and almost kills her, their parents bring them to trolls that save Anna's life and make her forget the ability of her sister. Elsa returns to the castle and maintain herself recluse in her room with fear of hurting Anna with her increasing power. Their parents die when their ship sinks in the ocean and three years later, the coronation(加冕) of Elsa forces her to open the gates of her castle to celebrate with the people. Anna meets Prince Hans in the party and she immediately falls in love with him and decides to marry him.  But Elsa does not accept the marriage and loses control of her powers freezing Arendelle. Elsa flees to the mountain.

    Anna, the sister of the queen Elsa, sets off on a dangerous and mysterious journey to bring back Elsa, who has run away because of causing an endless winter upon her home town. Anna teams up with the peasant Kristoff and his reindeer Sven and with the snowman Olaf to seek out Eisa. Anna must get through challenges and meet new friends, such as Olaf, a lovely talking snowman, and face her charming boyfriend to save the kingdom 'not only from Hans, but from forever winter. They find Elsa in her icy castle and she accidentally hits Anna in the heart; now only true love can save her sister from death.

    Like humans, dogs donate blood too, and not every dog can donate blood. The dogs are screened(检查) for health first. Dogs must have the correct blood type, weigh at least 55 pounds and be younger than 8 years old. They may donate three or four pints(品脱) a year, which can help animals that are suffering from illnesses like cancer or an accident like being hit by a car. One pint can save up to three dogs.

    Owners volunteer their pets for the short procedure (程序), which requires no sedative, a kind of medicine given to calm him or her down. It's the dog that finally chooses to lie still and give. If the dogs want to get up and leave, they can.

    Sandy Lucas brought her 7-year-old black German shepherd, Rains, to the bloodmobile(流动血站) when it was parked at her small village. Sandy said she wouldn't have troubled herself with highway traffic and city parking problems to take the dog to Penn Vet's animal hospital in downtown Philadelphia, which is twice as far as her home. But the bloodmobile made it easy to find out if Rains could donate. "I was very, very excited that she had the right blood that was needed to help another dog out," said Sandy. "We'll surely do it again."

    Lots of us have dreams of doing big business when we grow up. However, Moziah Bridges,  14-year-old boy in the US, is now the CEO of his own company. He  (sell) $ 200,000 bow ties(领结) since 2011.

    One day about four years ago, when Moziah (shop) for bow ties, he found they were only in "ugly" black and red. He wanted a change. So he asked his grandma  (teach) him how to sew (缝), and finally developed the talent of creating bow ties. However, his first bow tie (look) nice. The boy never gave up and kept on (practice). He used colourful cloth with different pictures. His parents friends started to like his bow ties. Then he tried to sell them online to several stores the south. Moziah's bow ties soon (become) popular. Now his business has increased quickly. Moziah's mother said, "You don't have to wait until you're older. If you have a dream, just go  it."

Shopping in the past and present

When my parents were young,