山东省滨州市博兴县2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力音频）

—________. I have to clean up the kitchen.

—Class 1. They did their best and _______ Class 2 at last.

—That's true. It can increase the _____of traffic accidents

—Sure!        .

    Most students do not enjoy doing housework. Some of them think that 1 the bathroom or cooking dinner for their family is 2. However, if you try the following ways, you will find that housework is not as boring as you think.

    Learn to do small things

    You should learn to do small things, for example, you can do the dishes, 3 or make the bed. Part of growing up is to be able 4 yourself. Doing some small things around the house shows that you are becoming responsible (有责任感的).

    Divide (划分) housework among the family.

    5 fact, it's too tiring for one person 6 all the housework alone. It's good 7 housework into different parts. All the family members will do the housework together. Dividing housework among all the family members will make everyone's job much 8.

    Make it fun

    Cooking is one part of housework. Cooking can be fun if you 9 your heart into it. If you learn how to cook your favorite food, you will also get a feeling of 10.

    April 22 is Earth Day. Everyone on Earth should care about and protect the earth!

    The earth has warmed by about 1°F (华氏度) over the past 100 years, but why and how? Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which makes the earth warmer. First, greenhouse effect (温室效应) is a very important reason for the change of the earth. People give out too much energy into the air every year. It makes the earth warmer. Climate (气候) change is another important reason. Sometimes it becomes too hot and sometimes too cold. Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little. The change of the climate makes the earth warmer. In turn, the warmth of the earth changes the climate, too.

    When the earth becomes warmer, there may be more rain and a rise in sea level. It will affect the growth of plants, animals and people. On a Pacific island, 100 people have to move to higher ground because the sea is rising. These people can no longer live on the coast. Before that, two islands without people went underwater in 1999. Scientists say that the seas can rise by nearly one meter by 2100.

    People can affect the earth's air, land and water. As for us, we can do many things to protect the earth. For example, we can use fridges less. We can tell more people about protecting the earth.

    If you love reading books, you must know about the book The Little Prince. It's a famous novel written by a French writer. As one of the best-selling books in history, it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects(方言). Now, around seventy years after the birth of the book, an American director has found a way to make it into a 3-D animated film.

    The book tells the story of a pilot, called The Aviator, who crashes into the desert and meets a young prince there. However, in the film, the story starts years after the crash when The Aviator is much older. He has got a new neighbor called The Little Girl, whose mother wants her to get ready to enter the grown-up world. Slowly, The Aviator shares his story with The Little Girl by writing it down and sending her a page at a time. The pages are complete with the pictures in the book, speaking about his time in the desert and taking The Little Girl to an amazing world where anything is possible.

    China is the first country in the world to see the film in two versions(版本)—in Chinese and English. The film shows The Little Girl's life and tells The Little Prince's story at the same time in a beautiful way.

    Huang Lei, a famous Chinese actor, says the film is like a childhood dream which is lost by most adults in this stressed-out society.

    "The most touching(感人的) part is that every one of us was a good-natured kid like The Little Prince, and it's a pity that this good characteristic(品质) goes away as time flies," he says.

    In your life, there are a lot of people around you. They are your relatives, neighbors, friends or classmates. Sometimes you get along well with them, but sometimes don't. What can you do when someone hurts you? Most people may be angry or even fight with him. But it's not a good idea. You'd better forget all this and forgive(宽恕，原谅) him.

    Maybe it's not easy for you to do that, but it's possible. Please remember: Keep a good mood, and you will keep healthy. Staying angry with others, in fact, means letting others' mistakes treat yourself unfairly.

    How can you forgive others?

    First，think of something pleasant and try to get yourself happy.

    Second, don't wait others to say sorry to you. If anyone hurts you，he won't say sorry to you. He may just want to hurt you or just don't see things the same way.

    Third, try to see things in others' shoes. You can understand their minds better and make yourself a little happier.

    At last, try to know yourself very well. Whose mistakes caused that，yours or others'? If it's our fault，try to say sorry to them. If it isn't，smile at the thing.

    March, 2013, the H7N9 virus (病毒) hit (袭击) Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and so on. It seemed that most people who were infected (被感染) with H7N9 had the common flu (流感). Some people suffered from a fever or a cough.

    Don't be afraid—it's not easy to be infected with the virus. Here is some advice to help you protect yourself when it comes.

    Wash your hands. You need to wash your hands with soap and hot water before you eat, after you use the toilet, and after you touch animals, because your hands may carry viruses.

    Cover your nose and mouth. When someone sneezes (打喷嚏) or coughs, flu viruses can travel as far as one meter through the air, so you'd better keep a proper distance (距离) while talking to someone who has a cold. And always cover your mouth and nose with a piece of paper when you sneeze or cough, and then clean your hands.

    Wear a mask (口罩). Some doctors say that masks can stop the flu as much as 80%, but if you don't wash your hands often, it's no use wearing a mask. And it's necessary to wear the mask in the groups of people.

    Do sports often. Exercises will help make your body strong enough to resist the virus.

    At around 9 pm Thursday, April 11^th2019,the rainstorm (hit) Shenzhen, (lead) to floods that washed away the workers who (work) at different river areas in the districts(区) of Luohu and Futian.

    Eleven people (kill) in floods. (make) sure the workers were safe, the government (stop)all water projects in the two places on Saturday.

    Every year there (be) many events across the country. As a student, it's necessary for us to learn how (protect) ourselves when we face different situations, such as earthquake, fire, rainstorm. We (act) quickly and properly. We always (remember) the heroes like Zhang Chengpeng forever for what they have done for us. Tanks to them, we can live safely and happily.

(A reporter is asking Bert some questions about the earthquake last month.)

A: Bert, do you remember the earthquake last month?

B: Yes, I do.

A: What were you doing at that time?

B: I was doing some shopping in a shopping center.

A:

B: I tried my best to run out to the street.

A: But you know, it's dangerous to run during the earthquake.

B: But I know little about how to protect myself in an earthquake.

A: You should read some information about that online.

B: Very afraid.

A: Well, Bert, thanks for talking with me.

B: My pleasure.