江苏省扬州市江都区2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷

—Yes, of course. I can't think of _______ more exciting one than that.

—OK, I won't.

—He _____come and it depends on how much homework he will have.

— The waste paper ____ to the recycling company.

—Oh, please read the ________on the bottle carefully and take the right amount of medicine.

—________. It's Jim's seat and he will come back soon.

—I believe that nothing difficult will be      if I put my heart into it.

—The boss is wondering where she _______ and how long she _______ there.

—Exactly. _____ great success they helped make the event!

—Don't be angry. He's just so    , but in fact he's good to us, you know.

—Yes, now English ____ the most useful communication tool in England and some other countries.

—I sent them to children in poor areas.

— Yes. They say the place will be polluted if some factories ____ in the future.

—Really? Sounds ________ to believe.

—That's it. __________.

    When I woke up, I was surprised to discover that I was in in my own room. Somebody had put me there when I was 1. The same had happened to Ned and Conseil. Capital Nemo did not 2 until about two o'clock. When he came out in front of us, he didn't explain anything.

    "Are you a doctor?" he asked me. 3 had studied medicine in Paris. When I told him that, he asked me to help one of his men. I followed him to another 4.

    "He is going to die soon," I said. "5 can save him." Tears filled Capital Nemo's eyes, and he asked me to leave the room first.

The next day, he 6 me to go with him for another walk under the water. I agreed, and my 7friends decided to come, too. We went out and found that we were not on sand but on coral(珊瑚).We used our lights to go 8into the ocean. Some of the crew had come with us. Four of them 9 the coffin(棺材) of the man who had died. We walked for two hours and stopped 10 we reached 300 meters. This is where coral begins to 11. Some of the crew had brought tools with them, and they dug a hole in the coral. They placed the coffin in it. Then, they 12 the coffin with rocks. I could see that there had been other burials(埋葬) here 13. We returned to the Nautilus. "Your 14friend is safe from sharks," I said to Capital Nemo. "And from men!" he added 15.

    I began to think that Nemo was not just keeping away from humans in his Nautilus. He was planning revenge(复仇).

    More than 1,000 different kinds of pieces of plastic, including 115 cups, 25 bags, four bottles and two pairs of shoes, have been found inside a dead whale(鲸鱼) in Indonesia, according to local officials.

    When the whale was found on the island, it was already decomposing when animal doctors arrived. So they were unable to be sure if the plastic caused its death, said Lukas, the leader of the World Wildlife Fund in Indonesia. The plastic weighed about 6 kilograms, or 13 pounds, he said.

    But pictures of the dead whale caused a warm discussion. The people in the country have started to realize that it is because of using too much plastic. So has the government. Indonesia, a nation of about 260 million people was the world's second-biggest producer of plastic waste in 2018, behind only China.

    If the whales eat too much plastic, they will have a wrong feeling. They think that they are full. And that will lead them to eat less food that provides all the good things they need, said Nicholas who is the leader of the Ocean Conservancy. Moreover, eating too much plastic can make them reduce their weight, their energy and slow down their swimming. As a result, whales are easier to be hurt by the sharks and many other dangerous animals in the sea.

    More than 800 kinds of animals in the sea are affected by about 8.8 million tons of plastic which is thrown away freely in the ocean each year. Plastic can also stop the animals moving freely and sometimes they will cause them to die because they have to be under the water for too long. Some plastic can make a small hole in their stomachs after they eat it.

    On the first day of the New Year 2019, I made up my mind to go to Thailand to teach English as a volunteer. At the beginning, all I cared about was travelling and seeing the country. I didn't know how fantastic my life would be in the coming months!

    My journey began with attending TESOL certification course in my home state of New York last February. After 3 weekends of study and another 40 hours' study online, I received my TESOL certificate.

    I was asked to contact Philip, who is Program Director of the Teach in Thailand. After discussing with Philip, I chose my school and after many months of excitement, I finally flew to Thailand in early April and I couldn't wait to explore the country!

    After a few weeks of single travel, I met up with Philip and the other new teachers in my program in Bangkok. It was great to meet other people who were on the same journey as me, see some cool sights and walk in Thailand's cities! After that, I attended the week­long training. At the end of the training, I was sent to my school—Anuban Buriram Primary School.

    I truly love my job—I teach Grades 5 and 6 and I have the cleverest and most active kids in the world. It's a truly fantastic thing that you can see the difference you make in someone else's life, right in front of you!

    Buriram is a small city with green rice fields. People here are more friendly than anyone I've ever met—I've never been anywhere where a smile is so easily received, where everyone you pass is so friendly to say "Hello" and "Good morning". I've been taken out to countless dinners, and been lent a guitar, a camera, and I am given Thai treats and the most delicious fresh fruits many times a week. I only hope to repay them in the future.

    One morning, I was driving my father-in-law to the airport when a plane flew silently over the road like a big bird, about to touch down at the airport.

    "It's magic," my father-in-law said. I looked at him, without knowing what was happening.

    He was a doctor who gave speeches at colleges and had visited more than 100 countries. He understood better than I why a plane can fly in the sky. It, really, wasn't magic. But now, I realize he was at least right in some way.

    Though flying might not be magic, it's certainly magical. What it brings to our real lives is something found in our dreams.

    But too often, we, especially I forget. I read a sentence a few months ago. It said, "You know you're growing-up when you no longer want a window seat."

    Too often in recent years, I've asked for a seat near the exit row, forgetting the wonders of traveling fast. But sometimes, when the Wi-Fi's not working or my computer has no power, I remember to look.

    I think of one time when I was leaving on a family vacation. Moments after take-off, I started working. But a passenger behind me wouldn't stop talking. "The clouds!" he kept saying, "Look at the clouds!"

I turned around, and saw two men, one who appeared to be in his seventies and the other much younger. The chat continued for 20 minutes until, not patiently, I raised my eyes from my computer screen and looked out of the window.

    The clouds!

    He was right. We were floating through big soft balls of cotton, each in different shapes. They seemed easy enough to touch. The afternoon sun provided all kinds of colors, all against a blue sky. I put away my computer and appreciated(欣赏)them for the rest of the flight.

    I don't remember the work I felt like I had to complete that afternoon. I've never forgotten those clouds.

    Typing(打字) is one of the most important and basic work skills of the 21st century. Because mobile phones are now so popular, there is a new kind of typing-thumbing. Thumbing means people use one or more thumbs(拇指) to touch the keys.

    Most people can type between 20 and 35 words a minute. Some typists, however, can work very quickly, at more than 110 words a minute. And people's left hand usually does 56 percent of the typing.

    The most common international English keyboard is QWERTY. People name it after the first letters on the top left side of the keyboard. It is more than 140 years old. Other keyboards include QWERTZ (in Central Europe) and AZERTY (used by most French speakers in Europe). Countries with non-Roman alphabets(字母系统), such as, Arabia, Russia or Japan, have their own keyboards.

    People practise the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" to make their typing better. That's because it uses every letter of the English alphabet.

    Thumbing and typing can hurt you. RSI (repetitive strain injury) is the name of a medical condition you get if you type too much. However, most people do not understand what RSI is or how serious it can be. Anyone who uses a computer a lot is at risk and should know about RSI.

    Dr Livesey came to the fort in the morning as promised.

    "There's a l stranger to see you, Sir," Said Silver.

    "Not Jim?" asked the doctor.

    He entered the house, and t the sick pirate(海盗).

    "I wish to talk to the little boy, please," he said afterwards.

    "Hawkins," said Silver, "Promise that you won't try to escape."

    I agreed. Silver asked the doctor to climb outside the port. He then took me down to talk with him from the fence (栅栏)and left us a.

"Why did you leave, Jim?" the doctor asked me and I told him about the Hispaniola.

    "You always save us, Jim, you e found Ben Gunn. Jump over the fence and r away with me," he begged.

    "I can't. I promised," I said s.

    Then the doctor called Long John Silver over.

    "I'll give you some a," he said. "Don't hurry to look for the treasure."

    "But the only way to save my life and the b is by looking for the treasure."

    "In that case, be ready for problems when you find it," said Dr Livesey. "Keep Jim c beside you, and when you need help, shout."

    He then shook hands with me t the fort fence. He nodded to Silver and went quickly into the woods.

要求：

1）注意人称和时态。

2）要点齐全，可适当增加细节使句子通顺、连贯。

3）不要逐字翻译，词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

    With the development of the society, to learn well is not the only thing a student should do. To be a qualified(合格的) middle school student, I think we have a lot of things to do.