广东省潮州市湘桥区2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷（含听力音频）

—Yes. Exercise will make ______ difference to the health of ___ old in our old people's home.

—Sorry, I have to return it to the library. I_____ it for weeks, and tomorrow is the deadline.

—Yes. I ______ her a gift on line yesterday, and it will arrive this afternoon.

—I ______ the science museum three times. I think it is quite interesting.

—Not really, but it has ______ population.

—Thanks. I don't like action movies, ______ American action movies.

—______. I'm glad to help you.

    A bird went to look for its happiness in a faraway place. It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little dying (垂死的) flower, whose face was full of smile. Not knowing why, the bird asked the little flower, "You're going to die. Why are you still so1?" "Because I will achieve (实现) my dream," said the little flower. "2 is your dream?" "To produce (产出) sweet fruit. "Then the little bird saw it Happiness is a3 in the heart.

    The bird continued flying and saw a lame (瘸的) duck help a little duck find the way back home.4 it was disabled, it had a smiling face. "I'm happy because I can help5 ,"said the lame duck. So the bird saw it: happiness is a love in the heart.

    The bird kept flying and suddenly saw a spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell of the wall halfway, 6 it kept climbing again and fell off again. Even So, the spider didn't7. The little bird asked the spider in surprise, "you8 again and again, why don't you have pain (痛苦) but happiness on your face?" "As long as I keep making my efforts (努力)，I'm able to climb up it.9 this, I'm so happy," said the spider. The little bird saw it: happiness is a faith (信念) in the heart.

    So the little bird10 looked for happiness because it had seen the truth: happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart.

    Winter is cold in some places. Many plants do not grow during winter. Some plants die. Snow and ice may cover the ground. It can be hard for animals to find food during winter. Animals get through this time in many ways. Birds and butterflies can fly. Many of them fly to a place with nice weather in winter and return home in spring. We call it migration.

    Another good way to be away from the cold is to sleep through it. Many animals hide themselves during the winter such as snakes, frogs and bears. They sleep and do not eat for the whole winter. We call it hibernation.

    Some animals store food in their homes. They save some food in summer and fall and live on them. This is what squirrels (松鼠) do.

    Other animals do not leave. They do not hide. Sometimes nature helps them out. Some animals grow thicker coats in the winter. Other animals change color. The arctic fox (北极狐) is brown in summer, but his coat turns white in winter.

    Winter may be pretty. It is nice to see snow on the trees. But it is dangerous, too. People are also at risk. How do you beat the winter? Do you wear a thick coat? Do you stay inside?

Or do you live somewhere warm?

Why don't you the soft toys to the sick kids?

, we should a reading club right now.

I have my pens. Could you ?

The wallet gold the couple.

    Have you heard this short story? It's about a deer (梅花鹿) who lived in the forest. He had large and beautiful antlers (鹿角). The antlers protected him from being hurt by other animals, so he was always because of them.

    One day, the deer went to a river to drink water. The water was clear that it was like a mirror (镜子). When the deer looked at himself in the water, he smiled. "I look like king," he said, "And this forest is my country." Then he noticed something else." My legs are thin and my feet are small," he said. "They look so weak. I hate."

    While the deer was thinking this, he felt something strange. A hungry tiger was behind a tall tree near the river. As as the deer saw the tiger, he ran away quickly. The tiger ran after him and tried to catch him.

    to his thin legs, the deer reached the trees first. But his large antlers got stuck in (卡住) some small sticks of the trees. He couldn't move at all and then the tiger came and caught him.

    The deer cried out, "I love my antlers, but they made me into trouble. Though I hated my legs and feet, they helped me run faster and jumped over stones. I was so! In fact, they are all important to me!"

An American in Beijing Lives His Chinese Dream

    Wearing his bright red armband (袖章) and speaking fluent Mandarin (普通话), 62-year-old Terry could be taken for any regular Chinese man from a distance.

    His Chinese name is Gao Tianrui. He became interested in Chinese culture as a teenager when he read the Tao Te Ching by Laozi. At 18, he took a ship to Taiwan to learn Chinese. On the ship the captain advised him to have a Chinese name." He named me Gao Tianrui, based on the pronunciation (发音) of my English name," he said. Then he first visited Beijng in 1987 on business.

    Gao Tianrui lives in a Siheyuan with other three families. His neighbors are very helpful and friendly. Gao Tianrui once didn't know much about Chinese living habits and his neighbors helped him to overcome difficulties. Gradually, he could speak Chinese fluently.

    Having lived in Beijing for more than 20 years, Gao Tianrui has also finally achieved his Chinese dream: becoming a public security (安全) volunteer. Life as a"Xicheng Dama" has even made him an' online celebrity. Xicheng Dama is a club for volunteers, usually women in late middle-age, who roam (漫步) the streets of downtown at Beijing's Xicheng district. And now Gao Tianrui has joined their club.

    "I like helping others", he said. "I live in the Siheyuan and my neighbors and I usually help each other…This is where I live, where my friends are and where I call home."

Information Card

内容包括: 1）你的一次受邻居帮助的经历(事情的经过及你的感受);

2）对如何与邻居和睦相处提出两点建议；

3）呼吁大家与人为善，建立良好的人际关系。

作文要求：1）不能照抄原文;不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名。

2）语句连贯，词数80个左右。作文开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

    The good relationship between neighbors is very important.