外研（新标准）版八年级英语下册Modules 1~3评估试题

—No, I haven't read it      ．

—No, I'm watching one of his old movies．

—That      wonderful!

    I'm Sheila．I'm only sixteen but I1what I want to do．I make good use of my free time to live a meaningful life．

    When the school year started，I joined the school newspaper．I chose to work as a reporter(记者)there because I love talking to people and 2 ． I have to write an article(文章)every week and that keeps3very busy．

    Although I'm quite busy, I4to join Greenpeace．My school has a Greenpeace group．The group makes leaflets(小册子)to ask people to save the planet．I love doing this kind of work．5I'm quite good at French and English，I am often asked to translate some leaflets from French into English．The leaflets are mainly6how to save animals in danger．I feel very7for those animals．They are so cute，but maybe we can't see them years later．I learned a lot from Greenpeace and helped solve some environmental problems in my neighbourhood(社区)．I'm happy．I can8 ． Also,it's important to9our interests．I enjoy working for Greenpeace and I get much 10from giving my time to it．

A：Hi，Mario．

B：I'm writing about my trip to Beijing．

A：Your trip to Beijing?

B：Yes, I went there last month．

A：Really?So，you visited the Great Wall，didn't you?

B：Yes, I did．

A：

B：It's surprising and great．I love it．

A：

B：I visited the Summer Palace．the Palace Museum and so on．They're an wonderful!

A：Yes, of course．I hope to visit Beijing one day．

    I have five children．I'm always busy when they're awake(醒着)．That's why I try to get up before everyone else．I get up at 5：00 am．The house is quiet．I drink a cup of coffee and read books．I love that time because it's mine and I can think without interruptions(打扰)．

    —Anna

    I'm a night person．I love the night．I feel sleepy all day and then at night I wake up(醒来)!I like to dance，watch movies or talk to friends at night.I never go to sleep before 2：00a.m.

    —James

    I'm a morning person．As soon as a little light comes through the window,I wake up and start my day．I try to do important work in the morning because I know that I think best at that time．After 1：00pm，I begin to slowdown!

    —Sandra

    I love tea time．I like to have tea in late afternoon．It's a time to stop the day's activities (活动)for an hour and talk with friends．Sometimes,people visit my home-then．Sometimes，I go to a friend's house for tea．

    —Bob

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    "Can I take your order(点餐)?"Night after night，I had to say this as l worked in my family's restaurant．My father was a fantastic cook．He wanted me to cook with him．but I didn't like cooking．Because of the restaurant，my father was always busy．He never had time to play football with me．

    During my high school and college years，I worked with my family at night．But I always avoided the kitchen．I couldn't wait to graduate (毕业)so I could move away from the family business(生意)．Several days before my graduation day,my father and I started looking at new cars．Finally,we found the right car．I was sure that my father would give it to me as my graduation gift．

    On my graduation day,my father gave me a book as a gift．It was his old cookbook．I was so angry that I gave it back to him and ran out of the house．I soon moved away and started my business．Although I often saw my father during holidays，we never talked about the graduation gift．Then one day,I got a call that my father was ill．I went to see him because I was very worried．

    That night, I looked through my father's books and saw the cookbook that he had given me years before．I carefully opened the cookbook and went through it．Then I found something that made me cry．It was a check(支票)for $30,000 dated(注有日期)the day of my graduation．And the price of the car my father and I chose all those years ago was $30,000．．．

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     In April 2004，Sharon Tirabassi got more than$10 million by winning a lottery (彩票抽奖)．She became very rich．But just in nine years，she spent almost all the money．Now she even has to work hard to make enough money for everyday use．

    Before she won the lottery,Sharon lived in a small house with her three children and didn't have enough money for a car．After she won it，she was unprepared for the change to her life．She spent most of her time shopping with her friends and paid for everything．She bought a big house in the richest part of town and four cars．

    Today Sharon lives in a rented(租来的)house on a quiet street—not far from where she started．She doesn't have the big house or the expensive cars．She goes to work by bus or by bike．

    But Sharon says she's happier now than before，and she lives life more fully than she did before．"When l was rich．I spent all my time shopping．But now other things are more important to me，"says Sharon．Now Sharon works hard and often talks with her children．"I'm trying to get them to learn that they have to work for money"she says．

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    A little boy was very hungry．He was hto see ajar of nuts(一罐坚果)on the table because nuts were one of his favourite things to eat．

    "I'd like some of these nuts.I'm sure Mother would give them to m ． But I can't ask her because she isn't here．I'll jtake a big handful(一把)．I'm sure it's OK，"thought the little boy．

    The little boy Phis hand into the jar and grabbed(抓)a big，big handful．

    H ， when he tried to get his hand out,he couldn't．The neck of the jar was too small．His hand was stuck(卡住)．

    He tried again and again but couldn't get his hand out．

    Soon．he started to shout for h ．

    His mother heard his shouts．She w into the room and asked."What's the m ?"Then she looked at the little boy's hand in the jar and asked，"w are you doing?''

    "I can't get my hand out of the jar,"said the little boy,

    "Well don't take so much．Take two or three nuts．Then,you can get your hand out e ， "said his mother．

    The boy tried his mother's advice．Of course，it worked!

Activities on Happy Farm

◎pick strawberries ✔

◎water trees ✔

◎feed chickens ✔

◎milk a cow ✔

◎ride a horse  ×

My journey to Happy Farm