安徽省安庆市岳西县2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中测试卷

—I was watching TV.

- I met an old friend of mine while I _____ on the street.

— Sorry, there are ____ books left.

— He is ________ and he can't see anything.

— She read my diary without asking me.

— I'm sorry I________. I must finish my homework now.

— I'm sorry for it. My mother and I _____ in the square.

— ______. I bought it from a shop online(网店).

— Oh, it's raining outside. You'd better not leave____ it stops.

—___________ Everyone fell asleep then.

    Do you like reading stories? Maybe you will answer, "No, I am not a child any more!" Yes, children all over the world always love stories.

Chinese children are1in Monkey King's story. It2a popular bedroom story in China for many years. In fact，adults also love the story a lot. For them, Monkey King has become a very3part in the memory of their childhood. The clever and humorous monkey4the hearts of many Chinese people. British boys and girls all know Alice's Adventures in Wonderland well(爱丽丝梦游仙境). As the name5, it's a story full of dangerous but exciting trips. Children laugh, cry and even get frightened with Alice together while reading the story. Most American kids have read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(汤姆·索亚历险记), by the famous writer6Everyone likes the brave boy who also has lots of7. Some scenes of the story may make your heart go faster, for Tom and his friends meet some very bad men and are usually8. Of course in the end, they beat the bad ones.

    You may also ask me9I like stories. Yes, I have liked them since I was very young. At that time, I often10all my pocket money on story books. For me, stories are much more delicious than chocolate! They help me learn a lot. So either young or old, let's enjoy stories.

    Mr. Smith was once a policeman. He was a kind person. He liked to have a walk1the park after breakfast.

    It was very cold on a winter morning. Mr. Smith was walking along the street when he heard a cry for help. He turned around but could see nobody. He stopped and looked here and there. At the moment, a boy2to him. The boy was so hurry3he couldn't say a word except (除……之外) pointing towards the river. Mr. Smith realized what had happened and ran to the river with him as soon as possible.4of them ran along the river and saw a girl in the water. She5a piece of wood. It was carrying her away. It was too6.

    Without thinking twice, Mr. Smith took off his clothes as7as he could, and jumped into the river. He8to the girl and took her back near the bank (河岸) and lifted the girl up, and then the boy helped pull her out of the water. Then they stopped a car and took the girl to the9. At last the girl's life was saved, and she10them very much.

A：This office is in a mess! I'm a little embarrassed(尴尬的)．

B：Don't be．Today is cleaning day!

A：I don't like cleaning day．But we need it every year．

B：Dirt(灰尘)gets into small places．

A：I know．Would you like to help?

B：Yes．Today will be fun．

A：So，where do we start?

B：You can clean out these old boxes of papers．

A：Some of these papers are really old．What can I do with them?

B：

A：That's a good idea．

    There was a boy called Jack who lived with his mother on a farm. Jack was so lazy that he did nothing. One Monday his mother told him if he did not begin to work she would drive him out to live by himself.

    He had to work on a neighbor's farm for some money the next day. However, when he got home, he realized his money was lost. "How careless you are." mother said. "Yon should put it into your pocket."

    On Wednesday, Jack went out again and got a bottle of milk for taking care of some cows. Jack put it into the large pocket of his jacket. However, he sprinkled(洒)it. Mother said, "You should carry it on your head."

    On Thursday, Jack worked for a farmer and got an ice cream. In the evening Jack went home with it on his head. When he got home, the ice cream was melted. It made his hair dirty. "You should put it in your hands, "said his mother.

    The next Monday, Jack went out once more, and got a horse for his work. Jack found it hard to put it in his hands, but at last he did it. He began walking home slowly, carrying the horse with his hands. There lived a rich man with his only daughter, a beautiful but deaf and dumb(哑的)girl. She never laughed in her life, and the doctors said she needed somebody to make her laugh and speak. When the pretty girl saw Jack, she couldn't help laughing. Jack married(结婚)her and became rich later.

    Parents play an important role in their children's life. If they love each other, it will make their children healthy, funny, smart and helpful. Parents' communication is one part of all American families.

    "They are my example," seventeen-year-old John says. "My mother tells me no matter I do anything wrong. She will still love me. This always makes me happy. "(John is one of the 1280 young people. Someone asks them to tell what makes them happy by answering some questions.) Here are the results.

    Children who have parents' love and help are healthier.

    Students living with parents are easy to get higher grades, have better living skills, and are easier to finish their education and continue a higher education.

    Children can have better communication skills when their parents can understand their needs and feelings.

    When parents control the children's time and space, children may do many bad things like smoke, drink and so on.

    There are so many cars on the roads that all the children must know how to keep safe in the cars. Here is some advice on how to keep safe in the car.

    It doesn't matter if your family car is old or new, research about car accidents shows that the front passenger seat is the most dangerous. Even if your car is new and it has airbags for the driver and the passenger of the front seat there are still dangers for kids. Airbags protect the chest of an adult but it can be at face for a child. So where's the safest place for kids to sit? It's the back seat.

    Research shows that wearing a seat belt(安全带) is the best way to avoid serious hurt. Seat belts should be made to fit the person using them. Kids can be hurt in an adult seat belt because they are small and the belt could come up round their neck or face. The best way to solve this problem is to set up a special seat belt for the kids in each car. The kids should sit on the kid seat in the car.

    Chin-Lu held her grandmother's hand as they walked through the park. "Grandma, this is my favorite time of year.

    I love spring best."

    "Why do you love spring, Chin-Lu, "grandma asked. Chin-Lu answered, "I love the beautiful flowers, baby birds, and the sunshine."

    "Isn't it nice that we have different seasons? Imagine if it is always the same season, "grandma said.

    "I wouldn't like that. I don't want to have snow on the ground all year long. I don't want to have autumn leaves all the time, either. I like it when the seasons are different. If it was winter all the time we'd never have butterflies(蝴蝶), "Chin-Lu replied.

    Then they saw two butterflies and grandma explained something about the different butterflies so that Chin-Lu knew it better. "We can see the river from here. Look at the fish swimming about in it. They are all fish, but some have more orange and some have more white. They are different. That's what makes everything unusual and beautiful. Nothing is the same, "grandma said.

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