江苏省徐州市2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中质量自测卷

— I used to go to school __________________ every day.

— Yes, of course. I __________________ here since I was born.

— He __________________ to New York. He left for the airport at five in the morning.

—Of course. I _____________ it 3 days ago.

— _____________. But please turn down the sound.

— Sorry, I can't. I _____________ take care of my little sister because my mother is out.

    Mr. Jones works in a hospital His medial (医学的)skills are very1and he is a popular doctor in his hospital He is often2in the daytime. So when he comes back home, he3to have a good rest. He lives in a building outside the city. Most of his neighbors keep4, but Mike doesn't. The young man lives just one floor above Mr. Jones. He likes music very much. He5plays the piano after supper. He can't play well, so6likes the sound. Mr. Jones can't stand (忍受) that.

    7two weeks, Mike is ill. He has to go to the hospital. Mr. Jones looks him over and says, "If you stop8the piano at night, you'll soon be all right."

    After the young man goes away, a nurse asks, "Does playing the piano have9to do with his recovery(康复)，Mr. Jones?" "Yes,10Mr. Jones， "He is one of my neighbors!"

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    Here are some special festivals in the world. Have you heard of them?

The Cologne Carnival(科隆狂欢节)

    It is one of Europe's biggest street festivals. It starts at 11:11a.m. on November 11 and lasts till February I4 next year. During the festival, people put on colorful clothes and play music to celebrate it in the street. Each year，about 1.5 million people take part in it.

Red Wednesday in Iran

    Red Wednesday is a fire jumping festival in Iran. Fires are lit in public places on the eve of the last Wednesday of the solar calendar. People jump over the fire. They hope that it will take all the bad things away.

The Desert Festival in Tunisia

    Tunisia is a very important country in North Africa. Every year on the last Sun- day of December, the Desert Festival is held in Tunisia. As "ships of the desert"， camels are very important during the festival. There is a camel racing and a came wrestling(摔跤)。

    Mr. March looked at the four young faces around him with satisfaction.

    "It was a difficult year for my little girls, I know," he said to them.

    "But you were very brave." He took Meg's hands in his.

    "Meg, your white hands are now rough and red with hard work. They were pretty before but they are prettier to me now. I' m proud of you."

    Then he looked at Jo.

    "You were my noisy, wild boy!" he said. "But now I can see a good, strong woman with a tender heart in front of me. I'm very happy."

"What about Beth?" asked Amy.

    "Beth! Dear, good little Beth!" said Mr. March. He looked at her small, thin body and held her tightly.

    "We nearly lost her. Now I'm going to keep her safe forever. "

    Then it was Amy's turn.

    "I watched Amy today," Mr. March said. "She is kinder and more helpful than she was. She thinks more about other people and less about herself. I am proud to have a daughter like her. I'm proud of all my wonderful little women!"

    Sunday, 15 May

    Have you ever (dream)of travelling around the world (with)a passport? Yes, you can realize your dream by (take) an online tour. Yesterday John showed me an online tour of England. I have never seen so many wonderful pictures of (Europe) countries before.

    Monday, 16 May

    Yesterday I (buy) a book about the USA. It's (real) interesting. My dad has been to the USA on (busy)twice, but I have never been there. It's said that people can take a direct (fly) to America from Xuzhou. The modern traffic system makes travelling much (easy) than before. I hope (visit) the country some day.

    My classmate Zhang Xiaohua loves r . He usually reads for an hour b going to bed. He is I in history books. He borrows most of his b from Tongshan Library-it is opposite his home. Zhang Xiaohua says good books are good friends, and books help him r after a busy day.

    I am a plastic(塑料) bottle. A week ago, I was on a supermarket shelf. I had a normal life, the same as all my brothers and sisters-I was full of water.

    Then a tall woman picked me up and put me in her basket! The woman took me home and put me in the fridge. It was cold, but I soon made friends with the bottles in it. However, only a few hours later, she took me out of the fridge and drank the water inside me. Then she threw me into a liter bin(垃圾箱).1 have never felt so empty and alone in my life.

    Early the next morning, a man took me out of the litter bin. He threw me and the other rubbish into the back of a truck. There were so many terrible smells. I slept for a while. When I woke up, I found myself in a terrible place. Everything around me was dirty and had terrible smells. I felt afraid. Then big trucks came and covered us with a lot of soil(土壤).

    I asked another bottle what would happen to us. He said that we would never leave this place ,we have to stay here for thousands of years.

    "Why can't they reuse or recycle(回收) us?" I cried.

A long winter holiday

    Because of COVID-19, I had a long winter holiday. At the very beginning, I took an online tour to Beijing.