上海市浦东新区三林北校2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷

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"Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream." Some scientists say.

Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams areshort films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That maybe because the dreamer is Something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. But too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, thewe dream. The mind works hard when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and stilltired.

Many people who have dinner in a restaurant leave some food. This is a great waste of food. To solve this problem, an Australian restaurant"The New World" has made a new rule-Finish your plate or pay more.

When customers go to "The New World", the waiters tell them about the new rule. The rule asks the customers to order the rightof food. If they don't finish off everything on their plates, they are asked not to come back. If the customers finish off their meal, they can pay less for their meal. In fact, they cana 30 percent discount.

Tina Fey is the manager of "The New World". She said, "The New World is not just a restaurant; it is a place to make people remember what is the right way tofood!

Wendy seldom goes out for a walk after dinner，  ?

Tom  pass the driving test last week.

  we give a computer instructions?

The maths problem isn't for him to work it out in such a short time.

My father and I used to climb, the mountain near my house. Walking together, we always had a lot of conversations. He would tell me about his childhood and school years, and I would share my happy and sad moments with him. We were just like brother. Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn't have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy.

Once we decided to climb, a very high mountain far away from our house. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old then. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds' singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit (放弃) climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment. But my father said to me: "You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can't see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life."

At that time, I was too young to understand his words, But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope and confidence in my life, I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

Moments of joy for Chinese superstars

July 27 to August 12, 2012 was a great time for London. It held the 30^th Summer Olympic Games. There were 10,500 athletes (运动员) in the Games. They 1 26 sports. Many young Chinese athletes gave us a wonderful2, They helped China get 88 medals(奖牌)in all. Let's have a look at some great moments!

Lin Dan, 28, badminton

Lin Dan won the gold medal in the men's badminton. At the beginning of the games, Lin fell behind but he never3. When he finally won the match, Lin shouted and ran happily across the gym(体育馆).

Sun yang, 20, swimming

Sun yang is the winner of this year's men's 1, 500m freestyle. He was born into a sporting family. His parents were once volleyball players. He is 4. He swims 20, 000 meters every day.

Chen Ding, 20, racewalking(竞走)

Few pcople knew Chen Ding before the London Olympics. He won the gold medal in the men's 20km racewalking. Chen once gave up racewalking 5 health problems. But he went back to the field. He is clear about his future. “If I want to win more, I need to keep going,” he said.

Ye Shiwen. 16, swimming

Ye Shiwen surprised the swimming field by two gold medals this year. Throughout the year the Chinese swimming Team has 6 many athletes abroad for periods of training, Ye is one of them. She knows that she has much to be learned. And her training really worked.

Xu Lijia, 25, sailing

Xu Lijia won the gold medal in sailing. It is not easy for her to win. She has hearing difficulties. Her left eye is far-sighted. 7, she has a strong mind and train hard.

A pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must give the public what they really want and need, or he must find a new way of singing that will a  their attention. Even when he has succeeded and his records are sold e, he can not rest. Then he must work h  than ever to remain popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity.

The life of a successful pop singer isn't e  at all. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported by the special newspaper written for the fans. The fans are the most i  people in the world for the singer. They buy his records, they go to his concert, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very d  , too. Sometimes they do anything to get a souvenir (n. 纪念品). They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons，and they even cut off pieces of the unlucky singer's hair. Many singers have been forced to ride(v.即兴表演). A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes b he must always look special and different. And most important, he must always keeping smiling.

As we grow up, we gradually develop a set of our own values (价值) or beliefs. These are Influenced (影响) by society, our family, the education we receive and so on. Once this value system is set up, it's not easy to change later in life. Financial (金融) experts say that every one also has their own belief of how to manage their money. According to our different values, experts put us in three kind. They are: the ant, the cricket (蟋蟀) and the snail. (蜗牛)

★ The ant-work first

Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter, these people don't care about enjoying the moment. They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire. The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest in some funds and stocks (股票基金) with low risk

★ The cricket- fun first

The cricket wants to enjoy everything now and doesn't think too much about the future. They even borrow money when they really want something. Many young people now belong to this group. These people have little savings. When they get old, they might have problems. They should learn to save and buy insurance (保险).

★The snail—lives under pressure

The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves. They take big long-term loads (贷款) from the bank in order to buy things such as expensive houses. They are happy to take big loans even though they are not

sure they can afford (买得起) it. This can cause problems in the future. They should plan more carefully.

Use the following points as a guide. (短文需包含下列要点)

＊ How do you like your weekend ?

＊ What do you often do at the weekend?

＊ What do you plan to do to make your weekend life better?