浙江省温州市新希望联盟2020-2021学年八年级上学期英语期中检测试卷

— Yes, it is _______________ exciting sport. I play it every day.

— You can take _______________  to Lao She Teahouse.

— What a kind boy!

— Mum, I don't want to eat anything _______________ fruit.

— They are cheap. I paid 20 dollars.

— Because someone ________________ his toy car.

— Yes, that's why he is ________________ in our class.

— ________________, I plan to do it ,too.

Once there was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn. The watchwas cheap, but it was very important to him because it was a(n)1from his father on his tenth birthday.

After2thebarn for a long time，he gave up and asked for help froma group of children playing near it.

He3 them that the person who found the watch wouldbe rewarded5 dollars.

Hearing this, the children ran inside the bam4. They looked for the watch everywhere5still could not find it. Just when thefarmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be givenanother6.

The farmer looked at him and thought," Why not? After all, thiskid looks honest. "

So the farmer7thelittle boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watchin his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy8he succeeded but the rest failed.

The boy replied in peace," "I did9but sat quietly and listened for the soundof the watch."

This shows us that sometimes a10mind can think better than an excitingone. Stop and think over for a while.

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Summer is one of the best times for you and your dog to spend some good time outdoors. It's also the season that can be dangerous to dogs. In order to keep your pets safe, you will need to learn about the possible dangers.

Not all dogs can swim. In a perfect world, you hope that your dog will jump in the water and naturally know what to do. While some dogs(especially dogs like Labradors and Golden Retrievers) may naturally know how to swim，many others do not. There are many dogs who fear the water and refuse to learn to swim. You should never force a dog into the water.

Watch what your dog drinks. Most dogs will gladly drink the water in which they are swimming. This can bring a serious problem depending on the kind of water. Pool chemicalsare very dangerous and not healthy. Lake and river water may seeminnocuous, but may have parasites. It is more possible to find parasites in standing water than in running water.

Dogs can get sunburned, too. Dogs with lighter hair, short hair or pink noses are in greater danger. But even long-haired dogs can get sunburned noses. Water reflects light, so it is more possible to get sunburned around water. Make sure that your dog is not always in the sun while swimming.

Kato Lomb was born at an exciting time. It was 1909 in Budapest, and the world that she grew up in was going to see great changes.

After getting her degree in physics, she looked for the job everywhere, but failed. She saw little hope of getting a job in the scientific fields. So she decided to teach English. She just had to learn it first. In her language learning Kato started reading cheap but exciting novels, carrying a dictionary with her all the time.

Her way of language learning made sense --if the story is exciting enough, it can keep you going past what you don't understand. In the end, you can-pick up what you need from the context. The reading took her further than she could have imagined. After the end of the Second World War, she began a long and successful career of interpretation and translation. In fact she was one of the first professional simultaneous interpreters in the world. Simultaneous interpretation is a job much more difficult than translation as all the work happens in real time. Not stopping at English, she learned French, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese and quite a few other languages that she used to work as a translator.

Kato believed that interest was the most important part of language leaning. Grammar could always come later if you were excited about learning and understanding new words in the language. No matter what language she was learning she always believed she could complete the task and could keep studying her whole life.

All year long, Stella has been taking a dance class. She goes to the class after school on Thursdays with her best friend Molly. Stella and Molly both love to dance so much that they even practice when they are playing together on weekends.

Stella knows that at the end of the year, her whole dance class will get to perform at an arts festival. Molly is really excited about the festival. Molly tells Stella, "It's going to be great. Just think, a real stage! Everyone will be watching us. " When Stella hears those words，she feels worried. "Everyone will be watching us?" she thinks. That means there will be so many people to see her make mistakes. Stella starts to feel like she does not even want to go to dance class.

Stella tells her mom about her worries. "I just don't want to make mistakes in front of other people. I'm the worst dancer in my class!" she tells her mom. Stella even starts to cry.

Stella's mom kisses her, saying, "Stella, you have been practicing all year. You love to dance and you look so happy when you are dancing. Believe in yourself! Tell yourself you will succeed and you know that you will. "

The next week at dance class, Stella feels a little braver. She practices all week and her teacher praises her for her great progress. After class, Molly says, "Wow, Stella, you look great today!" That makes Stella feel glad.

That night at dinner. Stella tells her parents and her brother that dance class is better today. She asks them whether they will be coming to the arts festival. All the family say, "For sure."

Do you believe that a man can change the desert into green land? Guo Chengwang is such a great man. Guo Chengwang is (著名的) for his work in planting trees in Shaanxi Province. He is great because not only he plants so many trees but also he has (已经) worked there for over30 years.

When he was a child, he had to go to the farmland (喂养) pigs. After he grew up, looking at the endless desert he thought he should do something. In 1986, he came up with the idea of planting trees. So he (卖掉) the pigs and began his plan . At first, the (形势，情况) was difficult. He had to carry water from a place far away to water the small trees he planted He worked day and night to grow as many trees as possible. He has planted two (百万) trees now. He hopes to live in peace with the (自然).

Guo Chengwang once told a reporter from CCTV, "Nothing is (令人愉快的) than seeing the trees grow well. They are just like my own (婴儿). "He is one of  (普通的) farmers in China. What he did makes our country more beautiful.