北京市海淀区石油大学附属中学2019-2020八年级下学期英语期末试卷

— Once a week.

—Sorry, I ________. I have to go to the teachers' office now.

— Wonderful! I ________ a great time with my friends in the water park.

— No, he ________ Shanghai.

— __________.

    In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the first time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The monkey king or Sun Wukong is a main character in the traditional Chinese  Journey to the West.

    The monkey king is not just any normal monkey, in fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey. This is because he can make 72  to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man. To fight bad people, the monkey king uses the magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so  that he can keep it in his ear. At other times. He is able to make it big and long.

    The monkey king has excited the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago. Western children became interested in reading this story because the clever monkey king keeps  (fight) to help the weak and never gives up.

    When I first arrived on this island, I had 1. But I've found the ship and made a small boat. I've brought back many things I can use—food and drink, tools, knives and guns. Although I have lost everything, I have not lost my life. So I will not give up and I will wait for another ship. I have already cut down trees and built a house. I go out with my gun almost every day to kill animals and birds for food. I am even learning to grow fruit and vegetables.

    A few weeks ago, I found the 2 of another man's feet on the sand. Who else is on my 3 ? How long have they been here? Not long after that, I saw some cannibals trying to kill two men from a broken ship. One of them died, but the other ran towards my house. I helped him kill the cannibals. This man now lives with me and helps me. I named him Friday. Because that was the day I met him. He is smart and I have already 4 him some English.

    Mr. Black was once a policeman. He was a kind person. He liked to have a walk in the park after breakfast.

    It was very cold 1a winter morning. Mr. Black 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 boy  2to him. The boy was in such a hurry  3he couldn't say a word except pointing towards the river. Mr. Black realized what had happened and ran to the river as soon as possible. 4 of them ran along the river and saw a girl in the water. She was holding a piece of wood. It was carrying her away. It was too  5.

    Without a word, Mr. Black took off his clothes as  6as he could, and jumped into the river. He  7to the girl and took her back near the bank 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 the  8. At last the girl's life was saved, and she thanked them very much.

    Mike is 13 years old, and he is interested in collecting stamps. He began to collect stamps when he was 8 years old. He spends all his pocket money on stamps. Sometimes his parents send him stamps when he does well in his study. So Mike collects a lot of stamps. He often shows his stamps to his friends and his neighbors (邻居). He usually goes to his mail box (信箱) to get letters after school. He wants the stamps from them.

    One day, Mike went to the mail box to get letters. But there were no letters in his box. He found a letter in the box next to his. The letter was to Mrs. Green. There was a beautiful stamp on the letter. So he got the stamp carefully and hurried home. After he went home, he was afraid that Mrs. Green would know he got her stamp.

    On the morning of the next day, Mike put the stamp back to Mrs. Green's box and then went to school. When he came back from school, he met Mrs. Green. She smiled to Mike. Mike smiled, too.

    Are you sometimes a little tired and sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch. I have a habit of taking a nap (小睡) after lunch. Without a nap at noon, I will feel uncomfortable the whole afternoon. A nap after lunch can make me feel fresh and comfortable. Then I can work better in the afternoon.

    At noon – about six to eight hours after you wake up – your body temperature goes down. This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy. So it is best for you to take a nap after lunch for about an hour.

    In many parts of the world, people take naps in the middle of the day, especially in hot weather, where the heat makes work difficult in the early afternoon. In fact, naps are good for everyone in any weather. A daily nap gives one a more relaxing body and mind in the early afternoon, and is good for health. In many countries where naps are traditional, people are seldom ill such as heart diseases.

    Many working people have no time to take naps though doctors may advise taking naps in the early afternoon. Here are a few tips about your nap:

    Remember that the best time to take a nap is about eight hours after you get up. A short sleep too late in the day may only make you feel more tired and sleepy later. This can also happen if you sleep for too long. If you don't have enough time, try a short nap after lunch — half an hour of nap can also be helpful.

    What can we do whenever Earth faces a disaster? Is the only solution running away from the planet in spaceships? The latest Chinese sci-fi movie, The Wondering Earth, offers a different and more ambitious（有雄心的）idea.

    The film is based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin. In the film, Earth is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun. Humans around the world work together to build a giant engine system that will push Earth away from the sun. We're taking the Earth with us to run away.

    What makes The Wandering Earth different from Hollywood-style space films? It's probably the special cultural background. For thousands of years, “homeland” has rooted in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old saying is luoyeguigen. It means returning to one's homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree. There are also many ancient poems about homeland. “The season called the White Dew begins tonight / Nowhere as in our native place is the moon so bright” (露从今夜白，月是故多明). These all show that Chinese people have the tight bond（情感纽带）with their homeland.

    What is Chinese sci-fi? Guo Fan, the film's director said: "Chinese sci-fi is a way to express our cultural and the spiritual core (精神内核). Otherwise, we're just imitating（模仿）others and telling the same American stories." And the film was released on February 5, 2019, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns. It seems the best time to tell this Chinese sci-fi story. Anyway, to us Chinese, Earth goes wherever humans go, because it's our home.

    Timothy Doner has an unusual hobby—He likes to learn languages. Over the last five years, the 17-year-old-boy has been able to master 23 languages. He becomes the youngest polyglot (通晓多种语言的人) in the world.

    He began to learn languages in 2009 after completing basic Hebrew (希伯来语的) lessons. He enjoyed it so much that he decided to become fluent (流利的) in Modern Hebrew. After that, there was no stopping because he loved languages so much.

    Over the years, he has added eighteen kinds of languages to his list of languages. The list doesn't include French, Mandarin, Latin and English. He has managed to learn all the foreign languages on his own, using just online softwares (软件) and grammar books.

    He begins by learning how to pronounce letters correctly, and then teaching himself the grammar. He makes use of reading newspapers and talking with people who speak that language. In order to find other people with similar skills and interest, he posts videos of himself speaking different languages on the Internet.

    His language skills are quite useful, because it allows him to listen to all kinds of conversations.

Now, some children their parents so much that they don't know how to do chores.

ask your teacher for help?

The mountains were high and big it took a long time to walk to the other side.

Qomolangma is higher than mountain in the world.

or we will miss the early bus.

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2)必须包含表格中所有内容，并作适当发挥；

3)行文中不得出现真实人名；

4)词数：70左右，短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

As middle school students, itˈs very important for us to be independent. What should we do to make us independent? First,