吉林省长春市2021-2022学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷

—No, I just stayed at home.

—He likes to tell funny stories, but he is really about his teaching work.

—I'm sorry, but my father and I planned （visit）Beijing a long time ago.

—You are right. You are ________ to look after ________.

—Camping? I enjoy it so much. ________ is as exciting as camping, I think.

—Every day. It's necessary for us to take exercise an hour a day at school.

—My school is close ________ my home, so I go to school on foot every day.

—A free trip to Hainan Island.

—What do you ________, Bob? It's a camp, not a hotel.

—They're the most beautiful people in the world.

—Sure. She is the best singer ever. I can't think of anyone with a ________ voice.

—I guess so. ________ he's watching TV now.

—Oh! He might lose his job ________ this bad habit.

—________ They're so boring.

Bruce：Hi, Kate! How was your National Day（国庆节）holiday?

Kate：

Bruce：Where did you go?

Kate：I went to Changbai Mountain（长白山）with my parents.

Bruce：

Kate：Well, there is nowhere more beautiful than Changbai Mountain. I like it very much.

Bruce：How long did you stay there?

Kate：We stayed there for five days.

Bruce：Which is your favorite place?

Kate： When I was there, I lost myself in the beautiful scenery（景色）.

Bruce：What interesting things did you do there?

Kate：Lots of things, such as mountain climbing, boating, and fishing.

Bruce：Oh, really? I can't wait to go there.

"Today I will give you a special test," said the English teacher with a smile on his face.

All the students sat up straight and1 for the test to begin. The 2 began to hand out the test papers to all the students.3  he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin.

The students were very 4 to see that there was not a question but a black dot（圆点）in the centre of the paper. The teacher noticed（注意）the students' surprise and said, "I want you to 5  something about what you see there."

At the end of the class, the teacher took all the students' answer sheets（答题纸）and 6 the answers.7 of them described（描述）the black dot. After reading all the answers, the teacher said, "Here everyone only saw the black dot,8 no one thought about the white paper." All the students listened 9 , because they were afraid to fail（失败）in the exam.

Then the teacher said, "Don't worry about your 10  for this test. I just want you to think about our life. The white paper is like our life and the black dot in the center of the paper is just like problems 11 our daily life."

Our life is a 12  given to us by God, with love and care.13 , we just pay attention to（关注）the problems like illnesses and poverty（贫穷）, and never see that these problems are very 14  compared to（与...比较）everything else we have in our life.

So we should try to take our eyes off our problems and15 each moment life gives us.

At the age of 60, my dad was ill. After sleeping for two months in hospital, he finally woke up. His waking up thrilled all our family. But then we knew he didn't know any of us! Doctors said they didn't know how long it would last. My heart went down when I heard the terrible news.

I was his only child, so it was my duty to look after him. He forgot almost everything, but he did remember he liked sweets. I would give him one sweet if he didn't sit on the ground, a second for stopping painting on the wall, and another for not trying to put clothes on the dog.

Dad became the oldest child in town. He climbed up the tree to catch a bird and couldn't get down after it flew away. He broke my window with a ball and cleaned our telephone in water like washing clothes. When I told him he was doing wrong things, he would answer smilingly, "I like that!!"

My son then aged five, and two eight-year-old daughters, welcomed their big playmate. He would happily make them real cigarettes, share his sweets with them, and carry them high in the apple tree to pick apples.

It's eight years since the accident, Dad has accepted（接受）the fact that he is the grandpa of his three playmates but not a brother. He has also accepted that they grow taller but his height always stays the same. Though it is still tiring to take care of him, he really brings us a lot of fun. In some way, I think it is a happy thing to look after Dad like looking after a child. How many people can have the chance to care for a childlike parent?

I have something important to tell you, young people. Now you spend a lot of time caring about your idols（偶像）—even more time than you spend on your studies or work. You often wonder：What could you do to be cool and popular like your idols?

Well, guess what? Some of your idols are only made to "look" cool. If you could see into their private（私人的）lives, you would find these stars aren't so bright. Some of them might not be as honest, kind or hard-working as you are!

When I was a teenager, I had my idols, too—Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. They were ordinary-looking（长相一般）people who played the guitar when sitting on a chair. They had no beautiful clothes, and no screaming（尖叫）fans. They didn't need to do that because their songs were great and meaningful. Most of all, they taught me that it was okay if I was not popular and cool all of the time. I still listen to them today.

Modern "idol culture（文化）" often sends the wrong message（信息）that life is always easy and fun. But the best actors, the top-ranking sports stars and the most creative scientists all have scars（伤疤）from the stress（压力）of dealing with（处理）life's many difficulties.

It's very necessary to choose the right idols. We should celebrate（歌颂；赞美）people who teach us important things that can help to guide us on the road ahead. The next time we see some pretty,  popular "stars" , and then ask ourselves：Do we really need these people in our life?

In July, China introduced the "double reduction（双减）" policy. It hopes to cut down students' learning burden（负担）by cutting down homework and after-school classes. More than two month passed.

"Our homework is clearly less than before," said 13-year-old Shen Yuzhe from Beijing. "We don't need to buy workbooks anymore. The exercises are almost from the textbook（课本）."

According to Shen, teachers are also giving them more chances to do experiments（实验）and learn from real life. This is a much better way to learn things than just reading the books."

For 13-year-old Zhang Hangming from Tianjin, the best thing about "double reduction" is that they can now spend more time taking part in clubs and activities, such as dancing, volleyball and drama. "My school finishes one hour later than before. As a result, I can finish my homework at school. "

Both Shen and Zhang find there are fewer exams now. "Exams help me to study harder. Each exam shows my progress（进步）and my weak points,"  Zhang said.

"Some students now spend more time having fun when they finish the homework early. But if you use all the free time to relax, you might fall behind your peers（同龄人）," he said.

Did you walk into the cinema on National Day and watch the movie "Changjin Lake（长津湖）"? It's about how the new China helped North Korea to push back the American soldiers（士兵）. It is not only the movie itself that makes people touch, but the heroes of the war who fought for our country and the people.

Let's take a close look at the real-life history behind the movie. Changjin Lake is in North Korea. The Battle（战役）of Lake Changjin was in a very cold winter with temperatures（气温）of around -40℃. In the 1950s, our Chinese soldiers had to face life-and-death problems when they got on the train to enter the DPRK. A US enemy plane bombed（轰炸）the trains, and the soldiers had to quickly moved into the mountains and forests to hide. I still deeply remember a picture in the movie. In order not to expose the target（暴露目标）, they stayed in the ice and snow without any moving. Although the follow-up troops（后续部队）killed the enemy and won the battle, unluckily 125 soldiers were frozen（冻）to death. This is a movie about war and people. Many can't help crying after watching this movie, because our Chinese soldiers used their lives to guard（保卫）the country and the people.

It is the loveliest persons who guarded China's great rivers and mountains. However, many of them never have the chance to see the beautiful mountains and rivers again. The movie "Changjin Lake" wants to tell as today's young people：though we live in an age without war, we should never forget the true heroes in the history and we need to pass on their great spirit!

A young couple（夫妇）（choose）to go camping in the mountains to celebrate their first year of marriage（结婚）.

They took with them all the things they would need to go camping—warm clothes, food and. tent（帐篷）.

They went up to the mountains found the wonderful place to put up their tent. After that, they decided （go）for a walk to more of the mountains. After a long walk,  they went back to （they）camp, made a fire and cooked dinner. Finally, it was time to go to sleep.

Sometime in the middle of the night, the wife woke her husband up and said：" Look at the sky. What do you see?"

Her husband answered, "I see quite a lot of stars."

His wife said："That's right. What does that mean to you?"

The husband said："Well, if there are so many stars out there, that means there might also be a planet（行星）just ours, and if that's true, then there could be life on one of those  （planet）. That's kind of （excite）!"

His wife said："You are wrong. It means that else has stolen（偷了）our tent!"

Meng Wanzhou, flew back to China September 25, 2021. This is a very huge win（胜利）for China. On the way home, Meng says "I'm finally back home! The most important thing is that we were born in a great country. Chairman Xi about the safety（安全）of every Chinese. Without strong motherland, no freedom（自由）today". She will forget all the help and support from Chinese people and the people around the world. As the goes, the greater the difficulty, greater the growth.

要点：1）描述一下你的好友。（包括：外貌、性格、爱好等）

2）他（她）是如何在学习或生活中帮助你的。

3）你们之间的友谊给你带来的怎样的影响或感悟。

要求：1）请结合具体事例，适当发挥；语言通顺，意思连贯，表达充分。

2）文中不能出现真实的班级和姓名。

3）80词左右。