浙江省湖州市吴兴区2020-2021学年八年级下学期英语期末试题

"I am going to the store, Uncle Moti," Mina said. "Do you want to come along? You have not seen much of the neighborhood yet."

Uncle 1 his head. "No, thank you," the old man said. "It is just too loud and crowded  for me. I2 the peace and quiet of our village. I feel afraid out here, like a frightened(受惊吓的 ) 3 ." Mina sat on the sofa next to her uncle. "Tell me about the village, Uncle Moti," she said. "Would I like it there?"

Uncle laughed. "You would find it boring 4 — the loudest sound is usually birdsong. All the people know each other. The shopkeepers know all their customers. We stop and talk or go to the tea shop and have tea. Everyone there is 5 and smile to everyone else."

"Sounds really nice," Mina said. "6 I think maybe it is not different in every way. I  really wish you would come with me, and I could 7you why I say that." Uncle sighed (叹气) and got up, "OK, Mina, I will go with you."

Out on the street, Uncle looked very8. Mina took his hand.

"Look," she said, "there is my friend Nate, and down the street is my teacher, Ms. Sanchez." Mina waved to Nate, and called hello to her teacher.

Then she led her uncle to a store. The sign on the door read "David's 9 Shop". She  greeted the shopkeeper. "Hi, David, this is my uncle Moti, who has come here to 10." Uncle smiled. They went in and sat at a table. They ordered tea, and Uncle sighed 11.

"Well, I see what you were trying to show me," he said. "This neighborhood is your 12. Now it will be mine too. It has friends, kind shopkeepers, birds, and even a tea shop…"

The wind keeps blowing.

The door keeps opening.

Will you be with me, my dear Lucy,

When I look for candy

Down there in the dark, dark kitchen?

The wind keeps crying. The door keeps shaking.

Will you be with me, my dear Lucy,

When I pick up my toy puppy

Out there on the high, high balcony (阳台)?

Wish you could always be with me

And make them go away with your

DO-RE-ME I remember last week

They ran away when you started to sing,

"Dear Tommy, my little king,

Close your eyes and have a sweet dream."

So please stay with me and sing

To stop them kicking the door, riding the wind,

And pulling me down to their house under the ground.

They'll go away if you sing here for me,

In a voice that gets a black cat's hair standing

The strongest legs shaking, and the window glass breaking.

(ideas from Matthew Sweeney's poem)

Mary was so tired after her day in the garden that she went to bed early. Before she went to sleep, she thought about Colin and decided to go and see him after breakfast the next morning. A terrible sound woke her up in the middle of the night. It was Colin. He was crying and screaming. Then Colin's nurse came in. She looked worried.

"He's having a tantrum(发脾气)," she said quickly. "No one else can do anything. Only you can make him calm. He and his family all like you. Can you come?"

Mary was angry but she went. When she got into Colin's room, she ran to the bed. "Stop!" she shouted. "Stop! I hate you! Everybody hates you."

"I can't stop!" he cried and cried. "I can't!"

"You can!" shouted Mary. "You're just having a tantrum!" She stamped her foot.

"I have a lump on my back," shouted Colin. "I'm going to be a hunchback (驼背) and then I'm going to die." And he began to cry again.

"Let me see your back!" said Mary.

The nurse, Mrs. Medlock and Martha were all looking very worried. Mary looked carefully at Colin's back.

"There are no lumps on your back!" she said at last.

"Do you think I can live to grow up?" he asked the nurse in low voice. "Yes, if you keep calm and go out in the fresh air," the nurse replied.

"Perhaps … perhaps I can go out with you, Mary," Colin said. "Dickon can push my wheelchair. I really want to see Dickon and the fox and the crow."

Colin was quiet now so the nurse, Mrs. Medlock and Martha went to bed and left Mary alone with him.

"Did you find the door to the secret garden?" he asked her. Mary looked at his tired face.

"Go to sleep now," she said, "We can talk tomorrow."

-- from The Secret Garden

California is burning! Wildfires have spread(扩散) across the US since October 23rd and smoke has filled its skies.

The fires have got lots of people's life into trouble. Take the Kincade Fire in northern California for example. It forced 200,000 people to move away within one week. The state's largest power company(电力公司) cut power to about 206,000 homes in order to stop more fires from breaking out, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) News reported.

California has seen man wildfires in recent years. Nine of the ten biggest fires have happened since 2000, including five since 2010, according to The New York Times.

Why is this? California has the perfect wildfire conditions, Park Williams, a US climate expert, told The New York Times. It has dry air and high temperatures from spring through late fall. At the same time, seasonal winds blow across the state every year, causing the wildfires to spread quickly and last for weeks.

Global (全球的) warming has also made the fires worse in recent years. It has dried out the state's trees and other plant life, causing them to burn more easily.

__________ Burning campfires and cigarette butts ( 烟头 ) or other human activities can all easily cause wildfires. For example, one fire started last year when a car got an accident. The car's oil tank was hit broken, starting a fire.

Lightning strikes (雷击) and volcanic eruptions (火山爆发) can also cause wildfires. However, humans have caused 90 percent of California's wildfires, according to the US National Park Service.

Very often, when we see young people sitting there, looking at the screen of a mobile phone and smiling, we may think nothing is wrong. But when we come to the question "How much time do they actually spend on media ( 传播媒介) daily?", the answer is surprising: young people spend about nine hours every day using media and this only includes media used for enjoyment.

Today's young people seem to have become crazy multitaskers. They often use mobile phones when doing other activities. Some watch TV when doing homework, some text (发短信), and some others listen to music.

But what do young people think of this? A research showed that two thirds of them believed watching TV or texting had no influence ( 影 响 ) on their school work. Half of them thought using social media made no difference. However, researches have given a different answer: media multitaskers did worse in tests.

Scientists did a research among more than 400 students. It shows that those who text a lot have more trouble sleeping and do worse in their study. A similar research also found that students who texted when doing school work had lower grades than others.

According to research, if a kid uses social media a lot, especially at night, he or she will sleep worse and feel more nervous and depressed (消沉的). On the one hand, young people stay up late to check messages and information. They may also be woken up by messages they receive. On the other hand, even the light from a screen could influence their sleep. Some other researches also show that children who use media at night go to bed later, get fewer hours of sleep each week, and become sleepy more easily during the daytime.

Now a growing number of young people are wearing traditional hanfu, or Han Chinese clothing. You may see them eating, shopping, travelling or even working in hanfu.

Hanfu becomes popular in part because the government is promoting( 推广) traditional culture. Some TV shows about ancient China have also helped cause the public's interest in traditional Chinese clothes.

What hanfu looks like is not the same since each Han-controlled dynasty had its own    style(风格), but the clothes are usually loose(松), with sleeves that hang down to the knees and flowing robes that drape around the body.

In modern China, people in different fields are interested in wearing hanfu: from history lovers to students and even young workers.

"Clothes are the most important part of culture." said Jiang Xue, who is a member of a hanfu club in Beijing. "If we as a people and as a country do not even understand our traditional clothing or don't wear them, how can we talk about other important parts of our culture?"

However, there is still a long way for the style to go into people's daily life. Some say they are afraid of being watched by others when wearing hanfu in public.

Mike is your friend, you should tell him copying others' work is wrong.

We in this factory three years.

I at ten last night.

About thirty years ago, my hometown was still a very small town. Many people lived a  poor life. Their houses were small and old, some were even ( 破 的 ). So rainy and windy days were really terrible for them. Bicycles were the most (典型的) transportation. People used (火柴) to light a fire. Most children had no toys to play, so even some simple stone games could (使兴奋) them too. And because of the bad living condition, nobody (浪费) food or money or other things. But things have (变化) a lot. With the help of the government, the environment has become more beautiful. Roads are (宽的) and rivers are clearer. Houses are large and bright. Most families have their own cars. And because of the beautiful sceneries, ( 千 ) of tourists from all over the country come to our city every year.

Da Mao and Er Shun, two pandas sent to Calgary Zoo in Canada in 2014, are going back to China two years earlier than the plan because of the COVID-19 outbreak( 新冠肺炎暴发). Calgary Zoo will also send their two (baby) back.

The animals only feed on fresh bamboo from China. , with the COVID-19 outbreak, people in China can't send the fresh bamboo to them by plane as usual. According to the zoo keeper, the pandas will not eat bamboo that is not fresh, so they decide (send) them back.

Some people on the Internet say the pandas live expensive life. (other) think these pandas are very fortunate because they have a home to return when they face difficulties. In fact, while the doctors (fight) with COVID -19 for humans, our panda researchers were worrying about the pandas abroad too. (luck), China has kept COVID-19 in control in most areas. China is (safe) place of all the countries in the world now.

COVID-19 is still so serious all countries are hoped to work hard to control the  situation so that the life of all human beings and animals can get back to normal soon.

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Recently, the English Corner of our School Newspaper did a survey about whether teenagers like to watch movies at home or in a cinema.