广东省河源市八年级英语上学期期末模拟卷（1）

    June came and the hottest month of the yearbegan. A lot of travelers came to the city by the sea. All of the hotels werefull except Mr. Johnson's. The prices of all the rooms were the lowest in thecity but few people stayed there. The fire broke out three times in a year andfour travelers died in the accidents. Most workers left there and found jobs inother hotels. Mr. Johnson had to do most work himself.

    Itwas eleven o'clock. Most rooms were still empty. Mr. Johnson worked for thewhole day and was very tired. He went to close the gate when a young man camein, with a big bag in his hand.

    "Whatcan I do for you, sir?" asked Mr. Johnson.

    "The cheapest room in yourhotel."

    "OK,"said Mr. Johnson, "but it's on the top floor."

    "It doesn't matter. I think you have alift in your hotel."

    "Ofcourse, sir," said the manager. "It'll take you right there. By theway, may I keep your bag for you?"

    "No,thanks. There's nothing expensive in it but a long rope."

    Oh? What do you bring it with youfor?"

    "I'mafraid another fire will happen in your hotel. If it does, I'll throw the ropeout of the window so that I'll be able to escape from (逃脱) it."

    "Yes?"Mr. Johnson said in surprise. "So you have to pay for the bill before yougo to your room."

    Do you want to be ill or healthy? Try to do the flowing things! You can become stronger. Drink eight cups of water every day. Water helps your bodymany ways. If you feel, just have a cup of water.

    Don't forget to eat your breakfast. Breakfastyou everything your body needs for the morning,do not forget your breakfast.

    Get enough calcium. Your bones need. Milk has more calcium. You can alsosoya milk for calcium.

    Go for a walk every day after meals. Walking is good exercise, and people need exercisegood health. It's better to walk after meals.

    Stretch for five minutes after sitting for one or two hours. Stretching your arms and legsgood for your body.

    Use your brain every day. For example, you can do puzzlesread a new book.

    Have a rest for about twenty minutes when you are tired. You may do something different to havebreak. For example, stand up and walk. Or sit down to listen to music.

    Patrick and Grant are best friends.  But one day, the two boys stopped 1 to each other.

    When they were walking home from school that day, they talked about their homework. Grant wanted his friend to do it for him, so he could spend more time 2basketball.

    "No way! I can't help you like that, '' said Patrick.  "We must know what things in life are 3 to us."

    "You don't want to help me.  What a friend!" Grant said angrily(生气地).

    Patrick was not happy, 4. He said, "You can say whatever(任何) you want, 5 I don't think I can help you in that way. "

    Over the following(后面的) days, they didn't talk to each other and they both 6 bad.

    When Patrick's parents found out why, they asked him 7 how to help his best friend.  And Grant knew that it was 8 fault(过错) for starting this argument(争吵).

    A few days later, there was a school basketball game.  Patrick and Grant both went to watch it.  At the end of the game, the two old friends' eyes met.  Grant came over and said sorry 9 Patrick.  Patrick smiled(微笑) back.

    On that day，the two boys 10 a plan(计划). First, they would work on their homework after school and then they would play basketball.

     How much fat (脂肪), salt and sugar should children eat? Should they stop 1 fatty foods from KFC or McDonald's? Should they give up salty junk food like puffed cheese sticks (膨化奶酪棒)? Should they stay away from foods 2 lot of chemicals and dyes (化学制品和色素)?

    Fat, salt and sugar make foods taste good. 3 too much of a good thing can be bad for you. That's  4 food scientists strongly believe that healthy eating is important. They want to help children and parents choose 5 foods. Most parents agree with the scientists. They hope schools will 6 the responsibility (责任) of keeping kids healthy and strong.

    So, many schools ask their dining halls to sell both healthy and tasty lunches. They hope that the dining halls 7 serve natural foods. They don't want kids to eat foods with unhealthy ingredients (成分) in 8. Scientists and educators also want schools to serve different kinds of foods. They say that 9 should show cultural differences. Teachers and parents care deeply about how kids 10 best. Science shows that healthy eating is good for a kid's learning.

August Wilson was a famous American writer. He left school in the ninth grade. In the late 1960s, Wilson built a theater and began to think of ways to make people know more about African-American life. He had the idea of a series of(系列) plays. Each of the plays showed how African-Americans lived.

The first play of this series was Mu Ruiney's Black Bottom about black musicians in Chicago in the 1920s. Other plays in the scribes like Joe Turner's Come and Gone, were about the blacks in the 1910s Fences , which was about a father and his son in the 1950s and The Piano' Lesson, was about how a family sold their treasure(珠宝) in the 1930s. For the last two of these plays Wilson got Pulitzer Prizes.

King Hedley the Second, the eighth and the last play of the scribes, set in the 1980s. Both the blacks and the whites like his plays now and his plays attract anyone who is interested in African-American life.

Let's Explore the Nature!

    The summer holiday is coming! Do you want to have wonderful and meaningful vacation? If you are interested in animals and nature. Come and join us!

    Youth Explorer has prepared you with a Three-day Summer Program! You can take part in many activities and meet animals-lions, monkeys, tigers and so on! More information about the program is as follows:

    Age: Students aged 10 to 15.

    Groups: Two programs for you to choose. Each group needs at most 15 students.

    Program cost: $ 200 for members; $ 230 for non-members.

    How to do: Simply come to our center to get an application form (申请表).

    Send your completed form to us before July 10th, 2019.

    Notes: 1）No free lunches are offered. You may either bring box lunch or pay for lunch at our restaurants.

    2）Both programs will start day later if there is a warning of rainstorms.

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This term, our school offers many after-school lessons to make our life colorful. lf you are a boy,     ▲   

Hope my advice can help you. Thanks for your listening.