广东省阳江市江城区2020-2021学年八年级下学期英语第二次月考试卷

At 9:30 p.m. yesterday, I was sitting in my chair, listening to a strange sound. It made1pleased.

This was the third time I heard the sound. And I didn't know who or what made the sound. It sounded like someone was knocking at my window, but I lived 2 the ninth floor!

I was too scared 3 my eyes until the sound stopped. I thought this was 4 than the difficult homework. I thought about asking for help 5 I was sure people would laugh at me. "There are no such things as ghosts(鬼),"they'd say.

"There it is again!" "I shouted. My mom came upstairs and 6 me what was going on. Then she heard the strange noise, too. She went into the bathroom. I wanted to stop my mom, 7.

I was afraid that something bad would happen to her. But she started laughing. "It's OK, dear. It's just a strong wind making your curtain(窗帘)shake and knock the window."

She told me I 8 worry and the sound was nothing terrible. Since then, I knew I should be9 smart kid. In the world, there are no ghosts. I don't have to be afraid. If such things happen again, I will do like what my mom did and find out the truth. 10 meaningful experience I had!

If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British1.

One day, Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and2a snake appeared...and bit him on the hand.

A few days earlier, the snake came to the3__from Asia in the box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and4under the dish.

"I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I5the door,"Mr. Jackson said.

Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed6and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his7began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't s aywhat was wrong because they didn't know what8of snake it was.

Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone. The doctors9it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.

"So my advice is this: If a snake bites you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then show the photo to the doctors,"10Mr. Jackson." Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for the photo, don't worry!"

Nowadays parents and their children are spending less time together. As a result, many children are getting less love than their parents once got. How to help parents and their children stay connected? Below is a list of helpful tips for family life.

*Eat and chat

Sharing a meal together makes parents and their children have time to talk about each other's lives. This is also a time for parents to listen to and give advice to their children.

*Read often

It is important for parents to read to their children. Reading to your children cultivates an interest for knowledge. It also helps their attention last longer. Look for books that your children like reading. After their reading, ask questions about what the books are about.

*Plan an outing

Sometimes getting out of the house is important. Jump into the family car and go for a trip to the beach. Also a visit to a zoo, a park or a museum will lead to a long discussion. Help with schoolwork a great way to spend more time with children and light a fire of learning is to help children with their schoolwork patiently. A parent's help will cause a child to become more interested in school and to improve his or her grades.

Tim lived in a small house. he was poor, he lived a happy life. He had a lovely daughter. She was nice and often helped him the floor and fold clothes.

One day, he came home late as .He became angry when he found his girl was some golden paper to decorate(装饰) a box. But later, he was sorry when his daughter gave the box to him as a on the Christmas morning. When he found that the box was empty (空的),he became angry again. He shouted her, "Don't you know when you give someone such a box, there should be something inside ?" The little girl looked up at him with tears (眼泪) in her and said, "Daddy, it's not empty. I put my kisses(吻) into the box. All for you, Daddy." Tim put his arms around the little girl: He asked for her forgiveness (原谅).Tim kept that golden box by his bed from then on.

Unluckily, the little girl lost her life in car accident. Tim was sad. He often took out the box and that there were full of kisses of his daughter in it.

Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago in 1932.He was a poet, writer and artist.

Shel Silverstein is best known for his books for children. However, people of all ages like his poems and stories. His first children's book came out in 1963.It is called Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back. It is about a lion that eats hunters and lives like a human.

One year later, his book The Giving Tree came out. It may be his most popular book. This story is about a boy and a tree that loves him. The tree gives the boy everything until it can give no more. Both adults and children have enjoyed reading this book.

Shel Silverstein is also famous for his poetry. His first children's poetry book is Where the Sidewalk Ends. It was published in 1974. It has more than one hundred poems and many drawings. The poems and drawings are creative, funny and wise. In the book, readers meet a boy who turns into a television set and a girl who eats a whale.

In the 1980s, Shel Silverstein began writing plays. He wrote about twenty of them. His first play is called The Lady or the Tiger Show.

Shel Silverstein once said that he wanted to go everywhere and look at and listen to everything. He said people could go crazy with the wonderful things in life. And he communicated this in all of his writings and drawings. He died of heart failure in 1999.

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Growing up with Good Books