浙江省宁波市鄞州区2021-2022学年八年级上学期英语开学考试卷

Computer games are very popular. It is natural for people to want to1, so playing with a friend on the computer can be2to stop. "Just one more game," often turns into another game, then another.

Computer games do have their3. They are excellent for training hand and eye coordination (协调). Computer games can also be great for teaching students. Students can study for longer than a4would be able to teach. Students can also learn at their own speed and not feel pressured to match classmates. And with computers you can5a task as many times as you like. The more you do this, the better you will get, until you can do it perfectly.

However, too much time on the computer can6your eyes. Regular breaks are needed. If students cannot7playing computer games, they won't do well in schoolwork. And it will also be difficult for them to work with others as part of a8. What's worse, if they are9sitting in front of computers, their health will become worse.

Computer games are interesting, but we should remember it is important to10a healthy lifestyle.

An elephant feels very lonely. He goes to a forest（森林）to1friends. He sees a monkey in a tree. "Would you like to be my2?" asks the elephant. "You are too big. You cannot swing (摇摆) from trees3me." answers the monkey.

After a time, the elephant meets a rabbit. He asks him to be his friend. 4 the rabbit says, "You are5big to play in my home!"

Then the elephant meets a frog (青蛙). "Will you be my friend?" he asks.

"6can I?" asks the frog. "You are too big to jump like me. "

The elephant is7. Then he meets a fox.

"Do you want to be my friend?" he asks the fox.

The fox says, "8, sir, you are too big. "

The next day, the elephant9all the animals in the forest running for their lives. He asks10 what the matter is. The bear answers, "There is a tiger in the forest. He's trying to eat us!" Then they11.

The elephant walks up to the tiger and says, "Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat these poor animals."

"Mind your own business!"12 the tiger.

The elephant is13and drives the tiger away. All the animals are very happy and14 the elephant. They say, "You are just the right15to be our friend."

On the way back home every day, many students stop by street vendors (小贩) near their school to eat street food. These vendors look dirty. But why do children like to eat this kind of food? To find out why, and here is the report (报道).

64% of the students think the street food is dirty, but 50% of them eat it anyway, the report says. Many students say they eat street food because it is delicious. "School food is terrible and always the same," said Ling Ming.

Many students also think street food is quick. Another student Wang Jiao says, "Street food is quick and you can eat hot food at anytime. At school you can only have food at meal time, and you usually have to wait a long time before it is ready. "

"School should make students buy food in groups. So we don't have to wait in a long queue, "Xue Yiqun says.

But the report doesn't give any advice about how to make school food better.

There is an old man in the village. He likes gold (金子) better than anything else in the world. He often says, "If I have a large bag of gold, I will be the happiest man in the world."

One day, the old man is traveling in the desert (沙漠) , he loses the way. He is very hungry and thirsty, and he begins to look for water and food around him. But there is only rocks (岩石) and sand (沙子). Just then, he finds a large bag lying on the sand. He hopes there is some water and food in it. He opens the bag. There are about tens of kilos of gold in the bag. He is so sad that he throws (扔) away the bag and begins crying.

Now, the old man knows that there is something better than gold in the world.

—Well, I want to go for a walk after meals.

It was Sunday. Jack went to a barber's shop(理发店)to have his hair cut. But he was not happy with the result. While he was walking along the street, he(meet) his friend Bob.

"What happened to your hair?" Bob laughed and said.

"I hadbad day today! I didn't like my old hairstyle,  I went to a new barber's shop. But this one seems worse than before. You know, I am going to a party tonight." Jack said (sad).

"Oh, that's really a problem. Now I'll tell you what(do) when you go into a barber's shop next time: Have a look all the barber's hair, find outhair looks worst, and then go straight to him. "

"Why?" Jack asked.

"Who cut that(man) hair? Surely another barber cut it. He couldn't cut it(he), could he? In this way you know he can't be the worst barber." Bob said.

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All in all, the summer camp was so wonderful that I want to join it again next year.