浙江省乐清市联盟校2022-2023学年八年级上学期英语返校考试题（音频暂未更新）

On December 10, 2021, a fire broke out in a family's home on the third floor in Wuhan.

Zhang Yu 1 what was happening. He climbed up the balcony* on the second floor.

"Come on, give me the child!" Zhang Yu shouted to the 2 on the third floor. They threw a two-year-old girl out of the balcony. Zhang Yu hooked the balcony on the second floor with one hand, 3 held the little girl with the other hand, and took 4 safely into a house on the second floor. Then he helped the mother and father move safely.

Several people 5 him when he left silently after saving the family of three. "Hero! Don't wear your mask and let's take a picture 6 your face!"

One hour later, we learned 7 about the hero from a reporter. Zhang Yu worked for Shunfeng then and had been an armed policeman for two years.

"When I saw the fire, I was receiving mail. I found people trying to catch the girl's family with a blanket, 8 it was too dangerous. At that time, I only had one idea—to make people 9. I wanted to climb to the second floor to pick up the people. "

Zhang Yu is the hero around us and we should 10 him. He was awarded MaylLabor Medal in Wuhan on December 20, 2021.

Sports can be a lot of fun. They are also a great way to get exercise and stay healthy. But it's important to stay safe. Here are several ways for you to remember while playing sports.

Move and stretch

Before playing sports, it's good to warm up. Learn the right ways to stretch. This will help you get less hurt.

Listen up!

People make rules not only to keep games fair but also to keep you safe. Listen to your coach. He or she will keep you and your playmates safe in the game.

Drink water

The body needs water. When you sweat, your body loses water. That's why it's a good idea to keep a water bottle nearby during play. Take a break and drink up!

How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago, there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.

About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians invented the sun clock. This was a tall stone building. Its shadow showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday. The Egyptians made a sundial about 3,500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could let people know the time for half a day, but on cloudy days or at night it wasimpossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial. Water clocks were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows from one bottle to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they could not make people know the exact time.

In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs (发条) were used around 1500. A nd people could get the exact time. In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to make. In 1956 came the digital clock. And nowadays, we can know the exact time from the mobile phone.

There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change. Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not being late for school or work.

Once upon a time, there was a man who was elderly and educated.

One day while on a walk, he found that his shoes were starting to wear out. He knew he had to buy a new pair. But he didn't want to buy the wrong shoes. He got some books and spent a lot of time reading about how to buy a pair of right shoes for himself.

After reading the books, the man took a stick and measured his feet with it. He then went to the market. But he left the stick at home, which was far away from the shop.

When the man returned to the market, the shop was closed. And by that time, his shoes were too old to wear, so he had to returm home without shoes on.

The next morning, he walked back to the market, but someone had bought the shoes that he wanted.

The man told what had happened to the shopkeeper, who asked, "Why didn't you buy the shoes yesterday?”

The man answered, "Because I left the stick that I had used to measure my feet at home. And you have to have the right measurements of your feet before you can buy shoes. I didn't want to buy the wrong size. "

Even more confused, the shopkeeper asked, "But your feet are always with you. Why didn't you just try the shoes on?"

The man said, "All the books say shoes must be bought with the exact same measurements of our feet. "

Laughing, the shop owner said, "You don't need help from books to buy shoes. Sometimes life experience* is more important. You just need your feet, some money and some common sense of life.

At only 12, Milton Hershey finished school and began (工作) for a candy maker in Lancaster. There, he learned how to make candy (产品). Then he moved to Philadelphia to set up a candy shop. But he couldn't make it. So he (返回) to Lancaster and made caramels in his own way. Luckily, with (新鲜的) milk, he made it.

In 1893, he bought chocolate-making machines made in a (欧洲的) country. He was developing an unusual plan. (不久), he bought a town. After several years, he (建造) his chocolate factory. He found a way to make a lot of milk chocolate. The Hershey Candy Company was on its way to be (成功的).

Today, in the town of Hershey, the streetlights look like a candy. At Hershey Chocolate World, (游客) can learn how chocolate is made. This special town (把. . . 叫做) itself"The Sweetest Place on Earth".

Once upon a time, there was small rabbit. One hot August afternoon, the rabbit went down to a river to drink some water. He (see) himself in the river when he was drinking.

"Look my beautiful long ears!" the rabbit said to himself. "I'm so proud* of them my legs are so short and make me look so silly. "

When the rabbit finished (drink), he looked up and found a tiger was jumping on him. With (he) short legs, the rabbit began to run (real) fast like the wind. The tiger could not catch up with him.

"I'm so (luck). " said the rabbit happily when he stopped running. Five minutes (late), the tiger came around again. Just at the moment, when the rabbit saw the tiger, the tiger caught him by his long (ear). That was the end of the rabbit.

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