浙江省杭州市富阳区2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中教学质量检测英语试题

Last year, some groups of students in their community made a survey(调查) about "How do people spend their free time?" The following diagrams(图表) show some results(结果) of it:

Diagram (1): Hours for people of different ages who surf the Internet in a week.

Diagram (2): Different days people go to the library. (library attendance)

Diagram (3): Different programs people like.

 

One day, an owner of a boat asked a man to paint a boat for him. When the man was painting, he found there was a hole and repaired (修理) it. When he finished painting, he got his money and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and sent him with a nice check (支票) and it was much higher than the money for painting.

"You have paid me for painting the boat!" he said in surprise.

"But this is not for the paint job. It's for repairing the hole in the boat," answered the owner of the boat.

"It was just a small service. You don't have to pay me such a high price!"

Then the owner told the man what happened. When he asked the man to paint the boat, he forgot to tell about the hole. After the paint was dry, his children took the boat to fish but they didn't know the hole. The owner wasn't at home at that time. So when he came back and heard they had taken the boat, he was worried. Luckily, his children came back soon from fishing. He was excited.

Then he checked the boat and found that the man had repaired the hole!

"You saved the lives of my children! I don't have enough money to pay your ‘small' good deed," said the owner.

A lot of people play sports, but very few people become sports professionals (专家). If sports aren't going to be your future, then why should you play them? Why should you train every day? Why should you work hard and feel sore (酸痛的) the next day? Wouldn't it be better to forget sports and only pay attention to your lessons? In fact, there are a lot of reasons to play sports.

First of all, sports are a great way to exercise. Exercising keeps you healthy and strong. It also helps you stay in a good condition. When you exercise, your body makes endorphins (安多芬) which give you more energy and make you feel happier.

Also, sports teach young people how to communicate and work as a team. They teach young people to respect (尊重) their coaches, teammates and players from the other team. Many reports say that sports help young people stay out of trouble. If a young person plays sports, he or she may have fewer problems. This is because sports teach people about rules. They also teach people that if they work hard, they might succeed.

Another good way of sports is that they make people leave their houses. These days, a lot of people spend too much time watching television and playing video games. When you play sports, you go outside and exercise in the sun. You take in fresh air. All of these things are important.

Maybe you're not going to become a sports professional, but that doesn't matter, sports will help you become a better and happier person.

WeRun(微信运动) is an app in WeChat. It lets users see their daily step counts. One of its most popular things is a leaderboard(排行榜) among friends. Users can see how their results are compared (比较) with others.

As a growing number of people use WeRun, we wonder what we can learn about a person just from knowing his step counts. Here we take a closer look:

Fewer than 50 steps: Anyone who takes fewer than 50 steps in one day may be ill or sad. Or maybe he or she is just too lazy to get out of the bed!

50-500 steps: It's easy to have a few hundred steps. Even going shopping on foot will be enough.

501-8,000 steps: Most students and workers will take between 501 and 8,000 steps a day. These step counts are often in the middle of the leaderboard. But your parents will always give your step counts a thumbs-up (It's their job to care about you!).

8,001-30,000 steps: Salespeople and members of film workers are likely to take these many steps a day, as they are always on the move.

More than 30,000 steps: Mostly, these step counts can be on the top of the leaderboard. They're postmen, porters, cleaners and so on. They're the people who help us live easy and comfortable lives and keep our environment nice and clean.

Nowadays, more and more people use WeRun, from the young to the old. To some degree(在某种程度上) , a person's WeRun data (数据) can show his or her character and personal life.

All clever people know that it takes some time to improve (提高) your life. This doesn't mean that you can't make small changes to make your life better in a few weeks or in a few days! Here is what you can do.

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Some people feel very busy every day. They have to go to the crowded situation. They have to have busy work. But when you get up early, you will find few people and when you get on the bus, you will find it is almost empty.

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We always become so worried, because we are busy and may forget some important things. When you write down a plan, you start feeling more comfortable about your future and you will worry less in your life.

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I know that some habits take a lot of time to change. But what about some simple habits if you can change at once? When you change a bad habit, your life will become better.

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Do you know that unhealthy food can make you feel unhappy? Once you start eating healthy food, your health will be better and your life will be better, too.

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Did you fight with someone lately? If so, call him or her and say sorry. Not only will you make him or her happy but you will also feel better.

Just as you see, simple things can help you live a better life, so you can use these simple advice to improve your life.

If you want to know what young Chinese people like now, you'd better not miss short videos. On popular short video apps1Douyin and Kuaishou, users can upload (上传) short videos to2their life with other users.

A 12-year-old user named Xiaoqianyu has up to 2.6 million fans on Douyin. The girl often uploads videos about3she learns jazz dance and finger dance. One of the videos brought her about one million fans. "It is easy and fun to shoot (拍摄) the videos.4can make it," said Xiaoqianyu.

5user, named Xiaozhou, is a 22-year-old college student. Xiaozhou likes Kuaishou6than Douyin. "There are many kinds of short videos on Kuaishou. Users can always find videos they like. The app7brings happiness to peopled life." Xiaozhou said.

Some people use the short videos to get second-hand8. "Because I can't spend many hours watching a(n)9or a long video, I'd like to get some10information from the short videos," said Wang Zhihao, a student at Anhui Medical University.

However, some young Chinese feel bored11some short videos."12time is the main reason for me to watch the short videos. Many dances in the videos are almost the same." said a 2l-year-old student at Anhui International Studies University.

Gong Lili, born in 1998, doesn't download (下载) a short video app13she doesn't believe what she sees on the apps. "People smile and cry as they wish in those videos.14it is not real at all," said Gong.

Do you shoot or watch the short videos? Why? Would you like to15us your answers?

E-mail us at shortvideo 116@yeah. net.

Last week, my parents and I went to see a movie in a new theater a big screen and comfortable seats. We watched a popular Indian movie named Dangal. Luckily, there were not many people in it, so we bought (we) tickets quickly.

The movie comes from a true story. The father Mahavir Phogat is a wrestler (摔跤手). He finds his two girls are (talent) in wrestling and wants them to wrestle for the gold medal. So he takes everything (serious): he asks them to get up at 5 a.m. every day; he asks them to eat special (meal) to become stronger, he even asks his girls to wear boys' clothes and cut their hair! Both the two girls think of him as the (bad) father at first. But later they understand their father's love. At the end of the film, the elder sister becomes winner of the international (国际的) competition. Their dream comes true. Everybody in their country is very excited.

After (watch) the film, I understand my parents better. They are pretty strict with me just they truly care about me. Also, as students, it's important for us (keep) trying to get a bright future.

Dear Li Hua,

How is everything going? I heard that you went to the countryside with your parents last weekend. What did you do there? Do you like living in the city or in the countryside? Why? Recently. I'm busy doing a research about students' favorite TV shows. Could you tell me your favorite TV show and why you like it best?

Please write back to tell me.

Yours,

Bob

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Dear Bob,

Thank you for your letter. Everything goes well these days. _

Yours,

Li Hua