外研版初中英语八年级下册Module 4 Unit 2 随堂小练笔

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    An old friend from the US whom I was looking forward to staying with telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the 1  at that time, but I had got everything ready for his arrival. After letting him know where my house was, I told him that I had left the  2under the doormat(门垫),  3  I was likely to be home rather late. I told him to go into the 4 and help himself to food and drink. Two hours later my friend 5 me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful 6 . He had found a cooker and  7  two eggs and he helped himself to some cold chicken from the ice box. He said he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would 8him. When I asked him if he had reached the house without difficulty, he answered, "I was not able to find the key,  9 luckily, the living-room windows Just by the apple tree were left open and you know what I could do." I listened to all this in 10 . In front of my living-room there was no apple tree at all.

    Li Chuang is a 15-year-old boy，but he has been a smoker for three years．His teeth and fingers have turned a bit yellow．

   “I first tried smoking after watching TV．It makes me feel excited and I think it looks cool，”he said．

      Not all students smoke as much as Li，but there are lots of child smokers．

     A report says 32％of boys and 13％of girls in middle schools in China have smoked．Some are as young as 11 when they first try!

     May 31st is World No-Tobacco Day ． Health experts(专家)are asking young people not to smoke．

     Doctors say smoking can make people get illnesses，like lung cancer．

      Not only that，smoking costs a lot of money，too!

      Stop smoking，children!It's bad for your health．

A: Hello, Nina! I haven't seen you for two weeks.

B: I just came back from Qingdao.

A: Did you go there for vacation?

B: No, for training. I joined a football team last month.

A: That's the news to me.

B: No, but now, I'm interested in all sports especially football.

A: You look much healthier than before.

B: Yes, I always felt awful in the past. But now,

A: That's because you've got enough exercise.

B: I think so. Exercise helps me to keep fit.

A:

B: I play football three times a week.

A: I often have a headache these days.

B: Have you done any exercise?

A: No. I haven't done any exercise since I got my computer.

B: You shouldn't spend too much time in front of your computer. Why don't you go and play football with me?

A: That's a good idea!