浙江省嘉兴市桐乡市现代片四校2016-2017学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力音频）

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    Mo Yan is one of the most popular Chinese authors(作家)today. All of his books are bestsellers(畅销书).And his three books, including Red Sorghum, have been made into films.

    Mo Yan was born in Gaomi, Shandong Province in 1955.There are six people in his family. They are his parents, his two brothers and his sister. As a child, he went to the primary school in his village, and because of some reasons, he left school and worked on the farm. In 1976 he joined the army and worked for the army. Five years later, he started writing and finished his first three novels. Later, he wrote more than thirty famous books. His novel, Red Sorghum(红高粱), came out in 1986,and it was made to be a film by Zhang Yimou. It was his first big success.

    Mo Yan won Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, and he is the first one who won this prize of China. Our Jing Ke was published in Beijing after he won Nobel Prize. He has a daughter, Guan Xiaoxiao. And his daughter is also a writer. Now he lives with his wife and his daughter in Beijing. In his free time, he goes on his writing.

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    Everyone has worries. How do you deal with your worries? There is always something you can do to help yourself feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won't solve your problems.

    Grades at school are often a top worry for children. If you worry most about grades, ask yourself these questions:

    ● Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?

    ● How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?

    ● Do I have a good place to do my homework?

    ● Have I tried different ways of studying?

If your worry is about a fight you had with your friend, you might write down all the things you could do —- write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose one thing that could get your friend back.

    You can ask for help when you're worried. You can find someone to talk to, such as your parents, friends, and teachers.

    All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people  (keep) healthy, happy and to live longer. People play different games in winter and summer. Summer is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very  and people everywhere like them. For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men andwomen, boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about them.  (run) and jumping began long, long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. People began to play them not long ago. And people are playing new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of  (new) sports. People from different  (country) may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends.

①Henry often recycles water to clean his room and water the flowers.

②Daphne always turns off the lights and the computer as soon as she leaves her office.

③Mr White sometimes goes to work by bus or on foot instead of driving car.

④Li Lei usually uses QQ or e-mail to talk with his friends, he doesn't use paper letters.

⑤Miss Zhang doesn't wear fur(皮) clothes and she decides to eat less meat.

参考内容：1. 形态特征：长相可爱，毛色金黄，尾巴(tail)几乎与身体同样长。2. 生活习性：主要生活在高山密林中。喜欢群居，与家庭成员一起玩耍，一起觅食。 爱吃树叶、花、果、有时也吃鸟蛋。3. 中国政府建立了多个自然保护区来保护金丝猴。

写作要求：1. 语言通顺，行文连贯，内容充实；2. 80词左右（标题与开头已给出，不计入总词数）。

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