2018年初中英语牛津版（深圳·广州）八年级下册期末模拟试卷（3）

-- The heavy rain stops me from        .

-- So he did. Because he did it        .

—Your paper must           as soon as the bell          .

-- I'm sorry.         .

-- When your homework            , you can.

-- I think so.

    One midnight, a little girl woke up to drink water. She by 1 got up, walked to the bedroom door and 2 it. She looked outside but walked 3, because it was so dark in the hall 4 she feared.

    Her mother said, "Don't be afraid, honey. Take courage(勇气)!"

    "What's courage?" she asked, running to her mother's bed.

    "Courage 5 the brave breath," her mother answered.

    "Mum, do you have courage?"

    "Certainly."

    The little girl held out her cold hands, saying, "Mum, blow(吹) some 6 your breath of courage to me. "

    After her mother blew some of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) 7, afraid that the "breath of courage" 8 run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with nothing to be afraid.

    Her mother said to herself, "It will be 9 if someone can blow some kind of 'breath' to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified."

    In a word, the thing that we are terrified of is nothing 10 the fear in our mind. The person who we should defeat is nobody but ourselves.

    People often say that the Englishman's home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal to him. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual(个体的): they can paint them, and change them in any way they like. Most house have a garden, even if it is a very small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private(私人的) space of the individual.

    People usually like to mark their space. Are you sitting now in your home or on a train? Have you marked the space around yourself as yours? If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner or chair which is your own.

    Once I was travelling on a train to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the space on my side of the table didn't notice me at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped(瞪出) out of his head. I had invaded(侵犯) his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them. He immediately moved his case to his side of the table. Of course, it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!

    If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don't have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long, you share public spaces with other people. You see the local people in their private spaces and you feel lonely and "outside". Local people can create their private spaces by talking about things you don't know about. And you even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveler! But if you understand it then it helps you. Haven't you enjoyed being part of a group and "owning" a bit of space?

    When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying "I love you". I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. "Does your morn love you?" "Of course," they answered.

"How do you know?" was my logical question. They responded that their moms cooked and always told them what they were doing wrong to show their caring. I was stunned. So mom's cooking and criticizing read out as "I love you". "Then how do you say 'I love you' to her?" They agreed that getting good grades, followed by good jobs would be how they showed their love.

    I come from a culture where most people are expressive enough, so I repeated these queries in classes over time. Gradually, I began to get different response. Some of them had exchanged those sentiments with their morns.

One of my favorite stories of change came from a girl. When she came home from university, her mother met her at the door and hugged (拥抱) her. This had never happened before, but her morn said, "Now that you have gone, I have more time to myself. I noticed that in some places mothers and children hug each other and I decided it was a good idea and that I would begin hugging you. "

In my family we all say "I love you" a lot. While it is true that we often say the words without having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a blessing we give each other. Those three little words carry a world of meaning, even when said as a greeting, but most especially if they are the last words we say to or hear from those we love.

    My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course, it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn't remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels. My bothers, my sisters and l would sometimes fight about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows.

    Nowadays we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can't believe it! There are channels with old movies, cooking, fishing and so on. It's amazing! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my brothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I notice families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing over which channel to choose from.

    More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that's why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!

Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit(受益) from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don't even have to ride all the way.

    Folding(折叠) bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike call be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But he sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travellers.

    Health Benefits of Bicycling:

    It helps to prevent heart diseases.

    Bicycling helps to control your weight.

A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year. Bicycling can improve your mood(心情). Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident. Bicycling is healthier than driving.

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