浙江省衢州市2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中测试卷...

    As the fifth of seven children, I went to the same public school as my three elder sisters and a brother. Every year, each child from the third grade took part in an old school tradition - the plant sale in early1, just before Mother's Day.

    That year I was2enough to take part in it. I wanted to surprise my3but I didn't have any money. I told my elder sister about it and she gave me some4. When I arrived at the plant sale, I5chose my favorite. I watched each plant seriously to6that I could find the best geranium (天竺葵). After school, with the help of my sister, I hid it in the neighbor's garden. On7, I remember how bright my mother's eyes were and how8she felt because of my gift.

    The year I was fifteen, my younger sister reached the9grade. She told me that she wanted to10our mother. Like my elder sister did11me, I gave her some money. And she12the same gift and we hid it in the same place.13she gave the gift to our mother, I watched them, feeling so proud and happy. My mother noticed me watching and gave me a soft and secret14with a sudden and sweet feeling, I smiled back.

    I wanted to know how my mother could pretend (假装) to be surprised at the15gift from her sixth child, but as I watched her eyes, I knew she was not pretending.

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    When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy, and he spent many years in the 1960s and 1970s in a special hospital for people with mental (精神的) health problems.

    When he left the hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor. So he went to a medical school in Virginia, the USA. But when he was there, he did things in different ways. For example, he didn't like the doctors' white coats. He liked wearing shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients(病人)，and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn't like Adams very much because he was too different.

    Adams believed that people in hospital need more than just medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them not just as patients, but as people, too. He spent a lot of time with children in hospital, and often put a special red nose on his face to look like a clown and to make the children laugh.

    When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital called "The Gesundheit Institute", together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place in a different way of working with patients.

    Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1998, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film (called Patch Adams), Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, "Hunter is a really warm doctor. He believes that patients need a doctor like a friend. I enjoyed playing him."

    Last summer my son, Eric, left for university in another country. Our once lively house became quiet and lonely. I missed and worried him so much that I started sending him messages on the phone, mainly to say hello or to give him a word of warning.

    One of my messages says, "So you told me you lost your wallet. If you are always careless, one day you'll wake up and find yourself lost."

    I did get Eric's messages, but most of them were about money. I was a bit angry.

    They were not different from the notes he used to leave on the white board when he was at home.

    "I bought a new pair of shoes. They cost me $90. Please help!"

    "Money is running short because I've bought some books for my research paper. Help me please!"

    Recently, however, Eric begins to send me all kinds of articles (文章). Some are funny, some are touching and some make me think. He knows I haven't got many things to do in my free time. He says they will help me understand young men better and keep up with the times.

    I read the articles slowly, like a careful student, with mixed feelings as well- my kid, who followed me around not long ago, has now become my teacher!

    So I write back, "I've read all those articles, I'll take them as a loving son's hopes towards his mother. He must be thinking that his mother is still young enough to accept new things. That makes me feel proud. We parents can't learn quickly and change in both body and mind. Thank you, my son."

    In this way we share ideas, with a gentle and beautiful language we seldom use. Every time I read those messages, I feel warm.

    For thousands of years, humans(人) have explored (探索) the Earth. Nowadays, we are exploring space. Astronomers (天文学家) are the modern-day explorers. Now, many astronomers are looking for new planets and new places for humans to live in the future. But where do astronomers start exploring?

    First of all, astronomers look for a star. That's because our own Earth moves around a star— the Sun. More importantly, it is neither too far from nor too near to the Sun for heat and light. So when astronomers have found the star, they look at the planets around it. In recent years, astronomers have found nearly 400 new planets with stars. However, many of these planets are either too near to the star or too far away.

    However, if the planet is in a good place, astronomers look for three key things: water, air and rock (岩石). Water is important because all life needs water. Humans can drink it and they can also grow plants with water. And plants produce air for humans to breathe and food to eat. Rock on a planet is also important. That's because there is often water under the rock.

After many years of exploring, astronomers have found a planet like the Earth. It's Gliese 581g and it's near a star. The astronomers think it has water and rock and the temperature is between -31℃ and -12℃. That's cold, but not colder than Antarctica or the Arctic Circle, for example, Gliese 581g is bigger than the Earth. A year on Gliese 581g is only 37 Earth days, not 365 Earth days. But astronomers do not think these are big differences and some of them think Gliese 581g will be a new Earth. However, Gliese 581g is twenty light years from the Earth.

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Dear Parents,

    Our Outdoor Education Camp is just around the corner! We are excited to be going to camp so that students can work together better. Students will improve their communication, problem-solving, and cooperation skills (合作技能) as well as building self- confidence.

    At the camp students will join in classes and activities on the rope (绳) course. We will start in the low ropes, and then in the high ropes.

    The camp will last for three days in Red Valley, Colorado. Students need to be at school at 7 a.m. on July 28th. They'll return at 7 p.m. on July 30th.

    The Parent Committee have raised some money. So the cost of the camp is 270 dollars for each student.

    Thanks for your support about the camp. If you have questions, please feel free to email Ms. Miller at marymiller@yahoo.com or call her at 631-25897.

Sincerely,

Ms. Miller

    As the saying goes, "A hero is known in the time of misfortune". Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong and he (挽救) many people's lives in 2003.

    In 2003, SARS broke out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients (咳嗽) a lot and got fevers. Hundreds of patients even died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So (每人) was afraid of it. But Zhong was brave enough to ( 与....战斗) against the disease. Zhong spent days and nights to find the cause of the disease. And with his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's trust and (使……满意) people so much.

    In early 2020, a disease called COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It went quickly and around tens of thousands of Chinese people got the (疾病). Zhong Nanshan is 84 years old, but he quickly (率 领) his team to Wuhan to meet it. Zhong's team took many measures to cure the patients with COVID-19. He advised people to wear masks, wash hands often, stay at home and not to go to crowed places. Zhong wins the (心) of people again.

    Zhong always (锻炼) in his life. When he was 67, he could still play basketball. Now at the age of 84, Zhong is in excellent  (身体状况) and he still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors. "I am just a doctor." Zhong says. But we think he is a real fighter.

    Need you find something to make you happy? Then you will feel happy to know that March 20th is the International Day of Happiness.

    The United Nations set up the International Day of Happiness in 2012 to make us remember that happiness is a basic part of our life.

    We celebrated it for first time in 2013. On that day, we celebrated hundreds of "Happy Heroes", the "Happy Heroes" did so much to bring happiness to others. They helped the homeless to live a comfortable life and the poor (child) to go to school.

    The 2014 Day of Happiness actions asked people (share) pictures of making them happy. People all over the world showed (they) favorite pictures on the Internet. "It is (excite) to see so many people sharing photos of what makes them happy." Joe, a senior high school student from Canada said. The 2015 Day of Happiness actions noticed people feel about each other. Modern society is leaving more and more people feeling lonely. On that day, thousands people all around the world reached out to make new connections with others. They (visit) their neighbors, gave calls to the doctors they didn't know well and drove the strangers to station for free. The main subject of the 2019 Day of Happiness was "Happier Together". It asked people worldwide to keep our eyes on what we have in common, not something that keeps us away.

    We (celebrate) the International Day of Happiness eight times since we set it up. What's the main subject of the next International Happiness Day? Who knows it?

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