浙江省新目标（Go for it）版初中英语八年级上学期期中...

    Friends are very important in everyone's life because friends are always there when we need them. It's great to have many friends, and I can't think about my life without my friends.

    My best friend is Lisa. When I first met her, I was five. She is one year older than me. Now we are in the same class-in the 8th grade. She is tall and quite thin. She has long curly blond hair and blue eyes. I.am not so beautiful. Sometimes I wish I could be as beautiful as she is.

    My name's Molly. I am tall enough but a little fat. Lisa and I like doing lots of things together and talking about different things. She always helps me with my math and I sometimes help her with her English and history. I had to make a report (报告) on science once, but I didn't understand what the teacher said. The next day, I read it in front of the class. But the teacher told me that my report was wrong and all my classmates laughed at me. I felt very bad about myself. Lisa was the only one who didn't laugh at me. She tried to be nicer than anybody else and made me happy.

    I am a shy person and sometimes I feel that people don't understand me. Lisa is friendly and everybody loves her. She is also smart and she can deal with (解决) everything. I am happy to have a friend like her.

    Calabash brother (葫芦兄弟) live in the Calabash Mountain with their grandfather. They are all very brave. They wear different clothes. The red calabash is the oldest of the seven brothers. His strength is powerful. His body can be bigger or smaller. But he doesn't have his own ideas. The orange calabash has two bright eyes and big ears. He can see and hear far places clearly. The yellow calabash's body is very strong. Nothing can injure(伤害) him, but he is arrogant(傲慢的). The green calabash is the god of fire. He can eat fire and make fire. The cyan(青色的) calabash can drink water and make flood. The blue calabash is the cleverest of all.

    Nobody can find him when he makes himself invisible. And the purple calabash has a magic gourd(葫芦). The gourd can absorb(吸收) everything.

    One day a pangolin(穿山甲) broke the cave and two monsters came out. They were Monster Scorpion(蝎子精) and Monster Snake. The calabash brothers must fight with them and save the world, unluckily, their grandfather who helped them beat the monsters was killed by the monsters finally.

    Alisa was walking around the swimming pool. Her friend Maria was waiting for her. "Come on, Alisa!" Maria said. "Let's jump off the diving board (跳水版)."

    "No way! I can never go that high," said Alisa.

    "Don't be scared," Maria said. "It's really fun."

    Alisa walked away and sat on a bench.

    "You go. I'll watch you," said Alisa.

    "You don't know what you're missing," said Maria. Then she climbed up the tall ladder (梯子). It made Alisa scared just thinking of being up there.

    Maria jumped off the board and then climbed out of the pool. She walled to Alisa. "Come on, Alisa; just try it. It's wonderful!" she said.

    Alisa looked up at the board. Maybe it was time to try something new. OK, she said. Alisa climbed up the ladder for the diving board. The water looked far, far away. She wanted to turn back to climb down the ladder， but that would be too embarrassing. There was only one thing to do.

    Alisa walked to the edge (边缘) of the board. Then she closed (闭上) her eyes and jumped. She got into the water in no time. "Wow, so wonderful! I like it!" she shouted.

    Lily lives in Beijing with her parents. She likes swimming very much. She is in a swimming club. She swims for two hours every day. She often gets tired after she has a swim. She thinks she needs a lot of energy. It is important for her to keep healthy.

She will change her diet because she wants to be healthy. She ate a lot of junk food between meals before. She had cakes, biscuits and candies, and she hardly ever ate fruit and vegetables. Now she knows that junk food is not good for her health, so she hardly ever eats it

    Now, she always eats a banana and some bread for breakfast, and then she often drinks a glass of juice or milk. She eats a healthy lunch every day. Sometimes she has rice with fish and an apple for lunch. For dinner, she usually eats meat and vegetables.

    Mike Tam is a 16-year-old boy. He has many good 1 —He exercises every morning and reads books every night. He is doing well in studies and his favorite 2 are science and history.

    Both of Mike's parents are good swimmers. When Mike was four years old, his father 3 to teach him how to swim. After two months of learning, Mike could swim 4 a fish.

    Each week, Mike has to spend at least 16 hours 5. He spends two hours practicing swimming every day before school. After morning practice, he goes to school by bike. He likes riding bikes, 6 it is good for his health.

    On Saturday, he gets up at 7: 00 a. m. He swims in the swimming pool for four hours. After that, he goes home to do his homework. He 7 watching movies, so he goes to the cinema every Sunday. "It is 8 to watch movies with my friends," he said. His parents often go to the swimming pool on weekends to encourage (鼓励)9 when they don't have to work.

    Mike doesn't mind spending a lot of time practicing. "I love swimming, and practice can help me get good 10 in competitions (比赛)," he said.

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