江苏省海安市西片2021-2022学年八年级下学期英语期中考...

— She is racing __________ the clock to finish her report on her project.

— Yes. In fact, I__________ there for ten years but now I work in Changzhou.

—         . He plans to go abroad for a second time.

—Yes, it was ________.

—She's fine. She used to _____ TV at home after supper. But now she is used to _____ out for a walk.

—___________. It's for my son, he has gone to buy some drinks.

— Since last month. I ________ return it to the library today or I can't borrow one next time.

—         .

Eileen Gu, a Chinese-American skier,1brightly at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

Gu was born to a(n)2father and a Chinese mother. She was raised in San Francisco. She lived there for over ten years. The girl, however, has always been3that she has a Chinese root(根). She speaks Chinese well and calls herself a "Beijing girl".

Gu4skiing when she was only three. She got her first5at the age of nine. Gu competed for the United States in that competition. Hoping to6tens of millions of Chinese children to love skiing, in June 2019, the girl7to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Gu has already brought China medals. In August, she8the Australian New Zealand Cup. The young skier won two gold medals in the competition. Her9congratulated her online. After the competition, the10of them even increased（增加） to 200,000. People called11a "born skier".

Now she's an Olympic champion, a fashion model, and going to Stanford University this fall.12can she achieve so much?" Only 1 percent of it came from my13," said Gu after her Olympic win," People don't see how I train,14and make mistakes every day."

If you have a goal, go for it!15work never cheats you.

 When you get worried or stressed（有压力）out about something, your heart beats faster, your stomach feels tight or you feel sick. Sometimes it is hard to get to sleep. Everything seems to go wrong at once. What should you do if you feel stressed? Here is some advice.

①Think about what it is that's making you feel bad.

②Talk over your problem with a friend or a trusted adult(大人).

③Get help to do something with the problem if you need it.

④Plan your work if you are getting behind. Plan your time well so that you can fit everything in. 

⑤Set yourself some goals（目标）to work your way through the problem.

⑥Make sure that you are getting enough exercise.

⑦Don't take on too much work. You don't have to do everything at once.

⑧Don't say "yes" when you'd like to say"no", and then you won't be worrying.

⑨Learn to relax. Soft, calming music can help you relax. Reading a book is a good way to relax, too.

Dear Nina,

Thanks for your e-mail. Yes, I am in Japan now.

Food can be very expensive in Japan. We learned this is the first time we went to get some food. As soon as we reached Osaka(大阪), we decided to look for a Japanese restaurant near the airport. We wanted to eat noodles, and we found a nice restaurant. The menu was easy to read because it was written in Japanese and English, with pictures of the food. However, I was shocked when I saw the prices. On the first page of the menu there were dishes for 8,000 yen and 12,000 yen. I even saw a dish for 23,000 yen. In other words, these dishes cost $80, $120, and $230. Luckily, the noodles we ordered were only 800 yen.

Prices for food can be high here, but they don't have to be. We soon realized that there was a lot of excellent food in Japan at good prices. Some restaurants that sell noodles can have nice meals for between five or ten dollars. We can also have a nice cup of coffee for $5, but it's also easy to find coffee or soft drinks at the train or subway stations for a little over $1.

Hope you are having a good time back home. By the way, how's my cat?

Nancy

With the Chinese New Year coming, let's welcome the Year of the Tiger. Do you know anyone born in the Year of the Tiger? What are they like? Are they brave, strong and tenacious (顽强的)？If so, then they are a typical "tiger".

In Chinese culture, tigers are considered the king of all animals. They stand for power, energy, protection, generosity(大度的) and unpredictability (难以捉摸). Tigers are regarded as fearless creatures, so that's why in China you can see images of tiger on the walls of temples and houses toward off disasters and danger.

Tigers have an important cultural meaning not just in China, but across Asia. For example, strong economies in the East-Singapore, South Korea, China's Hong Kong and Taiwan - were called "The Four Asian Tigers". In the book Life of Pi, the writer Yann Martel chose a Bengal tiger as the partner for Indian boy Pi.

Instead of tigers, lions are considered as the king of all animals in the West. Brave warriors(勇士）were given the name "the lion". In Europe, the animal is a national symbol for England as well as for Norway, Spain, Belgium and 13 other countries.

But in the West, tigers are also seen as a very powerful animal. In English, if you want someone to calm down, you can say to them, "easy tiger". Another famous phrase is: "Eye of the Tiger", which means fierceness (凶恶）and strength.

Tigers are also one of my favorite animals. I first learned about the beauty of tigers as a child, while watching animal documentaries(纪录片）. If you ask my mom, she'll tell you that my most precious toy while growing up was my toy tiger. As a young animal lover, I felt so sad that they were an endangered species（濒临绝种） and I wanted to help protect them.

Just like tigers serve as a symbol of protection in Chinese culture, we can only hope that in the Year of the Tiger more people can learn about tigers and help protect them.

Before we upload a photo of ourselves to social media, like WeChat, we'll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and give us longer eyelashes and fuller lips. With a couple of touches on our mobile phone, we're able to present the best pictures of ourselves to others.

However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections（瑕疵）away, we're also changing the way we look at our ourselves. ⑴______.

Last month, researchers from the US Boston University published an article Selfies﹣Living in the Era of Filtered（滤镜）Photographs. The article listed the bad effects of photo editing on people and the possibility to cause appearance worries.⑵ ______

The researchers think that these apps make it difficult to tell between reality and fantasy（虚幻）. "These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty," the article says. ⑶______.

In the past, people might compare their looks to those who were famous that time. But for today's young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media. "From birth, they are born into an age of social platforms, and their feelings are connected to how good they look," a British doctor Escho said.

⑷______"Now you've got the comparison of your real self to fake self that you present on social media," Renee Engeln, a professor at Northwestern University, told the HuffPost website. He further pointed out that when people spend too much time comparing with others, they may become "beauty sick" and find it difficult to accept what they actually look like.

So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn't think to ourselves, "Do I look as good as myself in the Beauty Cam（美颜）?" Instead, we should think, "I feel good, I have my health."

The road is narrow for two cars move through.

The students asked their teacher hand in their work.

advice our English teacher gave us!

I have a picnic with my parents next Sunday .

did your cousin search the Internet ?

After Gulliver's ship crashed against the rocks, he swam as far as he could. Finally he was out. When he woke up, his arms, legs and hair were  to the ground. A very small man moved up over his and neck until it was standing near his face. He was the same as Gulliver's little finger! Soon more small men started  all over him.

David Robert is doing something special. To raise money for charity, he plans to walk across E, from France to Russia. What makes it s is that David does not have any legs! He lost bof his legs in an accident when he was ten. Now he walks on specially built legs. They are built to last a long time, b he has never walked this far in them before.

He will s on the west coast of France and end up in Moscow, the capital city of Russia. That is over 2000 miles! He will walk through six different c! David thinks that he will spend at least two months cthe journey.

Of course, he plans to make plenty of stops a the way. He will stay in people's houses. He already knows h of people who want to help him make the dream come t.

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The Awakening Age《觉醒年代》, a TV series telling the story of how the Party was founded(成立) in 1921 has become a hot topic and has won praise（赞扬）among lots of young people in China recently, who found the part of history inspiring（鼓舞人心的）.

The history of the birth and growth of the Communist Party of China (CPC中国共产党) a century ago has drawn the interest of many young Chinese audiences（观众）. It is reported that some young audiences even look through history books while watching the shows to better understand them.

"I love the scene in which young Mao Zedong first appears（出现）in the series so much and have watched the two-minute video several times. He walks through the rain, shining like a light," one reviewer wrote.

Director (导演)Zhang said that the biggest pressure（压力）in making The Awakening Age comes from how to make it more accepted by young audiences in China, who have set very high standards（标准）for historical movies and TV shows.

Using the New Youth magazine as background material, the series linked Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, and Hu Shi, shining names in the history. Stories about how Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and other passionate youths（有志青年）pursued truth and explored knowledge were also included in the series. Those great men of that generation have great love for the family and the nation. These spirits, passing down from generation to generation, will continue to enlighten（启发）the young generation of today. Many audiences look forward to the sequel（续集）to the series, but Director Zhang says all the Chinese people today have already seen it and are enjoying it.

Answer the following questions with no more than 9 words.

1）选择适合自己读的书。从老师或家长处寻求读书建议，可以从学校图书馆借书或者到书店买书……

2）计划好自己的时间。每天至少匀出半小时来阅读；不要轻易改变计划。比如，可以养成在睡觉前进行阅读的习惯；