（浙江）初中英语2022-2023八年级上学期期中专项复习：...

Kate, my pen friend, is a student at Sunny School. She works very hard, so she always gets  （good） grades than others.

She has some healthy habits now. However, a year ago, she was different now. She often （feel）tired after a day's study, and she didn't want to do any sports after school. Her parents wanted her （exercise） every day. But she said that she didn't like exercising. After dinner, her parents asked her to go a walk with them, but she only stayed at home and read （book）. On weekends, she never went out to play with her friends. She just spent her time （watch） TV or playing computer games. That was （real）bad for her health． Her parents worried about her lifestyle.

One day, her teacher talked to her about her lifestyle asked her to change. Now she walks to school and exercises every day. On weekends, she often plays basketball with her friends. She thinks is good for her to take exercise every day. It helps her to study better.

Our town is a great place to live in. It's the best place (enjoy) my free time. There are three movie (theater) .They are all good, but the one near my house is the (good). The most popular place people to hang out is the Shopping Street, so it's really crowded. (shop) is very convenient in our town. There are many clothing stores and （many) of them are in fashion, but they are much (cheap) than those in other cities. There are also a lot of video and music (store). They are very popular with students, Sometimes there are even street performers (表演者）. Some students think they are boring, I think they're quite unusual. I want to be street performer, too.

A few years ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long weekend with our two daughters. As we wondered about what (do) next, our girls jumped in and told us exactly what they wanted to do." We want to go to the butterfly museum," said Ariela and Eliana.

As soon as we walked into the main area of the museum, we (see) thousands of beautiful butterflies, all flapping(拍打着) their colorful wings. My girls were jumping up and down (excited), and I knew we had made the right decision to come to the museum. They were having so much fun. I turned to our museum tour guide I was curious(好奇的), and asked, "How long do butterflies live?" She said, "About ten days," "What can butterflies do in ten days?" The guide stopped, looked at me and/ said. They make the world more beautiful place." "Wow," I said, "I've never thought about butterflies that. Thank you."

After we said goodbye, I couldn't stop (think) about what the guide had said. She was right. We all have (anything) to offer the world with the time we have. When we focus(集中) our gifts on taking care of each other every day, we can make a (different).

How thankful it is that you can have the influence(影响) on your family, friends and neighbors! Like a butterfly, you have your own way of making the world a little (good) for everyone!

    Round eyes, round head, round ears and round body! He looks like a bear, he is not a bear. He's a Koala.

    People in Australia love Koalas. They have set up places for them to live (safe). No one kills them for their fur. When a koala is born, he has no fur. The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body. The baby stays in this warm pocket for six (month).

    When the baby koala leaves the pocket, he has much fur. He (climb) onto his mother's back. There he learns from his mother how to find food. Mrs koala is good mother. But when the baby is naughty (淘气的), she beats (he). The baby cries just as a small child does. If he keeps on crying, his mother beats again.

    The koala can't live without a special kind of tree. The tree is the (important) to the koala, because it gives him both home and food. For most of the day the koala sleeps in the tree. At night the koala looks food. He likes only the bark and the leaves of the tree. He eats nothing else. He eats more than two pounds each night.

    I like the koala best, because I think a cute animal the koala is! In the future I want (go) to Australia to see the real koala.

Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other,  sometimes they were not. But some of their(classmate) said they were like brothers.  One day they went out forwalk together. At noon they were very (hunger) and they went into a restaurant  (have) lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked, "What can I do  you?" "Please bring us two apples first." said Tom. When the waiter put two apples on the table，Mike took the (big) one at once. Tom (get) angry," You are impolite(没礼貌). Why don't you take the smaller one?" Tom said. "But I am right." said Mike with a smile, "If I let you take first,  one will you choose?" "Of course I'll take the smaller one." said Tom. "Yes." Mike said," If you take the smaller one, the bigger one will be (I). Don't you think so?" "Oh, …" Tom couldn't answer.

Dear Mr. Know-All,

I love singing. Everyone says I sing (beautiful), and I really want to be a star. Are there  good ways to become a star? I'm only 14.

Dear future star,

In fact, you have lots of time to be a star. Spend more time (practice) singing, and you will sing better and better.

It's a good idea to use the Internet to show your talents. For example, you can (prepare) for a video of your singing, and then put it online. If you are really (talent), someone will find out that. Because lots of people  (become) stars that way in the past. You can try out for talent show  Chinese Idol. And you can also join in a singing (compete). Remember to always show (good) of yourself to others.

You can also try to play roles in TV shows. Some kid networks are looking for the next child stars. These stars can become singers,(actor) or hosts.

Hope the answers can help you. Good luck!

Julie and Steve are good friends. They are (watch) a movie now. The movie is about vampires (吸血鬼) and they don't enjoy it it's confusing. Suddenly, Julie hears noise. Although she doesn't want Steve to leave, he goes out of the room and (leave) Julie alone. All of a sudden, Steve opens the door and comes in. He moves like a vampire. That makes Julie really (scare). She cries and ends the friendship with (he). Steve feels very sorry and wants to be her friend again. But Julie is still very (anger). She writes an email to (告诉) Steve that it isn't the (one) time Steve does something stupid like this. And she (say) they can't be friends any more. What can Steve do?

    Marie Kondo is good at organizing(整理). Although she is not a popular star or a young actress, she.  (become) very famous in the world. She has written some on organizing. In her books, Marie says that if you hope to spend (little) time on housework, you should make things right  first. She tells people not to keep things by season. She also thinks we can do housework  (cheap) without spending a lot of money. For example, she asks people not to  money on expensive organizing boxes.

    She was  (interest) in organizing when she was young. As a little girl,  of her hobbies was to read books about organizing. In school, she cleaned up bookshelves while her classmates were having a, (wonder) time in P. E. classes.

    Some people don't think her ideas  right. However, she has a large number of fans. She has made many speeches on TV. And someone made a movie about her life stories. And she is very famous now.

    John was a kind man. When he was young, he hoped (become) a singer. But he didn't have enough money  (buy) books about music. And his parents didn't expect him  (be) a singer. So his dream didn't come tree. At the age of fifteen, he  (leave) his village and found a job in a small town. He worked there for five years. Later his mother became very ill (生病的) and he had to  (stop) his work to come back and look after (照顾) her. Three years later his mother died and he wanted to leave his village again and   (work) in other places. However, John couldn't. His father was ill. John decided (stay) at home and look after him. Every day he  (do) many things for his father. Day by day, John became old. But he still didn't forget his dream to be a singer. Now he has lots of time so he plans to learn to sing at a music school.