浙江省宁波市北仑区2022-2023学年八年级上学期英语期中...

It was sunny yesterday afternoon. While I was sitting in the park, there was an old man 1walking around. I heard him telling people that he was 2 and couldn't find the way back home. He looked 3, but nobody helped him. After watching and 4 for a few minutes, I walked up to him and asked him his 5. He said he was called Ray. I asked him how long he had been 6 and he said he had been outside for hours. I asked him if he needed something to 7 and he said yes. So I ran to buy 8 a cup of coffee and called the police. Then I asked him to 9 me in the park so that he could sit down on the benches(长椅).

In fact, his 10 had called the police too. So I told the old man that I was going to 11 with him until his daughter arrived. The old man's eyes became 12 and watery after hearing what I said. We sat on the benches quietly and just enjoyed the 13 sunshine. Then his daughter came. She had tears(眼泪) in her eyes and thanked me for my 14.

I was so happy at that time because I had done the 15 thing. It is truly better to give than to receive.

Helping others is important. Read about four kids who have started projects(项目) to help others. What can you do? Make a plan. Then get started!

There is an old saying: Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. It means that we should go to bed early and get up early the next morning. By doing this, we will be in good health. And we'll also be rich and clever.

It's true that our bodies need to have enough sleep to be healthy. Children should have a ten- hour sleep every night. Those who do not have enough sleep can't do their work very well. They will not be clever and they may not get wealthy in the future.

The body needs exercise as well. Walking, running, jumping, riding bikes and playing games are all exercise. Exercise helps to keep the body strong and fit. It also helps the blood(血液) to move around inside the body. The head needs blood too. So exercise helps people think better.

One day, John read an advertisement (广告) in a newspaper. It said, "Wanted. The best salesman in the world." John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job. "I'm the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager. "Give me the job."

"You must prove(证明) you are the best," the manager said.

"OK, I will," John said.

"Good." The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk. "Last week I bought a thousand (千) boxes of sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job," said the manager.

"That's easy," John said. He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.

Every day and every day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets. But he couldn't sell one. The sweets were too bad for him to sell. At the end of the week he went back to the manager, "I'm sorry, sir," he said. "I was wrong about myself. I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is."

"Oh," said the manager. "who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets."

Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something good for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out if they deserved(值得)his help. So he put a very large stone (石头) in the middle of the main road into the town. Then he stood behind a tree, waiting and watching.

Soon an old man came along with his cow. "Who put this stone in the center of the road?" said the old man, but he didn't try to move the stone away. He passed around the stone with some difficulties and continued(继续) on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained(抱怨) about the stone in the center of the road, but nobody tried to move it.

Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, "It will be dark at night. Some people will come along later and will fall over（摔倒） the stone and get hurt." He then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled and tried everything he could to move it out of the road. But to his surprise, under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message, "This money is for the person who moves this stone from the road. The person deserves help."

All clever people know that it takes some time to improve(提高)your life. This doesn't mean that you can't make small changes to make your life better in a few weeks or in a few days! Here is what you can do.

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Some people feel very busy every day. They have to go to the crowded situation. They have to have busy work. But when you get up early, you will find few people and when you get on the bus, you will find it is almost empty.

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We always become so worried, because we are busy and may forget some important things. When you write down a plan, you start feeling more comfortable about your future and you will worry less in your life.

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I know that some habits take a lot of time to change. But what about some simple habits if you can change at once? When you change a bad habit, your life will become better.

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Do you know that unhealthy food can make you feel unhappy? Once you start eating healthy food, your health will be better and your life will be better. too.

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Did you fight with someone lately? If so, call him or her and say sorry. Not only will you make him or her happy but you will also feel better.

Just as you see, simple things can help you live a better life, so you can use the simple advice to improve your life.

Recently, we did a survey about our students' ideas about what kinds of things are the most important in a friend. Here are the .

We found that half of the students think a good friend should have the hobbies as they do. Twenty percent hope their friends to be good listeners and can make them when they're sad. For another twenty percent, a good friend should be talented in something than they are so that these friends can help bring out the best in . The rest of the students like good-looking people with cool clothes to be their friends.

When I was in Grade Eight, I was not good at study. In fact, my teacher thought I was the  (bad) student. My family also had the same idea  my teachers.

When I  (decide) to give up my studying,  new teacher, Miss Wang appeared in our school. She was young, kind and beautiful.

One day, I sat (quiet) and sadly in the classroom. Miss Wang came up to me and asked me . "Do you think I can go to the best high school?" I thought she must say "no". , she said, "Dear, anything in the world may happen. Just try and you'll get much  (close) to your dream. I'm sure you are the best."

 tears in my eyes, I decided to be a hard-working student. In the end, I did (good) in my studies and truly went to my dream school.

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In our class, Tony is my best friend.