（浙江省）2022-2023学年初中英语八年级上学期期末专项...

Do you feel of the same old daily life?"Survival Holiday" is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Our company will take children into the great outdoors without parents this summer. Why do people like"Survival Holiday"? Because they think being close to nature good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time TV and playing computer games. And parents too much about them. "Survival Holiday" can bring them an important change.

Greenwood Park is the  place to go to on weekends. I always finish my breakfast  on Saturdays because I want to get to Greenwood Park before 10:00 a.m. to meet my friends. The park is a crowded place on weekends because almost everyone goes there to see the street . Some people think they are boring, but I think they are the most creative people. However, the place where you can enjoy your timeis at one of the small coffee shops near the park. You can read or relax there. There is something for  at Greenwood Park.

Everyone is good at something, but some people aretalented. It's always interesting to watch other people show their talents. Talent shows aremore and more popular. First, there were showsAmerican Idol and America's Got Talent. Now, there are many nice shows around the world, as China's Got Talent. All these shows have one thing in common：They try to look for theactors, the best singers, the most talented dancers and so on.

Everyone is good at something, but some people aretalented. It's always interesting to watch other people show their talents. Talent shows are more and more popular. First, there were shows American  Idol  and America's  Got Talent.  Now, there are many nice shows around the world,   as China's Got Talent. All these shows have one thing in common: They try to look for the actors, the best singers, the most talented dancers and so on.

    Some scientists believe that there will berobots in the future. , they agree it may take hundreds of years. These new robots will have many different . Some will look like humans, and others might look like animals. This was 20 years ago, but computers and rockets also seemed not possible 100 years ago. We never know what will in the future.

Zhang Yunlei is a crosstalk (相声) actor in Deyunshe. Although he is only 28 years old, he already has more 9 million fans. He still spreads (传播) classic though the 21^st century is full of new things. Zhang to learn crosstalk at the age of 16. He met many at that time.

Now young people are interested in traditional culture, such as Peking opera, because of him. Many of his fans were born in the 1990s or even 2000s.

I had a party on New Year's Day last year. Our living room was of people. We were talking and laughing when the bell rang. I went to the door and found a young man outside. Nobody at the party knew him. "Why does he come to my party? Maybe he wants a friend..." I thought I was . So I quickly invited him to the dinner table. Then my wife kept asking him to drink and eat. the man didn't even want to sit down. I was surprised. Then he said, "I'm sorry, but I'm not here for your party. I'm your new neighbor. Um… l want to drive my car out, but I can't, because friends' cars are in front of my gate."

    Last Sunday, Dad and I went to the park to see a dog show. We saw all kinds of dogs running around when we  the park.

    There were different kinds of games at the dog show. One of the games was a talent show. They tried to find the most dog by watching how the dogs looked and acted. Finally they decided the was a dog named Shasta. In another game, the dogs had to follow the orders. They had to jump over things and run as fast as they could. A black dog ran really fast, but he didn't follow the orders, so he got . A white dog won the game. He followed the orders very well and finished quickly.

    When time for lunch came, we went home happily. I thought we had a time.

Do you like running? Running is one of the most popular activities these days. Many of us run for our. Doctors say many of the health problems come from such bad habits as eating too , drinking too much, smoking, staying up late and not having enough exercise. Doctors tell us, don't smoke, have enough sleep and exercise more. "Running is a good exercise because it build a strong body. It also helps many people lose weight. One 25-year-old woman teacher runs for half an hour in the morning five a week. She runs to lose weight. "I feel comfortable and I'm not fat any more, "she says.

Running is good for health in other ways, too. Many say running makes some small health problems go. "Running is my doctor, "says a man.

Running can also help people to. "After school, I like to run for ten minutes. Then I feel  and energetic, "says Yang Min, a middle school student. So today men and women of all ages enjoy running.

Do you want to fit？Come on！Let's join in the running!

Thousands of years ago, stone was used to build many of the great cities. But in Mesopotamia, there was no stone for building. Yet one of the greatest kingdoms(王国) of the old world would be built there, and it would be built of brick (砖).

According to the Jewish Bible, the first people in southern Mesopotamia wanted to build a very tall tower to the sky. The Bible says that they "burned bricks in the fire. " Baked bricks, of course, are almost stone so the early Mesopotamians could build high buildings. Those early brick makers never built their tower to the sky, but they would go on to build cities of bricks. One of the cities they built became the ancient kingdom of Babylon.

Babylon, researchers say, was probably the largest city in the world in its day more than 200. 000. In the 18th century BC, Hammurabi was the king of Babylon. At that time he the laws (法律) he made and he is now still remembered by people because of the laws. After the death of Hammurabi, Babylon also began to die. The city was finally torn (拆毁) down by the Assyrians. But that was not Babylon.

In the 7th century BC, King Nebuchadnezzar began a project to build the city from brick again. From ancient texts, we learn that Nebuchadnezzar built huge buildings. In act, Babylon became famous  for its giant buildings, one of which was ninety meters high. Perhaps Nebuchadnezzar was trying to be famous like those people in the Bible. He actually did one thing people remembered his name. He had his name stamped (盖印) on every brick that build Babylon's broken walls again. Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom did not last long, though. First, the Persians , and then the Greeks. Finally, the desert sand covered Babylon.

Just south of Baghdad, Iraq, is what's left of the kingdom of Babylon. It is now just a lot of bricks, but they bring a lot to memory a great kingdom .