浙江省湖州市长兴县部分校2022-2023学年八年级上学期返...

Every year, Julia's grandfather gives her and her cousins some money. One day, he thought the children needed to learn how to1their money well. So he gave them a test. After he gave them the money, he said, " There are seven2before the New Year. Who will buy the best gift with the money at the end of the year? I want to find out the answer. "

The New Year came. Each child showed their gifts. There were nice cards, flowers and other little things. But Julia arrived with two violins! That3everyone. They knew that Julia always wanted to get a violin, but the family was too poor to buy one. Her grandfather asked her, "4did you get enough（足够的） money to buy two violins? "

Julia said, "I saw a poor（穷的） violinist. I gave him all my5and asked him to teach me how to play the violin. He was6to teach me. So every day after school, I learned to play the violin from him. After three months, he lent（借）a violin to me and we played the violin in the7because there were always many people. Most of them liked our music and gave us money. Then I bought two new violins8the money, one for me, and the other for you9I know you like it, too. "

When Julia finished, everyone in the10said Julia's gift was the best and that Julia was a smart girl.

In England, people often talk about the weather because the weather in England is changeable. They may experience（经历） four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later, black clouds come and then it rains heavily. The weather gets a little cold. It is the winter of the day. In the afternoon, the sun will begin to shine. It's really hot then. And it will be the summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a rain coat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them. If you don't take an umbrella or a rain﹣coat, you will regret（后悔） later in the day.

Lin Tao is 20 years old. He was brave（勇敢的）enough to save his neighbor from a fire.

On May 10, Lin Tao was at home working on his computer. His parents were out. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting"Fire!Fire! Help!"He ran outside and saw a lot of smoke（烟） from next door. He went in and found his neighbor, the 79﹣year﹣old Mrs. Sun, in the kitchen. Her left leg was badly hurt（受伤） and she could not get out.

Lin Tao ran quickly into Mrs. Sun's bathroom（卫生间） and got his clothes wet. Then he ran into the kitchen. There was heavy smoke and it was very hot in the room. He put a wet coat over Mrs. Sun and helped her out. After that, he called 119. Later some firemen came and put out the fire.

The fire hurt Lin Tao's arms, legs and face. He was in hospital for two weeks. Many people visited him and gave him flowers and gifts. "How brave you are!" they said. "Were you afraid at that time? ""Yes, a little, "Lin Tao answered, "but I didn't have time to think about it. Mrs. Sun needed my help. "

"Fire is very dangerous. We should be careful with it, "he also said.

It was 10：00 at night. Eight﹣year﹣old Alice opened her eyes. She got out of bed and walked to the kitchen. She opened the fridge, got a sandwich and ate it. Then, she went back to the bed and slept. The next morning, she woke up in bed and found some bread pieces on her sleepcoat. What happened? She had no idea. Later, her mom told her," Dear, don't worry. You sleepwalked last night. "

Sleepwalking is, in fact, very usual in children. Scientists say about 29% of children under 13 have this problem. They get better as they get older. Some adults （成年人） sleepwalk, too. Many sleep﹣walkers can't remember what they did. They often find out later from their families or roommates.

Why do people walk in their sleep? Scientists find people usually sleepwalk in deep （深的） sleep, during the first hours of the night. At that time, the brain （大脑） is sleeping, but the body is not. The sleepwalkers can walk around or do easy things. Some could even drive, study or paint.

But a sleepwalk lasts （持续） only some minutes.

▲Scientists say that we don't need to wake them up, because it is not dangerous. In fact, the best way is to take them back to bed. And remember to do it slowly and quietly. Let them sleep. Tell them what they did the next morning.

Eileen Gu, also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing was born（出生） in 2003 in San Francisco. Her father is American, and her mother is Chinese.

Eileen started skiing when she was only 3 years old. And she won the National Junior group skiing champion（冠军） at the age of 9. At the age of 15, she ranked（排名） in the top 3 of the yearly championship of the snow Federation and won 60 medals. At this year's Beijing Winter Olympics, she realized her dream of becoming an Olympic champion. In the picture, you can see this 19-year-old girl, she is tall and healthy with long curly brown hair.

She does well in both sports and her schoolwork. Why is she so excellent? That's because she is talented and hard-working. Her mother and teachers are very strict with her. There are some rules in her family and school, too. For example, she must wear school uniforms from Monday to Friday. She can't listen to music in class, and she has to do lots of practice to make herself better in skiing and her school work. She is really hard-working.

Kids under 14 are too young to play tackle （擒抱摔倒） football. They will get hurt （容易地） when playing. But flag football is a safer（安全） sport. Here's how kids play it. Every player wears a special thing. There are flags on it. The opponents （对手） try to stop the player who gets the football and take away one of his or her flags.

Danny Lee is going into the fifth grade. He wants to（参加） the school football club. But his dad has a different（想法）. "I have friends who（从不） want their kids to play tackle football, " Peter Lee says. He wants Danny to play flag football.

Sophie Smith is 14. Now she is （战斗） for a club in Nevada. She likes flag football. She says it is more （令人兴奋的） than tackle football. Sophie's mom （担心） about her daughter's safety. "In tackle football, you have to be big, you have to be bad, and you have to win. That's （可怕的）"she says, "I want my daughter to play in a safer sport. "

I am Kate, a student in Grade Seven. Linda is one of my good friends at school. We are in the same class：She isEnglish girl. She is from London. She isn't heavythin. She is of medium build. In class, she usually wears （glass） because she is short﹣sighted （近视的）.

（lucky）, Linda and I live in the same neighborhood. There is only a bankmy house and Linda's house. After school, we often ride our bikes home together. We talk about many things happily on our way home. Yesterday, she（tell） me something about her hometown London and asked （I） to visit it during the summer vacation. Linda is good at （sing） and she practices it often. She wants to be a （music） when she grows up. I thinkis not difficult for her to make her dream come true if she works hard.

◆What do you and your parents usually do in your free time?

◆What rules are there in your family? What do you think of them?

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Dear David,

Thank you so much for your email. I'm very happy to tell you something about my family life.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Su Hua