（吉林）初中英语2022-2023八年级下学期期末专项复习：...

At least 15 people died on December 27,2019 when a plane crashed(坠毁) near Kazakhstan 's biggest city, Almaty. There were 93 passengers and 5 members who worked on the plane.

The plane made its first flight 23 years ago. It was planned to fly from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, the country's capital(首都). But it fell out of the sky shortly after taking off and crashed into a two-story building near Almaty at 7:22 am.

About 60 people escaped from the crash. The other people, including eight children, were sent to the hospital. There was one Chinese woman on the plane and luckily, she didn't get hurt. Another survivor(幸存者), who lived through the accident, told the reporter that she heard a terrible noise before the plane crashed. "The plane was flying with a tilt(倾斜).Every-thing was like in a movie. People were shouting and crying," she said.

There was thick fog(浓雾) in the area at the time of the crash, according to the survivor. However, people have not found, out the cause of the accident yet.

Mr. and Mrs., Spencer both had very busy jobs and didn't have much time to spend with their young children. They wanted to change this, and because their hobby was boating, they decided to sail(航海)around the world together.

It took six years to prepare everything for the trip. First, they bought a new boat. Then, both the husband and the wife had to take advanced(提前的)sailing lessons and learn all about the sea and the weather., Mr., Spence also took several lessons in repairing engines (发动机) and Mrs. Spencer spent an hour in a restaurant learning to cut up fish.

In October, they had one year off from their jobs and sailed away from England with their two children. The next year, their long journey ended in Australia.

The boat was not big, but they took a teacher for the children with them. None of them found the trip boring because there were three computers, many CDs, a TV and a DVD player on the boat.

The family loved being at the sea and seeing the stars in the sky. But, most of all, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer enjoyed spending time with their children when they were still young.

    I was waiting on the station platform for the Tianjin train when a man asked me if I knew the time of the next train to Tianjin. I often had to go there myself, so I knew and told him. A few minutes later an old lady wanted to know whether the train to Shanghai had already left. I knew that it had not, So of course, I told her. Then a girl came to me and asked why the train from Nanjing was late. I just told her that when trains were late, it was usually because something had happened. I was wondering why all these people were asking me those questions when I noticed that I was standing next to a sign that said "Inquiry Office."

    Our new English teacher, Mr. White, arrived today. He's American. He smiles a lot and he's friendly but he speaks very fast. It's hard to understand his words. He also expects us to study hard, and speak English all the time in our English lessons.

    During the first class, Mr White introduced himself, and showed us photos of his family. He has got a big family, two brothers and a sister. His brothers all look like him. They are very tall and they have dark hair, but one brother has a beard (胡须). His sister is slim and she has blonde hair. They were smiling in all of the photos and look friendly.

    Then he told us about America and Americans. He showed us how Americans say "Hi! How are you doing?" And shake hands when they meet people. We all practiced. That was fun. And he also told us that Americans are cheerful, lively people. They smile a lot and are usually friendly because Americans think it is polite to be friendly.

    At the end of the lesson, we all said "Goodbye", "See you soon" to everyone. English lessons are going to be enjoyable.

Cake with friends

    On the first day of July, 2019, everyone was amazed. Our teacher held a birthday party for 23 students. Most of the students' birthdays are in July. Our teacher gave them birthday cards. The cards' covers were printed with a group photos of our class. The teacher wrote birthday wishes to the students on the back. It was really sweet!

    Then, we sang a birthday song for the birthday kids. In addition (另外), all of us got to share cream（奶油） cakes, even if our birthdays weren't in July. I thought this was nice. I watched everyone eat their cake together and have some fun talks. It's nice to have good friendships(友谊) like this.

    Then, something funny happened! We started throwing the cake to each other. Some of us drew pictures on the birthday kids' faces. It was a really fun time.

    I was happy to be at school on that day. I watched all of my friends have fun together. I felt like it was one of the happiest times I've ever had in junior high school. I wished that I could stop time or make the best time lest just a few minutes longer. This isn't possible of course. But I do hope that all of my friends can cherish(珍惜) their friendships forever and enjoy friendships, just like I am now.

    I'm looking forward to the future. I hope I can make more good friends in high school.

    When talking about Chinese Women's Volleyball Team, we have to talk about one person, Lang Ping. She uses her strong will and professional ability to help Chinese Women's Volleyball Team go to the world stage。

    Dating back to 2013, it was so hard for Lang to make her decision of keeping on her volleyball career. At that time, there was something wrong with her body. But later, when she thought about the future of Chinese Women's Volleyball Team, on April 25, 2013, she firmly accepted the position—coach(教练) of Chinese Women's Volleyball Team.

    Since then, she started her tough and busy life of volleyball again. It was not easy to make the women volleyball players better— trained. She met many difficulties when improving their skills of playing. But she never said impossible. Whatever happened, she treated the volleyball players seriously every year.

    Finally, all her efforts paid off. In 2016, Chinese Women's Volleyball Team won the gold medal in the Rio Olympics. At the same time, people in the world felt the charm of the spirit of Chinese Women's Volleyball Team again.

    Hi, I'm Gina. In February, 2018 my mother had a yard sale. During the sale, she had a conversation with a young girl called Nancy, for they had a common interest in some books she had for sale. They enjoyed their conversation so much that they exchanged their phone numbers. Later they became friends and got together a few times. When my mom moved into her new house, she had a family dinner and invited Nancy and introduced her to my brother. Five months later Nancy married (结婚) my brother.

    In 2018, there was another special "yard sale" that I'll never forget. One day, after work from school, I found one of my neighbors had a lot of things out in their front yard with cars and people everywhere. I ran to the yard at once and wanted to find some good cheap things too before everything good was gone. But then I found out it wasn't a yard sale. In fact, policemen were taking the stolen (被偷的) things out of the house. My neighbor was a thief! Luckily, I didn't ask how much the TV was.

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    There was a little boy called Peter. He lived in a village close to the sea. The villagers built seawalls to keep sea water from the doors of the houses. But once the sea walls almost put the village in great danger.

    One day, Peter was walking on his way back home along the sea wall when it began to rain. All of a sudden, he saw a hole in the wall, from which the sea water was running.

    Peter shouted for help because he knew the hole meant that the sea was making its way through the sea wall, but no answer came. He realized he should do something else as quickly as possible, of the sea water could be pouring over the whole village. He started to rush towards his village.

At the same time, the rain became heavier and heavier.

    It was getting dark, but Peter rushed on and on. He felt cold and hungry in the rainstorm, he fell down over and over again. Many times he thought about giving up, but he fought on.

    He remembered his father's words, "Lots of strong men have made every effort to build the walls which can keep the village safe from danger.

The sea walls are really important. "Finally, when the boy's father saw him. Peter had been black and blue all over. The boy told the villagers what had happened to the sea wall. They repaired it in time. "Thank God! He saved the village." They praised Peter. All the villagers called him "Peter the Guard" from then on. Peter's parents were really proud of him!

These days I have been reading an interesting book called Robinson Crusoe. Do you know about it? It was written by Daniel Defoe. Have you heard of him? He was a famous English writer, who was born in London in 1660 and died in 1731.

Robinson Crusoe is one of the world's most popular adventure novels. It tells a story about an English sailor, whose name is Robinson Crusoe. He is caught in a heavy storm at sea on his way to Africa. After floating for some time, he arrives on an island, where there are no people. In order to survive, Robinson searches for food, builds a hut, makes tools and raises animals with his strong minds as well as his wisdom. He comes back to the human society after living on the island for about 28 years.

The novel shows us the experiences of a brave man and it also introduces us the spirit of never giving up. It is so popular that it has been translated into many foreign languages and is loved by readers from all over the world.