广东省广州市南外实验学校2022-2023学年八年级下学期5...

—I think Ted is ____ to do it. But the door is ____ for him to go through. 

—I'd love to, but I can't afford it.

With their long tusks(象牙), elephants look strong. However, the tusks also make the animal endangered. Many of them are killed for their tusks1 . The crafts(工艺品)made of their tusks are 2  priceless goods that they are popular among rich people. Studies show that elephants are living under 3  conditions than expected. 

The elephants' tusks are actually part of their teeth. Once the teeth 4 , they can never grow back. Losing the tusk will not kill them, though they may find 5 difficult to protect themselves 6 danger, lift things and get 7 food. What really makes elephants endangered is the way they lose the tusks. Usually, to meet the demand for ivory(象牙), some poachers(偷猎者) kill healthy elephants and cut their faces 8 the tusks. 9 human beings kill elephants with best ivory, an 10 number of African elephants have gradually evolved into(进化成) elephants without tusks, in order to survive. 11 are still killed for ivory.

According to the experts, over the last decades, the population of African elephants 12  from 10 million to 400,

000. If the poaching continues, African elephants will die out in 20 years. To protect the elephants, 13 organization called TNC (The Nature Conservancy) held an activity "Ivory only Belongs to Elephants" online. Users watched the videos about elephant poaching online, and expressed 14 they would like to say about protecting elephants. Besides, with the efforts of TNC and local African governments, laws are used to punish ivory trading to stop more elephant poaching. It's very essential for us 15 something for them.

In my mind, if a person makes every effort and doesn't give up, he can achieve anything.

When I 1 to write a novel. it didn't matter to me that I did nothing like that before. What did matter to me was that I had a great 2 in my head, which needed to be born.

After five months of writing, I 3 reached the "finish line". Then I copied my manuscript (手稿) and sent it out to all of my friends first. They showed 4 ideas about it and then I rewrote the story carefully. Next, I went to a professional (专业人员), who gave me great 5 , which meant more rewriting. I soon learned lesson in writing — writing is rewriting. There would always be room for 6 .

I wrote the manuscript again and again for two years, and during the two years, I learned how to write. Looking back, I had no idea how long it was going to take or how 7  it was going to be. Writing the manuscript was the easy part, while going on the way to write a(n) 8  book was the hard part. 

9 my dream has made a difference to my life. Life is a journey. I can't see what lies ahead, but I know one thing for sure: when I look behind, I see the things that I've 10 and I smile with pride.

Now China has five national parks. They protect nearly 30% of the important wild species (野生物种) in China, Let's take a look at three of them.

Americans love pets. Many pet owners treat their pets as a part of the family. They treat their pets as their children—sometimes even better. 

In America, there are more families with pets than those with children. 43 percent of U. S. homes have pets. Some of the pets are exotic, such as monkeys, snakes, butterflies and even wolves. Those animals come from other countries, especially China, Thailand, South Africa and so on. More common pets include fish, mice and birds. However, their favorites are cats and dogs. They sometimes have strong feelings about whether dogs or cats make better pets. "Dog people" and "cat people" often have friendly arguments about that.

People can get many benefits from pets. Pets stay with people, make people happy and help people get rid of loneliness. Therefore, most of Americans like pets. They think pets should be treated well. At least 75 animal welfare (福利) organizations have been set up in America. They provide care and good services for homeless animals. Some pets can help people live a better life. For example, researchers have discovered that getting on with animals can help lower a person's blood pressure. Dogs can offer protection from strange visitors. Cats can play games with the children. Some kinds of pets can provide love for their owners. In fact, to keep a pet can help a young couple have the responsibility to raise children. Pets are as basic to U. S. culture as hot dogs or apple pies. To Americans, pets are not just property, but a part of the family.

Violence (暴力) at schools has been widely reported in recent years. Hitting, slapping (打耳光) and burning others with cigarettes－the violence among teenagers has drawn public and government attention. On Nov 11, the government published a guideline (指导意见) on dealing with school violence. 

The guideline stressed that students with serious behaviour problems should be taken to special schools. Or, in more serious cases, they may take criminal responsibility (刑事责任) and be sent to prison. 

China has long been considered as too soft on teen offenders (犯事者), according to the People website. Criminal responsibility begins at the age of 14. Offenders under the age of 16 do not face serious punishment unless they do eight types of "serious" crimes such as murder.

This might partly explain why junior middle school students are the most common offenders in school violence cases. It's reported that they take up 33. 96 percent of the total while high school students take up 22. 64 percent.

"What also shocked us is how cruel (残忍的) some young offenders can be," said Shi Weizhong.

In school violence cases in Beijing during the last five years, 14 percent of the offenders not only beat others, but also insulted (侮辱) them. They slapped others, made them kneel down (下跪), and in some cases took off other people's clothes.

"The common tolerant (容忍的) attitude toward violence should be changed," wrote Jiaxing Daily. "When teenagers do something wrong, we should tolerate and help them when necessary. But all of this has a limit. "

Do you believe in green living? Read the following blog (博客)and replies about a fun, easy and creative way to make your lifestyle greener. 

Allen was one of the 15 percent of teenagers in the US to have an extreme fear of something - also called a phobia. Allen's problem was arachnophobia: the fear of spiders. His phobia was so bad he couldn't be in a room with a spider. . ‘It's the quick movement, the dark colour, the legs,' he said. I couldn't look at them. I trembled if I saw one and I'd start to panic. ' He knew that the spiders in his house weren't dangerous and couldn't hurt him, .

When Allen went to see a psychologist, she told him about the Virtual Reality app Phobia Free. He decided to give it a try. 

Allen sat with the psychologist while he played the game. . ‘l was asked to sit at a computer,' he told me. Then the psychologist told me I was going to meet a spider called ltsy. It felt a bit scary at first and I was glad the psychologist was with me. . Itsy is fun and friendly and supports the person who has the phobia by making them kind of forget about the fear they want to overcome. And I must say I hadn't expected I would be playing an interactive game with a spider that would be so much fun! First, I was asked to help Itsy and its friends survive in difficult situations. . The game works like any computer game, but I soon noticed that I was developing an emotional link with the spiders. I really wanted to help them, and when I couldn't, I felt sorry for them!

A. I asked him how it worked. 

B. I asked him what he thought made spiders so terrifying. 

C. But when Itsy - a cartoon style animated spider - appeared,I couldn't help but smile. 

D. so there was no real reason to be scared of them, but he just couldn't control his reaction. 

E. For example, I had to help them avoid a vacuum cleaner. 

Animals are people's friends. But many of the wild animals are facing the dof dying out. The Siberian tiger is one of them. Siberian tigers can be found in forests in parts of Siberian and Northern China. The tigers are becoming extinct (灭绝) because people hurt many of them and are destroying their living places.

Another endangered animal is the Tibetan antelope (藏羚羊). In the early 1990s, there were millions of Tibetan antelopes in China, but by the 1990s, the p of them had got smaller and dropped to about 50,000. Those chunters hunt the antelopes for their wool. The wool of the antelopes is soft, light and warm. Hunters can make lots of money by selling their wool. Chinese government have begun to protectthe animal and seem to be winning. There are also many oand teams which help animals in need . Now the number of the Tibetan antelopes is rising. Now many wild zoos have been built in China. In the zoos we can see animals we have heard of but have never seen. We have the r to protect the animals. 

You had better manage to deal with all of your problems  , because you know yourself best. 

It is important to and don't get fat.

His parents hoped that he was expected to more    his studies. . 

They more than 12 hours this kind of plant a day. 

Don't worry about me, mom. I'm a little child .

To keep healthy, we      eat healthily and do sports. 

内容要点:
1. 为什么有些野生动物会濒临灭绝；
2. 保护野生动物的重要性；
3. 我们应该采取什么措施来保护野生动物。

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