四川省广安市岳池县2017-2018学年八年级英语上学期期中...

—Yes, and I will ______ in my notebook.

—Yes. It's really boring. There is ______ in it.

—Yes. I agree ______ you.

—The ______ film made me feel very ______ .

— ______ . You'd better ask him in person(亲自).

— ______ .

A

People go to work in different ways. Some people go to work on foot because they 1near their work place. Some people go to work by bike because they live far away, or they like2bikes. They think it's good3 their health. Today more people have own cars, so they can go to work in4cars. In the south of China, many people even go to work by 5 because water is around their houses.

B

    Most of us have learned English for several years, so we can read English books and magazines without the teacher's help. We feel good when we finish 1an English story or a whole book 2ourselves. But 3can we be a better reader?

    It is important 4some suitable (适宜的) books. Then what books are suitable？Well, I think we should first choose books that are not too difficult or too5.Then when we are reading, we should 6let new words take too much of our attention (注意力).Just do as we often do in our own language. While we are reading, try to7the meanings of the new words, and try to decide which of the key words we could guess and which we have to 8in dictionaries.

    If we follow the 9, we will be10in reading English books and magazines.

A

B

    Shu-How Lin was born on August 23,1988 in California in the USA．He's the newest well-known NBA professional basketball player. His ancestors lived in Fujian Province in China．In 1977,his parents moved to America．Although they live in the USA, they know they are Chinese. And they love their motherland. They try their best to earn more honor（争光）for China.

    When Shu-How was at high school, he showed a great interest in playing basketball. He practiced basketball much harder than any other student in his school. Because of him, the school team became the champion of all the high schools in America, which had never got a champion before. Meanwhile（同时）,he studied particularly hard during high school. He always got "A" in most of his subjects.

    After high school, his dream was to join a university, which was famous for basketball, to major in basketball. But none of these universities in America accepted him. They thought that he was just a Chinese and a Chinese could hardly become an excellent professional basketball player. He felt so sad and he had to attend Harvard University by his good grades, where professional basketball players are not wanted. But before long, he became the first man in Harvard who entered NBA after 1954.

    Shu-How never gave up his basketball dream. He joined several NBA teams, but he was never given a chance to show himself in each game. One day, two players of his team were badly hurt. There were no more players who could play the game. The coach had to let Shu-How go for it. This was a great chance for him. He showed his talent in this game. He got 25 scores!

    After that, Shu-How became one of the most outstanding basketball players around the world. He set a great example to all of us. According to him, we know nothing is impossible if we try our best.

C

    When the American were getting ready to send their first men to the moon, an old Australia was watching TV in a restaurant(饭店). There was an Englishman in the restaurant, too, and he said to the Australian, "The Americans are clever, aren't they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It is a very long way from our world(世界) . " Oh, that's nothing." The Australian answered quickly. " Our country is going to send some people to the sun in a few months. That's much farther(更远) away than the moon, you know."

    "Oh, yes, it is," the Englishman said, " but the sun is too hot for people to go to ."  The Australian laughed and said, "We won't go to the sun in the day, of course. We will go there at night."

D

    There are forty-seven different kinds of kangaroos（袋鼠）. The smallest are about a quarter of a meter long; the biggest are taller than a man.

    Kangaroos have very long strong back legs. These are used for jumping. They also have long strong tails（尾巴）used for resting on. Kangaroos' front legs are much shorter, and are almost like arms. Kangaroos' heads are quite small, but their ears are quite large.

    Mother kangaroos have a pocket at the front. They have one baby each year. When it is born, the baby kangaroo is straight（直接） into its mother's pocket. The baby kangaroos stay there for six months.

    The biggest kangaroos stand more than 2 meters tall, and their legs are so strong that they can jump more than 9 meters. They are very fast, and can travel at more than 50 kilometers an hour. They are very strong, but only eat fruit, leaves and grass.

A：Hello! My name is Li Lei. Welcome to our school!

B：Thank you. I'm Tony.

A：Where are you from?

B：I'm from Australia．

A：

B： I live in Sydney.

A：Where is it?

B：

A：Is it bigger than Canberra, the capital of Australia?

B：Yes, it is.

A：

B：It is a big city with about 4. 2 million people.

A：

B：Sydney Opera House(悉尼歌剧院).

A：Oh, I see.

A：Hello, Li Qing.  

B：She goes to school by bike.

A：It's the most popular way now. Many students in my class ride to school, too.

B：

A：No, my home is far from school, so I take a bus. What about you?

B：My home is much farther than yours, so I take the underground every day. 

A：

B：Yes, it is. It is very uncomfortable because there are many people.

A：

B：I think it is the most comfortable way, but it's too expensive for me.

A：Yes, I think so.

    There is a nature park in the southwest of our city. The government built it to  the rare animals. The nature park has been the  of our city.

    Yesterday my friends and I visited it. The workers there asked us not to animals. Many animals are in because people kill them for their meat and fur. Another reason is that people are taking their land and making their water dirty . The  is becoming very serious.

    I learnt much yesterday. I think people should  up more comfortable houses for the animals and help them live in . We should do our best to protect them, because protecting them is protecting ourselves.

    I come from Singapore. Singapore is a lovely country. It is small in size, but large in fun. Do you know Singapore is called the"Garden Country"? There are so many trees and flowers in my country.

Hainan chicken rice

    Hainan chicken rice is popular in Singapore. Do you know it came from Hainan in China? In the 1920s, a Chinese man named Mo Lurui came to Singapore from Hainan. He made chicken rice for a living. You can find Hainan chicken rice in most restaurants in Singapore.

The musical fountain(喷泉)

    The Fountain of Wealth in Singapore is one of the largest fountains in the world. It's a musical fountain. Usually, there are musical fountain shows at night. The water from the fountain can reach thirty metres high.

Good habits

    Singapore has different kinds of laws. People have good habits to keep our country clean. Chewing gum(口香糖)is not allowed(允许)in Singapore.

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    Yesterday Tom had no works to do after lunch. So his father asked him go to the bookstore to buy a few books. He walks to the bus stop and arrived there at three. When he was waiting on bus, he saw a little dog. It was going cross the street. Just then a car comes, driving fast. He wanted to save the dog. So it was too late. The dog fell down and doesn't move. "Poor dog!" he cried. But look! Suddenly he stood up and went away. He was very glad find that it was safe.