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浙江省杭州市富阳区2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷

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    As the weather becomes warmer, Wang Xiguang, 50, a store owner from Xingyang in Henan province, becomes more watchful as he walks along the Yellow River in front of his small shop. Growing up along the Yellow River, Wang almost drowned  in it when he was 12, but luckily a villager saved him. Soon after that, he started learning how to swim.

    Playing along the river is dangerous but it happens all the time, resulting in drowning. Wang says school children are the main victims(受害者). Now Wang is famous for saving many people, about one in a year, from drowning in the river over the past 32 years.

    He said he has come to know the river well over the years and that it can become even more  dangerous in summer. "My main wish is for people not to play by the river, especially along the dangerous sections where water runs fast, " he said.

    In August, 2011, two pupils fell into the river during the summer. Hearing their cries for help, Wang ran out of his shop and jumped into the water. After saving one child, Wang found the other was moving away in the fast﹣running water. But he managed to save both pupils even though the water was becoming much deeper and faster.

    With the children in their arms, their parents thanked Wang continuously. He just said, "It was just something I could do. "

(1)、The underlined word "drown" in the first paragraph means        .
A、die in water B、play with water C、die from illness D、start swimming
(2)、How many children has Wang saved in 32 years? 
A、About 10. B、About 20. C、About 30. D、About 40.
(3)、Which of the following is TRUE? 
A、In August, 2011, Wang saved only one school child. B、In August, 2011, Wang saved no children. C、In August, 2011, Wang saved lots of school children. D、In August, 2011, Wang saved two children.
(4)、From the passage, we can guess that Wang is        .
A、rich and kind B、free and careful C、brave and kind D、busy and clever
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    There was a time when no one knew the name Harry Potter. Now the adventures of this extraordinary student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are read in over 45 languages, including Russian, Thai, and even ancient Greek. No one can explain the Harry Potter phenomenon (现象) – not even J.K. Rowling, his creator.

    J.K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. From a young age, she knew she wanted to be a writer. When she was 6, she wrote her first story—about a rabbit that gets sick. At school, she used to make up stories to tell her friends.

    After graduation from college, she worked as a secretary. But she didn't give up her dream.She spent her lunch hour writing stories, mainly for adults. Then in 1990, on a train trip to London,she got the idea from the boy wizard. She says he just appeared in her head. She soon created many other characters to help Harry fight the forces of darkness.

    She kept working on the story while she was teaching English in Portugal, where she married, had her first child, and divorced (与……离婚) a year later. When she returned to England, she brought back a box of Harry Potter stories.

    After returning home, she was broke and living in a small house. She continued writing, and in 1995, finished the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It was published (出版) in 1997 and became an unexpected bestseller.

    Rowling's life has changed a lot. She has become internationally famous and now earns around $40 million a year. She remarried, had a second child and lives in Scotland now.

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