题型：阅读选择 题类： 难易度：普通
新疆维吾尔自治区吐鲁番市2023-2024学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题
Helping others is a great thing to do. You can learn new things and have fun. There are many ways of helping others. You can help people, animals or the environment. It can make you feel good too! How can you help?
Charities (慈善机构)
Charities are organizations that help others, for example, UNICEF or the World Wildlife Fund. You can help charities by giving your time, giving money or giving things that you own. You can also help people or places you know.
Volunteering
Volunteering is when you give your time to help others. It's something which you do not have to do or for which you will not be paid. Some ways of volunteering are: visiting old people to talk to them or help them walking dogs at an animal shelter (避难所), cleaning up a park.
Fundraising
Fundraising is when you collect money to help others. Some ways of fundraising are: making cakes or biscuits to sell, doing a sponsored (赞助) activity. For example, family and friends give you money if you finish a long walk.
Donating
Donating is when you give your things or money to help others. Some ways of donating are: giving your old toys or clothes to a charity that helps sick children or poor people, giving your old books to a library, giving your money to a charity. So, what can you do to help others?
Travelling is interesting. There are many ways to travel: by plane，by train，by ship or by car. Let's see what people think of these ways.
My favourite way of travelling is by car. I can bring my pet dog together. I can travel three hundred miles（英里）or only fifty miles a day. I can stop at a good restaurant to enjoy a good meal or at a hotel to spend the night. —Greg |
I love travelling by train best! It's very exciting. I travelled to most of the countries in Europe in 5 months by train. It's the best way to talk with local （当地的） people and make new friends on the way. Trains even make the longest trip enjoyable. Travelling by train is just like a big moving party. —Grace |
I like travelling by ship. It is a very great way to spend a holiday. I can go to parties and watch movies on the ship，and enjoy the blue sky and clear water. —Eliza |
Planes are my favourite. It's the fastest way of travelling. I can quickly get to another country. The seats on the planes are very comfortable. I can have something to drink and eat. I can also read some free magazines and newspapers. —Danny |
Spring is a season full of wonders, while rain has been a popular topic in poems all over the world. Let's see how poets Du Fu (712-770) from China and Sara Teasdale from the US wrote about spring rain.
Happy Rain on a Spring Night (by Du Fu) Good rain knows its time right; It will fall when comes spring. With wind it comes silently at night; Quiet and soft, it moistens(滋润) everything. … |
There Will Come Soft Rains (by Sara Teasdale) There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows flying around with their soft sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum(李子) trees in▲. |
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