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河北省唐山市遵化市2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷

阅读理解

These days more and more middle school students are smoking (吸烟). They don't listen to their teachers, parents or classmates and they smoke anywhere they can't be seen—on the way to school, in the dormitory (宿舍), or even in the washroom. And most of them think smoking is very cool looking. But I want to tell you my story and you'll see that it is wrong to smoke at our age. My friends at school smoked and they asked me to have a try. So I started smoking when I was a fourteen-year-old boy and after a month I couldn't stop. But two years later I felt what smoking was doing harm to me. I couldn't run far, I coughed every morning, and I got very weak. So I wanted to stop smoking. It wasn't easy, but now I have stopped it, and I feel better.

    If you smoke, you will get ill more easily, and perhaps you can't grow taller, because there is something bad in cigarettes (香烟) and also you may get some bad behaviors and habits such as stealing (偷盗) and telling lies (谎言).

    So you can see smoking is a bad habit. If you smoke, try to stop. Though it isn't easy, you must do it as soon as possible.

(1)、According to the passage, school students may not smoke______.
A、in the classroom B、in the dormitory C、in the washroom D、on the way to school
(2)、The writer felt smoking was bad when he was ______ years old.
A、thirteen B、fourteen C、fifteen D、sixteen
(3)、The writer stopped smoking not because ______.
A、he got very sick B、he couldn't run far C、he coughed every morning D、he had no money to buy cigarettes
(4)、The underlined (画线的) word "behaviors" means ______.
A、疾病 B、行为 C、工具 D、观点
(5)、The writer mainly wants to tell us that ______.
A、stop smoking is not easy B、why school students like smoking C、school students should stop smoking D、his own story about how to stop smoking
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阅读理解

    Many people know that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people don't know is that junk (垃圾) has become a problem in outer space too.

    According to BBC News, there are more than 22, 000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth. Andtheseare just the things that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes (望远镜). There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can't see.

    Objects, like bits of old space rockets or satellites, move around the planet at very high speeds, so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become dangerous to astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage the vehicle.

    To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For example, when a U. S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces, increasing the amount of space junk.

    To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earth's atmosphere after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.

    Many scientists are also suggesting different ways to clean up space junk. In England scientists are testing a metal net that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earth's atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely destroyed.

    "The problem is becoming more challenging because we're sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computers," says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space researcher.

    "The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger it will become," he says.

 阅读理解

Living next to next is the principle(原则) of a neighbor. Good neighborliness is the ideal to be aimed at. As the saying goes, no man is an island; he has to live with his neighbors. To make life easy and pleasant, he must cooperate with his neighbors. 

Whether one likes it or not, one cannot do without neighbors. The sympathy (同情), admiration and appreciation which a neighbor may offer will have a great humanizing influence. To share one's view and sometimes even sadness, one needs some neighbors. 

But all neighbors are not always keeping the friendly relationship. Stresses and tension(紧张) develop because of misunderstanding. Very often children may be the cause for tense feelings. The neighbor's son may pick a flower or a fruit from your garden and an argument may follow. Again he may throw his ball at your window breaking it. This may read easy on paper but not so in real life. But being broad-minded, one must be able to tolerate(容忍). Another reason for tension may be the animals. Your neighbor's dog may be a real trouble or his chickens would come into your garden and eat away your plants. 

In all these cases to keep up good neighborliness, some understanding between the neighbors is important. Small differences can be easily patched up or solved. Try to be friendly and the problem will not be difficult to solve. Nobody is perfect and it is better not to speak ill of your neighbors. A cheerful word, a nod or a small talk will strengthen the feeling of good neighborliness. 

 阅读理解

International Women's Day is on March 8 every year. On this day, people celebrate the achievements of women all over the world and continue to fight for basic rights (权利) for women.

How did it start? 

In 1908, women in New York City wanted the right to vote. They also hoped to acquire shorter working hours and better pay. Then, in 1910 in Denmark, a woman called Clara Zetkin had the idea for an international day for women. The first International Women's Day happened the next year.

Why do we need a special day for women? 

In many countries, men get higher pay than women for doing the same job. Men get a better education and better health care, and do less work at home. Men also get better chances than women to get their jobs. We need a change for women so that women can have the same chances as men.

How is International Women's Day celebrated? 

People usually celebrate by remembering important women in history, like Emmeline Pankhurst, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie...It's a very long list! They made great achievements in their fields.

People also have special events to celebrate it. In some countries, boys and men celebrate this day, too!

If you want to celebrate this important day, you could:

⒈learn about an important girl or woman in your country (for example, in sports, science or history) and tell your classmates about her;

⒉ask your teacher if you can do a class project about this day.

 阅读短文,回答问题

Poverty(贫穷)is a big problem in the world, but China has done a good job to deal with it and made the proud achievement. During fighting poverty, we've been moved by many heroes. 

Helping Girls

◆Zhang Guimei ◆Lijiang, Yunnan

◆Many girls couldn't go to school because they were very poor. 

◆Mrs. Zhang started a girl school for free and helped over 1, 800 girls go to college. 

Building a Road

◆Mao Xianglin ◆Wushan, Chongqing

◆Villagers lived on the 1, 000﹣meter﹣high cliffs(悬崖峭壁). So it took them three days to walk to the nearest town in the past. 

◆Mr. Mao led villagers to build a road with their hands for 7 years. Now they spend just an hour driving to the nearest town. Local people can sell fruit to other places conveniently. 

Planting Mushrooms(蘑菇)

◆Chen Zaiming ◆Jingdong Yi, Yunnan

◆This place was famous for its wild mushrooms. But villagers didn't know how to grow them. 

◆Mr. Chen taught villagers to plant mushrooms and helped them make over 5 million yuan. 

Chinese Achievements

◆832 counties(县)and 128 , 000 villages are no longer in poverty. 

◆98. 99 million villagers have been lifted out of poverty in the past 8 year. 

◆China is responsible for reducing 70 percent of poverty since the late 1970s all over the world. 

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