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北京西城区2015-2016学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
People have always wanted to know what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.
How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you have to know the past, what has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but people are driven by the same basic needs as they were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.
What inventions have really made a different in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have changed most people's everyday life are telephone, radio, television, computer, the car and the internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster cars, trains, etc. In general, people have been working hard in the last 150 years to make inventions that will make the world a better place. Since there is still much to do in the area, this will be important for at least the next 150 years.
Why do we need to guess the future? Guessing the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and our children. And then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give us the best future.
1.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} | I'm looking for a pen pal who likes music. I live in Germany.Please write to me:Colin, PO Box, 134, Bonn, Germany |
2.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} | Do you like animals? Do you have pets? I have a lovely pet dog. Anyone who has the same interest as me can write to me:Thanh Chu, 678 Tok Chi Road, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. |
3.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} | I'm interested in movies and swimming. I'm from Spain and I can speak a little English. Please write to me: Sophia, 643 Calle, Spain. |
4. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} | I'd like to write to a Chinese girl to practice Chinese and want to know more about Chinese culture. Please write to me:Cathy, Flat 4,105 Fifth Avenue, New York, US. |
5. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} | Hello, I'm Simon from the U.K. My hobby is playing chess. I hope to have friends who can beat me in chess on line. My e-mail:sunny@Hotmail.com |
根据所提供的信息为以上的外国学生找到合适的笔友.
A. Gao Lin is good at playing chess and he came first in the City Chess Competition last year.
B. Li Wei likes animals. He keeps some pets and he is very kind to them.
C. Wu Tong majors in Chinese history in a university. She wants to communicate with foreign friends about Chinese culture.
D. Zhang Rui can speak a little Spanish and English. In her free time, she likes swimming and watching movies.
E. Liang Chen is a music lover. She wants to have a foreign friend who speaks German.
Family Traditions
Where are your family traditions? The following information comes from several readers:
JARED:{#blank#}1{#/blank#}We take turns picking a movie to watch together. It's fun because I watch something my parents like, and they watch something I like. My mother likes old black and white movies, so I see a lot of them! We also make pizza and eat it in front of the TV.
WINNIE:{#blank#}2{#/blank#} My favorite meal is spaghetti and meatballs. My mom usually cooks, but my dad and sister help. On my sister's birthday, we eat pizza. On my mom's birthday, we have chicken, and on my dad's birthday we have steak. Of course, we always have a birthday cake, too. What are your family tradition? The following information comes from several readers:
DANNI:{#blank#}3{#/blank#}My family is really busy. We have a large family, and it's not easy for everyone to get together at the same time. On that day, we go to a nice restaurant and we talk and talk and talk.
SUZIE:{#blank#}4{#/blank#}After dinner, we go to the living room and play a board game, such as Scrabble or Monopoly. We have about seven different ones we play, but we only play one game a night. I plan to keep this tradition after I start my own family.
ROB:{#blank#}5{#/blank#}I get up early and make something special, such as a mushroom omelet with fruit salad. Then I put it on a tray with a newspaper and a flower, and bring it to my mother for breakfast in bed. She always acts surprised, but I do it every year.
A.Every Friday night we have games night. B.On our birthdays we get our favorite meal. C.Once a month we have movie and pizza night. D.Every year, on Mother's Day, I make breakfast for my mother. E.On Friday nights my parents watch movies while I play games. F.On the first Saturday of every month we go out to eat together. |
Running two miles on the playground isn't a fun thing to do for most students. But students in Miss Brown's class at Mark Twain School in the USA gladly put on their running shoes. They wanted to raise money to help a dog in need.
Miss Brown told her students about Peter, a dog who had a hard start in life. At less than a year old, Peter's owners found out that he was not healthy. Something was wrong with his body. Medicine could help but it was very expensive. For Peter to have a better life, he needed surgery (外科手术). But his owners couldn't afford that. Finally, they had to leave Peter at the animal hospital.
"I love dogs and when I hear about Peter, I felt so sad for him," says student Tony.
Miss Brown's class decided to hold a Jog-a-Thon to raise money for Peter's surgery.
"At first I felt like the Jog-a-Thon was just to get us to exercise," says Mike "but then I wanted to help this dog."
"I just wanted to make a difference in Peter's life," adds student Chance Wood.
News of the Jog-a-Thon spread throughout the school. Before long, five other classes also took part in the event. "I started receiving money from all kinds of people in our school community," says Miss Brown. "We raised $3,180.64 in all."
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Background | A dog named Peter had {#blank#}2{#/blank#} problems before he was one year old. Medicine and surgery can {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his health, but his owner didn't have enough {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to pay for them. |
Act | Miss Brown's class made their {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to raise money for Peter by {#blank#}6{#/blank#} an activity. The activity is called {#blank#}7{#/blank#} which is about running. |
Idea | In Miss Brown's class, students felt sorry for Peter and wanted to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his life. |
{#blank#}9{#/blank#} | They raised $3,180.64 in all and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} five classes joined the event. |
A. please e-mail me at jason 114@126.com. B. In the pencil box are two rulers and three pencils. C. Here is a Lost and Found box D. On the baseball, you can see a first name, David, E. It's white |
Good morning, boys and girls! {#blank#}1{#/blank#} A baseball, a schoolbag and a school ID card are in it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, but you can't see the last name. It is blue. And the schoolbag is black. Some English books, a pencil box, a watch and a tape player are in it. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} The watch is red and the tape player is black. What about the school ID card? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and the card number is B-765. There is not the telephone number on it. I don't know how to contact (联系) you. Are these things yours? If they are, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}You can also call me at 779-8846, too.
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