书面表达
在八年级上学期即将结束之际，八(1)班将举行一次主题班会，要求同学们谈谈这一学期自己的收获与变化。请为David准备一份80词左右的演讲稿，具体内容如下：
| 过去 | 现在 |
学习 | 很少阅读，花时间在…… | 读书使我放松…… |
环保 | 浪费水电，随处乱抛垃圾 | 意识到环保的重要性，垃圾入桶 |
礼仪 | 大声喧哗，插队推挤 | 举止礼貌，主动让座 |
爱心 | 不知道如何关心他人 | …… |
展望未来 | 相信自己在将来会越来越棒。 | |
Hello, everyone. I’m David from Class 1, Grade 8. Back to the life in the last term, I think I have changed a lot and made great progress in many ways.
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Thanks for listening!
补全对话
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Hello! May I speak to Dr. Bruce?
B: 1. ___________________________. Who’s that, please?
A: This is Alice, Dr. Bruce. I’m not feeling well. 2.__________________________?
B: Sorry, I don’t have time this morning. But you can come to my office this afternoon.
A: OK. Let’s make it 3:00 p.m.
（At 3:00 p.m. in the Dr. Bruce’s.）
B: 3.__________________________?
A: I have a headache and a cough. And I don’t feel like eating.
B: 4.___________________________?
A: Two days.
B: You may have the flu. You’d better take the medicine. And you’ll get well soon.
A: I think I will. 5.__________________________?
B: Take the medicine before meals. Two pills each time and three times a day.
A: Thanks a lot, Dr. Bruce.
B: You’re welcome.
词语运用
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
nobody, nature, plant, surface, air, come, food, dirty, sell, protect, grow, happy |
There was a small village near a mountain. People there loved their village very much and they grew many 1. on the mountain. Water in the rivers was very clear and the 2. was clean. People lived a poor life, but they were very 3. . After a few years, some people in the village started to cut down trees to 4. for money. There were some people from cities 5. to visit the village. People began to kill some wild animals as 6. to treat (招待) the visitors. Of course, they made lots of money. But 7. knew what the village would be like in the future. As time went on, there were fewer plants and animals and the water became 8. . The visitors became fewer and fewer. Several years later, people there knew they must stop destroying (破坏) 9. . They would like to live a happy life as before, so they began to 10. new plants. They hoped the village would become as beautiful as before.
Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, we should never give up. 1. It is not useful to cry for help. Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man tells us about this.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill. And one day he came back with a baby girl. The girl was very young and they must spend much time looking after her. However, a year later, Hong’s mother left home. 2. So everything fell onto the young boy：to take care of his father and the sister, and to go on to study.
Although his life was very hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. 3. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things. Then he sold the things around his school to make some money.
4. To take care of his sister, he worked hard to rent（租） a room near his college for her, and sent her to school every day.
When people knew Hong’s story, he became a hero in people’s eyes. Many people wanted to help him. But Hong refused the help from others. He said he felt happy by other’s help, but he believed he could take care of his family by himself. 5.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。
A. He did a part-time job to look after his family.
B. His life was hard, but he has grown up from boy to man.
C. A few years later, he began to study at a college.
D. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband.
E. We should try our best to make the life better.
| A Bite of China is a documentary(记录片) that started on CCTV on May 14th, 2012. It tells the stories behind delicious food from different places in China and shows a lot about Chinese culture. |
| Britain’s Got Talent(《英国达人秀》) is a British television talent show and competition which began in June 2007. Anyone of any age with some kinds of talent(才能) can apply for(申请) a chance against each other to win prize. |
| The Voice of China is a television singing competition. It started on July 13th, 2012 on Zhejiang TV. It is like The Voice of Holland which started in Holland in 2010. |
| Mythbusters(《流言终结者》) is a science entertainment(科技型娱乐) TV program. It is one of the oldest and the most popular shows on Discovery Channel. On the show, the hosts(主持人), Adam Savage and Jamie Hynema, take a scientific look at what people say or think to see if it is true. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What can we know from A Bite of China?
A. Some scientific stories.
B. Some best singers.
C. Stories about delicious food.
D. Some talent people.
2.Who can apply for a chance to perform on the Britain’s Got Talent?
A. Only man.
B. Only woman.
C. Any talented people.
D. Teenager aged 12.
3.When did The Voice of China start?
A. On July 13th, 2012. B. On July 14th, 2012.
C. On June 13th, 2013. D. On June 14th, 2013.
4. What do the hosts of Mythbusters do on the show?
A. They introduce delicious food.
B. They tell some jokes.
C. They use a scientific mind to see if what people say or think is true.
D. They choose the best singers.
5. How many kinds of Chinese TV programs are mentioned according to the passage?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
Have you ever wondered how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Plants are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind of sugar. Using it as food, plants get energy and grow. Plants using sunlight to turn water and CO2 into sugar is called photosynthesis(光合作用). ChlorophyII helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green color.
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees ＂know＂ to begin getting ready for winter. During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food — making factories. As the green chlorophyII disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. These colors have been in the leaves all the time. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyII.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees is made from waste left in the leaves. It is mixture(混合物) of all these things. It makes the beautiful leaves during autumn.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.The underline word ＂chlorophyII＂ in the passage means ＂ ＂ in Chinese.
A. 胡萝卜素 B. 叶绿素 C. 氯霉素 D.花青素
2.When they rest in winter, trees live on the food they store during the .
A. summer B. autumn C. winter D. spring
3.Plants use sunlight to turn into sugar.
A. water and chlorophyII
B. water and CO2
C. CO2 and glucose
D. water and glucose
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Glucose is a kind of sugar and plants use it as food for energy and growing.
B. Leaves turn red because sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn glucose into a red color.
C. We can’t see yellow or orange leaves in summer because the two colors are not in leaves.
D. During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis.
5. What’s the main meaning of this passage?
A. What’s photosynthesis?
B. How and why leaves change colors?
C. Different kinds of leaves.
D. How the seasons change.
