北京市房山区2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语期末考试试...

—By bus.

—Sure, Here you are.

—I think it is autumn.

—I __________lunch at home.

—No, I __________my mother wash clothes now.

    On my first day of the seventh grade. I noticed one little girl called Amy on the school bus. "Don't talk to her," Lauren said, who sat beside me. "Or they will make fun of you."

    Amy had many physical(身体的 ) differences—lots of 1for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren't straight. Her glasses were an inch thick. And she had really ugly teeth.

    Every day as we drove to and from school, kids would shout insults (侮辱) at Amy. "God, what a (n) 2 face! Stop looking at me!" "Mr. Rolland (the driver)! Amy took off her 3 and now her eyes are frightening me!"

    For a while I shouted my share of insults, just so I'd would fit in, I didn't want them to treat me the same way they treated Amy. But while I was insulting her, my heart 4 for the girl. I could see that the insults were making her look uglier, because she was so ashamed and alone. Then I wanted to stand up for her. I just didn't know how to 5 my schoolmates until the night of our class roller-skating party.

    Our whole class was there, including(包括) Amy. Amy didn't know how to skate, but I could see how much she wanted to have fun like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand; we began the journey together around the skating rink (溜冰场). She just smiled, and sometimes she would laugh6.

    On the school bus the next morning there was much news about Amy and me7together, but nobody insulted her or me. And they didn't do that for the rest of the year.

    After graduation, I never heard from Amy again. However, I never forget her and I've always8if I changed her life for the better. But I know for sure she changed my life. After becoming her friend, I no longer tried to impress (给……留下印象) people by trying to act like them. I became myself.

Favourite Inventions(发明)

    Time is very important in our lives. It organizes(规划) our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father. The watch organized my life and made me more responsible(有责任感的).

    I received this gift on a cloudy day. On that day, I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to meet my uncle and take him to my father's house. However, I was late because I was staying with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I remembered my uncle, but at that time he had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.

    I got to my father's house at 2:00 p.m. on the same day. Seeing my father's angry face, I felt sorry at that moment. After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and he handed me this watch.

Then he said, "Lisa, did you have fun with your friends today?"

    I answered, "Yes, father, and I'm sorry about not picking up Uncle Harry."

    He said, "What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions."

    I was ashamed and said, "Father, I'll never do it again.I promise."

He said, "I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder (提醒) for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.

    The watch taught me to respect time and never be late. That's why it is important to me.

    Do you have a headache? Eat some bird brains for dinner, and your headache will go away. Is your hair turning gray? Eat black rice every day. And you won't have gray hair.

    Eat bird brains and black rice? Some people ask. "How strange!" But for many Chinese people, bird brains and black rice are not strange things to eat, they are good things to eat. They are good medicines, too.

    Many Chinese believe that food can be medicine. Food that is medicine is called medicinal food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(调味料)for hundreds of years. Ginger(姜), for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking now. Ginger gives food a nice favor(味道). The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. At that time, they used ginger not because it tasted good. They used it because it was medicinal Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion (消化). It also helped people who had colds.

    Not everyone approves of the medicinal food. Some people think that food and spices are not medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drug stores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, "Maybe medicinal food can't help me, but it can't hurt me, either.”

    People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California .The restaurant serves only medicinal food. Queen's Secret", for example, is one dish at the restaurant. Meat from a chicken with black skin is in the dish. It is for women who want to look young.

    Alan Lau is the owner of the restaurant. He says, "Some people try medicinal food only once and then say, 'It didn't work. But think about this: When your doctor prescribes (开药方) medicine, you take the medicine for five days, or for ten days, or maybe for weeks. It's the same with medicinal food. You have to eat the food many times before it begins to help. "Mr. Lau believes that medicinal food works, he eats medicinally every day.

    The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles". These are the Necessary Tasks Bottle, the Voluntary Tasks Bottle and the Happiness Bottle.

    Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with Voluntary Tasks. These are things that we do for others, we may not enjoy, but we do them anyway This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing clothes for family members, Those bottles are very important if we don't fill them each day.

    However, we often forget to fill the third bottle-the Happiness Bottle. This is the bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your Happiness Bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks, time flies by, and before we know it, it is time for bed. We all have days like that.

    This is why each day we have to make an effort(努力) to fill our Happiness Bottle. Most days, I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We show our musical talent and practice music for charity(慈善) It was a time of fun, friendship and music-making. At the end of the evening, my Happiness Bottle was filled to top.

    The challenge(挑战)for each of us is to not let the day go by without filling our Happiness Bottle. That takes some planning. Many of us probably need to pencil happiness activities into our schedule(日程表) Or, we will fill our schedule with those Necessary and Voluntary Tasks.

    This week. Think about how your time is being spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks using up all your time? At the end of the day. Hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our Happiness Bottle is filled.

    When it comes to eating, we have strong habits. But most of the habits are not good for us. Let's read the following rules. They can help you eat well and stay healthy.

    Eat all kinds of foods. We all know that eating fruit and vegetables can help us stay healthy, but many of us only eat our favorite food. Remember that we can only get the nutrition we need by eating different kinds of foods. There are five main types of healthy foods, they are fruit, vegetables, whole grains(谷物), protein(蛋白质) and low-fat dairy products(奶制品)

    Drink water and milk most often. Everyone knows that water is important. Adults should drink 2-3 liters of water per day, while children should drink 12 liters. Besides that, kids need plenty of calcium lo grow strong bones, and milk has a lot of it. Every day, you should drink at least three cups of milk, when you are 9 years old or older, you should also try to have less sugary drinks, like soda and coca. Sugar just adds calories(卡路里), not important nutrition .

    Listen to your body, when you are eating. Notice how your body feels. When your stomach feels comfortably full, stop eating. Eating too much makes you feel uncomfortable. If you do it too often, it can make you unhealthy and fat. When you eat, you should eat slowly. If you eat too quickly, you may "clean your plate" instead of paying attention to whether your stomach feels full.

    Be smart about your dinner. A good time for a healthy evening meal is between 17: 00 and 20: 00. Food provides us with energy, and at night your body simply doesn't need any, It's best to avoid late night snacks because they fill you with unnecessary calories and can disrupt(扰乱)your sleep.

    假如你是李华，你们学校将组织一次环境保护志愿活动，你打算邀请你校交换生Peter参加。请用英语写一封电子部件，告诉他活动的时间和地点，活动的内容，以及需要为此做什么准备。

提示词语: pick up, rubbish, put up, poster, gloves, a rubbish bag

提示问题:

When and where will you meet?

What will you do for the environment?

What do you advise Peter to prepare for the activity?

    在我们的现实生活中，每个人都有难忘的经历，让我们为之感动、受到教育，这一天对我们来说是特别的。某英文杂志社正在开展以“ A Special Day”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈那一天都发生了什么，以及你的感受。

提示词语: volunteer work, birthday, visit, hep, gift, an important lesson. happy

提示问题:

What happened on that day?

How did you feel?

A Special Day